1.0FLIES Facility at Texas A&M Universityhttps://college.agrilife.org/forensicentomologypaul.pleasanthttps://college.agrilife.org/forensicentomology/author/paul-pleasant/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Esc4hNWefB"><a href="https://college.agrilife.org/forensicentomology/about/">About</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://college.agrilife.org/forensicentomology/about/embed/#?secret=Esc4hNWefB" width="600" height="338" title="“About” — FLIES Facility at Texas A&M University" data-secret="Esc4hNWefB" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://college.agrilife.org/forensicentomology/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> FOCUS OF FLIES FACILITY RESEARCH: Animal carcasses represent nutrient rich resources, or food-falls, for many organisms ranging from microbes to vertebrate scavengers. Microbes were initially thought of only as nutrient recyclers1. However, Jenzen2 suspected that microbes were competitors with other consumers including insects for these resources. Microbes may alter food resources and produce toxins that […]