Kristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩🔬
@kristinamuise.bsky.social
MSc & BSc (Hons) in bat behaviour/physiology @uwinnipeg.bsky.social 🦇 (she/her)
Veterinary Medicine, Wildlife Conservation & Diseases 🔬
https://kristinamuise.weebly
Veterinary Medicine, Wildlife Conservation & Diseases 🔬
https://kristinamuise.weebly
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Hi everyone - I'm Kristina! I am aiming to become a Veterinarian and for my previous degrees (BSc. Hons and MSc) I studied the behaviour & physiology of bats in North America. My interests are mainly wildlife diseases and conservation medicince. I'm interested in connecting more with people on here!
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I was feeling like "my job is pointless and no one cares" and then one of my students popped in to office hours just to ask for book recommendations
November 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I was feeling like "my job is pointless and no one cares" and then one of my students popped in to office hours just to ask for book recommendations
"our findings suggest that endangered species are no more or less likely to host viruses that pose a threat to humans, but future zoonotic threats might remain undiscovered in these species."
NEW! 🦠🦧 We revisited a perplexing paradox: do wildlife really pose less of a risk to human health as they become more endangered? Turns out, it's sampling bias all the way down: conservation risks correlate with disease surveillance blindspots. 🔓 esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Viral diversity and zoonotic risk in endangered species
A growing body of evidence links zoonotic disease risk, including pandemic threats, to biodiversity loss and other upstream anthropogenic impacts on ecosystem health. However, there is little current...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
"our findings suggest that endangered species are no more or less likely to host viruses that pose a threat to humans, but future zoonotic threats might remain undiscovered in these species."
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Paula MacKay is now on Bluesky! See what she's up to, and also find links to her writing, at @paulamackay.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Paula MacKay is now on Bluesky! See what she's up to, and also find links to her writing, at @paulamackay.bsky.social
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what next!!! ---- 2025. Endangered lemurs face new threat from the luxury meat trade phys.org/news/2025-11...
Endangered lemurs face new threat from the luxury meat trade
Lemurs, the small primates with bushy tails and large, expressive eyes, are among the world's most endangered species. According to the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List, ...
phys.org
November 25, 2025 at 12:54 AM
what next!!! ---- 2025. Endangered lemurs face new threat from the luxury meat trade phys.org/news/2025-11...
I planned to be productive today, but the university announcing this today really threw a wrench in my ability to focus
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I planned to be productive today, but the university announcing this today really threw a wrench in my ability to focus
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This is disappointing
Canada’s cuts to the Global Fund will fuel reversal of progress on HIV, TB, and Malaria
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/canadas-cuts...
Canada’s cuts to the Global Fund will fuel reversal of progress on HIV, TB, and Malaria
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/canadas-cuts...
Canada's cuts to the Global Fund will fuel reversal of progress on HIV, TB, and Malaria | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Canada's reduced pledge to The Global Fund reflects recent aid cuts, a shift from its previous leading role in fighting AIDS, TB, and malaria.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is disappointing
Canada’s cuts to the Global Fund will fuel reversal of progress on HIV, TB, and Malaria
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/canadas-cuts...
Canada’s cuts to the Global Fund will fuel reversal of progress on HIV, TB, and Malaria
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/canadas-cuts...
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It’s #TautonymTuesday! Meet 𝐵𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑙𝑎 𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑙𝑎, the stone loach. This small benthic #fish inhabits cool, fast-flowing streams across Europe and western Asia. They live on the bottom, often partly buried. A classic tautonym in freshwater ichthyology! #Systematics #TaxonomyTuesday Photo: Holger Krisp
November 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
It’s #TautonymTuesday! Meet 𝐵𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑙𝑎 𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑙𝑎, the stone loach. This small benthic #fish inhabits cool, fast-flowing streams across Europe and western Asia. They live on the bottom, often partly buried. A classic tautonym in freshwater ichthyology! #Systematics #TaxonomyTuesday Photo: Holger Krisp
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Every year around Thanksgiving, I see tons of grad students post heartbreaking messages on social media about how their loved ones don’t understand or support their decision to study what seems like something pointless or silly.
Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!
🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!
🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
“Why Are We Funding This?”
Long-standing myths about “silly science” have contributed to the reckless slashing of government-supported research.
www.americanscientist.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Every year around Thanksgiving, I see tons of grad students post heartbreaking messages on social media about how their loved ones don’t understand or support their decision to study what seems like something pointless or silly.
Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!
🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!
🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
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Bowhead whales live twice as long as humans, and have a unique DNA repair mechanism to avoid cancer. Novel research w U Rochester in collaboration with the Inuit in Alaska.
