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Rebecca French

@rebeccakfrench.bsky.social

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Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Otago, discovering viruses and other pathogens in New Zealand wildlife.

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

@rebeccakfrench.bsky.social chats about #Kākāpō #disease #transcriptomics, showing that E. coli may correlate with #diseased birds. @geneticsaus.bsky.social

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Andrew Digby @digs.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

The #disease cloacitis has affected at least 47 #kakapo over the last 20 yrs, so finding a cause is a high priority. A new study led by @rebeccakfrench.bsky.social & ‪@jemmageoghegan.bsky.social has found that a strain of E. coli might be responsible. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A male kākāpō looking at the camera in a close-up photo. The kākāpō is under astelia grasses in daylight. Credit: Andrew Digby

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