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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 30/09/2026

This week marked #WorldRabiesDay. However, our researchers work every day in the fight against the disease. Learn more about how they are collaborating both here in Glasgow and Tanzania in the efforts against #rabies www.cabidigitallibrary.org/do/10.5555/b...

People queuing with dogs in a rural location with trees and building structures in the background

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 09/09/2026

A new study, led by @khampson.bsky.social has found that expanding dog vaccination is the most effective and cost-effective way to eliminate rabies deaths in people in Kerala, India 👉https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_1290403_en.html #OneHealth #Rabies #Vaccination

Two stray dogs of mixed breed standing outdoors in a yard

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 29/07/2026

A new study led by SBOHVM's Kevin Parsons & Matthew Brachmann and published in Nature Communications reveals that a genetic adaptation to living in warmer waters causes fish to be obese. 👉https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/bohvm/about/news/headline_1284829_en.html www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 18/06/2026

Are you attending this year's Royal Highland Show? Come and visit our stand in a new location on the 7th Avenue. Meet with our vets and find out what it's like to study veterinary medicine at our stunning Garscube campus in Glasgow. #WorldChangingGlasgow #TeamUofG #VeterinaryMedicine

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 12/05/2026

Last week, we dedicated our Friday Social in the Zoology Museum to David Attenborough. Happy 100th birthday, Sir David! 🎉 Sir David officially opened the refurbished Zoology Museum 40 years ago -pictured below with our then Head of Department, Keith Vickerman. #Attenborough100

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 23/04/2026

On Tuesday research staff and students came together for a full day of talks, discussion and networking. Around 170 colleagues attended enjoying a varied and engaging programme. An impressive snapshot of the breadth of research activity and the remarkable achievements across our community!

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 09/04/2026

Congratulations to Andrew Brownlow and team @strandings.bsky.social on the renewal of the Marine Directorate contract. The funding will support this vital project for the next 5 years. Learn more - www.gla.ac.uk/schools/bohv... strandings.org #strandings #marinestrandings

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 27/03/2026

🍃Upcoming engaging and informal workshop to explore the many benefits of green prescribing. Alongside this, we’re keen to hear ideas and insights. What would you like to see from a space like this? Your input will help shape a resource designed for the whole community.

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 12/03/2026

Our veterinary researchers are undertaking a new study in corgis to better understand Degenerative myelopathy, a debilitating disease of the spinal cord. Our team is looking for owners of registered dogs with signs of the condition to participate. Read the full story @ www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

Archie, the charming Pembroke Welsh Corgi

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 10/03/2026

New @strandings.bsky.social Marine Directorate Report has published new findings about a stranding of 55 pilot whales on the Isle of Lewis in 2023. It is now understood that the pod had been following a female having a difficult birth. Read more - 👉ziply.pk/ktlzq8 👉ziply.pk/ZILGZ2

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 27/02/2026

🆕@SBOHVM Researchers contributing to The Scottish Government's Natural Enviroment (Scotland) Bill. ➡️https://www.parliament.scot/bills-and-laws/bills/s6/natural-environment-scotland-bill ➡️https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/bohvm/about/news/headline_1249051_en.html

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 04/02/2026

We are delighted to announce that @pimientoc.bsky.social will be giving this year's Darwin Day Lecture. Her talk on the causes and consequences of extinctions in the oceans will be held on 11 February in GKT1 from 4-5pm. This will be followed by cheese and wine in the Zoology Museum. All welcome.

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 04/02/2026

@shaunkillen.bsky.social has received £980,000 UKRI funding to lead a new project which aims to improve fish welfare in the global ornamental fish trade, while strengthening incomes for traditional fishing communities in the Brazilian Amazon. www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 22/01/2026

Congratulations to Sofie Spatharis, Anna McGregor and Martin Llewellyn, who've been awarded a Farmed Animal and Aquaculture SPARK Award of £15,000 for a new project that will use state-of-the-art mobile marine shellfish hatchery lab developed by SBOHVM. iuk-business-connect.org.uk/opportunitie...

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 20/01/2026

The British Veterinary Association has presented the prestigious BVA Outstanding Service Award (Chiron Award) to Dr Rachel Dean at the annual BVA Awards. The award recognises contributions to veterinary science of international or interprofessional recognition. Congratulations Rachel!

