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

Glasgow University has been ranked by the Guardian as the best UK university for Zoology for the fourth year in a row! See more here: www.theguardian.com/education/ng...

Glasgow university’s Zoology degree retains its top position in the Guardian university 2026 rankings, for the 4th year in a row! @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @uofgmvls.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/theg...

New paper out in Royal Society Open Science: Biodiversity is the common factor for juvenile nursery habitat for 3 commercially important species. Marine protection should focus on whole-site health, not just individual features @davemarinebio.glasgow.ac.uk @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk doi.org/10.1098/rsos...

🚨New Paper🚨 Excited to share my latest @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk PhD research with @strandings.bsky.social which used machine learning to reveal patterns in harbour porpoise pathology, showing how necropsy data can provide population level insights into cetacean health 👉 doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

STOCKWORKER POSITION AVAILABLE Scottish Centre of Production Animal Health & Food Safety, SBOHVM, UofG Garscube Campus Vacancy now live on GU &Find a Job: GU link – www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/stockwor... FAJ link – findajob.dwp.gov.uk/details/1711... Closing date: 23 Sept #sbohvm #MVLS

New research paper featuring members of SBOHVM! "Disentangling transport and trophic effects of animal movement on environmental parasite abundance" Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...

Did you catch our recent radio interviews with @drheatherferg.bsky.social , @rachlenn.bsky.social and Dr Andrew Brownlow (both @strandings.bsky.social. Catch them while you can 👂 Heather www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (18:45) Rachel 33 mins/Andrew 1hr47mins www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (17:47)

Amig@s! I'm very excited to bring you a new FREE event to help you come back to your focus and writing routine after the summer 🎊 Join us for 4 days of live classes, Q&A, and co-working time. Click on the 📸 to sign up! #AcademicSky #ECRchat #AcWri #NewPI ifocusandwrite.lpages.co/bootcamp-sep...

Report of the 18th @who.int Strategic Technical Advisory Group mtg on #NTDs now out Includes updates/recommendations on -Regional progress on Road Map targets -M&E, access to medicines & supply chain issues Privilege to chair this mtg, thx to all participants #BeatNTDs www.who.int/publications...

We had a great lab outing to the #HighlandWildlifePark, hearing all about the wildcat breeding for release project. We’re pleased that #VeterinaryDiagnosticServices can help. @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk‬ ‪@highlandwpark.bsky.social‬ @saveourwildcats.bsky.social‬ #ScottishWildcat #Conservation

Super excited to be part of this new initiative led by Prof Fredros Okumu, with Ifakara Health Institute, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, University of the Witwatersrand, Fundação Manhiça Mozambique, University of Eduardo Mondlane, KEMRI, University of Nairobi & the Technical University of Kenya ⬇️

@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

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

How does urbanisation affect isotopic niche in blue tit adults and nestlings? See the latest work by Ana Navarro, Davide Dominoni @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk and colleagues - doi.org/10.1080/1025... #stableisotopeecology

Why do strandings happen? And why are we seeing a surge? Our team @strandings.bsky.social in a new @nature.com paper (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) led by PhD student @rachlenn.bsky.social tell us why. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🐬🐳 Check out our new paper lead by our @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk PhD student @rachlenn.bsky.social which looks at trends in cetacean strandings over the past 30 years. 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41... All thanks to decades of reports from volunteers and the public!

To mark #WMD2025, the APMEN is hosting an important webinar to highlight the growing threat of #mosquito-borne diseases. Prof Fredros Okumu (SBOHVM & Ifakara Health Institute) is a keynote speaker. Register @ tiny.cc/WMD25 #WorldMosquitoDay #WMD2025 #VectorControl #APMEN #OneHealth

A year of hard work, passion, and dedication! Our MSc students in Conservation at @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk shared the findings of their final projects last Friday. Inspiring talks and brilliant science from a fantastic cohort! 👏🌿📊

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

🚨 We're Hiring Veterinary Nurses! 🐾 Join the amazing team at the Small Animal Hospital, University of Glasgow and take your nursing career to the next level! More info here: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/veterina... #MVLS #SBOHVM

Drs Fredros Okumu, Joel Odero, Derek Charlwood, Bart Knols & April Monroe discuss safeguarding #malaria control gains in #Africa through #species #sanitation & #structural #resilience. @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk‬ @uofglasgow.bsky.social‬ @swisstph.ch‬ @unibas.ch www.cell.com/trends/paras...

A labour of love. Congrats to Calum & colleagues for 6 years of research being recognized by their publication in eLife. The groups discovered that the gene DIO3 is essential for circannual timing in mammals. Work funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...

