Stéphanie Depickère
@sdepickere.bsky.social
Interesting in life & computer sciences, field & lab studies & modelling. Work on Chagas disease, collective behavior, complex systems, machine learning, infectious human diseases
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Did you know that firefly glow as larvae and pupae? I found this shrimp-like pupa in my garden earlier this summer. 🍤
August 2, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Did you know that firefly glow as larvae and pupae? I found this shrimp-like pupa in my garden earlier this summer. 🍤
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🦟"Risk assessment of #Oropouche #virus transmission by #mosquitoes in #Europe" by Stephanie Jansen et al.
Key findings:
· Culex torrentium, Cx. pipiens, Aedes aegypti and Ae. japonicus: no transmission
· Ae. albopictus: low transmission at higher temperatures
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Key findings:
· Culex torrentium, Cx. pipiens, Aedes aegypti and Ae. japonicus: no transmission
· Ae. albopictus: low transmission at higher temperatures
academic.oup.com/jid/advance-...
Risk assessment of Oropouche virus transmission by mosquitoes in Europe
The invasive mosquito species Aedes albopictus can transmit Oropouche virus at low levels, but only at warm temperatures. This suggests a potential risk of
academic.oup.com
July 9, 2025 at 11:37 AM
🦟"Risk assessment of #Oropouche #virus transmission by #mosquitoes in #Europe" by Stephanie Jansen et al.
Key findings:
· Culex torrentium, Cx. pipiens, Aedes aegypti and Ae. japonicus: no transmission
· Ae. albopictus: low transmission at higher temperatures
academic.oup.com/jid/advance-...
Key findings:
· Culex torrentium, Cx. pipiens, Aedes aegypti and Ae. japonicus: no transmission
· Ae. albopictus: low transmission at higher temperatures
academic.oup.com/jid/advance-...
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I just now stumbled across the website of @malinc.bsky.social. It's full of really wonderful interactive pieces on math education and geometry. Thanks so much for having created such a great resource!
www.malinc.se
#iTeachMath #MathSky
www.malinc.se
#iTeachMath #MathSky
Malin Christersson's Math Site
A link to 'Digital Mathematics', an interactive Julia set, and
miscellaneous posts about math from an educational point of view.
www.malinc.se
July 5, 2025 at 10:23 AM
I just now stumbled across the website of @malinc.bsky.social. It's full of really wonderful interactive pieces on math education and geometry. Thanks so much for having created such a great resource!
www.malinc.se
#iTeachMath #MathSky
www.malinc.se
#iTeachMath #MathSky
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🪰 "Reemergence of #Oropouche #Virus Infection in #Ecuador 🇪🇨, 2024: #Vectors and Cases" by Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales et al. in #JournalOfInfection #arbovirus
www.journalofinfection.com/article/S016...
www.journalofinfection.com/article/S016...
June 26, 2025 at 10:42 AM
🪰 "Reemergence of #Oropouche #Virus Infection in #Ecuador 🇪🇨, 2024: #Vectors and Cases" by Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales et al. in #JournalOfInfection #arbovirus
www.journalofinfection.com/article/S016...
www.journalofinfection.com/article/S016...
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Another job opportunity. I'm looking for a part time research assistant to help us explore the macroeconomic and distributional impacts of the UK’s Seventh Carbon Budget.
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Job Details
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June 26, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Another job opportunity. I'm looking for a part time research assistant to help us explore the macroeconomic and distributional impacts of the UK’s Seventh Carbon Budget.
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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These are called “Ensign Wasps” for how they move their little butts like flags.
I love their blue eyes and also the way they flag their abdomens up and down. Adorbs
June 23, 2025 at 12:33 AM
These are called “Ensign Wasps” for how they move their little butts like flags.
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Are you detail-oriented? Do you have a knack for research & coordination?
Do you have administrative experience in a communications team (ideally focused on environment-related issues)?🧪
Apply today!
UN staff position in Bonn, Germany (Not Remote)🌍
careers.un.org/jobSearchDes...
Do you have administrative experience in a communications team (ideally focused on environment-related issues)?🧪
Apply today!
UN staff position in Bonn, Germany (Not Remote)🌍
careers.un.org/jobSearchDes...
May 14, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Are you detail-oriented? Do you have a knack for research & coordination?
