@TheSwordLab

Prof. & Charles R. Parencia Chair in Entomology. Affiliations: Dept. of Entomology, EEB PhD Program, & Molecular & Environmental Plant Sciences

 Texas A&M University
swordlab.tamu.edu
Joined May 2020
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A fantastic PhD opportunity here at Hull with my colleague, Mauro. Spread the word!
Mauro Adriel Rinaldi@MauroRin859 Nov 2023
Fully funded PhD scholarship to make high-value chemicals from waste biomass with microbes towards a circular bioeconomy. Why wait? Apply now! @UniOfHull @pgrhub @hullbams @DeutzPauline @JobsHullUni @hull hull.ac.uk/study/postgraduat…
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New OSU Entomologist Makes Return to HAREC - potatocountry.com/2023/11/06… Happy and honored to join the incredible team @OregonState. Let's get 'em potato bugs

New OSU Entomologist Makes Return to HAREC - Potato Country

Josephine Antwi has joined Oregon State University (OSU) as the new irrigated crop entomology extension specialist at the Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center (HAREC). She is familiar...

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Iain Couzin@icouzin6 Mar 2023
Nothing prepared me for the amazing fireworks of blacktip sharks hunting their schooling prey. A dream come true. Thanks so much to @MaRHECenter and @AugustPala, @albi_angela, Luke and Inga. @CBehav @MPI_animalbehav @UniKonstanz #maldives #sharks
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Many thanks to Adam Russell at @txextension @TAMU for the interview with @TheSwordLab ! agrilifetoday.tamu.edu/2022/…

Identifying sex-adapted color-change gene in locusts AgriLife Today

A study by a Texas A&M AgriLife provides key insights into the changes that occur in locusts that lead to swarms of biblical proportion.

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A @USDA_NIFA, @CottonInc funded project led by @txresearch professor Dr Greg Sword and including Anjel Helms and Dr. Michael Thomson @tamusoilcrop are looking at ways to control pests in cotton plants using gene editing techniques. tx.ag/SwordCottonGrant #NIFAimpacts #TAMUBugs
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Extremely pleased to share our PNAS paper, which solves a century-old mystery..! Young crowded locusts are black and yellow, signalling to potential predators - "Leave me alone!" At sexual maturity, swarming males turn yellow again - but why? (1/4) pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.22…

Sexual repurposing of juvenile aposematism in locusts | PNAS

Adaptive plasticity requires an integrated suite of functional responses to environmental variation, which can include social communication across ...

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So we’ll deserved everyone of you!!! Congratulations 🍾🎉🎊
Animal Behavior Society@AnimBehSociety7 Aug 2021
🥳Congrats to our newly elected #AnimalBehavior Fellows #ABS2021: Alison Bell @AlisonB99479824 @iBioIllinois John Christy @smithsonian Thore Bergman @VocalMonkey @UMich Gil Rosenthal @GilRosenthal @TAMU Rafael Rodriguez @UWM
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Population genomics and phylogeography of the boll weevil. Temporal resampling reveals instability of population genetic structure doi.org/10.1111/eva.13238 by Raszick et al @schistotwerka, @TheSwordLab #pest #COTTON #Genomics #Phylogeography #ddRAD
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Today was the official kick-off meeting for the Behavioral Plasticity Research Institute. Very excited for the amazing science ahead! @entomos @stbehmer @TheSwordLab @ArianneCease @BaraniRaman @RickOverson @GlobalLocust @drbugguts @erezaterez @odudcha
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Hojun Song@entomos4 Sep 2020
Behavioral Plasticity Research Institute is one of four inaugural Biology Integration Institutes! Fantastic news for locust researchers and phenotypic plasticity researchers. @stbehmer @TheSwordLab @ArianneCease @GlobalLocust @BaraniRaman @RickOverson nsf.gov/news/special_reports…
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BBC Earth
@BBCEarth3 Sep 2020
Not all caterpillars eat leaves 😳🐛 #EarthsTropicalIslands
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Happy to discuss proposals for NSF postdoc (due Nov. 18th) in my lab at Cornell (herbivory.com), esp. for integrative eco-evo projects on “rules of life” and related topics for folks from underrepresented groups. Pls retweet as appropriate, DM me
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CAST@CASTagScience21 May 2020
Check out the latest CAST webinar! Follow this link, ow.ly/vrZr50zMDjx, to watch the webinar video and view the publication, Ag quickCAST, and Student Study Guide on "Stewardship Challenges for New Pest Management Technologies in Agriculture". #CASTreports2020
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CAST@CASTagScience14 May 2020
New Webinar: The Need and Challenge for Effective Stewardship of New Pest Management Technologies in Agriculture Join the discussion on May 19 at 12 p.m. Central. #CASTreports2020 Register Here: ow.ly/DNOF50zFb4g
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