New preprint: The case for open research in entomology: reducing harm, refining reproducibility and advancing insect science

Check out the new preprint led by Jordan and co-authored by fellow members of the Royal Entomological Society (RES) Publications Committee and RES journal Editors-in-Chief: The case for open research in entomology: reducing harm, refining reproducibility and advancing insect science Open research is an increasingly important framework within which to develop, share and re-use research,Continue reading "New preprint: The case for open research in entomology: reducing harm, refining reproducibility and advancing insect science"

EcoNet2023 and research visit to HUJI

Jordan recently went to Israel to attend the Ecological Networks symposium (EcoNet2023) and took the opportunity beforehand to visit Efrat Gavish-Regev and her group at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (HUJI) who study arachnids from eco-evo-devo and natural history perspectives. Having long discussed working together, it was a great opportunity to get in theContinue reading "EcoNet2023 and research visit to HUJI"

Jordan shortlisted for national postdoc award

On his last day as a postdoc before officially starting his Newcastle University Academic Track Fellowship through which FERG is being established, Jordan was shortlisted for the Impact for Postdoc Careers Award! He was nominated for his work in establishing the researcher network, a network for representing, connecting and supporting postdocs and other researchers acrossContinue reading "Jordan shortlisted for national postdoc award"

New preprint: Sources of prey availability data alter interpretation of outputs from prey choice null networks

Check out the new preprint led by Jordan: Sources of prey availability data alter interpretation of outputs from prey choice null networks! This is also FERG-co-supervised PhD student Ben Hawthorne's first time authoring a publication! Massive congrats, Ben! Look out for the full paper in the coming weeks/months!

NEW PAPER: Temporal variation in spider trophic interactions is explained by the influence of weather on prey communities, web building and prey choice

This new paper uses multivariate analysis and null network models to investigate how weather impacts the prey communities, diet, foraging choices and web structures of spiders in cereal crops, and how these data could be used to inform predictive models.

Primer time: a rollercoaster ride through metabarcoding PCR primer design

This was originally posted on Biocoenosis, a blog jointly run by Jordan and FERG collaborator Max Tercel. If you want a short synopsis on metabarcoding (and dietary metabarcoding more specifically), plough on, but if you're here for some tips and tricks, scroll down to the PCR primer design subheading. Now more than ever, PCR hasContinue reading "Primer time: a rollercoaster ride through metabarcoding PCR primer design"