Christine Picard

How do flies find every stinky garbage dumpster? A biologist explains their sensory superpower theconversation.com/how-do-flies-f… via @ConversationUS

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Latest episode of EntoDigest is out! Talking about insect welfare (and @Bee_Bytes), agricultural waste stream bioconversion, feeding healthier fish, sweetening up that doggy breath and more. Check it out on apple or Spotify. Links 👇

Fun times at The Amp today taking agbioscience. Even @GovHolcomb couldn’t stop talking about all the potential here in Indiana.

@OrganJM To be fair we knew it was coming….

Academia in Indiana had a nice run. Multiple world-class universities. That is all about to change. Sad day to be a Hoosier (as most days are lately). indianapublicmedia.org/news/tenure-bi…

As an undergrad I had a senior thesis project looking at x-linked indel in drosophila and smushed some salivary glands to look at the polytene chromosomes. 24 years doing it in blow flies!

NSF IUCRC program indicates return on investment for industry partners is $42 for each $1 contributed - well, @CEIF_InsectAg is projecting $86 return/$1 invested during 2024, which is basically $2.1M of work for $25K invested by an industry partner @SciencePicard @hwillia8

OG Tyson hatchery

Fall meeting of @CEIF_InsectAg occurring at @TysonFoods in Springdale, Arkansas is off and running! New research being developed to move industry of insects as food and feed forward! @SciencePicard @hwillia8 @NSF

Do the ‘Thank you’ or ‘Received’ emails really need to be reply all?

Amazing work @Tom_Generalovic ! researchgate.net/publication/37…

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Blow flies are just cool. 😎

Latest out of the lab led by former PhD student Charity Owings. academic.oup.com/jme/advance-ar…

The market for insect ingredients is “definitely growing at what I would think is an exponential speed,” said Dr. Christine Picard, professor at IUPUI. Picard helped create the CEIF, a partnership between academia and industry including Tyson and Protix. cnn.com/2023/10/20/bus…

Thanks @Delta - even though a flight cancellation means we lose a day on our vacation - they helped us salvage our trip by working with us so we don’t miss out on an experience that was planned.

I’m recruiting at least 1 new student - reach out for more info!

Great day for a game #iupui

It’s not surprising to us!