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Margaret Hughes
@margaretthughes.bsky.social
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PhD candidate (Biology) @ UCalgary studying #caribou ecology; general interest in movement ecology, habitat selection, conservation, & restoration. Lover of all animals. (she/her)
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Margaret Hughes @margaretthughes.bsky.social · Nov 19
Allow me to re-introduce myself! I'm a PhD candidate @ U Calgary working on caribou ecology, focusing on evaluating movement behaviour and habitat selection using GPS collar data in Western Canada. My general interests include applied conservation, animal behaviour, & taking sub-par wildlife photos
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SWEEET @sweeet-ecoevo.bsky.social · Jul 22
🌿 Are you passionate about equity, ecology, evolution, or just love building community in science?

SWEEET is looking for a few motivated folks to join our organizing committee! 🌎✨

Interested? Send us a note at [email protected] 💌

#SWEEET #EcoEvo #SciComm #InclusionInSTEM
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Victoria ☕️🌻 @victoriacrozier.bsky.social · Jul 7
Come for some /very/ preliminary results on my first PhD chapter on density-dependent parasitism & female reproductive traits in a feral horse population! Tomorrow at 2:45pm at @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
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SWEEET @sweeet-ecoevo.bsky.social · Jul 2
📢 Don’t miss the SWEEET Symposium at #CSEE2025 on July 9 in Sherbrooke!
This year’s theme: Breaking Barriers in Science Communication — advancing equity, accessibility & inclusion through language and visualization.
#SWEEET #EquityInScience #SciComm
SWEEET Symposium poster for July 9, 2025 in Sherbrooke, QC at CSEE/SCEE 2025. Title: “Breaking Barriers in Science Communication: Advancing Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion Through Language and Visualization.” Headshots and names of speakers Dr. Shelby Bohn, Dr. Rassim Khelifa, and Dr. Aerin Jacob. Logos of CSEE, SWEEET, 14 university sponsors, and a QR code to the SWEEET website.
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Micky (Sangwook) Ahn @mickyahn.bsky.social · Jun 2
Excited to share our new publication on the horse nemabiome! Grateful to co-lead this work with Grace Ochigbo and to contribute to parasite knowledge in Alberta’s feral horses! Many thanks to our co-authors Kobe, @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social, and Brielle!

doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...
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Margaret Hughes @margaretthughes.bsky.social · Dec 18
A HUGE thank you to all co-authors and collaborators—this work would not have been possible without you!
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Margaret Hughes @margaretthughes.bsky.social · Dec 18
Excited to announce the publication of the first chapter of my PhD in Biological Conservation! We evaluated individual behavioral variation and its implications for delineating intraspecific units for the conservation of caribou. Read more here:
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Micky (Sangwook) Ahn @mickyahn.bsky.social · Dec 12
The first paper from my PhD is out in Parasitology! Using DNA metabarcoding, I show patterns of parasite infection in Sable Island horses!

It's open access, so go check it out!

doi.org/10.1017/S003...
Mixed strongyle parasite infections vary across host age and space in a population of feral horses | Parasitology | Cambridge Core
Mixed strongyle parasite infections vary across host age and space in a population of feral horses
doi.org
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Jocelyn Poissant @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social · Dec 12
Great work by PhD student Micky Ahn 🎉! Make sure to check this one out if interested in equine or wildlife parasitology, and/or DNA metabarcoding of mixed parasitic infections aka #nemabiome 🐴🪱👇🏻
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Micky (Sangwook) Ahn @mickyahn.bsky.social · Dec 12
The first paper from my PhD is out in Parasitology! Using DNA metabarcoding, I show patterns of parasite infection in Sable Island horses!

It's open access, so go check it out!

doi.org/10.1017/S003...
Mixed strongyle parasite infections vary across host age and space in a population of feral horses | Parasitology | Cambridge Core
Mixed strongyle parasite infections vary across host age and space in a population of feral horses
doi.org
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Jasmine Veitch @jsmveitch.bsky.social · Nov 20
🌟 Hi everyone, excited to join the BlueSky community! I am a wildlife biologist interested in the little things that run the world (in this case, macroparasites, viruses, microbes). I am currently working on my PhD at the University of Calgary to investigate the gut microbiome of bighorn sheep 🐏
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Micky (Sangwook) Ahn @mickyahn.bsky.social · Nov 27
Hello! I'm Micky, a PhD Candidate at the University of Calgary studying the ecology and evolution of parasites in Sable Island horses using DNA metabarcoding. I spent 3 summers on a deserted island as a glorified poop picker and amateur horse photographer.
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Charlotte Bourbon @charlottebrbn.bsky.social · Nov 18
Hi Bluesky 🔵
Glad to appear in this new social zone! I'm Charlotte, working as a 3rd year Ph.D candidate at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in University of Calgary on woodland caribou genomics and microbiome in Western Canada. I'm interested about wildlife conservation and population ecology.
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Margaret Hughes @margaretthughes.bsky.social · Nov 19
Allow me to re-introduce myself! I'm a PhD candidate @ U Calgary working on caribou ecology, focusing on evaluating movement behaviour and habitat selection using GPS collar data in Western Canada. My general interests include applied conservation, animal behaviour, & taking sub-par wildlife photos
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