🚨New Paper🚨 Excited to share my latest @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk PhD research with @strandings.bsky.social which used machine learning to reveal patterns in harbour porpoise pathology, showing how necropsy data can provide population level insights into cetacean health 👉 doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

📣🚨📣Deadline extended to 6th June 2025! 📣🚨📣 Applications are still open for our MSc+PhD scholarships in Ecological Data Science available to those from underrepresented groups. This offers fully funded MSc (full UK fees and UKRI stipend) followed by entry to our 4-year PhD programme.

🎓Big congratulations to Matt Arnold (@matt-arnold-bio.bsky.social ) for passing his Viva yesterday!🎉 📑 Thesis: “Assessing and predicting viral diversity and cross-species transmission at the global and metapopulation scales" 🐳🐋🐬🦠 @simonab.bsky.social Daniel Streicker @nardusmollentze.bsky.social

great #PhD opportunity in #disease #ecology - which species are key for #tick-borne disease transmission in the UK? Combining genetics, community ecology, mathematical modelling



 @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social & @ukceh.bsky.social International applicants - contact me by 9th Dec tinyurl.com/wfuak5se

Another PhD viva, another cake and yet another Dr! 🎉 Dr Emmanuel Mwanga! @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social #ifakarahealthinstitute Oustanding work on #AI & #InfraredSpectroscopy for #malaria vector surveillance supervised by @simonab.bsky.social Fredros Okumu & me 🙏 examiners Daniel Streicker & Eric Ochomo

A starter pack for immunology’s wilder side 🦋🔥 #wildimmunology

I couldn't find one, so I decided to put together a starter pack of folk working on the evolutionary ecology of host-pathogen interactions, eco-immunology, or similar. I know I've missed many (sorry) so please share and let me know if you want to be added (or removed). go.bsky.app/QvrnjHS

Congrats to Dr Issa Mshani for passing his PhD viva @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social today! In his PhD, Issa developed new tools for #malaria surveillance at the Ifakara Health Institute, supervised by Fredros Okumu, @simonab.bsky.social and myself. Thank you to examiners Dan Haydon and Carlos Chaccour.