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And of course a massive thanks to the @dfg.de @helmholtz-hioh.bsky.social @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social #ARCUS_Foundation @unigreifswald.bsky.social for your dedication to promoting scientists from Sub-Saharan Africa!

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And thanks to the @schauflerlab.org and + #IRET/CENAREST for collaborating on this! Here is hoping to many more interesting studies to come!

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And thanks to the Ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique, the Ministère de Eaux et Fôrets in Ivory Coast, the Office Ivoirien des Parcs et Réserves and the Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoire for permitting and supporting this study.

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A big thanks to @taichimpproject.bsky.social for your commitment to #longtermresearch, which makes these unique studies possible! The struggle to keep such projects going is real + amazing to see your efforts thrive, that the chimps continue to find a way to survive + that the research continues.

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A huge congratulations and thanks to first author Tanguy Tanga - it has been a pleasure working with you during your PhD and this paper is a testament to your detection and skills. Excited to see what comes next for you!

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We screened 410 samples for >2,000 resistance genes, and documented an increase in the abundance and diversity of resistance genes. Findings suggest global rise of antimicrobial resistance is reaching even remote wildlife populations, highlighting how interconnected our world is.

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Jan Gogarten @jangogarten.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

New study 🚨🚨🚨 Using fecal samples collected over 17 years, we tracked antibiotic resistance genes in wild chimpanzees in Taï National Park; one of the last remaining chunks of primary rainforests in West Africa. Study out now in @isme-microbes.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1093/isme...

A map labeled A showing the home ranges of the three neighboring chimpanzee groups, along with data on the time since the groups have been habituated to human observers labelled B, and graphs showing the accumulation of antimicrobial resistance genes and antimicrobial resistance classes in those chimpanzee groups labeled C and D.

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Excited to be part of the Global Young Academy + join an interesting and daunting discussion about the challenges facing scientific enterprise. Many challenges, but inspiring group of scientists in @globalyacademy.bsky.social dreaming up solutions. Thanks Robbert Dijkgraaf for starting discussion!

Robbert Dijkgraaf standing at the podium in a large conference hall in front of a slide showing 6 pieces of a advice for young scientists.

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Jan Gogarten @jangogarten.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Reaching out to the editors and authors - and will delete this post in a minute. Don't want to cause stress for a PhD student but hope things get fixed soon!

Jan Gogarten @jangogarten.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Wohoo! Great news and congratulations!

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Jan Gogarten @jangogarten.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

The trophic links side of things is indeed very exciting too!

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Jan Gogarten @jangogarten.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Nice discussion with @alicesunreports.bsky.social in @knowablemag.bsky.social on the potential of #eDNA, particularly invertebrate-derived DNA, to contribute to biomonitoring and studying disease ecology: knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Amazing speed from the teams in Uganda and the DRC - impressive! Three genomes released so far - a few quick takes: 1️⃣ New genomes ~equidistant from 2007 and 2012 outbreaks. 2️⃣ Represents new spillover from reservoir. 3️⃣ Limited diversity, so too early to speculate on timing. Great work ⭐!

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Nick Loman @pathogenomenick.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Rapid release of multiplex PCR amplicon scheme for Andes hantavirus whole genome sequencing validated on control material: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... @scalene.bsky.social @stevepullan.bsky.social @ukhsa.bsky.social output from HPRU in Public Health Genomics

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Jan Gogarten @jangogarten.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

A peer review credit system to incentivize reviewing and editing - seems like it could be worth a try?Paying reviewers actual money though, rather than a new credit seems reasoable too, especially given the profit margins of scientific publishers ;) www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

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Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (HZI) @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Bei #CiFly werden Schüler:innen zu Forschenden: Im Citizen Science-Projekt des @helmholtz-hioh.bsky.social sammeln sie mit @greifswaldmoor.bsky.social Daten zu antimikrobiellen Resistenzen in Moorlandschaften - einem Schlüsselökosystem für Klima und Gesundheit: www.helmholtz-hzi.de/media-center...

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Greifswalder Schüler:innen starten mit Citizen Science-Projekt CiFly

Schüler:innen untersuchen im Rahmen des Projekts CiFly anliegende Moore in Greifswald und lernen damit Feldforschung kennen.

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Simon Hammann @simonhammann.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Don't be shy to take on a little two-week side project. These five months will be the most precious three years of your academic journey.

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Helmholtz Institute for One Health (HIOH) @helmholtz-hioh.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

🌍 Guest Lecture at HIOH Prof. Lee White – conservationist, biologist & former Environment Minister of Gabon – speaks on: 🎤 “From science to global policy – Saving the Congo Basin’s rainforests” From field research to COP26, bridging science & policy - Join us for an inspiring talk! #OneHealth

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

A new study in Nature Microbiology reveals that an eye condition called POH-VAU (persistent ocular hypertensive viral anterior uveitis) is caused by covert mortality nodavirus (CMNV) - a virus that's been devastating shrimp farms for over a decade. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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An emerging human eye disease is associated with aquatic virus zoonotic infection - Nature Microbiology

Covert mortality nodavirus, a pathogen previously known to cause important losses in shrimp aquaculture, is identified as being a potential causative agent of an emerging and severe ocular disease in ...

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Monkeypox virus emergence in wild chimpanzees reveals distinct clinical outcomes and viral diversity - Nature Microbiology

To assess if duikers serve as intermediate hosts for MPXV, we revisited a diet analysis from an MPXV outbreak in chimps, which supports epidemiological link to duiker consumption (doi.org/10.1038/s415...), suggesting duikers can serve as intermediate hosts for chimps and thus likely also humans.

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Monkeypox is caused by an emerging zoonotic virus. This study describes a detailed investigation into monkeypox outbreaks in chimpanzees through non-invasive environmental sampling, virus genomics, pa...

We found >21% of pellets contained non-duiker mammal DNA, including species infected with MPXV in this ecosystem. Coupled with camera trap footage, results point towards frequent scavenging by duikers, which may expose them to orthopoxviruses (and other pathogens?).

Duikers are infected with orthopoxviruses

We detected orthopoxviruses in 2 duiker carcasses from bushmeat markets in the DRC as well as in a duiker carcass found in Taï National Park, Côte d’Ivoire. To investigate how duikers, which are classically described as herbivores, might be exposed, we performed a diet analysis metabarcoding feces.

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An increasing number of mpox cases caused by the monkeypox virus (MPXV; Orthopoxvirus monkeypox), are reported in West and Central Africa, driven by frequent zoonotic spillovers into human populations...