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Infectious disease ecology, zoonoses, pathogen evolution, molecular epidemiology | University of Glasgow the great outdoors, aikido, and searching for the perfect beat…

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 14/05/2026
Registration is now open for the first UK Virome Forum meeting! 📍 Advanced Research Centre (ARC), University of Glasgow 🗓️ 5-6 Oct 2026 🦠 Animal, human and environmental viromics For more info, including speakers, check bit.ly/ukvf-2026 or @ukvf.bsky.social Register for free: tinyurl.com/yhnartn5
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UKVF-2026
The UK Virome Forum will bring together researchers from across the UK using genomic approaches to study viromes, with a particular focus on whole-virome analyses, viral ecology, and evolution beyond ...
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Roman Biek @rbiek.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Deadline 2 Dec (tomorrow)!
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Roman Biek @rbiek.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Come join us - we are recruiting a postdoc in phylodynamics and epidemiological modelling to join an exciting project on foot-and-mouth-disease virus in African buffalo www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research... Please share widely! #jobs #disease #ecology #evolution #phylodynamics
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Research Assistant/Associate
Job Purpose You will contribute to an international collaborative project entitled “Multi-scale infection dynamics from cells to landscapes: FMD in African buffalo”, working with Prof Roman Biek. T...
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Roman Biek @rbiek.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Fantastic opportunity to join some excellent programmes to gain quantitative ecological training at the University of Glasgow 
 @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk 
@uofglasgow.bsky.social for full details see bsky.app/profile/uofg...
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BES - Parasites and Pathogens group @bes-parasitesgroup.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Hey everyone, we are now on Bluesky! We are the #parasites and #pathogens #ecology and #evolution group of the BES @britishecolsoc.bsky.social Give us a follow and help us reach fellow parasites and pathogens enthusiasts!
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Roman Biek @rbiek.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Downloading datasets from Our World in Data in R www.r-bloggers.com/2025/01/down... via @Rbloggers
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Roman Biek @rbiek.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
fantastic opportunity for emerging leaders in one health research
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Tom Morrison @morrisontom.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Since 2016 we have been fortunate to host Tanzanian conservation leaders thru the Karimjee MSc Conservation scholarship at the Univ Glasgow, a full ride 2-year scholarship, generously supported by a local Tanzanian NGO the Karimjee Foundation. Please help us spread the word to potential applicants!
Announcement for a Conservation scholarship for Tanzanian nationals at the University of Glasgow, deadline January 5, 2025
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sarah-c-hill.bsky.social @sarah-c-hill.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
🦠 We are recruiting two 2-year postdocs to work at the intersection of virus genomics and infectious disease. jobs.rvc.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... Please share widely!
An image with text describing the jobs, and the logo of the Royal Veterinary College. The text says:

Title: Hiring two postdoctoral researchers. 

What? Improve identification and response to emerging and endemic virus threats.
Where? Royal Veterinary College.
How? Genomics, metagenomics, phylogenetics.
Who: Working with Prof Oliver Pybus, Dr Sarah Hill, Dr Jayna Rahgwani, and GAP DC. 
When? Apply by 27th January 2025. 

