Royal Entomological Society

Sustainable Vector Biology Research Systems in Africa - Webinar
2022-08-04 12:30 - 14:00 (Europe/London) | https://www.royensoc.co.uk/event/vbrafrica22/
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Thank you to all who attended this webinar live – Please find the recording below in case you missed it.

Read the Special Issue articles by Medical and Veterinary Entomology here.

A lack of skilled vector biologists impedes our ability to respond to vector-borne disease (VBD) outbreaks and threatens the recent gains made in reducing the burden of many VBDs. Furthermore, the deficit in global policy-making fora of vector biologists with practical experience of vector control can lead to the issuance of inadequate, misguided or outdated advice to control programmes.

The Partnership for Increasing the Impact of Vector Control, a capacity strengthening consortium, has supported a cohort of post-doctoral, doctoral, and master’s level researchers from sub-Saharan Africa to achieve independence and contribute to the next generation of influential vector biologists.

This webinar is a showcase of some of their research.

Confirmed schedule:

12:30: Moses Bockarie – Local scientists should lead the research to fight vector-borne diseases in Africa

12:40:

Tito Tresor Melachio – Environmental mutations in the Campo focus challenge elimination of sleeping sickness transmission in Cameroon

Koala Lassane – Prospects for developing efficient targets for the xenomonitoring and control of<i> Simulium damnosum s.l.</i>, the major vectors of onchocerciasis in Africa.

Marcel Sandeu – Seasonal variation of microbiota composition in Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles coluzzii in two different eco-geographical localities in Cameroon

Francine Sado – Infestation rates, seasonal distribution, and genetic diversity of ixodid ticks from livestock of various origins in two markets of Yaoundé, Cameroon

Kobié Hyacinthe Toé – Multiple insecticide resistance and first evidence of V410L kdr mutation in Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus) from Burkina Faso

Simon Sawadogo (pre-recorded) – Lack of robust evidence for a Wolbachia infection in Anopheles gambiae from Burkina Faso

13:30: Justin Pulford – Factors influencing the effectiveness of capacity strengthening programmes – experience from the PIIVeC fellowship scheme

13:40: Hilary Ranson – chair for Q and A

Speakers:

Professor Moses John Bockarie – Guest Editor

Professor Moses John Bockarie joined European and Developing Countries Clinical Trial Partnership (EDCTP) as Director of South-South Cooperation and Head of Africa Office on 1 July 2016. Prof. Bockarie, a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, is a specialist in the field of neglected infectious diseases and an internationally experienced researcher. He has worked in many countries in Africa, Europe and the Pacific region, and in the United States of America. He is the 2016 recipient of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Mackay Medal for outstanding work in tropical health. Professor Bockarie is also Chair of the WHO/TDR Scientific Working Group for Vectors, Environment and Society and a member of the WHO Regional Programme Review Group for Neglected Tropical Diseases in the African Region.

Tito Melachio

Tito Melachio is a medical entomologist based in the Centre for research in Infectious Diseases (CRID) in Yaoundé, Cameroon. He is interested in designing protocols using cheaper tools to fight vector-borne diseases. His current research focus on the use of “tiny targets” for sleeping sickness elimination in Cameroon, especially the impact of these impregnated screens on tsetse fly population densities, their genetic structure and their infection with trypanosomes.

Marcel Sandeu

Marcel Sandeu is based at the Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases (CRID) in Cameroon. He obtained his PhD in December 2016 at the University of Montpellier in France studying the effect of α-AnAPN1 antibodies against field isolates of P. falciparum. During this training, he gained experience in molecular biology, Plasmodium detection by real-time PCR, Plasmodium genotyping and sequencing, experimental infection and transmission-blocking vaccine. For his postdoc studies, he studied the correlation between the molecular basis of resistance and genetic structure of Anopheles funestus. As part of PIIVeC, he is studying interactions between Anopheles mosquitoes, their microbiome and the plasmodium they transmit.

Francine Sado

Francine Sado has a Bachelor and a Master’s degree in Clinical Biology at the University of Dschang in Cameroon. She completed internships at the virology laboratory of Centre Pasteur of Cameroon (CPC) working on Dengue, Zika and Chikungunya viruses in febrile patients before joining PIIVeC as a PhD student researching neglected arboviruses. This study will help her identify viruses that can possibly emerge or re-emerge, thereby raising the alarm for the establishment of a sustained surveillance system to detect cases, prevent potential outbreaks and implement arbovirus vector control strategies in Cameroon.

