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tropbiolab.bsky.social
Research group of Al & Floria Uy @urochester.bsky.social. We study the #evolution and #ecology of the Tropic’s stunning #biodiversity. #ornithology #entomology #genomics #neurobiology #conservation 🇺🇸🇨🇷🇵🇭 https://tropbiolab.org/
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I find myself missing fieldwork in the tropics! Here is some Polistes stigma from the Solomon Islands for much-needed #wasplove The female with dark eyes has recently emerged, and her eyes will lighten in a few days. Some of the tiniest Polistes I've seen! Images by Al Uy @tropbiolab.bsky.social

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

🌟 Graduation party for our three undergrad stars from #teamwasp @tropbiolab.bsky.social ! 🌟 Grateful for mentoring an amazing team of rising scholars. The party included some 🦅🐝🐜 watching... & the most unesthetic piñata, decorated with early figures from our graduates! #proudPI

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

Tis’ the season that generous naturalists start to send me wasp pictures! This “booty” pic 🤣 shows the foundresses of Polistes dominula, native to Europe. It’s invasive here and in many other places in the world. #teamwasp #teamxenome @tropbiolab.bsky.social is ready, experiment time! #wasplove

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

🌟Congrats to undergrad researcher Natasha Vacca @nvacca08.bsky.social for being awarded the NSF-GRFP! 🌟 We're also thrilled that Natasha is not tired of us and will continue as a doctoral student with #teamwasp @tropbiolab.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social #wasplove #addictedtostrepsiptera

submitted 46 days ago • 1 comment

Trop Bio lab alumnus, Dr. Diego Ocampo, published the final chapter of his amazing dissertation on hybridization in #birds of #Neotropics. Through field experiments, we find that plumage traits distinct between populations are not used in species recognition. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

submitted 122 days ago • 0 comments

My heritage is critical to me, so I asked my department if we could change my office sign to my whole name. Today I walked in and voilà! I am excited for the same when my lab renovations are done. Little actions can have strong cascading effects! 🌟

submitted 163 days ago • 0 comments

#teamwasp 2024, including our mascot Rocky the yellowjacket @urochester.bsky.social! #ProudPI Wrapping up my first year as a TT professor! Mil gracias (a thousand thanks) to everyone who has supported me. Those of us from non-traditional trajectories and minoritized backgrounds belong in academia!

submitted 167 days ago • 2 comments

🐜-sitting for the Glastad lab. Always loyal to #wasplove, but these girls are amazing!

submitted 174 days ago • 2 comments

Happy holidays from @tropbiolab.bsky.social! We enjoyed our ugly sweater-themed farewell party for wonderful Elsie and Ferro. Grateful for #teamwasp and #teambird!

submitted 175 days ago • 4 comments

🧪 Our new paper explores the #genomics of recent contact between two #SolomonIslands #birds. We find that sections of the genome behave differently, with the female sex chromosome moving only from the invading into the endemic species. Check out our work in PLoS Genetics! tinyurl.com/yc5x7nfk

submitted 195 days ago • 1 comment

@acescicomm.bsky.social and I met here and realized we both were looking for more #SciSky #PinoyScientists 🇵🇭🧪! So, we joined the starter pack bandwagon ... 😅 We also want to highlight folx and what they do ✨ Please fill out the form if you're interested in joining: forms.gle/h4WUpE1T9jHt...

submitted 199 days ago • 1 comment

Pls share! We have started a Wasp Starter pack! Message below to be added! And follow all these awesome waspy folk to chat about the wonderful world of wasps! go.bsky.app/3u5XkrS

submitted 199 days ago • 18 comments

¡Hola! Excited to see old and new friends from the scientific community here. I'm an Assistant Professor who studies social evolution & mechanisms underlying parasite-induced manipulation in social wasps. We'll share updates from #teamwasp #strepsiptera here and @tropbiolab.bsky.social

submitted 201 days ago • 1 comment

First post here, filled with hope! Introducing the Yato Conservation Area, #SolomonIslands. We are in the final stages of declaring a federally #ProtectedArea that will #conserve 30K acres of rain & cloud forest. A collaboration led by indigenous communities of Makira Island. Photo by Adam Fenster

submitted 202 days ago • 1 comment