🧪#cancer
apple.news/Ag-kaIoQ2QSG...
🧪#cancer
apple.news/Ag-kaIoQ2QSG...
A bowhead whale's DNA offers clues to fight cancer — NPR
Scientists searching for new ways to combat cancer think they may have uncovered a promising new lead in the DNA of the bowhead whale.
apple.news
November 25, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Bowhead whales live twice as long as humans, and have a unique DNA repair mechanism to avoid cancer. Novel research w U Rochester in collaboration with the Inuit in Alaska.
🧪#cancer
apple.news/Ag-kaIoQ2QSG...
🧪#cancer
apple.news/Ag-kaIoQ2QSG...
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My university just dropped this bombshell on the U of Winnipeg community. I've been here long enough that this is not the first time I've seen this happen.
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
My university just dropped this bombshell on the U of Winnipeg community. I've been here long enough that this is not the first time I've seen this happen.
Do other academics on here get emails from high school students asking to be interviewed?
I have time to accomodate, but I'm unsure if this is a thing?
#academicsky
I have time to accomodate, but I'm unsure if this is a thing?
#academicsky
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Do other academics on here get emails from high school students asking to be interviewed?
I have time to accomodate, but I'm unsure if this is a thing?
#academicsky
I have time to accomodate, but I'm unsure if this is a thing?
#academicsky
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The authors of a Comment article in Nature discuss Contributor Role Taxonomy (CRediT), a tool for clarifying the roles of each author of a research paper and call for CRediT to become the norm, to support researchers and research integrity across the whole academic landscape. #Academicsky 🧪
A ten-year drive to credit authors for their work — and why there’s still more to do
Information about the roles of each author of a paper can help to build trust, integrity and responsible research assessment. Coordinated efforts are needed to consolidate progress.
go.nature.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The authors of a Comment article in Nature discuss Contributor Role Taxonomy (CRediT), a tool for clarifying the roles of each author of a research paper and call for CRediT to become the norm, to support researchers and research integrity across the whole academic landscape. #Academicsky 🧪
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We're currently looking for new Associate Editors to join our Editorial Board! 🌎🧪
If you're interested in contributing to the publishing landscape, check out the link below 👇
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl...
If you're interested in contributing to the publishing landscape, check out the link below 👇
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl...
November 24, 2025 at 11:53 AM
We're currently looking for new Associate Editors to join our Editorial Board! 🌎🧪
If you're interested in contributing to the publishing landscape, check out the link below 👇
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl...
If you're interested in contributing to the publishing landscape, check out the link below 👇
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl...
I'm currently working out some books that I plan to read this upcoming year - what is everyones current book reccomendations at the moment?
I just finished The Secret of Secrets, by Dan Brown - but I'm looking for a mixture of fiction and non-fiction
📚🔖📖 #booksky
I just finished The Secret of Secrets, by Dan Brown - but I'm looking for a mixture of fiction and non-fiction
📚🔖📖 #booksky
November 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I'm currently working out some books that I plan to read this upcoming year - what is everyones current book reccomendations at the moment?
I just finished The Secret of Secrets, by Dan Brown - but I'm looking for a mixture of fiction and non-fiction
📚🔖📖 #booksky
I just finished The Secret of Secrets, by Dan Brown - but I'm looking for a mixture of fiction and non-fiction
📚🔖📖 #booksky
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
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Please enjoy this list of ways that the NY Times crossword puzzle has clued the word SEXT, it's my sexy gift to you.
November 24, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Please enjoy this list of ways that the NY Times crossword puzzle has clued the word SEXT, it's my sexy gift to you.
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If you’re still hunting for color tools, I’m working on a more user-friendly version of meodai.github.io/poline/ keeping you huedrated
November 23, 2025 at 12:42 AM
If you’re still hunting for color tools, I’m working on a more user-friendly version of meodai.github.io/poline/ keeping you huedrated
Hey Vet Med - don't forget that there's a starter list to follow all of the best accounts in the veterinary field here on BlueSky
If you want to be added to the list, let me know!
🌎🧪👩⚕️👨⚕️💊💉
go.bsky.app/QpCppdB
If you want to be added to the list, let me know!
🌎🧪👩⚕️👨⚕️💊💉
go.bsky.app/QpCppdB
November 24, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Hey Vet Med - don't forget that there's a starter list to follow all of the best accounts in the veterinary field here on BlueSky
If you want to be added to the list, let me know!
🌎🧪👩⚕️👨⚕️💊💉
go.bsky.app/QpCppdB
If you want to be added to the list, let me know!
🌎🧪👩⚕️👨⚕️💊💉
go.bsky.app/QpCppdB
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Coral reefs are largely missing from country reporting to international biodiversity and climate agreements—a lost chance for targeted action to promote resilience.
