Huge thanks to Dr. Jerusha Bennett at the University of Otago @zoologyotago.bsky.social for the opportunity for us to create the animation of this incredible trematode parasite Copiatestes!! ❤️ Check out the video and learn more about the mysterious anklets on sea bird legs! youtu.be/EAt9cONTD88

"Conserving the forgotten" - @jabalbuena.bsky.social shares why IMPACT is relevant to the Neotropics. #XIIICOPANEO

Crouching Parrot, Hidden Louse: The Kyloring (Pezoporus flaviventris) is a critically endangered species of Australian parrot, and it is host to Forficuloecus pezopori - a species of louse which lives only on the Kyloring and nowhere else. #Invertebrate 🧪 dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2024/06/forf...

Everything you always wanted to know about parasites and stable isotopes in one book chapter: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1... From the new #openaccess book on Aquatic Parasitology, edited by @nicojsmit.bsky.social & ‪@berndsures.bsky.social link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

The decline of salmon continues – Norwegian wild salmon is at a historic low. A summary of the status of wild Atlantic salmon in Norway 2024 is now available in English: vitenskapsradet.no/Nyheter/stat...

Our latest newsletter profiles IMPACT's student members. Find out how they contribute to our understanding of parasite biodiversity here 👉 www.nina.no/english/IMPACT

Congratulations to NTNU Masters student Sara Lutro on a successful thesis exploring trophically transmitted parasites as indicators of resource use by sea trout 🐟 @grimsruddavidsen.bsky.social @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social

Congratulations to #IMPACT students Vilde Normann and Steinar Grüner on their successful MSc defenses!

Integrating parasites into aquatic biodiversity monitoring? Cyril Hammoud (NIOZ) explains how #IMPACT will achieve this at the @biodiversa.eu Biodiversity Monitoring Science Fair, Barcelona

IMPACT gathered last week for our mid-term meeting. As our family grows, so too does the recognition of parasites in biodiversity. Watch this space for exciting developments!

Two jobs at a wonderful Zoo Dept at the University of Otago - a very high quality of life otago.taleo.net/careersectio... otago.taleo.net/careersectio... please repost and apply!

The wait is over!! Our Open Access @springernature.com book on Aquatic Parasitology was just published! 23 Chapters, 202 illustrations & 662pp with everything you ever wanted to know about the amazing world of marine & freshwater parasites. @berndsures.bsky.social link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Want to know more about aquatic parasitology? For free? Check out the link below for online open access ⬇️

🧪🌍 #PhD Funded PhD opportunity @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social to identify the effects of hydropower operations on functional biodiversity in 🇧🇻 lakes. Apply by 20 May. 🔗 Details: nina-english.attract.reachmee.com/jobs/75-phd-...

The Research Council will publish a new call in May with a budget of over 8M euros for recruitment of international scientists to universities and research institutes in Norway. 🌍 www.forskningsradet.no/nyheter/2025...

🚨Tic Tac🚨 It's happening tomorrow. Still time to register 👇🏻 Join us tomorrow! #aquaticfungi #monitoring #MoSTFun #EBVs

The Natural History Museum of Geneva is looking for a post-doc specialized in in non-arthropod invertebrates (preferably but not exclusively on terrestrial or freshwater mollusks, annelids, or nematodes)! www.geneve.ch/administrati...

Looking for a PhD? There is an opening for a PhD-student in evolutionary ecology on phenotypic plasticity in aquatic organisms at NTNU in Trondheim, Norway – with two super-good supervisors (Sigurd Einum and Tim Burton) - highly recommended! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Glochidia (parasitic stage of freshwater mussels) found on fossilized fish!

Vote for the invertebrate of the year 2025! The tongue-biting louse is shortlisted. Help make it number one! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

'Parasites should get more fame' - couldn't agree more! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

NINA is expanding its expertise in vegetation ecology and restoration and is seeking a skilled and dedicated researcher to strengthen our team in Bergen. nina-english.attract.reachmee.com/jobs/70-rese...

Available position as Senior Engineer Seabirds in NINA. The work includes monitoring and research on seabirds and human-made challenges such as fisheries, climate and offshore wind development and mapping of distribution and area use. nina-english.attract.reachmee.com/jobs/68-seni...

Bioinformatician wanted at NHM Geneva 80% position for 12 months. Experience in next-gen seq data analysis, genome / mitogenome assembly, phylogenomics and population genomics. If interested, check here blascocosta.ch/opportunities/ original in FR: institutions.ville-geneve.ch/fr/mhn/insti...

