@bugsbyblee

Senior Environmental Scientist at @CDFAnews | Head Brewer @Dad_Shorts_Brew | he/him

 Pullman, WA
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Joined March 2016
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First paper from my dissertation research is out! "Responses to predation risk cues and alarm pheromones affect plant virus transmission by an aphid vector" link.springer.com/article/10… Thanks to all the authors for their hard work! @saumbios @sayan_bera3 @clarecasteel @CrowderLabWSU
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Our ms on #pharmaceuticals in #bees is OUT today in @SpringerNature Apidologie! If you love #rstats #bees #entomology #ecology #openscience this one is for you! @CrowderLabWSU @bugsbyblee @chattymaddie_ @mrbrousil @susta1nabeelity @WSUPullman @wsucahnrs link.springer.com/article/10…
Michael F Meyer@mishafredmeyer23 Jan 2023
New #preprint alert! Are you interested in #PPCP #bees #landuse? We used preserved bee tissue + co-located site descriptions + some Bayesian-esque stats to see what factors were associated with PPCP presence. @mrbrousil @bugsbyblee @chattymaddie_ @susta1nabeelity @CrowderLabWSU
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Endosymbionts modulate virus effects on aphid-plant interactions | The ISME Journal nature.com/articles/s41396-0…

Endosymbionts modulate virus effects on aphid-plant interactions

The ISME Journal - Endosymbionts modulate virus effects on aphid-plant interactions

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I'm not sure any academics are left on Twitter, but @Gengping_ and I are hiring a postdoc to work on ecological niche modeling of invasive Northern giant hornet (aka #murderhornet). $66-70K salary. Email or DM if interested
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Jr. Specialist position (UCD) still open through tomorrow (4/14) for the 1st review (recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF05603). Limited to people with a Bachelor's. It's for one year, assisting on a variety of projects in field and veg crops. Easy app, share with anyone that would be a good fit.
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Congrats to our #ucdavis Department of Entomology and Nematology doctoral students and undergraduate student who received NSF-GRFP fellowships: Grace Horne, Lexie Martin, Marshall Naktani and Gary Ge! Proud of you! bit.ly/3m73zsh
Grace Horne of Emily Meineke lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology

ALT Grace Horne of Emily Meineke lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology

Gary Ge of Louie Yang lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology and Art Shapiro lab of UC Davis Department of Evolution and Ecology

ALT Gary Ge of Louie Yang lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology and Art Shapiro lab of UC Davis Department of Evolution and Ecology

Marshall Nakatani of Brian Johnson lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology

ALT Marshall Nakatani of Brian Johnson lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology

Lexie Martin of Rachel Vannette lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology

ALT Lexie Martin of Rachel Vannette lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology

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#ucdavis doctoral student Grace Horne to host #Bioblitz at UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden, Saturday, April 29, 9 to 11 a.m. Meet in Shields White Garden. Part of City Nature Challenge. Photograph and upload images of plants and animals. #BugSquad bit.ly/3Tznr3P
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Ben Lee, PhD retweeted
IOBC_NRS@IobcNrs14 Mar 2023
Job Posting - Biological Control Program Environmental Scientist, CA Dept of Food and Agriculture. If you or someone you know would be interested in joining the biocontrol group at CDFA, please see the job announcement: calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPubli… Applications due March 24, 2023.

Environmental Scientist

Looking to make a difference? Join our strong and mighty workforce. We offer benefits and growth opportunities and impact the lives of millions of Californians.

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Javier, a Salinas area farmworker shares: I've been working 5 years watering and fertilizing at various ranches where lettuce, broccoli and other vegetables are harvested. I work 10 hours a day all year long. I only have down time when the weather doesn't let us work. #WeFeedYou
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Come join the Grettenberger Lab and work on invasive species IPM in tomato! Great opportunity for folks with a BS looking to expand their research experience as a Junior Specialist recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF05507
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New #preprint alert! Are you interested in #PPCP #bees #landuse? We used preserved bee tissue + co-located site descriptions + some Bayesian-esque stats to see what factors were associated with PPCP presence. @mrbrousil @bugsbyblee @chattymaddie_ @susta1nabeelity @CrowderLabWSU
beepapers@bee_papers23 Jan 2023
Identifying drivers of sewage-associated pollutants in pollinators across urban landscapes dlvr.it/ShHd7j
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NEW: The state of California found that the University of California broke the law by failing to bargain in good faith with academic workers' union on 6 accounts, including by making unilateral changes to worker pay, according to @uaw2865 Today is day 9 of their strike.
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The absolute best part of this conference has been getting to catch up with my @WSUEntomology family ♥️ and my online connections. Thanks for a great meeting everyone! #entsoc22 – at Burnaby, British Columbia
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BREAKING: 48K University of Calfornia TAs, postdocs & other student workers just walked off the job. It's the largest strike in the US since 2019. Many UC workers earn < $24k/yr. A PhD student I spoke to said they donate blood plasma to make ends meet. washingtonpost.com/business/…

In largest strike of 2022, California academic workers walk off job

Some 48,000 teaching assistants, postdocs, researchers, and graders on the front lines of teaching and research at California’s prestigious public university system, are seeking a minimum annual...

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Looking forward to seeing folks at #EntSoc22!!! Come by Sunday at 2:05 in room 306 for my talk on developing proactive IPM strategies for Tuta absoluta invasion!
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southpaw
@nycsouthpaw15 Sep 2022
From the Martha's Vineyard Times mvtimes.com/2022/09/14/migra…
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A crash involving a big-rig truck caused 150,000 tomatoes to scatter across Interstate 80 in Vacaville, California. Passing vehicles ground them into a slippery red pulp. nyti.ms/3wB1ua4
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Hank Green
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If you’re looking for unfair things about the way we do education in the US I suggest looking at literally any part of it. We base /elementary school funding/ on /local property taxes/. It’s monstrous.
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BREAKING: White House issues new policy that will require, by 2026, all federally-funded research results to be freely available to public without delay, ending longstanding ability of journals to paywall results for up to 1 year. Coverage coming on @ScienceInsider.
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Saumik Basu@saumbios19 Aug 2022
Excited to see our paper “Legume plant defense and nutrients mediate indirect interactions between rhizobia and chewing herbivores” has been accepted in “Basic and Applied Ecology”. Thanks to all authors @bugsbyblee @Robert_E_Clark @TamingViruses @clarecasteel @CrowderLabWSU
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Ben Lee, PhD retweeted
Saumik Basu@saumbios15 Aug 2022
Check out our new paper led by @bugsbyblee showing how predators effects the spread of a plant virus through density and trait-mediated indirect effects on vectors @Robert_E_Clark @CrowderLabWSU
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