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Mutualism: lessons from ants and aphids
Aniek Ivens discusses the fun of studying ants that farm aphids inside their nests and how hey can help us solve one of the biggest mysteries in biology - the evolution of mutualism.
This interview was part of the training curriculum offered by the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science, Stony Brook, NY.
January 2016
A mutualistic network of ants, aphids, mealybugs and their microbiomes
Thanks to the fantastic efforts of the Evolution 2016 organisation, many of the presentations held can be found on youtube and watched at leisure. Mine is one of them, enjoy!
Evolution Meeting, June 2016
Samenwerking in de natuur
NPO ScienceFlash, June 2009
Ants & Aphids: Best Friends Forever
January 2016
Aniek Ivens explains her research on ants that keep underground farms of aphids. Such cooperation between different animals is called mutualism. Studying ants and aphids can help us solve how mutualism can evolve and persist.
This presentation was part of the training curriculum offered by the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science, Stony Brook, NY
Aniek Ivens praat ons bij over hoe de natuur met elkaar samenwerkt zoals mieren met luizen.
Field impressions from the Millbrook forest: Lasius ants tendings aphids
Aniek participates in Ralf Jean-Pierre's improv webseries #NoSuggestion.
New York City, July 2018
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Improv for Science Communication with Aniek Ivens. Sociobiology Blog. June 2017
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NYC postdoc profile for International Women's Day. NYC Postdoc Coalition. March 2017
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De weidemier boert goed. Willy van Strien. Nov 2012
Ants farm root aphid clones in subterranean rooms. Phys.org. July 2012
Een boerende mier op Schier. Bionieuws. July 2011
DE NATIONALE DENKTANK 2012
De VersPers wrote six-piece series on the DenkTank and its findings. Nov. 2012
De knapste koppen. NRC next. Nov 2012
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