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Aberystwyth University @aberuni.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

📺 Dr Gwenllian Rees and Keira Washtell spoke to BBC Wales yesterday about research into farm dogs and hydatid disease in mid Wales. #hydatid @aberdlsagb.bsky.social

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Prifysgol Aberystwyth @prifaber.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

📺 Buodd Dr Gwenllian Rees yn siarad â Newyddion S4C ddoe am ymchwil sy'n edrych ar gŵn fferm a chlefyd hydatid yn y Canolbarth. #hydatid @aberdlsagb.bsky.social

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Russ Morphew @russmorphew.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Just a quick post to introduce Natalia Chiselea to the lab. Natalia is a 'year in industry' student studying Veterinary Biosciences at @aberdlsagb.bsky.social During the year she will be working on flatworm peptides. Welcome to #TeamFluke Natalia! @bchcaber.bsky.social 🍂🪱

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Aberystwyth University @aberuni.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

🌱 A student from our Department of Life Sciences has uncovered how different plant varieties respond to flooding, offering insights that could help crops cope with extreme weather. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/56tb76nd @aberdlsagb.bsky.social @ibers.bsky.social #PlantScience #ClimateResilience

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Prifysgol Aberystwyth @prifaber.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

🌱 Mae myfyriwr o’n Hadran y Gwyddorau Bywyd wedi datgelu sut mae gwahanol fathau o blanhigion yn ymateb i lifogydd, gan gynnig mewnwelediadau a allai helpu cnydau i ymdopi â thywydd eithafol. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/y6wkr3pn @aberdlsagb.bsky.social @ibers.bsky.social #GwyddorPlanhigion #GwydnwchHinsawdd

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Aberystwyth Life Sciences / Gwyddorau Bywyd @aberdlsagb.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Yn 2022 collasom ein cydweithiwr annwyl, Jim Provan, ar ôl cyfnod o salwch. Gadawodd ei gynhesrwydd, ei ddoethineb a’i haelioni farc parhaol ar bawb a gafodd y fraint o weithio gydag ef. Cyhoeddir y gwaith hwn er cof am Jim Provan - gwyddonydd, athro a ffrind. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Aberystwyth Life Sciences / Gwyddorau Bywyd @aberdlsagb.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

In 2022 we lost our much-loved colleague Jim Provan after a period of illness. Jim’s warmth, wisdom, and generosity left a lasting mark on everyone who worked with him. This work is dedicated to the memory of Jim Provan - scientist and sage, teacher and friend. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Russ Morphew @russmorphew.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Was great to chat to the Aberystwyth Science Cafe last night about all things #Parasites in canine faeces. #Worms 🪱Thanks @amandaclare.bsky.social for the invite. Loved every minute of it! @aberdlsagb.bsky.social @bchcaber.bsky.social

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Sarah Dalesman @sarahdalesman.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Cotton is excited about meeting some of our applicants today @aberdlsagb.bsky.social applicant visit day and showing off the sniffing skills she has been learning on the #OneZoo project to locate parasite intermediate hosts on farmland :)

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Russ Morphew @russmorphew.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

An excellent day yesterday at the @aberdlsagb.bsky.social #FestivalOfResearch. Some great presentations and posters. Super proud to supervise @coreyasteele.bsky.social (Oral), @angelrumney.bsky.social (Poster) and Michela (Poster). Even time for a #FlukeMap group photo (some are missing)

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Aberystwyth University @aberuni.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

We are delighted to have appointed the Chief Executive of the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society as a new Pro-Chancellor. More: tinyurl.com/5b62hwwn

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Russ Morphew @russmorphew.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Great talk from Rhys Jones at our @aberdlsagb.bsky.social Festival of Research 2025 covering our #FlukeMap project. Risk mapping and farmer perceptions of their own risk areas!

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Arwyn Edwards @arwynedwards.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Heading up for the @aberdlsagb.bsky.social Festival of Research today. I’m looking forward to hearing lots of exciting talks, and this afternoon I’ll share the story of how a literal “snow day” on Arctic fieldwork in 2019 evolved in to two (2!) NERC projects.

