Benjamin Taylor 🐝 (@bentaylorevo) 's Twitter Profile
Benjamin Taylor 🐝

@bentaylorevo

Nextflow enthusiast and post-doc studying genomics of invasive hornets and other hymenopter-y things at Purdue University. He/Him

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Run out of quarantine drama? Check out our new paper on queen succession! It's like Game of Thrones if all the characters were paper wasps. Queen succession conflict in the paper wasp Polistes dominula is mitigated by age-based convention doi.org/10.1093/beheco…

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Want to gain fieldwork experience & help with a cool project on rhesus macaque sexual behaviour πŸ΅πŸ†πŸ’¦? Seeking 2 research assistants to help collect behavioural data on Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico, starting early Feb 2022. Accom., travel & stipend covered. Please retweet/share!

Want to gain fieldwork experience & help with a cool project on rhesus macaque sexual behaviour πŸ΅πŸ†πŸ’¦? Seeking 2 research assistants to help collect behavioural data on Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico, starting early Feb 2022. Accom., travel & stipend covered. Please retweet/share!
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Incredibly excited to share my first first author pre-print! Thank you Nicky Faber , Gregor Gorjanc, Benjamin Taylor 🐝, and @Harpur for the great collaboration! Head-on to BioRxiv or come to my talk during #IUSSI2022 to know more about the use of gene drives in social wasps.

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Our paper exploring the potential of gene drive as a control measure for invasive wasps is out! Congrats to Yani Meiborg Nicky Faber @Harpur Gregor Gorjanc and thanks for giving me the opportunity to contribute to a really cool project

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New open-access paper out with Gard Otis and Heather Mattila! This is a really comprehensive review of invasive hornets past and present (yes, including 'murder hornets'πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ). Should be a fantastic resource for anyone interested in the field frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…