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Dr. Auriol Purdie @drauriol.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

One of our DVM students needs farmers with working dogs to complete a short survey. Please do feel free to share!

Dr. Auriol Purdie @drauriol.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

For 12wks I’ve been in Cohort 3 of the Beanstalk Drought Resilience Lab. It gave us structured commercialisation support, market validation, investor readiness & direct mentoring from agrifood venture builders. I was selected to the final 8 & pitched my idea at an innovator showcase. 🧬 #agritech

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Dr. Auriol Purdie @drauriol.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Arrived in Queenstown New Zealand for an 11 day #holiday. It’s pitch dark but the view from our rental is spectacular. Can’t wait to see it in the morning!

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Sara Martín @saramartin.eurosky.social · 21/06/2025

Recommended book of the day 2019. Fascism: A Warning by Madeleine K. Albright A very necessary book. Find a great review here ddd.uab.cat/record/307453 For more on contemporary literature see ddd.uab.cat/record/305685 #BookSky 📚💙 #booksky #libros #llibres @blueskryb.cloud

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Jay Bhattacharya shot to international attention as a founder of the Great Barrington Declaration, a protest of #Covid control measures. Now #NIH director, Bhattacharya is facing a protest declaration — from his agency's angry staff, @aniloza.bsky.social reports. www.statnews.com/2025/06/09/n...

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Several hundred NIH employees sign a letter of protest to the agency’s director

Several hundred NIH employees signed on to a letter rebuking agency actions since the start of President Trump's second term

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Steve Woloshin has for years taught journalists how to read and interpret scientific studies accurately. Ironic to see one of his own papers is mis-cited and misrepresented in the MAHA report on the health of children. www.statnews.com/2025/06/20/m...

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The MAHA children’s health report mis-cited our research. That’s sloppy — and worrying

Being cited in a major government report, like the MAHA report on children’s health, should be gratifying. Not this time.

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 08/05/2025

Global sea-surface temperatures are once again 2nd hottest on record for the day, as of May 7.

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Dr. Auriol Purdie @drauriol.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

🌾I’m excited to share I have been selected for Cohort 3 of the Drought Resilience Lab with @BeanstalkAgTech!🌾 #DroughtVentureStudio #FutureDroughtFund #DroughtResilience #AgTech 🧪🦠🔬🐄

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Dr. Auriol Purdie @drauriol.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

A breakdown in biosecurity in the US is a global issue. This & other reports suggest that the H5N1 outbreak in the US is still spreading in dairy & poultry populations. How soon before it is carried to Australia? #Biosecurity #H5N1 www.sciencefocus.com/news/bird-fl...

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Videos reveal lax biosecurity in New York poultry markets amid bird flu outbreaks | BBC Science Focus Magazine

As bird flu cases mount at inner city poultry markets, footage obtained by BBC Science Focus shows workers and the public exposed without recommended biosecurity measures

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Dr. Auriol Purdie @drauriol.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

US singled out Aussie beef when justifying tariffs, saying US beef is banned from import. Yet 🇦🇺 Dept Ag says there’s no ban on importing US beef provided it can prove the beef was from cattle born/ raised/slaughtered in US. So what’s going on here? Excuses much 🤨 www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

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Department confirms there's no ban on importing US beef

Cattle Australia says Donald Trump fails to recognise that the US has had access to the Australian market since 2019, provided it can demonstrate its beef comes from cattle born, raised and slaughtere...

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Dr. Auriol Purdie @drauriol.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

In 2022, international students added $29 billion to the Australian economy, contributing approx $25.5 billion through tuition fees & living expenses. Loss of 80k students would remove approx $3.3B from the economy How many houses could be built with that? www.news.com.au/national/fed...

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John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Cool news: The signed edition of Everything Is Tuberculosis has a second week at #1 on the Indie Bestseller list (and the unsigned edition is on the list as well, at #10). Thanks for supporting your local independent bookstore!

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Twenty-four hours into his time, Sen. Booker just passionately defended public science and universities-- which, at their best, are cornerstones of democracy and a powerful tool for collective liberation (which is why they've been so aggressively attacked). Thank you, Senator.

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Dr. Auriol Purdie @drauriol.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

The entire staff of the US federal government's Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy is expected to be laid off. This Office has promoted vaccines, something Kennedy is notably against & It has also handled the ‘Ending the HIV Epidemic’ program. www.advocate.com/health/offic...

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BREAKING: RFK Jr. to shut down HHS Office of Infectious Diseases & HIV Policy

Workers expect notice Friday and over the weekend.

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Dr. Auriol Purdie @drauriol.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

At what point do the people of the US say that enough is enough? Looking in from afar, it seems that this new US government is actively attempting to trigger a new pandemic or at least make the lives of their most vulnerable citizens so much more difficult. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h...

