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Jeff Bowman @jeffcbowman.bsky.social · 20d

Not yet.

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Levi Newediuk @levinewediuk.bsky.social · Aug 25

New article covering our study on epigenetic aging in polar bears! You can also read the preprint here: doi.org/10.1101/2024...

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Jeff Bowman @jeffcbowman.bsky.social · Jul 14

New from Rebekah Persad and the Kawartha Flying Squirrel Project: Home range size, habitat selection, and mycophagy of sympatric North American flying squirrels esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

A map showing telemetry and roost locations of sympatric northern and southern flying squirrels at a location in Ontario, Canada

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Jeff Bowman @jeffcbowman.bsky.social · Jul 11

#wildepi

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Simon Jeeves @simonjeeves.bsky.social · Jul 11

New publication - this one has been a long way time in the making, but I am very proud of the work that went into it. Take a peek at our new review article on coronaviruses of wild small mammals:

www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

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Jeff Bowman @jeffcbowman.bsky.social · Jul 1

Happy Canada Day!

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Jeff Bowman @jeffcbowman.bsky.social · May 12

New research: Landscape connectivity across Canada and the USA. A seamless, high resolution connectivity map across both countries. 🧪🌎 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

A landscape connectivity map of Canada and the USA.

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Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com · Jun 3

🚨 Out Now!

In a new Perspective, Yadav et al. discuss NiV outbreaks, transmission cycles and the role of reservoir and bridging hosts. They also discuss a One Health approach to mitigate the risks of NiV epidemics and pandemics.

#MicroSky @virology.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A One Health approach to understanding and managing Nipah virus outbreaks - Nature Microbiology

In this Perspective, Yadav et al. discuss NiV outbreaks, transmission cycles and the role of reservoir and bridging hosts. They also discuss a One Health approach to mitigate the risks of NiV epidemic...

www.nature.com

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Jeff Bowman @jeffcbowman.bsky.social · May 15

We are looking for small mammals!

A poster asking for Ontario observations of eastern moles, star-nosed moles, woodland voles, least shrews, short-tailed shrews, water shrews, northern flying squirrels, and least weasels.

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Jeff Bowman @jeffcbowman.bsky.social · May 12

300 m. Dataset will be fully open.

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Jeff Bowman @jeffcbowman.bsky.social · May 12

A great collaboration with @paulpobrien.bsky.social @richpither.bsky.social @smubareka.bsky.social, Simon Tapper, Mike Brown, and Angela Brennan. #wildepi

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Jeff Bowman @jeffcbowman.bsky.social · May 12

New research: Landscape connectivity across Canada and the USA. A seamless, high resolution connectivity map across both countries. 🧪🌎 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Jeff Bowman @jeffcbowman.bsky.social · May 8

Photoperiod influences visceral adiposity and the adipose molecular clock independent of temperature in wild-derived Peromyscus leucopus faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1096/...

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Jeff Bowman @jeffcbowman.bsky.social · Apr 29

Mesocarnivores

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 27

WELKER: Does the US still want to make Canada the 51st state?

MARCO RUBIO: I think the president has stated repeatedly he thinks Canada would be better off as a state

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Samira Mubareka @smubareka.bsky.social · Apr 26

One of several Wild EPI projects on the go. Learning heaps from everyone. Many thanks, especially to Vikram Misra and Christina Davy, who started this bat story.

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Arinjay Banerjee @banerjeelab.ca · Apr 26

🚨 NEW PUBLICATION. The beginning of a new series of wildlife zoonotic virus genotype to phenotype collaboration. A fantastic group of researchers and a true interdisciplinary effort. 🦇#LZCI

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

High host specificity of alphacoronaviruses in Nearctic, insectivorous bats - npj Viruses

npj Viruses - High host specificity of alphacoronaviruses in Nearctic, insectivorous bats

www.nature.com

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Jeff Bowman @jeffcbowman.bsky.social · Apr 24

Wildlife Research Analyst position with Ontario MNR. Focus on combining telemetry and genomics datasets. Apply by May 1st: www.gojobs.gov.on.ca/Preview.aspx...

Ontario Public Service Careers - Job Preview

www.gojobs.gov.on.ca

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Andy Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social · Apr 23

Canadian Geographic has released a fantastic new website "Right of Passage" about ecological corridors and connectivity in Canada
rightofpassage.canadiangeographic.ca

It includes an interactive map showing national priority areas for corridors:
rightofpassage.canadiangeographic.ca/23-national-...

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Tim Thompson @b0undless.bsky.social · Mar 12

Dear Canada, I felt compelled to make something. To stick up for, and to honour. To show our strength, beauty, genius, empathy, light & heart. It's made with deep gratitude for the people and places of this beautiful land. Vive le Canada 🇨🇦❤️✌️💪

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Dear Canada...

Dear Canada... I felt compelled to do something, to make something for my country. To stick up for, and to honour it. To show our strength, beauty, genius, empathy,…

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Jasmine Veitch @jsmveitch.bsky.social · Mar 24

Thrilled to share my third first-author paper from my master's work with @albrechts-h.bsky.social and @jeffcbowman.bsky.social - this time diving into ectoparasite community dynamics of North American red squirrels! 🐿️
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Arinjay Banerjee @banerjeelab.ca · Mar 14

WildEpi was well represented at the One Health - AMR and Zoonosis meeting in Calgary. Dr. Samira Mubareka and Dr. Finlay Maguire.
@smubareka.bsky.social @finlaym.bsky.social

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · Feb 24

Brief but notable observation:
Clade 2.3.4.4b A(H5N1) avian influenza in Canadian poultry has reassorted with a North American lineage virus, acquiring oseltamivir (Tamilflu) resistance. A concerning development in flu evolution. #IDSky 🧪
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Neuraminidase reassortment and oseltamivir resistance in clade 2.3.4.4b A(H5N1) viruses circulating among Canadian poultry, 2024

We report the detection of a clade 2.3.4.4b A(H5N1) reassortant virus with a neuraminidase surface protein derived from a North American lineage low-pathogenic avian influenza virus. This virus cau...

www.tandfonline.com

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Marion Koopmans @marionkoopmans.bsky.social · Feb 23

here is why systematic surveillance of H5 viruses is crucial, also in wildlife. Circulation of AI viruses in Canada with resistance to oseltamivir, which is one of the few drugs that can be used to prevent and (less well) treat H5N1 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Neuraminidase reassortment and oseltamivir resistance in clade 2.3.4.4b A(H5N1) viruses circulating among Canadian poultry, 2024

We report the detection of a clade 2.3.4.4b A(H5N1) reassortant virus with a neuraminidase surface protein derived from a North American lineage low-pathogenic avian influenza virus. This virus cau...

www.tandfonline.com

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Jeff Bowman @jeffcbowman.bsky.social · Feb 15

If dry and at room temp, quite likely ok.

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