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@brookegenovese.bsky.social
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Postdoc 🦇🦍 🧬 at UC Berkeley • #APE Health Group • ecoimmunology, comp bio, & #OneHealth ✨ www.smileylab.org

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I am excited to announce a job for an Asst Prof in Plant Evolution in the dept. of Evolution and Ecology at @ucdavis.bsky.social. We're looking broadly, from macro (speciation, comparative genomics, evo-devo) to micro (pop biology, adaptive evolution, evo-eco). recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07777
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 01/07/2026
What an incredible World Cup by the DR Congo team, who overcame a devastating Ebola outbreak and war, and brought unity and hope to so many through dark times. Fimbu!
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Brooke @brookegenovese.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Rooting for DR Congo this morning!! @gorilladoctors.bsky.social
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 28/06/2026
Congrats DR Congo! They had to quarantine in Belgium before the World Cup due to the devastating Ebola outbreak, yet still made it to the knockout stage for the first time in history!
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Gorilla Doctors @gorilladoctors.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Dr. Tierra, our Chief Veterinary and Scientific Officer, was featured in a recent article on @mongabay.com examining the history of Ebola disease and its threat to eastern gorillas. news.mongabay.com/2026/06/as-h...
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As human Ebola cases climb in DRC, critically endangered gorillas are at risk
As human cases continue to climb in the latest outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, concern is growing for the gorilla population, which have been devastated by ...
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Ben Neely @benneely.com · 29/05/2026
Out now, a lovely tour de force led by Brooke Genovese @brookegenovese.bsky.social. The comp and statistical tools Brooke developed for non-model proteomics work are legit and worth a look. (her periodic calls to discuss methods were a bright spot on my cal) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Serum proteome of the Egyptian rousette bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) reveals signatures of immunity, proteostasis, and metabolism - Scientific Reports
Bats are increasingly studied for their ability to coexist with diverse viruses of human health importance. While this focus has yielded insights into host–pathogen dynamics, baseline physiological da...
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Joost Snijder @joostsnijder.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Out now at PLoS Pathogens @plos.org. Nice collaboration with @danielhurdiss.bsky.social @utrechtvirology.bsky.social. Some beautiful glycoproteomics work by @tshamorkina.bsky.social mapping N- and O-glycan shield of coronaviruses infecting whales and dolphins 🐋🐬🐳. journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
This is a marvelous project and we need thousands more all over the country. www.sfgate.com/la/article/c...
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How the world's largest wildlife crossing became the target of right-wing hate
Southern California's landmark $114 million wildlife crossing is almost complete.
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Gorilla Doctors @gorilladoctors.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
GORILLA DOCTORS & #virunganationalpark in #TheGuardian featuring new mountain gorillas twins in Baraka group, Virunga National Park, DR Congo. How nice to have a positive conservation story! READ THE STORY: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Extraordinary event’ for mountain gorillas as new twins born in DRC
Conservationists celebrate second twin birth just two months after another set discovered in Virunga national park
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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
The release of 158 specially bred Floreana giant tortoises is a win for both the animal and its long-lost island ecosystem
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Galápagos tortoise once believed extinct is now roaming free
The release of 158 specially bred Floreana giant tortoises is a win for both the animal and its long-lost island ecosystem
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/02/2026
A lethal form of bird flu, which has already killed tens of thousands of elephant seals in the Southern Hemisphere, is now spreading in a colony of elephant seals in California, scientists said on Wednesday.
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Bird Flu Strikes California Elephant Seals for the First Time
Thirty seals, primarily weaned pups, have died since late last week, scientists said.
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UC Davis College of Letters & Science @ucdlands.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Ever wonder why mosquitoes seem to bite some people more than others? UC Davis neurobiologist Lisa Baik explains how taste, skin chemistry, and environmental cues influence mosquito behavior — and how new research could lead to safer, more effective repellents. @ucdavis.bsky.social
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Why Do Mosquitoes Bite Some People More Than Others? A Neurobiologist Explains
If you're reading this, chances are you've been bit by a mosquito. But what do you know about these creatures beyond them being perceived pesky annoyances? At the January Davis Science Cafe, neurobiologist Lisa Baik explained what can lead to mosquito b...
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 23/01/2026
Zoo mammal populations in Europe and North America have aged dramatically since 1970, with up to 68% showing declines in actively reproducing females. Some 15% of North American and 7% of European populations have no reproducing females. In PNAS: ow.ly/Hqr550Y1MhW
Reproduction is decreasing across zoo mammal populations, such as the endangered Grevy’s zebra. 