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Trump Administration Abruptly Cuts Billions From State Health Services

States have been told that they can no longer use grants that were funding infectious disease management and addiction services.

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Dr. Auriol Purdie @drauriol.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

“The ENA Data Hubs system allows users to share their pre-release data securely with an appointed list of collaborators. Users can add data to the Data Hub, and optionally include automated analysis and visualisations.”

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

When #measles vaccination rates fall, measles cases rise. This is as predictable as night following day. Happening now in Vietnam, but coming to communities near you if rates here continue to decline. That's a lot of sick kids, missed school. (From @airfinity.bsky.social's daily newsletter)

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Seismic scoop from @lenasun.bsky.social: A long-time anti-vaxer who was disciplined for practising medicine without a license has been selected by #HHS to conduct the study RFK Jr. wants looking yet again at whether vaccines cause autism. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

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Vaccine skeptic hired to head federal study of immunizations and autism

A long-discredited researcher and vaccine skeptic will conduct a government study on whether vaccines cause autism.

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

A gut-wrenching read on the US withdrawal from global health funding: "By dismantling this architecture of vigilance, the US will create blind spots where emerging diseases can incubate before they arrive fully fledged on the country’s doorstep." www.foreignaffairs.com/china/coming...

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The Coming Global Health Crisis

America is retreating, and China won’t fill the void.

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Andy Lawrence @biomimetic-chem.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

A postdoctoral position, funded by the Leverhulme Trust for up to 36 months, is available to join my group at the University of Edinburgh. The project focuses on biomimetic approaches to natural product synthesis. Deadline: 18th April 2025. elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

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Postdoctoral Research Associate

The School of Chemistry invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate position to work under the supervision of Prof. Andrew Lawrence on a project funded by the Leverhulme Trust. The succ...

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

If you are a foreigner, you probably should not visit the U.S., but if you absolutely have to, you should “enter” at a pre-clearance site (like Ireland or Canada) so that you’re denied entry in a place where the U.S. government won’t detain you or confiscate your property.

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Delwyn Dickey @delwynd.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Interesting read. Feedlots and indoor farming rob cattle of a more natural life. They are inherently cruel. #AnimalWelfare should come first. Is grass-fed beef better for the planet? New study finds its not so simple #agsky #emissions #beef #Greensky www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...

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Grass-fed beef may not be better for the planet, new study finds

Even in the most optimistic scenarios, new research has found grass-fed beef is no less carbon intensive than industrial alternatives.

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John Holmes @jhaue.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Australian universities losing US funding amid Donald Trump's 'America First' agenda At least six universities in Australia have had American funding for research projects paused or cancelled www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...

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Australian unis losing US funding amid Trump's 'America First' agenda

Donald Trump's "America First" agenda hits Australian universities, with at least six reporting funding cuts or pauses under the new administration.

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Abrupt cessation of US aid funding has plunged programs to fight #malaria, #TB, & #HIV into a crisis, #WHO said Monday. Director-General Tedros said while the US has the right to decide how to spend its money, if it is to withdraw it should do so in a planned way. www.statnews.com/2025/03/17/w...

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WHO issues starkest warning yet on fallout from U.S. withdrawal of aid for global health

Breaking: The WHO issued its starkest warning yet on the consequences of the abrupt cessation of U.S. global health funding, saying it is threatening to reverse years of progress worldwide.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

The modified announcements say that up to 15% of doctoral, and 20% of postdoctoral, awards can be held by international scholars.

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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Are you paying ATTENTION, yet?! 👇

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Cornell University have developed a new thermostable, MULTI-TARGET vaccine platform that offers stronger, longer-lasting protection against SARS-CoV-2 AND influenza while providing broader immunity against VARIOUS flu strains. 🧪🧵⬇️

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Dr. Auriol Purdie @drauriol.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Australian research must not enable or allow the Trump administration to interfere with independent research. Please push back & refuse to capitulate. #Science 🧪🦠🔬

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openRxiv @openrxiv.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

openRxiv has arrived! We’re thrilled to announce the launch of openRxiv as an independent, researcher-led nonprofit to oversee bioRxiv and medRxiv, the world’s leading preprint servers for life and health sciences. openrxiv.org/introducing-... #openRxiv #OpenScience #Preprints #bioRxiv #medRxiv

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Scott Hamilton @sdhamiltonvic.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

“Dutton’s plan to cull public servants isn’t just risky - it’s misguided.” From Prof Doherty on dead bird place. #auspol #AusVotes25 #DontRiskDutton

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Joachim Frank @joachim123.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

I think it's important to reach out to your own community and explain what the funding cuts mean in practice.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

This

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

The Ugandan #Ebola outbreak isnt over. Still not clear how this outbreak started and whether the first case we know of was the true index case www.cidrap.umn.edu/ebola/second...

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Second cluster reported in Uganda's Ebola Sudan outbreak

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