Beric Gilbert

Claire Morrell from Stevenson captured this photo on a brrrilliantly cold day at Eglinton Park in Irvine. ❄️ More great pictures ➡️ bbc.in/3GRzEv9 Send your photos of Scotland to scotlandpictures@bbc.co.uk

We're hiring! 3-YEAR POSTDOC on “Spatial and temporal patterns of European parasite biodiversity” as part of a large EU Biodiversa+ project, including @rpaterson_nz @JA_Balbuena @ECOparasites @PeerLab_NHMG @Bernd_AquatEcol @chris_sel More info: tinyurl.com/5fzxn8en

#ClimateChange is exceptional and caused by human greenhouse gas emissions We are causing #globalwarming 100 times faster than past natural changes We are taking Earth’s climate way beyond natural limits, with carbon dioxide and temperatures levels not seen for 3 million years

ChatGPT listed as author on research papers: many scientists disapprove nature.com/articles/d4158… @Prof_Meijboom @gleungws @UJBioTecFoodTec @UjZoology @UJBotany @bettinevv @GilbertBeric @GreenfieldProf @HassinaMouri

Excited to announce the release of #ggplate on CRAN! ggplate is an R package that enables easy visualization of culture and microplate data. Find out how to use it here: jpquast.github.io/ggplate/ 1/5 #rstats #DataScience #datavisualization #Biology #microbiology #AcademicChatter

Scientists warn that... 📢 “The extinction risk to Madagascar's 🇲🇬mammals, including species like the lemur, threatens a biodiversity crisis that would take more than 20 million years to heal.” 🔎Study by Michielsen et al. 🗞️@ScienceAlert⬇️ sciencealert.com/madagascars-va…

Safeguarding #biodiversity isn't just important #ForNature — it's also essential as we work to achieve the #SDGs. A @scnatCH factsheet aims to provide decision makers with options and entry points for transformative change. Read now ➡️ bit.ly/3p2geYO

I'm THRILLED that this paper is out in @ICB_journal! 🧵 We found that lungfish air breathing & suction feeding use remarkably similar kinematics & muscle shortening! This suggests that evolving to breathe air didn't need large changes to anatomy/mechanics doi.org/10.1093/icb/ic…

1 month left to apply! Do you want to be a Postdoctoral Research Fellow @UCT_news in 2023? Info: bit.ly/UCTPostdocFell… | @FabAcademic

I suck at tissue sectioning, so I became good at tissue clearing. And I can do this all day! Presenting to you the power of #EZClear at #BCM_OiVM and #LightsheetZ1 @zeiss_micro @arivisAG of a cleared mouse heart. How will this change your research? Happy #FluorescenceFriday!

How do different worldviews and knowledge systems influence the way people interact with and value nature?🚣🙏🌿 @IPBES #ValuesAssessment proposes a new typology of values. Learn more: bit.ly/IPBES_VA

The clever people at @NASA have created this deceptively simple yet highly effective data visualisation showing monthly global temperatures between 1880-2021. Watch until the end... Learn more here - svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4975 #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #climate

@CityPowerJhb please restore electricity in Randpark Ridge. Please provide eta for restoration. Ref number CPWEB3394762

@CityPowerJhb Please provide eta as to when power will be restored. CPWEB3378610

#Update #BeyersNaudeOutage City Power team is on site attending to an outage at Beyers Naude Substation^HN

#Easter is this Sunday, so let’s examine the #parasitology of the Easter Bunny 🐰

🆕 Update ladies and gents. In our next annual meeting we will have three wonderful plenary speakers. More info about them in this thread 👇

How do sampling issues affect host-paradite comminities? Presenting our results at @Biology22Basel !! 🐟🪱 #biology22Basel

Warmly recommended position!

Beneath the marine heatwaves, our team has been busy in a changing ocean that… no fish will ever know… Coral reefs are the most sensitive of all marine ecosystems to climate change and we have no time to waste as most coral species will be facing extinction within 2-3 decades.

ONE HEALTH WONDER: A team of UP scientists has published the only study from Africa that entailed genomic One Health investigations to reveal that Delta variants of COVID-19 were transmitted from humans to animals: ow.ly/ELEi50HwJ7Q #UniversityofPretoria #health #covid