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Nematodes Per 100g Of Dry Soil  For every human on earth there are 60 billion nematodes living in the soil brilliantmaps.com/nematodes...

Absolute pleasure to be involved in this review article on sustainable parasite control in ruminants. Full of lovely stuff on vaccines, nutrition, genetics, grazing and biological control! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

When my dad was born (~1950) only one third of the global population was literate. When I was born (~1980) already two thirds of all humans were literate. When my sons were born (~2020) around 87 per cent of the global population was literate. That's human progress in action. Source: buff.ly/exODbs8

Scientists have followed unwritten guidelines for their conduct for hundreds of years. These norms aren’t enforced by any law, but they act as guiding principles for science and reasons it should be trusted. The 6 principles, from universalism to humility. theconversation.com/scientific-n...

Very excited and proud to release a project that I’ve been thinking about for at least 7 years, well before I started my faculty position. We built an imaging and computational platform from the ground up to help answer some outstanding questions in schistosome miracidia biology.

My hot take on Jeff Bezos' wedding: That $50 million price tag is double what the US government was spending annually on food and medicine for 5 million AIDS orphans before the Trump administration canceled it. We are literally letting orphans die rather than make this guy pay taxes.

UPDATE: We have data on >1000 terminated #NSF grants at grant-watch.us. Thanks to all who have been contributing data the past few days. We've also added a "Reports" section with some analyses. For NSF, we see that the STEM education directorate has been absolutely pummeled.

This: youtu.be/0Qk4FBS73Ts?...

Did you know? 99% of all new medications resulted from federally-funded university research through #NIH Learn more about #ResearchSavesLives: hub.jhu.edu/research-sav....

Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work #AcademicSky #EduSky

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

"biology tends to quickly humble the computer people" www.wired.com/story/openwo...

Many congratulations to Faculty of Veterinary Medicine’s own Rachael Coon on winning the university of Calgary postdoc slam!! Great work!! www.ucalgary.ca/news/three-m...

How SPPIRIT is transforming early career profiles in Parasitology in Scotland www.cell.com/action/showP...

Our paper describing a new STH species Trichuris incognita which is resistant to albendazole-ivermectin combination therapy is out in Emerging Infectious Diseases wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/... Great work Abhinaya Venkatesan & collaborators @jsoghigian.bsky.social , Jennifer Keiser and team.

Festive potluck lab lunch and opportunity for team photo ! An awesome group and a pleasure to work with👏🎉

Fantastic piece of work. Congratulations Micky and Jocelyn !

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.

Official end of barbecue season in Calgary

Congrats! Neat to see how these tools are developing!

Fanstastic opportunity for undergraduates in low and middle income countries. A fully funded 3 month internship at Sanger. Get in touch if interested! www.sanger.ac.uk/about/the-sa...

Congratulations to Viraj Muthye (@awesomebiology.bsky.social) and the team for this latest study from the lab. We sequenced, assembled, & annotated the genome of a new described myxozoan parasites, found in a pond in Lethbridge Alberta. academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...

Awesome way to visualize area distortion is standard world maps

🌍🦠 It’s #AMRAwarenessWeek! Our lab is tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Leishmania parasites, uncovering how they evade treatments. Using multi-omics and collaborative research, we aim to fight drug resistance and protect leishmaniasis patients worldwide. #AMR #OneHealth

Trying to find my way around here. Have created a starter pack for parasitologists. Join, connect and spread the word! go.bsky.app/5UiPsYr

This map by @ordnancesurvey shows what arctic trade shipping routes might look like once (I decided against the use of “if”) Arctic sea ice melted.

Please consider signing this petition asking for increased investment in graduate student and postdoctoral researchers in Canada #SupportOurScience @supportourscience.bsky.social petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/...

Hi Bluesky community My first post here after years on Twitter. Interests include all things science & Higher Ed. In particular Parasitology, drug resistance, molecular epidemiology/diagnostics, genetics/genomics genomics and veterinary medicine. Thanks for the invite @jsoghigian.bsky.social !