Alice de Sampaio Kalkuhl
@palaeoepidemiology.bsky.social
📑Biology PhD student at the University of Sussex
📖 Epidemiologist working on viral disease transmission and One Health
📍 Brighton, UK
👩💻she/her
📖 Epidemiologist working on viral disease transmission and One Health
📍 Brighton, UK
👩💻she/her
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Hi, I'm Alice!
I'm a PhD student in Biology at the unversity of Sussex working on rabies in Eptesicus serotinus as part of the Wessex One Health BBSRC.
My research in general is on extant and ancient viral transmission and I work with a combination of field data and maths models
I'm a PhD student in Biology at the unversity of Sussex working on rabies in Eptesicus serotinus as part of the Wessex One Health BBSRC.
My research in general is on extant and ancient viral transmission and I work with a combination of field data and maths models
In a peak uni experince, my housemate was still in the kitchen pulling and all nighter when I went in for an early breakfast ahead of travel to a short programming course.
December 11, 2025 at 4:50 AM
In a peak uni experince, my housemate was still in the kitchen pulling and all nighter when I went in for an early breakfast ahead of travel to a short programming course.
Very excited to see Kirsty Bolton, @edmhill.bsky.social, and Ellen Zapata-Webborn speak at the JUNIPER seminar today #episky
December 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Very excited to see Kirsty Bolton, @edmhill.bsky.social, and Ellen Zapata-Webborn speak at the JUNIPER seminar today #episky
I'm having a little maths day which means I get to curl up with some papers, my notebooks, a ludicrous amount of tea, and scribble down equations I'll be needing later. #EpiSky
December 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I'm having a little maths day which means I get to curl up with some papers, my notebooks, a ludicrous amount of tea, and scribble down equations I'll be needing later. #EpiSky
Every time I make myself a cup, I forget that Douwe Egberts is much stronger than the instant coffee we had in the lab before.
December 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Every time I make myself a cup, I forget that Douwe Egberts is much stronger than the instant coffee we had in the lab before.
I've set up some google scholar alerts for different bat researchers which means I now get four emails about the same paper.
December 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I've set up some google scholar alerts for different bat researchers which means I now get four emails about the same paper.
There's a little sneak peak of my project on the website of my DTP now:
www.surrey.ac.uk/wessex-one-h...
www.surrey.ac.uk/wessex-one-h...
Detection, prevention and intervention | University of Surrey
Explore research focused on pathogen intervention, advanced diagnostics, and developing novel antimicrobials within One Health.
www.surrey.ac.uk
December 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
There's a little sneak peak of my project on the website of my DTP now:
www.surrey.ac.uk/wessex-one-h...
www.surrey.ac.uk/wessex-one-h...
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The hidden danger of Biorender
(& the death of scientific illustration)
A short thread 🧵
(& the death of scientific illustration)
A short thread 🧵
December 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The hidden danger of Biorender
(& the death of scientific illustration)
A short thread 🧵
(& the death of scientific illustration)
A short thread 🧵
A great overview on benefits, pitfalls, and limitations.
Out late for #FossilFriday, it's our invited @annualreviews.bsky.social paper with @sarahlsheffield.bsky.social and @bigfacecats.bsky.social on why Phylogenetic Paleoecology is useful and how to do it.
doi.org/10.1146/annu...
doi.org/10.1146/annu...
A Practical Guide to Phylogenetic Paleoecology
The burgeoning field of phylogenetic paleoecology combines paleoecological data with hypotheses of phylogenetic relationships to tease apart the roles that ecology and relatedness both play in the evo...
doi.org
December 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
A great overview on benefits, pitfalls, and limitations.
Today, I had to grab a stepping stool at the library, because apparently Paul Dirac is a top shelf author.
November 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Today, I had to grab a stepping stool at the library, because apparently Paul Dirac is a top shelf author.
After trying to get a grasp a more global perspective on disease ecology in the species I'm working on, I'm never again complaining about overly localised studies.
November 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM
After trying to get a grasp a more global perspective on disease ecology in the species I'm working on, I'm never again complaining about overly localised studies.
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"The hyperreal bat: more vivid, more coherent, and more narratively satisfying than any bat in nature."
Why does the idea of bats as special viral reservoirs endure?
New Substack post:
robertjgifford.substack.com/p/bats-and-v...
Why does the idea of bats as special viral reservoirs endure?
New Substack post:
robertjgifford.substack.com/p/bats-and-v...
Bats and Viruses: Rumour, Intrigue, Deception, and Spectacle
Bats as Hyperreal Reservoirs of Viral Disease
robertjgifford.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"The hyperreal bat: more vivid, more coherent, and more narratively satisfying than any bat in nature."
Why does the idea of bats as special viral reservoirs endure?
New Substack post:
robertjgifford.substack.com/p/bats-and-v...
Why does the idea of bats as special viral reservoirs endure?
New Substack post:
robertjgifford.substack.com/p/bats-and-v...
My supervisors are the best. They managed to get me out of a whole bunch of rabbit holes that would have delayed my lit review indefinitely.
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
My supervisors are the best. They managed to get me out of a whole bunch of rabbit holes that would have delayed my lit review indefinitely.
I've been processing my lit review notes and the amount of times I've written "ref verify with", because I caught the textbooks slacking with their references one too many times is giving me trust issues.
