Evolutionary biologist | PhD candidate at UGent & INBO working on weird parasitic fungi on ladybirds🐞🍄 | Endless freeform jazz most beautifulhttps://bsky.app/profile/michieldegroot.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/michieldegroot.bsky.social/post/3mndbi47vvs2d02 Jun 2026 18:55 +0000at://did:plc:fx33uefp2oph7brdufp76jag/app.bsky.feed.post/3mndbi47vvs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/michieldegroot.bsky.social/post/3mmykbyusfc2eShe's a critic Blackbird (Turdus merula)29 May 2026 12:34 +0000at://did:plc:fx33uefp2oph7brdufp76jag/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmykbyusfc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/michieldegroot.bsky.social/post/3mlle3yozw22wFirst known mention of Wittgenstein in a Laboul presentation! [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 13:13 +0000at://did:plc:fx33uefp2oph7brdufp76jag/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlle3yozw22whttps://bsky.app/profile/michieldegroot.bsky.social/post/3m6fo4adiac2424 Nov 2025 20:29 +0000at://did:plc:fx33uefp2oph7brdufp76jag/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6fo4adiac24https://bsky.app/profile/michieldegroot.bsky.social/post/3m4ne3ed3jc2rSlow traffic this morning in Ghent 🐑02 Nov 2025 11:00 +0000at://did:plc:fx33uefp2oph7brdufp76jag/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ne3ed3jc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/michieldegroot.bsky.social/post/3m4ne3ed3jc2rSlow traffic this morning in Ghent 🐑02 Nov 2025 11:00 +0000at://did:plc:fx33uefp2oph7brdufp76jag/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ne3ed3jc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/michieldegroot.bsky.social/post/3m25fij35q22zNew paper! We looked at how temperature and humidity affect a fungal parasite on a ladybird in an article in @royentsoc.bsky.social's Ecological Entomology. 🐞🍄 You can find the full journal highlight here: https://www.royensoc.co.uk/news/temperature-humidity-fungal-parasite-invasive-ladybird/01 Oct 2025 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:fx33uefp2oph7brdufp76jag/app.bsky.feed.post/3m25fij35q22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/michieldegroot.bsky.social/post/3m25fij35q22zNew paper! We looked at how temperature and humidity affect a fungal parasite on a ladybird in an article in @royentsoc.bsky.social's Ecological Entomology. 🐞🍄 You can find the full journal highlight here: https://www.royensoc.co.uk/news/temperature-humidity-fungal-parasite-invasive-ladybird/01 Oct 2025 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:fx33uefp2oph7brdufp76jag/app.bsky.feed.post/3m25fij35q22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/michieldegroot.bsky.social/post/3lzgfd6ladk2qNew paper! Featuring state-of-the-art technology! [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Sep 2025 12:18 +0000at://did:plc:fx33uefp2oph7brdufp76jag/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzgfd6ladk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/michieldegroot.bsky.social/post/3lw72qrqrik2b12 Aug 2025 10:05 +0000at://did:plc:fx33uefp2oph7brdufp76jag/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw72qrqrik2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/michieldegroot.bsky.social/post/3luprpu2xns2oGentse Feesten24 Jul 2025 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:fx33uefp2oph7brdufp76jag/app.bsky.feed.post/3luprpu2xns2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/michieldegroot.bsky.social/post/3lu655gcekc2517 Jul 2025 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:fx33uefp2oph7brdufp76jag/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu655gcekc25https://bsky.app/profile/michieldegroot.bsky.social/post/3lthpcix6us2uBack in 2022, @dhaelewa.bsky.social, Iva Njunjić (@taxonexpeditions.bsky.social), Warre van Caenegem and I went to the Synchrotron in Grenoble to image very small fossil beetles in very small pieces of amber. The resulting paper is now out! (With more to come) https://subtbiol.pensoft.net/article/154293/08 Jul 2025 16:18 +0000at://did:plc:fx33uefp2oph7brdufp76jag/app.bsky.feed.post/3lthpcix6us2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/michieldegroot.bsky.social/post/3lthpcix6us2uBack in 2022, @dhaelewa.bsky.social, Iva Njunjić (@taxonexpeditions.bsky.social), Warre van Caenegem and I went to the Synchrotron in Grenoble to image very small fossil beetles in very small pieces of amber. The resulting paper is now out! (With more to come) https://subtbiol.pensoft.net/article/154293/08 Jul 2025 16:18 +0000at://did:plc:fx33uefp2oph7brdufp76jag/app.bsky.feed.post/3lthpcix6us2u