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Greg Albery @gfalbery.bsky.social · 5d

I'm v excited to be recruiting a PhD student to work on badger behaviour and ecology! Starting date is March 2026; see the ad here, or message me for more details: www.gregalbery.me/s/March-2026...

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 10d

www.worldofmoose.com/products/mr-...

Cartoon of a man asking a receptionist for directions to Mr Escher's office. The receptionist replies ""Up the stairs. Keep turning right."

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NIHR HPRU in Evaluation and Behavioural Science @hpruebs.bsky.social · 7d

Read the full paper here: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The impact of cuts in the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief funding for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in sub-Saharan Africa: a modelling study

Our projections show the substantial detrimental impacts that cuts to PEPFAR funding could have. Mitigation measures, including funding through alternative international donors or domestic government ...

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NIHR HPRU in Evaluation and Behavioural Science @hpruebs.bsky.social · 7d

Our new study shows HIV infections look set to significantly increase in sub-Saharan Africa, as a result of funding for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) being halted under the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.

Published in Lancet #HIV

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NIHR HPRU in Evaluation and Behavioural Science @hpruebs.bsky.social · 23d

📢New blog📢Shaping a migrant health research agenda through public involvement.
Long-term infections like Hep B, C, HIV & TB are more common among migrants than in those UK born. Tackling these infections is vital to address unfair differences. More➡️ bit.ly/3Isktg9 @carmel93.bsky.social

Shaping a migrant health research agenda through public involvement meeting

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Ewan Colman @ewancolman.bsky.social · 14d

Cheap supplies of HIV-prevention jab for poorer countries hailed as ‘genuine chance to end’ global epidemic

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 15d

We are back for a whole season about the story of socialism. In the first episode we explain socialism(s) and communism(s) before Marx, featuring the French Revolution, Chartists, anarchists, the birth of the co-operative movement, utopian novels, America's experimental communes and seas of lemonade

Origin Story @originstorypodcast.bsky.social · 15d

🚨Season 8 – The Story of Socialism – starts today🚨 It’s arguably the most earth-shaking political concept of the last 200 years. @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social start with the idea's inception during turbulent times in the mid 1800s.
Listen / watch ➡️ linktr.ee/originstoryp...

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Ewan Colman @ewancolman.bsky.social · 22d

This would be perfect for someone good at quantitative stuff - maths, coding, data science, etc - but also interested in the lived experience of people at risk of disease and tough decisions they have to make each day. If that is you, email me right now!!! 🙏😁

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Ewan Colman @ewancolman.bsky.social · 22d

An interdisciplinary project across University of Bristol and Cardiff University with mathematical modellers (me and Hannah Fraser) - a psychologist, @dradamdnw.bsky.social, and a Medical Statistician - David Gillespie 😀

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Ewan Colman @ewancolman.bsky.social · 22d

We're advertising a PhD position! 😎 Modelling the epidemiological impact of HIV prophylaxis on a backdrop of social, cultural, and behavioural complexity

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Modelling the epidemiological impact of HIV prophylaxis on a backdrop of social, cultural, and behavioural complexity at University of Bristol on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Modelling the epidemiological impact of HIV prophylaxis on a backdrop of social, cultural, and behavioural complexity at University of Bristol, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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amycthomas.bsky.social @amycthomas.bsky.social · 22d

🐦 GW4 MRC funded PhD position on
Modelling and communicating Avian Influenza spillover at the human-wild bird interface 🐦

Interdisciplinary One Health project!
Infection histories, contacts and behavioural science.

@neeltjeboogert.bsky.social @3113n.bsky.social @mtwhite.bsky.social, Louise Smith

Modelling and communicating avian influenza spillover at the human-wild bird interface: a One Health approach

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Cara Lavan @caralavan.bsky.social · 23d

Exciting to see the next wave of improvements to walking, wheeling and cycling in Bristol. We'd love to get some cycle hangars in St George Central as bike theft is still one of the most prohibitive aspects of cycling. www.thebusinessdesk.com/south-west/n...

£2.3m to be invested to boost active travel across Bristol - South West

Bristol City Council will work on five new projects following the approval of funding from the Department for Transport’s Active Travel Fund

www.thebusinessdesk.com

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · Sep 8

🌍✊ The Green Party stands with UCU members.

@zackpolanski.bsky.social (Leader of the Green Party) and @carladenyer.bsky.social (former Co-Leader) are backing our campaign for fair pay and conditions.