Do you have administrative experience in a communications team (ideally focused on environment-related issues)?🧪
Apply today!
UN staff position in Bonn, Germany (Not Remote)🌍
careers.un.org/jobSearchDes...
Do you have administrative experience in a communications team (ideally focused on environment-related issues)?🧪
Apply today!
UN staff position in Bonn, Germany (Not Remote)🌍
careers.un.org/jobSearchDes...
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A malaria-like disease spread by ticks is moving into Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia.
The tick that causes Lyme can also spread babesiosis, and researchers fear doctors in the mid-Atlantic don't know about it.
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#delaware #maryland #virginia #tick #disease #lyme #climate
The tick that causes Lyme can also spread babesiosis, and researchers fear doctors in the mid-Atlantic don't know about it.
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#delaware #maryland #virginia #tick #disease #lyme #climate
A malaria-like disease spread by ticks is moving into Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia
“Wherever we found positive ticks, there were cases."
grist.org
May 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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New book: A checklist to identify all known species of flies in Canada! doi.org/10.3897/ab.e...
"This checklist is a fundamental piece of work that will guide the assessment of the conservation status of those species."
@bioinfocus.bsky.social
"This checklist is a fundamental piece of work that will guide the assessment of the conservation status of those species."
@bioinfocus.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
New book: A checklist to identify all known species of flies in Canada! doi.org/10.3897/ab.e...
"This checklist is a fundamental piece of work that will guide the assessment of the conservation status of those species."
@bioinfocus.bsky.social
"This checklist is a fundamental piece of work that will guide the assessment of the conservation status of those species."
@bioinfocus.bsky.social
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paris proves it: when we stop designing cities for cars and start designing them for people, the air clears, the streets come alive, and life gets better. less smog, more green. less noise, more joy. fewer fumes, more kids playing safely. this isn't some hippy dream, it's a choice.
February 23, 2025 at 6:29 AM
paris proves it: when we stop designing cities for cars and start designing them for people, the air clears, the streets come alive, and life gets better. less smog, more green. less noise, more joy. fewer fumes, more kids playing safely. this isn't some hippy dream, it's a choice.
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This is pretty incredible. In the bowels of the UT Insect Collection we’ve found some Chagas bugs collected and identified by Carlos Chagas himself!
February 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This is pretty incredible. In the bowels of the UT Insect Collection we’ve found some Chagas bugs collected and identified by Carlos Chagas himself!
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Persistence of #Oropouche virus in body fluids among imported cases in France 🇫🇷
#IDSky Medsky 🩺
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#IDSky Medsky 🩺
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Persistence of Oropouche virus in body fluids among imported cases in France, 2024
Since late 2023, more than 10 000 locally acquired cases of Oropouche virus have been reported in the Americas.1 Here, we describe the first cluster of Oropouche virus imported into France from Cuba, where transmission has been ongoing since at least May, 2024.2 Oropouche virus infection was documented in a group of five women (patients 1–5, confirmed cases) travelling to Cuba with two infants (patients 6–7, suspect cases) between July 28 and Aug 14, 2024. During their stay, patients 1–5 developed a dengue-like syndrome lasting 2–11 days, presenting symptoms similar to those described in the literature for Oropouche virus infection (appendix p 8).
www.thelancet.com
December 22, 2024 at 3:30 AM
Persistence of #Oropouche virus in body fluids among imported cases in France 🇫🇷
#IDSky Medsky 🩺
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#IDSky Medsky 🩺
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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🌟 Exciting news! We’re thrilled to introduce the lecturers of the 10th Mediterranean School of Complex Networks! #mscx25
🎓 First up, meet Vittoria—a brilliant mind and one of our key speakers this year. Discover her story and expertise in the slides!
🔗 mediterraneanschoolcomplex.net
🎓 First up, meet Vittoria—a brilliant mind and one of our key speakers this year. Discover her story and expertise in the slides!
🔗 mediterraneanschoolcomplex.net
December 21, 2024 at 6:33 PM
🌟 Exciting news! We’re thrilled to introduce the lecturers of the 10th Mediterranean School of Complex Networks! #mscx25
🎓 First up, meet Vittoria—a brilliant mind and one of our key speakers this year. Discover her story and expertise in the slides!
