PC kit and incubator for running Ethoscope

Screen grab for video tracking of flies

#drosophila #nasonia
Long time coming!
Hard work from Christian and Yu-Chien, we now able to run #Ethoscope in my and Eamonn Mallon lab. Shout out to @giorgiogilestro to his support in setting up too!

Lipids as currency in parasitoid competition: Interactions between two lipid-scavenging species Lipid scavengers are organisms that rely on exogenous lipid acquisition as they lack the ability to synthesize fatty acids de novo or in sufficient qu…

Excited about this new paper studying competition between lipid-scavenging #parasitoids sharing the same host. The later-arriving species shifts to #hyperparasitism to ensure sufficient resources. Don't miss the amazing photos!

#nasonia #evolution #behaviour
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Lab bench against campus view

Rows of scopes on bench

We also got a brand new #insect pushing room for #drosophila and #nasonia at @NeurogeneticsLeicester 🤩🤩🤩🤩

Mating Nasonia vitripennis jewel wasps, credit: Hans Smid, WUR

New #OpenAccess research in #RESInsectMolecBio reports on #SYNCAS-mediated #CRISPR-#Cas9 genome editing in the Jewel wasp, #Nasonia vitripennis.

@insexdet.bsky.social @sassanasgari.bsky.social @gulianusslab.bsky.social @wiley.com

Photo: mating Nasonia vitripennis (credit: Hans Smid, WUR)

Larval diapause slows adult epigenetic ageing in an insect model, Nasonia vitripennis Epigenetic clocks based on DNA methylation provide robust biomarkers of biological age, yet the mechanistic basis and functional significance of slowing these clocks remain unclear. Progress has been ...

Our lab have extended our previous findings of an epigenetic clock in insect species by showing the epigenetjc clock is plastic. As diapause increases adult lifespan, we see a slowing of the epigenetic clock! Preprint:

#Diapause #Nasonia #Epigenetic #EpigeneticClock

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Developmental DNA Methylation in the Parasitoid Wasp Nasonia vitripennis DNA methylation is a crucial epigenetic mark the development of many insect species, being essential for fertility and the progression of development in a range of organisms. However, the mechanisms u...

The preprint of the work from my PhD examining DNA methylation across development in Nasonia vitripennis is now available!

#Nasonia #Methylation

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Hi everyone!

I’m a postdoctoral research assistant at the University of Leicester using a parasitic wasp named Nasonia vitripennis to uncover the mechanisms that underpin biological ageing.

I’ve switched to Bluesky to try avoid how chaotic Twitter became!

#Leicester #Nasonia #Ageing

How often do you see your #PI working on bench on Friday evening?!?

Caught @Symbionticism in action checking out #Nasonia vials. Does he even recognize them anymore? The picture speaks for itself 😁 👨‍🔬

OGS2: genome re-annotation of the jewel wasp Nasonia vitr... Background Nasonia vitripennis is an emerging insect mode...

Colbourne @timsackton et al assess #Nasonia OGS2 annotation with #BUSCO: 67 missing down to just 27 after curation bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12864-...