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Alice Risely @alice-risely.bsky.social · 17d

Do you know someone who does outstanding work on avian pop modelling & forecasting? Or who works at interface of avian conservation and decision making given uncertain futures? Submit a keynote nomination for the BOU conference Avian Futures here: bou.org.uk/event/avian-... . Deadline is next week!

Avian futures | #BOUasm26 - British Ornithologists' Union

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Dr Jenny Dunn @jennycdunn.bsky.social · 23d

Looking forward to this afternoon’s talk from Prof Nico Smit on the importance of parasite conservation #ICPOW2025

Dr Jenny Dunn @jennycdunn.bsky.social · 24d

Very much looking forward to this!

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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · Aug 10

New paper in #BirdStudy
Field plots scattered with a supplementary seed in summer attracted Turtle Doves with only a low risk of Trichomonas exposure. Good evidence helping to ensure safe actions for supporting Turtle Dove recovery.
doi.org/10.1080/0006... #ornithology #ukbirding

Mike Pennington / Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) / CC BY-SA 2.0
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Turtle_Dove_(Streptopelia_turtur)_-_geograph.org.uk_-_667376.jpg

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Dr Jenny Dunn @jennycdunn.bsky.social · Aug 28

Wonderful to have all my lovely lab group in the same place for two weeks at the @wimanet.bsky.social summer school and workshop 😊. Last evening exploring Vilnius before flying home tomorrow.

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Dr Jenny Dunn @jennycdunn.bsky.social · Aug 28

Wonderful to have all my lovely lab group in the same place for two weeks at the @wimanet.bsky.social summer school and workshop 😊. Last evening exploring Vilnius before flying home tomorrow.

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WiMaNet @wimanet.bsky.social · Aug 28

From the 25th to the 28th of August we enjoy the second #Workshop of #WIMANET!

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tim brown @parasitetim.bsky.social · Jan 20

Ever heard of parasite conservation and thought "Why on earth would we want to do that 😱"?! Read our new paper to find out...

We cover key questions including: Why conserve parasites? How do you conserve parasites? & What parasite conservation is already happening?

doi.org/10.1111/cobi...

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A panel showing three images of parasites. From left to right: a bat fly clinging to the face of a Mozambique long-fingered bat, a mass of helminths in the feces of a gray seal, botfly larvae from the stomach of a mountain zebra.

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Dr Jenny Dunn @jennycdunn.bsky.social · Aug 27

After a morning discussing wildlife malaria communities and an interview with Lithuanian TV (!) at lunchtime, it’s nice to have an afternoon off, exploring Vilnius city and University (and it’s stopped raining 😊)

Dr Jenny Dunn @jennycdunn.bsky.social · Aug 26

Great to hear so much about results from @wimanet.bsky.social funded short term scientific missions during this workshop! Next up Alexandra Corduneanu talking about bat haemosporidian-microbiome interactions

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Dr Jenny Dunn @jennycdunn.bsky.social · Aug 26

Day 2 of the @wimanet.bsky.social workshop starts with @olofhellgren.bsky.social giving us some fascinating insights into within-infection genetic diversity

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Dr Jenny Dunn @jennycdunn.bsky.social · Aug 25

Another proud supervisor moment! Claudio Navarette presenting early results from the first year of his PhD studies on using ecological data to gain insights into morphological and molecular characterisation of Leucocytozoon parasites

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Dr Jenny Dunn @jennycdunn.bsky.social · Aug 25

Proud supervisor moment! Misa Shimizu presenting her PhD research at the @wimanet.bsky.social workshop, on the challenges of identifying Haemoproteus parasites in vultures

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Dr Jenny Dunn @jennycdunn.bsky.social · Aug 25

Soon we’ll be starting the second session of the @wimanet.bsky.social workshop at the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Vilnius. We’ll be considering molecular and morphological characterisation of wildlife malaria!

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Dr Jenny Dunn @jennycdunn.bsky.social · Aug 22

After a wonderful week, the @wimanet.bsky.social summer school has come to an end. Huge thanks to the local organisers and everyone involved! Next week, the second workshop!

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Dr Jenny Dunn @jennycdunn.bsky.social · Aug 22

Obligatory lab group photo - I think the first time all four of us have been in the same place at the same time!

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Dr Jenny Dunn @jennycdunn.bsky.social · Aug 22

Obligatory lab group photo - I think the first time all four of us have been in the same place at the same time!

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Dr Jenny Dunn @jennycdunn.bsky.social · Aug 22

After a wonderful week, the @wimanet.bsky.social summer school has come to an end. Huge thanks to the local organisers and everyone involved! Next week, the second workshop!

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WiMaNet @wimanet.bsky.social · Aug 18

WELCOME TO WIMANET!! 🐦🐒🦎🦟🦠

This COST Action investigates haemosporidian parasites in natural populations, providing opportunities for training, collaboration and knowledge exchange to foster an interdisciplinary approach.

You can read more in this thread and here 👇

www.cost.eu/actions/CA22...

Wildlife Malaria Network

Vector-borne diseases, and emerging infectious diseases of wildlife, are major contributors to the global disease burden and of increasing concern globally. Haemosporidian parasites are ubiquitous in ...

www.cost.eu

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Dr Jenny Dunn @jennycdunn.bsky.social · Aug 22

Hurrah - WIMANET is now on BlueSky! Follow them! 😃

WiMaNet @wimanet.bsky.social · Aug 21

Yesterday we had a great day learning about the haematology and blood parasites of amphibians 🐸 and reptiles 🐢🦎 with extraordinary lectures by Nubia Mata and Ed Netherland!

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Dr Jenny Dunn @jennycdunn.bsky.social · Aug 20

Some interesting slide images from today’s #WIMANET workshop microscopy - including a new species of Haemoproteus identified in yellow-crowned gonoleks from our #KBO Gambia collaboration!

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Dr Jenny Dunn @jennycdunn.bsky.social · Aug 19

Looking forward to learning about the morphological identification of haemosporidians this morning after a day of haematology yesterday!

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Dr Jenny Dunn @jennycdunn.bsky.social · Aug 18

Very much looking forward to being a student for a week and learning about morphological species identification of haemosporidian parasites at the #wildlifemalarianetwork #WIMANET second summer school!

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Dr Jenny Dunn @jennycdunn.bsky.social · Aug 18

Very much looking forward to being a student for a week and learning about morphological species identification of haemosporidian parasites at the #wildlifemalarianetwork #WIMANET second summer school!

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Dr Jenny Dunn @jennycdunn.bsky.social · Aug 4

New paper: rdcu.be/eyR0w

Great to see this one out, concerning findings but a lot more to understand about the ecology and transmission of AMR bacteria in wild bird populations and at bird feeders #ornithology 🧪

High prevalence of multi-drug-resistant bacteria in faecal samples from UK passerine birds

Scientific Reports - High prevalence of multi-drug-resistant bacteria in faecal samples from UK passerine birds

rdcu.be

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