@wcs.org / @worldwildlife.org op-ed on why it matters and how collective action can protect them: for-the-ocean.org/now-or-never... 🌏
@wcs.org / @worldwildlife.org op-ed on why it matters and how collective action can protect them: for-the-ocean.org/now-or-never... 🌏
NOW OR NEVER - COLLECTIVE ACTION IS VITAL TO PROTECT CORAL REEFS | Together for the Ocean
Coral reefs are absent from national climate and biodiversity plans. Alfred DeGemmis, Director of International Policy at WCS, and Rachel James, Global Coral Reef Rescue Initiative Lead at WWF, explor...
for-the-ocean.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Coral reefs are largely missing from country reporting to international biodiversity and climate agreements—a lost chance for targeted action to promote resilience.
@wcs.org / @worldwildlife.org op-ed on why it matters and how collective action can protect them: for-the-ocean.org/now-or-never... 🌏
@wcs.org / @worldwildlife.org op-ed on why it matters and how collective action can protect them: for-the-ocean.org/now-or-never... 🌏
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For sharks on the brink of extinction, CITES Appendix II isn’t protective enough, writes @whysharksmatter.bsky.social.
Starting next week, we will be at #CITESCoP20 advocating for greater protections for some of the ocean's most iconic species.
🌏 news.mongabay.com/2025/11/for-...
Starting next week, we will be at #CITESCoP20 advocating for greater protections for some of the ocean's most iconic species.
🌏 news.mongabay.com/2025/11/for-...
For sharks on the brink of extinction, CITES Appendix II isn’t protective enough (commentary)
Sharks are some of the most threatened animals on Earth, with approximately one-third of all species assessed as threatened with extinction on the IUCN Red List. These animals are not only older than ...
news.mongabay.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
For sharks on the brink of extinction, CITES Appendix II isn’t protective enough, writes @whysharksmatter.bsky.social.
Starting next week, we will be at #CITESCoP20 advocating for greater protections for some of the ocean's most iconic species.
🌏 news.mongabay.com/2025/11/for-...
Starting next week, we will be at #CITESCoP20 advocating for greater protections for some of the ocean's most iconic species.
🌏 news.mongabay.com/2025/11/for-...
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‘Winter arrives on the wings of a Brown Long Eared bat’ While the Brandt’s bats 🦇 have been underground since early September, it always takes a sub zero snap to push the Long Eareds into hibernation. #bats #chiroptera #research #conservation #ecology
November 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
‘Winter arrives on the wings of a Brown Long Eared bat’ While the Brandt’s bats 🦇 have been underground since early September, it always takes a sub zero snap to push the Long Eareds into hibernation. #bats #chiroptera #research #conservation #ecology
November 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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What’s the most significant advice you received from a teacher?
I had a Geology prof who always said “have strong opinions, loosely held”
Be passionate, assess alternatives with conviction, take sides. But don’t fall so in love with your opinions that you can’t change them with better data.
I had a Geology prof who always said “have strong opinions, loosely held”
Be passionate, assess alternatives with conviction, take sides. But don’t fall so in love with your opinions that you can’t change them with better data.
November 21, 2025 at 12:54 AM
What’s the most significant advice you received from a teacher?
I had a Geology prof who always said “have strong opinions, loosely held”
Be passionate, assess alternatives with conviction, take sides. But don’t fall so in love with your opinions that you can’t change them with better data.
I had a Geology prof who always said “have strong opinions, loosely held”
Be passionate, assess alternatives with conviction, take sides. But don’t fall so in love with your opinions that you can’t change them with better data.
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🚨🦜🐧Cover reveal! Thrilled to show off the cover of my upcoming book: The Story of Birds!
Coming April 28. The whole history of birds, from their dinosaur origins to colossal extinct penguins & terror birds, to the 10,000+ species today. From @marinerbooks.bsky.social
Preorder 👇
Coming April 28. The whole history of birds, from their dinosaur origins to colossal extinct penguins & terror birds, to the 10,000+ species today. From @marinerbooks.bsky.social
Preorder 👇
November 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
🚨🦜🐧Cover reveal! Thrilled to show off the cover of my upcoming book: The Story of Birds!
Coming April 28. The whole history of birds, from their dinosaur origins to colossal extinct penguins & terror birds, to the 10,000+ species today. From @marinerbooks.bsky.social
Preorder 👇
Coming April 28. The whole history of birds, from their dinosaur origins to colossal extinct penguins & terror birds, to the 10,000+ species today. From @marinerbooks.bsky.social
Preorder 👇
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.