Helminth Society DC

New in COPA! First Parasites Reported from the Threatened Ozark Cavefish, Troglichthys rosae, from Arkansas, U.S.A., with a Summary of the Parasites of North American Cavefishes By McAllister, Fenolio, Slay, and & Cloutman doi.org/10.1654/COPA-D…

The Weinstein Lab at Utah State University is seeking a postdoc to conduction research on host parasite-microbiome interactions. Postdoc: careers-usu.icims.com/jobs/6546/post… Graduate student: Biology usu.edu/biology/studen…

New in Comparative Parasitology! Gut Helminth Assemblages of Glossogobius aureus (Family Gobiidae) in Lake Taal, Philippines By Vanessa Vargas-Martinez, Kenneth Xavier O. Sanchez, Dale Anthony L. To, and Jonathan Carlo A. Briones doi.org/10.1654/COPA-D…

New in Comparative Parasitology! Canine Toxoplasmosis: Cytokine Profile in Seropositive Stray Dogs By: Yong Yao, Yujie Diao, and Hao Gu doi.org/10.1654/1525-2…

New in COPA! Redescription of Haliotrema obesum (Caballero y C., Bravo Hollis, and Grocott, 1955) Young, 1968 (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae), with New Host & Locality Records from Marine Puffers in Australia & Egypt By Delane C. Kritsky and Ali Mansour doi.org/10.1654/1525-2…

Today, @SciTechAction issued a statement in response to House Republican’s proposed debt limit plan, which would dramatically reduce federal investment in R&D & put the US at risk of falling behind in the global competitiveness race. Full statement here. sciencetechaction.org/news-item/stac…

New in Comparative Parasitology! Records of Streblidae (Diptera) from Bats in Hueytamalco, Northeastern Puebla, Mexico By: María Magdalena Ramírez-Martínez, Will Reeves, Maria Concepción López-Téllez, & Rebeca Selene Miguel-Méndez doi.org/10.1654/COPA-D…

New in Comparative Parasitology! A New Species of Mathevotaenia (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) from the Andean Tuco-Tuco, Ctenomys opimus (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae), on the Altiplano of Bolivia By: Scott L. Gardner, Bennett A. Grappone, and Alex Lai doi.org/10.1654/COPA-D…

New in Comparative Parasitology! Investigations on the Role of Commercial Probiotics on New Zealand White Rabbits Experimentally Infected with Eimeria stiedae By Maab Salah Jameel and Dalia Ahmed Kalef doi.org/10.1654/COPA-D…

Job posting: The Biology Department at Shenandoah University in Virginia is looking to hire a disease ecologist: jobs.silkroad.com/ShenandoahUniv…

New in Comparative Parasitology! Prevalence of Ectoparasites on Small Mammals Inhabiting an Agroforestry System of Western Portugal By Maílis Carrilho, et al. doi.org/10.1654/COPA-D…

New in Comparative Parasitology! Redescription of Serratospiculum tendo (Nietzsch, 1819) (Nematoda: Diplotriaenidae) from the Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus Tunstall, 1771) from Dubai, United Arab Emirates By Schuster, Wibbelt, and Naldo. doi.org/10.1654/COPA-D…

🦟📢 The 34th annual Molecular Parasitology Meeting (@parasitesrule) offers several travel awards for students & postdocs to attend the event in person. Make sure to apply by March 1 and win a chance to attend this brilliant conference. 👉 ow.ly/A2Js50MXNXz

New in Comparative Parasitology! PANAS: Pipeline and a Case Study to Obtain Synonymous and Nonsynonymous Substitution Rates in Genes of Platyhelminthes By Víctor Caña-Bozada and Francisco N. Morales-Serna. doi.org/10.1654/COPA-D…

New in Comparative Parasitology! A Modified Digestion Procedure for Recovery of Trematode Metacercariae from Terrestrial Gastropods By Michael A. Barger doi.org/10.1654/COPA-D…

New in Comparative Parasitology! Molecular Identification of Neoechinorhynchus chrysemydis of Eastern River Cooters, Pseudemys concinna concinna, from Arkansas and Oklahoma, U.S.A., Provides Insight into Host Specificity By: Ryan Koch & Chris McAllister doi.org/10.1654/COPA-D…

Attention graduate students: Apply for the @AIBSbiology Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award. #2023EPPLA winners receive communications & policy training and participate in Congressional Visits Day in DC. Learn more at #subheader" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">aibs.org/news/2022/2211…

Applications for the 2023 Helminthological Society of Washington Student Research Grants are due Feb 15th! We offer an Underrepresented Minority (URM) Student Research Grant, and for the first time we're offering the Bernard Fried Student Research Grant: helmsoc.org/HelmSoc_site/h…

New in Comparative Parasitology! Prevalence of Endoparasites in the Balkan Donkey (Equus asinus) from Serbia By Bojana Mijatović, Ivan Pavlović, Slavica Živković, Ivana Trailović, Jelena Ćirić, & Dragiša Trailović. doi.org/10.1654/COPA-D…

New in Comparative Parasitology! New Records of Neobenedenia girellae (Hargis, 1955) (Monogenea: Capsalidae) in Marine Ornamental Fish Imported to Yucatan, Mexico By: Amelia Paredes-Trujillo, David Hernández, & Victor Manuel Vidal-Martínez. doi.org/10.1654/COPA-D…