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Darren O'Connell @daroconnell.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It was great to have a our whole @ucddublin.bsky.social BeeLab presenting research at @uissi-social.bsky.social #IUSSI26 in Freiburg on bee stressors/health Big congrats to our PhD students Egehan and Marcela for their very well received talks! @iussi-nwes.bsky.social @cristinabotias.bsky.social

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Darren O'Connell @daroconnell.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Fantastic to visit Dr Markus Sydenham and colleagues in @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social last week! Our @ucddublin.bsky.social team will work with NINA using #genomics and #bee collections to understand #pollinator vulnerability Supported by @researchireland.ie and @linneansociety.bsky.social

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Darren O'Connell @daroconnell.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Fantastic to visit Dr Mickaël Henry in @inrae-france.bsky.social Our @ucddublin.bsky.social team will work with INRAE using #genomics and #bee collections to understand #pollinator vulnerability in fire prone environments Supported by @researchireland.ie @campusfrance.bsky.social Ulysses Programme

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Darren O'Connell @daroconnell.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Delighted to be highlighted as one of the most read authors in the @britishecologicalsociety.org journal @funecology.bsky.social 🧪 This follows being higlighted as a #TopCitedArticle last month. Great to see we're having influence #ecology #acoustics #TopViewedArticle @ucddublin.bsky.social 1/2

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Darren O'Connell @daroconnell.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Delighted to be highlighted as one of the most read authors in the @britishecologicalsociety.org journal @funecology.bsky.social! This follows being higlighted as a #TopCitedArticle last month. Great to see we're having influence! #ecology #acoustics #TopViewedArticle @ucddublin.bsky.social 1/2

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Darren O'Connell @daroconnell.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Fantastic to visit the @naturalis.bsky.social for the last three weeks! 🧪 The Naturalis' incredible historical collections have allowed us insight into how mining bee species have adapted across Europe, and to a changing world from 1870 to present! #pollination #ecology @ucddublin.bsky.social

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Darren O'Connell @daroconnell.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Delighted to be highlighted as one of the most cited authors in the @britishecologicalsociety.org journal @funecology.bsky.social in recent years! #ecology #acoustics @ucddublin.bsky.social 1/2

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Darren O'Connell @daroconnell.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

At #BES2024 and interested in #pollination and #disease? Check out my talk Thursday at 12:30 in the #Parasites and #Pathogens session in A4 I'll be outlining our upcoming meta-analysis assessing treatment success for the globally #invasive Varroa mite of honey bees! @britishecolsoc.bsky.social 🧪

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Darren O'Connell @daroconnell.bsky.social · 20/02/2024

Interested in #honey #bee health? Come do a #PhD in our group in University College Dublin on 'Protecting Irish bees through field trials and genomics-informed strategies' Primarily supervised by Dr Julia Jones in SBES #pathogens #parasites #PhDposition #genetics #genomics Details below

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