We recently shared Kgofa (tick) project interim findings at a meeting at the Botswana National Vet Labs. >160 attended (roughly 50:50 online/in person)!
If you missed it, you can watch it back here, incl. talks from our team members, @fao.org and the CLAWS conservancy: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Why do we model ticks/tick-borne disease? What insights can we get from modelling?
Postdoc Adam Fisher breaks down his recent heartwater model, recorded for the Kgofa (tick) project meeting.
Watch here: youtu.be/8JvwTFUAIoA?...
Paper here: doi.org/10.1017/S003...
Funding @ukri.org
I couldn't get us all in one room, but I managed to catch up with most of what we're lovingly calling "Team Tick" in Botswana and South Africa recently. Such a lovely group of people to work with!
*Job alert* We’re looking for a network coordinator for our Helminth Eco-Health Hub. Based at QUB with Geoff Gobert.
Apply here: hrwebapp.qub.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
Our beloved lab technician + tick ID expert, Alice (in the back), is leaving us this week to pursue her dream PhD in shark metagenomics. We managed to take her on a "goodbye" safari (and took lots of pictures of ticks on wildlife 🤣). Bittersweet, but I'm so happy for her!
All eyes on the flotilla.
Our @ukri.org Helminth Eco-Health Hub kicks off in January, but is already receiving a lot of media attention. The Hub will bring together helminth researchers across various themes and includes opportunities for ECRs to network and access seed funding. Keep your 👀 out for further info to join us
Now we know when we have the best chance of collecting nymph #ticks for demo - at night, in November, when it's damp! Wonderful study - big thanks to the persisting researchers. @hannahvineer.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/bior... Night hunting #cats need continued tick protection.
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Presentations from the "Kgofa: tackling ticks and tick-borne pathogens in Botswana" held at the Botswana National Veterinary Laboratory, Gaborone, Botswana, ...
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Tick ecology and host-finding efficiency interact to determine disease risk: a model of heartwater dynamics
