B is displeased by the current job market

Insightful summary of an extraordinary person being extraordinarily fired: "you don't silence a woman of color who raised concerns about racism by silencing her...The fingerprints are distributed perfectly across the system." www.linkedin.com/pulse/uclas-...

I've said it before and I'll say it until the heat death of the universe: KEEP YOUR CATS INSIDE. They kill EVERYTHING. If that's not enough, do it for your own cat's health. Parasites, birds of prey, dogs, coyotes, cars, and other cats are all threats. Save the local ecosystem, save your cat.

Out Now! A global-scale assessment of zoonotic virus diversity and spillover potential in urban-adapted mammal species #MicroSky

I absolutely love the complexity and variety of parasite life histories

Academics, what's the longest you've had to wait between a faculty application and getting an invitation to interview?

Interested to read this and understand why acoustic indices are seemingly not useful for biodiversity research

This looks dope

New preprint! We conducted a meta-analysis of experimental studies to show that warmer temperatures drove increased parasitism across myriad host-parasite systems, providing the most convincing evidence for the Warmer, Sicker World Hypothesis yet! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

New paper alert! Along with members of @bugecology.bsky.social 's lab and other collaborators we found that immune defenses vary with the local environment across large spatial scales, as well as evidence for local adapation to parasite pressure nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Check out this cool paper lead by @hasikadam.bsky.social and including important contributions from undergraduate students in our lab. Melanization response to parasitism in odonates could be the by-product of dessication resistance adaptation

Maybe it's wishful thinking, but I'm feeling relatively confident about this round of job and faculty applications

New paper alert! In my second first-author paper from my work on the Isle of Rum Red Deer Project @rumdeerresearch.bsky.social we show, for only the second time in a wild population, that parasites mediate inbreeding depression. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Thrilled to share my first first-author paper from my work with the Isle of Rum Red Deer Project! @rumdeerresearch.bsky.social We found that host density acts to increase parasitism through two mechanisms: increased exposure and increased susceptibility. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Interested in the role of journals in supporting open, credible and diverse research? Come see my talk at #ESEB2025 Tuesday 3-3:30pm, symposium S11, room 122/123. I will also be taking about our fantastic new data editor guidelines

📣 Hot off the press! 🔥🧪 'Population density drives increased parasitism via greater exposure and reduced resource availability in wild red deer @rumdeerresearch.bsky.social'. Proud to have played a small role on this one with an amazing team led by @hasikadam.bsky.social! 🦌🌱🪱 Read about it here 👇

It is with SUPREME pleasure that I can finally share my most recently-published paper in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com ! www.nature.com/articles/s44... We outline a framework for linking the microevolutionary effects of parasites to the macroevolutionary dynamics of their hosts (1/2).

Publishing agreement is signed, and soon a project I've been working on since 2018 will be published!!!!

How many faculty jobs did people apply for before they got their first interview? Asking for a friend....

Annnnnd a desk rejection. Perfect topper to the grant rejection.

Nothing like starting the day with a grant rejection letter

Thank you so much for the amazing artwork!!!

Super excited to give my seminar tomorrow at @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social. If you're around and want to hear about my work on parasites, ecology, and evolution, come on by at 1pm!

Science during the week, video games on the weekend

Anyone else have trouble settling in to the holidays and not thinking about work?

Disease ecologist starter pack -- reply with people/organizations to be added or with related lists/feeds #diseaseecology 🦠🐀🦠🦇🦠🦭🦠🦆🦠 go.bsky.app/RwAuiNT

Another day another desk rejection

It's too real after the saga I've been through this year....

Not too long I think, sadly

This is important

Fantastic opportunity with an even more fantastic PI!

Did you know showy mistletoes are incredibly diverse, with host diversity varying by genus? Australia is a hotspot for mistletoes! Check out the taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity of hosts for Australian showy mistletoes. 🌿 #Mistletoes #Australia bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Me: an academic who studied bats 🦇🧪 📸: @asherperlman.bsky.social

Scotland (and the UK in general) get a lot of flak for being grey/rainy, but there's a unique charm to a grey morning looking at the hills

Super intrigued to see the results. Data and code sharing is a must for published work.

When your manuscript is "awaiting recommendation"

This kind of celebration should be more common

This is super cool!

Come to be our colleague @pasteur.fr! center of Paris, great colleagues, outstanding facilities, permanent position, crème brûlée every Friday - what else could one want?

It's not great to check the status of your submitted manuscripts, but that doesn't stop me from doing it EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.

Maybe I'm not using the proper search terms, but are there any good queer scientist starter packs out there? @aquadan1.bsky.social @saltyecoevo.bsky.social

Two stages of writing: 1) This shouldn't take too long 2) Oh no

Pre-holiday week means Two different social events, two annual meetings (followed by pub visits and dinners), a panto, and not much work being done

My first foray into genetics-type work is super exciting, hope to have more to say soon about inbreeding depression!

Down in Wales for Thanksgiving and an invited seminar at @bangoruniversity.bsky.social, super excited to talk parasites and meet some new researchers!

Real snow for the first time in over 3 years. It's amazing.

Best way to write a nice review about a frustrating paper? Compliment sandwich approach maybe?

Being in the flow with academia is amazing (papers submitted, reviews done, analysis complete), but man it leaves you drained

@aquadan1.bsky.social will you be in Bangor for the seminar next week? Word has it the speaker is a pretty cool disease ecologist based in Scotland 👀