The 2027 BSP Spring Meeting will be in Cardiff! Stay tuned for more information soon!

We’re excited to welcome Lina Pinto-García @linapintogarcia.bsky.social as our special guest speaker to discuss her recent book, Maraña: War and Disease in the Jungles of Colombia. Time: Thursday 28.05.2026 , 3 PM BST Location: Zoom (Link available after registration) forms.gle/cVADyb6F5Dmh...

Come and study for a PhD with us on antibiotic-producing Streptomyces, trying to understand the roles of primary metabolic enzymes with additional cellular roles - Details below - please repost www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

In 2022 we lost our much-loved colleague Jim Provan after a period of illness. Jim’s warmth, wisdom, and generosity left a lasting mark on everyone who worked with him. This work is dedicated to the memory of Jim Provan - scientist and sage, teacher and friend. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Was great to chat to the Aberystwyth Science Cafe last night about all things #Parasites in canine faeces. #Worms 🪱Thanks @amandaclare.bsky.social for the invite. Loved every minute of it! @aberdlsagb.bsky.social @bchcaber.bsky.social

Early bird registration is still open! Don't forget to register at: www.bspr.org/annual-meeti...

Been a while getting to this...back in March we had our @aberdlsagb.bsky.social MRes conference. Was great to see all my students give amazing presentations on their work...well done @rxchaelann.bsky.social @zeelay.bsky.social and Thiren on your excellent work! #TeamFluke 🍂 @bchcaber.bsky.social

Great to have published this work from #FlukeMap covering the thoughts of farmers regarding liver fluke management on sheep farms. @aberdlsagb.bsky.social @aberuni.bsky.social @bchcaber.bsky.social www.frontiersin.org/journals/vet...

Our scientists' work studying alpaca and sheep poo as part of international efforts to protect grasslands and wildlife was featured on ITV News last night. You can watch it back here: www.itv.com/watch/itv-ne... @ibers.bsky.social @ukri.org @itvnews.bsky.social

Always well worth attending this conference...get your abstracts in now! #TeamFluke

It was a pleasure to welcome the Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing, Sarah Murphy MS, here today. She heard about some of our women’s health research, including our collaborative projects with Hywel Dda University Health Board. @sarah4bridgend.bsky.social @hywelddauhb.bsky.social

I love working @aberdlsagb.bsky.social Specifically, colleagues I have the pleasure of working with! My fellow biochemist Prof. Dave Whitworth knocked up the amazing fridge magnets and the cookie jar was at my door courtesy of Dr Laura Lyons! Both clearly know me well #Fabersytwyth #StarWarsNerd

Great opportunity at the Wales Veterinary Science Centre here in #Faberystwyth if you are interested in disease biology. Temporary PM assistant position available. wvsc.wales/recruitment/

Registration now open for the 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 (𝗕𝗦𝗣) 𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 in Glasgow: tinyurl.com/364vdxen 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: 7th-9th of April 2026 (Tues-Thurs) 𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: 28th of February 2026 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲: James McCune Smith Learning Hub & Queen Margaret Union (QMU) at the University of Glasgow

An excellent day yesterday at the @aberdlsagb.bsky.social #FestivalOfResearch. Some great presentations and posters. Super proud to supervise @coreyasteele.bsky.social (Oral), @angelrumney.bsky.social (Poster) and Michela (Poster). Even time for a #FlukeMap group photo (some are missing)

We are delighted to have appointed the Chief Executive of the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society as a new Pro-Chancellor. More: tinyurl.com/5b62hwwn

Great talk from Rhys Jones at our @aberdlsagb.bsky.social Festival of Research 2025 covering our #FlukeMap project. Risk mapping and farmer perceptions of their own risk areas!

Heading up for the @aberdlsagb.bsky.social Festival of Research today. I’m looking forward to hearing lots of exciting talks, and this afternoon I’ll share the story of how a literal “snow day” on Arctic fieldwork in 2019 evolved in to two (2!) NERC projects.

Exciting and varieed PhD on Eimeria species diversity and interaction with the host microbiome in sheep: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

A very successful morning today collecting rumen fluke for my UG project student Craig (those are his hands). Thanks also to @coreyasteele.bsky.social for helping her supervisor not mess it up, with idiot proof instructions for me! #TeamFluke @aberdlsagb.bsky.social

Fully funded #PhD project available for Oct 26 start FoodBioSystems DTP w. Prof. Fredric Coulon @ Crandfield University. This will investigate expansion of ML models for AMR phenotype detection to agriculture settings to create a sensor-ready hit list. More info: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

PhD Opportunity! Interested in parasitic liver flukes? Interested in protein-protein interactions? Please do look at this opportunity funded through #FoodBiosystems @aberdlsagb.bsky.social @aberuni.bsky.social research.reading.ac.uk/foodbiosyste...

A little late getting to post this but so proud to see Dr Holly Northcote defend her PhD viva last Friday. Many thanks to Prof. Jane Hodgkinson @liverpooluni.bsky.social and Dr Justin Pachebat @aberdlsagb.bsky.social for examining. Ruth and I are super proud lab parents! @bchcaber.bsky.social

We are delighted to announce that we have several PhD projects advertised alongside @ibers.bsky.social and other Universities as part of the #FoodBiosystems Doctoral Training Programme! Follow the link below for more information: 🔗 www.aber.ac.uk/en/life-scie...

