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I am delighted to welcome my colleagues Dr. Ashikin Binti Abdullah and Dr. Noorhidayah Mamat from the University of Malaya to my laboratory for the first time today. We've started a formal collaboration for an exchange programme. Exciting times ahead!

Thank you Eva Crane Trust for supporting our research on #microplastic #pollution and #pollinators!!!!!

#Invertebrates hold the potential to serve as alternative and complementary models to vertebrates for a deeper understanding of the evolution of #cognitive abilities. Read our latest review on the topic. With Tyrone Lucon-Xiccato and Claudio Carere link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Just released in Science of the Total Environment! 3D brain imaging unveiled 1–5 μm #microplastics breaching the #honeybee brain. PS & PMMA #synergistically affect sucrose responsiveness and hinder learning & memory. Thanks to Eva Crane Trust Università di Firenze Elisa Pasquini sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Excited to announce that National Geographic will support our project "BeeSafe"! Ready to work with the brilliant Ilaria Colzi and Massimo Nepi to investigate the impact of #microplastics on wild #pollinators and flowering plants in natural environments. National Geographic National Geographic Society

Beautiful swarm from our apiary at the University of Florence few days ago....

Our new study in #Chemosphere delves deep into the effects of a commercial #fungicide & #herbicide on #bees and found neurotoxic effects, impaired learning & memory and activation of detox enzymes. Key insights for protecting non-target insects #BeeHealth sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Published in its final form in Environmental Pollution! #Microplastics (#polystyrene & #plexiglass) additively activate the honey bee immune system and alter CHC profiles without affecting social recognition, undermining colony integrity. Eva Crane Trust sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Embarking for the Giglio island (Tuscan archipelago), looking for #floweringplants, #nectars, #pollens and of course #pollinators. National Geographic expedition...

Field sampling, Tuscan Archipelago! National Geographic #BeeSafe Project. #microplastics #plants #pollinators. With Ilaria Colzi, Daniele Calabrese, Massimo Nepi Laboratory of Analytical Methods for Chemical Ecology, CBE lab

Traveling to Erice to participate in the MINIMAL COGNITION Workshop organized by Giorgio Vallortigara Lucia Regolin & Pier Francesco Ferrari. The WS aims to unveil a more comprehensive meaning of the concept of #cognition free from anthropocentric prejudices centromajorana.it/minimalcogniti…

Sampling #microplastics on wild #bees and in flowering plants in Capraia island (Tuscan Archipelago). Such a wonderful and wild place. Thanks to National Geographic for supporting the project!

Paper wasps, Polistes dominula. Capo Corso (Corse, France)

Excited to share our latest paper in Journal of Experimental Biology! We explored the expression of GABA-related genes in the brains of honey bees naturally infected with DWV and their varying complex learning responses. With Fabio Manfredini journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/do…

Domani all'Orto Botanico di Firenze parliamo di #impollinatori, dalla loro importanza economica e ecologica alle cause del loro declino e il ruolo chiave della ricerca scientifica per migliorare il loro stato di salute e quello degli ecosistemi. Grazie #seedsflorence per l'invito

Seeds of Florence outreach event at Giardino dei Semplici (Florence botanical garden)

Excited to share our latest review in Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health: "Bioinsecticides on Honey Bees: Exposure, Sublethal Effects, and Risk Assessment Paradigms." Read it online now! doi.org/10.1016/j.coes…

Attending the XXX Italian Congress of Etology 4-6 September 2024 in Turin! sietorino2024.unito.it/home-page

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It takes a village... we went further into the intricate and fascinating associations between yeasts, insect vectors, and the environment nature.com/articles/s4159…