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Aileen Mill

@acmill.bsky.social
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Prof @ Newcastle University. Ecology. Modelling. Invasive species. Biodiversity Policy. Infectious diseases. Health. Decision making.

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Environment Journal @environmentjournal.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
New research into Himalayan balsam from @stir.ac.uk @newcastleuni.bsky.social @forthriverstrust.bsky.social and @teesriverstrust.bsky.social is invaluable to local authorities, conservationists and river managers. #rivers #biodiversity #nature #habitat environmentjournal.online/climate-chan...
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River managers need to understand the real impact of Himalayan balsam
New research into the long-term, year-round impact of the invasive species could be vital to conservation organisations, local authorities and regulators. Conducted over the three years by the Univers...
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Ava Waine @avawaine.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
link.springer.com/article/10.1... We directly investigated the raw water transfer invasion pathway and caught lots of taxa, including non-native species, being transferred in real time. @zarahpattison.bsky.social @biolinvasions.bsky.social. #invasive
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Species dispersal through the raw water transfer invasion pathway - Biological Invasions
Raw water transfers (RWTs) are a globally occurring freshwater invasion pathway. Recently, the need to better understand the risk posed by RWTs and develop effective pathway management strategies has ...
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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 09/05/2025
📣 Calling all PhD students 📣 Want to learn how to translate research into impact? Applications for the BES POST Fellowship are now open for real-world experience working within the UK parliament to support the use of research evidence. 🗓️ Apply by 11 June
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Matt Grainger @drmattg.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Do you want to gain new skills in data management, making your data FAIR, and your workflows reproducible? Do you want training in open-source tools such as GitHub and R that can be used to achieve this? Join us for hands-on-training in the mountains! Please share widely! www.uib.no/en/rg/EECRG/...
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Open, Reproducible and Transparent Science in Ecology
Course on reproducible workflows to manage, produce, use, and reuse FAIR data
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School of Natural and Environmental Sciences @sciencesncl.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Congratulations to Sophia Long and @emastevenson.bsky.social on their success at the Student Rep Awards, winning in the category 'PG School Rep of the Year'. Both have put so much work into improvements for the PG community on top of their own studies - Well done! 🎓🌟#WeAreNCL
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Ava Waine @avawaine.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Had fun pulling some invasive pirri-pirri burr along the beautiful Druridge Bay sand dunes for #INNSweek. #Northumberland
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Wildlife and Countryside Link @wclnews.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Miniscule funding is allowing invasive species to pose a huge threat to nature 🚨 Despite being one of the biggest threats to native wildlife, just 1% of Government biosecurity spending is on invasive species🪙 Read more👇 www.standard.co.uk/news/environ... #INNSWeek
An American mink standing against a blurry tree in the background
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Markus Wagner @wagnermarkus.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Just in time for #INNSWeek, the new 2025 "Horizon-scanning for invasive alien species" for GB has come out today. See here for the @ukceh.bsky.social press release and links to full report, watch lists etc. #invasivespecies www.ceh.ac.uk/press/invasi... #invasivespecies
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Invasive salmon, clams and seaweed are next threats to biodiversity in Britain
A horizon scanning exercise led by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology has identified 145 non-native animals and plants that have the potential to become invasive in Great Britain in the near future...
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
We're sharing news and insights about invasive non-native species this week. Listen out for our next podcast episode tomorrow which features Prof Helen Roy @ukladybirds.bsky.social And Helen is on a webinar tomorrow discussing future non-native species threats 🔗 tinyurl.com/3az9s5ru 🧪 #INNSWeek
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Stelios Katsanevakis @skatsanevakis.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Timely and essential! Don’t miss Dr. Lorenzo Vilizzi’s insights on how risk analysis for non-native species is evolving—critical knowledge for anyone working in invasion science and management. #InvasiveSpecies #RiskAnalysis #bioinvasions 🌐🌍 Organized by #INVASIVESNET in the framework of #GuardIAS
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Chris Sutherland @chrissuthy.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
We are hiring a chair/professor in our Ecology & Enviro Modelling group at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social. Scotland is lovely, and my colleagues are fantastic! Reach out if you are interested in joining the CREEM family ☺️ Working link this time 👇 www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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Chair/Reader in Statistical Ecology – AC2503NK
Chair/Reader in Statistical Ecology – AC2503NK, School of Mathematics and Statistics Salary: By negotiation* Start Date: 1 August 2025 or as soon thereafter Full time: 36.25hrs per week, <p style="tex...
