Insect Research Group, University College London
We are excited to announce the start of our BBSRC- “Bioinformatics and Biological Resources Fund” grant to help build next generation agri-ecology workflows and their respective communities.
We used samples from the Big Wasp Survey to analyse the population genetic structure of the Common Yellowjacket, Vespula vulgaris across the UK. You can read the paper here (Open Access).
UCL MSc student Kendra Edwards on her MSc Research Project with the Sumner Lab
Professor Fabio Nascimento visited the Summer lab in July 2023 as part of the Nerc-Fapesp Seed Corn project (NE/W004437/1) “Secrets to a Successful Hunt: Integrating Genomes, Chemistry, and Behaviour in Neotropical Solitary Wasps”. We had productive discussions about the next steps in our projects and new ideas. Prof. Fabio presented a talk titled “What Hormones…
In order to foster new relationships between wasp researchers, the NHM and its collections, we organised the first ever (with hopefully more to come) “Wasp Day” in May 2023. This aimed to unite researchers associated with the Sumner lab and NHM scientists, and find ways to use the wasp collections in future projects. A secondary…
In January of 2023, Prof Seirian Sumner and post-doc Dr Cintia Oi travelled to Brazil to carry out work as part of their project Secrets to a Successful Hunt: Integrating Genomes, Chemistry and Behaviour in Neotropical Solitary Wasps (read full details of this collaborative international NERC-funded project here).
MSci student Lucy Weatherley on her undergraduate literature review and current MSci research project with the Sumner Lab
Postdoc Émeline Favreau on her experience attending the Nextflow Summit and Hackathon in October 2022
Visiting undergraduate student researcher Zann Teo Jiexin from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, on her Honours thesis placement with the Sumner Lab
A new paper, first author Emeline Favreau, has been highlighted in the January edition of journal Genome Biology and Evolution. Congratulations to Emeline, Chris Wyatt and Katie Geist on their momentous study on the molecular basis of sociality across bees and wasps. Read the highlight here, or find the paper itself here.