Underneath this, there are two boxes describing the two roles:
Role 1: Phylodynamics: Introduction, emergence and spread of viruses in farmed and wild animals. 
Role 2: Detect and understand threats to/from wildlife and their environments.
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Roman Biek @rbiek.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
this looks useful and might render some current subscription based applications obsolete
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Roman Biek @rbiek.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
great talk - really interesting results, including the regional differences seen across Europe
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Roman Biek @rbiek.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
PhD project of potential interest to folks attending @ukvbd.bsky.social - please share
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Simon Dellicour @sdellicour.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
How fast are viruses spreading in the wild? Check out our latest study now published in @plosbiology.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1371/jour.... A study performed with Paul Bastide, Pauline Rocu, Denis Fargette, Olivier Hardy, @msuchard.bsky.social, @stephaneguindon.bsky.social, and Philippe Lemey (1/7)
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Caroline Millins @cmillins.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Ticksolve research on landscape effects on hosts and cascading effects on ticks presented at @ukvbd.bsky.social by Saudamini Venkatesan @livuninews.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social
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Dr Steven White @drstevenmwhite.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
@bethpurse.bsky.social talking about some of the modelling outputs from our TickSolve project at @ukvbd.bsky.social
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Roman Biek @rbiek.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
one of many great #PhD projects in #evolution #biodiversity #ecosystems offered by @iapetusdtp.bsky.social two ways to apply www.findaphd.com/phds/program... www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
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FindAPhD : Iapetus Doctoral Training Partnership: Diversifying Talent Scholarship Scheme at Durham University
Apply for a PhD: Iapetus Doctoral Training Partnership: Diversifying Talent Scholarship Scheme at Durham University
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Roman Biek @rbiek.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Super proud of Antonia Hilbig for passing her PhD viva on epi/evol of bacterial zoonoses with flying colours - well done! Fab supervisor team including Taya Forde, Tiziana Lembo (U Glasgow) and Sam Lycett (U Edinburgh). Special thanks to Lucy Weinert (U Cambridge) for being external seminar!
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Joseph Hughes @bljog.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
Our @NorthWestBio1 PhD project applying natural language processing to virology literature is now open for applications: Get in touch with if you are interested and want to find out more. gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/d…
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arsweeny.bsky.social @arsweeny.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Interested in fitness consequences of the gut microbiome in the wild? Keen on being involved with an iconic long-term study system? Check out a PhD opportunity working on Soay sheep microbiomes! Info below and feel free to contact with q's. e4-dtp.ed.ac.uk/e5-dtp/super...
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Roman Biek @rbiek.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Great team of collaborators too: @drstevenmwhite.bsky.social @bmable.bsky.social, @cmillins.bsky.social, , Beth Purse & Mafalda Viana
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Benny Borremans 🇧🇪🇺🇸 @bennyborremans.wildlifehero.org · 25/11/2024
Disease ecologist starter pack -- reply with people/organizations to be added or to share similar lists / feeds #diseaseecology 🦠🐀🦠🦇🦠🦭🦠🦆🦠 go.bsky.app/RwAuiNT
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Another damning @uk.theconversation.com piece by @jamesgyke.bsky.social, Robert Watson & @wknorr.bsky.social "In 2021 we argued that net zero was a dangerous trap. Three years on & we can see the jaws of this trap beginning to close" theconversation.com/the-overshoo...
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The overshoot myth: you can’t keep burning fossil fuels and expect scientists of the future to get us back to 1.5°C
The net zero approach of the Paris agreement has become detached from reality as it increasingly relies on science fiction levels of speculative technology.
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Christina Faust @clfaust.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Congrats to the amazing team effort led by Huaiyu Tian mapping changes in 🐀 communities over decades and the subsequent change in Hantaan virus www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Anthropogenic land consolidation intensifies zoonotic host diversity loss and disease transmission in human habitats - Nature Ecology & Evolution
A 43-year dataset of rodents in the Hu region of China reveals how urbanization-induced changes to land-use configuration affect rodent community composition, including benefitting striped field mice,...
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Roman Biek @rbiek.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
interesting new preprint emphasising the importance of host species identity (rather than species diversity) for tick-borne pathogen transmission www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Urban greenspace connectivity drive shifts in host assemblages and tick-borne pathogen infection
Habitat fragmentation is often highlighted as a driver of tick-borne disease hazard and spillover risk via reduction in biodiversity. However, habitat fragmentation can have divergent impacts on host,...
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Heather Ferguson @drheatherferg.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
The School of #Biodiversity, #OneHealth & #VeterinaryMedicine at the #UniversityofGlasgow - my base - is now on Bluesky! Give them a follow if you want to hear about our research & teaching #TeamUofG @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social
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Roman Biek @rbiek.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
great #PhD opportunity in #disease #ecology - which species are key for #tick-borne disease transmission in the UK? Combining genetics, community ecology, mathematical modelling



 @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social & @ukceh.bsky.social International applicants - contact me by 9th Dec tinyurl.com/wfuak5se
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Roman Biek @rbiek.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Great tool, very handy
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Flo Débarre @flodebarre.eurosky.social · 16/11/2024
Sky Follower Bridge is a great tool to find here people you were following on X. Be careful, there is a scam website, and it is currently better ranked on Google than the real one. The tool is free and works as a Chrome extension. The real one is www.sky-follower-bridge.dev
screenshots of the two websites, showing the differences. Use the URL in the post
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Roman Biek @rbiek.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline
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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Download our database of 492 (!) funding opportunities for EARLY-CAREER FACULTY AND RESEARCHERS. For each entry, we provide link to funder, description, amount, deadline, and eligibility criteria (e.g. citizenship). Download freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
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Roman Biek @rbiek.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
PhD opportunities in #planetaryhealth #onehealth #AMR available @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social as part of our MVLS College Futures PhD Programme Please share! www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl...
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University of Glasgow - Colleges - College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences - MVLS Graduate School - PhD Research Opportunities - College Futures PhD Programme - Projects - Planetary Health Proj...
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