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 20/10/2025

A big thank you to all the staff and 3rd year Zoology and Marine & Freshwater Biology students who took part in the marine biology field course at FSC Millport! @dommccafferty.bsky.social @tashamilne.bsky.social @uofgmvls.bsky.social

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 09/10/2025

We would like to extend a very warm welcome to SBOHVM's new postgraduate students! We at SBOHVM wish you all great success in the coming years with us. @uofgmvls.bsky.social

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 29/09/2025

The School is devastated to receive the news that Professor Os Jarrett has passed following a short illness. We have lost another bright star from our Glasgow Veterinary family. He will be fondly remembered as a generous, kind, smart, humble and wickedly funny man and will be greatly missed.

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 26/09/2025

Huge congratulations to staff across the School on some fantastic league table announcements this week. This morning, we received notification that the School has been ranked number one for both Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026.

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 18/09/2025

SBOHVM's @poppylamberton.bsky.social @lamberton-lab.bsky.social and partners will lead a global collaboration to tackle #Schistosomiasis Read the full story @ gla.ac.uk/schools/bohv... Also watch an interview with Poppy👉https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t62CHi4daTY #tropicaldiseases #OneHealth

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 26/08/2025

@drheatherferg.bsky.social, Fredros Okumu (Ifakara Health Institute) and partners receive €6.1M EU Horizon/EDCTP funding to support the launch of the first mosquito observatory network in Africa. 👉https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_1206540_en.html #mosquitoes #mosquitobornediseases #onehealth

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 22/08/2025

This summer, 10 of our Zoology & Marine and Freshwater Biology BSc Honours students packed their bags, grabbed their field kits, and headed out on unforgettable research adventures. Learn more about what they've been up to 👉 www.gla.ac.uk/schools/bohv... #WorldChangingGlasgow

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 18/08/2025

Owners and breeders of puppies who sign up to the @dogstrust.bsky.social Generation Pup study are being asked to take part in a groundbreaking project run in collaboration with our School. To take part, visit generationpup.ac.uk #dogstrust #animalwelfare #dogs #DogLovers

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 24/07/2025

Applications for the ‪@humanimaltrust.bsky.social‬ 2025 Connections Award are NOW OPEN! The £10,000 fund is open to both professionals and students to drive ethical research that benefits animals and humans. Apply by 18 August 2025. For more info, visit: humanimaltrust.org.uk/one-medicine...

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 16/07/2025

Professor Christopher Loughrey, Head of SBOHVM and Professor Lisa Boden, Head of the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and Dean of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, have been appointed as Vice-Chairs of the Veterinary Schools Council. www.gla.ac.uk/schools/bohv...

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 19/06/2025

Come and visit the School’s stand if you are attending the Royal Highland Show this week! We are situated on Avenue H (across from Avenue 8) in the Agriculture Area along from Ingliston House - it's the same spot as usual if you have been to the Show previously! #sbohvm #mvls

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 10/06/2025

Calling all dog owners! We're currently conducting a research project at the University of Glasgow exploring how early social environments—such as staying with littermates or joining single- vs. multi-dog households—shape puppies' behaviour and stress resilience during their first year of life.

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 05/06/2025

🎓A big congratulations to Leonidas Spathis on the successful defence of his PhD thesis: “A comparative approach to identify potential control targets for filarial nematode infections. ” 🦠

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 29/05/2025

In the final video from our ‘What Our PGR Students Say’ series this week, meet Nic Strowbridge. Nic is studying for his PhD in Evolutionary Biology at the University of Glasgow. See our YouTube to watch the full video! #universityofglasgow #MVLS #SBOHVM #phd #phdlife #biology #research

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 28/05/2025

What our PGR students say: Meshach @meshachlee.bsky.social Meshach Lee is a PhD student at the University of Glasgow studying the impact of climate change on mosquito-borne diseases. #universityofglasgow #MVLS #SBOHVM #PhD #phdlife #ecology #amazonrainforest

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 23/05/2025

🎓Congratulations to Dr Rachel Reid for passing her Viva this week! 🎉 📄 Viva title: ‘Assessing the Impacts of Urbanisation and Artificial Light at Night (ALAN) on Avian Health using both meta-analysis and experimental methods.’💡🦜

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 15/05/2025

🎓Congratulations to Dr Yacob Haddou for passing his Viva last week! 🎉 📄Viva title: ‘Delayed Ecological Responses to Landscape Changes.’🏞️

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 30/04/2025

Detailed migration maps can inform infrastructure projects and conservation planning to protect over 5 million migratory animals.

