Population & community ecology, and anything about parasitoids. Professor at the Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc, Bangalore, India. Lab website: https://www.saskyavn.blog.https://bsky.app/profile/saskyavn.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/saskyavn.bsky.social/post/3monmocdres23A nice paper from our lab on the strong association of mating system with invasiveness. Congrats Narashiman Nagendra Rao! thttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-026-03834-2?utm_source=rct_congratemailt&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nonoa_20260619&utm_content=10.1007%2Fs10530-026-03834-219 Jun 2026 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:dcjkn7yxcppxbfawzbaxeubm/app.bsky.feed.post/3monmocdres23https://bsky.app/profile/saskyavn.bsky.social/post/3mkwmijoaok2k03 May 2026 07:17 +0000at://did:plc:dcjkn7yxcppxbfawzbaxeubm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkwmijoaok2khttps://bsky.app/profile/saskyavn.bsky.social/post/3mbvxpslrns2bStarting soon:08 Jan 2026 12:19 +0000at://did:plc:dcjkn7yxcppxbfawzbaxeubm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbvxpslrns2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/saskyavn.bsky.social/post/3m6y2xdaass22A group of faculty from the Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc, Bangalore are offering a 12 week online course on Fundamentals of Ecology starting in January 2026. If you are curious about it have a look at the link below: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc26_ge09/preview02 Dec 2025 04:07 +0000at://did:plc:dcjkn7yxcppxbfawzbaxeubm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6y2xdaass22https://bsky.app/profile/saskyavn.bsky.social/post/3m2tjvntgrc2aMy lab happy to be representing semi arid grassland of southern India as part of the global BUGNET project [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Oct 2025 11:10 +0000at://did:plc:dcjkn7yxcppxbfawzbaxeubm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2tjvntgrc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/saskyavn.bsky.social/post/3lqk6a3rmqc2oAs an United statesian academic working and living in India, the content of this article is what I hear discussed around me every day these days. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/world/asia/us-science-cuts.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Lk8.neYh.aTkdgqBzCIY6&smid=bs-share01 Jun 2025 11:35 +0000at://did:plc:dcjkn7yxcppxbfawzbaxeubm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqk6a3rmqc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/saskyavn.bsky.social/post/3lqk62dp6ls2khttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/climate/ecosystems-mission-area-usgs-trump-budget.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Lk8._X0M.PDeHdyVwLqRL&smid=bs-share01 Jun 2025 11:32 +0000at://did:plc:dcjkn7yxcppxbfawzbaxeubm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqk62dp6ls2khttps://bsky.app/profile/saskyavn.bsky.social/post/3lnmc72eoxs2sIndiaDST invites applications under VAIshwik BHArtiya Vaigyanik (VAIBHAV) Fellowship for collaboration between scientists of Indian Diaspora with Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs), Universities and Research Labs.25 Apr 2025 03:36 +0000at://did:plc:dcjkn7yxcppxbfawzbaxeubm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnmc72eoxs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/saskyavn.bsky.social/post/3ljratam5322xBetween when we wrote this paper and now when it came out, there has been the war in Israel and also Trump became president of the US, making the message even more pertinent. Judiciary independence: Why should conservation ecologists care? https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/csp2.7001407 Mar 2025 05:14 +0000at://did:plc:dcjkn7yxcppxbfawzbaxeubm/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljratam5322xhttps://bsky.app/profile/saskyavn.bsky.social/post/3ljekubgvms2sOpen Day 2025 at IISc! CES was packed with members of the public, student groups and neighbors exploring ecology and Evolution, and the PoCo Eco lab activities were great!02 Mar 2025 04:09 +0000at://did:plc:dcjkn7yxcppxbfawzbaxeubm/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljekubgvms2shttps://bsky.app/profile/saskyavn.bsky.social/post/3lfvwfcjlgk27Folks looking for a PhD position to study chemical ecology, have a look at this excellent opportunity at the University of Eastern Finland. Application deadline 6 Feb. Position starting in March 2025. https://uef.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:789119/17 Jan 2025 04:10 +0000at://did:plc:dcjkn7yxcppxbfawzbaxeubm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfvwfcjlgk27https://bsky.app/profile/saskyavn.bsky.social/post/3lc7w23zt622oHere is a link to an exciting collection of 14 new review articles in Current Opinions in Insect Science on "Parasitoid Biology in the Anthropocene" edited by Editors: R.M. Borges, R. Venkatesan and S. van Nouhuys. https://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/1007NK248DC Message me if you want PDFs you can't access.01 Dec 2024 05:49 +0000at://did:plc:dcjkn7yxcppxbfawzbaxeubm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc7w23zt622ohttps://bsky.app/profile/saskyavn.bsky.social/post/3lbr45e5srk2j Bluesky intro: I am a population & community ecologist. I used to work on spatial population & community ecology & behavior of parasitoids of the Glanville fritillary in FI. Since moving to India my lab also works on the parasitoid community of Rutaceae (Citrus), biocontrol, and grassland ecology.25 Nov 2024 08:29 +0000at://did:plc:dcjkn7yxcppxbfawzbaxeubm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbr45e5srk2j