🦟 New paper accepted!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Dr #RogerSanou led work using mid‑infrared spectroscopy + machine learning to identify species and age of male #mosquito Anopheles gambiae s.l.
Proud collaboration led by #IRSS-BurkinaFaso with #IHI & @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk + @uofgchem.bsky.social
Our new paper in @cp-trendsparasitol.bsky.social
Adapting Africa’s vector surveillance systems to monitor gene-drive mosquitoes in malaria control: www.cell.com/trends/paras...
Led by Prof #FredrosOkumu, Dr #LinaFinda, Dr #JoelOdero
@sbohvm.gla.ac.uk #IfakaraHealthInstitute
#OneHealth #GeneDrive
New paper out! 🦟 💧☀️
Seasonal variation in aquatic habitat availability and use by the malaria vector, Anopheles funestus
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
👏 Dr #NajatKahamba for leading this work on this crucial #malaria vector
👏 to the whole team #IfakaraHealthInstitute & @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk
Congratulations to Andrew Brownlow and team @strandings.bsky.social on the renewal of the Marine Directorate contract. The funding will support this vital project for the next 5 years.
Learn more -
www.gla.ac.uk/schools/bohv...
strandings.org
#strandings #marinestrandings
Our project was proud to support the follow up investigation of these detections following identification by our collaborators at the Animal and Plant Health Agency UK and @srucnews.bsky.social
@sbohvm.gla.ac.uk
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article....
Delighted to share our review in @natrevmicro.nature.com!
Here, myself and @richard-quilliam.bsky.social synthesise current knowledge on the aquatic #plastisphere, and assess the evidence for #plastics being #pathogen and #AMR reservoirs @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @uofstirling-bes.bsky.social
rdcu.be/fbm6N
🧬 New study!
How do mitochondria change across life? We tracked mtDNAcn within Zebra finches and found early-life decline and links of mtDNAcn to late-life flight performance
#Ornithology #Physiology #Mitochondria
@sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @ifv-whv.bsky.social
🔗 royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article...
This finding challenges previous assumption that conditions in Scotland are 'too cold' for transmission, and emphasises importance of rolling out #mosquito vector-borne disease surveillance across the whole UK. #climatechange
@sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @uofgnews.bsky.social @cvrinfo.bsky.social
Find out more about the key side events (running until 10th April) and register here:
www.who.int/news-room/ev...
Professor Sarah Cleaveland participates in The World Health Organization (WHO) One Health Festival.
Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/bohv...
@sarahcleaveland.bsky.social
@who.int
Photo of 3 PhD students standing beside a poster about the project on assessing "Mosquito-borne disease risk to Northern Ireland under environmental change" , led by Ross Cuthbert at Queen's University Belfast, in whose team they are working. Left to right Lucy Devlin, Ryan Carmichael and Aidan Desjardins
Photo of PhD student Meshach Lee standing beside his poster "Assessing mosquito-borne disease risk across an urban-rural gradient in Scotland"
Picture of screen in lecture hall displaying the title slide of a presentation delivered by Dr Dom Brass, UKCEH. The slide has the title "Forecasting the risk of WNV in Europe now and in the future"
Great 1st day at the @ukvbd.bsky.social conferenced in Liverpool, with several #MosquitoScotland team members presenting findings from their work
@sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @cvrinfo.bsky.social
@meshachlee.bsky.social Georgia Kirby Ryan Carmichael Lucy Devlin Aidan Desjardins Dom Brass Ross Cuthbert
New 4G connectivity at Cochno Farm linking livestock monitors, environmental sensors & management systems into one network. Providing real-time insight into animal health, welfare & conditions, enabling vets & researchers to make faster, targeted decisions
www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
🍃Upcoming engaging and informal workshop to explore the many benefits of green prescribing. Alongside this, we’re keen to hear ideas and insights. What would you like to see from a space like this? Your input will help shape a resource designed for the whole community.
