The kind of hard hitting science quote you really want to build your career around ⬇️🤣 But we really do need better data to track all of these garbage bag rats. 🧪

It was standing room only at today's Living with Long Covid exhibit at the @museumofvan.bsky.social! I was moved to tears by some of the personal stories on display. Such a great event

Today we launched the Living with Long COVID exhibition @museumofvan.bsky.social. In 2023 we conducted a study in which we heard from longhaulers that this invisible illness needs more awareness and attention. This exhibition was co-created with longhaulers to do just that. On view until March 2026

"I think it's possible to keep rats out of the spaces where folks are vulnerable to them. So, in our homes and in our schools." Prof @kayleebyers.bsky.social discusses rodents in schools and the physical and mental impact of rat pops via @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

From @kayleebyers.bsky.social: Based on currently-published literature, we know very little about chronic wasting disease dynamics in urban landscapes #IUWC2025

It’s not too late to complete your submission for our #LongCOVID photovoice exhibit at the Museum of #Vancouver, debuting this fall! Open Canada-wide to any self-identified #longhauler 18+. Upload your photos by June 1 here: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/YourPhotos

In this commentary, we compare the “red pill” versus “blue pill” versions of global health education which represents the choice to radically reimagine global health education or remain comfortable with the status quo, respectively journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

This year our lab is playing @mmmletsgo.bsky.social and there’s nothing that brings a group together quite like a game which pits Quokka against Marsh Mongoose and allows you just for a moment to escape the 🗑️🔥 of the news to root for an Olm. What a match for Olm today. Gone but not forgotten. 🦭

Three FHS PhD candidates received 2024 @sfuceri.bsky.social! 🎉 Congrats to: - Emily Rose Blyth, Community-Engaged Grad Scholar - @tsk.bsky.social, Special Recognition - Anmol Swaich, Special Recognition Kudos too, for Kayli Jamieson of @fcatatsfu.bsky.social, @kayleebyers.bsky.social's student! 🙌

🧪Livestock vaccination is critical to the health of animals and reduces risks of disease spread from animals to people. But in a recent review we found that women have less access to livestock vaccines than do men. Published today in CABI One Health www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/...

🧪 🦇 🧬 3 bat species - 3 sizes, echolocating at 3 different frequencies and each eating different critters But when you look at their DNA? Differentiating among these species is less straight forward In the Season Finale of Nice Genes! we’re talking about rapid evolution 🔗 tinyurl.com/22tevtv3

In-line with some Ichthyology/ornithology individuals on here, I want to do 25 days of #BatMas this year! Follow this thread to learn about bats everyday! 🦇 🧵

Dove the outer Great Barrier Reef last week and didn’t see any sharks - despite being friends with the sharks’ manager @whysharksmatter.bsky.social Giving another dive site a shot today before putting in a formal complaint 🦈

First rat pub announcement on this app 🧪 🐀 🧬 We found that rats in Vancouver carry Hepatitis E Virus and that viral lineages are clustered on either side of a major roadway. Ratty relationships (family groups) also helped to explain HEV status. @sfu-fhs.bsky.social doi.org/10.7589/JWD-...

FHS/PIPPS researchers - Anh Pham, Julia Smith, @kiffercard.bsky.social @kayleebyers.bsky.social Esther Khor - found that social determinants of health can greatly impact health-related quality of life in #BC #LongCovid patients. 🔗: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #MedSky #SFUResearch #SDoH

New paper led by Dr. Anh Pham on how social determinants of health, specifically age, sex, ethnicity, and employment relate to self-reported quality of life among #LongCOVID patients in British Columbia 🧪 doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Every year at #WDA2024 there’s a silent + live auction that raises money for activities/student awards. It’s a wild night (and my fave). This year I made two mugs (named “the spikey one” + “mug-a-RAM-a”) that went for way more $$ than I expected. So stay tuned for #WDA2025 - we’ve got some ideas!

I’m not allowed to do any more podcasts about #ChronicWastingDisease Today we released a Nice Genes! Episode on #CWD and the province announced its 4th case 2 wks ago I guested on the Hunter Conservationist about CWD and the day after the province announced its 3rd case 🫠

The Wildlife Disease Association conference is up and underway tomorrow. Any folks attending? Thought I might do up a little starter pack for wildlife health so we can highlight the stories shared at the conference and build more of a #WDA2024 community here.

I’m not much of a photographer (or entomologist) but this lil photo shoot made me feel like one. Good morning from me and this beautiful bean on my doorstep this morning. ID’s welcome - my guess is the Emerald Tip Beetle?

Grateful to @healthresearchbc.bsky.social for supporting 2 of our projects this year scoping community priorities for wildlife health and Indigenous food sovereignty research, and an exhibit with the Museum of Vancouver to raise #LongCOVID awareness. More on these here: www.sfu.ca/fhs/news-eve...

Hi friends! I thought I’d try posting here as well! My name is Emily Calandrelli, and I just became the 100th woman in space! Wahoo!

Just missed #WorldAMRAwarenessWeek which I blame on having travelled through space + time to Australia this week Resharing a video by PhD student Dr. Ezeocha for #TogetherAgainstMisinformation connecting antibiotic use on farms to human and environmental health www.linkedin.com/posts/oh-hi-...

Science is creative! For this year’s Wildlife Disease Assoc conference @ccyan.bsky.social and I made art! Blending pottery and stained glass, our piece reflects the need for diverse worldviews in wildlife health work. You never know if things will survive the kiln but it did and I love it 🥰

This wasn’t planned but today I joined Blue Sky and the province also announced a 3rd case of Chronic Wasting Disease in British Columbia. This 100% fatal prion disease affects cervids and threatens wildlife conservation and food sovereignty.🧵