Lots of parasite ecology today at the Joint Parasitology Spring Meeting organised by BSP, DGP and SSTMP in Würzburg, including Sofia Rainey and Kamil Hupala from our EU Biodiversa+ project @impact-parasites.bsky.social ky.social !

2nd Ph. D. position in Slovakia in parasitology

Ph.D. Position in Slovakia in parasitology 👇

Wondering why we should care about parasites?

#IMPACT is a @biodiversaplus.bsky.social project that brings together parasite ecologists and social scientists across Europe. We will break down barriers to parasites in national and international biodiversity management and conservation strategies. More info 👉 www.nina.no/english/IMPACT

Only a week to go until our next #FSBITravelGrant deadline (1st March) - enables researchers to present their work at scientific meetings. Up to £1500! More here: fsbi.org.uk/travel-grants/

I've written a post about a study that investigated the patterns of association between fish and isopods such as tongue-biters, gill-biters, and skin-biters, and how where they live on the host can influence the kind of fish they parasitise. #Invertebrate 🧪 dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2025/01/cymo...

One quarter of freshwater animals at risk of extinction. New publication in Nature presents the largest global assessment of freshwater animals on the IUCN Red List to date. More than 23 000 species assessed! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Hot off the press: A fitness-based indicator for the effect of aquaculture-produced salmon lice on wild sea trout. doi.org/10.1093/ices... @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social

Leirelva i Trondheim ble avskrevet som ubrukelig - både for folk og fisk. Nå er den blitt et bevis på at natur kan restaureres og gjenopprettes. Men da gjelder det å tenke stort. #natur #naturrestaurering #forskning #NINA storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/cca0...

Come work with us on #eDNA and salmonid pathogens! 🐟🦠 Please share:

Do you work with equids, camelids, or aardvarks? We need lice from them for a research project. Please reach out if you might have access to those lice, I would love to tell you more about our project & collaboration guidelines! #mammals #lice 🧪

Do you want to know how the Biodiversa+ IMPACT project is helping to integrate parasites into biodiversity monitoring? Check out www.nina.no/english/IMPACT @biodiversaplus.bsky.social

An important read. I believe Parasitology is the ultimate form of zoology. But it’s a dying field. #parasites #biology #science #stem #animals #wildlife #zoology www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

Testing the radiation cascade in postglacial radiations of whitefish and their parasites: founder events and host ecology drive parasite evolution doi.org/10.1093/evle... Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by Jan Brabec et al.

Congratulations to @RochatEloise on your successful PhD defence. You made your supervisors @PeerLab_NHMG proud! And a huge thanks to examiners @edeeyto and Klaus Knopf! #charr #parasites

You can always tell when one of the IMPACT team has found something interesting. This time - a 80cm long larval cestode Ligula intestinalis! @BiodiversaPlus

Proud to be hosting @FulbrightNorway recipient Annika Baldwin who will use parasites to investigate long-term changes in sea trout habitat use. @NINAnature

New parasite named after Abba 🕺💃 https://www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnmark/flatorm-oppdaget-pa-svalbard-oppkalles-etter-abba-1.16948768

Postdoc vacancy - 3 yr - ecological modelling. Join the interdisciplinary #HITLICE project to investigate how salmon lice impact Atlantic salmon marine surival. Deadline 1 Sept 2024. https://nina-english.attract.reachmee.com/jobs/59-postdoctoral-position-in-ecological-modelling

@BiodiversaPlus #IMPACT has revisited the Glomma River (Norway) as part of our EU-wide assessment of the current status & long-term trends in freshwater fish parasite diversity. So many beautiful parasites 😍@NINAnature @UiTNorgesarktis

Do you have a background in ecology and social sciences? The IMPACT team is looking for a postdoc to study the role of parasites in environmental governance and society. #Biodiversa+ Deadline: 16 Feb 2024. http://tinyurl.com/mr38fjj9

Congratuations @NathanMertz5 on your first PhD paper! If you want to learn more about molecular quantification of sea lice, check it out: https://doi.org/10.1111/jfd.13908

Will you be joining the IMPACT team in 2024? Applications close 3 Jan.

Do you have a background in numerical ecology, environmental science, biogeography and/or macroecology? Our team is looking for an enthusiastic postdoc who likes working with big datasets! Deadline: 3rd of January 2024 https://tinyurl.com/5fzxn8en

Postdoc position available investigating spatial and temporal patterns of European parasite biodiversity with @DavidWThieltges, @JA_Balbuena and myself. Deadline 3 Jan 2024. https://tinyurl.com/5fzxn8en