🚨 We're hiring!
A #postdoc position is available @lambrechtslab.bsky.social @pasteur.fr
➡️ Come join our team to investigate the #genomic variations underlying the adaptive potential and vectorial capacity of Aedes aegypti #mosquitoes 🦟
More details at this link: research.pasteur.fr/b/1Cov
Such a wonderful thread - love these illustrations by Judith Smith!
📢 Don't forget to register for the #ISNTDBites online meeting tomorrow (Thursday 23 April) by @isntd.org and learn more about heaps of exciting projects, including The Global Vector Hub 😊 ! 🦟 🕷️ 🪰
#beatNTDs
Register here: www.isntd.org/isntd-bites
📢 Don't forget to join the annual meeting of the European SOVE Early-Career Professionals network:
🗓 April 21 | 5:00 PM CEST
There's still time to register for tomorrow's event:
🔗 Register: ufl.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Hope to see you there!
@4sove.bsky.social
🦟 Really excited for our next seminar! @chantalvogels.bsky.social (Yale) on how mosquito & virus factors shape Wolbachia-mediated inhibition of dengue; a key question for biocontrol.
Thurs 16 April, 4pm UK / 11am ET
📍 Zoom — DM or email us for the link, all welcome!
Heat pens are great, I highly recommend using them!
Yes, the closer to the bite time the more effective.
Only a few days to go before our #webinar with @frederikseelig.bsky.social on Monday - don't forget to register! 😊
Don't forget to register for this #webinar by our former Partnerships Manager @frederikseelig.bsky.social on Monday 13 April!
Happy to share that I'll be speaking at this #webinar series by dot. on the @globalvectorhub.bsky.social . If you would like to learn more about the GVH and its role fighting #VBDs, please do join us on Monday 13 April:
www.linkedin.com/events/thegl...
Instructions for making mosquito-killing buckets. Cheap, effective, and won't harm butterflies, fireflies, pets, or birds like pyrethroid sprays do. Spring is a great time to set them out. #mosquitoes colinpurrington.com/2024/08/bti-...
Call for Submissions | Science Communication Awards | Deadline to Apply April 3, 2026. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine logo. Schmidt Sciences logo.
🏆 Science communication awards now open!
Apply by April 3, 2026 for the SciComm Excellence awards, which honor science communicators, #journalists, and #researchers who communicated issues and advances in #science, #engineering, and #medicine in 2025
Apply now: https://ow.ly/U7KV50YxH0L
#scicomm
Oben: 4 Mülleimer. Die Beschriftungen von links nach rechts lauten „Paper“, „Glass“, „DNA“, „Plastic“. Darunter die Überschrift des im Post verlinkten Artikels "Wertmüll“, gefolgt von dessen Vorspann „Wie die Bioforschung hin und wieder Dinge als „Abfall“ abtat – und damit falsch lag.“ Links daneben befindet sich ein Icon mit Smartphone und Magazinseite sowie der Schriftzug „Kostenlos online lesen!“. In der rechten unteren Ecke befindet sich das Laborjournal-Logo.
Ausschnitt aus dem verlinkten Artikel.
Was in der Biologie lange als „Abfall“ galt, entpuppt sich im Nachhinein immer wieder als hoch relevant: Ob #JunkDNA, #regulatorischeRNAs oder #extrazelluläreVesikel. Nebenbefunde sollten nicht vorschnell entsorgt werden: www.laborjournal.de/editorials/3...
#LifeSci #Kolumne #Molekularbiologie
We have just recommended an update to the chikungunya Ixchiq vaccine’s product information to reflect the most recent evidence related to aseptic meningitis. #medsky 🧪
Read more www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/meet...
📢 @ssi-dk.bsky.social: #Usutuvirus påvist i danske #myg// Usutu #virus detected for first time in #Danish #mosquitoes🦟🐦⬛
www.ssi.dk/aktuelt/nyhe...
The words "March Markdowns – 70% off – Shop Now" surrounded by a circle of book covers, including Cold Words, Gemstones, Bird Talk, Venom, Eclipse Chasers, Tasmanian Mayflies and Invention to Innovation.
Make a smart move this March, and score 70% off a range of great popular science reads and academic and professional reference books! 📚🤩
Browse all our March Markdowns: www.publishing.csiro.au/books/onsale
Sale ends 26 March.
