Thrilled to share our new work, led by amazing graduate student María Castaño. We report the first long read genome, for Strepsiptera, an enigmatic group of parasitic insects with extreme sexual dimorphism. Spoiler alert: it’s a tiny genome with a high content of repetitive elements!

First genome assembly of the order Strepsiptera using PacBio HiFi reads reveals a miniature genome

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Delighted to see the review paper that Tamara Spasojevic, Silas Bossert, and I have been working on for the past few months, on the recent advances in #Hymenopteraresjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Evolving perspectives in Hymenoptera systematics: Bridging fossils and genomes across time

Advances in sequencing and phylogenomic methods reveal unresolved deep phylogenetic nodes with variable age estimates in Hymenoptera, including, for example, Eusymphyta and Proctotrupomorpha. Confli...

While you’re on wasp care duty during Spring break… and you find all these awesome depictions on the lab board 🤣🤣 #teamwasp#ProudPI

Wow, this really summarizes well what many of us go through to stay STEM trajectories

DIijayas.bsky.socialFeb 25, 2024 11:04am

“There is a cost for success in STEM academia. The few minoritized people who seem to thrive might be doing what psychologists call ‘high-effort coping’” True words by Jean King, and gosh, do I not feel it.

Why the mental cost of a STEM career can be too high for women and people of colour

Under-represented groups face chronic barriers, creating psychological — and physical — effects. The scientific community must ease this burden. Under-represented groups face chronic barriers, creatin...

Wow, this really resonated with me. Thanks for sharing!