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Irish Society for Parasitology @isparasitology.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

As we welcome autumn, we are sharing this month's ISP calendar image by Dr Richard Lalor and Deirdre Winrow (@uniofgalway.bsky.social), which shows fluorescent immunolocalisation of the Sm16 antigen within eggs and surrounding granulomatous tissue of a liver infected with Schistosoma mansoni. 🪱

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Nessa O'Connor @nessocon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

We are recruiting 4 Postdoctoral Fellows! 🌊🌊🌊 Applications are open now! Deadline is 10th October 2026. More details and updates here: climate-hub.ie/msdm/ #postdoc #marine #MarieSkłodowska-Curie #MarineLife!

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Marine Species Distribution Modelling – AIB Trinity Climate Hub

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Mike Fowler @theorecol.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

#Postdoc role in our transdisciplinary "REPAIR" project! Exploring future possibilities for #biophilic living through creative and reflective research. Art-based co-creation with communities & schools, to develop creative and narrative outputs. www.swansea.ac.uk/jobs-at-swan...

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Research Assistant - REPAIR Project

Retrofitting for the Future – Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Adaptation’, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

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Irish Society for Parasitology @isparasitology.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

🗓️ Starting August with this month's ISP calendar image - Oxyuris equi, the equine pinworm, identified in a rhinoceros during a routine zoo parasite check, by Amanda Lawlor, University College Dublin. 🦏 🪱

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Irish Society for Parasitology @isparasitology.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

This month, our ISP Calendar features an image by Ellie-Ann Conneely @ellieconneely.bsky.social (@uniofgalway.bsky.social), showcasing a common prawn Palaemon serratus infected with a nematode parasite, likely Nectonema sp. 🦐🪱

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Felix M Key @keyfm.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Wrote a short piece about the opportunities and challenges of pushing ancient pathogen genomics into a new frontier: the zooarchaeological record. Pretty excited about what is going to come. www.science.org/eprint/MSG3Z...

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Tracking the roots of zoonoses

Ancient pathogen DNA from animals elucidates the origin and evolution of infectious diseases

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Irish Society for Parasitology @isparasitology.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

What an incredible ISP Meeting 2026 at @nmireland.bsky.social! 🎉 Sincere thanks to @geraghtyamy.bsky.social, @paoloviscardi.bsky.social & Jamie Maxwell for the wonderful hospitality. Thanks also to ISP President @cjcoates.bsky.social & Committee, & to every attendee & presenter. See you next year!

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Irish Society for Parasitology @isparasitology.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Our final keynote talk at ISP 2026 was delivered by Dr Christina Tadiri on 'Incorporating Sex and Gender into Parasitology Research, a timely reminder that properly accounting for sex and gender can deepen our understanding of host-parasite interactions and improve health outcomes.

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Irish Society for Parasitology @isparasitology.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

A huge thank you to Dr Amy Geraghty @geraghtyamy.bsky.social, Curator of Zoology at the National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social y.social for a fascinating talk at our ISP Meeting on the Natural History Division's parasite collections, spanning arthropods, nematodes and platyhelminthes!

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Irish Society for Parasitology @isparasitology.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Paolo Viscardi, Keeper of Natural History at the National Museum of Ireland, opened the first session of the day, sharing his expertise on the vital role museum collections play as a rich repository for biodiversity research. Thank you for such a brilliant start! @nmireland.bsky.social

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Irish Society for Parasitology @isparasitology.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Kicking off this year’s ISP Annual Meeting at the historic Collins Barracks, National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social in Dublin, with a warm welcome from our ISP President, Dr. Christopher Coates @cjcoates.bsky.social! Looking forward to a great lineup of talks ahead!

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Irish Society for Parasitology @isparasitology.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Exciting news! 🎉 The Irish Society for Parasitology has partnered with the National Museum of Ireland on Parasite Tales — a new display in the Dead Zoo Lab uncovering the hidden world of parasites! Now open to the public! Read more here 👉: www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...

