Crouching Parrot, Hidden Louse:
The Kyloring (Pezoporus flaviventris) is a critically endangered species of Australian parrot, and it is host to Forficuloecus pezopori - a species of louse which lives only on the Kyloring and nowhere else.
#Invertebrate 🧪
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Everything you always wanted to know about parasites and stable isotopes in one book chapter:
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From the new #openaccess book on Aquatic Parasitology, edited by @nicojsmit.bsky.social & ‪@berndsures.bsky.social
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Our latest newsletter profiles IMPACT's student members. Find out how they contribute to our understanding of parasite biodiversity here 👉 www.nina.no/english/IMPACT

Steinar assessed long-term changes in freshwater fish parasite diversity by resampling sites last studied 30-50 years ago

Vilde investigated drivers of freshwater fish parasite diversity in the Glomma River, Norway

Congratulations to #IMPACT students Vilde Normann and Steinar Grüner on their successful MSc defenses!

IMPACT gathered last week for our mid-term meeting. As our family grows, so too does the recognition of parasites in biodiversity. Watch this space for exciting developments!

Integrating parasites into aquatic biodiversity monitoring? Cyril Hammoud (NIOZ) explains how #IMPACT will achieve this at the @biodiversa.eu Biodiversity Monitoring Science Fair, Barcelona

Want to know more about aquatic parasitology? For free? Check out the link below for online open access ⬇️

Permanent research position opened at the
@MuseumGeneve for a specialist in non-arthropod invertebrates: taxonomy, systematics and evolution (preferably on terrestrial or freshwater molluscs, annelids, or nematodes). Join our team! 🐌🪱 www.geneve.ch/administrati... Questions to I. Blasco-Costa

'Parasites should get more fame' - couldn't agree more!
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Vote for the invertebrate of the year 2025! The tongue-biting louse is shortlisted. Help make it number one!
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Bioinformatician wanted at NHM Geneva
80% position for 12 months. Experience in next-gen seq data analysis, genome / mitogenome assembly, phylogenomics and population genomics. If interested, check here blascocosta.ch/opportunities/ original in FR: institutions.ville-geneve.ch/fr/mhn/insti...

Lots of parasite ecology today at the Joint Parasitology Spring Meeting organised by BSP, DGP and SSTMP in Würzburg, including Sofia Rainey and Kamil Hupala from our EU Biodiversa+ project @impact-parasites.bsky.social ky.social !

Wondering why we should care about parasites?

#IMPACT is a @biodiversaplus.bsky.social project that brings together parasite ecologists and social scientists across Europe.

We will break down barriers to parasites in national and international biodiversity management and conservation strategies.

More info 👉 www.nina.no/english/IMPACT