@mariel-td.bsky.social discusses the Beach Track App and explains how members of the public are helping us to monitor Scotland's marine life. For more information please visit www.beachtrack.org and download the app. youtu.be/48SCr-x6uNQ?...

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...

New Naturally Speaking Blog! "On the Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond" Read here: naturallyspeaking.blog/2025/07/23/o...

We have a 12 month Marine and Freshwater teaching position in our School. www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer... Closing date 11th August. Interest in teaching on our Tropical Marine Biology course, would be great, but not essential. @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk Questions to @jlindstrom.bsky.social

💡New Researcher Spotlight Article!💡 This time for researcher spotlight, Infectious Disease Ecology theme leader and OHRBID lab member Dr. Taya Forde (@tayaforde.bsky.social‬) talks us through her research in the field of bacterial infectious diseases. Read here: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/bohv...

New Naturally Speaking Blog! Fieldwork Diary #7: Straniger Alm Read here: naturallyspeaking.blog/2025/07/10/f...

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...

Excited to share Sayantan's latest publication! The group found prolactin enhanced N-cadherin expression in the convoluted tubules and increased kidney volume. The findings show water stability is regulated by prolactin. @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @physiologyuog.bsky.social academic.oup.com/endo/advance...

New work by Joel Odero #IfakaraHealthInstitute @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk Genomic evidence of spatially structured gene flow and divergent insecticide resistance backgrounds of the malaria vector Anopheles funestus in Tanzania academic.oup.com/genetics/adv...

Congratulations to the FIVE new PhD Graduates from the #Ifakara Health Institute, #Tanzania & @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk Dr Najat Kahamba Dr Joel Odero Dr Emmanuel Mwanga Dr Issa Mshani Dr Andrea Kipingu Future for #malaria control looks bright -so proud of you

New paper led by Joel Odero from the #VectorsGlasgow team in @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk and #IfakaraHealthInstitute ⬇️ Genomic evidence of spatially structured gene flow and divergent insecticide resistance backgrounds of the malaria vector Anopheles funestus in Tanzania academic.oup.com/genetics/art...

🚨 PhD opportunity! Join us at @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk to explore how forest restoration & rewilding shape tick-borne disease risk across Scotland 🇬🇧 and the Italian Dolomites 🇮🇹. Fieldwork, modelling, One Health focus. Apply by 28 July 2025 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

🎓Another reason to come study at @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk? You might end up on a PGT/PGR writing retreat at @sceneuog.bsky.social, right on the stunning shores of Loch Lomond ✍️🌊🌳

Looking forward to participating in this webinar organized by the @rcpedin.bsky.social next month, focusing on #OneHealth and the #Environment. I'll discuss our work on impacts of #climatechange on #vector-borne diseases @mosquitoscotland.bsky.social @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk Details for registration 🔽

Great to be at @uofgjmsphd.bsky.social conference with PhD students from @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @meshachlee.bsky.social, Valerio Lhamine, Shennice Knight & Rose Kitoyi. Inspiring to hear about the research, impact and community this programme is building. Exactly what good #ResearchCulture should be.

Interesting new study presents a meta-analysis of mosquito feeding patterns based on DNA-based blood meal identification. Especially well done to lead author @meshachlee.bsky.social on his 'first' 1st author paper! @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @uofgjmsphd.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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

💡New Researcher Spotlight Article!💡 In our latest Researcher Spotlight article, PhD student Holly Niven (@hollyniven.bsky.social‬) details her work in modelling the population dynamics of seabirds across the UK. Read here: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/bohv... #MVLS #SBOHVM

New Naturally Speaking blog! "A symbiotic relationship? Ecological modelling and field ecology" Read here: naturallyspeaking.blog/2025/06/10/a...

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.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Alumni Dinner 2025 will be held on Sat 25 Oct 25 for graduates in a year ending 5 or 0. Booking available mid-July. The Alumni Dinner 2026 is Sat 24 Oct 26 for graduates in a year ending 6 or 1 Contact Caroline Hutchinson on 0141 330 5704/[email protected]

🎓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. ” 🦠

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

An amazing week with the FarmAquaNet team, launching our project studying AMR in the aquatic environment in north-east Thailand. Excited to be working with this talented multi-disciplinary team for the next 3 years! farmaquanet-o3fsf.pyxl.ai @ukri.org @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @nairuichng.bsky.social

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

In the first of our 'What our PGR Students Say' series this week, meet Mar. @marpineda.bsky.social Mar Pineda is a PhD student in the School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine at the University of Glasgow. #universityofglasgow #MVLS #SBOHVM #PhD youtu.be/O0LhSrBtyc0?...

🎓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.’💡🦜