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Ben Pyenson (he/him) @BPyenson

Ants, Bees, but not Bears. Habs fan always.

Joined August 2011
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Ben Pyenson (he/him)@BPyenson
11 Nov 2024
Hi everyone, the work with @sanrehan @JesseHuisken and nandini gupta published the first single-nucleus brain atlas of a subsocial insect. Open access: @ResearchGate: researchgate.net/publication…

(PDF) The brain atlas of a subsocial bee reflects that of eusocial Hymenoptera

PDF | The evolutionary transition from solitary life to group‐living in a society with cooperative brood care, reproductive division of labor and... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on...

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Very happy to read this interesting study from my colleagues Xiaohui Guo, Colin Lynch, Jon Harrison, and Jennifer Fewell at ASU: royalsocietypublishing.org/d…

Ontogeny of energy use in harvester ant colonies, and the metabolic expense of colony growth

Abstract. In animals, metabolic rates during ontogeny often scale differently from the way they do in cross-species or population comparisons, with near-is

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Juvenile hormone in a facultatively-social bee is associated with development and reproduction, but not sociality cdmcd.co/bRK3R6 #EntSoc24
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AI and modern CV in the insect laboratory: Discovering important behaviors in ants and deep faking wasps cdmcd.co/pMA4pW #EntSoc24
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Journal of Experimental Biology@J_Exp_Biol
25 Sep 2024
Recently, JEB broadened its scope to include research that is non-hypothesis driven. In his new Perspective, @tubuleguy discusses why he thinks this is wonderful news as novel insights can sometimes come from idea-led experiments journals.biologists.com/jeb/…
A screenshot of the article titled 'Big data and experimental biology: the complementary roles of hypothesis-led and blue skies research' by Julian A. T. Dow

ALT A screenshot of the article titled 'Big data and experimental biology: the complementary roles of hypothesis-led and blue skies research' by Julian A. T. Dow
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Kara Layton | @molluscular.bsky.social@molluscular
10 Sep 2024
📢 The Layton Lab @UTMBiology and @eebtoronto is recruiting new students for 2025! Please see the ad below and reach out to hear more about our work and research culture 🐚🧬🤿
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Genome Journal@GenomeJournal
11 Jul 2024
🐝✨ How do #insects like #bees, #ants, and #wasps decide who does what in their colonies? It’s in their #genes! @BPyenson @sanrehan cover how gene networks and epigenetic factors drive insect social organization. #InsectWorld #Genomics ow.ly/pPO050SxvwG
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HHMI | Janelia@HHMIJanelia
24 May 2024
✨ New research from the Hermundstad & Jayaraman labs @HHMIJanelia suggests how two different learning systems in the fly brain work together with hardwired circuit architectures to enable rapid flexibility. (1/11) ➡️ doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.202…
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Behind The Mask@BTMhockey
17 Apr 2024
This market can and will support an NHL team. Youth hockey has never been stronger. Our footprint is stamped all over the NHL. We deserve better.
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Peter T. Rühr @peter-t-ruehr.bsky.social@Peter_Th_R
1 Apr 2024
I just uploaded a printable meshed lid for 50 ml Falcon tubes to keep #insects in an aerated container when collecting in the field! Check it out @printablescom: printables.com/model/828801 #entomology #collection #3dprint
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Arcadia Science@ArcadiaScience
18 Mar 2024
Think the phenotype-o-mat would be useful for your lab? Let us know! We’re considering hosting a workshop if that would be beneficial for the community. 👇 bit.ly/phenotype-o-mat

Phenotype-o-mat Interest

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Ben Braverman@bentbraverman
18 Mar 2024
If you’re a fan of DIY lab equipment, you’ll love the phenotype-o-mat, a customizable DIY 96-well plate imager from @ArcadiaScience that you can now build for only $400 🧵 1/7 protocols.io/view/building-a…
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BarDown
@BarDown
10 Feb 2024
The Canes brought out the cooperalls and headbands for Whalers night 🔥 (🎥: @CanesOnBally)
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Want to know which insect should be the focus of your next transcriptomic study? @sanrehan and I summarize insect sociogenomic trends for you. Open-access and freely available! It's not just bees. 🐝🪲🐜. 🧵below cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/1…

Gene regulation supporting sociality shared across lineages and variation in complexity

Across evolutionary lineages, insects vary in social complexity, from those that exhibit extended parental care to those with elaborate divisions of labor. Here, we synthesize the sociogenomic...

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We then summarize the trends from species whose transcriptomes are available, finding that some theory has support across multiple lineages and also species with different levels of social complexity within the same lineage.
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3 areas are worthy of more investigation: 1) effects of social contexts on gene expression; 2) gene knockdown/knockouts to identify the role of specific genes in a social phenotype; 3) location in individuals (tissue, cell) of transcriptomic differences.
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Jean-Philippe Lessard (he/him/his)@bugEcology
16 Nov 2023
Support Canadian bumble bee researcher Dr. Sheila Colla through her cancer treatment: gofundme.com/f/support-sheil…
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NFL
@NFL
12 Nov 2023
Yessir, Joe Brr. 📺: #HOUvsCIN -- 1pm ET on CBS 📱: Stream on #NFLPlus
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Steven Ge@StevenXGe
16 Oct 2023
GPT-4 Vision generates scripts for a RNA-Seq workflow from my handwriting. Where's my job security? Need to unionize and strike now or else. #gpt4V
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