Amy Russell π³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈβππ¨π¦πΊπ¦
@amyrussell.bsky.social
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Bat biologist, molecular ecologist, knitter, baker
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Dr Orly Razgour
about 2 months ago
Come to do a PhD with me,
@bfraser.bsky.social
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at the University of Exeter on using genomics to understand bat population declines under global environmental change π¦π§¬πππ§ͺ Application deadline 8 January 2026 β οΈβ οΈβ οΈ
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Applying genomic approaches to understand bat population declines. NERC GW4+ DTP PhD studentship for September 2026 Entry at University of Exeter on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Applying genomic approaches to understand bat population declines. NERC GW4+ DTP PhD studentship for September 2026 Entry at University of Exeter, listed on FindAPhD.com
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/applying-genomic-approaches-to-understand-bat-population-declines-nerc-gw4-dtp-phd-studentship-for-september-2026-entry/?p191250
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I made 2 pairs of socks with leftover bits of sock yarn over the last few weeks. Comfy and easy!
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Wrapping up 2025 with a new publication: Molecular versus microscopic analyses tell different stories of little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) diet in Alaska. Out in Acta Chiropterologica, with coauthors Veronica Brown, Esmarie Boyles, Gary McCracken, and Justin Boyles
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Jady Marmalade
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Happy Boxing Day
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Amy Russell π³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈβππ¨π¦πΊπ¦
Bat Conservation Trust
about 1 month ago
π¦Interested in a bat-related PhD? π Using genomics to understand bat population declines under global environmental change with
@orlyrazgour.bsky.social
,
@bfraser.bsky.social
and BCT, based at the University of Exeter. Application deadline 8 January 2026:
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Applying genomic approaches to understand bat population declines. NERC GW4+ DTP PhD studentship for September 2026 Entry at University of Exeter on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Applying genomic approaches to understand bat population declines. NERC GW4+ DTP PhD studentship for September 2026 Entry at University of Exeter, listed on FindAPhD.com
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/applying-genomic-approaches-to-understand-bat-population-declines-nerc-gw4-dtp-phd-studentship-for-september-2026-entry/?p191250
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Amy Russell π³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈβππ¨π¦πΊπ¦
Dr Orly Razgour
about 1 month ago
π¨ 2 PhD opportunities under Wessex One Health to join my group & work on: 1. Integrating bat and fungal pathogen ecology to understand epidemiology 2. AI-augmented metagenomics to map British bat virome and assess zoonotic potential Deadline 26 January 2026 π¦π§ͺπ¦ ππ
www.surrey.ac.uk/wessex-one-h...
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Available studentships| University of Surrey
18 fully funded studentships for October 2026 start: interdisciplinary infection bioscience training to address disease threats to human and animal health.
https://www.surrey.ac.uk/wessex-one-health-doctoral-landscape-programme/available-studentships
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Amy Russell π³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈβππ¨π¦πΊπ¦
Jady Marmalade
about 2 months ago
Just discovered
#TautonymTuesday
and thought it would be remiss to not mention this cutie, Mops mops, the Malayan free-tailed bat.
#MolossidsRule
#FreeTails
#WrinklyLips
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Amy Russell π³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈβππ¨π¦πΊπ¦
DΓ‘valos Lab
about 2 months ago
π§ͺNew
#OA
paper! Shrews are weird. They evolved a whole new immune organ the size of a kidney π«π€―! Led by Bill Thomas (who's on thee job market!), pancreas of Aselli was known to be packed with plasma cells at different stages
@bmc.springernature.com
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Gene expression reveals the pancreas of Aselli as a critical organ for plasma cell differentiation in the Eurasian common shrew - BMC Biology
Background Almost all mammals rely on the thymus and bone marrow to generate and differentiate B and T cells essential for adaptive immunity. A few members of the family Soricidae, or true shrews with...
https://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12915-025-02420-7
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Prof. Sharlene Santana
2 months ago
π¨π¦New paper alert! We integrate information across fields to highlight key traits associated with the diversification of
#bats
, their roles as evolutionary drivers, and their importance to global ecosystems: An Integrative Perspective on Bat Evolution
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An Integrative Perspective on Bat Evolution
Bats are one of the most widespread, species-rich, ecologically and morphologically diverse mammal lineages, and the only mammals capable of powered flight. Due to their evolution within the constrain...
https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-102723-045407
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I really miss when my job was just doing science. I went to a really interesting seminar today and successfully troubleshot an analysis and it was so nice to not be running off to multiple dumb meetings all day!
3 months ago
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Huzzah! My paper is accepted!
4 months ago
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Amy Russell π³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈβππ¨π¦πΊπ¦
Megan Power, PhD
7 months ago
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Two distinct host-specialized fungal species cause white-nose disease in bats - Nature
The identification of two cryptic species of the fungal pathogen that causes white-nose disease in bats highlights the need to integrate studies of genetic variability in pathogens into disease survei...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09060-5
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Amy Russell π³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈβππ¨π¦πΊπ¦
International Bat Research Conference 2025
8 months ago
Earlybird registrations for IBRC 2025 are now open until 8 June 2025 (11.59pm AEST; 9.59am EDT) Register here:
whova.com/portal/regis...
#ibrc2025
#bats
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Amy Russell π³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈβππ¨π¦πΊπ¦
Dr. Sabine Metzger π¦
8 months ago
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www.batcon.org/press/rare-l...
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Rare Livingstone's Fruit Bat Downlisted by IUCN - Bat Conservation International
GPS tagging and updated population data contributed to improved Red List status.
https://www.batcon.org/press/rare-livingstones-fruit-bat-downlisted-by-iucn/
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Amy Russell π³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈβππ¨π¦πΊπ¦
Alt National Park Service
9 months ago
Good luck today, Canada π¨π¦ elbows up!
