Hein Sprong @ticklethetick.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Is there already a website available for registration? 110
Hein Sprong @ticklethetick.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Nothing wrong with AI: I have seen those ones before... Maybe AI knows something we don't... 010
Hein Sprong @ticklethetick.bsky.social · 07/01/2025The largest land use change in Europe is woodland expansion. Our study shows that this could lead to higher tick densities and Lyme disease hazard. We also show that an environmental solution could be to control deer populations. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.comWoodland expansion and deer management shape tick abundance and Lyme disease hazardWoodland expansion may eventually, once the trees mature, increase the risk of ticks and Lyme disease. However, controlling deer populations could be a solution to mitigate this issue. 030
Hein Sprong @ticklethetick.bsky.social · 05/01/2025Guess what I asked AI to make an alphabet from ? 120
Hein Sprong @ticklethetick.bsky.social · 22/12/2024I completely agree with that. Also, scientist need more time to make mistakes (and lesten from them). 050
Hein Sprong @ticklethetick.bsky.social · 17/12/2024And they even have artistick ticks!!! Great database for pictures for figures/presentations ! 000
Hein Sprong @ticklethetick.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Tick dragging under sub-optimal conditions.... 000
Hein Sprong @ticklethetick.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Indeed: never see this in the Methods sections of a paper 200
Reposted by Hein SprongHeather Ferguson @drheatherferg.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Powerful closing remarks by Dr Savo Heleta on need to advocate for rebuilding higher education IN Gaza, "Scholarship aid remains very important, particularly for displaced people, but emptying Gaza of it's students and scholars is not a solution". Thinking of Dr #RefaatAlareer 011
Hein Sprong @ticklethetick.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Does anybody know how many chromosomes Dermacentor reticulatus ticks have? Preferably with a reference..... 020
Reposted by Hein SprongbioRxiv Genomics @biorxiv-genomic.bsky.social · 14/03/2024The repetitive genome of the Ixodes ricinus tick reveals transposable elements have driven genome evolution in ticks www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202… biorxiv.orgThe repetitive genome of the Ixodes ricinus tick reveals transposable elements have driven genome evolution in ticks https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.03.13.584159v1 Ticks are obligate blood-feeding parasites associated with a huge diversity of diseases globally. Th 043
Hein Sprong @ticklethetick.bsky.social · 07/12/2024Rickettsiella bacteria possess metabolic traits involved in symbiotic interactions with arthropods. Strikingly, one (of the two) Rickettsiella species present in Ixodes ricinus ticks might be infectious to humans. Whether it causes disease needs further investigation. doi.org/10.1101/2024... 001
Hein Sprong @ticklethetick.bsky.social · 07/12/2024Is there a possibility to put a "Yikes" button under your posts, please 😬? 000
Hein Sprong @ticklethetick.bsky.social · 06/12/2024By sequencing and comparing the genomes of Borrelia miyamotoi from Asia, N-America & Europe, we got insights into the genetic basis of the variaton in vector competence, virulence, and pathogenesis of this tick-borne pathogen. doi.org/10.1016/j.is... 020
Hein Sprong @ticklethetick.bsky.social · 06/12/2024By studying the genomes of Arsenophonus bacteria, we are trying to understand the genetics underlying horizontal (mostly pathogens) and vertical (mostly symbionts) transmission. doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... 000
Hein Sprong @ticklethetick.bsky.social · 06/12/2024We sequenced Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes inopinatus, just to find out that they are genetically highly similar: it remains a mystery what causes the morphological differences. doi.org/10.1016/j.cr... 030
Hein Sprong @ticklethetick.bsky.social · 03/12/2024does UK stands for United Kingdom or United Kingdoms? If the latter, then The Netherlands 👑 would love to join this meeting! 300
