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I-Ting Tu

@itingtu.bsky.social
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PhD researcher @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social in the Wellcome Trust Integrative Infectious Biology | Investigating pathogens at #wildlifelivestock #marineterrestrial interfaces🦇🦭in 🇵🇪 | Wildlife vet | Rhino fan🦏 🌱 linktr.ee/ITingTu

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I-Ting Tu @itingtu.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Very grateful for the opportunity to present my PhD work at the 9th World One Health Congress!🦇🦭🦠 Such an inspiring few days connecting with people who want to make positive change in the world 🌍 #WOHC2026
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UKVF.bsky.social @ukvf.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Big news for the virome research community!  We are thrilled to announce the first-ever UK Virome Forum (UKVF) in-person event! Whether you're a PhD student, an ECR, or a PI working in virome-related research, this is your space to connect and collaborate.
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I-Ting Tu @itingtu.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Our H5 avian flu in marine bat story is in News from Science 🌊🦇🦠 thanks @martinenserink.bsky.social for covering it! Also excited to see my MSc lecturer @thijskuiken.bsky.social commented on it! 📰 News link www.science.org/content/arti... 🔬Preprint www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Vampire bats may have contracted H5N1 bird flu in Peru, raising worries about further spread
Bats could form a bridge between marine and terrestrial mammals, scientists say
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I-Ting Tu @itingtu.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
My 1st first-author paper is out as a preprint! Excited to share the fascinating story of marine-feeding vampire bats 🌊🦇 We found that marine-diet bats were exposed to #H5#AvianFlu 🦠 from marine wildlife and could potentially spread it to livestock via blood feed🩸 doi.org/10.1101/2025.11.09.686930
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I-Ting Tu @itingtu.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
It was such a fun and exciting experience participating in the 3-Minute thesis competition, and I came second in 2025 at Glasgow🦇🥈 Thanks to my very intriguing blood-feeding bats🩸🦠! @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @uofglasgow.bsky.social youtu.be/fkZOgAS3Izo?...
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I-Ting Tu - Vampire Bats, Their Food, and the Next Outbreak - From Sea to Land
YouTube video by Researcher Development University of Glasgow
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I-Ting Tu @itingtu.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Our new paper on bat influenza transmission dynamics is out. Check it out 👀🦇🦠 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Dynamics of influenza transmission in vampire bats revealed by longitudinal monitoring and a large-scale anthropogenic perturbation
Common vampire bats maintain bat-associated influenza virus H18N11 across Peru.
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I-Ting Tu @itingtu.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Really enjoyed the first day of the Influenza Update Meeting at the University of Glasgow! So nice to be introduced to the flu community - kind and helpful people! Very grateful for the opportunity to share my work! Special thanks to @socialinfluenza.bsky.social!
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