U. Dirnagl on Academic publishing: doom – Or dawn of a new era? Lots of discussion about open access, preprints and AI. #ISTTBD-XVI

Ticks – genomic insights and anti-microbiota vaccines #ISTTBD-XVI

The microbiome of Ixodes ticks session #ISTTBD-XVI

S. A. Muñoz Leal on Tick-borne relapsing fever spirochetes in South America: past, present and future directions - identification of unique soft tick species and Borrelia in South America. #ISTTBD-XVI

Sinnecker-Kunz Award session #ISTTBD-XVI

Field ecology II session #ISTTBD-XVI

Field ecology I session #ISTTBD-XVI

Borrelia session #ISTTBD-XVI

Klemen Strle on Immune response in the pathogenesis of Lyme disease - identifying genetic risk factors for host immune response to Borrelia leading to disease #ISTTBD-XVI

Ready for days of ticks! Currently attending the 16th International Symposium on Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases #ISTTBD-XVI

3rd Annual Ticks and Tickborne Diseases Symposium. Baltimore, MD, on April 30, 2025. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health & Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Research and Education Institute. mailchi.mp/2e33f32f42bd... 🦠🧫🧪🔬🧬 #MicroSky #TickSky

Have questions about #bioinformatics, #genomics, #evolution or stuck on a project? 🧬💻 I want to help! Happy to discuss data, figures, writing, academia/industry or chatting just for kicks—no strings attached Drop questions below, DM, or schedule a meeting Science together is better than alone 🙌

The female of the species sporting a funky goaty. #Ixodes_pilosus-group

Kennan Oyen & I put together a short summary article on Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, a tick species we often work with in our unit - article is online now in Trends in Parasitology! 🤗 Happy reading! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Delighted to announce a new call for applications for our Pathway to Independence programme. Now entering its third year, this scheme supports postdocs going on the job market in 2025 - with training, mentorship, profile-raising and networking opportunities. Application deadline 31 Jan 2025. 1/3

Do your walls need bugs? I've put a selection of my photographs on sale for the holidays, up to 70% off regular fine art prices.

Probably you are looking for a collection of papers on ticks and pathogens. I curate manually this collection and I continue updating it. Now with more than 14,000 (downloadable) papers. Just give it a chance and tell me about, please. www.scienceopen.com/collection/d...

It is curious that Mediterranean rabbits have monoxenous ticks like Rhipicephalus pusillus (right), Haemaphysalis hispanica (left) or Ixodes ventalloi. Probably consequences of relict endemism in last glaciation refugia (picture by Carlos Pradera)

When did insects first show up in art? The earliest example was carved into a bison bone dated to 15,000 years ago (!) found in the Cave of the Trois-Frères in France. It shows a cave cricket which probably represents Troglophilus, a genus not found in the region in the present day. 🦗🎨 #bugsky

We’re excited to consider applicants for scholarships for our 2025 Biology of Vector-borne Diseases course! See our advert below. Please re-skeet to trainees and colleagues, as graduate students to faculty and practitioners across plant, animal and human health can apply.

Hello to all my new and re-found friends! If you don’t know who I am, I am the insect curator at UT Austin, a former Peace Corps volunteer, and a longtime freelance nature photographer.

Only two weeks to go to the UK Vector-Borne Diseases meeting in Liverpool (3-4th December). We are full and there is no further registration for in-person attendance. Therefore, we have opened up online attendance - see here if interested. @baylism.bsky.social payments.liv.ac.uk/conferences-...

Duplex PCR assay to determine sex and mating status of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae), vector of the Lyme disease pathogen https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.10.23.619921v1

The repetitive genome of the Ixodes ricinus tick reveals transposable elements have driven genome evolution in ticks https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.03.13.584159v1

My last few years of tick and tick-borne diseases research is summed up in this 1,000 word The Conversation article! 'Tick management programs could help stop Lyme disease, but US funding is inadequate' theconversation.com/tick-managem...