PhD Candidate in Sumner Lab, @UCLCBER w/ @London_NERC_DTP Passionate about arthropod diversity, conservation and ecology 🐝 https://xitter.cf/t.co/WSueA1eh5t…

Joined July 2020
Have had a very exciting and unexpected start to this week, travelling to Salford for an interview with @BBCBreakfast talking all things #wasps! Many thanks to @WaspWoman for the opportunity, and the fantastic #WorldOfWasps exhibition at @GrantMuseum for the props! – at Saint Albans, East
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#Whoop4wasps! @ionace @UCLCBER cheerleading for wasps @BBCRadio4 @BBCPM 23’10”. [Cold/wet spring=poor nest survival] + [few insect prey] -> bad yr for wasps 🥺It matters: wasps are apex predators & pollinators. #WaspLove bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0021q…
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💼 I am now looking for my next challenge. I have a special interest in science policy, but I am open to discuss any opportunities in the field of environmental science and conservation biology. Please do get in touch if you are aware of any open positions within your network.
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Obligatory fieldwork photos... and my first marked #wasp! Great trip to Norfolk last week with @WaspWoman @TimBlackburn66 – at Blakeney, England
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I’m really proud to share that our paper on the diversity of social complexity in termites has been published!!!
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Very proud to be a part of @UCLCBER and had a great time at my first retreat! – at Saint Albans, East
Thank you to everyone for an amazing day out at the CBER Retreat 2024 hosted by @WWTLondon
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Job alert! Please share! DEADLINE: 21st May. #Bioinformatician to join our @BBSRC #BBR grant 'Building an bioinformatics ecosystem for ecologists' with @Wyatt1Chris @yannick__ @UCLCBER @QMUL @SeqeraLabs #Bioinformatics #ecology #pipelines #Nextflow tinyurl.com/EcoFlowBioinform…
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I'm looking for a few more moth trappers who would be happy to help collect parasitoid wasps 🐝🦋 as part of my PhD (equipment and postage provided). Especially looking for people in the unfilled vice-counties and Northern Ireland! @BroadGavin @WaspWoman Message me for more info
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The thing I love about my job, EVEN more than wasps, is the fabulous people I work with. So lucky to be surrounded by such an inspiring, supportive & fun bunch. This week’s lab meeting was Brazilian themed…wasp masks! #PhDstudents #PostDocs #Fellows #SabbaticalGuests @UCLCBER – at South East, England
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Dear @RishiSunak, Please do one good thing in your premiership and scrap tomorrow's bill to allow more North Sea oil & gas licences. Or call an election now; we've all had enough, nobody voted for you. Pls RT if you agree. thefederal.com/category/inte…
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Pls RT. We're hiring! Join us as Senior #Bioinformatician on 3 yr @NERCscience funded project on sensory evolution of #wasps; #genomes #morphology #comparative. Awesome team 👉 @eyalprivman @UofHaifa @BroadGavin @NHM @Cin_Oi & me @UCLCBER Deadline 18th Dec tinyurl.com/SensorywaspsBioi…
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We are the Conservation Equity Project, a newly established organisation hoping to diversify conservation by offering paid conservation internships at leading institutions to the next generation of budding black conservationists. Follow for our latest opportunities ✊🏾✊🏿🌎 🦒
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🌸Excited to be offering a @SoCoBioDtp #PhD project w/@sejarnold looking at the impact of plant nutrition on floral rewards and plant-pollinator interactions🐝 👉More info here tinyurl.com/4rdk5puz ✍️Apply to SoCoBio southcoastbiosciencesdtp.ac.… #FindAPhD #PhDPosition #Pollination – at South East, England
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Thrilling session of biscuit #cladistics today at @NHM_London @London_NERC_DTP Any constructive debate is more than welcome.... #evolution – at Camden Town, London
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Deadline for this job extended until Sept 18th. Pls RT and share to all #bioinformatics forums! We welcome applications from folks with or without PhDs, from industry or academia. Get in touch!
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