Adam Hayward
@adhayward.bsky.social
Scientist at Moredun Research Institute working on ruminant parasites. Interested in host defence mechanisms, sustainable worm control using management and genetics, and meta-analysis.
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🎓 Funded #PhD studentships in pathogen biology and parasitology
*Cell and Molecular Biology*; *Host-pathogen interactions*
Part of the EastBio Doctoral Landscape Award
Based in the Edinburgh area of Scotland
PhD 1:
bit.ly/Host-pathoge...
PhD 2:
bit.ly/Parasite-sca...
@uoe-eid.bsky.social
*Cell and Molecular Biology*; *Host-pathogen interactions*
Part of the EastBio Doctoral Landscape Award
Based in the Edinburgh area of Scotland
PhD 1:
bit.ly/Host-pathoge...
PhD 2:
bit.ly/Parasite-sca...
@uoe-eid.bsky.social
EastBio: A host-directed approach to identify novel therapeutic targets of infectious reproductive diseases at Moredun Research Institute on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - EastBio: A host-directed approach to identify novel therapeutic targets of infectious reproductive diseases at Moredun Research Institute, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
🎓 Funded #PhD studentships in pathogen biology and parasitology
*Cell and Molecular Biology*; *Host-pathogen interactions*
Part of the EastBio Doctoral Landscape Award
Based in the Edinburgh area of Scotland
PhD 1:
bit.ly/Host-pathoge...
PhD 2:
bit.ly/Parasite-sca...
@uoe-eid.bsky.social
*Cell and Molecular Biology*; *Host-pathogen interactions*
Part of the EastBio Doctoral Landscape Award
Based in the Edinburgh area of Scotland
PhD 1:
bit.ly/Host-pathoge...
PhD 2:
bit.ly/Parasite-sca...
@uoe-eid.bsky.social
Cool paper exploring the links between ewe nutritional status, failure of passive transfer of immunity, and lamb growth: bvajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/.... Important to develop cut-off parameters to diagnose FPTI like we have for cattle!
Influence of ewe metabolic status on failure of passive transfer of immunity and lamb production in a UK lowland flock
Background Inadequate ewe nutrition is an important driver for neonatal lamb losses, although the association of ewe metabolic status with lamb passive transfer status is poorly understood. This stu...
bvajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Cool paper exploring the links between ewe nutritional status, failure of passive transfer of immunity, and lamb growth: bvajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/.... Important to develop cut-off parameters to diagnose FPTI like we have for cattle!
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*PhD opportunity @uniexecec.bsky.social* How does antimicrobial resistance spread through ecosystems?
Combine fieldwork (rodent trapping 🐭, habitat surveys 🌳, pheasant sampling 🦤), molecular techniques, GIS, and spatial modelling to understand AMR evolution and spread. 🔬🦠🧪
Please repost!
Combine fieldwork (rodent trapping 🐭, habitat surveys 🌳, pheasant sampling 🦤), molecular techniques, GIS, and spatial modelling to understand AMR evolution and spread. 🔬🦠🧪
Please repost!
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in Gamebirds: A One Health Approach to Understanding and Mitigating the Risk of AMR Evolution and Spread through Ecosystems at University of Exeter on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in Gamebirds: A One Health Approach to Understanding and Mitigating the Risk of AMR Evolution and Spread through Ecosystems at University of Exeter, list...
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November 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
*PhD opportunity @uniexecec.bsky.social* How does antimicrobial resistance spread through ecosystems?
Combine fieldwork (rodent trapping 🐭, habitat surveys 🌳, pheasant sampling 🦤), molecular techniques, GIS, and spatial modelling to understand AMR evolution and spread. 🔬🦠🧪
Please repost!
Combine fieldwork (rodent trapping 🐭, habitat surveys 🌳, pheasant sampling 🦤), molecular techniques, GIS, and spatial modelling to understand AMR evolution and spread. 🔬🦠🧪
Please repost!
Exciting PhD opportunity on the ecological impacts of anthelmintic use on soil fauna, with a crack supervisory team and expertise from @hutton.ac.uk, @uofglasgow.bsky.social and @moredunfoundation.bsky.social!
More info here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
More info here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Ecological impacts of anthelmintic usage on soil micro- and mesofaunal communities at The James Hutton Institute on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Ecological impacts of anthelmintic usage on soil micro- and mesofaunal communities at The James Hutton Institute, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Exciting PhD opportunity on the ecological impacts of anthelmintic use on soil fauna, with a crack supervisory team and expertise from @hutton.ac.uk, @uofglasgow.bsky.social and @moredunfoundation.bsky.social!
