iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Nematodes Per 100g Of Dry Soil For every human on earth there are 60 billion nematodes living in the soil brilliantmaps.com/nematodes...

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Absolute pleasure to be involved in this review article on sustainable parasite control in ruminants. Full of lovely stuff on vaccines, nutrition, genetics, grazing and biological control! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

When my dad was born (~1950) only one third of the global population was literate. When I was born (~1980) already two thirds of all humans were literate. When my sons were born (~2020) around 87 per cent of the global population was literate. That's human progress in action. Source: buff.ly/exODbs8

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 10/07/2025

Scientists have followed unwritten guidelines for their conduct for hundreds of years. These norms aren’t enforced by any law, but they act as guiding principles for science and reasons it should be trusted. The 6 principles, from universalism to humility. theconversation.com/scientific-n...

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Scientific norms shape the behavior of researchers working for the greater good

While rarely explicitly taught to scientists in training, a set of common values guides science in the quest to advance knowledge while being ethical and trustworthy.

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Nic Wheeler @wheelerlab.bio · 04/07/2025

Very excited and proud to release a project that I’ve been thinking about for at least 7 years, well before I started my faculty position. We built an imaging and computational platform from the ground up to help answer some outstanding questions in schistosome miracidia biology.

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Quantitative ethology of schistosome miracidia characterizes a conserved snail peptide that inhibits penetration

Over 700 million people are at risk of contracting schistosomiasis due to regular exposure to freshwater sources where infected snails, the obligate intermediate hosts of schistosomes, are endemic. Al...

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Dr Ellie Murray, ScD @epiellie.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

My hot take on Jeff Bezos' wedding: That $50 million price tag is double what the US government was spending annually on food and medicine for 5 million AIDS orphans before the Trump administration canceled it. We are literally letting orphans die rather than make this guy pay taxes.

Wedding photo of Jeff Bezos and his new wife

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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 30/04/2025

UPDATE: We have data on >1000 terminated #NSF grants at grant-watch.us. Thanks to all who have been contributing data the past few days. We've also added a "Reports" section with some analyses. For NSF, we see that the STEM education directorate has been absolutely pummeled.

Screenshot of table showing number of grants and total value terminated by NSF directorate. STEM Education directorate is highlighted, with 417 terminations totaling 322 million dollars.

CSV of table:
Directorate,No. Terminated,Total Value
Biological Sciences,46,"$27,960,075"
Computer and Information Science and Engineering,85,"$44,630,113"
Engineering,94,"$33,472,485"
Geosciences,52,"$36,454,740"
Mathematical and Physical Sciences,30,"$6,418,312"
Office of the Director,7,"$4,859,738"
STEM Education,417,"$322,680,063"
"Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences",266,"$77,635,904"
"Technology, Innovation and Partnerships",46,"$62,231,309"

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Johns Hopkins University @jhu.edu · 16/04/2025

Did you know? 99% of all new medications resulted from federally-funded university research through #NIH Learn more about #ResearchSavesLives: hub.jhu.edu/research-sav....

An image with a prescription pill bottle. Text on the image reads: 99% of all new medications resulted from federally-funded university research through NIH

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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work #AcademicSky #EduSky

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X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research

Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover

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Keith Matthews @keithrmatthews.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

How SPPIRIT is transforming early career profiles in Parasitology in Scotland www.cell.com/action/showP...

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John Gilleard @johngilleard.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Our paper describing a new STH species Trichuris incognita which is resistant to albendazole-ivermectin combination therapy is out in Emerging Infectious Diseases wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/... Great work Abhinaya Venkatesan & collaborators @jsoghigian.bsky.social , Jennifer Keiser and team.

Photo credit Deo Ruganuza - field sampling

Photo credit : Mani Lejeune. Trichuris egg

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John Gilleard @johngilleard.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Festive potluck lab lunch and opportunity for team photo ! An awesome group and a pleasure to work with👏🎉

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John Gilleard @johngilleard.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Fantastic piece of work. Congratulations Micky and Jocelyn !

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Micky (Sangwook) Ahn @mickyahn.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Hello! I'm Micky, a PhD Candidate at the University of Calgary studying the ecology and evolution of parasites in Sable Island horses using DNA metabarcoding. I spent 3 summers on a deserted island as a glorified poop picker and amateur horse photographer.

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John Gilleard @johngilleard.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Official end of barbecue season in Calgary

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John Gilleard @johngilleard.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Congrats! Neat to see how these tools are developing!

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Stephen Doyle @stephenrdoyle.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Fanstastic opportunity for undergraduates in low and middle income countries. A fully funded 3 month internship at Sanger. Get in touch if interested! www.sanger.ac.uk/about/the-sa...

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The Sanger Prize Competition 2025

Sanger Prize competiton 2025 for undergraduates interested in genomics, who are from low- and middle-income countries

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James Wasmuth @jameswasmuth.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Congratulations to Viraj Muthye (@awesomebiology.bsky.social) and the team for this latest study from the lab. We sequenced, assembled, & annotated the genome of a new described myxozoan parasites, found in a pond in Lethbridge Alberta. academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...

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The Highly Repetitive Genome of Myxobolus rasmusseni, an Emerging Myxozoan Parasite of Fathead Minnows

Abstract. Myxozoans are a monophyletic taxon of approximately 2,400 described species of parasites from the phylum Cnidaria. The recent focus on their nega

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John Gilleard @johngilleard.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Awesome way to visualize area distortion is standard world maps

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Christopher Fernandez-Prada @pradacf.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

🌍🦠 It’s #AMRAwarenessWeek! Our lab is tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Leishmania parasites, uncovering how they evade treatments. Using multi-omics and collaborative research, we aim to fight drug resistance and protect leishmaniasis patients worldwide. #AMR #OneHealth

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Abhinay Ramaprasad @abhinay.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

Trying to find my way around here. Have created a starter pack for parasitologists. Join, connect and spread the word! go.bsky.app/5UiPsYr

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Parasitologists Unite

Join the conversation

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

This map by @ordnancesurvey shows what arctic trade shipping routes might look like once (I decided against the use of “if”) Arctic sea ice melted.

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Dr. Andrea Wishart @wishartae.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

Please consider signing this petition asking for increased investment in graduate student and postdoctoral researchers in Canada #SupportOurScience @supportourscience.bsky.social petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/...

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Petition e-4604 - Petitions

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John Gilleard @johngilleard.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

Hi Bluesky community My first post here after years on Twitter. Interests include all things science & Higher Ed. In particular Parasitology, drug resistance, molecular epidemiology/diagnostics, genetics/genomics genomics and veterinary medicine. Thanks for the invite @jsoghigian.bsky.social !

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