We are the university. We are the movement. Vote YES. #WeAreTheUniversity

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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · Sep 3

woah this is genuinely, utterly WILD

Ant queens of one species produce males of another species, so she can then mate with them and produce hybrid workers!

This is so gloriously weird I can't quite compute it 🤯🧪🐜
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

‘Almost unimaginable’: these ants are different species but share a mother

Ant queens of one species clone ants of another to create hybrid workers that do their bidding.

www.nature.com

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · Sep 2

Today is the 5th anniversary of David Graber's death.

And with everything happening in the world, his work is now more relevant than ever before.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · Aug 30

The Afghan women's football/soccer team, who relocated to the UK to escape the Taliban's removal of female rights, including exclusion from all public life #WomensArt #AfghanWomen

Photo pf a large group of women in blue football strips posing together on a grass field, some wonen standing in a row while others are sitting on the ground in front

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · Aug 28

How enormously sophisticated is the #Biodiversity that we are fast trashing

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Spiders use trapped fireflies as glowing bait to attract more prey

Ecologists have observed a species of nocturnal spider attracting prey to its web using the bioluminescent beacons of already trapped fireflies. This rare example of a predator exploiting its prey's m...

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UK Health Security Agency @ukhsa.bsky.social · Aug 27

We've announced a £1.3m programme to evaluate how wastewater monitoring could help detect a wide range of dangerous pathogens 🔬

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ukhsa-launches-development-programme-for-wastewater-monitoring-techniques-which-could-catch-pandemic-threats-early

Wastewater monitoring programme could catch pandemic threats early

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The Roslin Institute @roslininstitute.bsky.social · Aug 26

Roslin Reels - The Roslin Institute's Professor Rowland Kao, CBE talks about his team's work on data and disease spread.

For more information on our research, check out our website:https://vet.ed.ac.uk/roslin

@rowlandkao.bsky.social @uoe-eid.bsky.social
#RoslinReels #InfectiousDiseases

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James Munday @jdmunday.bsky.social · Aug 22

New Preprint! Co-led with Nicolas Banholzer *The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools* on MedRxiv. doi.org/10.1101/2025... (YET TO BE PEER REVIEWED)

The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools.

Close-proximity interactions are considered a key risk factor for respiratory virus transmission, but their importance relative to shared space and air quality remains unclear. We conducted a six-week...

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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · Aug 21

UK Government's Chief Veterinary Officer, Dr Christine Middlemiss claims: "Strong biosecurity is our best defence".

It isn't. Not releasing 60 million gamebirds is.

#AvianFlu #Ornithology

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Defra announces additional biosecurity measures for gamebird releases amidst heightened risk of Avian Influenza

Defra has announced increased biosecurity measures for gamebird releases amidst the heightened risk of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), also known as ‘Bird Flu’. All of England…

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NIHR HPRU in Evaluation and Behavioural Science @hpruebs.bsky.social · Aug 19

📢Blog!📢Increasing #HIV testing & improving access to PrEP using a Dragon’s Den style collaboration.
The project had two objectives; develop & refine training for healthcare professionals & to create public information to aid HIV testing, prevention & reduce stigma. ▶️ tinyurl.com/bdepr666

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Seth Bullock @sethbullock.bsky.social · Aug 1

I wonder if this will work? Bristol Uni is making a short online course on AI - what it is, how it works, what it can do, how we can think critically about it. No maths, no coding, no hype, just simple information and explanations available to all students and staff and members of the public. 1/2

Bristol's Opinions on AI

This is an anonymous poll for collecting opinions on AI from people in Bristol for potential use in an online course on AI being developed at the University that will be made available to the general ...

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NIHR HPRU in Evaluation and Behavioural Science @hpruebs.bsky.social · Jul 29

📰News!📰 New research shows worldwide scale of HCV among babies & children.
“Given the availability of effective medicine & further progress in this field, it’s vital that testing & diagnosis rates improve so more people can be treated & cured.”
➡️ bit.ly/4oh4zFI #WorldHepatitisDay @nihr.bsky.social

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Richard Amlôt @richardamlot.bsky.social · Jul 25

Another New PhD studentship opportunity alert! Please share with your networks. We are recruiting a PhD student to work in the new University of Birmingham-led Emergency Preparedness and Response Health Protection Research Unit, a partnership with UK Health Security Agency. Details below: (1/7)

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