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Workshops and Short-Term Scientific Missions enable training, mobility, and the development of new skills, promoting collaborations that inspire and sustain continued research on wildlife malaria. Check the last interview here 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd53...

Meet WIMANET members - Jenny Dunn (Chair of WIMANET)

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As Chair, she sees the network as a unique opportunity to bring people together and foster meaningful scientific exchange 🌍 She highlights the importance of having conversations in person 🤝 and emphasises the value of providing funding opportunities for younger researchers 💶🧑‍🎓

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Dr. @jennycdunn.bsky.social research at Keele University (UK) focuses on avian haemosporidian parasites 🦠, with particular emphasis on parasite diversity, host–parasite coevolution📊, and the impacts of infection on hosts 🐦🕊️🐦‍⬛

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We have the pleasure to present to you the Chair of #WiMaNet in the last episode of the interviews 🎙📷 recorded during the second #WIMANET workshop held in Lithuania, about what our members do! 📰🆕 #meetWIMANETmembers

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He also values the training opportunities and inclusive approach as a great opportunity for young researchers 👩‍🎓🧑‍🎓 to build skills, gain visibility, and join an international and diverse scientific community 🦟🔬🦠🌍 Check it here 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv-P...

Meet WIMANET members - Dr. Alfonso Marzal (Vice-Action Chair)

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He highlights his experience in WIMANET as highly positive 👍, emphasising the opportunity to connect 🌐, communicate 📢📩 and collaborate with researchers from diverse backgrounds and scientific approaches 🤝 due to the network's international nature🗺️🌍

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This interview features Dr. @alfonsomarzal.bsky.social, Professor of Zoology at the University of Extremadura (Spain) and Vice-Action Chair of @wimanet.bsky.social!

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Meet our Vice-Action chair in this new episode of the interviews 🎙📷 recorded during the second #WIMANET workshop held in Lithuania, about what our members do! 📰🆕 #meetWIMANETmembers

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This interview features Dr. @AlfonsoMarzal, Professor of Zoology at the University of Extremadura (Spain) and Vice-Action Chair of @WIMANETscience!

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Meet WIMANET members - Dr. Edward Netherlands

He believes that putting faces to names, visiting labs, and receiving advice can help accelerate scientific progress 📈🔬🤝 Check his interview here 👉 youtu.be/884GybUJVn8

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He values collaboration toward shared scientific goals and highlights the importance of engaging with summer school students 🎓and fellow researchers 👨‍🏫👩‍🏫 through exchanges, questions, and learning from experienced scientists.

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This interview features Dr. #EdwardNetherlands , Senior Lecturer at the University of the Free State (South Africa), whose research combines herpetology 🦎, parasitology 🦠, and ecology, with a focus on blood parasites in reptiles and amphibians 🐸 and their interactions↔️

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From the south of the world, we present another episode of the interviews 🎙📷 recorded during the second #WIMANET workshop held in Lithuania, about what our members do! 📰🆕 #meetWIMANETmembers

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She emphasises #WiMaNet value for collaboration across disciplines and career stages 🤝 offering opportunities to gain experience, share research, and build networks 📈💯 Check it here 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwQl...

Meet WIMANET members - Dr. Marcela Suárez-Rubio

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Recently, she has incorporated parasites🦠into her research, studying the effects of global change on the transmission of haemosporidian parasites 🦟 She joined #WG4 and attended a summer school with intensive training in haematology and parasite identification 🔬👩‍🎓

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We are pleased to present to you Dr. #MarcelaSuárezRubio, Senior Researcher at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna, with years of experience in landscape ecology 🏞️🌆🛣️ focusing on spatio-temporal patterns and the processes shaping ecosystems 🗺️⏳

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WiMaNet @wimanet.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Here is another episode of the interviews 🎙📷 recorded during the second #WIMANET workshop held in Lithuania, about what our members do! 📰🆕 #meetWIMANETmembers

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#WiMaNet members, if you have planned to apply for funding for the workshop, then you have to submit your abstract in order to send it with the application by the 16th of April! 📆

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📆❗REMINDER! You have until the 16th of April to apply for reimbursement for any of the three events of #WiMaNet: 1️⃣The pre-conference summer school: bsky.app/profile/wima... 2️⃣ The conference: bsky.app/profile/wima... 3️⃣ The summer school: bsky.app/profile/wima...

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She claims that #WiMaNet has helped her exchange ideas♻️, connect with new colleagues 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬, and gain additional motivation for her research as a PhD student 💪🎓 Check it here 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRKa...

