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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 3d

We would like to extend a very warm welcome to SBOHVM's new postgraduate students!

We at SBOHVM wish you all great success in the coming years with us.

@uofgmvls.bsky.social

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Physiology, Ageing & Welfare Group UoG @physiologyuog.bsky.social · 6d

PhD Opportunity @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk📢
Investigate how the sustainable approach of using sewage sludge biosolids as an agricultural fertiliser affects the gastrointestinal system of grazing ruminants through in-vitro gastrointestinal modelling and microbiome analysis!
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...

University of Glasgow - Postgraduate study - Centres for Doctoral Training - NorthWest Biosciences - Our Projects - Animal Biology in Health & Disease - Rheinallt Jones

www.gla.ac.uk

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The Naturally Speaking Podcast @naturally-speaking.bsky.social · 13d

New Naturally Speaking Podcast!

"Balancing Parenthood and a PhD (Part 1)"

Balancing Parenthood and a PhD: when your research proposal isn’t the only thing keeping you up at night!

Listen here: naturallyspeaking.blog/2025/09/26/b...

Balancing Parenthood and a PhD (Part 1)

Balancing Parenthood and a PhD: when your research proposal isn’t the only thing keeping you up at night! What happens when two major life challenges collide: undertaking a PhD and raising a …

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 13d

The School is devastated to receive the news that Professor Os Jarrett has passed following a short illness. We have lost another bright star from our Glasgow Veterinary family. He will be fondly remembered as a generous, kind, smart, humble and wickedly funny man and will be greatly missed.

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 16d

Huge congratulations to staff across the School on some fantastic league table announcements this week. This morning, we received notification that the School has been ranked number one for both Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026.

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 24d

SBOHVM's @poppylamberton.bsky.social @lamberton-lab.bsky.social
and partners will lead a global collaboration to tackle #Schistosomiasis

Read the full story @ gla.ac.uk/schools/bohv...

Also watch an interview with Poppy👉https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t62CHi4daTY

#tropicaldiseases #OneHealth

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 26d

Glasgow University has been ranked by the Guardian as the best UK university for Zoology for the fourth year in a row!

See more here: www.theguardian.com/education/ng...

Best UK universities for zoology – league table

Understand a range of animal groups, from reptiles and insects, to mammals and dinosaurs. Includes conservation and field trips

www.theguardian.com

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Jan Lindström @jlindstrom.bsky.social · 29d

Glasgow university’s Zoology degree retains its top position in the Guardian university 2026 rankings, for the 4th year in a row!
@sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @uofgmvls.bsky.social

bsky.app/profile/theg...

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 29d

The Guardian University Guide 2026 – the rankings

Find a course at one of the top universities in the country. Our league tables rank them all subject by subject, as well as by student satisfaction, staff numbers, spending and career prospects Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Tasha Milne @tashamilne.bsky.social · Sep 12

New paper out in Royal Society Open Science: Biodiversity is the common factor for juvenile nursery habitat for 3 commercially important species. Marine protection should focus on whole-site health, not just individual features @davemarinebio.glasgow.ac.uk @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk doi.org/10.1098/rsos...

Seascape ecology of juvenile gadoid nursery areas | Royal Society Open Science

Availability of juvenile fish habitat provision can impact recruitment. This study focused on identifying which environmental variables characterize the juvenile habitats of three commercially important gadoid species: Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), haddock ...

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Rachel Lennon @rachlenn.bsky.social · Sep 11

🚨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...

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · Sep 10

STOCKWORKER POSITION AVAILABLE
Scottish Centre of Production Animal Health & Food Safety,
SBOHVM, UofG Garscube Campus

Vacancy now live on GU &Find a Job:

GU link – www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/stockwor...
FAJ link – findajob.dwp.gov.uk/details/1711...

Closing date: 23 Sept
#sbohvm #MVLS

Stockworker

Job Purpose To be an integral part of our dynamic group of academic, farm and clinical staff at the Scottish Centre of Production Animal Health and Food Safety (SCPAHFS) at the Galloway Building on...

www.jobs.gla.ac.uk

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · Sep 9

Contributors: Houssein Samwel Kimaro, Jennifer McIntyre, Vanessa O. Ezenwa, Ricardo M. Holdo, Jason Donaldson, J, Grant C. Hopcraft, Thomas A. Morrison.

School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · Sep 9

New research paper featuring members of SBOHVM!

"Disentangling transport and trophic effects of animal movement on environmental parasite abundance"

Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...

Redirecting

doi.org

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · Sep 4

Did you catch our recent radio interviews with @drheatherferg.bsky.social , @rachlenn.bsky.social and Dr Andrew Brownlow (both @strandings.bsky.social. Catch them while you can 👂

Heather
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (18:45)
Rachel 33 mins/Andrew 1hr47mins
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (17:47)

BBC Sounds - Music. Radio. Podcasts

Listen without limits, with BBC Sounds. Catch the latest music tracks, discover binge-worthy podcasts, or listen to radio shows - all whenever you want.