#NonFictionReads #ScienceBooks #AcademicBooks #BookSale
🧐Looking for a #job? The University of Sydney ( @sydney.edu.au) is inviting applications for the 2-year Aola Richards #Postdoctoral Fellowship in #Entomology. 🦟 🕷️ 🪰
Application deadline 18 April 2026.
More info: usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...
Bluesky, we need your help to count walrus! 🦭
Previously on "Walrus from Space", volunteers like you sifted through around 500,000 satellite images to support our conservation research.
Now we're asking the you to help us count the walrus in those images 👀
➡️ geohive.vantor.com/walrus/login
I read "Bruny" shortly after visiting the island for the first time -such a marvellous place. I have strong issues with this book, but @eliasgreig.bsky.social articulated them far better here: overland.org.au/previous-iss...
Many thanks @bbcworldbookclub.bsky.social for including my questions to Laurent Binet and for this very interesting session!😊
Erstmals #Dengue-Virus in Pool von Aedes-Stechmücken nördlich der Alpen (in Basel) nachgewiesen.🦟
📢 La #OPS alerta sobre transmisión sostenida de #FiebreAmarilla en partes de #Sudamérica //Pan American Health Organization ( #PAHO) reports sustained #YellowFever transmission in parts of #SouthAmerica 🌎
@who.int 🦟
www.paho.org/es/noticias/...
www.paho.org/en/news/13-3...
A block of text that says "Scientists at the University of Miami are carrying out a research study on trends in the field of science communication. For this survey we are defining science communication as work that is done: • by a technical subject area expert in some field related to science, technology, engineering, or mathematics, • outside of classroom settings • aimed at the public If you are 18 years of age or older and work or recently worked in this field (full-time, part-time, or as a side project), please click the link below to complete a short survey. If you are interested in learning more about this research study, please e-mail us at Julia.wester@miami.edu. In the body of your email please provide your full name, and if you would prefer to be contacted by phone, your phone number and the best time to reach you. Contacting us for more information does not commit you to participating, and should you decide to participate you may terminate your participation at any time."
Attention Science Communicators!
We are conducting a survey on the landscape of science communication & need your help gathering experiences.
Please send this to #SciComm ppl you know. We want to get as thorough a sense of the state of the field as we can.
umiami.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
A middle-aged man (played by actor Richard Harris) tries to disarm a bomb.
Muss ich immer an "Juggernaut" (dt. Titel "18 Stunden bis zur Ewigkeit") mit Richard Harris, Omar Sharif etc. denken. Nicht unbedingt realistisch, aber sehr spannend!
A collage of 14 inspirational women in science from various eras and backgrounds, including Marie Curie, Jane Goodall, and Katherine Johnson. The center text reads "Honoring Inspirational Women in Science" and "International Women’s Day 2026."
Today, I have been reflecting on the incredible women who have transformed their fields despite systemic barriers. Their dedication and grit paved the way for the next generation of women scientists. Let’s come together to honor their accomplishments and commit to a more inclusive future.🧪👩🔬
#IWD2026
(L-R) Top: Kristen Lear, Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil and Ritu Raman. Bottom: Jessica Esquivel, Ana Maria Porras, and Earyn McGee.
For #WomensHistoryMonth and #InternationalWomensDay, let us celebrate six outstanding women in science through their origin stories — as told in comic book form by the talented artist Juanele (@juaneletamal.bsky.social). Follow along to links to their stories!🧪🎢⚛️🪐🔭 #WomenInSTEM 🧵1/7
How does life evolve to adapt to modern cities?
Out now in Science, my PhD work with @lindymcbr.bsky.social uncovers the ancient origin of the “London Underground mosquito” – one of the most iconic examples of urban adaptation.
🧵(1/n)
@science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady4515
For more details see Yuki's thread here: bsky.app/profile/yuki..., and their paper here in @science.org: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/.... [3/3]
This hypothesis has been thoroughly disproven by @yukihaba.bsky.social @lindymcbr.bsky.social et al., who could show that the molestus form diverged from pipiens several thousand years ago, possibly near Egypt, and in response to #agriculture. [2/3]
🦟 Bit surprised and disappointed that JM Mulet, writing in @elpais.com, rehashes the idea that the "London Underground #mosquito" (Culex pipiens form molestus) only emerged in the last 160 years by adaptation to life underground. [1/3]
english.elpais.com/science-tech...
In case you missed it, the podcast version of World Book Club with Laurent Binet is available for download now - stream and download here www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p... or wherever you get your podcasts.
Here's a little bit to whet your appetites :)
#wbc #booksky #laurentbinet #HHhh
