Mollusc of the Year 2026 Click here to see previous Mollusc of the Year winners.

Vote for Mollusc of the Year 2026. The winner will have its complete genome sequenced. There are some cool species in the running this year! www.unitasmalacologica.org/mollusc-of-t...

Deutschlands erster Windbaum im privaten Garten: 36 Mini-Turbinen liefern Strom und Gesprächsstoff Ein Baum aus Stahl statt Holz: In Thüdinghausen (Landkreis Northeim) betreibt Sebastian Harms als erste Privatperson einen Windbaum in Deutschland. 36 Mini-Turbinen erzeugen Strom - ein Projekt zwisch...

Sehr cool 👍🫶💚

#windbaum
#erneuerbare

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Photo of 4 Cladonia podetia that look sort of like golf tees. Each has a white stalk, covered to a large degree with green scales. The rim of the golf tee bowl is ringed with tiny brown blobs. The bowls, like the stalks, are largely covered in green scales.

Cladonia sp #lichen. Northwest Territories, Canada. #fungi #fungifriends

Oxygen supply through the tracheolar–muscle system does not constrain insect gigantism - Nature New evidence suggests that diffusive oxygen transport through the tracheolar–muscle system is not the limiting factor on insect body size.

Zu Urzeiten waren Insekten deutlich größer (Libellen mit 70 cm Spannweite). Über 30 Jahre lang dachte man, heute werden sie nicht mehr so groß, weil es weniger Sauerstoff in der Atmosphäre gibt. Ein neues Nature-Paper stellt diese Hypothese infrage: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪

🌍 Tuberculosis (TB) is still one of the deadliest infectious diseases in the world. And yet, it's curable. 

Read the article from De Morgen with infectious disease specialist Bouke De Jong on minimum patient contribution for medicines increasing, including TB treatment. tinyurl.com/y9ue73m9

Wenn ihr das #Kurzgutachten zur #Energiekrise sucht…
…als vertraulich markiert, aber per Internetsuche auf der Seite des BMWE zu finden. 🤷‍♀️ www.bundeswirtschaftsministerium.de/Redaktion/DE...

Timeline cleans with snowflake-sized baby lagoon jellyfish.

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🎥 jelliesfarm www.instagram.com/jelliesfarm?...

🦟"Gene-drive-capable #mosquitoes suppress patient-derived #malaria in #Tanzania 🇹🇿" by Tibebu Habtewold et al. at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @lstmnews.bsky.social & #Ifakara Health Institute in @nature.com

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Studying at ITM in Antwerp Specialise in tropical medicine, international public health or global One Health at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp.

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Diese Unternehmen finanzieren den ru Krieg!
Sie zahlten 2024
20 MILLIARDEN Dollar Steuern in ru. Das ist der Sold für 1 Millionen Soldaten und beeinflusst nachhaltig den ru Angriffskrieg auf die 🇺🇦.
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Vielleicht sollten die mal sanktioniert werden. /Ch

Habeck

2022: unabhängig von Putin-Gas

2023: Anteil EE über 50%

2023: Kohleverstrom sinkt auf Level von 1959

2023: letzte AKWs vom Netz

2023: Wärmewende

2024: CO2 sinkt im 3. Jahr in Folge

2024: erreicht dank PV- & -Wind-Turbo erstmals gesteckte Klimaziele

2025: Boom bei Wärmepumpen

mobile 3D printed device extracts drinking water directly from air - Designboom Designed by Louisa Graupe and Julika Schwarz, Water from Air is a mobile device that extracts potable water directly from the atmosphere using advanced material technology. The prototype addresses the increasing global demand for accessible drinking water by employing Metal-Organic...

mobile 3D printed device extracts drinking water directly from air - Designboom
->designboom | #DrinkingWater | More info from EcoSearch

I'm hiring! Postdoc available in my lab in Ecological Genomics. northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/... I will start reviewing applications mid-July. 🧪🧑‍🔬🖥️🧬🦑. Please share widely, thanks!

Der rechte Rand der erdzugewandten Seite der Sonne in gelber Farbe. Auf der Zeigerposition vier Uhr schießt gasförmige Sonnenmaterie sehr hell und dynamisch ins All.

Guten Morgen zusammen - wie immer mit einem aktuellen Bild der Sonne via Satellit SDO.