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Koala Lassane

Koala Lassane is an early career medical entomologist currently based at the IRSS Bobo Dioulasso. He is particularly interested in the host-seeking behaviour of the insect vectors and how to use these behaviours in a vector-control purpose. He works specifically on blackfly onchocerciasis vectors, from their implication in disease transmission to the improvement of traps for their collection. He has also worked on vectors of malaria and lymphatic filariasis. In the framework of PIIVeC project, his work is to develop vector control tools to complete the onchocerciasis control strategies and achieve the elimination of this disease in Burkina and elsewhere.

Simon Sawadogo

Simon Sawadogo is a medical entomologist at IRSS, Burkina Faso. He specializes in the ecology of speciation as one of the evolutionary forces generating biodiversity. His research activities are focused on ecological studies of phenotypic variation within and between populations of mosquitoes and analyses of genetic and environmental sources of this variation. He is particularly interested in the mating behavior of mosquitoes and mosquito endosymbionts as innovative approaches to control vector borne disease.

Kobié Hyacinthe Toé

Kobié Hyacinthe Toé is a medical entomologist at the Centre National de Recherche et Formation sur le Paludisme (CNRFP) and currently based in Banfora at the clinical research unit where he is the deputy and managing the entomology team.

He has worked on insecticide resistance monitoring methods, resistance mechanism characterisation, assessment of the impact of insecticide resistance on malaria vector control tools and on the evaluation of new tools. He is now interested to the main arbovirus vector Aedes mosquito where he is investigating adult behaviour, larval ecology, insecticide resistance and control strategies.

Professor Hilary Ranson

Professor Hilary Ranson is the Dean of Research Culture and Integrity Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the coordinator of the PIIVeC consortium.

Hilary’s research activities encompass various aspects related to the control of mosquito vectors of human disease. She has a particular interest in the causes and consequences of insecticide resistance and her group has been using a variety of molecular approaches to study the mechanisms of insecticide resistance in Anopheles and Aedes mosquitoes. Hilary was scientific coordinator of the European Union FP7 collaborative project, AvecNet from 2010-2016 (AvecNet EU) which developed and evaluated new tools for malaria vector control. She is currently leading on two major projects, MIRA and PIIVeC and the lead scientist for LITE.

Justin Pulford

Justin Pulford is a behavioural scientist at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. He completed a PhD in Behavioural Science at the University of Auckland, New Zealand in 2008. Prior to joining LSTM, Justin was a research fellow at the School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Australia on permanent secondment at the Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research (PNGIMR), Papua New Guinea (PNG). While on secondment at the PNGIMR, Justin led the outcome and impact evaluation of the PNG National Malaria Control Program for the period 2010-2015 and was head of the PNGIMR’s Population Health and Demography Unit. Justin’s current research activities focus on the design, measurement and evaluation of programmes designed to strengthen research capacity in low and middle-income countries. In addition, he maintains a broad interest in implementation research designed to strengthen health systems, disease control programmes and community-based health improvement initiatives.

Consortium and Funder

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XXVI International Congress of Entomology (ICE)
2022-07-17 09:00 - 2022-07-22 17:00
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Thank you to everyone who visited us and took part in our activities at the international insect science event in Helsinki.

Have a look at some of the photos from the event.

Hope to see you at #ICE2024 in Kyoto, Japan!

Meet the RES at the international insect science event in Helsinki.

The Royal Entomological Society is a sponsor and exhibitor at the global entomology event ICE2022, which will take place in Helsinki, Finland.

RES staff including our CEO Simon Ward will be on our stand in the exhibition hall at the Messukeskus and look forward to meeting conference delegates and welcoming new members to the Society.

Our Head of Publishing Emilie Aimé will run a Meet the Editors event – #PitchYourPaper.

Professor Janet Hemingway

Prof. Janet Hemingway will be delivering our Wigglesworth Memorial Lecture as a plenary speaker, and will be awarded the Medal for ‘outstanding services to the science of Entomology’ on Wednesday 20th July.

Janet is a geneticist and is currently Professor of Insect Molecular Biology. She has 34 years’ experience working on the biochemistry and molecular biology of specific enzyme systems associated with xenobiotic resistance.

Registration information is on the ICE2022 website.

We look forward to meeting you in Helsinki!

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Insects: RADAR detection and threats to aircraft - Virtual Talk 2022
2022-07-05 19:00 - 21:30 | https://www.royensoc.co.uk/event/insects-radar-detection-and-threats-to-aircraft-virtual-talk-2022/
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RAeS Air Transport Specialist Group and Royal Entomological Society

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Thank you to those who attended our ‘RADAR detection & threats to aircraft’ talk live.

