Entomologist, lover of all things microscopy, microCT and 3D printing. Researcher at Macquarie University. https://fiorellamicroscopy.wordpress.com/
saw @andrewmatheson.bsky.social 's talk at #ICN2026 today and it was fantastic!
Maria Antonietta ToschesExcited to share a new preprint from the lab, by @andrewmatheson.bsky.social and team, where we dive into the superpower of newts: plasticity! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Like many good projects, this started with a serendipitous observation... 🧵1/5
Did you know that the @austentsoc.bsky.social conference will be hosting Professor Eric Warrant from @lundvision.bsky.social this year? He will be talking about the sensory basis of long-distance migration in the Bogong moth! Abstract submission closes July 31! Come along! event.mq.edu.au/aes2026/
Did you know that there is a whole open access collection of Australian vertebrate skeletons called #OzBoneViz over at MorphoSource!? How cool! www.morphosource.org/projects/000... For example check out this beautifully detailed antechinus skull! Part of a full skeleton scan ✨
What an incredible piece of work!!! Sensory ecology and evolution, microCT AND fossils! What more could a girl ask for!! 🤩🤩🤩 Day made!
Dr James RuleSeals have a superpower: they are the only mammals with amphibious hearing! They hear well both in-air and underwater. My collagues and I have a new study in Proceedings B on the origins and evolution of amphibious hearing in pinnipeds 🦭🔊🧪 doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
This is your periodic reminder that registration for the Australian Entomological Society conference is open and you should register!!! event.mq.edu.au/aes2026/regi... [obligatory pic to make you pay attention is from our conference logo - illustration by: www.linkedin.com/in/gunnar-tr... ]
huh! who knew!! thanks for sharing these slides! very cool!
Jessica HullmanFascinating talk on the history of peer review from Melinda Baldwin at @icssi.org, with some parallels to current crises. Also I hadn't realized peer review was such an American thing.
This is the worst timeline, gen AI strikes yet again!
vermivoraxVery embarrassing for NC State to have this New World screwworm article (cvm.ncsu.edu/news/new-wor...) with a horrendously wrong AI image.
Congrats @pipilika.bsky.social and @pranavjoshi8.bsky.social on a beautiful piece of work on the ballista spider out today!! www.cell.com/current-biol...
Ballistic high-powered spider webs overcome dangerous prey defensesNarendra et al. describe in an Australian ballista spider a spring-actuated snare
that is triggered by green tree ants. They show that the snare’s architecture delivers
exceptionally high instantaneou...www.cell.comCheckout this super cute video featuring my collaborator @juanitarodriguez.bsky.social and learn all about spider wasps!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxiX...
Spider wasps: the friends you didn't know you needed!YouTube video by Bush Blitzwww.youtube.comThe website for the 57th Australian Entomological Society Conference is now live!! The conference will be held in Sydney this year, go check it out :) #AusEnto26 #AustralianEntomology #entomology event.mq.edu.au/aes2026/
Do you work with 3D data like microCT or photogrammetry in entomology? Are you coming to the Australian Entomological Society Conference this year? Well then @idrnik.bsky.social and I have the place for you! Come talk at our symposium: event.mq.edu.au/aes2026/symp...