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Russ Morphew @russmorphew.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

A very successful morning today collecting rumen fluke for my UG project student Craig (those are his hands). Thanks also to @coreyasteele.bsky.social for helping her supervisor not mess it up, with idiot proof instructions for me! #TeamFluke @aberdlsagb.bsky.social

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Russ Morphew @russmorphew.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

A little late getting to post this but so proud to see Dr Holly Northcote defend her PhD viva last Friday. Many thanks to Prof. Jane Hodgkinson @liverpooluni.bsky.social and Dr Justin Pachebat @aberdlsagb.bsky.social for examining. Ruth and I are super proud lab parents! @bchcaber.bsky.social

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Russ Morphew @russmorphew.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

PhD Opportunity! Interested in parasitic liver flukes? Interested in protein-protein interactions? Please do look at this opportunity funded through #FoodBiosystems @aberdlsagb.bsky.social @aberuni.bsky.social research.reading.ac.uk/foodbiosyste...

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Aberystwyth Life Sciences / Gwyddorau Bywyd @aberdlsagb.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

We are delighted to announce that we have several PhD projects advertised alongside @ibers.bsky.social and other Universities as part of the #FoodBiosystems Doctoral Training Programme! Follow the link below for more information: 🔗 www.aber.ac.uk/en/life-scie...

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Aberystwyth Life Sciences / Gwyddorau Bywyd @aberdlsagb.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Rydym yn hynod o falch i nodi bod gennym sawl prosiect PhD ar gael ar y cyd â @ibers.bsky.social a Phrifysgolion eraill fel rhan o Rhaglen Hyfforddi Doethurol #FoodBiosystems Am rhagor o wybodaeth dilynwch y linc isod: 🔗 www.aber.ac.uk/cy/life-scie...

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Aberystwyth Life Sciences / Gwyddorau Bywyd @aberdlsagb.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Efallai bod microbau rhewlifol yn fach iawn ond mae eu neges yn enfawr: mae newid hinsawdd yn dileu ecosystemau doeddem yn gwybod eu bod yn bodoli. ❄️🔥 Darllenwch yr erthygl hon @arwynedwards.bsky.social s.bsky.social

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Aberystwyth Life Sciences / Gwyddorau Bywyd @aberdlsagb.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Glacial microbes might be tiny but their message is huge: climate change is erasing ecosystems we never knew existed. ❄️🔥 Have a read of this article about our own @arwynedwards.bsky.social 🔗https://www.the-scientist.com/the-ice-is-alive-uncovering-the-vanishing-world-of-glacial-microbes-73825

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Aberystwyth Life Sciences / Gwyddorau Bywyd @aberdlsagb.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Awydd swydd newydd yn 2026? Rydym yn chwilio am ddarlithydd Sŵoleg newydd i ymuno â ni yn Adran y Gwyddorau Bywyd 🦜🐄🐛 Rhagor o wybodaeth ar y ddolen hwn 🔗https://jobs.aber.ac.uk/cy/vacancy/darlithydd-swoleg-598845.html

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Aberystwyth Life Sciences / Gwyddorau Bywyd @aberdlsagb.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Fancy working with us at The Department of Life Sciences? We are currently recruiting a Lecturer in Zoology 🦓🐁🦜 Further information on this link 🔗https://jobs.aber.ac.uk/en/vacancy/lecturer-in-zoology-598845.html

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Russ Morphew @russmorphew.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Great to be involved with this initiative. Always good to see an impact coming from our research into canine worm infections 🪱 @aberdlsagb.bsky.social @bchcaber.bsky.social

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Sarah Dalesman @sarahdalesman.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Cotton came to work to demonstrate skills taught by Eszter Monostori on her #OneZoo PhD project - teaching dogs to locate the intermediate hosts of parasites. She loved meeting our students, inspiring the next generation of scientists. @aberdlsagb.bsky.social @aberuni.bsky.social #OneHealth #UKRI

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Aberystwyth University @aberuni.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