We were able to successfully record this meeting and are please to be able to share this with you if you missed it, or just wanted to watch it again!

Event Synopsis:

This inaugural collaboration of the Royal Entomological Society and Royal Aeronautical Society will explore the various ways in which insects can adversely affect aircraft operations, such as through sludge accretion on wings and disturbance in the cockpit! It will also describe how RADAR can be used to detect insects at altitude and to understand their behaviour, which is relevant to finding solutions to the problems they cause. The audience will be canvassed on a future wider-ranging meeting, seeking to establish whether further RES and RAeS partnership might usefully provide information to help solve common practical issues.

About RAeS

As the world’s only professional body dedicated to the aerospace community, we exist to further the advancement of aeronautical art, science and engineering around the world.

Established in 1866, the Society has been at the forefront of developments in aerospace, seeking to promote the highest professional standards and provide a central forum for sharing knowledge.

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What areas will this event cover ?

Examination of aircraft and insect operational interactionExamination of using RADAR to detect high altitude insectsTest run for a further RAeS/RES event, expanded in size and scope

What benefits will delegates gain from attending?

An understanding of insect impact on aircraft operational safety.An understanding of using RADAR to examine insect behaviour at high altitude .Opportunity to suggest topics for further RAeS and RES collaboration.

Talk outline:

Intro to Talk and to RAeS – Sohail Chughtai (10 min)Intro to RES – Richard Harrington (10 min)Insect and Aircraft Operations – RAeS, Dai Whittingham (30 min)Detection of aircraft and insects, using RADAR – RES, Jason Chapman (30 min)Intro to Poll on further event topicsBreak (10min)Panel Discussion and Q + A (30 min)Closing remarks, Poll results and End (10 min)Total time – 2hrs 10 min

Organisers

Sohail Chughtai

Air Transport Specialist Group Vice-ChairRoyal Aeronautical Society

Sohail has been a member of the Royal Aeronautical Society since 1986 and is Vice-Chair of its Air Transport Specialist Group Committee. He is a Chartered Engineer, with 35 years’ military aviation experience in Flight Test and Structural Design, holding a BEng (Hons) in Aerospace Engineering and MEng in Engineering Design. He regularly contributes to public debates, chairs industry conferences and is a member of key aviation sector forums on urban aviation with respect to vehicle design, biomimetics, ethics and city infrastructure.

His current role is as Client Engagement Manager with Innovate UK EDGE SE at Greenwich University, where he works on the thematic drivers of innovation across Industry, Academia, Government and Society; particularly societal response to new transport technologies.

Dr Richard Harrington Hon FRES

Royal Entomological Society Co-Chair Meetings Committee ChairAntenna Editor

Richard developed an interest in insects at a young age. He has a degree in Zoology and Applied Entomology from Imperial College. His PhD is also from Imperial, but the work was done at the Natural History Museum on aphids, many of which are important pests. His entire career was spent with the Rothamsted Insect Survey (which he eventually led) at the World’s largest agricultural research institute, Rothamsted Research. Here he worked on monitoring and forecasting aphids until his retirement in 2015. Richard joined the Royal Entomological Society in 1977 and is a former Vice-President. He is now an Honorary Fellow and trustee. He chairs the Meetings Committee and edits the Society’s quarterly bulletin, Antenna. In 2008, he bought on eBay an aphid fossilised in amber. It turned out to be a previously undiscovered species and was named Mindarus harringtoni Heie. Richard is proud to share his name with an old fossil.

Confirmed Speakers

Speaker 1 – Dai Whittingham

Chief Executive, UK Flight Safety CommitteeEx-RAF, Air Cdre, Deputy CommanderNATO Airborne Early Warning & Control Force.

Dai Whittingham joined the RAF as a pilot in 1974. He flew Phantoms for 7 years in the Air Defence fighter role. His early flying career included 3 years as a QFI providing basic flying training on the Jet Provost, and was also the Jet Provost display pilot.

Following attendance at the Royal College of Defence Studies, Dai was deployed as the Air Component Commander for all UK flying operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. He also chaired the Military Aviation Regulatory Group. His next UK staff tour saw him with responsibility for operational management and oversight of all RAF airborne surveillance platforms, including Predator and Sentinel, and the RAF Search and Rescue Force.

Dai’s last formal military appointment was as Deputy Commander for the NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force. Dai joined the UKFSC as Chief Executive in February 2012.

Speaker 2 – Dr Jason Chapman

Associate Professor of Migration EcologyCentre for Ecology and ConservationCollege of Life and Environmental SciencesUniversity of Exeter.

