Ben Lee, PhD

First paper from my dissertation research is out! "Responses to predation risk cues and alarm pheromones affect plant virus transmission by an aphid vector" #Sec2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">link.springer.com/article/10.100… Thanks to all the authors for their hard work! @saumbios @sayan_bera3 @clarecasteel @CrowderLabWSU

Our ms on #pharmaceuticals in #bees is OUT today in @SpringerNature Apidologie! If you love #rstats #bees #entomology #ecology #openscience this one is for you! @CrowderLabWSU @bugsbyblee @chattymaddie_ @mrbrousil @susta1nabeelity @WSUPullman @wsucahnrs link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Endosymbionts modulate virus effects on aphid-plant interactions | The ISME Journal nature.com/articles/s4139…

@Plant_Phillips @MExpositoAlonso Congrats Alyssa!!!

I’m very excited to to share I’ve accepted a postdoc with @MExpositoAlonso and Benjamin Blonder at UC Berkeley! Starting next summer, I’ll be studying local adaptation of quaking aspen to improve aspen management.

I'm not sure any academics are left on Twitter, but @Gengping_ and I are hiring a postdoc to work on ecological niche modeling of invasive Northern giant hornet (aka #murderhornet). $66-70K salary. Email or DM if interested

@ArthropodAbbey @BerglandAlan @uvabio @uconneeb Congrats dude!!!

I am absolutely stoked to announce that this Fall I'll be starting my second postdoc - moving to Virginia to work with @BerglandAlan and join @uvabio. Just call me a fly guy now😎🪰 Though I will miss ya @uconneeb I am jazzed about this next chapter 🎉

@Dr_DalilaRendon Happy to help! Would love to see the final product

By the way, I figured this out and created a nice interactive map with trap counts of D. suzukii throughout the season for our blueberry growers. Huge thanks to @bugsbyblee for giving me a kickstart and sharing his code. Happy to pay it forward for anyone who is curious...

@Dr_DalilaRendon Hi Dalilia! We made a shiny visualizing trap counts in the Salinas valley, happy to chat if you’d like some of the code we used salinaspestmap.shinyapps.io/salinas-pestma…

Has anyone here created a Power BI or Shiny dashboard that incorporates datasheets from trap counts (or similar abundance measurements), and its corresponding visualisation on a map? Help me out with resources or information for creating this…

@DowenJocson @BeersLab @NorthfieldTobin @LouisNottingham Wooooo congrats Doctor!!!!

Jr. Specialist position (UCD) still open through tomorrow (4/14) for the 1st review (recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF05603). Limited to people with a Bachelor's. It's for one year, assisting on a variety of projects in field and veg crops. Easy app, share with anyone that would be a good fit.

Congrats to our #ucdavis Department of Entomology and Nematology doctoral students and undergraduate student who received NSF-GRFP fellowships: Grace Horne, Lexie Martin, Marshall Naktani and Gary Ge! Proud of you! bit.ly/3m73zsh

@Lexie_Martin_ @NSF @rachelvannette @TexasScience @toby_hammer Amazing congrats Lexie!

I got the awesome news that I was awarded a @NSF Graduate Research Fellowship! Big thanks to my advisor @rachelvannette, my lab mates, and my previous advisors at @TexasScience (@toby_hammer and Dr. Jo-anne Holley ) 😀🐝

@jesskansperson @montanastate Congrats Jess that’s amazing!!!

#ucdavis doctoral student Grace Horne to host #Bioblitz at UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden, Saturday, April 29, 9 to 11 a.m. Meet in Shields White Garden. Part of City Nature Challenge. Photograph and upload images of plants and animals. #BugSquad bit.ly/3Tznr3P

Job Posting - Biological Control Program Environmental Scientist, CA Dept of Food and Agriculture. If you or someone you know would be interested in joining the biocontrol group at CDFA, please see the job announcement: calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/Jo… Applications due March 24, 2023.

@_ruthbetold Just a soy boy trying to express himself 😔

"The state concluded the license plate “LUVTOFU” could’ve been seen as a reference to sex instead of admiration for bean curd. The motorist insisted there was no mistaking his intent because the back of his car had several tofu-related stickers."

Javier, a Salinas area farmworker shares: I've been working 5 years watering and fertilizing at various ranches where lettuce, broccoli and other vegetables are harvested. I work 10 hours a day all year long. I only have down time when the weather doesn't let us work. #WeFeedYou

Come join the Grettenberger Lab and work on invasive species IPM in tomato! Great opportunity for folks with a BS looking to expand their research experience as a Junior Specialist recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF05507

New #preprint alert! Are you interested in #PPCP #bees #landuse? We used preserved bee tissue + co-located site descriptions + some Bayesian-esque stats to see what factors were associated with PPCP presence. @mrbrousil @bugsbyblee @chattymaddie_ @susta1nabeelity @CrowderLabWSU

@smoothbrainfool how you feel about it?

Only single person in the group hang ask me how I feel about it

NEW: The state of California found that the University of California broke the law by failing to bargain in good faith with academic workers' union on 6 accounts, including by making unilateral changes to worker pay, according to @uaw2865 Today is day 9 of their strike.