🔗 mediterraneanschoolcomplex.net
🎓 First up, meet Vittoria—a brilliant mind and one of our key speakers this year. Discover her story and expertise in the slides!
🔗 mediterraneanschoolcomplex.net
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Take climate change, deforestation,
a #mosquito-borne #arbovirus with the ability to exchange RNA genomic segments, and here you go
a #mosquito-borne #arbovirus with the ability to exchange RNA genomic segments, and here you go
Human outbreaks of a novel reassortant Oropouche virus in the Brazilian Amazon region - Nature Medicine
Genomic and epidemiologic analyses revealed that a novel reassortant viral lineage of the Oropouche virus, which has been circulating in the western Amazon region of Brazil for about a decade, is asso...
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December 16, 2024 at 8:40 AM
Take climate change, deforestation,
a #mosquito-borne #arbovirus with the ability to exchange RNA genomic segments, and here you go
a #mosquito-borne #arbovirus with the ability to exchange RNA genomic segments, and here you go
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Health authorities are warning people in the Griffith region of NSW to avoid mosquito bites after Japanese encephalitis virus was detected in local mosquitoes https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/mlhd/news/latest-news/mosquito-surveillance-reveals-japanese-encephalitis-virus-griffith
Mosquito surveillance reveals Japanese encephalitis virus in Griffith region of NSW
Communities in Griffith and surrounding areas are encouraged to take precautions against mosquito bites as NSW Health’s routine mosquito surveillance has detected Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus.
www.nsw.gov.au
December 6, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Health authorities are warning people in the Griffith region of NSW to avoid mosquito bites after Japanese encephalitis virus was detected in local mosquitoes https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/mlhd/news/latest-news/mosquito-surveillance-reveals-japanese-encephalitis-virus-griffith
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If an #H5N1 pandemic starts tomorrow or in three months, there will be little mystery as to how it happened. The conditions are all there. They have been for a while.
So in some ways the more interesting question to me at the moment is: Why aren’t we in a pandemic yet?
Story here, 🧵 to come:
🧪#IDSky
So in some ways the more interesting question to me at the moment is: Why aren’t we in a pandemic yet?
Story here, 🧵 to come:
🧪#IDSky
Why hasn’t the bird flu pandemic started?
Some scientists examining mutations found in H5N1 viruses fear major outbreak is imminent but others says pathogen remains unpredictable
www.science.org
December 6, 2024 at 12:54 PM
If an #H5N1 pandemic starts tomorrow or in three months, there will be little mystery as to how it happened. The conditions are all there. They have been for a while.
So in some ways the more interesting question to me at the moment is: Why aren’t we in a pandemic yet?
Story here, 🧵 to come:
🧪#IDSky
So in some ways the more interesting question to me at the moment is: Why aren’t we in a pandemic yet?
Story here, 🧵 to come:
🧪#IDSky
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We are excited to announce posit::conf(2025)! Join fellow data enthusiasts & developers for an unforgettable three days of learning, connection, and inspiration.
Learn more and register at posit.co/blog/positco...
#datascience #rstats #pydata #quarto #tidyverse #posit
Learn more and register at posit.co/blog/positco...
#datascience #rstats #pydata #quarto #tidyverse #posit
December 6, 2024 at 4:00 PM
We are excited to announce posit::conf(2025)! Join fellow data enthusiasts & developers for an unforgettable three days of learning, connection, and inspiration.
Learn more and register at posit.co/blog/positco...
#datascience #rstats #pydata #quarto #tidyverse #posit
Learn more and register at posit.co/blog/positco...
#datascience #rstats #pydata #quarto #tidyverse #posit
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#Chagas disease is treatable, but tracking treatment success is tough. 🔬 A new serological test could change that, offering a way to measure whether the parasite has been cleared from the body.
🔗 Read more here: nature.com/articles/s41...
🔗 Read more here: nature.com/articles/s41...
Early assessment of antibodies decline in Chagas patients following treatment using a serological multiplex immunoassay - Nature Communications
Here, using samples from a randomized controlled trial, the authors show that a multiplex immunoassay (MultiCruzi), paired with statistical analysis, can predict early treatment efficacy in adult Chag...
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December 4, 2024 at 2:48 PM
#Chagas disease is treatable, but tracking treatment success is tough. 🔬 A new serological test could change that, offering a way to measure whether the parasite has been cleared from the body.