From molecules to mechanisms! Our combined platforms offer powerful ways to explore complex biomedical challenges. This mind map highlights just a few of the possibilities. @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @uofgsii.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social @uofgmvls.bsky.social
Our new paper looks at how warming affects cognitive trade-offs. Slower deciding individuals are more accurate. But with modest warming, they speed up and lose that advantage, compressing the range of cognitive strategies in the population. Check it out!: royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
Our new work link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Detection of supergroup B Wolbachia and their co-infection with Plasmodium falciparum in wild Anopheles funestus in Tanzania
👏 #ReubenMweteni leading work during master project #UniversityOfDarEsSalaam #IfakaraHealthInstitute
@sbohvm.gla.ac.uk
new paper out today! led by @thefentagon.bsky.social national-level diversity of Arctic charr in Scotland 🐟 🧬 genetic footprints of glacial lakes found in today's pops spanning central divide 👀 🐟 #openaccess paper in @biojlinnsoc.bsky.social @profcolinbean.bsky.social @ColinEAdams
Archie, the charming Pembroke Welsh Corgi
Our veterinary researchers are undertaking a new study in corgis to better understand Degenerative myelopathy, a debilitating disease of the spinal cord. Our team is looking for owners of registered dogs with signs of the condition to participate. Read the full story @ www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
New @strandings.bsky.social Marine Directorate Report has published new findings about a stranding of 55 pilot whales on the Isle of Lewis in 2023. It is now understood that the pod had been following a female having a difficult birth.
Read more -
👉ziply.pk/ktlzq8
👉ziply.pk/ZILGZ2
🎧Listen now to the lastest episode of the @BBCRadio4 Show Rare Earth, Featuring Dr Sofie Spatharis. Episdoe Ocean Explorers:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
🆕@SBOHVM Researchers contributing to The Scottish Government's Natural Enviroment (Scotland) Bill.
➡️www.parliament.scot/bills-and-laws/bills/s6/...
➡️www.gla.ac.uk/schools/bohvm/about/news...
New Naturally Speaking Podcast!
Episode 101 – What shapes perception of risk in horse racing?
Listen here: naturallyspeaking.blog/2026/02/23/e...
Our research on Tawny Owls at @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk was featured on this episode of BBC Radio Scotland - listen at: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
We discuss how we track Tawnies' movements and the way they are adapting to noisy and light-polluted areas
@dmdominoni.bsky.social
@iapetusdtp.bsky.social
For more information, please contact Professor James Cotton (James.Cotton@glasgow.ac.uk).
New vacancy in SBOHVM!
Research Assistant to contribute to molecular parasitology projects and lab management.
Full details here: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
Closing date 23rd March
Read this interview with one of our @UofGSBOHVM technicians Joey Humble. Joey recently visited University of Naples Federico II - Department of Agricultural Sciences (UNINA)
www.aquaserv-ri.eu/access-story...
🦎PhD project in data sciences - collab of my team in @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk and Maths&Stats with @anaignatieva.bsky.social - reconstructing evolution in hybrid zones with recombination graphs 🧬 applications thru DTP. closes 06-Mar. details eligibility ▶️ ecological-data-science.github.io/projects.html
From idea to impact! This paper from @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk and @uofgsii.bsky.social shows what’s possible with electron microscopy
👉 www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl...
Congratulations to the team! www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... @pnas.org
Left: Adult and nestling White-throated Dipper (Cinclus cinclus; adult on top, chick below). Right: Microscopy images showing microplastics from nestling faecal samples. Birds were handled under license.
🔈New study!
Microplastics found in 62% of White-throated Dipper broods in Scotland & Basque Country. No body condition effects detected.
Led by @cmartin3.bsky.social
@sbohvm.gla.ac.uk
@aranzadiornito.bsky.social
🔗
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#Ornithology🐦 #Microplastics #Freshwater💧
Our latest paper showing how fish use the underwater seascape, showing the importance of a diverse mixture of substrata in nursery areas.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Graeme Cullen @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk Dr Charlotte Hopkins @uniofhull.bsky.social and Dr Neil Burns (UofG SES)