@hwillia8
 Starkville, Mississippi
Joined December 2015
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📣 Abstract deadline extended for International Mycobacterium ulcerans Conference (IMUC-III). Inviting clinicians and researchers working on Buruli ulcer to join us NOV 20 - 22 in Melbourne. Learn more 👉 bit.ly/4aHvvqi @UniMelbMDHS @TheRMH
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📣Save the date for the 3rd International Mycobacterium ulcerans Conference (IMUC-III) 🗓️ 20 – 22 November 2024 📍Melb, Aus Hosted by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Mycobacterium ulcerans at the Doherty Institute. Pre-register via go.unimelb.edu.au/hea8 @UniMelbMDHS @TheRMH
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insects as food and feed industry opportunities exist for everyone- thank you, @MSSTATEACCESS and @aggieachieve - your students did a great job with their research
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Awesome news- $1.4M received for research on insects as food and feed! Great linkage opportunities with @CEIF_InsectAg and industry advisory board members
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Impact of Temperature and Oxygen Availability on Gene Expression Patterns of Mycobacterium ulcerans | Microbiology Spectrum journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128… Congratulations to Laxmi and colleagues!

Impact of Temperature and Oxygen Availability on Gene Expression Patterns of Mycobacterium ulcerans...

Buruli ulcer is a debilitating skin disease caused by the environmental pathogen Mycobacterium ulcerans. M. ulcerans produces a toxic compound, mycolactone, which leads to tissue necrosis and...

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Last week I met with representatives from @msstate’s ACCESS Program. These students showed remarkable initiative, compiling research on a @NSF grant.
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Mississippi State Access students presenting at ⁦@NSF⁩ ERN REM conference in DC- insect frass as fertilizer? ⁦@CEIF_InsectAg⁩
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Replying to @aggieachieve
@aggieachieve and MSU Access students with @DrChavonda - USDA under secretary USDA REE during NSF ERN REM conference in Washington DC- insects as food and feed!! @tamuentomology @CEIF_InsectAg @patrickjstover
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Human consumption of insects science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…

Human consumption of insects

Farming edible insects can help improve food security and boost developing economies

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Human consumption of insects science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…

Human consumption of insects

Farming edible insects can help improve food security and boost developing economies

science.org
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And we are off! On the Approuague River heading to the jungle and our carbet for two nights and days of documentary filming. #EvopathAmazonia @BenbowLab @jenpechal @hwillia8 @evozoa @SofishPicq @RakestrawAlex
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AWESOME NEWS! @CarlyBGils and I with @hwillia8 and @CEIF_InsectAg were just notified we were awarded a @NSF grant through REM (research expe & mentoring) allowing us to partner with the @aggieachieve program and @MSSTATEACCESS - bridging science across communities!
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Insect Trash Could Be a Farmer’s Treasure nytimes.com/2022/03/02/scien…
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5 reasons why eating insects can reduce climate change weforum.org/agenda/2022/02/h… via @wef
#insectag making a splash with @Ynsect building a new large-scale breeding facility! Would love to see it! @CEIF_InsectAg #science science.org/content/article/…

Insect ranchers pour $5 million into world’s first large-scale genetic breeding facility

Genetically engineered mealworms could provide fertilizer—and food—for millions

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Dutch insect farming startup Protix raises €50M to bring the food system back in balance with nature; here’s how siliconcanals.com/crowdfundi…

Dutch insect farming startup Protix raises €50M to bring the food system back in balance with...

Protix believes in harnessing the technology to produce the ingredient of the future – insects.

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Response to the NSF Center for Environmental Sustainability through Insect Farming has been great- companies continue to join our global effort to enhance/grow the global industry! Let us know if you are interested! @SciencePicard @hwillia8 @cpreyer @CEIF_InsectAg #Sustainability
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Texas A&M AgriLife explores sustainability of insect farming| AgriLife Today agrilifetoday.tamu.edu/2021/…

Texas A&M AgriLife explores sustainability of insect farming- AgriLife Today

AgriLife Research scientists will explore insect farming in response to shrinking food supplies for a growing global population.

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Big news for Picard Lab, @yunlongliu @FliesFacility @hwillia8 !!! news.iu.edu/stories/2021/08/…

Sustainability through insect farming: $2.2M NSF grant funds center to address food shortages

The Center for Environmental Sustainability Through Insect Farming will explore the use of insects to address global food shortages.

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MSU co-leading new $2.2M NSF-funded Center for Environmental Sustainability through Insect Farming msstate.edu/newsroom/article…
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