Bringing together people interested in #parasite and #pathogen ecology and evolution.
Chair:
Louise Cheynel @louisecheynel.bsky.social
Amy Sweeny @arsweeny.bsky.social
https://parasite-and-pathogens-group.mailchimpsites.com/
BES - Parasites and Pathogens group
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📢🐦 Join us this June for our first free webinar!
"Diseases in Wild Birds: A One Health Perspective"
Where: online, free
When: 9th June 2025
Speakers, info & registration ⬇️
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/dise...
@britishecologicalsociety.org @rspb.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social
A many-limbed creature called the sunflower star has found a refuge to protect itself from a mysterious epidemic that has decimated its population
https://go.nature.com/43EIk4t
Lots of fun working with Tim Brown @parasitetim.bsky.social on this piece for The Conversation about our recent review on the under-appreciated topic of conserving parasites. If it sounds wierd, read this to find out why it's important for biodiversity 🧪🪱🌍 👇
theconversation.com/parasites-ar...
NEW PAPER: Bunting hosts recognize and reject parasitic eggs using achromatic contrast between markings and background. Both species show moderate rejection rates, highlighting egg pattern adaptation in cuckoo-host dynamics
➡️ vist.ly/3mz3qgh
#ornithology #EggParasitism
Excited to share our data paper on fungal diseases in tall fescue! Fun and useful experience having our data peer reviewed for usability and clarity. @fletcher-h.bsky.social @kokeeffe12.bsky.social @esajournals.bsky.social
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Our paper about conspecific brood parasitism in the spotless starling is published in Biol. Lett. We showed that starlings can discriminate parasitic eggs, and that they use egg size as a cue to eject parasitic eggs. All the details in royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
#USPN #MNCN
Join the Parasites and Pathogens SIG for this webinar covering the implications of the range of diseases present in the wild bird population.
www.britishecologicalsociety.org
#OneHealth Research Alert 📢Epidemiology of human contacts of equine #HendraVirus infection in northern New South Wales, Australia, 2006–2023 onehealth.ijidonline.org/article/S294...
BTO's Hugh Hanmer, Senior Research Ecologist, is a speaker at this webinar where he'll be discussing the decline in Blackbirds in the UK and the spread of Usutu virus. Sign up to attend on the link below. ⬇️
2025 International Conference on Lyme Borreliosis and Other Tick-Borne Diseases
Sept 7-10, Chicago
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#MicroSky 🦠🧫🧪🧬🔬
The sunflower star, which can be bigger than a hubcap, escapes a wasting disease by hunkering down in fjords.
go.nature.com
Interesting looking set of talks on 'What turns spillovers into epidemics?' w @jessmetcalf.bsky.social @danielstreicker.bsky.social @aineotoole.bsky.social @peacockflu.bsky.social @HouriyahTegally - 19th May www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/events/what-...
BES - Parasites and Pathogens group
Nature
Save the pandas, sure, but what about the worms in their guts?
Many disease epidemics recur seasonally, and such seasonal epidemics can be shaped by species interactions among parasites, pathogens, or other microbes. Field experiments are a classic approach for ...
Hendra virus is an important zoonotic pathogen in Australia, with widespread presence
in flying fox reservoirs and serious health consequences for horses and humans. This
study describes the epidemiol...
This talk brings together experts in pathogen genomics, virology, ecology, climate science, and data science to explore how AI, genomic surveillance, and…
📢🐦 Join us this June for our first free webinar!
"Diseases in Wild Birds: A One Health Perspective"
Where: online, free
When: 9th June 2025
Speakers, info & registration ⬇️
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/dise...
@britishecologicalsociety.org @rspb.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social
Ben Longdon
Join the Parasites and Pathogens SIG for this webinar covering the implications of the range of diseases present in the wild bird population.
