Aswathi Sasidharan

New paper from our lab (@ChemEcol_org)! We identify a glucosinolate that links oviposition behaviour with innate immunity in a specialist herbivore. Great work @AswathiMenoki! Supported by @DBTIndia & @ANRFIndia. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

New paper from our lab! Harmonising control: understanding the complex impact of pesticides on... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

New paper alert! we report on host selection of parasitoid wasps, important biocontrol agents in agriculture! Making a healthy choice: Tactical host selection behaviour of a parasitoid wasp - Sasidharan - Ecological Entomology - Wiley Online Library resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ee…

@EntsocAmerica @MUVE_ESA @EnakshiGhosh15 Congratulations @EnakshiGhosh15

@MUVE_ESA Enakshi Ghosh (@EnakshiGhosh15) earned the 2023 ESA Henry and Sylvia Richardson Research Grant. entsoc.org/news/press-rel…

May is Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month. A strong community of #AANHPI scientists contribute to advancing entomology every day. #EntoDEI #AANHPIHeritageMonth 🧵

Join in on the interactive session with @CCAMP_India in association with @RiseIISER on 'Understanding the BIG Scheme' aimed at guidance on the essentials of grant proposals this May 6th at 2.00pm! Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Chandrayaan-3 Mission: 'India🇮🇳, I reached my destination and you too!' : Chandrayaan-3 Chandrayaan-3 has successfully soft-landed on the moon 🌖!. Congratulations, India🇮🇳! #Chandrayaan_3 #Ch3

@BIRAC_2012 #BIG Call 22 results have been announced.. Check for more details: birac.nic.in/webcontent/169… @DBTIndia @rajesh_gokhale

Dr. Radhika Venkatesan of Department of Biological Sciences has been awarded with the Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researchers. Congratulations, Dr. Radhika Venkatesan.

Giving awards (onsite and online) to the next generation of chemical ecologists. Congratulations to all again! #ISCE_APACE #chemicalecology Thank you again to all sponsors who allow the societies to support stars in the field!

Our newest publication faced all the hurdles of the pandemic, yet came out like a 'flying moth'. link.springer.com/article/10.100… What drives the oviposition choice of a specialist moth? Volatiles, immunity, and enemy-reduced space. @radhiven @Paul_J_Ode @AswathiMenoki

Super happy to see our work on the cover! @NehaKalmankar #MyACSCover @ACS4Authors

CABI expertise contributes to newly registered biological defence against the fall armyworm in Kenya #fallarmyworm cabi.news/3uyKEEY

Anti-amyloidogenic & antioxidant properties of #cyclotides reported for the first time using tiny C. elegans worms! #peptide #therapeutics #plantscience #amyloid @NCBS_Bangalore @TheCraikGroup @ampepsoc @EurPepSoc @IndianPepSociet @ProPepChem #WomenInSTEM pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Excited to share new work from our lab! We report larval parasitoid as potential biocontrol for the dreaded fall armyworm! Thank you @NCBS_Bangalore @MPI_CE @serbonline for the support. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

A popular science article about our work on myrmecochory- seed dispersal by ants! We report the chemical cues in castor seeds attractive to particular ants and show that such secondary dispersal is advantageous for germination. Thank you Anuja! ecologyexplained.com/post/survival-…

The special session of the Kerala legislative assembly has passed a resolution against Centre's new farm laws. Our national capital is witnessing an unprecedented struggle. Farmers have braved extreme cold & other hardships to join the struggle. In 35 days, 32 lives lost.

Female Acropimpla stinging its host through the leaf. Eggs are placed on the host or scattered in the roll. Osaka, JPN. #InsectOfTheDay #242

Great news! My latest paper with @VandyBugs is out in @ScienceAdvances! We examined 68 insect species from 16 orders and found that the integration of the immune and circulatory systems is conserved throughout insect evolution! advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/48/e…

Our work is finally out in PNAS. We describe a cell surface receptor that detects peptides in caterpillar spit! A plant pattern recognition receptor can detect chewing herbivory. Huge project started at UC San Diego and finished at UW. pnas.org/content/early/…

A newly-discovered species of wasp dives underwater to hunt aquatic caterpillars bit.ly/2UET2mF