We’re delighted that Aberystwyth has been named a UNESCO City of Literature – the first in Wales! More: tinyl.co/3u04 @librarywales.bsky.social @uwtsd.bsky.social @prifweinidog.gov.wales @unesco.org

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Prifysgol Aberystwyth @prifaber.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Rydym wrth ein boddau bod Aberystwyth wedi’i enwi’n Ddinas Llên UNESCO – yr un gyntaf yng Nghymru! Mwy: tinyl.co/3tzx @librarywales.bsky.social @uwtsd.bsky.social @prifweinidog.gov.wales @unesco.org

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Russ Morphew @russmorphew.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

A massive thanks to three of my PhD students who, yesterday, presented to my Masters level module in Infection and Immunity. All three did an amazing job covering their PhD research. @coreyasteele.bsky.social Mia and Michela rocked it for #TeamFluke 🍂 @aberdlsagb.bsky.social

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Aberystwyth University @aberuni.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

🫁 Our scientists are part of a £1.55m project to unravel long-term vaping risks and benefits on lung health for smokers. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/2pzk65kf @aberdlsagb.bsky.social @ukri.org #vaping #smoking #smokingcessation #lunghealth

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Prifysgol Aberystwyth @prifaber.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

🫁 Mae ein gwyddonwyr yn rhan o brosiect gwerth £1.55m i ddarganfod risgiau a buddion hirdymor fepio ar iechyd ysgyfaint ysmygwyr. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/349bec8x @aberdlsagb.bsky.social #fepio #ysmygu #iechydysgyfaint

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IBERS - Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Science @ibers.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Dr Hannah Vallin, ymchwilydd yn IBERS, wedi ymweld ag @ualberta.bsky.social Gan weithio ar y prosiect "Gweithredu ar yr Hinsawdd drwy Bori", edrychodd ar sut y gall glaswelltiroedd helpu i storio carbon, lleihau allyriadau a chefnogi bioamrywiaeth. Mwy www.aber.ac.uk/cy/ibers/new...

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Aberystwyth University @aberuni.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

📝 We have signed a new partnership with the Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences to strengthen our work in green agricultural technologies. 🖱 tinyurl.com/yy2waa6v @ibers.bsky.social @aberdlsagb.bsky.social #partnership #agriculture #science #technology

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Prifysgol Aberystwyth @prifaber.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

📝 Rydym wedi llofnodi partneriaeth newydd gydag Academi Gwyddorau Amaethyddol Zhejiang i gryfhau ein gwaith mewn technolegau amaethyddol gwyrdd. 🖱 tinyurl.com/4hyz9fzd @ibers.bsky.social @aberdlsagb.bsky.social #partneriaeth #amaethyddiaeth #gwyddoniaeth #technoleg

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Aberystwyth Life Sciences / Gwyddorau Bywyd @aberdlsagb.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Today, our Animal Science Lecturer, @rhysaled.bsky.social spoke to sheep farmers that supply Asda via #Dunbia 🐑🐛

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Aberystwyth Life Sciences / Gwyddorau Bywyd @aberdlsagb.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Heddiw, bu ein Darlithydd Gwyddor Anifeiliaid, @rhysaled.bsky.social yn siarad â chriw o ffermwyr defaid sydd yn cyflenwi Asda trwy #Dunbia

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Catherine Duigan @cduigan.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

This new @kickasswomenof.bsky.social #podcast with Amy & Daniel Mills @aberdlsagb.bsky.social provides a research update into life and international #freshwater career of Dr. Kathleen Carpenter and how we are resampling her Welsh study sites 100 yrs later. #envhist www.podbean.com/media/share/...

Quote from Kathleen Carpenter on the beauty of freshwater life alongside black & white photograph of her wearing wide rimmed hat and jacket with large pockets and belt.

