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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 25d

A hate-driven agenda stoked by politicians & pundits has fuelled violence, intimidation & division.

But we know the truth:
❌ Free speech is NOT a cover for hate speech
❌ Inciting hatred is NOT defending freedom
❌ Migration is NOT to blame for political and economic turmoil. It’s a scapegoat.

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Demetre Daskalakis @drdemetre.bsky.social · Aug 28

Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...

Breaking News: Read three top CDC officials' resignation emails.

The end of an era.

insidemedicine.substack.com

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Luca Nelli @lucanelli.bsky.social · Aug 22

How strong are malaria surveillance systems at detecting the last cases of malaria?
Our new study in The Lancet Global Health applies the Freedom From Infection model across 5 countries, helping programmes measure confidence in elimination.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Evidence-based decision making for malaria elimination applying the Freedom From Infection statistical framework in five malaria eliminating countries: an observational study

Applying the FFI model framework to malaria surveillance data can provide programmes with information to support decision making, specific to malaria species. When routine malaria surveillance systems...

www.thelancet.com

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · Aug 22

This summer, 10 of our Zoology & Marine and Freshwater Biology BSc Honours students packed their bags, grabbed their field kits, and headed out on unforgettable research adventures.

Learn more about what they've been up to 👉
www.gla.ac.uk/schools/bohv...

#WorldChangingGlasgow

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Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social · Aug 20

📣Come work with us!

Looking for a Research Assistant/Associate in Data Analysis, for a Pfizer-funded research project focused on effectiveness of maternal #RSV vaccination in infants in Scotland.

More: bit.ly/3Va7yCd
Enq to: @louisapollock.bsky.social
Closing: 17 Sept 25

@cvrinfo.bsky.social

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Luca Nelli @lucanelli.bsky.social · Aug 19

A year of hard work, passion, and dedication! Our MSc students in Conservation at @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk shared the findings of their final projects last Friday. Inspiring talks and brilliant science from a fantastic cohort! 👏🌿📊

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Luca Nelli @lucanelli.bsky.social · Jul 7

🚨 PhD opportunity!
Join us at @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk to explore how forest restoration & rewilding shape tick-borne disease risk across Scotland 🇬🇧 and the Italian Dolomites 🇮🇹.
Fieldwork, modelling, One Health focus.
Apply by 28 July 2025 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

REstoring forest ecosystems for BiodiveRsity and healTH (REBIRTH) at University of Glasgow on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - REstoring forest ecosystems for BiodiveRsity and healTH (REBIRTH) at University of Glasgow, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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Luca Nelli @lucanelli.bsky.social · Jul 7

🚨 PhD opportunity!
Join us at to explore how forest restoration & rewilding shape tick-borne disease risk across Scotland and the Italian Dolomites.
Fieldwork, modelling, One Health focus.
Apply by 28 July 2025! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

REstoring forest ecosystems for BiodiveRsity and healTH (REBIRTH) at University of Glasgow on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - REstoring forest ecosystems for BiodiveRsity and healTH (REBIRTH) at University of Glasgow, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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Heather Ferguson @drheatherferg.bsky.social · Jul 6

The invasive #malaria vector Anopheles stephensi has now been detected in another African country - Niger

Niger already has a high burden, ranking 3rd globally in malaria deaths. An stephensi was found at one site near Nigerian border. Wider surveillance warranted

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

First detection and entomological characterisation of invasive malaria vector Anopheles stephensi in sympatry with other vectors in Gayi Southern Niger Republic - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - First detection and entomological characterisation of invasive malaria vector Anopheles stephensi in sympatry with other vectors in Gayi Southern Niger Republic

www.nature.com

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Luca Nelli @lucanelli.bsky.social · Jul 2

🎓Another reason to come study at @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk? You might end up on a PGT/PGR writing retreat at @sceneuog.bsky.social, right on the stunning shores of Loch Lomond ✍️🌊🌳

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Heather Ferguson @drheatherferg.bsky.social · May 12

Proud to be 1 of 130 scientists who signed letter to Prime Minister advocating to retain support for #GlobalFund & @gavi.org to prevent backslide on global health progress. Thx to @thomaschurcher.bsky.social & colleagues for initiating (see thread for article text)

www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...

Foreign aid cuts will cost lives, scientists warn Keir Starmer

More than 130 academics have signed a letter telling the prime minister that cuts in funding could hinder the global fight against disease

www.thetimes.com

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Luca Nelli @lucanelli.bsky.social · May 7

🎻 Just another day at @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk — you might come for the science and end up in an impromptu cello duet with your professor in the zoology museum. World-class research, creative sparks, and a community like no other!
👉 www.gla.ac.uk/schools/bohv...

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Luca Nelli @lucanelli.bsky.social · Apr 7

Check out our new paper on cat population dynamics and #rshiny app!

Martina Cecchetti @mc703.bsky.social · Apr 7

🎉 Excited to share our new paper!
We modelled the free-roaming cat population on Linosa and built an interactive tool to help plan effective, cost-efficient TNR programs. 🐱📊
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
🧰 Tool: boydorr.gla.ac.uk/lucanelli/Ca...
with @lucanelli.bsky.social @jappliedecology.bsky.social

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Luca Nelli @lucanelli.bsky.social · Mar 28

More details here: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/bohv...