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Amy Russell π³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈβππ¨π¦πΊπ¦
Bat Conservation Trust
9 months ago
These two biologists found purposeβand loveβtrying to save Nigeria's bats | Science | AAAS
www.science.org/content/arti...
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These two biologists found purposeβand loveβtrying to save Nigeria's bats
Benneth Obitte and Inoro Tanshiβs efforts have documented a major hot spot of African bat diversity
https://www.science.org/content/article/two-biologists-found-purpose-love-trying-save-nigerias-bats
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Amy Russell π³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈβππ¨π¦πΊπ¦
Franchesca Ramsey
9 months ago
hereβs a curse word free version of βlook it upβ as requested by countless teachers and librarians π₯°π
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Jady Marmalade
9 months ago
Thereβs this deeply-held belief that public virtue is so self-evidently the natural state of things, that once the fog dissipates, wayward people will organically return to communitarianism like water seeking its own level. Which, if youβve been around people, is just a bonkers thing to believe.
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Amy Russell π³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈβππ¨π¦πΊπ¦
Jim Pickard
9 months ago
chefβs kiss
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Why does every administrative office at my university feel the need to send out regular campus-wide emails about what theyβre up to? When did this become a thing?
10 months ago
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Blocking Jadyβs new sweater, with help from Marcy. Very proud of those sleeves!
12 months ago
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Amy Russell π³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈβππ¨π¦πΊπ¦
Rose Schmits
12 months ago
New pots available now!
www.roseschmits.com
Tentacle pots and a bunch of tentacle cups!
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Sola Balisane
about 1 year ago
Tank Girl for the New Year. We can be magnificent: we can turn this shit around. Brett Parson artist, and Alan Martin, writer, 2016.
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Amy Russell π³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈβππ¨π¦πΊπ¦
Erin Reed
about 1 year ago
"If a woman doesn't look woman enough to a Republican, they want to be able to inspect your genitals to use a bathroom? It's disgusting. Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC
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Amy Russell π³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈβππ¨π¦πΊπ¦
Alejandra Caraballo
about 1 year ago
AOC comes out swinging against a Nancy Mace for targeting Sarah McBride. "They're doing this so that Nancy Mace can ... fundraise off an email. They're not doing this to protect people. They're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kinds. And everybody should reject it. It's gross."
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Amy Russell π³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈβππ¨π¦πΊπ¦
DΓ‘valos Lab
about 1 year ago
π¨ Out today in eLife! π¨ @HFSP-funded postdoc Bill Thomas &
#shrewcrew
reveal how common shrews shrink their brains in winter! π§ Seasonal RNA changes in the hypothalamus hint at parallels in mammalian aging. π
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
@DinaDechmann @dechmannlab @aspcorthals @RichardGHunter1
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Amy Russell π³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈβππ¨π¦πΊπ¦
Anonymous
about 1 year ago
They are counting on you to feel helpless, exhausted, scared, alone, too old or young. We have people worldwide who even at 90 years old went out and resisted. In Ukraine the grandmothers grabbed rifles, the children flew drones. You can hold a sign, organize, we know itβs scary but donβt give up.
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Senator Ron Wyden
about 1 year ago
Trans rights are human rights
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Elizabeth Hobson
about 1 year ago
New paper with
@gerrycarter.bsky.social
just in time for Halloween! Vampire bats' first impressions of each other don't predict the formation of long-term relationships
doi.org/10.1111/nyas...
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Amy Russell π³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈβππ¨π¦πΊπ¦
Filigree 'Sunlight Melts ICE'
over 1 year ago
1/ CW Holocaust I've said this repeatedly & will KEEP saying it: If I catch you on my timeline whining that you won't vote for Harris for whatever reason, I'm done with you. If I am following you, I will unfollow then block. You're getting blocked no matter what. I will tell you why.
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Amy Russell π³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈβππ¨π¦πΊπ¦
Jady Marmalade
over 1 year ago
www.nps.gov/grsm/learn/n...
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Kuwohi name restored to the highest peak in the Smokies - Great Smoky Mountains National Park (U.S. National Park Service)
https://www.nps.gov/grsm/learn/news/kuwohi-name-restored-to-the-highest-peak-in-the-smokies.htm
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Amy Russell π³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈβππ¨π¦πΊπ¦
Sarah Primate
over 1 year ago
Love it if you could repost this! Maybe we can change some minds about perceptions people have of bats? Let's try! π¦
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Five False Myths About Batsβ¦And One Thatβs Actually True - Bat Conservation International
How much do you really know about bats?
https://www.batcon.org/five-false-myths-about-batsand-one-thats-actually-true/
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Amy Russell π³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈβππ¨π¦πΊπ¦
Jady Marmalade
over 1 year ago
Last night, the Ottawa Impact MAGA weirdos lost all but three of their seats (and two of those were uncontested). Ottawa is extremely red, with zero chance of Democrats winning a majority of races, but seeing these folks lose to conventional Republicans is heartening.
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Amy Russell π³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈβππ¨π¦πΊπ¦
Jason Munshi-South
over 2 years ago
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/due...
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Due to Falling Enrollments, We Will No Longer Offer Courses in Romulan at Starfleet Academy
Stardate 59963.2 Welcome to a new school year. In the coming days, a cohort of cadets will begin arriving on campus, and I look forward to continui...
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/due-to-falling-enrollments-we-will-no-longer-offer-courses-in-romulan-at-starfleet-academy
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