Latest Articles from Research Ideas and Outcomes Latest 11 Articles from Research Ideas and Outcomes https://riojournal.com/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 14:39:59 +0200 Pensoft FeedCreator https://riojournal.com/i/logo.jpg Latest Articles from Research Ideas and Outcomes https://riojournal.com/ Dataset for mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae) from Gun Club Road, Key Largo, Monroe County, Florida, USA https://riojournal.com/article/99607/ Research Ideas and Outcomes 9: e99607

DOI: 10.3897/rio.9.e99607

Authors: Michael Boehmler, David DeMay, Adriane Rogers, Heidi Murray, Lawrence Hribar

Abstract: The Florida Keys Mosquito Control District utilises dry ice-baited light traps to monitor mosquito populations on Key Largo, Florida. This paper describes the methodology of trapping, habitat description and dataset of adult mosquito populations from 18 years of weekly monitoring from a single site on Key Largo, Monroe County, Florida, USA.This paper details a previously unreported dataset derived from trap collections made on Key Largo, Florida at a site designated as “Gun Club Road.”

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Data Paper (Biosciences) Mon, 24 Apr 2023 15:46:07 +0300
PoshBee: Pan-European Assessment, Monitoring, and Mitigation of Stressors on the Health of Bees https://riojournal.com/article/72163/

DOI: 10.3897/arphapreprints.e72231

Authors: Mark Brown, Tom Breeze, Philippe Bulet, Marie-Pierre Chauzat, Iliyana Demirova, Joachim de Miranda, Alexandra-Maria Klein, Marika Mand, Teodor Metodiev, Denis Michez, Franceso Nazzi, Peter Neumann, Robert Paxton, Simon Potts, Jane Stout, Gail Turney, Orlando Yañez

Abstract: PoshBee is a 5-year funded project (2018-2023) that aims to support healthy bee populations, sustainable beekeeping, and consequently pollination for crops and wildflowers across Europe. To do this we take a range of approaches, from the laboratory to the field, from molecules to ecosystems, and from fundamental science to risk assessment. This document is an edited version of the original funding proposal that was submitted to the European Commission.

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Grant Proposal Tue, 17 Aug 2021 16:30:00 +0300
Building and hacking open source hardware https://riojournal.com/article/31701/ Research Ideas and Outcomes 4: e31701

DOI: 10.3897/rio.4.e31701

Authors: Simone Monachino, Eric James McDermott, Andre Maia Chagas

Abstract: The first edition of the Aspects of Neuroscience Brainhack took place at the Department of Physics at University of Warsaw, Poland between November 17th and 19th 2017. This hackathon was one of the satellite events of the Aspects of Neuroscience conference, it was organized by the Brainhack organization to promote interaction between researchers, encouraging open (neuro)science and collaborations on projects related to the study of the nervous system. The event had a total of nine projects on many different topics including functional connectivity research, white matter tractography, classification of brain-ageing biomarkers through machine learning, presentation of a portable one channel EEG registration device and a do it yourself 3D-printed neurobiology lab. The latter is highlighted in this paper.

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Workshop Report Tue, 11 Dec 2018 11:29:31 +0200
Origin and diversification of hoverflies: a revision of the genera Asarkina and Allobaccha – A BIG4 Consortium PhD project https://riojournal.com/article/19860/ Research Ideas and Outcomes 3: e19860

DOI: 10.3897/rio.3.e19860

Authors: Trevor Burt, Ximo Mengual

Abstract: This BIG4 PhD project involves the overall taxonomic revision of the genera Allobaccha Curran and Asarkina Macquart (Diptera: Syrphidae). The revisions will be divided by biogeographic region (Afrotropical and Indomalayan) and published accordingly. The publications will be collated as a thesis for submission to the University of Bonn (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Germany) doctoral program of biology. The goal of this project is to resolve alpha taxonomy and to infer the phylogenetic placement of these genera within the Syrphidae using Next-Generation Sequencing and Anchored Hybrid Enrichment techniques. The techniques undertaken in this project will be applied to future systematic problems in Diptera and testing future phylogenetic hypotheses.

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PhD Project Plan Mon, 7 Aug 2017 13:57:28 +0300
Report on the Marine Imaging Workshop 2017 https://riojournal.com/article/13820/ Research Ideas and Outcomes 3: e13820

DOI: 10.3897/rio.3.e13820

Authors: Timm Schoening, Jennifer Durden, Inken Preuss, Alexandra Branzan Albu, Autun Purser, Bart De Smet, Carlos Dominguez-Carrió, Chris Yesson, Daniëlle de Jonge, Dhugal Lindsay, Jan Schulz, Klas Ove Möller, Kolja Beisiegel, Linda Kuhnz, Maia Hoeberechts, Nils Piechaud, Stephanie Sharuga, Tali Treibitz

Abstract: Marine optical imaging has become a major assessment tool in science, policy and public understanding of our seas and oceans. Methodology in this field is developing rapidly, including hardware, software and the ways of their application. The aim of the Marine Imaging Workshop (MIW) is to bring together academics, research scientists and engineers, as well as industrial partners to discuss these developments, along with applications, challenges and future directions. The first MIW was held in Southampton, UK in April 2014. The second MIW, held in Kiel, Germany, in 2017 involved more than 100 attendees, who shared the latest developments in marine imaging through a combination of traditional oral and poster presentations, interactive sessions and focused discussion sessions. This article summarises the topics addressed during the workshop, particularly the outcomes of these discussion sessions for future reference and to make the workshop results available to the open public.

