Scientist interested in plants & pollinators
Joined April 2016
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Had a fantastic day with @BuzzingWales training a lovely bunch in Bumblebee ID. Most of the big 7 plus a cuckoo!
Bumblebee identification & Beewalk training @TreborthBG today! Delighted to welcome a smashing group including lovely local Beekeepers - great to have such exchange of knowledge and ideas around #pollinators!
Very much enjoyed our discussion of values and cake with the @BangorSNS masters in conservation and land management students. Excellent baking and excellent presentations! @juliapgjones sorry you missed out on the cake!
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Good to see our new 1st year students @BangorUni are a curious, engaged and resilient bunch: bit of Welsh weather doesn't put them off! Fantastic conservation & environmental management field trip to @Cwm_Idwal this morning. teapawt.net/juliapgjones/status/14…
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Grey squirrel swimming 🤿 across the Menai Strait to Anglesey 9/9/21. Nightmare.
📷 Andy Cooper.
Don't throw out open book exams yet. Yes issues of unfair means, but also evidence that they are more inclusive and authentic test of skills. Can we get around issues of unfair means other ways? Emma Jones @SheffieldMBB #Biosummit2021
Fantastic talk from @ElliTheobald on active learning and the benefits for minority groups on exam scores. Essentially, do as much as you can to even out differences! #Biosummit2021
It's finally out! Our Brown-Leadbeater lab collaboration. We look at whether the impact of multiple stressors (parasites/nutrition/agrochemicals) can be predicted by adding the effects together. See Harry's tweet below or read the paper @nature nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
Really happy to present our new paper published in @Nature . We use meta-analysis to show that interactions between agrochemicals, poor nutrition and parasites interact synergistically to increase bee mortality. Start of thread (1/13). nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
Excited to be starting @BangorSNS as a Teaching and Scholarship Lecturer in Conservation Science!
A great day with Sally @BuzzingPeak looking for the bilberry bumblebee at @nationaltrust Longshaw. Sadly no luck, but lots of other bumbles seen in our 2 hour blitz! @BumblebeeTrust
Our new paper is out! Increased bee densities (as we see at wildflower strips) can increase disease transmission, but it depends on the parasite. All those muddly sleepless nights were worth it afterall! paper at: doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.19… @sphaerularia @RHULBioSci @SheffieldMBB
Heather is better for bumblebees 🐝🐝 than we thought! Great BBC article by @hbriggs on @HaukeKoch’s latest research. Great to work with him and @chickpeaman on this project @RHULBioSci bbc.co.uk/news/science-envir…
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Does gender bias still affect women in science? A review of evidence by @Roper_Lab bit.ly/2lQuXv5
Enjoying the break in the weather at North Yorkshire Moors, and another bilberry bee sighting! I think this one is a male (seen near Ingleborough) @BuzzingPeak #bees #thistle
Congratulations Elli! 🐝🐝 🌼
Congratulations to @ElliLeadbeater1 on her promotion to Professor! 🐝🍾🥂
Learn more about research in Elli's insect cognition lab here: ellileadbeater.wixsite.com/i… #WomenInSTEM @RHULBioSci
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What career options do you have with a Biology degree? Check out new interview with @RHULBioSci alumna @rachbicker about her work as a Biodiversity Consultant @Gatwick_Airport #WomenInSTEM royalholloway.ac.uk/research…
Back in Cambridge after a hugely enjoyable #SIPIOBC2019 (hopefully my first of many). Thankyou for @WellyHe and @grantstent for inviting me to talk about #onehealth and #pollinators - it was a really excitingly session! @SocInvPathol #DBI
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Only 9 of the 40 UK slug species feed on live plants! #FunFact for today!
How do you feel about slugs? Did you know there are 40 #slug species in the UK & only 9 are feed on live plants, the others are often detritivores feeding on decaying plants & fungi. Come chat to @UKslugsurvey &spot the slugs in the Bug Hub at #rhstatton
Is it a bee? No it's a fly! Awesome bumblebee mimic seen foraging on marjorum. I'm not very good on my fly ID but I think it might be Merodon equestris? @RichardComont @flygirlNHM
