Isabelle BOLON

Our "Snakes of Nepal" challenge has just launched with exciting prizes to win. Help us better understand the diversity and distribution of Nepal’s snakes. Join us and make a difference in snake conservation and public health! inaturalist.org/projects/snake… #snakebite #snakes

Very disturbing news of sudden deaths of elephants - not thought to be linked with poaching - in Botswana since May. Hoping that the cause and a solution to stop this will be found very soon. BBC News - Hundreds of elephants found dead in Botswana bbc.com/news/world-afr…

COVID-19 media coverage is all over the US/Europe. But the situation in Africa could be critical. At least 39 countries with cases. And many more to come. Bottom-heavy population pyramid may be an asset, but low ICU capacity will be a major challenge. @Fredros_Inc @ISGLOBALorg

Exciting ! Serology valuable for many reasons @jd_mathbio @joshuasweitz

Q&A: @WHO Mike Ryan on how countries in crisis can prepare for a #coronavirus epidemic: is.gd/W3lZeS via @newhumanitarian

Focus on snake ecology to fight snakebite thelancet.com/journals/lance… l via @TheLancet 🐍🌎 #Snakebites

New paper from #JMV suggests that #nCoV2019 spreads from #snakes! Homologous recombination within the spike glycoprotein of the newly identified coronavirus may boost cross‐species transmission from snake to human onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jm…

The most widely used antivenom in India is not effective against the venom of several common snakes. bit.ly/39Mj1ze

Snake antivenom in India ineffective in treating bites from most species, study finds theprint.in/science/snake-… via @ThePrintIndia

#SnakeID challenge is over, but the portal remains open if you want to ID more: snakes.citizenscience.ch Thanks to all participants, especially PMoof1, Gary Lee, and Yatin Kalki, who IDd >6500 images each! We'll be in touch w/more data about top scorers, outcomes & next challenge

Just two days left to participate in the SnakeID challenge at snakes.citizenscience.ch @CitSciZurich @CitizenCyberlab @HerpMapper

Less than 24 hours until #SnakeID challenge II opens! snakes.citizenscience.ch @CitSciZurich @HerpMapper @CitizenCyberlab

Freshly published in The Lancet DH: The potential of AI to tackle snakebite: thelancet.com/journals/landi…

Inspiring presentation on snakebite by Prof. François Chappuis @Hopitaux_unige, @gcevd #EVG2019

Countries need to be prepared for emerging diseases challenges and be able to detect & respond to them. @FAO @OIEAnimalHealth & @WHO developed a #TripartiteZoonosesGuide to support countries in preparing for #zoonoses! 📕 About the guide: bit.ly/2HnNyrg #animalhealth

Our new #SnakeID challenge with @CitSciZurich @CitizenCyberlab has just launched! See how many #snakes you know & contribute to a global citizen science database. snakes.citizenscience.ch @IsabelleBolon @Global_Health17 @HerpMapper @IndianSnakes @marcelsalathe

We have just launched our first collaborative AI challenge for snake identification. aicrowd.com/challenges/sna…

Rita Colwell, Board member of @EcoHealthNYC, former Director of @NSF, talking about how her group used analytical tools to predict the current outbreak of cholera in Yemen 4 weeks ago - a major breakthrough in prevention!! @OneHealthPF #IOHC18

Another incredible lineup of speakers from @OneHealthPF #IOHC18 - here we are on the Canadian prairie in Saskatoon talking about issues of global impact from Ebola #DRC to the Convention on Biodiversity @UNBiodiversity

Dr Michael Ryan, Head of WHO Health Emergencies Programme, reaffirms the WHO’s committment to using the One Health Approach to tackling emerging and epidemic prone diseases #IOHC18