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Ana Pineda, PhD @anapineda.bsky.social · Sep 4

Amig@s! I'm very excited to bring you a new FREE event to help you come back to your focus and writing routine after the summer 🎊
Join us for 4 days of live classes, Q&A, and co-working time. Click on the 📸 to sign up! #AcademicSky #ECRchat #AcWri #NewPI
ifocusandwrite.lpages.co/bootcamp-sep...

FREE bootcamp to focus and write your scientific paper

An online event between 15th and 18th of September with classes, co-working and accountability to help you boost your scientific writing and productivity after the summer 🎊

ifocusandwrite.lpages.co

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Heather Ferguson @drheatherferg.bsky.social · Sep 3

Report of the 18th @who.int Strategic Technical Advisory Group mtg on #NTDs now out
Includes updates/recommendations on
-Regional progress on Road Map targets
-M&E, access to medicines & supply chain issues

Privilege to chair this mtg, thx to all participants
#BeatNTDs
www.who.int/publications...

Report of the eighteenth meeting of the Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Geneva, Switzerland, 5-6 December 2024

www.who.int

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Sarah Jones @sarah-jones.bsky.social · Sep 1

We had a great lab outing to the #HighlandWildlifePark,
hearing all about the wildcat breeding for release project.
We’re pleased that #VeterinaryDiagnosticServices can help.

@sbohvm.gla.ac.uk‬ ‪@highlandwpark.bsky.social‬ @saveourwildcats.bsky.social‬
#ScottishWildcat #Conservation

Herd of Przewalski's horses in a mixed species, free-ranging park

Bison with the Cairngorm mountains in the background

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Heather Ferguson @drheatherferg.bsky.social · Aug 26

Super excited to be part of this new initiative led by Prof Fredros Okumu, with Ifakara Health Institute, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, University of the Witwatersrand, Fundação Manhiça Mozambique, University of Eduardo Mondlane, KEMRI, University of Nairobi & the Technical University of Kenya
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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · Aug 26

@drheatherferg.bsky.social, Fredros Okumu (Ifakara Health Institute) and partners receive €6.1M EU Horizon/EDCTP funding to support the launch of the first mosquito observatory network in Africa.

👉https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_1206540_en.html
#mosquitoes #mosquitobornediseases #onehealth

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · Aug 26

@drheatherferg.bsky.social, Fredros Okumu (Ifakara Health Institute) and partners receive €6.1M EU Horizon/EDCTP funding to support the launch of the first mosquito observatory network in Africa.

👉https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_1206540_en.html
#mosquitoes #mosquitobornediseases #onehealth

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · Aug 22

This summer, 10 of our Zoology & Marine and Freshwater Biology BSc Honours students packed their bags, grabbed their field kits, and headed out on unforgettable research adventures.

Learn more about what they've been up to 👉
www.gla.ac.uk/schools/bohv...

#WorldChangingGlasgow

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Jason Newton @jasonisotopes.bsky.social · Aug 21

How does urbanisation affect isotopic niche in blue tit adults and nestlings? See the latest work by Ana Navarro, Davide Dominoni @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk and colleagues - doi.org/10.1080/1025... #stableisotopeecology

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · Aug 20

Why do strandings happen? And why are we seeing a surge? Our team @strandings.bsky.social in a new @nature.com paper (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) led by PhD student @rachlenn.bsky.social tell us why.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Scientists investigate surge in whale and dolphin strandings in Scotland

Possible causes include chemical, plastic and noise pollution and entanglements in fishing gear.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme @strandings.bsky.social · Aug 20

🐬🐳 Check out our new paper lead by our @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk PhD student @rachlenn.bsky.social which looks at trends in cetacean strandings over the past 30 years. 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
All thanks to decades of reports from volunteers and the public!

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · Aug 20

To mark #WMD2025, the APMEN is hosting an important webinar to highlight the growing threat of #mosquito-borne diseases.

Prof Fredros Okumu (SBOHVM & Ifakara Health Institute) is a keynote speaker. Register @ tiny.cc/WMD25

#WorldMosquitoDay #WMD2025 #VectorControl #APMEN #OneHealth

Welcome! You are invited to join the World Mosquito Day Webinar "Mosquito-borne diseases on the rise: Drivers of change and the need for integrated action". After registering, you will receive a confi...

Mosquito-borne diseases are on the rise, posing an increasing global threat to both public health and biodiversity. Rising temperatures and shifting weather patterns caused by climate change are expan...

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Luca Nelli @lucanelli.bsky.social · Aug 19

A year of hard work, passion, and dedication! Our MSc students in Conservation at @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk shared the findings of their final projects last Friday. Inspiring talks and brilliant science from a fantastic cohort! 👏🌿📊

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