@pgraystock.bsky.social - Peter Graystock

24 Jul 2026 09:55 +0000

🐝 New paper out. Infected honey bees given a commercial pollen substitute developed 2.6× higher Nosema parasite loads and showed increased mortality risk. Nutrition can sometimes benefit parasites as well as hosts. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2026.108706 #HoneyBees #PollinatorHealth #DiseaseEcology #Apiculture

04 May 2026 10:56 +0000

How climate change & pesticide interact to affect bee performance; looking ahead at var. approaches (incl. microbes) to help bees tinyurl.com/2s3ndu3j @theobserveruk.bsky.social highlight work from richjgill.bsky.social and @pgraystock.bsky.social Labs at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social

21 Apr 2026 09:53 +0000

🐝 Are honeybees getting too much attention? Do we really understand the global ecology of bees and how they respond to environmental change? New research asks whether our evidence base is skewed. @nesbit-sci.bsky.social https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-41830-7 @davegoulson.bsky.social @richjgill.bsky.social

26 Feb 2026 23:30 +0000

CABI is working with Imperial College London, on their new sustainable agriculture MSc. It will prepare future agricultural technologists, scientists, and sustainability professionals for careers in sustainable agriculture. https://blog.cabi.org/2026/02/17/discover-imperials-masters-on-sustainable-agriculture/

14 Jan 2026 12:56 +0000

Get a Masters in Sustainable Agriculture and Technology @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social & delve into the environmental and technological frontiers of modern agriculture. Partnered with CABI, explore real-world farming systems with access to agritech innovators, research farms, and commercial ops.

07 Oct 2025 08:05 +0000

PLEASE SHARE. PhD advert: Predicting Pollinator Health and Disease Through Molecular and Sensor-Based Surveillance. tinyurl.com/559hjsm4 Rare opportunity at the intersection of molecular ecology, disease surveillance, modelling and precision apiculture. DEADLINE 24th OCTOBER! http://tinyurl.com/559hjsm4

10 Sep 2025 09:49 +0000

Monika Yordanova leads on this study exploring coexposure of pesticides & Enterococcus on the health of developing bee larvae 🐝. Often seen as a pathogen, small doses of the microbe may reduce some of the impacts of pesticide toxicity under some conditions. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiaf080

21 Aug 2025 12:28 +0000

Experimenting with AI to make accessible summaries of research. What are peoples thoughts? Here is a summary of a paper looking at the role of flowers in parasite transmission. Parasites in bloom: flowers aid dispersal and transmission youtu.be/sGGHzrW0Lmc @royalsocietypublishing.org https://youtu.be/sGGHzrW0Lmc

05 May 2025 13:17 +0000

📣 Imperial College Research Fellowships! Prestigious 4yr fellowship ✔️ Salary from £48k ✔️ Up to £45k for research ✔️ A supportive, inclusive research environment ✔️ UK or international ✔️ <4 yrs post-PhD Drop me a pm if you are interested in bee/microbe related research! tinyurl.com/mr3k5a93

08 Mar 2025 12:28 +0000

Women at Imperial celebrates the achievements of our staff, students and alumni, and raises awareness of support and initiatives across the university. Join us for Women at Imperial Week from 10–14 March 2025 with a series of events and workshops. https://www.imperial.ac.uk/women-at-imperial/

06 Mar 2025 14:05 +0000

Looking for a masters (MRes/Msci) in Ecological sciences? @imperiallifesci.bsky.social https://youtu.be/b9HAZsvBpm8?feature=shared

03 Jan 2025 17:52 +0000

Funded PhD opportunity in the Graystock lab! If you are interested in pollinators, microbes, parasites and machine learning, please get in touch! - only a few days left to let me know! Whilst a project using the above is planned, im happy to adapt to the strengths of a candidate

16 Dec 2024 22:27 +0000

Nice to catch up with everyone at the #IUSSI conference in London today. A good representation from the lab too with some excellent student posters! With @nesbit-sci.bsky.social, Charlotte and Monika - I think it's also safe to say my phone camera has seen better days!

15 Nov 2024 18:10 +0000

There's just something about bee mites that makes me feel uneasy! anyway - here's a picture of some poor bees at the end of a field experiment we ran (we hadn't considered mites in the design but they became an interesting part of the study!). Its amazing how many mites a single bee can carry!