More info here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
More info here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Year 3 of our experiment looking at impacts of rotational grazing on sheep-parasite interactions is DONE! Huge amounts of data collected already (lamb growth, pasture mass, FEC), with a freezer full of samples ready to be attacked over winter…
@phoebeacbeal.bsky.social @moredunfoundation.bsky.social
@phoebeacbeal.bsky.social @moredunfoundation.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Year 3 of our experiment looking at impacts of rotational grazing on sheep-parasite interactions is DONE! Huge amounts of data collected already (lamb growth, pasture mass, FEC), with a freezer full of samples ready to be attacked over winter…
@phoebeacbeal.bsky.social @moredunfoundation.bsky.social
@phoebeacbeal.bsky.social @moredunfoundation.bsky.social
Our article on the peri-parturient relaxation of immunity is out in Vet Para (experiment >10 years ago, before I arrived at Moredun!). Ewes show declines in Th1 & Th2 cytokines, but increased regulatory cytokine around lamb birth, explaining an increase in FEC: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Late pregnancy is associated with an increase in regulatory cytokines and a decline in nematode-specific antibody levels in sheep infected with Teladorsagia circumcincta
The gastrointestinal nematode Teladorsagia circumcincta is a prevalent and economically important parasite of sheep. Sheep develop acquired immunity t…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Our article on the peri-parturient relaxation of immunity is out in Vet Para (experiment >10 years ago, before I arrived at Moredun!). Ewes show declines in Th1 & Th2 cytokines, but increased regulatory cytokine around lamb birth, explaining an increase in FEC: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Our 2025 Sep issue bit.ly/2N9R8Es reviews species sanitation & structural resilience in malaria control, animal trypanosomosis control, parasite genome organization, Leishmania attachment in sandflies, nonchemotherapeutic nematode control, tick & host microbiotas, parasitic neural manipulation &more
September 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Our 2025 Sep issue bit.ly/2N9R8Es reviews species sanitation & structural resilience in malaria control, animal trypanosomosis control, parasite genome organization, Leishmania attachment in sandflies, nonchemotherapeutic nematode control, tick & host microbiotas, parasitic neural manipulation &more
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Drs Miguel Peña-Espinoza @hannahvineer.bsky.social @adhayward.bsky.social Andrew Williams, Tom McNeilly & Stig Thamsborg review non-chemotherapeutic approaches for #gastrointestinal #nematode control in #ruminants.
www.cell.com/trends/paras...
www.cell.com/trends/paras...
August 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Drs Miguel Peña-Espinoza @hannahvineer.bsky.social @adhayward.bsky.social Andrew Williams, Tom McNeilly & Stig Thamsborg review non-chemotherapeutic approaches for #gastrointestinal #nematode control in #ruminants.
www.cell.com/trends/paras...
www.cell.com/trends/paras...
Absolute pleasure to be involved in this review article on sustainable parasite control in ruminants. Full of lovely stuff on vaccines, nutrition, genetics, grazing and biological control! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
August 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Absolute pleasure to be involved in this review article on sustainable parasite control in ruminants. Full of lovely stuff on vaccines, nutrition, genetics, grazing and biological control! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Set up a couple of baited pitfall traps to see what dung beetles we’ve got in our grazing trial at our research farm. Looking forward to seeing what we’ve got in a week’s time!
June 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Set up a couple of baited pitfall traps to see what dung beetles we’ve got in our grazing trial at our research farm. Looking forward to seeing what we’ve got in a week’s time!
Lots of fun in the Moredun tent at the Royal Highland Show yesterday, chatting to folk about various project and showing them revolting things in jars. Nipped out for a bit to see some animals and get the obligatory Valais Blacknose pic
June 20, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Lots of fun in the Moredun tent at the Royal Highland Show yesterday, chatting to folk about various project and showing them revolting things in jars. Nipped out for a bit to see some animals and get the obligatory Valais Blacknose pic
Great fun dung beetle hunting in our grazing trial plots at Moredun with Kelly Jowett and Gen Kiero-Watson from @rothamsted.bsky.social yesterday! Should be the start of a great collab
June 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Great fun dung beetle hunting in our grazing trial plots at Moredun with Kelly Jowett and Gen Kiero-Watson from @rothamsted.bsky.social yesterday! Should be the start of a great collab
Lovely geotropid dung beetle on sheep poo on the path up Schiehallion at the weekend- with wee phoretic mite pal in tow!
May 27, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Lovely geotropid dung beetle on sheep poo on the path up Schiehallion at the weekend- with wee phoretic mite pal in tow!
