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Jocelyn Poissant @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Gut microbes may help wild horses evolve to survive harsh Canadian winters | Science News | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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Gut microbes may help wild horses evolve to survive harsh Canadian winters

Study is first to show that the bacteria in an animal’s gut can give it an evolutionary leg up

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Dr. Aurelia Strauß @aureliastrauss.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Thanks to @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social for awarding me the Best Landscape Photo! Picking a photo was a tough choice as Sable Island offers so many stunning views 🌊 Stay tuned for more photos from Sable, with the upcoming field season starting 13 July 🐴 @sihorses.bsky.social

Certificate of award for best landscape photo, with CSEE notebook on the right

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Jocelyn Poissant @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

If you are interested in fitness and microbiomes in wild animals, you should definitely check this one out. New @sihorses.bsky.social preprint by @mstothart.bsky.social

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Sable Island Horse Project @sihorses.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

First in-person, multi-institution Summit since COVID in the books. Long overdue... Great to reconnect, with plenty of catching up and productive discussions with @aureliastrauss.bsky.social @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social @victoriacrozier.bsky.social @mickyahn.bsky.social @weronikaklecel.bsky.social

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Jocelyn Poissant @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

And also @mickyahn.bsky.social for his honourable mention @sihorses.bsky.social photo 😍🐴

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Dr. Aurelia Strauß @aureliastrauss.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Time to complete the move and introduce myself to 🦋: I am a behavioural ecologist and just started as postdoc at the lab of @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social at UCalgary. I will work on microbiome-behaviour interactions in wild 🐎 @sihorses.bsky.social 🐎 hence, my profil picture will be updated soon 🐦‍⬛➡️🐎

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Jocelyn Poissant @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Congratulation to Dr. Julie Colpitts 👩‍🎓 for (very) successfully defending her PhD thesis on genomic variation in @sihorses.bsky.social today 🎉🎉 And a big thank you to co-supervisor Philip McLoughlin and external examiner @colingarroway.bsky.social

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Micky (Sangwook) Ahn @mickyahn.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Hello! I'm Micky, a PhD Candidate at the University of Calgary studying the ecology and evolution of parasites in Sable Island horses using DNA metabarcoding. I spent 3 summers on a deserted island as a glorified poop picker and amateur horse photographer.

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Micky (Sangwook) Ahn @mickyahn.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

The first paper from my PhD is out in Parasitology! Using DNA metabarcoding, I show patterns of parasite infection in Sable Island horses! It's open access, so go check it out! doi.org/10.1017/S003...

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Mixed strongyle parasite infections vary across host age and space in a population of feral horses | Parasitology | Cambridge Core

Mixed strongyle parasite infections vary across host age and space in a population of feral horses

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Victoria ☕️ @victoriacrozier.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I guess I should reintroduce myself! I’m a PhD candidate on the @sihorses.bsky.social project at @usask.bsky.social, and did my MSc on the Ram Mountain bighorn sheep project at @usherbrooke.bsky.social Currently working on density-dependent carry-over effects on SI horse life history traits

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Sable Island Horse Project @sihorses.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

🦋 intro: The Sable Island project is a long-term individual-based study of feral/wild 🐴 in 🇨🇦. >1500 horses have been monitored yearly since 2007 (current pop size ~500). Research focusses primarily on the causes and consequences of ecological and individual variation. #ecology #evolution #consgen

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Sable Island Horse Project @sihorses.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

We’re still marooned on Sable Island, but at least the sky’s putting on its happy face. So, it’s official: the only thing more trapped than us right now are those who haven't migrated to 🦋! Follow us for updates from the long-term study on the ecology, evolution and conservation of Sable Island 🐴

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