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 29/04/2025

🎓Big Congratulations to Dr Hollie French for passing her Viva yesterday! 🎉 📄Thesis: ‘Genomic Surveillance and Biogeography of Vampire Bat Rabies in Central America and Mexico.’ 🦇🦠and thank you to her supervisor: @danielstreicker.bsky.social

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 23/04/2025

New research from the Ifakara Health Institute, Prof Fedros Okumu and @baldini-francesco.bsky.social. New species of mosquito found on the Coast of East Africa www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl... #mosquito #vectorbornedisease #malaria

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 23/04/2025

Can farriery help prevent and resolve subtle lameness? Weipers Equine Hospital is investigating... glasgowequine.co.uk/improving-un...

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 03/04/2025

🎉Big congratulations to Dr Dennis Minja Goodluck for passing his Viva last Friday! 🎓 📄Thesis: “The influence of anthropogenic activities on cheetah space use and hunting successes across a landscape of coexistence” 🐆

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 24/03/2025

📓👩‍🏫Excellent day of presentations and discussions between members of SBOHVM and the Moredun Research Institute. Lots of common ground and complementary expertise for new and exciting research collaborations!

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 21/03/2025

🎓Big congratulations to Matt Arnold (@matt-arnold-bio.bsky.social ) for passing his Viva yesterday!🎉 📑 Thesis: “Assessing and predicting viral diversity and cross-species transmission at the global and metapopulation scales" 🐳🐋🐬🦠 @simonab.bsky.social Daniel Streicker @nardusmollentze.bsky.social

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 19/03/2025

The School has retained its position in the top quartile in the 2025 QS World Rankings, the leading global provider of specialist higher education and careers information, reaffirming our place as one of the top vet schools in the world. #veterinarymedicine

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 14/03/2025

💡New Researcher Spotlight Article!💡 For our next Researcher Spotlight article, Dr. Samuel Duncan (@sammydunk.bsky.social) details his career in research as well as his work in the field of parasitology. Read here: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/bohv...

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 06/03/2025

To celebrate IWD2025 this Saturday, we explored the Challenges and Experiences of South Asian Women in Higher Education in the UK. A huge thank you to Dr Azra Meadows for such an insightful talk. Continue the conversation to lasting change! #AccelerateChange

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 05/03/2025

Are you a PhD student with an interest in Machine learning and AI? Get involved in our community on 10 March @12PM in ARC 237A 👇 #AI

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 07/02/2025

💡New Researcher Spotlight Post!💡 In our first installment of this year, Research Fellow Nai Rui Chng (@nairuichng.bsky.social) talks us through his work in disease ecology, One Health and Planetary Health. Read here: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/bohv...

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 05/02/2025

We're excited to announce that this year's SBOHVM Darwin Day speaker is University of Edinburgh vertebrate palaeontologist and best-selling author Steve Brusatte! (@stevebrusatte.bsky.social).

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 17/01/2025

We are very pleased to welcome the next speaker in our seminar series, Dr. Bushra Schuitemaker from BIOME9 and Quadram Institute Biosciences! 🗣️"One Health: A Zoologist's Perspective" 📅Wed 22nd January, 1pm 🏢McCall Lecture Theatre 😊All staff and students are warmly invited

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 19/12/2024

💡New Researcher Spotlight! 💡 Our final Researcher Spotlight article of the year focuses on PhD student Erin Johnston (@erin-eco1.bsky.social) In this article, Erin details her research on the xenosurveillance of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) in the Philippines via the mosquito vector.

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 16/12/2024

🎓Congratulations to Dr Mohammad Saiful Islam Sajib for defending his PhD last Friday! 🎉 📃Thesis: 'Rapid sequencing-based detection of bacterial species and their antimicrobial resistance genes for improved patient outcomes in bloodstream infections.'🦠🩸

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 12/12/2024

⛰️📷Some great photos here from SBOHVM's Dan Haydon taken atop the Càrn Mòr Dearg Arête! The first image showing Ben Nevis, and the second a dazzling Fata Morgana! (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fata_Mo... )

An image of a fata morgana taken from the Càrn Mòr Dearg Arête

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