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sam sambado

@samsambado.bsky.social
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disease ecologist | postdoc @ stanford | she/her | samsambado.weebly.com

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sam sambado @samsambado.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
for my upcoming Gordon RC talk - I think WNV is an excellent candidate for “Ecology Across Scales”
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sam sambado @samsambado.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
As long as I teach disease ecology, I will include this paper, led by @alysingleton.bsky.social, as a case study of creative problem solving in complex disease systems www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Increased dengue transmission following highway paving in the Peruvian Amazon - Nature Sustainability
Road construction can be crucial in providing economic opportunities, yet how such infrastructure development links to infectious disease transmission is uncertain. This study examines the role of the...
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Sadie J. Ryan (she/her) @sjryan3.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
"By unpacking who can actually detect and report these infections, the authors reveal that what we count as "disease risk" often says as much about societies as it does about microbes." Thanks for the write up of this work led by @samsambado.bsky.social www.clearskyscience.com/en/10.1038/s...
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Ecological and socioeconomic factors associated with globally reported tick-borne viruses · Clear Sky Science
The study maps where 14 tick-borne viruses are reported and shows how ecological factors and national capacity, like health spending and veterinary training, shape detection and reporting.
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sam sambado @samsambado.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
“water whiplash“ based on Swain’s “hydro-climate whiplash” is one of my favorite ways to describe ca’s whacky weather. (& In general I think @weatherwest.bsky.social’s peer reviewed papers & sci-comm bits are great)
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sam sambado @samsambado.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
why does a water-dependent MBD system persist in a semi-arid environment? & why doesn’t peak mosquito season align w/ peak rainy season in CA?
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sam sambado @samsambado.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
also, it was an absolute joy to collab w/ @sjryan3.bsky.social - every chat left me energized. s/o to @viralemergence.org for the support via a fellow-in-residence!
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sam sambado @samsambado.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Bay Area EEID at the beach (w/ Briggs lab)
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Dr. Joan Dudney @dudney-joan.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Disturbance interactions have profound consequences for forest health, yet remain poorly understood. Here we use DAGs to differentiate #Synergisms, #CompoundDisturbances & #NetworkEffects and review the impacts of climate change. Final version out now! 🧪🌐🍁🌱 www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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sam sambado @samsambado.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Of all the fieldwork I’ve done, my fire work has stayed with me the most.
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Yuki Haba @yukihaba.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
How does life evolve to adapt to modern cities? Out now in Science, my PhD work with @lindymcbr.bsky.social uncovers the ancient origin of the “London Underground mosquito” – one of the most iconic examples of urban adaptation. 🧵(1/n) @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady4515
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Ancient origin of an urban underground mosquito
Understanding how life is adapting to urban environments represents an important challenge in evolutionary biology. In this work, we investigate a widely cited example of urban adaptation, Culex pipie...
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sam sambado @samsambado.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Does more H20 mean more mosquito-borne disease risk? What about in an area that typically receives little rain? (~6 in/year)? royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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The paradoxical impact of drought on West Nile virus risk: insights from long-term ecological data | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Mosquito-borne diseases are deeply embedded within ecological communities, with environmental changes—particularly climate change—shaping their dynamics. Increasingly intense droughts across the globe...
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sam sambado @samsambado.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Also out this month in P&V: another topic close to my 💛 - tick phenology! (tinyurl.com/yc2skb4r)
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Climate-driven variation in the phenology of juvenile Ixodes pacificus on lizard hosts - Parasites & Vectors
Background Ectothermic arthropods, like ticks, are sensitive indicators of environmental changes, and their seasonality plays a critical role in the dynamics of tick-borne disease in a warming world. ...
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sam sambado @samsambado.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
I 💛 teaching & long-term ecological field stations. I have a new piece in @natural-history.bsky.social’s Lessons in Conservation that intertwines my teaching lessons from biometry & passion for long-term research sites (tinyurl.com/2kw8avtz)
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sam sambado @samsambado.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
I submitted this piece a while ago but thought I’d throw it up on rxiv prior to my defense next month. If you want to hear more about the study - DM me for a zoom link to my exit seminar!
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sam sambado @samsambado.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Bats are often thought of as ecosystem providers, but to actually quantify the services bats provide, it’s essential to know where they’re foraging
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a large flock of birds are flying over a dirt field with a national geographic logo in the corner
ALT: a large flock of birds are flying over a dirt field with a national geographic logo in the corner
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