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Mark van der Giezen

@mitorem.bsky.social

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Interested in and working on parasites of humans, livestock and fisheries. Research related to health, food security, biochemical adaptations to low oxygen and mitochondrial evolution. Work also on microbiomes and guts. Faculty member, but personal account

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Mark van der Giezen @mitorem.bsky.social · Dec 6

Great example of the effectiveness of vaccination. In 1992, Norway introduced vaccination against Haemophilus influenzae and the next year under seven disease burden dropped massively.

Yesterday at the Norwegian public health institute annual microbial genomics meeting.

Talk by Dagfinn Skaare.

Norwegian public health institute's name on one of it's outer walls.

Graph showing effect of introduction of vaccination against Haemophilus influenzae in Norway in 1992 on childhood disease (going down).

Mark van der Giezen @mitorem.bsky.social · Nov 25

Where?

Mark van der Giezen @mitorem.bsky.social · Nov 20

Just do it!

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Nick Talbot @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social · Nov 19

Last few days to apply for a PhD studentship in my group @thesainsburylab.bsky.social

biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/ide...

Identification of novel virulence determinants in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae | Doctoral Training Partnership

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Mark van der Giezen @mitorem.bsky.social · Nov 19

Or a covid-like event strikes the salmon industry at a time the Saudis open the taps....

Mark van der Giezen @mitorem.bsky.social · Nov 19

Interesting. Can you replace 'oil' with 'salmon'? I have some concerns about the future of our adopted homeland.

Mark van der Giezen @mitorem.bsky.social · Nov 19

I thought you can get Stentor and Blepharisma from teaching suppliers? At least, I've ordered them for class in England.

Mark van der Giezen @mitorem.bsky.social · Nov 19

First frost of the season and didn't really fancy doing my usual run. The views were worth it though.

View over a lake through the trees with a rising sun in the distance. It's autumn but we had the first frost of the season so it looks chilly. Golden brown colours.

Mark van der Giezen @mitorem.bsky.social · Nov 18

Where's that?

Mark van der Giezen @mitorem.bsky.social · Nov 18

Quite expensive for plants that look rather dead? You think there's a future in a dead plant shop? Weird isn't it?

Mark van der Giezen @mitorem.bsky.social · Nov 16

Stormy sea water spray over a breaker at the coast in Norway. Houses and trees at the distance.

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Mark van der Giezen @mitorem.bsky.social · Nov 15

No, it's not a midlife crisis, I've had that already.

Photo of a 1968 Volvo Felt, also called Välp or Laplander, with a ferry at the background.

Mark van der Giezen @mitorem.bsky.social · Dec 17

'In space no one can hear you scream' says Alien. It seems that this also applies to Mastodon and BlueSky? Unlike the old Twitter, there is very little interaction with messages. Maybe it's better to write to (local) newspapers and/or contact MPs if you want to make a difference?

Mark van der Giezen @mitorem.bsky.social · Dec 9

I agree, it's not what it set out to be. I'm no longer interested in paying 'open access' charges but plan to put manuscripts in open archives and publish old school, behind a paywall if the case. I cannot justify spending community money on a financial profit model for private enterprise.

Mark van der Giezen @mitorem.bsky.social · Dec 8

Absoluut ongelooflijk tot het niveau dat ik er geen bal van geloof. Dankzij de top 2000 vind ik het onderhand een onverdraaglijk nummer.

Mark van der Giezen @mitorem.bsky.social · Nov 27

I put my money on the ciliate. Microbial eukaryotes rule!

Mark van der Giezen @mitorem.bsky.social · Nov 25

Explain this to the taxpayers and convince politicians about the obscenity that is the open access publishing business model:

"The scientific community of the US, China, UK, France, Netherlands, and Norway pays over $2 billion each year to a dozen publishers to publish their work with open access"

Scientists paid large publishers over $1 billion in four years to have their studies published with ...

A study reveals that academic megajournals ‘Scientific Reports’ and ‘Nature Communications’ have cornered the market

english.elpais.com

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Mark van der Giezen @mitorem.bsky.social · Nov 25

Unexpected but always impressive, northern lights in southern Norway.

Green northern lights above houses across a bay

Red and green northern lights above the sea with some lights of houses at the horizon.

Mark van der Giezen @mitorem.bsky.social · Nov 24

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Mark van der Giezen @mitorem.bsky.social · Nov 23

Jawel. Mijn stem zit nog in de 100,000 buitenlandse stemmen, maar dat zijn maar 2 zetels? Wordt m niet.

Mark van der Giezen @mitorem.bsky.social · Nov 23

Wat hebben jullie met mijn land gedaan?

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Mark van der Giezen @mitorem.bsky.social · Nov 19

I think it is crucial we tell policy makers (ministers, politicians, heads of institutes, etc) and even librarians that open access has been hijacked by commercial parties pretending to offer open access. Let's all do BioRxiv and not spend taxpayer money on commercial open access charges!

Mark van der Giezen @mitorem.bsky.social · Nov 15

Super excited after a 2-day kickoff event where 70 people from academia, industry, and the clinic set out on a journey to identify people at risk of Alzheimer's earlier.

Proud to be involved as Stavanger University Hospital partner to look into the intestinal microbiome part

tinyurl.com/yc493yzm

PREDICTOM Secures €21 Million Investment to Pioneer Early Alzheimer's Detection

In 2023, more than 7 million people are living with dementia in the European Union. This number is projected to double, reaching 14 million in 2050. This will create a huge burden on healthcare system...

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Mark van der Giezen @mitorem.bsky.social · Nov 10

Cool (really cool!) PhD position on the diversity and ecology of anaerobic protists and fungi in polar freshwaters!

A joint project with two of my previous colleagues at the Natural History Museum in London and the University of Exeter.

See below for more information:
www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/...

Into the dark: diversity and ecology of fungi and protists in the twilight zone of polar freshwaters...

www.nhm.ac.uk

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