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Caroline Millins @cmillins.bsky.social · Jun 9

If you’re looking for a epidemiology PhD project with public health impact check out this awesome project on bovine tuberculosis transmission with a great supervisory team in Dublin

UCD-CVERA @ucd-cvera.bsky.social · Jun 9

PhD opportunity in bTB modeling - "The transmission of bovine tuberculosis: deciphering biological mechanisms with statistical and mechanistic models" - see below for application process @ucdvetmed.bsky.social‬ & UCD School of Mathematics and Statistics #ResearchOpportunity #PhD #LoveIrishResearch

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Nick Haddad @nickhaddad.bsky.social · Mar 6

Our paper is out, and it is distressing.

Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century

Numerous declines have been documented across insect groups, and the potential consequences of insect losses are dire. Butterflies are the most surveyed insect taxa, yet analyses have been limited in ...

www.science.org

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Caroline Millins @cmillins.bsky.social · Dec 24

2 x PhD fully funded studentships

Are you interested in improving livestock health by developing evidence for disease control ? tinyurl.com/2tefe7u8, tinyurl.com/mw2rrm22

Join our group @liverpooluni.bsky.social, with funding from BBSRC NWD programme tinyurl.com/3jcn79dn

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Caroline Millins @cmillins.bsky.social · Dec 16

Would love to be added, thanks!

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Heather Ferguson @drheatherferg.bsky.social · Nov 17

New joint statement from Chief Scientific Advisors from across the EU - the need to build a One Health approach to policy and action #OneHealth

Eurosurveillance journal @eurosurveillance.org · Nov 17

New Scientific Opinion on One Health Governance by the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors

The aim: to inspire collaboration and coordination among #OneHealth actors at all levels

You can access it here ➡️ https://bit.ly/4fFvAxk

#IDSky #EpiSky #HealthPolicy #PublicHealth #MedSky
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Maureen Laroche, PhD, FRES @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · Dec 8

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Flo Débarre @flodebarre.bsky.social · Dec 4

Ecology-Evolution scientific societies on Bluesky:

ESEB: @eseb.bsky.social
SSE: @sse-evolution.bsky.social
ASN: @asn-amnat.bsky.social
SMBE: @official-smbe.bsky.social
BES: @britishecolsoc.bsky.social
CSEE-SCEE: @csee-scee.bsky.social
and joining us today, welcome!:
SFE2: @sfecologie.bsky.social

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Holly Broadhurst @hollybroadhurst.bsky.social · Dec 4

Thrilled to present our project on developing a one health approach to tick and tick-borne diseases through manipulation of reservoir host communities with Katie August today at @ukvbd.bsky.social #UKVBD2024

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Dr Steven White @drstevenmwhite.bsky.social · Dec 4

Dom Brass talking about our tick model from our TickSolve project at @ukvbd.bsky.social. @bethpurse.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social

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Caroline Millins @cmillins.bsky.social · Dec 5

Congratulations Dom and Ben! I hope you all got home ok amidst the train chaos!

Caroline Millins @cmillins.bsky.social · Dec 4

‘Prize winning research’🏆🥳

Caroline Millins @cmillins.bsky.social · Dec 4

Sarah Biddlecomb, UKHSA presenting UK distribution data of dermacentor reticularis and Haemaphysalis punctata

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Caroline Millins @cmillins.bsky.social · Dec 4

Ben Miller acing the poster session @ukvbd.bsky.social ‘How will woodland creation affect tick-borne disease risks in the UK’

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Dr Steven White @drstevenmwhite.bsky.social · Dec 4

@bethpurse.bsky.social presenting an overview of our OPTICK project (co-led by @cmillins.bsky.social) at @ukvbd.bsky.social.

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Caroline Millins @cmillins.bsky.social · Dec 4

Jing Jing Khoo presenting Wolbachia genomic data from Culex pipiens cell lines at the Tick Cell Biobank hosted at @liverpooluni.bsky.social @ukvbd.bsky.social

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Caroline Millins @cmillins.bsky.social · Dec 3

@bethpurse.bsky.social presenting ticksolve research @ukvbd.bsky.social meeting in collaboration with @mayaholding.bsky.social

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Caroline Millins @cmillins.bsky.social · Dec 3

‘Collaborate to innovate’ Mara Rocchi from the Moredun Research Institute presents results from a stakeholder workshop aimed at developing best practice for managing tickborne diseases @ukvbd.bsky.social

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Caroline Millins @cmillins.bsky.social · Dec 3

Shifting gears, @ukvbd.bsky.social invasive species cost billions annually, mosquitoes are the most costly group. Economic models of mosquito interventions show investment in interventions can be good value for money

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Caroline Millins @cmillins.bsky.social · Dec 3

@drstevenmwhite.bsky.social presenting role of phenotypic plasticity in disease transmission illustrated by dengue virus and Aedes albopictus @ukvbd.bsky.social

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Dr Steven White @drstevenmwhite.bsky.social · Dec 3

@cmillins.bsky.social talking about our OPTICK project fieldwork at @ukvbd.bsky.social. @bethpurse.bsky.social

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Caroline Millins @cmillins.bsky.social · Dec 3

Ticksolve research on landscape effects on hosts and cascading effects on ticks presented at @ukvbd.bsky.social by Saudamini Venkatesan @livuninews.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social

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Caroline Millins @cmillins.bsky.social · Dec 1

Looking forward to this!

Matthew Baylis @baylism.bsky.social · Dec 1

It’s taken a year to organise but it is finally here - the UK vector-borne diseases meeting in Liverpool starts in 2 days. It’s going to be great!

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Shirley Luckhart @shirleyluckhart.bsky.social · Nov 23

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.

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Caroline Millins @cmillins.bsky.social · Nov 27

I would love to be added, great idea! 🐀🐿️🦠🕊️🦠

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