Journal Club

This Fri­day, June 10^th, 2022, from 12–1 PM EST, we will dis­cuss the linked arti­cle at our next week­ly Jour­nal Club meet­ing. The arti­cle is titled “Exot­ic flies main­tain pol­li­na­tion ser­vices as native pol­li­na­tors decline with agri­cul­tur­al expan­sion”, and will be pre­sent­ed by STEM Research intern Wes Walsh. Abstract: 1. Glob­al­ly, con­ver­sion of nat­ur­al habi­tat to …

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This Fri­day, April 22, 2022, from 12–1 pm EDT, we will dis­cuss the linked arti­cle at our next week­ly Jour­nal Club meet­ing. The arti­cle is titled “Wild Bee Abun­dance Declines with Urban Warm­ing, Regard­less of Flo­ral Den­si­ty”, and will be pre­sent­ed by STEM Research intern Nathanaelle Brig­nol. Abstract: As cities expand, con­ser­va­tion of ben­e­fi­cial insects …

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This Fri­day, April 15, 2022, from 12–1pm EDT, we will dis­cuss the linked arti­cle at our next week­ly Jour­nal Club meet­ing. The arti­cle is titled “The Util­i­ty of a Bum­ble Bee (Bom­bus spp. [Hymenoptera: Api­dae]) Brood Test for Eval­u­at­ing the Effects of Pes­ti­cides” and will be pre­sent­ed by STEM Research intern Orlan­do Alves Junior. Abstract: …

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On Mon­day, March 21, 2022, from 12–1PM EDT, we will dis­cuss the linked arti­cle at our next week­ly Jour­nal Club meet­ing. The arti­cle is titled “The effects of for­est frag­men­ta­tion on bee com­mu­ni­ties in trop­i­cal coun­try­side”, and will be pre­sent­ed by STEM Research intern James O’Neil. Abstract: We exam­ined bee com­mu­ni­ty respons­es to for­est fragment …

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On Mon­day, Feb­ru­ary 28, 2022, from 12–1PM EST, we will dis­cuss the linked arti­cle at our next week­ly Jour­nal Club meet­ing. The arti­cle is titled “Med­i­c­i­nal val­ue of sun­flower pollen against bee pathogens”, and will be pre­sent­ed by STEM Research intern Savan­nah Mur­phy. Abstract: Glob­al declines in pol­li­na­tors, includ­ing bees, can have major con­se­quences for …

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This Fri­day, Decem­ber 3^rd, 2021, from 12–1pm, we will dis­cuss the linked arti­cle at our next week­ly Jour­nal Club meet­ing. The arti­cle is titled “The effects of urban­iza­tion on bee com­mu­ni­ties depends on flo­ral resource avail­abil­i­ty and bee func­tion­al traits”, and will be pre­sent­ed by STEM Research intern Nathanaelle Brig­nol. Abstract: Wild bees are important …

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Please note we have resched­uled our Octo­ber 29 Jour­nal Club to Novem­ber 3 due to impacts from the recent storm. On Wednes­day, Novem­ber 3, from 12–1pm, we will dis­cuss the linked arti­cle at our next week­ly Jour­nal Club meet­ing. The arti­cle is titled “More than 75 per­cent decline over 27 years in total fly­ing insect …

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This Fri­day, Octo­ber 29^th, from 12–1pm, we will dis­cuss the linked arti­cle at our next week­ly Jour­nal Club meet­ing. The arti­cle is titled “More than 75 per­cent decline over 27 years in total fly­ing insect bio­mass in pro­tect­ed areas”, and will be pre­sent­ed by STEM Research intern Wes Walsh. Abstract: Glob­al declines in insects have sparked …

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Join us for our final #STEMWeek event! On Fri­day, Octo­ber 22^nd , 2021, from 12–1pm, STEM Men­tor Belun­da Moi­se will present her Stone­hill Col­lege senior the­sis, “Analy­sis of native bee nest­ing guild rich­ness and abun­dance in an urban ecosys­tem in South­east­ern Mass­a­chu­setts” in lieu of our week­ly Jour­nal Club meet­ing. Abstract: Native bees are essential …

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