Pixel intensity of wing photos used to predict age of Anopheles gambiae caught during the RIMDAMAL II clinical trial www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02....

PhD student in Ecology and Evolution The Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences (DEEP) is located in the Arrhenius Laboratories, situated at the University Campus at Frescati. Presently around 100 people, including 35 PhD

We have an open 4-year PhD position in the Slotte lab at Stockholm University, to investigate genomic signatures of selection associated with pollination mode shifts.
Full ad: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Apply by April 22, 2025 via the University application portal (link). Please repost! 🧪

Is it time to consider west Nile and Usutu viruses endemic in central Italy? West Nile (WNV) and Usutu (USUV) viruses co-circulated in a region of Central Italy (Lazio) in 2018, as evidenced by the detection of WNV in the nervo…

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🦟

The @emca.bsky.social #EMCA2025 at @itmantwerp.bsky.social started and everyone is pretty excited! Check out our lovely dog ( @svielma.bsky.social) with EMCA merge! 🦟 @vectorbrus.bsky.social @ruthmueller.bsky.social @schneidera.bsky.social @adwine.bsky.social

Aedes albopictus (not Ae. aegypti, present but rare) is the main vector on Reunion island.

Innovation Developer Research Office/ Health Innovation More than 500 staff members at the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) contribute every day to improving the health of millions of people world...

We’re hiring! www.itg.be/en/jobs-and-...

🤩 Looking back on ITM's 2024! YouTube video by Institute of Tropical Medicine

🔬👩‍🔬 Last year, we made critical research discoveries, welcomed new experts, and fostered stronger connections globally. From groundbreaking mpox research to strengthening health equity and educating the changemakers of tomorrow, 2024 was all about people making a difference.🌍 youtu.be/PWpt0sTG_mg?...

Lower Bird Evenness and Diversity Are Associated With Higher Usutu Prevalence in Culex pipiens Mosquitoes https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39963005/

Role of vector phenotypic plasticity in disease transmission as illustrated by the spread of dengue virus by Aedes albopictus - Nature Communications There is a need for accurate models to predict disease dynamics by considering the interactions between environment and vector traits. This study finds that incorporating delayed phenotypic plasticity...

29/250 is Role of vector phenotypic plasticity in disease transmission as illustrated by the spread of dengue virus by Aedes albopictus

I'm interested in the role of mosquito age structure on viral transmission, and this seems relevant. Also a way to incorporate life history into disease models

On people’s perceptions of climate change and its impacts in a hotspot of global warming The Hindu Kush Himalayan region is a global hotspot for climate change and highly vulnerable to its direct and indirect impacts. Understanding people’s perception of climate change is crucial for effe...

journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... Just published! People's perception matches well with metereological temperature trends, but less with precipitation patterns in Central Nepal, a hotspot of global warming. Read more about perceived indirect effects of climate change. #mosquitoes

Antwerp researchers call for review of Syria sanctions to protect health systems Researchers at the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) in Antwerp have called for a review of sanctions against Syria because of their impact on...

Researchers at the @itmantwerp.bsky.social have called for a review of #sanctions against #Syria because of their impact on #healthsystems and essential services. @gorikooms.bsky.social @salehaljadeeah.bsky.social @rravinetto.bsky.social
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It’s today! You can still join 🤩
#womenandgirlsinscience

Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde (ITG) in Antwerpen Het ITG streeft naar de vooruitgang van wetenschap en gezondheid, met focus op onderzoek, onderwijs en professionele dienstverlening (hiv/soa en reisgeneeskunde).

🚀 Start your global health journey at ITM! Applications for our Masters programmes close very soon! @itmantwerp.bsky.social
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🎉 Women belong in science! Join us in celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on 11/2 with ITM PhD alumna Ibukun Abejirinde and
@esawah.bsky.social (moderator). She’ll share her inspiring journey in research, science, and academia. Register now! 👉 itg.be/en/events/al...

In memory of Armand Van Deun To honour Armand Van Deun's legacy in TB research & treatment, we launched the Armand Van Deun Scholarship Initiative, a cause you can also support

The Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp launched the Armand Van Deun Scholarship Initiative in honour of his legacy. Armand was founding father of our short course Clinical Decision-Making for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (DR-TB) @ITM. Read more: www.itg.be/en/health-st...