
(she/her) graduate student at NJIT studying eusociality 🦐🐝🐜 on blue sky now @csbailey128.bksy.social
Joined July 2015
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Claire Bailey retweeted
New pub! Honeybee nests are super symmetrical, the pattern of cell contents is mirrored on either side of the comb. This symmetry
1 is unique to each comb in the nest
2 evolves over time while maintaining symmetry
3 aids in thermoregulation and rearing
4 conserved across Apis🔗⬇️
Claire Bailey retweeted
Thrilled to see our new @SmithBeeLab paper out in @CurrentBiology!
Buckle up, this one’s a wild dive into the world of architectural symmetry…
cell.com/current-biology/ful…
Claire Bailey retweeted
Where would honeybees prefer to initiate their nest after they move into a large cavity? A really large cavity, let's say an 8ft tall cavity, with the the entrance at the bottom. Answer the poll then see the data in our latest pub below!
65%Build nest from ceiling
10%Build nest near entrance
24%Somewhere in between
49 votes • Final results Claire Bailey retweeted
Pleased to share the first paper from my PhD at @OISTedu, showing that #eusociality did not drive the expansions in the number of odorant receptors in #Hymenoptera! 🐜🐝
Big thanks to all my co-authors! @Dorylophile @Jules_For_Fools @Pangapaco Shûhei Yamamoto & @EvanEconomo
Claire Bailey retweeted
We're recruiting!!! 🚨🐝🚨
See advert below, for a grad student opening in the Smith Bee Lab.
We welcome applicants from all types of fields, no prior bee experience is required or expected.
Open-ended research topics, driven by curiosity (after all, it's *YOUR* PhD!)
Claire Bailey retweeted
One quiet evening, 450 million years ago...
#paleoart
Claire Bailey retweeted
New fossil ants, insight into ant faunal turnover, and the persistence of the "platonic ant body plan"! Our paper on the youngest-yet stem ants from the Cretaceous, preserved in ~77 Ma North Carolina amber, is now out in Current Biology doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.0…
Claire Bailey retweeted
The study by Bailey @csbailey128 and colleagues @SmithBeeLab @AztecaCecropia shows that the #nest of a #superorganism is not static, but alterations happen through constant #interaction of #workers with the structure.
Link: rdcu.be/dteY7
@IUSSI_NAS @secbras @IUSSI_NWES
Claire Bailey retweeted
We're so excited to have you! Claire's going to be doing some really cool work on eusocial shrimp as part of our new NSF grant!
Claire Bailey retweeted
I'm really proud of this work published today in Proc B with @SmithBeeLab & @ben_koger on the importance of the 3D nest structure and building strategies in developing honeybee colonies doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.25…
We observe, manipulate, and model 3D nest construction - see below.
Claire Bailey retweeted
Congrats to Claire Bailey (@csbailey128) on receiving the DBS Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award!
ps. Claire, I'm still mad that the local beekeeping club asked you to give a research talk before they asked me.
Claire Bailey retweeted
Celebrating Claire's (@csbailey128) successful @NSF #GRFP with a prosecco machete!
(it's the classier version of the champagne saber)
video credit: @AztecaCecropia
Claire Bailey retweeted
Latest progress recreating Mt. Rainier in Unity. Really happy with how the snow looks, but the tree and grass placement could use some work 😬
Claire Bailey retweeted
The Kevin J. Loope Destructive Researcher Award
This year's winners: Peter Marting @AztecaCecropia and Claire Bailey @csbailey128 , for their work that inadvertently led to absconding behavior
Congratulations!
Claire Bailey retweeted
Congratulations to Claire (@csbailey128) on her poster at the Animal Behavior Live conference!
Many thanks to the organizers @AnimalBehavLive for putting on this conference. Great opportunity to see cool research worldwide.
Claire Bailey retweeted
HalloBEEn Hour at the @SmithBeeLab
Expertly executed and organized by the lab peeps!
Claire Bailey retweeted
Dear Property Services, I've attached a photo of the lab truck for your audit.
Claire Bailey retweeted
Congratulations to Claire Bailey (@csbailey128) for her Undergraduate Research Poster Award, *and* for being featured in the Student Research Spotlight!
Life's easier with exceptional undergrads in the lab! @cosamau @AuburnU
Claire Bailey retweeted
Is it just me, or does this nest look like a guitar?
@AztecaCecropia and @csbailey128 rocking out on the guitar nest.






























