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Luz García-Longoria Batanete

@luzglongoria.bsky.social
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👉🏻Postdoc studying bird–parasite interactions 🐦🦠 at Universidad de Extremadura | #Transcriptomics, genomics, microbiome & behavior 🧬 | Open to collaborations 🔁 | #STEMmom 🤱🏻

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Luz García-Longoria Batanete @luzglongoria.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Unpacking host-parasites dynamics 🤓 📚Our new preprint shows how donor blood compatibility & pathogen history reshape #malaria dynamics in canaries 🐦 #parasitology #transcriptomics #EvolutionaryBiology www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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wildlifecongress26.bsky.social @wildlifecongress26.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
🧳Willing to organise your trip? 📢 Travel and accommodation information for the congress is now available! 🏨🚄✈️ Have a look 👇
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Luz García-Longoria Batanete @luzglongoria.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Entrevista que me hicieron en Canal Extremadura, en el programa El lince con botas, a través de Woman Space Estoy muy contenta y agradecida por la oportunidad 😊✨ www.canalextremadura.app/videos/33665... #MujeresEnCiencia #Investigación #Visibilidad #WomanSpace #CanalExtremadura #ElLinceConBotas
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Luz García-Longoria Batanete @luzglongoria.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
📢 New paper out! We studied exposure to #flaviviruses and #AvianInfluenza virus in #urban house martins from southwestern Spain. 🧪 No viral RNA detected, but antibodies revealed. 🏘️ Urban birds may act as sentinels of zoonotic viruses. 🔗 www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/16... #OneHealth #WildlifeDisease
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Luz García-Longoria Batanete @luzglongoria.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
🌍🦠 ¿Por qué están aumentando las enfermedades emergentes? Calentamiento global, urbanización, zoonosis, malaria, VIH, gripe, coronavirus… Nuevo curso ONLINE sobre #SaludGlobal y cambio global. 📢 dMáxima difusión 🙏 Para inscribirse 👇👇👇👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Luz García-Longoria Batanete @luzglongoria.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Encantada de haber impartido el curso de 🧬Genómica Funcional en la #UEx dentro de los Planes Complementarios. Gracias a #COMPUTAEX por todas las facilidades, a Jesús Veiga por su implicación y a todas los asistentes por su interés y participación. ¡Un placer compartir estos días de aprendizaje! 🤓💻
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Luz García-Longoria Batanete @luzglongoria.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
🚀Thrilled to announce my new research project: #Genomic adaptations and #behavior during avian Plasmodium infection🧬 🎯How infection shapes host behavior and gene expression — connecting ecology, genomics, and health! 🌍💚 #AvianMalaria #Ecology #OneHealth #Science #Research
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Luz García-Longoria Batanete @luzglongoria.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
🚨 New paper in @royalsociety.org 🦟 Plasmodium relictum tweaks mosquito metabolism & behavior to boost transmission 🧬🐦 Thanks @olofhellgren.bsky.social and Ana Rivero 💪🏻 #AvianMalaria #VectorBiology #Transcriptomics 👉 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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Luz García-Longoria Batanete @luzglongoria.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
🧬 ¡Aprende genómica funcional, transcriptómica, microbioma y visualización en R! 📅 Inscripciones abiertas desde el lunes 20 a las 9:00 👉 eventos.unex.es/142078 #Genómica #Transcriptómica #Microbioma #Rstats #Bioinformática #UEx
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Luz García-Longoria Batanete @luzglongoria.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Luz, would you mind if your office looks like a museum for the next 4 months? 🦅🦆📚✨ #AcademicLife #MuseumVibes #ResearchCorner
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Luz García-Longoria Batanete @luzglongoria.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Today we sampled geese 🦢 in Badajoz to test for avian influenza 🦠. Great teamwork with Irene and Carlos 🙌 #AvianInfluenza #WildlifeHealth #OneHealth
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Luz García-Longoria Batanete @luzglongoria.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
🦟🔬 Exciting days in the lab with my two PhD students Carlos & Irene— running a new mosquito experiment and the results look very promising ✨👀 #Science #Research #Mosquitoes
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Luz García-Longoria Batanete @luzglongoria.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
🦍🔬 Plasmodium cynomolgi: Emergence of a new zoonotic malaria threat in Southeast Asia 🌍, infecting macaques and Anopheles mosquitoes 🦟🚨 Human spillover ya no es solo teoría 👉 doi.org/10.1186/s130... parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com #ZoonoticMalaria #OneHealth #EmergingInfectiousDiseases
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Plasmodium cynomolgi: potential emergence of new zoonotic malaria in Southeast Asia - Parasites & Vectors
The reported cases of Plasmodium cynomolgi in Southeast Asia pose a significant public health concern. Sporadic reports of human Plasmodium cynomolgi infections have increased in the past few years, r...
