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Research centre focussing on all things related to the wax moth, Galleria mellonella. Find us at https://www.gmrcuk.org/ or get in touch at [email protected] Happy to repost Galleria related news, findings or publications!

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Galleria mellonella Research Centre @gmrc.bsky.social · Jun 18

We are pleased to announce that the Galleria Mellonella Workshop will be running again this year.

The event will take place on Monday the 15th of September at Edge Hill University in Ormskirk, UK and will be hosted by @rachelhclare.bsky.social

🐛 Please join us! 🐛

www.gmrcuk.org/galleria-mel...

GALLERIA MELLONELLA WORKSHOP 2025

We are very pleased to announce that the annual Galleria Mellonella Workshop is back for 2025! This year, the workshop will run for the first time in the north of England - at Edge Hill...

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A/Prof Amy Cain @flamycain.bsky.social · 7d

Check out my PhD student Fiona Facey’s first first-author paper on finding microbes that can degrade multiple types of plastics in the Galleria mellonella gut microbiome

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enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Characterising the Multiple‐Plastic Degrading Strain of Bacillus subtilis GM_03 From the Galleria mellonella Microbiome

A novel strain of Bacillus subtilis has been isolated from plastic-fed Galleria mellonella larvae, which shows evidence of degradation of both LDPE and PU plastics. Genes potentially associated with ....

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James Pearce @jamescpearce.bsky.social · Sep 15

Our final talk is from @doktorbasti.bsky.social at @cam.ac.uk on the scalable imaging platform is developing to automate health and mortality scoring during microbial virulence assays #galleriamellonellaworkshop2025

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James Pearce @jamescpearce.bsky.social · Sep 15

hopefully galleria users can celebrate the end of hourly galleria poking sessions

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James Pearce @jamescpearce.bsky.social · Sep 15

Next a presentation from Toby Jenkins and Simon Booth from @uniofbath.bsky.social on their work using lasers to improve the Galleria burn wound infection model originally developed by @evgeniamaslova.bsky.social #galleriamellonellaworkshop2025

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James Pearce @jamescpearce.bsky.social · Sep 15

@cjcoates.bsky.social from @universityofgalway.bsky.social and @swanseauni.bsky.social gives us an overview on Galleria as an aspirant toxicology model for shellfish poisoning syndrome #galleriamellonellaworkshop2025

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James Pearce @jamescpearce.bsky.social · Sep 15

After the first break we have Prof Vitaliy Khutoryanskiy from PEVITAC @uniofreading.bsky.social on their advances in toxicological and antimicrobial testing using Galleria #galleriamellonellaworkshop2025

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James Pearce @jamescpearce.bsky.social · Sep 15

Next up is @jenniesc.bsky.social of @exeter.ac.uk / @gmrc.bsky.social giving an overview of the Galleria mellonella Research Centre activities! #galleriamellonellaworkshop2025

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James Pearce @jamescpearce.bsky.social · Sep 15

The 2025 Galleria mellonella Workshop is off to a start at Edge Hill University, with an opening talk on the Galleria Envenoming Model from @rachelhclare.bsky.social #galleriamellonellaworkshop2025

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Galleria mellonella Research Centre @gmrc.bsky.social · Aug 28

🚨 Last chance to register for GMW 2025 🚨

📆 15 Sept • Edge Hill Uni, UK
👩‍🔬 Host: Dr Rachel Clare

Talks from Prof Khutoryanskiy, Dr Coates, Prof Jenkins & Simon Booth, Dr Bruchmann + practical training (rearing, injections, dissections).

⭐ FREE registration closes 1 Sept: shorturl.at/C5GWW

Galleria mellonella Research Centre @gmrc.bsky.social · Aug 18

⭐The Full Schedule for the Galleria Mellonella Workshop 2025 is Live!🐛

🗓️ Date: 15th September
📍 Location: Edge Hill University
🔗 Register (free!) by the 29th August: shorturl.at/q6tXr

💬 Open to all researchers working with or curious about Galleria mellonella.
#GMW2025 #GalleriaMellonella #3Rs

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Galleria mellonella Research Centre @gmrc.bsky.social · Aug 12

New transgenics loading — watch this space 🐛👀
#GalleriaMellonella #Transgenesis #Microinjection

Galleria mellonella Research Centre @gmrc.bsky.social · Aug 11

🐛 Research-grade Galleria mellonella — hand-picked for researchers, BY researchers!

Planning experiments for Sept/Oct? Get in touch now!

✅ In-house reared, no antimicrobial additives
✅ Hand-selected for quality
✅ +10% extra to cover in-transit loss
✅ Flexible shipping options

📩 [email protected]

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Jennie Campbell @jenniesc.bsky.social · Aug 6

🧬 Does anyone know if the new amplifier sequences for HCR™ Gold RNA-FISH are available anywhere? Trying to track them down to plug into the code I have to generate probes in place of the old B1/B2... sequences.

