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Rachael Clark @rachaelclark.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Been quiet this year while I worked away on something pretty big! So proud to share that I have submitted my PhD thesis today! Immensely proud of myself to have reached this milestone, and so grateful to everyone that supported me along the way! Now time to relax before prepping for the viva! 🦌

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Rachael Clark @rachaelclark.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

At #BES2025 in Edinburgh? Come and find me at my poster stand B15.18 in Cromdale tonight at the poster session to chat about all things pathogens in wild deer 🦌 🦠

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Rachael Clark @rachaelclark.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

excited to receive my copy of the Niche today from @britishecologicalsociety.org and to see zebras featured on the front cover! 🦓

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Rachael Clark @rachaelclark.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

A pleasure to wrap up the first day of the #SBSPGRConference here at the School of Biological Sciences! This conference is a great way to hear what all my friends are up to with their own cool projects - something we don’t often talk about in the lunch room or at coffee time! 🧬🥼🔬 #PhDStudents

Me standing at the front of a lecture theatre presenting my talk, with a title slide “Using wild deer as sentinels to explore the diversity of non-tuberculosis Mycobacteria in Scotland”

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Rachael Clark @rachaelclark.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

I will be forever grateful for this unique opportunity that my #internship allowed me! The Grevy’s Zebra is such a wonderful species and I’m so proud to say I’m contributing towards their #conservation Read more about my trip in the #blog linked below 🦓

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Sebastian R.vH @sebastianrvh.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

After years of no public commitment from UoA to protect their #trans and #queer students, we have decided to publish this letter in hope for positive change With the Supreme Court ruling in the UK, this is more important than ever If you can, please sign below 👇🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 #PhDSky #LGBTSTEM #QueerInSTEM

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Sign Our Open Letter - Action on Transphobia at the University of Aberdeen

Action on Transphobia at the University of Aberdeen | SIGN HERE On the 17th of May 2024, we wrote the below letter to senior management within our department and university. Our aim was to escalate c...

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Rachael Clark @rachaelclark.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

a fantastic closing ceremony to wrap up #IWEC2025 yesterday! including traditional samburu singing and dancing, followed by a very entertaining demonstration about the work Grevy’s Zebra Trust do 🦓 #WildEquidConservation #GrevysZebra #WildlifeConservation

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Rachael Clark @rachaelclark.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

very interesting talk from Prof Dan Rubenstein on the adaptive significance of zebra stripes - turns out there are many reasons why zebras have stripes ! They really are the coolest animals 🦓 #IWEC2025

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Rachael Clark @rachaelclark.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

a brilliant opening talk this morning from Peter Lalampaa, the Executive Director of the Grevy’s Zebra Trust on the importance of blending indigenous knowledge with scientific research for effective wildlife conservation! 🦓 #IWEC2025

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Rachael Clark @rachaelclark.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Safely arrived in Nanyuki, Kenya ahead of the International Wild Equid Conference starting tomorrow! #IWEC2025

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Rachael Clark @rachaelclark.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

I’m in Kenya for the next 2.5 weeks as part of my PhD #internship with Grevy’s Zebra Trust and Marwell Wildlife! We are meeting with all the different partners involved in the Grevy’s zebra projects and will be attending the International Wild Equid Conference #IWEC 🦓 @quadratdtp.bsky.social

a yellow weaver perched on a tree branch.

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Rachael Clark @rachaelclark.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

It was a pleasure to host Shaun for our weekly seminar! Grateful for all the support he has given me in my academic career so far, so it was great to have the chance to invite him here as a speaker.

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Rachael Clark @rachaelclark.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Had the pleasure of being asked to come back to speak to current students on #VeterinaryBiosciences at @uofglasgow.bsky.social about what I’ve been up to since I graduated from the programme in 2021! Fingers crossed I’ve inspired some future #Ecologists today!

My opening slide of the presentation, titled “Life after Vet Bio”, alongside a picture of me from my graduation from that course, standing in front of bright pink Rhododendron flowers.

