First in-person, multi-institution Summit since COVID in the books. Long overdue... Great to reconnect, with plenty of catching up and productive discussions with @aureliastrauss.bsky.social @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social @victoriacrozier.bsky.social @mickyahn.bsky.social @weronikaklecel.bsky.social

New @sihorses.bsky.social publication by @mstothart.bsky.social on the toxicity of Beach Pea on Sable Island doi.org/10.22621/cfn...

And also @mickyahn.bsky.social for his honourable mention @sihorses.bsky.social photo 😍🐴

Time to complete the move and introduce myself to 🦋: I am a behavioural ecologist and just started as postdoc at the lab of @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social at UCalgary. I will work on microbiome-behaviour interactions in wild 🐎 @sihorses.bsky.social 🐎 hence, my profil picture will be updated soon 🐦‍⬛➡️🐎

Congratulation to Dr. Julie Colpitts 👩‍🎓 for (very) successfully defending her PhD thesis on genomic variation in @sihorses.bsky.social today 🎉🎉 And a big thank you to co-supervisor Philip McLoughlin and external examiner @colingarroway.bsky.social

Hello! I'm Micky, a PhD Candidate at the University of Calgary studying the ecology and evolution of parasites in Sable Island horses using DNA metabarcoding. I spent 3 summers on a deserted island as a glorified poop picker and amateur horse photographer.

The first paper from my PhD is out in Parasitology! Using DNA metabarcoding, I show patterns of parasite infection in Sable Island horses! It's open access, so go check it out! doi.org/10.1017/S003...

I guess I should reintroduce myself! I’m a PhD candidate on the @sihorses.bsky.social project at @usask.bsky.social, and did my MSc on the Ram Mountain bighorn sheep project at @usherbrooke.bsky.social Currently working on density-dependent carry-over effects on SI horse life history traits

🦋 intro: The Sable Island project is a long-term individual-based study of feral/wild 🐴 in 🇨🇦. >1500 horses have been monitored yearly since 2007 (current pop size ~500). Research focusses primarily on the causes and consequences of ecological and individual variation. #ecology #evolution #consgen

We’re still marooned on Sable Island, but at least the sky’s putting on its happy face. So, it’s official: the only thing more trapped than us right now are those who haven't migrated to 🦋! Follow us for updates from the long-term study on the ecology, evolution and conservation of Sable Island 🐴