Dr Jason Chapman is a movement ecologist interested in the evolution of animal migration strategies, and the population and community-level effects of these long-range movements. He primarily studies insects and birds to answer these questions, and uses novel technologies including biological radars, weather radars, meteorological simulations, tethered flight techniques and genomic approaches to characterize migration ecology.

His research projects include insect compass navigation, using radars to monitor & forecast pest invasions, and developing continental-scale migration monitoring with collaborators, eg. EU COST Action “ENRAM” (the European Network for the Radar surveillance of Animal Movement), aimed at developing methods for studying the atmospheric movements of birds, bats and insects over the European continent (see www.enram.eu).

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CONNECTED - Online Conference
2022-06-28 08:00 - 2022-06-30 16:00
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Bringing together plant pathologists, entomologists and agricultural innovators, this event will build new connections between disciplines and researchers, zoning in on the most crucial areas of interdisciplinary research needed to improve global food security.

The conference will include scientific talks and poster sessions, plenaries from world-class leaders in plant vector-borne disease, workshops to explore priority research questions, opportunities and challenges, plus emerging community needs – all expertly facilitated.

Confirmed speakers to date include:

Dr Adrian Valli, Principal Investigator, Spanish National Center for Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC), SpainProf. Shirley Luckhart, Co-Director of Institute for Health in the Human Ecosystem, University of Idaho, USADr Saliou Niassy, Head of Agricultural Technology Transfer Unit, ICIPE – International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, KenyaDr Christophe Lacomme, Senior Virologist, Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture (SASA), ScotlandDr Taro Takahashi, Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Livestock Systems and Food Security, and Joint Food Security Theme Research Lead at Cabot Institute for the Environment, University of Bristol, United Kingdom

There will also be significant opportunities and designated space for professional networking, plus twenty places available on a Scriptoria grant-writing workshop in the lead-up to the conference. There are also chances to speak – until the end of April we will be accepting applications to give a talk.

The conference will encompass:

Current and emerging issues and questions in plant vector-borne disease researchInnovation and translation of plant vector-borne disease research outputs into technologies/solutions/applicationsInterdisciplinarity in plant vector-borne disease – and the future collaborations needed

In addition to CONNECTED Network Members, we extend our invitations to this event to all members of the British Society for Plant Pathology (BSPP) and the Royal Entomological Society (RES). We hope that bringing these three research communities together to share knowledge, to connect and to collaborate, will help us all to find the interdisciplinary solutions needed to better solve the problems caused by insect-borne plant diseases.

View the Programme here.

Register now on Eventbrite from the ConnectedVirus.net website.

This event is sponsored by the British Society for Plant Pathology.

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The Big Bang Fair 2022
2022-06-22 09:30 - 2022-06-24 15:30 | The NEC in Birmingham, National Exhibition Centre, North Ave, Marston Green, Birmingham, B40 1NT, United Kingdom
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Taking place at the NEC Birmingham during our Insect Week 2022 event is the Big Bang Fair!

The Big Bang Fair is back for 2022! We’re so excited for you to join us at the UK’s biggest celebration of STEM for young people.

The Big Bang UK Young Scientists and Engineers Fair is returning from Wednesday 22 to Friday 24 June 2022 at The NEC in Birmingham. The Fair is open to schools from 9.30am to 3.30pm to get stuck in, get inspired and get excited at the STEM event of the year.

Big Bang Fair – Exploring Insects & Entomology stand

The Big Bang Fair 2022 will be packed full of exciting, interactive activities and has been designed specifically with 11 to 14 year olds in mind, to provide the best careers inspiration, advice and opportunities to meet with real scientists and engineers.

Registrations for schools groups are now fully booked. If you still want to get stuck in at The Fair, but don’t have a ticket yet, you can join the waiting list to be notified of any upcoming availability.

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Tickets remain for families, home educators and school groups to visit us at The Big Bang Fair Unlocked on Thursday 23 June 4pm to 8pm.

Register for The Big bang Fair Unlocked.

More details about the exciting activities and opportunities on offer at The Big Bang Fair will be coming soon and will be updated regularly, so make sure to check back.

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Perceptions of insects: Philias and Phobias - online discussion
2022-06-21 13:00 - 14:00 | https://www.royensoc.co.uk/event/perceptions-of-insects-philias-and-phobias/
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Thank you to those who attended our ‘Perceptions of Insects’ talk.

We were able to successfully record this panel discussion and are please to be able to share this with you if you missed it, or just wanted to watch it again!

Watch the full #HowDoYouFeelAboutInsects Playlist on YouTube.