CREDIT: Tim Benz
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Douglas Main @dmain.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Important study found ag pesticides all throughout wildlife refuges in the Sacramento Valley. Location within reserves had no impact on pesticide presence, suggesting no place within these protected areas is safe from such contamination. Not great. 🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Pesticide contamination detected across five wildlife refuges in the Sacramento Valley of California
An important goal for the applied ecological sciences is to understand the extent to which the biodiversity on conserved or managed lands is exposed t…
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Alexa Fredston @afredston.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
POSTDOC JOB AD: I'm hiring a Bayesian ecologist to build a (IMO, extremely fun) model of humpback whale spatiotemporal dynamics in California 2-year position starting fall 2026. in-person in Santa Cruz; collab w with Mevin Hooten's lab at UT Austin. ask me Qs or apply: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003
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Fredston Lab: Postdoctoral Scholar
University of California, Santa Cruz is hiring. Apply now!
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American Society of Mammalogists @mammalogists.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Hi Mammalogists! Reminder that the Black and Indigenous Scholars Award is open/accepting applications! Eligibility information/application link on our website: mammalsociety.org/committees/i... Deadline is Oct 15. Please share, we look forward to reviewing all applications. IDEA Committee
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Javier Apfeld @javierapfeld.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
New cures feel sudden, but the seeds were planted decades ago by basic scientists. Which seeds will turn into cures? Unpredictable looking forward, a straight line looking back. 🧪🧬 🧵
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Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
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BioMassSpec @realbiomassspec.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Specimen Inactivation Methods for Proteomics─Comparisons of Irradiation, Chemical, and Heat Treatments on Downstream Serum Analyses #JProteomeRes #MassSpec pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Specimen Inactivation Methods for Proteomics─Comparisons of Irradiation, Chemical, and Heat Treatments on Downstream Serum Analyses
Multiomic techniques, including proteomics, can provide novel insights for both pathogen detection and assessment of host responses to infection. Numerous studies have described the efficacy of heat i...
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Brooke @brookegenovese.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
The first chapter of my dissertation work is finally out in @acs.org JPR🥲 we looked the impacts of different specimen inactivation methods (TRIzol, irradiation, heat) on the greater serum proteome. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Jennifer Molidor @jennifermolidor.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
In one vote, headed to the senate, Congress could destabilize public lands conservation and Indigenous land stewardship. Native Alaskan tribes spent more than a decade shaping the Central Yukon plan to protect core habitat for caribou and spawning salmon. insideclimatenews.org/news/1209202...
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House Republicans’ Use of Little-Known Law to Strike Down Public Land Plans Could Be Pandora’s Box Moment - Inside Climate News
Invoking the Congressional Review Act against land-use plans for 166 million acres could destabilize clean energy, conservation and tribal protections, leaving public lands more vulnerable to politica...
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Brooke @brookegenovese.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Day 2 of #WDA2025 🌎 cool talks about #hantavirus in CA, wild ungulate health, Australian bats, and vector-borne diseases! @onehealthinstitute.bsky.social
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 26/07/2025
A study in Nature Communications used AI to mine global venom proteomes and discovered novel peptides with antimicrobial activity. Several candidates showed efficacy against drug-resistant bacteria in laboratory and animal tests. go.nature.com/4f0zYb4 #medsky 🧪
This is figure 1, which shows the exploration of global venoms for antimicrobial discovery.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Healthspan has a proteomic signature! About 3,000 plasma proteins assessed and validated in 2 cohorts. Immune response and inflammation proteins stood out. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 05/05/2025
Nautilus-shell bolo ties. Taxidermized coyote paws and preserved bobcat hearts. Art and jewelry made from butterflies' wings. You can buy these things (and others) on Etsy or eBay. We are calling on these platforms to commit to ending these sales by the end of the year. Add your voice ⬇️
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Tell Etsy and eBay: Stop Selling Wildlife Products
The global wildlife trade poses a significant risk to animals and plants around the world. Yet you can buy wildlife products on Etsy or eBay — and every sale helps push species closer to extinction. C...
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One Health Institute at UC Davis @onehealthinstitute.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
A new study shows #H5N1 avian flu could delay recovery of Argentina’s southern elephant seals until 2091—or longer. Once thriving, the colony now faces a vulnerable future. Climate change and disease are reshaping conservation. #OneHealth #avianflu #HPAI ohi.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/news/avian-i...
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Avian influenza Is a devastating setback for the Patagonian elephant seal population
It may take a century before a southern elephant seal colony, hit by an epidemic, comes back to original numbers, according to a new study published by WCS Argentina, CONICET and the University of Cal...
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Daniel MacPhee 🇨🇦 @d-macphee.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
“wild animals navigating their natural world can provide new perspectives regarding important issues in reproductive health. …we should be looking to the extraordinary feats of wild animals -- they have often found the most innovative solutions," 🧪 #Scicomm #ReproSky www.whoi.edu/press-room/n...
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Studying How Seals Adapt to Extreme Environments Could Lead to Benefits in Human Reproductive Health
What can wild animals teach us about human reproduction?
