Great to see these results finally published! Data Blanca (@bioivanezb.bsky.social) and I collected during my master’s research in Peruvian cacao agroforestry systems, where you can learn more about the favorite food of leafcutter ants and how herbivory damage strongly depends on distance! 🐜
📣 Funded* #PhD position (4 years)
Wood #Ant #conservation project in Ireland🐜
@maynoothuniversity.ie
Application close: 3 June 2026
More info: dirilgenecology.com/contact/
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@muresearch.bsky.social | @mu-gra25.bsky.social | @maynooth-bgs.bsky.social | * @npwsireland.bsky.social
#findaphd
Our PhD student Max Bolder @boldest-ant.bsky.social published a very fascinating story about the vampire #ants Stigmatomma pallipes. Queens may look alike but they differ in behavior and gene expression. Do you want to know more? Check below! 🐜
Join the Terrestrial Ecology Lab VacanciesOPEN [closing 3 June 2026] PhD: Irish wood ant conservation project (4 years) Postdoctoral ResearchersReach out to me if you are interested in pursuing sup…
Pellen, @shaggyschrader.bsky.social @eyalprivman.bsky.social et al. analyse the most comprehensive ant odorant receptor dataset to date, showing that worker polymorphism involves extensive adaptation of chemical communication.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msag103
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5th Cold Spring Harbor Meeting on Social Insects
31.3.- 4.3. 3027
Keynote speakers:
Shelley Berger
Margarita López-Uribe
Christopher Jernigan
Brock Harpur
Qiaowei Pan
Nathalie Stroeymeyt
Philipp Brand
Orit Peleg
Ofer Feinerman
Abstract submission: 1.7. 2026 - 17.1.2027