University of Glasgow - Schools - School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine - Study - Postgraduate taught degreesSearch iconClose menu iconMenu icon bar 1Menu icon bar 2Menu icon bar 3

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Luca Nelli @lucanelli.bsky.social · Mar 28

Interested in biodiversity, conservation, or One Health?
Watch our @uofglasgow.bsky.social @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk MSc Q&A session — featuring staff & students from our exciting programmes in the School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine.
Watch now: youtu.be/L2aAxpvHi_o?...

School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine (BOHVM) Masters Q&A - University of Glasgow

YouTube video by UofG MVLS

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social · Feb 21

Did you see what we did there? 👀

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Chris Harrod @profchrisharrod.bsky.social · Feb 6

Job alert!
Come and join us at the friendliest place I've ever worked. @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social are seeking to appoint a Professor/Reader/Senior Lecturer of Applied Animal Nutrition/Metabolomics/Microbiome here at @uofglasgow.bsky.social

University of Glasgow
College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences
School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine

Professor/Reader/Senior Lecturer of Applied Animal Nutrition/Metabolomics/Microbiome
Vacancy Ref: 164231
Salary: Professional range and subject to negotiation
Reader/Senior Lecturer, Grade 9, £58,596 - £65,814 per annum

The School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine are seeking to appoint a Professor/Reader/Senior Lecturer of Applied Animal Nutrition/Metabolomics/Microbiome. You will make a substantial and positive contribution to the strategic direction of the School/College through leading and contributing to clinical activity and/or research of international standard, high quality teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, securing research funding, and providing academic leadership and management within the School/College. You will also actively engage in relationships with external stakeholders that advance knowledge exchange, public understanding and outreach.

Applications are invited from candidates of international standing with an appropriate record of academic/clinical achievement in applied animal nutrition, metabolomics and/or the microbiome. We are looking for a candidate who will complement our existing strengths in clinical veterinary medicine, evolutionary biology, animal physiology, aquaculture and microbiology and whose work contributes to our broader research agenda around animal welfare, sustainability and planetary health.

The School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine is home to researchers studying organismal biology and animal health across a diverse range of systems, approaches and disciplines with existing strengths in infectious disease, physiology, ageing, veterinary epidemiology, and evolution among others. You will be based on the University of Glasgow’s Garscube campus, where the majority of veterinary teaching and research infrastructure is located. This inc…

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Prof Richard Betts @richardabetts.bsky.social · Feb 5

Although NOAA's page on atmospheric CO2 levels has vanished, you can still get this vital information from Ralph Keeling's team at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego keelingcurve.ucsd.edu

Please follow bsky.app/profile/keel... for updates and share

Don't let science be hidden

A graph of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations at the Mauna Loa observatory, Hawaii, from 1958 to 4th February 2025. It shows carbon dioxide levels rising at an accelerating rate over the decades. This is known to be due to emissions of carbon dioxide from human activity, mainly fossil fuel burning but also deforestation. The first CO2 concentration value in March 1958 was 315 parts per million (ppm). The latest daily value is 426 ppm. The graph also shows a seasonal cycle of a few ppm within each year, which is known to be linked to the growing season in the northern hemisphere causing a temporary uptake of carbon in spring and summer and release in autumn. The graph is produced routinely by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego.

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Francesco Baldini @baldini-francesco.bsky.social · Jan 23

New work by #JoelOdero & team!

Distinct Genetic Populations and Resistance Backgrounds of the Malaria Vector Anopheles funestus in Tanzania:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

@uofgsbohvm.bsky.social #IfakaraHealthInstitute @malariagen.bsky.social

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Luca Nelli @lucanelli.bsky.social · Jan 22

💡 Can we achieve malaria elimination with smarter surveillance?
Our new study answers "yes" by showing the power of community health workers (CHWs) in supplementing routine data, achieving higher precision and sustained elimination efforts in the Dominican Republic.
doi.org/10.4269/ajtm...

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Chris Duffield @christineduffield.bsky.social · Jan 22

Applications are now open for the October 2025 intake of the Leverhulme DTP in Ecological Data Science. Five fully funded PhDs and a "Masters plus PhD" option for eligible students. Apply by 07 March. Read about this year's projects here: ecological-data-science.github.io

Group photo of Leverhulme Ecological Data Science PIs and doctoral candidates, October 2024

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Luca Nelli @lucanelli.bsky.social · Jan 21

We’ve moved to Bluesky! Follow us at @mosquitoscotland.bsky.social for updates on mosquito-borne disease risks, climate change impacts, and our latest research in Scotland. Stay informed and learn more at www.mosquito-scotland.com 🦟🌍
#Mosquitoes #Scotland #ClimateChange

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Luca Nelli @lucanelli.bsky.social · Dec 12

Malaria community on Bluesky

Hannah Slater @hannahslater.bsky.social · Nov 19

Here's the malaria starter pack! Lots of room to add more people, so please reply below or DM me if you want to be added go.bsky.app/HDEu2ux

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Meghie Rodrigues @meghier.bsky.social · Nov 26

Thank you so much to whoever put this very comprehensive list of #science Bsky starter packs together. This is just amazing: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Starter packs

BIOLOGY General Science community https://go.bsky.app/HVYAMEA Research Institutions in Life Sciences https://go.bsky.app/LxXpcvJ LGBTQIA+ in STEM https://go.bsky.app/BFc4wgf LGBTQIA+ in STEM 2 h...

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Luca Nelli @lucanelli.bsky.social · Dec 11

Excited to see so many from @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social flocking to Bluesky 🦋! Find us all here: go.bsky.app/C689V2h

Members of SBOHVM

Join the conversation

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