We're delighted that IBERS is a founder member of a new alliance of 35 of the UK’s foremost research agencies and institutes. More: tinyl.co/45cv @ibers.bsky.social @nro-group.bsky.social

Lectureship in Zoology at Aberystwyth University! jobs.aber.ac.uk/en/vacancy/l... Come join our fantastic team at @aberdlsagb.bsky.social @aberuni.bsky.social in beautiful Wales. Application deadline: 14 Dec 2025.

🔬 Livestock farmers and animal health officials in Wales are set to benefit from regional disease testing following investment to start the process of establishing a specialist diagnostic centre at the University. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/2pmsd5wy

🩺 Ioan Mabbutt, 18, from Aberystwyth, has won a scholarship worth £2,500 to study Veterinary Medicine through the medium of Welsh. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/msn2m5nw @colegcymraeg.bsky.social

Cotton came to work to demonstrate skills taught by Eszter Monostori on her #OneZoo PhD project - teaching dogs to locate the intermediate hosts of parasites. She loved meeting our students, inspiring the next generation of scientists. @aberdlsagb.bsky.social @aberuni.bsky.social #OneHealth #UKRI

Exciting PhD opportunity on the ecological impacts of anthelmintic use on soil fauna, with a crack supervisory team and expertise from @hutton.ac.uk, @uofglasgow.bsky.social and @moredunfoundation.bsky.social! More info here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Great to be involved with this initiative. Always good to see an impact coming from our research into canine worm infections 🪱 @aberdlsagb.bsky.social @bchcaber.bsky.social

We’re delighted that Aberystwyth has been named a UNESCO City of Literature – the first in Wales! More: tinyl.co/3u04 @librarywales.bsky.social @uwtsd.bsky.social @prifweinidog.gov.wales @unesco.org

As term is settling down a little it feels like a great time to introduce three new members to my lab #TeamFluke 🍂 @aberdlsagb.bsky.social

A massive thanks to three of my PhD students who, yesterday, presented to my Masters level module in Infection and Immunity. All three did an amazing job covering their PhD research. @coreyasteele.bsky.social Mia and Michela rocked it for #TeamFluke 🍂 @aberdlsagb.bsky.social

Awesome PhD opportunity 👇👍

Become part of our new MRC Centre, working across Manchester and Oxford to solve a major challenge of our time - how does the immune system become dysregulated by environmental exposures to cause chronic disease. www.manchester.ac.uk/exposome-jobs @exposomeimmunology.bsky.social

Our scientists are leading research into how a widely used vaccine can boost overall immunity in livestock 🐮 More: tinyl.co/3iC7 @aberdlsagb.bsky.social @ukri.org #AberTB#bovineTB#bTB#TB

A little late to posting this...but really proud of #HollyNorthcote (formally on X @Hnorthcote3) for submission of her PhD thesis. 'Hide and Caecum: Exploration of the Potential Antimicrobial Activity of the Equine Tapeworm, Anoplocephala perfoliata' #TeamWorm 🪱 @aberdlsagb.bsky.social

Save the dates!! @bspparasitology.bsky.social Spring Meeting 2026 will be in Bonnie Glasgow! 7-9 April 2026, with a drinks reception in Glasgow City Chambers on the 6th of April 2026! Keep an eye on the BSP website for registration and abstract submission! Logo by @shannaraeilean.bsky.social! 🦟

Teamwork in action 😁 Reeling in 40 m of oxygen/temperature sensor cable on the @aberdlsagb.bsky.social Freshwater Field Course at Llyn Tegid. Love boat work in the sunshine! And we also found some of the very rare glutinous snails shore sampling which made my day 🥰 🐌

More coverage of @esmelogan.bsky.social award win on our @bchcaber.bsky.social web site bchc.aber.ac.uk/2025/09/10/b...

BSc Veterinary Bioscience and BSc Equine and Veterinary Bioscience taster event… if you are in year 12 or 13 and want to know what it’s like studying these degree @AberUni, take part in our event. @aberdlsagb.bsky.social @aberuni.bsky.social

Super proud of @esmelogan.bsky.social for this acheivement. She will go on to great things! #TeamWorm #Fluke 🍂

Real pleasure to be part of the Helminth Eco-Health Hub UK. A real opportunity for experts to forge new connections. Information on the network will follow. @aberdlsagb.bsky.social @aberuni.bsky.social www.cambrian-news.co.uk/news/univers...

Thanks to @aberuni.bsky.social for highlighting the phenomenal hard work of Drs @geomicrosoares.bsky.social @sararassner.bsky.social and team in mapping the microbiota of the South Wales coalfield. Prospects for future energy emerges from the legacy of fossil energy. academic.oup.com/femsec/artic...

Dog fouling can have dangerous repercussions for both humans and animals Our Reader in Parasitology, @russmorphew.bsky.social spoke to @bbccymruwales.bsky.social about results from a recent study on the pathogens found in samples Read more 👇 #AberUni #Parasitology #LifeSciences

*NEWS* Our new policy position on the responsible use of parasiticides in grazing animals calls on vets, SQPs, and livestock & equine owners to take a holistic approach to parasite control to tackle increasing drug resistance & environmental concerns. More info ⬇️ www.bva.co.uk/news-and-blo...

🐄 Our researchers are hosting activities on Bovine TB for PhD students this week. The sessions are part of the OneZoo Centre for Doctoral Training, which prepares future scientists to tackle diseases that spread between animals and humans. @aberuni.bsky.social

Improved guidance and practical tools are required to help farmers to sustainably tackle the major problem of liver fluke infections in livestock, according to new research. More: tinyl.co/3W5R @aberdlsagb.bsky.social al @ukri.org

Read more about our lecturer @guibortolotto.bsky.social research 🐧🌊