Taking place during Insect Week 2022 is the

‘Perceptions of insects: Philias and Phobias’ online discussion

Love insects? Hate Insects? Bees good, wasps bad? Butterflies wow, moths yuk?

How do we come to love and hate insects, or prefer some insects over others? And why is this a crucial question in times of climate and biodiversity crisis?

A panel discussion about our perceptions of insects, with views from researchers in science communication, ecology, geography, literature and film.

Adam Hart, University of Gloucestershire

Adam Hart is Professor of Science Communication at the University of Gloucestershire. He teaches and carries out research in behaviour, ecology and evolution. Adam is also a science presenter on television and radio and has cofounded several Citizen Science surveys.

Twitter: @AdamHartScience

Instagram: @AdamHartScience

Franziska Kohlt, University of York

Franziska Kohlt is a researcher in Science Communication, the History of Science & Literature, with a background in Communication and Media Science and Comparative Literature. Her doctoral thesis on Dreams and Visions in Victorian Psychology Fantastic Literature established the latter as primary medium to digest and communicate new scientific knowledge, its societal and epistemological implications.

Twitter: @frankendodo

Instagram: @frankendodo

Liam Hathaway, De Montfort University

Liam Hathaway recently earned his PhD at De Montfort University by conducting an eco-cultural investigation of the killer bug movie. Though he is interested in all kinds of film, his key interests lie in neo-noir, horror and the post-apocalyptic, with a particular emphasis on how genre films engage with the cultural moment. He has written for multiple edited collections, often provides screening notes for London’s Science Fiction Theatre and has delivered papers at several conferences.

Twitter: @LiamVIII

Instagram: @ liam__viii

Seirian Sumner, University College London

Seirian Sumner is Professor in Behavioural Ecology at University College London. She looks at the evolution of social behaviour in insects and cofounded the Big Wasp Survey. Seirian is an advocate for female scientists and cofounded Soapbox Science. In 2022 Seirian’s book Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps is published.

Twitter: @WaspWoman

Instagram: @waspprof

Verity Jones, University of the West of England

Verity is an Associate Professor at the University of the West of England, Bristol. Her research interests lie in education and issues of social and environmental justice, within which food systems are a major part. Verity has undertaken research with 7-11 year olds regarding the acceptance of edible insects into school meals at a time of climate and ecological emergency.

Twitter: @VerityJones_edu

Instagram: @VerityJones_edu

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Insect Week 2022
2022-06-20 09:00 - 2022-06-26 17:00
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Our annual celebration of the ‘little things that run the world’ returns.

Find out more at www.insectweek.co.uk

Insect Week Events

Some events taking place during Insect Week – Click on each to find out more, or visit the Insect Week Events page to search for an event near you!

Event Date & Time LocationDiscover the World of Insects Biologist meetMonday 20th June, 13:00-18:00 Life Sciences Building, University of BristolGround Beetle ID with Microscopes: Tribes, with the FSCMonday 20th June, 10:00-16:00Field Studies Council Bushy Park, HamptonPerceptions of insects: Philias and Phobias Panel DiscussionTuesday 21st June, 13:00-14:00Online eventField Identification of Solitary Wasps with the FSC Tuesday 21st June – 10:00-16:00Field Studies Council Bishops Wood, Stourport-on-SevernThe Big Bang Fair 2022 Wednesday 22nd-Friday 24th June, 09:30-15:30The NEC in BirminghamField Identification of Hoverflies with the FSCWednesday 22nd June, 10:00-16:00Field Studies Council Bushy Park, HamptonInvertebrate recording day at Rindle MossWednesday 22nd June, 10:00-16:00Rindle Moss, Irlam, Greater ManchesterBushy Park Invertebrate Volunteer ID Day with the FSCThursday 23rd June, 10:00-16:00Field Studies Council Bushy Park, HamptonField Identification of Conspicuous Ladybirds: Adults and Larvae, with the FSCFriday 24th June, 10:00-16:00Field Studies Council Bushy Park, HamptonStonefly Larvae Identification with Microscopes with the FSCFriday 24th June, 10:00-16:00Field Studies Council Bishops Wood, Stourport-on-SevernMayfly Larvae Identification with Microscopes with the FSCSaturday 25th June, 10:00-16:00Field Studies Council Bishops Wood, Stourport-on-SevernInsect Odyssey exhibition at Salisbury MuseumSaturday 25th June, 10:00-17:00The Salisbury Museum, The Kings House, SalisburyStillingfleet Lodge Gardens Annual Wildlife DaySunday 26th June, 13:00-17:00Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens, YorkRiverfly Volunteer Identifcation Day with the FSCSunday 26th June, 10:00-16:00Field Studies Council Bishops Wood, Stourport-on-Severn

Insect Week Photography Competition

The Insect Week Photography Competition is back again this year! Submit your best insect-themed photos for prizes and features. Be sure to read the Terms & Conditions before entering.

