@GriesLab

Insect/spider/animal communication and resource-foraging lab at Simon Fraser University, BC, Canada.

 Burnaby, British Columbia
sfu.ca/gries-lab.html
Joined May 2018
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With great joy I can announce that I defended my Master of Pestmanagement at @SFU in the @GriesLab on spider management! It was a fun ride to do while working on my PhD! Thanks to everyone who cheered me on!
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New Research: Staphylococcus microbes in the bovine skin microbiome attract blood-feeding stable flies: The human skin microbiome reportedly contributes to the attraction of mosquitoes to human hosts. We tested the hypothesis that bovine skin… #Ecology frontiersin.org/articles/10.…
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Recently had the pleasure of publishing my first paper with some amazing co-authors from the @GriesLab. It's about stable flies and their attraction to microbes from cow skin and it's super gross. Please feel free to check it out if that's your thing 😀 #insects #microbiology
Frontiers - Ecology & Evolution@FrontEcolEvol11 Jul 2023
New Research: Staphylococcus microbes in the bovine skin microbiome attract blood-feeding stable flies: The human skin microbiome reportedly contributes to the attraction of mosquitoes to human hosts. We tested the hypothesis that bovine skin… #Ecology frontiersin.org/articles/10.…
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Dan Peach@DanPeach314 Nov 2022
Are you at #EntSoc22, interested in mosquito ecology (particularly their interactions with plants), and considering graduate school? Let’s get in touch and chat!
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I am very honoured and grateful to have received this award, named in the memory of Dexter Johnson. Thank you @EntSocBC and @DanJohnsonAB. #EntSoc22
Entomol. Soc. BC@EntSocBC15 Nov 2022
At every AGM (even the huge joint meetings) the ESBC awards a number of student awards. We want to congratulate this years winners. Starting with the newly renamed Dexter Johnson Award. We have two winners this year @AsimRenyard and Debra Wertman. #EntSoc22
Award winners Asim Renyard and Debra Wertman

ALT Award winners Asim Renyard and Debra Wertman

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Thank you very much to all the judges and organizers at #EntSoc22! I am honoured to have received this award! Thank you!
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New chemical components to female spider pheromones are identified in the false black widow spider, Steatoda grossa. @AndiFischer10 @GriesLab @SFUResearch @SFUBioSci 🕷️ nature.com/articles/s42003-0…
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Just in time for Halloween: NEW PUBLICATION: New sex pheromone system uncovered. Volatile pheromone components arise from contact pheromone components of the female false widow nature.com/articles/s42003-0… #PhDthesis @Arachnologynews @AAS_arachnology @ISArachnology @ESArachnology

Origin, structure and functional transition of sex pheromone components in a false widow spider

Communications Biology - New chemical components to female spider pheromones are identified in the false black widow spider, Steatoda grossa.

nature.com
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Did you ever wonder where spider sex pheromones are produced? Its a silk gland. Interestingly, the posterior aggregate gland for Steatoda grossa. Would be interesting to know if that is the case for other spiders as well.rdcu.be/cYPDd @AAS_arachnology
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After a lot of work and more than a few speed bumps, we're excited to announce the launch of our redesigned website (buff.ly/3UY83y3). We welcome everyone to check it out!
Screenshot showing the new homepage of the Entomological Society of British Columbia. At the top of the page there is a website menu, below there is a large image of a paper wasp, below is title "Entomological Society of British Columbia".

ALT Screenshot showing the new homepage of the Entomological Society of British Columbia. At the top of the page there is a website menu, below there is a large image of a paper wasp, below is title "Entomological Society of British Columbia".

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Just sent an email reminder for my first lab meeting at @E3BColumbia and, in true @GriesLab tradition, "there will be sweets"! #ThereWillBeSweets
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Excited to share that my very first first-author paper is now published! Come check out our new paper sharing the identification of the newest click beetle sex pheromone! doi.org/10.1007/s10886-022-0…
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Replying to @KendalSingleton
Congratulations Kendal, @GriesLab @GriesRegine @EmilyLemke15 and others !
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The ESBC believes that all should be welcome in entomology. Sadly, this is not the case. As one of the steps we're taking to reduce the barriers faced by those historically excluded from entomology, we're pleased to announce our new EDI award. Apply at buff.ly/3Bhypns!
Image of an ad for the ESBC EDI award. The image contains a butterfly with wing colours representing the rainbow and trans pride flags, a multi-coloured group of aphids and a dragonfly with two wings missing. Text: The Entomological Society of British Columbia annually awards a scholarship of $1000 to support the participation of one graduate student from a group currently underrepresented within the ESBC. Funds may be used at the student’s discretion. Applications should be submitted to the ESBC Secretary at secretary@entsocbc.ca by September 21st, 2022. Competition results will be announced at the AGM!

ALT Image of an ad for the ESBC EDI award. The image contains a butterfly with wing colours representing the rainbow and trans pride flags, a multi-coloured group of aphids and a dragonfly with two wings missing. Text: The Entomological Society of British Columbia annually awards a scholarship of $1000 to support the participation of one graduate student from a group currently underrepresented within the ESBC. Funds may be used at the student’s discretion. Applications should be submitted to the ESBC Secretary at [email protected] by September 21st, 2022. Competition results will be announced at the AGM!

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Excited to announce that my very first coauthored paper has been published! Thank you @AsimRenyard for the opportunity to be a part of this project...and for the opportunity to learn way more about bird poop than any person should! doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.92…

Frontiers | Floral and Bird Excreta Semiochemicals Attract Western Carpenter Ants

Ant colonies have vast and diverse nutritional needs but forager ants have limited mobility to meet these needs. Forager ants would accrue significant energy...

frontiersin.org
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Our new paper ‘Quantifying exposure of #bumblebee (Bombus spp.) queens to #pesticide residues when hibernating in agricultural soils’ is out in Environmental Pollution! 👉doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.202… #Pollinators #OpenAccess @ELSenviron @NigelERaine @McArtLab 🐝👑🧵(1/5)
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Hey ants can smell their food and you should read our new paper about it! Proud of the work we did and thanks to all the amazing co-authors who made this project happen @cegooding @GriesRegine and others who are not on twitter! doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.92…
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Washington's 5 volcanoes are part of the Cascade Range, which extends from northern CA to southern British Columbia. #MountStHelens has been most active (more puffing volcano icons = more activity) over the past 4,000 yrs.
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Support Sam Meraj (@sammeraj4), our @SFUBioSci PhD student at @GriesLab in the vote for 3MT Regionals People's Choice Award RSVP to join on May 6: ow.ly/KrPR50IXslZ
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Can anyone tell me if seeds of Claytonia (@waarneming tells me this is C. perfoliata) are dispersed by ants? (Myrmecochory) My Google-fu is failing me.
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