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Luz García-Longoria Batanete @luzglongoria.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
🦠🐦 An unexpected culprit behind severe intestinal disease in quail farms: deltacoronaviruses and picornaviruses. Metagenomics uncovers hidden viruses and shows why studying them is crucial in a globalized world🌍🔬 #OneHealth #Virology #AvianScience animalmicrobiome.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Virome analysis suggests deltacoronaviruses and picornaviruses as a probable cause of severe intestinal disease on three quail farms - Animal Microbiome
Quail farming is increasingly popular mainly due to higher market interest in meat and eggs. However, quails are susceptible to several common poultry viral infections, especially in intensive farming...
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Luz García-Longoria Batanete @luzglongoria.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Just re-read Dawkins’ The Selfish Gene 📖🤯 Did you know he coined the word “meme” back in 1976? It’s simply a cultural element that replicates through imitation 🔁✨ #Memes
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Luz García-Longoria Batanete @luzglongoria.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Dunbar’s number 🧠📊. The famous ~150 limit for human relationships doesn’t hold — estimates go from a few dozen to several hundred 🤯. Human sociality is shaped by culture, ecology & cooperation, not just brain size 🌍✨ #Science #SocialNetworks #DunbarsNumber royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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‘Dunbar's number’ deconstructed | Biology Letters
A widespread and popular belief posits that humans possess a cognitive capacity that is limited to keeping track of and maintaining stable relationships with approximately 150 people. This influential...
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Molecular Biology and Evolution @molbioevol.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
@luzglongoria.bsky.social @vaidasp.bsky.social @olofhellgren.bsky.social et al. studied transcriptional variation across hosts in an avian malaria parasite, finding changes from donor-dependent to recipient-dependent gene expression. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf198 #evobio #molbio #malaria
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Generalist Malaria Parasites and Host Imprinting: Unveiling Transcriptional Memory
Abstract. Generalist parasites must adapt to diverse host environments to ensure their survival and transmission. These adaptations can involve fixed genet
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Luz García-Longoria Batanete @luzglongoria.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
🤓 Disfrutando del congreso de la Sociedad Española de #Ecologia y #Ecologia evolutiva 🦋🐣🐾. Compañía inmejorable, charlas top y buena comida ! 🔝🥘
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Luz García-Longoria Batanete @luzglongoria.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Paper out !! So proud of this paper. Thanks to al the coauthors 🤓
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Luz García-Longoria Batanete @luzglongoria.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Today we started interviews with a representative group of @wimanet.bsky.social researchers 🎤✨ It was engaging, fun, and we’re excited to share them soon 🚀 Thanks to WG6 for making this possible! #WIMANET #WG6 #Research #ScienceCommunity #Networking 🌍🔬💡
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WiMaNet @wimanet.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Most importantly, the people that had an #STSMs shared their experience with all of us 🧳✈️ and also the results from the first #SummerSchool 👩🏽‍🏫 showing the importance of #WIMANET actions!
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