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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
And in today's "Crying Wolf" reading www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Experts dispute Colossal claim dire wolf back from extinction
Independent experts say three white wolf puppies are not dire wolves, as claimed by US company Colossal
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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
"A GO term analysis? how is this helpful?"
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Science Magazine @science.org · 07/03/2025
Breaking news: Thousands of researchers and their supporters, including recently fired federal workers, have gathered across the U.S. in response to layoffs and funding cuts ordered by the Trump administration. scim.ag/41zlPv4
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Thousands gather across U.S. in Stand Up for Science events
Scientists rally across the country in response to layoffs and funding cuts ordered by the Trump administration
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Jorge E. Contreras @drcontrexin.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
UC Davis is going all in on showing why federally funded research matters for everyone. Love to see it! Throwing in a pic of my lovely fam is for sure a win-win! 😎📚👨‍👩‍👧‍👦
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UC Davis Launches 'From Labs to Lives' to Highlight Federally Funded Research
The University of California, Davis, has launched a website and video series titled, “From Labs to Lives,” to highlight federally funded research, describe how the research benefits the public, and sh...
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One Health Institute at UC Davis @onehealthinstitute.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
#AvianFlu is wreaking havoc on wildlife—and it's a growing threat to humans. The virus is evolving fast, making it easier to jump between species. OHI’s Marcela Uhart warns that without monitoring its spread in wildlife, we risk being unprepared. #H5N1 #OneHealth @npr.org @ucdavis.bsky.social
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It's like 'dead birds flying': How bird flu is spreading in the wild
That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and mammals around the world. And that's a serious risk for human health.
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Josh Mattila @joshmattila.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
My undergrads were lucky to have had Dr. Peter Salk, Jonas Salk's son, lecture on polio and polio vaccine in class today. This moment with Peter in the foreground showing a picture of him as a little boy, being vaccinated by his father, struck me as unique and poignant.
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Wildlife Conservation Society @wcs.org · 24/02/2025
"For too long, bats have been perceived as a problem." WCS Health is looking to generate a common understanding of the benefits that biodiversity brings to human health, writes Maricruz Jaramillo. 🌎 medium.com/one-planet-o...
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Conserving Guardians of the Night
How Bats Benefit Ecosystems and Human Health
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Resilience Action Network Africa @ranafrica.org · 22/02/2025
Great example of why One Health is so essential! "Rwanda’s success in containing its Marburg outbreak underscores the essential role of international partnerships & a strong health system in containing human-to-animal outbreaks." @kerrycullinan.bsky.social healthpolicy-watch.news/rwandas-marb...
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Rwanda’s Marburg Success Underscores One Health Collaboration, A Sticking Point In Pandemic Treaty Talks - Health Policy Watch
As African countries baulk at One Health requirements in the draft Pandemic Agreement being negotiated in Geneva, Rwanda’s success in containing its Marburg
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Brooke @brookegenovese.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
As a Pitt alum, this is so devastating to see.
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Miriam Goldstein @miriamgoldstein.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Just in case you thought that removing DEI criteria would mean that everyone is competing equally: NIH is removing grad students from underrepresented backgrounds from the applicant pool altogether. Their applications will not be considered. Other students, not from these backgrounds, will be.
Update: They were removed from our reviewer assignments completely. I'm so sorry to all those graduate students. 

Anonymous to protect the identity of the NIH employee I spoke to...I am on study section next month to discuss F awards. We were just instructed to put the F31-Diversity applications on the bottom of our priority list for review because there is a chance we may not be able to review them. My heart is breaking for the grad students and their mentors that put so much work into these just for them to be disqualified and thrown out.
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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 07/02/2025
Folks in data rescue and archiving initiatives may find this #RStats package from @ropensci.org useful: `gitcellar` downloads and archives all repos, issues, and PRs from a GitHub organization in one shot: docs.ropensci.org/gitcellar/ #DataRescue @datarescue2025.bsky.social
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Helps Download Archives of GitHub Repositories
Provide functionality to download archives (backups) for all repositories in a GitHub organization (useful for backups!).
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 02/02/2025
The human genome encodes potentially thousands of tiny proteins that were previously overlooked. Nature reports on the search to find out what they do. 🧪
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‘Dark proteins’ hiding in our cells could hold clues to cancer and other diseases
The human genome encodes potentially thousands of tiny proteins that were previously overlooked. The search is on to find out what they do.
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Leah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Cannot stop thinking about how Octavia Butler wrote a book in 1993 about climate change. It opens with deadly fires in LA in 2025. In the story, a fascist President has just won office with the campaign slogan "Make America Great Again." She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.
The cover of the book Parable of the Sower.
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SeaDoc Society @seadocsociety.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Is Southern Resident Killer Whale Tahlequah mourning her dead calf? A thread.
