Jordan Cuff 🕸️🧬🕷️
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Molecular ecological entomologist 🧬🕸️🪲 @ForagingEcology PI 🌾🕷️ Posting on alternative platforms!
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Joined March 2015
📜🎉New paper in @Oikos_Journal🎉📜. Prey nutrient content is associated with the trophic interactions of spiders and their prey selection under field conditions. I'm super excited to see this out! Read about our exciting results in the thread below: 🧵👇
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RT @AFEntomology: @JordanCuff et al. propose the need for year-round monitoring of biocontrol interactions to enhance our understanding of….
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RT @AFEntomology: In an editorial, we summarise the articles within the special issue and provide a synthesis on the overarching themes and….
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Super excited to see this special issue, packed with incredible research, out for the world to enjoy! Check out some exceptional papers spamming the broad theme of 'advances in insect biomonitoring for agriculture and forestry'! .🌾🪲🔍🪰🌲.
We're excited to share our special issue on advances in insect biomonitoring for agriculture and forestry, published today! . 🌾🪲🔍🪰🌲. Explore new and upcoming advances in our ability to detect, identify and characterise insects in production systems! .
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A fantastic project using some excellent techniques to answer some really important questions about pond biodiversity with a fabulous team! 🤩.
🚨 !!PhD opportunity!! 🚨. Ponds are often overlooked, but are super important. We need to better understand their contribution to freshwater biodiversity and how to support them!. Come work with a great team @Daniel_Read @lynseyrharper @JordanCuff .
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Check out this exceptional PhD opportunity to do some incredible insect science with some great people, and in some awesome places! 🐜🪲🇨🇿🇹🇼.
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You will also join @ForagingEcology, a thriving research group of incredibly talented researchers! Newcastle University also has a highly active university-wide postgrad community! . Apply by 3rd January via the IAPETUS link above!.
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You will get best practice training in:.🕸️Ecological network inference and analysis.🧬Molecular dietary analysis.🍽️Nutritional analysis.🪲Field entomology. With co-supervisors @mjopocock and David Bohan, you will work with world leaders in network ecology and entomology! 🤩
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🚨PHD OPPORTUNITY!🚨. Join us in Newcastle University to assess carabid beetle ecosystem services and foraging ecology, and develop new methods for inferring interactions between beetles and their food! 🪲🍽️💻.
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Check out this special from @NakedScientists on animals, featuring an interview with me about our recent paper on spider nutrition in @Oikos_Journal! Listen to the interview with me here: and check out the full episode for incredible animal insights!.
thenakedscientists.com
Putting in the legwork for a balanced diet...
Animal special: Ken Welch @UofT on bats; @naomifreshwater @Freshwaterhabs and Arran Harvey @zsllondonzoo on leeches; @JordanCuff @Uni_Newcastle on spiders; and @lena_v_kaufmann @HumboldtUni on elephants. Plus, Andy Wheeler @Cambridge_Uni on propulsion.
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RT @EnviROSYment: Having a great time listening to talks at the Sustainable agriculture SIG today, and presenting my master's work poster o….
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To kick off our final session on Policy and Practice, keynote speaker @Kirs10_Miller, Head of Environmental Monitoring at @DefraGovUK, tells us about the long-term progress, overarching aims and underlying data of UK monitoring and its interactions with policy! 🇬🇧🔎📝 #SusAg24
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After lunch, our Pests and Predators session kicks off with an excellent keynote talk from @SamCook_IPM on integrated pest management of cabbage stem flea beetles and pollen beetles in oilseed rape! A holistic view of IPM including various emerging technologies! 🪲🌼 #SusAg24
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RT @RoyEntSoc: The first session of #SusAg24 is finished & we've had some fantastic talks already. Here are some highlights from the Monito….
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RT @RoyEntSoc: Having a fantastic time at @UniofNewcastle for #SusAg24, so pleased with how many of you are in attendance in-person and onl….
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Kicking off the Monitoring and Management session, we have @Kitson_James talking about using molecular diagnostics to identify crop diseases transmission pathways and reservoirs! 🌾🦠🪲🧬 #SusAg24
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It's the @RoyEntSoc Sustainable Agriculture Special Interest Group meeting in @UniofNewcastle today! We have an exciting range of talks, posters and technology showcases in store, and the crowd is buzzing already! #SusAg24
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RT @RoyEntSoc: It's today! 🪲. We're at @UniofNewcastle for the Sustainable Agriculture SIG with Keynotes @SamCook_IPM @Rothamsted, @Kitson_….
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Read about our latest paper in @Oikos_Journal in this great article from @Rothamsted! 🕷️🧬🕸️🍽️
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Consumers are thought to select food resources based on their nutritional content. While laboratory experiments have explored this, the nutritional dynamics of invertebrate predators have been...
Along came a spider🕷️ . and very carefully chose what to eat. Seems the picky arachnids only plump for tasty prey 🪲🪰 that match their nutritional needs. Could we use this fussy eating to help control pests? @JordanCuff @ForagingEcology .Full story👇.
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