November 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I've been processing my lit review notes and the amount of times I've written "ref verify with", because I caught the textbooks slacking with their references one too many times is giving me trust issues.
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A reminder to all #palaeoartists; the deadline for the Marsh Palaeoart Award is fast approaching!
If you want to submit I'd recommend doing it ASAP as, while it says 25th Nov here, the webpage specifies the 21st (I'm glad I checked😅).
Anyway, good luck to y'all!
#paleoart @palaeontosoc.bsky.social
If you want to submit I'd recommend doing it ASAP as, while it says 25th Nov here, the webpage specifies the 21st (I'm glad I checked😅).
Anyway, good luck to y'all!
#paleoart @palaeontosoc.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
A reminder to all #palaeoartists; the deadline for the Marsh Palaeoart Award is fast approaching!
If you want to submit I'd recommend doing it ASAP as, while it says 25th Nov here, the webpage specifies the 21st (I'm glad I checked😅).
Anyway, good luck to y'all!
#paleoart @palaeontosoc.bsky.social
If you want to submit I'd recommend doing it ASAP as, while it says 25th Nov here, the webpage specifies the 21st (I'm glad I checked😅).
Anyway, good luck to y'all!
#paleoart @palaeontosoc.bsky.social
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when will the lesson finally get learned? #cloudflare
November 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
when will the lesson finally get learned? #cloudflare
Timezones are fun: I just got an email for a seminar on "Let’s talk about work-life balance"... at 5am my time.
November 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Timezones are fun: I just got an email for a seminar on "Let’s talk about work-life balance"... at 5am my time.
Loved seeing people post their graduation pictures today, so throwback to my Genetics master
"Just look at the degree on that chick"
"Just look at the degree on that chick"
November 18, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Loved seeing people post their graduation pictures today, so throwback to my Genetics master
"Just look at the degree on that chick"
"Just look at the degree on that chick"
Today's count of algorithms being made worse after the companies that made them started to use genAI like a crutch is up to 2...
November 18, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Today's count of algorithms being made worse after the companies that made them started to use genAI like a crutch is up to 2...
Shoutout to Sussex Library! After stressing out over not finding a key reference, they found it in 4 four days and sent me the pdf.
November 18, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Shoutout to Sussex Library! After stressing out over not finding a key reference, they found it in 4 four days and sent me the pdf.
Why do new versions need to ruin things?!
I used to find every paper I had in my bibliography on research rabbit. One algorithm change later and it can't even find references Zotero was able to export from Google Scholar.
I used to find every paper I had in my bibliography on research rabbit. One algorithm change later and it can't even find references Zotero was able to export from Google Scholar.
November 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Why do new versions need to ruin things?!
I used to find every paper I had in my bibliography on research rabbit. One algorithm change later and it can't even find references Zotero was able to export from Google Scholar.
I used to find every paper I had in my bibliography on research rabbit. One algorithm change later and it can't even find references Zotero was able to export from Google Scholar.
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We're advertising an MRC-LID PhD studentship on modelling measles outbreak risk in teenagers and adults, with me, @amsuffel.bsky.social and @rozeggo.bsky.social
You'll design mathematical models using vaccine data and Electronic Health Records to analyse recent transmission patterns, get in touch!
You'll design mathematical models using vaccine data and Electronic Health Records to analyse recent transmission patterns, get in touch!
2026-27 Project (Robert & Eggo & Suffel) - MRC London Intercollegiate Doctoral Training Partnership Studentships
Modelling measles transmission risk in adults SUPERVISORY TEAM Supervisor Dr Alexis Robert at LSHTMFaculty of...
mrc-lid.lshtm.ac.uk
November 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
We're advertising an MRC-LID PhD studentship on modelling measles outbreak risk in teenagers and adults, with me, @amsuffel.bsky.social and @rozeggo.bsky.social
You'll design mathematical models using vaccine data and Electronic Health Records to analyse recent transmission patterns, get in touch!
You'll design mathematical models using vaccine data and Electronic Health Records to analyse recent transmission patterns, get in touch!
Got to read an exciting new study on a new method of outbreak cluster detection including an application to probably animal rabies cases in Tanzania today:
Hayes et al. in @royalsociety.org Open Science
#episky
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Hayes et al. in @royalsociety.org Open Science
#episky
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Generalizing an outbreak cluster detection method for two groups: an application to rabies | Royal Society Open Science
Identifying linked cases of an infectious disease can improve our understanding of its epidemiology by distinguishing sustained local transmission from frequent introductions with little onward transmission. This evidence can, in turn, inform decisions on ...
royalsocietypublishing.org
November 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Got to read an exciting new study on a new method of outbreak cluster detection including an application to probably animal rabies cases in Tanzania today:
Hayes et al. in @royalsociety.org Open Science
#episky
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Hayes et al. in @royalsociety.org Open Science
#episky
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
The pile of old textbooks on my desk is growing a delightful amount.
November 17, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The pile of old textbooks on my desk is growing a delightful amount.
Someone said to me they're don't believe in the COVID vaccine and I lowkey went into epidemiologist sleeper agent mode. They were really receptive to the information though.
#episky
#episky
November 13, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Someone said to me they're don't believe in the COVID vaccine and I lowkey went into epidemiologist sleeper agent mode. They were really receptive to the information though.
#episky
#episky