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School of Natural and Environmental Sciences @sciencesncl.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
🌿There is a City Nature Challenge iNaturalist lunchtime walk today on campus! 🗓️ 12:00-13:00 at Exhibition Park (Meet at Student Forum) Learn how to submit observations on the iNaturalist app and explore local wildlife! 📸🦋 #CityNatureChallenge #iNaturalist #WeAreNCL
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Julia PG Jones @juliajones.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Two fully-funded PhD scholarships @BangorUni in conservation social science. Deadline 5th May. If you have conservation scientists, geographers, economists, sociologists in your network do share. Details in thread below (1/3) www.bangor.ac.uk/conservation...
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Seirian Sumner @waspwoman.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
This is FANTASTIC News!!! #NaturalHistory #GCSE!! Nature literacy matters to everyone - we need to equip the next generation with the skills, knowledge, language and understanding to lead a future of nature-based solutions and action to combat #ClimateChange #BiodiversityLoss and #Sustainability.
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
✨ We have EIGHT amazing summer internships with our National Capability for Global Challenges scheme! Work with UKCEH scientists on topics like ozone pollution, modelling, satellite imagery, soil health & more. 🔗 Apply by 2 April: www.ceh.ac.uk/our-science/... 🧪🧵 1/ Please share widely!
Aerial view over an oil palm plantation at a rainforest edge and the text Summer Internship Programme 2025 Apply Now!
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James Common @commonbynature.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
This was such a success last year so thrilled that the #NHSNFieldSkills programme is back in 2025! If you know of any young/early-career naturalists who many benefit from the opportunity, please let them know 🌿🙏
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DrZP @zarahpattison.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Britain has a new snake species – should it be allowed to stay? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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Britain has a new snake species – should it be allowed to stay?
If follows two cases of accidental introductions
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James Hardwick @jahardwick.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
My first PhD chapter has just be published, we reviewed the impact of non-native plant species on riverbank erosion. A massive thanks to @zarahpattison.bsky.social @drchrishackney.bsky.social @lizziekeen.bsky.social @nigelwillby.bsky.social and Clare Fitzsimmons!!
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ProfColinBean @profcolinbean.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Fantastic PhD opportunity to study invasive Pink salmon with a geniune multidisciplinary team - if you have skills in fish ecology, stats and/or social science then move quickly to apply. UK and non-UK students welcome. Please forward.
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Infectious Disease Tracker @hmpxvt.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
With flu season having started, the US is entering its most dangerous period when it comes to H5N1 bird flu's ability to adapt into a virus that can more easily be transmitted between humans. If a person gets flu and bird flu at the same time, the viruses can swap genes.
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Peter Hopkins @peterhopkins.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
A new animation about how to generate a 'Thinking Environment' (inspired by the work of Nancy Kline). Thanks to @newcastleuni.bsky.social Doctoral College for funding this and the superb @stacybias.bsky.social for amazing animation skills. Enjoy ... youtu.be/p0WgEvxNNH8?...
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Generating 'Thinking Environments'
YouTube video by Peter Hopkins
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CASCADE @cascade-hei.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Did you receive our recent newsletter? If not, sign up for updates on our work, upcoming events, and opportunities from the network here👉🏽 shorturl.at/NYGx1 🌎🌿 #CASCADE #KMGBF #CBD #biodiversity
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Brendan Godley @brendangodley.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Please share with likely candidates: Iapetus Doctoral Training Partnership-Diversifying Talent Scholarship Scheme (via @ps-wildlife-res.bsky.social) Part of the DTPs ongoing commitment to Equality Diversity and Inclusion. 🌍🧪 www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
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Liam Lachs @liamlachs.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
📢New Paper Alert📢 on corals and climate change in Science Adaptation via natural selection could determine whether Acropora corals persist under expected levels of global warming Hyperlinks & explainer thread below ⬇️ (1/12)
credit: Liam Lachs
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Aníbal Pauchard @anibalpauchard.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
📢 New topical collection: "Developing lists of alien taxa in the Global South: workflows, protocols, processes, and experiences." Aiming to address significant gaps in the Global South. ⏳ Submit outlines and abstracts by 17 January 2025. neobiota.pensoft.net/topical_coll...
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Developing lists of alien taxa in the Global South: workflows, protocols, processes, and experiences
The recent IPBES IAS Assessment identified significant gaps in lists of alien taxa in the Global South. The purpose of the special issue is to help address these gaps. Submissions are welcome of paper...
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Aníbal Pauchard @anibalpauchard.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
I'm new in @bsky.app so I can use this opportunity to advertise the amazing work of over 200 authors in the @ipbes.bsky.social Invasive Alien Species assessment. Please check here all the outputs, including factsheets and the cool IAS learning tool: www.ipbes.net/ias
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Thematic Assessment Report on Invasive Alien Species and their Control | IPBES secretariat
Access the full #InvasiveAlienSpecies Report in English, watch the Summary Video  and the
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Aileen Mill @acmill.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Hello world. Seems the sky is blue. Looking forward to reconnecting with old friends an new.
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