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Aberystwyth University @aberuni.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Leading scientists, vets and policymakers from across Britain have met at the University today to discuss vaccination strategies for bovine TB. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/2k5nbrtx @aberdlsagb.bsky.social #AberTB #bTB #TB

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Prifysgol Aberystwyth @prifaber.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Heddiw, mae gwyddonwyr, milfeddygon a llunwyr polisi blaengar o bedwar ban Prydain wedi cyfarfod yn y Brifysgol i drafod strategaethau brechu at dwbercwlosis buchol. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/y4ejymn8 @aberdlsagb.bsky.social #AberTB #bTB #TB

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Aberystwyth University @aberuni.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

🪰 Writing in The Conversation, Dr Roger Santer from our Department of Life Sciences discusses how flies perceive the world differently from humans, and how understanding this can help prevent disease. More: tinyurl.com/f6dj7n2r @aberdlsagb.bsky.social #fly #lifesciences #diseaseprevention

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How a fly sees the world – and why understanding its vision can help prevent disease

Flies see things differently.

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Prifysgol Aberystwyth @prifaber.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

🪰 Mewn erthygl yn The Conversation, mae Dr Roger Santer o'n Hadran Gwyddorau Bywyd yn trafod sut mae pryfed yn gweld y byd yn wahanol i fodau dynol, a sut y gall deall hyn helpu i atal clefydau. Mwy: tinyurl.com/f6dj7n2r @aberdlsagb.bsky.social #pryfyn #gwyddoraubywyd #atalclefydau

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How a fly sees the world – and why understanding its vision can help prevent disease

Flies see things differently.

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Russ Morphew @russmorphew.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

A little late to posting this...but really proud of #HollyNorthcote (formally on X @Hnorthcote3) for submission of her PhD thesis. 'Hide and Caecum: Exploration of the Potential Antimicrobial Activity of the Equine Tapeworm, Anoplocephala perfoliata' #TeamWorm 🪱 @aberdlsagb.bsky.social

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Aberystwyth University @aberuni.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Our scientists are leading research into how a widely used vaccine can boost overall immunity in livestock 🐮 More: tinyl.co/3iC7 @aberdlsagb.bsky.social @ukri.org #AberTB#bovineTB#bTB#TB

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Prifysgol Aberystwyth @prifaber.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Mae ein gwyddonwyr yn arwain ymchwil ar sut y gall brechlyn cyffredin hybu imiwnedd cyffredinol mewn da byw 🐮 Mwy: tinyl.co/3iCA @aberdlsagb.bsky.social @ukri.org #AberTB#TBbuchol#bTB#TB

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Aberystwyth Life Sciences / Gwyddorau Bywyd @aberdlsagb.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Mae ein myfyrwyr Bioleg Dŵr Croyw yn paratoi i ddychwelyd i @prifaber.bsky.social trwy gynnal gwaith maes yr wythnos yma ⛵ Our Marine & Freshwater Biology students are out doing fieldwork this week before they return to start another busy year at @aberuni.bsky.social ⛵

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Aberystwyth Life Sciences / Gwyddorau Bywyd @aberdlsagb.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Many congrats to our recent #VetBioscience graduate @esmelogan.bsky.social on winning the #BSAS Undergrad Thesis of the Year for her innovative research into controlling the liver fluke parasite in livestock You can read more about her success in our latest Student Story #LifeSciences #AberUni

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Esme Logan during her graduation ceremony

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debbie79.bsky.social @debbie79.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

BSc Veterinary Bioscience and BSc Equine and Veterinary Bioscience taster event… if you are in year 12 or 13 and want to know what it’s like studying these degree @AberUni, take part in our event. @aberdlsagb.bsky.social @aberuni.bsky.social

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Russ Morphew @russmorphew.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Real pleasure to be part of the Helminth Eco-Health Hub UK. A real opportunity for experts to forge new connections. Information on the network will follow. @aberdlsagb.bsky.social @aberuni.bsky.social www.cambrian-news.co.uk/news/univers...

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Aberystwyth University expert joins network to tackle devastating worm diseases

A parasitology expert from Aberystwyth University has joined a new UK-wide network to drive global research into combating parasitic diseases of humans and animals.

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Russ Morphew @russmorphew.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Was great to cover this piece for @bbccymruwales.bsky.social going over our work on canine faecal screening for helminth infections #Worms 🪱 Always pick up after your dogs for the benefit of human and animal health.

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