🔗 Read more here: nature.com/articles/s41...
🔗 Read more here: nature.com/articles/s41...
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🪰 "Spatial and temporal modeling of the global burden of Cutaneous #Leishmaniasis in #Brazil: A 21-year ecological study" by Erica Santos dos Reis et al. in PLOS #NTDs @plos.bsky.social
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November 23, 2024 at 6:49 PM
🪰 "Spatial and temporal modeling of the global burden of Cutaneous #Leishmaniasis in #Brazil: A 21-year ecological study" by Erica Santos dos Reis et al. in PLOS #NTDs @plos.bsky.social
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journals.plos.org/plosntds/art...
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Kissing bugs are commonly found in dog kennels, which can make them hot spots for transmission of the parasite that causes Chagas disease. A study by Texas A&M researchers on transmission risk in dog kennels encountered a surprising finding: a dead kissing bug w/ a still-viable parasite in its gut.
Chagas Disease Parasite Can Survive in Dead Kissing Bugs, Study Finds
A study on transmission of the parasite that causes Chagas disease in dog kennels encountered a surprising finding: a dead kissing bug with a still-viable parasite in its gut.
entomologytoday.org
November 21, 2024 at 7:02 PM
Kissing bugs are commonly found in dog kennels, which can make them hot spots for transmission of the parasite that causes Chagas disease. A study by Texas A&M researchers on transmission risk in dog kennels encountered a surprising finding: a dead kissing bug w/ a still-viable parasite in its gut.
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Tomorrow starts the European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease #Epidemiology (ESCAIDE) organised by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
Join online, registration free of charge
✍🏽 www.escaide.eu/en/registrat...
#EpiSky #IDSky #MicroSky #MedSky 🩺🧪💉 🛟
Join online, registration free of charge
✍🏽 www.escaide.eu/en/registrat...
#EpiSky #IDSky #MicroSky #MedSky 🩺🧪💉 🛟
November 19, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Tomorrow starts the European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease #Epidemiology (ESCAIDE) organised by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
Join online, registration free of charge
✍🏽 www.escaide.eu/en/registrat...
#EpiSky #IDSky #MicroSky #MedSky 🩺🧪💉 🛟
Join online, registration free of charge
✍🏽 www.escaide.eu/en/registrat...
#EpiSky #IDSky #MicroSky #MedSky 🩺🧪💉 🛟
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Wow. Right. We need more Entomologists. Now!!
The taxonomic biases in biodiversity data are growing over time. The amount of data we are collecting is growing, but the biases get bigger. We need to make a conscious effort to study the understudied!
#SciComms #Science #Taxonomy
🧪 image from Troudet et al 2018
@natureportfolio.bsky.social
#SciComms #Science #Taxonomy
🧪 image from Troudet et al 2018
@natureportfolio.bsky.social
November 20, 2024 at 12:01 PM
Wow. Right. We need more Entomologists. Now!!
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Literally got bluesky just to post this. So please apply!
Open rank faculty position in Vector Biology at FIU! Apply to Job Opening ID 534013 at hr.fiu.edu/careers/ by Jan 5th.
Open rank faculty position in Vector Biology at FIU! Apply to Job Opening ID 534013 at hr.fiu.edu/careers/ by Jan 5th.
Careers —
hr.fiu.edu
November 20, 2024 at 11:37 AM
Literally got bluesky just to post this. So please apply!
Open rank faculty position in Vector Biology at FIU! Apply to Job Opening ID 534013 at hr.fiu.edu/careers/ by Jan 5th.
Open rank faculty position in Vector Biology at FIU! Apply to Job Opening ID 534013 at hr.fiu.edu/careers/ by Jan 5th.
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The November issue of Journal of Medical Entomology has a new special collection on Chagas Disease and Kissing bugs.
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Chagas Disease and Kissing Bugs
Triatomine insects (a.k.a. kissing bugs) vector the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, agent of Chagas disease, a neglected and deadly cardiac disease of hum
academic.oup.com
November 20, 2024 at 11:29 AM
The November issue of Journal of Medical Entomology has a new special collection on Chagas Disease and Kissing bugs.
academic.oup.com/jme/pages/sp...
academic.oup.com/jme/pages/sp...