Insect Week Art Competition

Photography not your thing? This year, we are also running an Art Competiton – Visit the Art Competition page to enter now.

Take a look at some wonderful photos from our Photography Competition 2021

Social Media Campaigns 🦋🐞🐝🐛

Follow @InsectWeek on social media platforms for more updates, great photography, interesting news and fun things to do, including our campaigns throughout the week – Let us know:

#WhatIsYourFavouriteInsect?

#HowDoYouFeelAboutInsects?

Just tag us with @InsectWeek and the above hashtags in posts with images, text, reels or your preferred medium and we will endeavour to share and feature as many as possible through our stories or reposts during #InsectWeek22 – Let’s do our best this week to share our love, respect and knowledge of insects!

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Aquatic Insects 2022 Special Interest Group Scotland Region - Online Meeting & Workshop
2022-05-10 10:00 - 2022-05-11 16:00 | https://www.royensoc.co.uk/event/aquatics-special-interest-group-scottish-regional-meeting/
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Aquatic Insects 2022 Special Interest Group Scotland Region

(Image – Siphlonurus lacustris)

The Aquatic Insect Special Interest Group provides a forum for the discussion and dissemination of results from studies of aquatic insects. The group was launched in 2002 and the most recent meeting focussed on the impacts of climate change in aquatic insects.

If you would like to suggest a topic for a future meeting or would like to present a talk or poster at a meeting, please contact the convenor.

Read more about our Aquatic Insects Special Interest Group here.

Meeting speakers: A tribute to Richard Chadd. Richard sadly passed in 2021 and had contributed to a number of publications along with developing indices many of you will have used. Click here for details and some of his work.

Speaker: Craig Macadam @bugsymac1 – “The status of Siphlonurus species in the UK”. Craig has also written about the The northern summer mayfly here https://bit.ly/3vGLHp4

Speaker: Genevieve Tompkins – “Northern February red fencepost surveys”. This talk will be very insightful about this amazing stonefly only found in Scotland, hear how to get involved https://bit.ly/39kjMUt

Programme

10:00Welcome and Introduction10:10Talk 1Bill BrierleyRichard Chadd – an appreciation10:35Talk 2Genevieve TompkinsRare invertebrates in the Cairngorms: delving into stoneflies11:00Talk 3Craig MacadamSiphlonurus species in the UK11:25Break11:45Talk 4Ian WallaceImproving the identification of Lype caddis larvae – where a team approach might help12:10Talk 5Steve FrenchMoth trap intruders (unexpected visitors to light)12:35Talk 6Sophie RatcliffeWidening the Network – a new collaboration for recording13:00Lunch13:30Talk 7Natali NikolovaMatchmaking in stoneflies – Perlodes mortoni mating calls13:55Talk 8Jennifer DoddDoes River Channel Re-Configuration Change Macroinvertebrate Communities?14:20Talk 9Ian Wallace/Craig MacadamUpdates from the Recording Schemes14:45Summing up15:00End

This event will include a Virtual Skills Workshop on the second day of the event. Please confirm when purchasing your ticket if you will be attending the Workshop.

“Skills Workshop: Extraction, Visualisation and Analysis of Aquatic Insect Data” – 2 hours – Wednesday 15:00 – 17:00

There is an abundance of data available via open access databases, biological record data and data collected by regulators on aquatic insects. We will extract some data, organise it, visualise it and then analyse it. Covering some basic skill such as time analysis, spatial analysis and touching upon some more complex methods such as adding other data sets to aquatic insect data. This workshop is aimed at those who want to understand their aquatic insect data better or for students and other who want to access data from the internet for project ideas and academia. No advanced skills required, access to either Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets required.

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Insects as Food & Feed - IAFF22 hybrid conference - 2022
2022-04-26 09:30 - 2022-04-27 17:00 | Natural History Museum, London, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Rd, South Kensington, London, SW7 5BD
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Read about our Special Interest Group here.

In 2022 the annual Insects as Food and feed conference will be held at the Natural History Museum, London, UK over the two days of April 26th & 27th, and online on zoom.

Listen to some informative talks around the subject of insect protein, the benefits, ethics and issues surrounding the rearing of insects and their uses in pathology, industry, agriculture & farming, cattle feed and protein for human and non-human animal consumption.