Gearing up for our grazing trial with a look around the paddocks to see how the lambs are getting on- and also going into the sheds just because they’re cute up close 🙂
April 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Gearing up for our grazing trial with a look around the paddocks to see how the lambs are getting on- and also going into the sheds just because they’re cute up close 🙂
Seriously plush remote office setup at grandma and granddad’s place
February 18, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Seriously plush remote office setup at grandma and granddad’s place
Yesterday I turned 40 (FORTY! FOUR-OH!) for crying out loud. Never mind, my lovely colleagues @moredunfoundation.bsky.social were there to simultaneously soften the blow and take the mick out of me…
January 31, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Yesterday I turned 40 (FORTY! FOUR-OH!) for crying out loud. Never mind, my lovely colleagues @moredunfoundation.bsky.social were there to simultaneously soften the blow and take the mick out of me…
Not usual for us to be up at the farm in January- but it looked an absolute picture in the snow, set off beautifully by everyone’s favourite sheep dog!
January 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Not usual for us to be up at the farm in January- but it looked an absolute picture in the snow, set off beautifully by everyone’s favourite sheep dog!
Heading back to work today like…
January 6, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Heading back to work today like…
Our office door, now with added 🐑 🎅
December 12, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Our office door, now with added 🐑 🎅
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🚩PhD opportunity furthering sustainable control of gastrointestinal nematodes and anthelmintic resistance in sheep flocks through mathematical modelling with me at @bioss.bsky.social alongside Fi Kenyon, @adhayward.bsky.social (Moredun) and Rob Kelly (Edinburgh Uni). Please share! #parasitology
December 10, 2024 at 11:21 AM
🚩PhD opportunity furthering sustainable control of gastrointestinal nematodes and anthelmintic resistance in sheep flocks through mathematical modelling with me at @bioss.bsky.social alongside Fi Kenyon, @adhayward.bsky.social (Moredun) and Rob Kelly (Edinburgh Uni). Please share! #parasitology
Do you or your promising undergrad/Master's student have an interest in mathematical modelling, parasitology, sustainable agriculture, with great opportunities for knowledge exchange? Then look at this PhD project with @daveewing.bsky.social and us folks at Moredun! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
EastBio - Furthering sustainable control of gastrointestinal nematodes and anthelmintic resistance in sheep flocks through mathematical modelling at The James Hutton Institute on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - EastBio - Furthering sustainable control of gastrointestinal nematodes and anthelmintic resistance in sheep flocks through mathematical modelling at The James Hutton Institute, listed on...
www.findaphd.com
December 9, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Do you or your promising undergrad/Master's student have an interest in mathematical modelling, parasitology, sustainable agriculture, with great opportunities for knowledge exchange? Then look at this PhD project with @daveewing.bsky.social and us folks at Moredun! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Tell me you have a 3-year-old daughter without telling me you have a 3-year-old daughter…
December 6, 2024 at 6:15 AM
Tell me you have a 3-year-old daughter without telling me you have a 3-year-old daughter…
Missing the annual Soay sheep project meeting for the first time since 2007 today. Happily, I get to spend it trying to feed laxatives to a 3-year-old…
December 5, 2024 at 1:48 PM
Missing the annual Soay sheep project meeting for the first time since 2007 today. Happily, I get to spend it trying to feed laxatives to a 3-year-old…
Ugh, the BSP conference clashes with our girl’s birthday. There’s always WAAVP though…which clashes with our son’s birthday 😭
Reckon I can swap a in short research talk for the traditional treasure hunt/pass the parcel/beat the crap out of dads with balloons?
Reckon I can swap a in short research talk for the traditional treasure hunt/pass the parcel/beat the crap out of dads with balloons?
December 3, 2024 at 6:51 AM
Ugh, the BSP conference clashes with our girl’s birthday. There’s always WAAVP though…which clashes with our son’s birthday 😭
Reckon I can swap a in short research talk for the traditional treasure hunt/pass the parcel/beat the crap out of dads with balloons?
Reckon I can swap a in short research talk for the traditional treasure hunt/pass the parcel/beat the crap out of dads with balloons?
Fantastic PhD project with the awesome Amy Sweeny, making use of some very hard-won data
Interested in fitness consequences of the gut microbiome in the wild? Keen on being involved with an iconic long-term study system?
Check out a PhD opportunity working on Soay sheep microbiomes! Info below and feel free to contact with q's.
e4-dtp.ed.ac.uk/e5-dtp/super...
Check out a PhD opportunity working on Soay sheep microbiomes! Info below and feel free to contact with q's.
e4-dtp.ed.ac.uk/e5-dtp/super...
November 29, 2024 at 6:05 PM
Fantastic PhD project with the awesome Amy Sweeny, making use of some very hard-won data