#HCR #MolecularBiology #RNAFISH #FISH

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Dr Jess Stokes @jess-stokes.bsky.social · Aug 4

Join @royentsoc.bsky.social for Insects as Food and Feed

📅9th October
📍University of Roehampton

www.royensoc.co.uk/event/iaff25/

Covering insect protein nutrition, formulation and the UK/EU landscape it's shaping up to be a fascinating day following #BSFCon in September🎉

Insects as Food and Feed (SIG) 2025 - Royal Entomological Society

Insects as Food and Feed: delivering sustainable protein to the food system Date: Thursday 9th October 2025 (09:15 – 16:30) Venue: Elm Grove Conference Centre, The University of Roehampton: Home – Roe...

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NC3Rs @nc3rs.bsky.social · Jul 30

Are you attending the 20th International Xenopus Conference in August? 🐸

Esther Pearl (@drejpearl.bsky.social) will be sharing our work and resources relevant to research involving Xenopus, including improving experimental design and refining husbandry practices: nc3rs.org.uk/events/20th-...

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Seána Duggan @seanaduggan.bsky.social · Jul 21

📝Call for papers📝

I'm co-editing a @microbiologysociety.org #JMedMicro collection on Fungal Pathogenesis.

Contribute a review, research or short communication article by Nov 2025 (flexible)

If interested, get in touch!

#FungalPathogens #MedicalMycology #InfectiousDiseases

Fungal Pathogenesis: Mechanisms, Resistance, and Threats | Microbiology Society

Fungi are a major global health concern, responsible for over a billion infections annually and an estimated 1.5 million deaths each year. Despite their substantial impact on human health and healthca...

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Galleria mellonella Research Centre @gmrc.bsky.social · Jul 21

🐛 Speaker 3 for the Galleria Mellonella Workshop 2025 is here!

🎤 Prof. Toby Jenkins (Uni of Bath) with "Development of an improved Galleria mellonella burn model for studying burn wound infection"

📍 Edge Hill Uni, Ormskirk – Mon 15 Sept 2025

🔗 Info & sign-up: www.gmrcuk.org/galleria-mel...

GALLERIA MELLONELLA WORKSHOP 2025

Please register for free here: https://shorturl.at/q6tXr . The Galleria mellonella Workshop returns for 2025 and will be held at Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, UK and will be hosted by ...

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Galleria mellonella Research Centre @gmrc.bsky.social · Jul 16

🎤 Pleased to confirm our second speaker for GMW2025: @cjcoates.bsky.social, who will join us from University of Galway, Ireland with a talk titled:

⭐ Interrogating Galleria mellonella larvae as an aspirant toxicology model

🐛 Sign up here: www.gmrcuk.org/galleria-mel...

GALLERIA MELLONELLA WORKSHOP 2025

We are very pleased to announce that the annual Galleria Mellonella Workshop is back for 2025! This year, the workshop will run for the first time in the north of England - at Edge Hill...

www.gmrcuk.org

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Galleria mellonella Research Centre @gmrc.bsky.social · Jul 15

Yes, Galleria don't require any manipulation to eat plastic. It's something they have evolved to do by virtue of living in an environment with beeswax

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James Pearce @jamescpearce.bsky.social · Jul 14

Back from Kolymbari, and had such an amazing time with an incredible community of lepidopterists #lepgencrete. Great to get the opportunity to talk about what we're up to with @gmrc.bsky.social and spread the word about the #galleriamellonella infection model. Can't wait for #lepgen13 in 2028!

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Galleria mellonella Research Centre @gmrc.bsky.social · Jul 7

🌟Excited to announce our first speaker for GMW2025

🎤Prof. Khutoryanskiy (www.pevitac.co.uk) will join us with a talk on:

“Galleria mellonella in Toxicology & Antimicrobial Evaluation: A PEVITAC Perspective on Scientific & Commercial Impact”

🐛Info: www.gmrcuk.org/galleria-mellonella-workshop-2025

GALLERIA MELLONELLA WORKSHOP 2025

We are very pleased to announce that the annual Galleria Mellonella Workshop is back for 2025! This year, the workshop will run for the first time in the north of England - at Edge Hill...

www.gmrcuk.org

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James Pearce @jamescpearce.bsky.social · Jun 24

Quickly coming up next though is a return to Greece - this time to Crete for the 12th International workshop on Molecular Biology and Genetics of Lepidoptera! Bit of a mouthful to say, but i'll be giving a talk on the mothy things we have going on with #Galleriamellonella at the @gmrc.bsky.social 🐛

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Galleria mellonella Research Centre @gmrc.bsky.social · Jun 18

📦Galleria on the move!
We label each dish with larval count + total weight. Safely packed and sent 1st class.

Need high-quality, research-grade Galleria mellonella larvae for reliable, reproducible in vivo experiments? Lets chat! 🐛🔬

#GalleriaMellonella #Microbiology #Infection #ScienceSupply

Galleria mellonella Research Centre @gmrc.bsky.social · Jun 18

GALLERIA MELLONELLA WORKSHOP 2025

We are very pleased to announce that the annual Galleria Mellonella Workshop is back for 2025! This year, the workshop will run for the first time in the north of England - at Edge Hill...

www.gmrcuk.org

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Jennie Campbell @jenniesc.bsky.social · May 21

🧪🍻 From pests to pioneers — and pint glasses!

I had a great time talking about Galleria mellonella at Pint of Science, Exeter last night.

Turns out, The Very Hungry Caterpillar saw it coming… 🐛✨
#PintOfScience #Pint25 #NC3Rs #GalleriaMellonella #ScienceInThePub

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