yannickwurm.bsky.social
Ants, pollinators, evolution, genomes. Prof @ Queen Mary U London, Founder @ Pragmatic Genomics & Pollinatework https://wurmlab.com https://sequenceserver.com - Genomic results fast https://sensibee.io - Pollinator monitoring for the 21st century
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@yannickwurm.bsky.socialIf I were a locksmith, I’d break into the other locksmiths shops and leave a note about how much better I am. That’s sort of how a lot of security researchers work.
Show PostOn the other hand, Switzerland thinks highly enough of myrmecology that they put Auguste Forel and some ants he described on their 1000 franc note for a few decades.
Show Postwww.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Hmmm. Given the sums of money involved surely there could be some part of the sale contract that obliges the buyer to fund and distribute hi-res 3D scans and CT scans of each part of the fossil, plus maybe a certain amount of scientific access to the original? 🧪
Show Post#SMBE2026 S23: Gene editing as a driver of evolution: advances, challenges, consequences and frontiers 🗓️ Wed Jul 1, 4:50pm 🔗 smbe2026.org/programme Talks by: Simon Lillico Richard Frankham Ben Novak Thomas Birley @yannickwurm.bsky.social
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