assoc prof @msstate. fan of insects, viruses, and symbionts.
Joined June 2017
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Matt Ballinger retweeted
31 Oct 2024
Cool!!! @zefrank features some of our lab's work on gall wasps & their parasitoids! The last time they featured our work, the video got over 1.7 million views! #biodiversity @RiceUniversity (cc-@FuSchmu)
"True Facts: Parasitoid Wasps" youtu.be/ANyJVMhOpkk?si=bNqk… via @YouTube
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Matt Ballinger retweeted
31 Oct 2024
I wrote a spooooky piece about parasitoid wasps, viruses, and prospects for fruit fly pest control for @ConversationUS
(ok spooky is a stretch)
theconversation.com/in-hawai…
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31 Oct 2024
Come talk with me about our published and unpublished work on a new #braconid wasp at #EntSoc24!
D3543: First record of a parasitoid wasp using adult flies as hosts cdmcd.co/bRpyw7
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Matt Ballinger retweeted
30 Oct 2024
Vince and I are currently recruiting grad students for a variety of projects. Please pass on this flier to anyone you think would be interested!
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23 Oct 2024
It's Giving Day at the University of Wyoming, and they are running a fundraiser in support of the UW Insect Museum and Gallery. Gifts of all sizes are appreciated and support efforts to discover and name the obscure little insects in the world!
give.uwyo.edu/schools/Univer…
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18 Sep 2024
The 2 mm #braconid parasitoid wasp, Syntretus perlmani. This is about the best I can do...she needs a proper photographer (and/or a much bigger host!) #euphorinae #entomology #parasitoids
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14 Sep 2024
Thanks @NaturePodcast for having me on! We talked about a new #braconid wasp species that uses adult Drosophila flies as its host. Fly lovers be warned, this timelapse of #parasitoid wasp larval emergence is in #natureismetal territory. Link to the episode below.
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Matt Ballinger retweeted
13 Sep 2024
We are proud to announce this incredible new species of Ghost Wasp, the Mam-Burrumurl Wasp! 🖤❤️
Found in Jawoyn Country in the beautiful landscape of Leliyn in Nitmiluk National Park, the name ‘mam-burrumurl’ translates to Ghost Wasp in Jawoyn language! ☀️(1/3)
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12 Sep 2024
The life strategies of #parasitoids are stunningly diverse, but no wasps that attack and develop inside adult flies have ever been described. Our article describes the first one. Its hosts: Drosophila melanogaster and other species of #Drosophila
#Entomology #Braconidae
Nature research paper: Drosophila are hosts to the first described parasitoid wasp of adult flies go.nature.com/3MFgETh
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12 Sep 2024
The new species belongs to the subfamily #Euphorinae known for the unusual strategy of attacking adult insects. This is Syntretus perlmani, new member of a genus known previously to parasitize adult bees and wasps. Named for our colleague and friend, Dr. Steve Perlman.
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12 Sep 2024
The first works on syntretine host biology were published in the 1950s and 60s, but they've not been successfully cultured for laboratory study. We have the species in the lab and would be thrilled to share the line with others!
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Matt Ballinger retweeted
5 Sep 2024
I am pleased to inform you of the publication of the Drosophila immunity handbook. The pdf version of the book is free, or a physical version of the book is available for purchase at @EPFL press.epflpress.org/produit/1514/9…
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Matt Ballinger retweeted
6 Aug 2024
I plan to recruit two Ph.D. students to join my lab in the Dept of Entomology at the University of Kentucky. The research focus will be on molecular mechanisms underlying physiological adaptation. Specifics below. Please DM/email me if you have any questions.
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Matt Ballinger retweeted
30 Jul 2024
📢Happy to share that the Parker Lab is moving to UNC Chapel Hill in January! The interdisciplinary focus of @UNC_Biology will be a fantastic environment for our lab’s work on host-microbe evolution and symbiosis—we’re recruiting postdocs and students: parkerlab.net
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Matt Ballinger retweeted
29 Jul 2024
📢We are hiring!
A post-doc position (computational or wet lab) for 3 years at @IBE_Warszawa @BiolUW
in the @NCN_PL #SonataBIS project on #protist & #symbiosis.
Apply by 30 September 2024
Please RT & share!
👉 More: ibe.biol.uw.edu.pl/en/projec…
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Matt Ballinger retweeted
15 Jul 2024
🦟Interested in mosquito immunity and genetics? We are recruiting a postdoctoral fellow to study the role of mosquito immune cells in malaria parasite recognition and immune priming. Come join us! 🦟isu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/Io…
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