@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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So proud of Sword Lab members Andie Miller and Mason Clark who both crushed it with 1st place wins in the Student Paper Competition at the 2023 Entomology Annual Meeting! @stbehmer @tamuentomology @TAMUEEB #EntSoc23 @EntsocAmerica
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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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pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.22… An adult perspective: Juvenile desert locusts express density-dependent warning coloration to predators. Adult males do it all over again - but as a warning to other males! @Darron_Cullen @eatlikeanimals @NSF_BPRI

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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Way to go, @AshleyTessnow! Valuable new fall armyworm paper. Stay tuned for more cool new FAW findings coming up.
Ashley Tessnow@AshleyTessnow27 Sep 2021
The second chapter of the PhD is now published in @PeerJLife! Here we describe four new markers to differentiate C- and R- strain fall armyworms. @TheSwordLab peerj.com/articles/12195 #AgriculturalScience #Entomology #EvolutionaryStudies #Genomics #MolecularBiology

Novel real-time PCR based assays for differentiating fall armyworm strains using four single...

The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, is a polyphagous global pest with a preference for gramineous crops such as corn, sorghum and pasture grasses. This species is comprised of two morphologic...

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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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Lab alum Dr. Josephine Antwi @josephineantwi3 wrote an American Entomologist article sharing her experiences in academia. Important statement about the need for real actions that support diversity, inclusion, and early career development. Way to go, Jo! academic.oup.com/ae/article-…
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Super excited to be working with @AshleyTessnow from the lab and our USDA collaborators on a major new fall armyworm population genomics and behavior project all across the continental US. @RobMeagher2 #fallarmyworm today.tamu.edu/2021/02/17/gl…
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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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Thanks to the UT Biodiversity Center for this nice stroll down memory lane! History of UT Entomology, Part 5: Sword's Grasshoppers biodiversity.utexas.edu/news…
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New Institute To Study Behavioral Plasticity In Locusts today.tamu.edu/2020/10/01/ne… / Excited to be part of the new Behavioral Plasticity Research Institute!
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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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@BBCEarth3 Sep 2020
Not all caterpillars eat leaves 😳🐛 #EarthsTropicalIslands
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When study systems collide: First locusts and now fall armyworm infestations in India. After locust attacks, Rajasthan battles ‘fall army’ insect infestation is.gd/TwjWeP
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