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Rachael Clark @rachaelclark.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

time to play a game of spot the #kingfisher this morning! 🪶👀

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Fiona Mathews @fionamathews.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Just a few more days to apply for a PhD with me! Use new technologies to study movement and ecology of serotine bats in UK. Evidence can guide future rabies control strategies, helping bats and people. Click on project 'Understanding transmission..' here: www.surrey.ac.uk/bbsrc-wessex... #PhD #bats

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Rachael Clark @rachaelclark.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

so happy to finally add a pine marten to my wildlife spotting list, AND have the opportunity to actually photograph one too! 🥹

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Rachael Clark @rachaelclark.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

A lovely, and much needed day #birding yesterday. Recorded 20 different species across two locations from some casual observations. Lighting wasn’t great for too many pics, but here’s a lovely Greylag on the water 🥰

A greylag goose swimming on a lake with some blurred vegetation in the foreground. The picture is mostly grey and muted in colour, with the orange beak of the goose standing out in the centre.

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Rachael Clark @rachaelclark.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

proudly wearing some of @rowankuminski.bsky.social ‘s art this festive season! 😍🤣

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Rachael Clark @rachaelclark.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Thats me wrapping up from a brilliant #BES2024 - wouldn’t have been complete without my obligatory zebra notebook! 🦓 Thank you to everyone who came by my poster, asked questions, and those at the SIG socials! 🦓🦌🦠 See you next time!

Picture of my BES zebra notebook and my name tag from the conference

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Rachael Clark @rachaelclark.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

The poster’s up and it’s almost time for the second session at #BES2024 ! Find me at 13.7 to chat all things bacterial diversity in wild deer! 🦌 🦠 #WomenInSTEM

Picture of me posing with my poster titled: “Using wild deer as sentinels to explore the diversity of non-tuberculous Mycobacteria in Scotland”

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Rachael Clark @rachaelclark.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Attended my first @britishecolsoc.bsky.social in Liverpool in 2021, and excited to be back this year for #BES2024 presenting my #PhD research for the first time 🦌 Find me at Thursday’s #PosterSession : Using wild deer as sentinels to explore the diversity of Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria in Scotland

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Flavia Montano-Centellas @flamontano.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

🚨Looking for two PhD students to join our lab in Fall' 25🚨 If you know someone that loves/works with Neotropical birds and/or species interactions, and is looking for a PhD please share this with them! (application deadline is January 3rd). More info here --> montanolab.com/join-us/

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Joe Wynn @joewynnbirds.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

🚨PhD ALERT! 🚨 We are looking for a highly motivated student to use 🧬 genomic approaches 🧬 to unravel the mysteries of migration using yellow-browed warblers. Think this is you or someone you know? Then come to our Q&A session at on 02/12 and check out the ad below!

A yellow-browed warbler caught for ringing purposes in Germany in 2023.

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Rowan Kuminski @rowankuminski.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Thank you @britishecolsoc.bsky.social for allowing me to write this for #TransgenderAwarenessWeek and for being such an important support system for me. As co-chair of EDGE and as a non-binary PhD student who has experienced a great deal of transphobia at my uni, I'd love it if you gave this a read!

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Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Deer: an underappreciated reservoir of bovine TB? 2024. Britain's wild deer population – standing at around three million – could be playing an active role in spreading bovine TB. bvajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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Deer: an underappreciated reservoir of bovine TB?

Josh Loeb discusses how Britain's wild deer population – standing at around three million – could be playing an active role in spreading bovine TB.

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Rachael Clark @rachaelclark.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Always exciting to spot one of my #StudySpecies when out hiking, and I find myself wondering what pathogens each of them might be carrying 👀🦠

Red deer stag’s head poking out from some purple Scottish heather. Only his antlers and top of his head are showing.

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Barbara Mable @bmable.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

A funded PhD is open on population genetics of the sheep scab mite, Psoroptes ovis, using genomic data to understand mite populations in the context of ongoing control programs. Co-supervised by a great team at @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social and Stew Burgess at MRI. More details at tinyurl.com/a873cvb4.

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University of Glasgow - Postgraduate study - Centres for Doctoral Training - NorthWest Biosciences - Our Projects - Understanding Pathogens, from Molecules to Phenotypes - Keeping tabs on scab: popu...

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Rachael Clark @rachaelclark.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

About time I introduce my #PhD research! I am researching how land use and bioclimate impact environmentally transmitted pathogens in wild red and roe #deer in Scotland. My main focus has been on non-tuberculous mycobacteria ( #NTMs ) diversity across different landscapes and host species! 🦌🦠

Roe deer doe standing among tall grasses

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