The keynote speaker will be Arnold van Huis, Emeritus professor, Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen, The Netherlands. Arnold will talk about “Edible insects: progress and prospects”.

View the programme:

IAFF Programme – Final 26042022Download

Conference is kindly supported by Michelmores:

The Michelmores Sustainable Agriculture practice are dedicated to working with businesses whose technologies and practices are tackling the most pressing issues facing the agriculture sector: climate change and biodiversity loss.

Conference is also supported by ADAS:

ADAS is committed to an active role in the local communities within which it operates, contributing towards local sustainability.

Pricing Guide

In-person prices

Non-member RES in-person: £60 per person per day (£90 for both days) (full price, discounted if attending both days)

Member RES in-person: £20 per person per day (£40 for both days) (33% full price)

Student RES member in-person: £10 per person per day (£20 for both days) (15% full price)

Online prices

Non-member RES online: £30 both days

Member RES online: Free both days

Student RES member online: Free both days

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Free Tickets (Online only)

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Student members get their first year free. (£15.00 / year with 1 year free trial)

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EntoSci
2022-04-25 09:00 - 17:00
The Royal Entomological Society frequently hosts and advertises UK and international events year-round for people of all stages of interest and career.

Becoming a member entitles you to discounted (and sometimes free) access to the majority of events.

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Watch back some of the talks at EntoSci here

EntoSci, the conference for young people about insect science, will return in 2022 as an online event, hosted by Harper Adams University in collaboration with the Royal Entomological Society.

The event is aimed at 14 to 18 year olds, it aims to excite and educate about entomology, the science of insects; and inspire the career paths in entomology, from school to higher education through to employment.

Confirmed speakers include:

Prof. Adam Hart, University of Gloucestershire

Prof. Seirian Sumner, University College London

Dr Kanchon Dasmahapatra, University of York

Dr Heather Campbell, Harper Adams University

Stefan Gates, Presenter & Author

Dr Amoret Whitaker, University of Winchester

Graham & Janice Smith, Metamorphosis Consultancy

Dr Amma Simon, Keele University & University of Nottingham

Will Hawkes, University of Exeter

Claire Hoarau, Harper Adams University

Jennifer Jones, JBA Consulting

Graham Smith, Butterfly Conservation

Confirmed exhibitors include:

Amateur Entomologist’s Society

British Dragonfly Society

Bumblebee Conservation Trust

Royal Horticultural Society

Slug Disco Studios

Mission: Invertebrate

Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour

British Ecological Society

Fera Science

Field Studies Council

European Congress on Orthoptera Conservation (ECOC) III - 2022
2022-04-01 09:00 - 2022-04-02 17:00
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The third European Congress on Orthoptera Conservation will be held 1-2 April 2022, in Leiden (the Netherlands).

The third European Congress on Orthoptera Conservation (ECOC III) and 16th Annual Conference of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Orthopterologie (DGfO) will take place on 1-2 April, in Naturalis, Leiden (the Netherlands). In total 138 participants from 31 countries have registered for this event. 62 people will be present in Leiden, 76 people will follow the congress online. The pdf of the program book is now available. It is possible that last minute changes will occur in the program.

Registration is via the Grasshoppers of Europe website.

Young Verrall Lecture 2022 (online)
2022-03-05 16:00 - 17:00
How is climate change affecting insects? What does this mean for us and what can we do about it?

Join the Amateur Entomologists’ Society and Royal Entomological Society for a talk by Professor Camille Parmesan to discover more.

This talk, aimed at young entomologists, particularly those 11-14 years, but open to all will be held online using Zoom Webinar.

Brief BIO 2022

Camille Parmesan is Director of Research at the CNRS Station for Experimental and Theoretical Ecology (SETE, in Moulis, France) as a French “Make Our Planet Great Again” Laureate. Her research focuses on the impacts of climate change on wild plants and animals and spans from field-based work on butterflies to synthetic analyses of global impacts on a broad range of species across terrestrial and marine biomes. She has also authored numerous assessments of impacts of climate change on agricultural pests and on human health, through changes in disease risk. Her 2003 paper in Nature was ranked the most highly cited paper in Climate Change (Carbon Brief, 2015). Her scientific awards include being the 2nd highest-cited author in “climate change” (T Reuters) and being named the “2013 Distinguished Scientist” by Texas Academy of Sciences. She has been elected Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the Ecological Society of America and Honorary Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society. She received the Conservation Achievement Award by the National Wildlife Federation and was named “Outstanding Woman Working on Climate Change,” by IUCN. She has worked with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for >20 years, and is an official Contributor to IPCC’s Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. She is currently a Coordinating Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 6th Assessment Report. She also has affiliations with the University of Plymouth (UK) and the University of Texas at Austin (USA).

