🚨 Postdoc opportunity with Lucas Tirloni at RML to work on tick biology, host–pathogen interactions, and functional genomics! 🕷
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🚨 Postdoc opportunity with Lucas Tirloni at RML to work on tick biology, host–pathogen interactions, and functional genomics! 🕷
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book cover of a pocket guide to scientific writing and publishing by martin nunez
Writing papers is hard
But, and this is Very important:
Not writing papers is also hard
The frustration & stress that comes from not getting your papers written and published is huge
If you need help with this PLEASE, take a copy of my book from a library, amazon or a friend!
I hope it helps💪
Yes. I tell people, 'Give yourself permission to write badly'
Sometimes I follow that with '... because writing isn't about writing, as so many writers think. Writing is about revision'
Sobering article - A 47% decline in the number of breeding female Southern Elephant Seals were recorded at the three largest breeding colony beaches on South Georgian in 2024 compared to 2022, following mass mortality events caused by HPAI
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s42...
The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
As President Trump's tariffs kick in, American companies that rely on imports are worried about rising costs and passing them onto consumers. But some U.S. exporters are worried too.
Are you a PhD student, have an offer, or have had an offer recently rescinded from a US university? If so, Western (in London, ON, Canada) has a new scholarship program for you! Check out this news story. I can vouch for this university! You will love it.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Great reivew of environmental surveillance approaches for HPAI, addressing scalability, cost effectiveness and levels of labour intensiveness
👉 www.preprints.org/manuscript/2...
Validation of novel mobile testing MT platform comprises mini extractor and qPCR instrucments, and demonstrates superior performance relative to current benchtop instruments
👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Offspring longevity for bighorn sheep at Ram Mountain, Alberta, Canada (1971-2013). Solid lines represent model predictions for female offspring under average female density conditions (results for male offspring are reported in Table 1). Shaded bands represent 95% confidence intervals while gray lines are modeled trends for individual mothers. (A) Offspring longevity as a function of maternal age at birth. (B) Offspring longevity as a function of maternal longevity, estimated by the age at last sighting
Marchand: compared to those born to a bighorn ewe when she's young, lambs born when she's old have shorter lives, wean fewer lambs. At any age, ewes that live longer have lambs that live longer and have higher reproductive success. url:https://academic.oup.com/beheco/article/36/4/araf046/8126721
There's a footnote in "The Scientists Guide to Writing" about things that are rare: effective bashers in writing, good disco songs, and California Condors. Just updated the numbers, and it's wonderful that each edition of the book has been able to report more condors in the world.
@woahglobal.bsky.social published the inaugural report on The State of the World’s Animal Health #AntibioticResistance #BirdFlu #Vaccination www.woah.org/en/document/...
Overview of avain influenza vaccines out there, and where they are being trialled or implemented.
👉 www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/13...
A portrait of a bighorn ewe in snowfall. Her head is turned towards the camera.
Bighorn sheep at the National Elk Refuge, Wyoming. January, 2021.
📷 Fujifilm X-T3 + XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR
🎞 400 mm – 1/500″ – f/8 – ISO 1250
🏷️ #Photography #BighornSheep #Wildlife #NationalWildlifeRefuges
Cassirer: test-and-remove of chronic M. ovi carriers in bighorn sheep leads to lower pathogen prevalence, higher lamb survival, greater population growth. Excellent long-term monitoring of multiple populations. Very promising technique to combat pneumonia pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Australia’s national Animal Health Committee has endorsed a policy for the use of avian influenza vaccines for the protection of rare, protected and valuable avian species. Safety trials will commence soon.
👉 www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/defaul...
A sandhill crane standing at the Glen Lake picnic area, with Glen Lake in the background.
Sandhill Crane, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan. September, 2019.
📷 Fujifilm X-T3 + XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR
🎞 400 mm – 1/500″ – f/9 – ISO 4000
🏷️ #Photography #Wildlife #SandhillCranes
It is hard to imagine a world without the USGS Ecosystems Mission, the bird banding lab, the Coop Unit program, etc. but apparently that is what America voted for and what this administration plans to do: wildlife.org/usgs-cuts-wo...
A portrait of a bighorn ram. His tongue is sticking out of his mouth a little bit.
Bighorn ram at the National Elk Refuge, Wyoming. December, 2021.
📷 Fujifilm X-T3 + XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR
🎞 323 mm – 1/500″ – f/8 – ISO 1000
🏷️ #Photography #Wildlife #BighornSheep
A close-up of a bighorn ram munching on dry forbs in the snow.
Bighorn ram at the National Elk Refuge, Wyoming. February, 2022.
📷 Fujifilm X-T3 + XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR
🎞 301 mm – 1/500″ – f/8 – ISO 640
🏷️ #Wildlife #BighornSheep
Detailed assessment of skua HPAI related mortality in Marguerite Bay, Antarctica. Critically, show the utility of rapid tests and concordance with PCR testing.
👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Two elk standing among the sage brush at Grand Teton National Park. One of the them, a bull elk with asymmetrical antlers, is facing the camera.
Elk, Grand Teton National Park. April, 2019.
📷 Fujifilm X-T3 + XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR
🎞 400 mm – 1/600″ – f/8 – ISO 1600
🏷️ #Wildlife #NationalParks #Elk
Such a useful paper demonstrating how to do influenza diagnostics. Very relevant for all those setting up HPAI screening in Antarctica, or new to the field.
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Ecologist Cecilia Soldatini tracks the movements of magnificent frigatebirds
https://go.nature.com/3XPaRRj
Great to be involved in this piece - making sense of the virome in light of evolution and ecology.
A bighorn sheep ram at the National Elk Refuge, Wyoming.
Bighorn Sheep, National Elk Refuge, Wyoming. November, 2018.
📷 Fujifilm X-T3 + XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR
🎞 400 mm – 1/6000″ – f/8 – ISO 3200
🏷️ #BighornSheep #Photography #Wildlife
A close-up of a cute little bighorn sheep lamb looking straight at the camera.
Bighorn Sheep, National Elk Refuge, Wyoming. February, 2019.
📷 Fujifilm X-T3 + XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR
🎞 400 mm – 1/600″ – f/8 – ISO 1600
🏷️ #BighornSheep #Photography #Wildlife
A logo for the University of Leeds parasite conservation survey featuring 5 coloured hexagons containing icons of different parasites such as ticks, worms and protozoa.
Hey #WildlifeDisease & #conservation folk, please check out our survey on attitudes to parasite conservation.
Are parasites important for biodiversity, would you remove them to protect host welfare, or something more nuanced? We want to hear all views to improve guidance for practitioners 🪱🧪🌍🧵1/n
Screenshot of front page of academic article: Rethinking statistical approaches for serological data analysis for viral surveillance Morgan P. Kain, Jonathan H. Epsteina, Noam Ross
Gonna take a break from [*all this*] and end the week talking about some fresh science 🧪! Glad to have a paper out led by Morgan Kain and with Jon Epstein on how to analyze serological data in the context of wildlife disease and viral discovery! doi.org/10.1016/j.jv...
Wanted to highlight the incredible efforts by graduate student Siena Glenn in our lab in helping organize our local #standupforscience
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dfY...
#MicroSky #Microbiology @shawlab.bsky.social