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Brooke @brookegenovese.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
On the list of ‘Things I’m Proud to have Accomplished in 2024’ is presenting my dissertation work at my first international conference, the World One Health Congress ( #WOHC ) in Cape Town, SA 🥲 nerve-wracking but also so cool to be included in a session with lots of innovative #OneHealth work! 🧪 🦇
presenting on stage in a big auditorium with a table of fellow panelists, the title slide reads “Protein-pathogen response in pregnancy: proteomic analyses of immune pathways and control of virus infection in Egyptian rousette bats during pregnancy” with a large photo of a fruit bat hanging on a tree branch
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
“It said that eastern migratory monarchs have declined by about 80 percent while western monarchs have declined by more than 95 percent – giving the western group a 99 percent chance of going extinct by 2080.” thehill.com/policy/energ...
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Biden proposes protections for monarch butterfly
The Biden administration is proposing protections for the monarch butterfly – though the protections face an uncertain future in the incoming Trump administration.  The Fish and Wildlife Servi…
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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
What surprised me the most was how *early* these divergences by STEM fields emerge. By age 6, kids already see girls as worse at computer science and engineering. But...there's no early male bias for math. (I made this graph for a broader audience). Six-year-olds have quite nuanced beliefs!
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One Health Institute at UC Davis @onehealthinstitute.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
#TBT to 2021, the first year we held the Rx One Health Field Institute in CA! We had an amazing cohort from a vast range of #OneHealth fields. Since then, alums have gone on to lead impactful One Health careers, driving meaningful change to advance the health of people, animals, and our planet.
Students sitting on the sand listening to a lecture in Moss Landing, CaliforniaRx One Health Field Institute participants donning tyvek suits and nitrile gloves Three Rx One Health Field Institute 2021 course participants holding certificatessmall bat being held in white gloved hands
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Kristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩‍🔬 @kristinamuise.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
For #GivingTuesday, consider donating to the Ukrainian Bat Rehabilitation Center 🇺🇦 🦇 They do amazing work to save bats, even amoungst a war and they could use the financial support. You could even ‘adopt’ a bat, which would make for a great holiday present for kids! batsukraine.org/en/
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Ukrainian Bat Rehabilitation Center
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Wildlife Conservation Society @wcs.org · 25/11/2024
New research shows the loss of bats across North America to white-nose syndrome is having a DIRECT impact on human health. On the latest episode of #WCSWildAudio, @wcscanada.bsky.social has an innovative solution to address the crisis. 🔊 t.co/11SIDTUrUK
Little brown bat
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Joanna Coleman @joannacoleman.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
This Thanksgiving, grateful to eBay & Etsy for acting on our recommendation to prohibit bat sales on their platforms. And for widespread community support. Pls consider supporting the petition to add painted woolly bats (Kerivoula picta) to the US Endangered Species Act. www.lubee.org/iamnotart
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Conservation Projects | United States | Lubee Bat Conservancy
Since 1989, Lubee has been a global leader in Bat conservation. Our passion and dedication is apparent through the diverse areas around the world in which we have conducted and funded research.
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wcshealth.bsky.social @wcshealth.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Join us on December 5th! 🌎🧪 Dr. Diego Montecino of WCS @thewcs.bsky.social and Dr. Martin Wikelski of the ICARUS initiative will discuss tools and technologies for monitoring wildlife health and the early detection of disease threats: alliance-health-wildlife.org/event/specia...
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Special Issue: Get Smart! Innovation in Surveillance and Disease Detection - International Alliance against Health Risks in Wildlife Trade
Dear Colleagues and Alliance members,Monitoring wildlife health is a complex and ongoing challenge for veterinarians, wildlife biologists, rangers, epidemiologists and other experts. But what if techn...
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Heather Sauyaq Jean Gordon, PhD @sauyaq.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
I wanted to share a recent paper out from some good friends Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Jeffrey J. Brooks, Ph.D. and Hillary Renick. The benefits of #Indigenous-led social #science: A mindset for #Arctic #sustainability It is free to access here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The benefits of Indigenous-led social science: a mindset for Arctic sustainability
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - The benefits of Indigenous-led social science: a mindset for Arctic sustainability
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Brooke @brookegenovese.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Rx One Health Field Institute app season is OPEN! Great 4 grad students (MS, MPH, PhD, DVM, MD, JD, RN and most everything in between) + early career professionals (incl. environmental sci, medicine, social sci, law, engineering, agriculture, animal sci, data sci, etc) 🧪 🌱 🦦 DEADLINE: 31 JAN 2025
an open notebook with two visible pages. one has drawings of different animals, outdoor recreation gear, and tools used in clinical medicine. the other page has details about the course. these same details can be found at the website, but importantly include the application deadline of 31 January 2025. the website listed is rxonehealth.org
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