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2022 Verrall Lecture (online)
2022-03-02 16:00 | https://www.royensoc.co.uk/event/2022-verrall-lecture/
Hot off the Press from IPCC: Insects in a Warming World

The speaker for the Verrall Lecture 2022 will be Professor Camille Parmesan.

Find out about the history of the Verrall Lecture.

Camille Parmesan is Director of Research at the CNRS Station for Experimental and Theoretical Ecology (SETE, in Moulis, France) as a French “Make Our Planet Great Again” Laureate. Her research focuses on the impacts of climate change on wild plants and animals and spans from field-based work on butterflies to synthetic analyses of global impacts on a broad range of species across terrestrial and marine biomes. She has also authored numerous assessments of impacts of climate change on agricultural pests and on human health, through changes in disease risk. Her 2003 paper in Nature was ranked the most highly cited paper in Climate Change (Carbon Brief, 2015). Her scientific awards include being the 2nd highest-cited author in “climate change” (T Reuters) and being named the “2013 Distinguished Scientist” by Texas Academy of Sciences. She has been elected Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the Ecological Society of America and Honorary Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society. She received the Conservation Achievement Award by the National Wildlife Federation and was named “Outstanding Woman Working on Climate Change,” by IUCN. She has worked with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for >20 years, and is an official Contributor to IPCC’s Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. She is currently a Coordinating Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 6th Assessment Report. She also has affiliations with the University of Plymouth (UK) and the University of Texas at Austin (USA).

Student Forum 2022
2022-02-17 10:00 - 2022-02-19 17:00
A poster depicting the Temple of Peace in Cardiff with insects on the background, created by @CharlieZoology for the RES Forum 22

The Royal Entomological Society Student forum returns for 2022!

The event will be from 10am-5pm Thursday 17th and Friday 18th February

The Forum will take place both in person at the Temple of Peace, Cardiff, UK and online.

Registration is via Eventbrite.

RES student members can attend for free, but registration is needed.

View the programme.

RES forum 2022programmeDownload

View the posters:

Dawn Morgan: Overview of Forensic Entomology Teaching and Research in the United Kingdom

Linzi Jay Thompson & Alison O’Reilly: Investigating the effects of pesticides on bumblebee diapause and colony initiation

Robert Calvert: Agriculturally relevant arthropod venom peptides. A systematic review identifying known insecticidal venom peptides, knowledge gaps and recommendations for their future development for crop protection

Sara Rooney: Microbial controls of arboviruses in UK mosquito species

Charlie Woodrow: Reviving the sound of a 150-year-old insect: the bioacoustics of Prophalangopsis obscura

Max Tercel: Invasive ants devastate local community diversity, as revealed by a global meta-analysis

Manuela Carnaghi: Unpicking multimodal synergism of host stimuli to attract and catch host-seeking Anopheles mosquitoes

Julius Okwomi Olumeh: Combating Tuta absoluta on Solanaceous Vegetables Using Fungal Entomopathogens in an Integrated Pest Management Program Done

Convenors (RES student representatives)

Free tickets

To get your free ticket you’ll need to be a member and to register via Eventbrite. Student members get their first year free.

Entomology courses

UK university courses that include entomology

Award opportunities

RES Student Award

Wallace Award for your thesis

Ento21
2021-08-23 08:00 - 2021-08-27 17:00
We are delighted to invite you to Ento’21 Online

Join the Royal Entomological Society’s annual meeting dedicated to insect science online and the global entomological community, with opportunities to present your work, meet new contacts and build collaborations.

We have an excellent programme of speakers and topics, and online poster rooms to browse.

AGM 2021

RES-Annual-Review-2020_21 FINALDownload

Download the RES Annual Review 2020-21 here: RES-Annual-Review-2020_21.pdf

2021 Annual Report: RES-Annual-Report-2021.pdf

2021 AGM minutes: RES-AGM-2021-Minutes-Final.pdf

Read more about the RES AGM

Posters:

Poster Room 1

Poster Room 2

Poster Room 3

Poster Room 4

Poster Room 5

Programme:

Ento’21 Programme WITH ABSTRACTS 23082021Download

Welcome Slides:

Ento21 Welcome SlidesDownload

EntOlympics Winner Announcement:

Ento21-EntOlympics-Quiz-Winner-AnnouncementDownload

Want to know more about the history of Ento?

Visit the Ento Conference hub
