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Karen Vanderwolf

@kjvanderwolf.bsky.social
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postdoc at McMaster University, Canada. Studies bat conservation & physiology, wildlife disease, biospeleology, mycology, microbiomes, and ecology. Loves hiking and canoeing

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Karen Vanderwolf @kjvanderwolf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My latest paper! A group project with fellow Liber Ero postdocs
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Karen Vanderwolf @kjvanderwolf.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
My first turtle paper! www.herpconbio.org/Volume_21/Is...
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Karen Vanderwolf @kjvanderwolf.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Devastated bat world in N.B. offers a bit of optimism | CBC News
Karen Vanderwolf has spent her summer criss-crossing New Brunswick, hunting for bat poop.
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Karen Vanderwolf @kjvanderwolf.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
I like logtags (the model with the replaceable battery). HOBOs are good but expensive. I don't like iButtons due to the failure rate and the fact the batteries can't be replaced
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Karen Vanderwolf @kjvanderwolf.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
do we want them?
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Karen Vanderwolf @kjvanderwolf.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
New paper! I had fun with this side project working with captive naked mole rats. Very interesting (weird) animals! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Captive naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) have the highest skin pH among mammals
Skin serves as a barrier against the external environment and is a primary defense against pathogens. Cutaneous pH is part of that defense as pH affec…
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
ICYMI, last year I wrote an essay for American Scientist magazine defending funding basic research, even research that sounds silly when presented out of context. 🧪 www.americanscientist.org/article/%E2%...
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“Why Are We Funding This?”
Long-standing myths about “silly science” have contributed to the reckless slashing of government-supported research.
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Karen Vanderwolf @kjvanderwolf.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
could you expect any less from fellow biologists? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Canada's best beer winner brewed by a pair of bat biologists in northern B.C. | CBC News
Prince George's Deadfall Brewing hopes to put northern B.C. on the craft beer map after Canada Beer Cup win.
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S Otto @sarperotto.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Thank you to all the wonderful people and groups we met to make our @libererofellows.bsky.social training transformational: Michelle LeBaron, Chief Hugh Akagi, Adam Wilkins, Kim Davies, Laurenne Schiller, the Huntsman Marine Science Centre, Canada Whale Institute, & NB Museum. So many thanks!!
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
For those who asked: this article is now temporarily open access for everyone.
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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
A nice postdoc opportunity just came across my desk for ecologists interested in doing policy-relevant science - please share! "The Wilderness Society is hiring a 2-year ecological modeling specialist post-doc to help advance research on caribou response to roads in the Arctic." 🧪🌎
thewildernesssociety.careers.hibob.com
Careers
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country. This Friday, where will you be? standupforscience2025.org
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STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
March 7, 2025. Washington DC and nationwide. Because science is for everyone.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Science (and science policy, and conservation) friends, I need your help! We are collecting *specific, clear* examples of harms caused by the Trump administration's attacks on science, to be included in an open letter. Can be links to news stories/social media posts. 🧪🦑🌎 #SciComm #SciPol
The Trump administration’s attacks on scientific funding, restrictions on Federal scientist activities, and 
indiscriminate firing have caused chaos, panic, and harm.

We need *specific* examples of harms caused 
by these policies to include in an open letter. 
Grants cut, projects cancelled, jobs lost.

Feel free to send news stories, blog posts, or social media posts that mention these, as well as original contributions. 

Please send to WhySharksMatter @ gmail or DM me
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Clayton T. Lamb @claytontlamb.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-...
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Saving species 'not rocket science,' but few faring better than long ago: researcher
Researcher Laurenne Schiller says 'it’s not rocket science' that recovery for threatened or endangered species in Canada is driven by stopping the primary cause for their decline.
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Clayton T. Lamb @claytontlamb.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
NEW PAPER: The @libererofellows.bsky.social team led by Dr. Schiller looked at what's working for species recovery in 🇨🇦. Species recovery wasn't affected by human or financial capacity provided but was possible when the primary cause of decline was alleviated. www.facetsjournal.com/doi/full/10....
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Aerin Jacob, PhD @aerinj.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Terrific list of conservation-related funding opportunities, made by @society4conbio.bsky.social: docs.google.com/document/d/1... Please share! #ConservationFunding #Conservation
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Award, Fellowship and Grants Opportunities
Award, Fellowship and Grant Opportunities Below is a list of some of the ongoing award, fellowship and grant opportunities that we thought our members might be interested in. Use the hyperlinks to ju...
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Karen Vanderwolf @kjvanderwolf.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
A webinar about bats I gave last week to a New Brunswick, Canada audience: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8lS...
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Bats in New Brunswick (webinar recording Jan 23, 2025)
YouTube video by New Brunswick Federation of Woodlot Owners
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Karen Vanderwolf @kjvanderwolf.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
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After years of a brutal killer fungus, bats in N.B. are showing signs of resilience | CBC News
Nearly 14 years after white-nose syndrome began devastating bat populations in New Brunswick, researchers see signs the fungus is receding and bats are becoming more resilient against the disease.
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Karen Vanderwolf @kjvanderwolf.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
New paper! White-nose fungus decreases in Maritime Canada caves esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Pseudogymnoascus destructans environmental reservoir decreases 11 years after an outbreak of white‐nose syndrome
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Aerin Jacob, PhD @aerinj.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
JOB: Conservation Scientist – Research Priorities, Partnerships & Monitoring at "rare Charitable Research Reserve" in southern Ontario * Full time * Hybrid in-person/work from home * Salary $50k-65k/yr + benefits * Apply by January 15 * Details: www.raresites.org/about/career... #ConservationJobs
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Careers | rare Charitable Research Reserve
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