Meet WIMANET members - Misa Shimizu

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As #WiMaNet member, Misa received a Short-Term Scientific Mission (STSM) grant that allowed her to carry out a research stay in the UK in @jennycdunn.bsky.social's lab 🤝🌐

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Meet #MisaShimizu from Japan, a 2º year PhD student at the Nature Research Centre in Lithuania studying avian haemosporidian parasites from The Gambia 🌍. She uses both microscopy 🔬& molecular 🧬 techniques to study parasite diversity and host–parasite relationships, focusing on Haemoproteus species 🦠

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New interview 🎙🎥 recorded during the second #WIMANET workshop held in Lithuania, about what our members do!📰🆕 With a new PhD student! #meetWIMANETmembers

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Meet WIMANET members - Dr. Carolina Chagas (WG3 Co-lead)

She highlights the importance of attending conferences, actively participating in scientific networks and building collaborations. These advance research and opens new opportunities for researchers at all stages of their careers. Check it here 👉 youtu.be/J0O33kKMATc?...

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She plays a very important role in #WIMANET 🤝 Carolina contributed to the organisation of the last WIMANET Summer School in Vilnius and participated in an STSM in Seville (Spain), which helped develop a scientific paper and start planning the next Summer School in Spain 🗓️📝

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We are happy to present to you Dr. #CarolinaChagas, Senior Researcher at the Nature Research Centre in Vilnius and the co-leader of WG3 🦟 Her research focuses on vector–parasite relationships🦟↔️🦠, spatio-temporal variation🌐♻️, and the diversity of haemosporidian parasites 📈

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WiMaNet @wimanet.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Today we have the sixth interview 🎙🎥 recorded during the second #WIMANET workshop held in Lithuania about what our members do 📰🆕 #meetWIMANETmembers

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If as #WIMANET member, you are preparing the funding application for the conference, this information may be relevant to you! ⚠️ And remember that you should be registered for the conference! 📝

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WiMaNet @wimanet.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

PLEASE! ⚠️ If you are a #WIMANET member, in order to apply for funding, remember you should be registered for the conference!

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WiMaNet @wimanet.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

You can find 🆕 information 📣 regarding the registration and abstract submission for the @wildlifecongress26.bsky.social! 📝📩

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In this interview, Erika highlights the importance of collaboration in science and strongly advocates for the active participation of non-European researchers and young scientists in international networks. Find it by yourself 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIcE...

Meet WIMANET members - Dr. Erika Braga

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They expanded their research: 1) including malaria parasites in reptiles, conducting pioneering studies on their prevalence and diversity in these hosts 🐊 and 2) investigating plasma biomarkers in birds and their association with coinfections, such as filarial parasites 🪱🪶

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Meet Dr. #ErikaBraga, Professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais in Brazil and leader of an interdisciplinary malaria research group. For more than 20 years, they have been studying haemosporidian parasites in a wide range of wild species across different ecosystems 🌳🏜️🏝️🏔️

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Today we continue with the interviews 🎙🎥 recorded during the second #WIMANET workshop held in Lithuania, about what our members do!📰🆕 With a special member from across the ocean! #meetWIMANETmembers

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wimanet-science.github.io

The call for applications for the Wildlife Malaria Network Summer Training School will be open from 16th March 2026 and close on 16th April 2026 ⚠️📆 You can check the conditions here 👉 wimanet-science.github.io/web/news/202...

Funding for vector training school

Open call to join the WIMANET training school in Spain

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3️⃣ 3rd WIMANET summer school, 7th - 11th September, Doñana, Spain. It will consist of five days of lectures and practical activities designed to introduce students to a broad range of research activities and skills related to vector capture and identification, and bioinformatics analysis 🦟🧬👩‍💻

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wildlifeparasiteco.wixsite.com

⚠️ Applicants must have registered for the conference via the conference website before 16th April ‼️📆 Do it at the conference web 👉 wildlifeparasiteco.wixsite.com/vii-internat...

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wimanet-science.github.io

⚠️ This will be a #hybrid event. The call for funding applications will open on 16th March 2026 and close on 16th April 2026 📆 Read more here 👉 wimanet-science.github.io/web/news/202...

Funding for Workshop in Spain

Open call to join the 3rd WIMANET workshop

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2️⃣ VII International Conference of Malaria and other blood Parasites of Wildlife & VI International Symposium of Wildlife Diseases Research Network, 2nd - 5th September, Badajoz. 🎟️ You can find more information about the conference here: @wildlifecongress26.bsky.social

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wimanet-science.github.io

The call for applications for the Wildlife Malaria Network pre-conference Summer Training School will be open from 16th March 2026 and close on 16th April 2026 ⚠️📆 You can check the conditions here 👉 wimanet-science.github.io/web/news/202...

Funding for phylogenomics training school

Open call to join the WIMANET trining school in Spain

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