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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

What if the most influential organisms on Earth are the ones we rarely see? Parasite Tales at the Dead Zoo Lab uncovers the hidden world of parasitic worms-revealing their role in biodiversity, evolution & health. Discover the science of the unseen: www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

Feather lice from a kingfisher Alcedo spp. that crashed into a building in the University College Cork. Photo credit: Paddy Sleeman, University College Cork

Roundworm Heligmosomoides polygyrus (Dujardin, 1845) Boulenger, 1922 taken from the wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus (Linnaeus, 1758). Photo credit: Peter Stuart, Munster Technological University

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Irish Society for Parasitology @isparasitology.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Céad míle fáilte! 👋 The Irish Society for Parasitology is now on Bluesky! We're here to share research and news, celebrate achievements, and connect the Irish parasitology community. Everyone welcome - follow us to stay connected! 🪱 #IrishParasitology #Parasitology #ISP

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Kevin Healy @healyke.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Our new paper is now out showing how time perception in animals is linked to their ecology. Using data from 237 species we show temporal perception is faster in species that fly and pursuit predators www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🌐

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Pace of ecology drives the tempo of visual perception across the animal kingdom

Nature Ecology & Evolution - Using phylogenetic comparative methods across 237 species from disparate phyla, the authors show that species with fast-paced ecologies have higher temporal...

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Catalina Pimiento 🆓🇵🇸 @pimientoc.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

New paper is out 🔓! We reconstructed the 145-myr diversity of sharks & rays using deep learning, unveiling hidden patterns: - modern diversity levels by the Cretaceous 📈 - small decline in the K/Pg 🤏 - a peak in the Eocene 🌄 - a long-term decline towards the present � www.cell.com/current-biol...

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Christopher J. Coates @cjcoates.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

3-year Post-Doctoral Researcher position available for our SEAI-funded Project, SHELLWISE, at the University of Galway; investigating the putative adverse impacts of vibration and noise from offshore wind turbines on shellfish health. Deadline, May 21st www.universityofgalway.ie/human-resour... 🦞🌊

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Christopher J. Coates @cjcoates.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

We are delighted to receive €673,507 in funding from the SEAI for the SHELLWISE project (www.seai.ie/seai-researc...) - Assessing shellfish health when exposed to subsurface noise and vibration from offshore wind farms. @soundirishguy.bsky.social @uniofgalway.bsky.social

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SEAI national energy research funding programme

The fund accelerates and enhances support for sustainable energy research, development and demonstration in Ireland.

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Nessa O'Connor @nessocon.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Exciting news! We are hiring 5 Assistant Professors at Trinity College Dublin - deadline is 24th March. Includes #Biogeography #Biodiversity #Conservation #Palaeontology #Hydrogeology Please spread the word. More details here www.tcd.ie/hr/vacancies/ if you search 'School of Natural Sciences'

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Vacancies - Human Resources - Trinity College Dublin

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

🚨😷🧪 NEW: A growing body of evidence shows that pandemics, biodiversity loss, and climate change are part of a broader polycrisis - but there are no simple solutions. A sweeping overview of "Pathogens and planetary change" for the first issue of @natrevbiodiv.bsky.social, out now 🔓 rdcu.be/d6lHl

Top panels: graphs showing increases in spillover events, extinction rates, and temperature anomalies over the last few centuries. Bottom panel: a map of 10 pandemics since the year 1900. Four were linked to agriculture, two to wildlife use, and one to climate change.

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Christopher J. Coates @cjcoates.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Microparasite (Hematodinium) infection of crustaceans (crabs and langoustine) leads to chronic haemolymph (blood) deterioration... latest paper from Ellie Conneely's PhD. 🦀🧫 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Haematological deterioration of Hematodinium-infected decapod crustaceans

Parasitic dinoflagellates, namely Hematodinium spp., infect a growing number of decapod crustacean species worldwide. These parasites represent a long…

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Christopher J. Coates @cjcoates.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

In our latest article, we demonstrate that toxigenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus aerosolizes and spreads by wind - posing a substantive biosecurity risk to shrimp 🦐 morbidity and mortality www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Confirmed spread of Vibrio parahaemolyticus by aerosols is a risk factor in the infection of shrimp ponds

Infection with Vibrio parahaemolyticus carrying a plasmid encoding two Pir-like toxins results in a rapid, progressive degeneration of the hepatopancr…

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Nessa O'Connor @nessocon.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Are you interested in #SeaweedFarming or #RegenerativeOceanFarming? We have a short term (5 month) postdoctoral research position available at Trinity College Dublin supporting the award winning C-FAARER project. Please get in touch for details.

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