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Workshop Report Tue, 6 Jun 2017 13:55:17 +0300
From Open Access to Open Science from the viewpoint of a scholarly publisher https://riojournal.com/article/12265/ Research Ideas and Outcomes 3: e12265

DOI: 10.3897/rio.3.e12265

Authors: Lyubomir Penev

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Research Presentation Wed, 15 Feb 2017 11:48:11 +0200
The cyanide gland of the greenhouse millipede, Oxidus gracilis (Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae) https://riojournal.com/article/12249/ Research Ideas and Outcomes 3: e12249

DOI: 10.3897/rio.3.e12249

Authors: Kirsten Pearsons, István Mikó, John Tooker

Abstract: Although the greenhouse millipede, Oxidus gracilis, is distributed worldwide, there is little work using modern tools to explore its morphology. We used confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) to image the cyanide glands of Oxidus gracilis. Glands from adult millipedes were dissected out before imaging, and we were able to image glands of juveniles through the cuticle due to the strong autofluorescence of the gland extract. We can report that CLSM is a promising technique to non-invasively investigate the development and mechanisms of polydesmid cyanide glands.

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Case Study Tue, 14 Feb 2017 11:11:08 +0200
Know your insect: Malpighian tubules in Trichoplusia ni (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) https://riojournal.com/article/11827/ Research Ideas and Outcomes 3: e11827

DOI: 10.3897/rio.3.e11827

Authors: Loren Rivera-Vega, Istvan Mikó

Abstract: Malpighian tubules are mainly known to be involved in excretion. However, recent studies have begun to look into other potential roles including detoxification, immunity, host establishment, etc. In this case study, we observed the Malpighian tubules of the cabbage looper (Trichoplusia ni) using confocal laser scanning microscopy. We also discuss other functions that Malpighian tubules are known for (i.e. silk-like and gall-inducing secretions) as well as the similarities between Malpighian tubules and salivary glands in endoparasitic Hymenoptera.

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Case Study Wed, 1 Feb 2017 11:41:20 +0200
Know your insect: The structural backgrounds of regurgitation, a case study on Manduca sexta and Heliothis virescens (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae, Noctuidae) https://riojournal.com/article/11997/ Research Ideas and Outcomes 3: e11997

DOI: 10.3897/rio.3.e11997

Authors: Bipana Paudel Timilsena, István Mikó

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Case Study Tue, 31 Jan 2017 11:41:13 +0200
The London Workshop on the Biogeography and Connectivity of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone https://riojournal.com/article/10528/ Research Ideas and Outcomes 2: e10528

DOI: 10.3897/rio.2.e10528

Authors: Adrian Glover, Thomas Dahlgren, Sergio Taboada, Gordon Paterson, Helena Wiklund, Andrea Waeschenbach, Amber Cobley, Pedro Martínez, Stefanie Kaiser, Sarah Schnurr, Sahar Khodami, Uwe Raschka, Daniel Kersken, Heiko Stuckas, Lenaick Menot, Paulo Bonifacio, Ann Vanreusel, Lara Macheriotou, Marina Cunha, Ana Hilário, Clara Rodrigues, Ana Colaço, Pedro Ribeiro, Magdalena Błażewicz, Andrew Gooday, Daniel Jones, David Billett, Aurélie Goineau, Diva Amon, Craig Smith, Tasnim Patel, Kirsty McQuaid, Ralph Spickermann, Stefan Brager

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Workshop Report Fri, 16 Sep 2016 13:58:19 +0300
Benefits and costs of aphid phenological bet-hedging strategies https://riojournal.com/article/9580/ Research Ideas and Outcomes 2: e9580

DOI: 10.3897/rio.2.e9580

Authors: Jens Joschinski

Abstract: Intended readership I am looking for a host institute to research bet-hedging strategies in the seasonal reproductive mode switches of aphids. The intended methods leave room for collaborative side-projects beyond the study question (e.g. molecular control of photoperiodism, or sharing aphid lines from throughout Europe), so this article might be of interest to anyone working with aphids. In addition, I would be happy to receive feedback from experts in bet-hedging theory, phenotypic plasticity and photoperiodism. Summary Global change causes both mean temperature and temperature variability to increase. Organisms can cope with predictable change in means, but increasing variability is less tractable. One strategy to increase survival chances in unpredictable environments is diversified bet-hedging, i.e. spreading the risk by variation in phenotype expression. Despite being considered a general mechanism, definite evidence for bet-hedging is scarce, as it requires both the demonstration that phenotypic variance correlates with environmental variability, and that it maximizes fitness. When assessing fitness, one needs to account for both the benefits and costs of bet-hedging. Bet-hedgers produce suboptimal phenotypes in average years, resulting in decreased arithmetic mean fitness. But this temporary reduction is more than compensated by elevated fitness in harsh years, so this well-known short-term fitness effect is not considered a real cost of bet-hedging. In contrast to the effects on arithmetic mean fitness, I hypothesize that bet-hedging also carries a long-term (geometric mean) fitness costs, in that the ability to generate phenotypic variance is costly per se. With this research idea I seek evidence for bet-hedging and assess its costs and benefits, using aphids and their polyphenism in reproductive modes as model system. I plan to use aphid clones from environments along a gradient of temperature variability, and induce switches in reproductive modes under controlled conditions. To test for bet-hedging, I will correlate variance in phenotype determination with variability of the original environment. To determine the costs of bet-hedging, I will compare population growth of bet-hedgers with non-hedging clones. I will then combine benefits and costs of bet-hedging by calculating the geometric (long-term) mean fitness in predictable and unpredictable environments.

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PostDoc Project Plan Fri, 17 Jun 2016 14:30:10 +0300