Anja Vermaak

Postdoctoral Research Fellow at NWU, South Africa.
Loves the ocean and all its creatures.

[Anja Vermaak @Anja_Vermaak]

Had an amazing week at the Trematodes conference in Brisbane with @NWU_WRG !
It was a privilege to meet so many experts and learn about their work.

Thank you to @NWU_UESM and @SCOR_Int for the funding provided to attend this conference - I am deeply grateful.

[Nico J Smit @NicoJSmit1]

The @NWU_WRG parasitologist are on the road again! This time presenting our work on trematodes at the 1st ever International meeting for trematodology! Hosted by the Queensland Museum in Brisbane, Australia.

[Anja Vermaak @Anja_Vermaak]

Can’t wait to attend the Trematodes conference in Brisbane this September! Looking forward to dive into the amazing world of trematodes with fellow researchers 🐛 💡
I am deeply grateful to @SCOR_Int and @NWU_UESM for making this trip possible for me!

[Anja Vermaak @Anja_Vermaak]

Our latest paper on the fish parasite Proctoeces maculatus is available online in @JnlParasitology This trematode was found from 3 fish species off the South African coast @NicoJSmit1 @OKudlai @NWU_WRG

[NWU Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management @NWU_UESM]

The ENVIRA Summer Edition has just been released!

Link to ENVIRA Summer Edition 2023: https://t.co/BPbA8qeDX5

Link to all the previous editions: https://t.co/UlW81isao7

@theNWU @NWU_WRG @NWU_AACRG @NWU_FNAS @FERG_NWU

[SciMingo @SciMingo]

#Biologist Nikol Kmentová @uhasselt is fascinated by #parasites🪱 Why?

"Because they are the most successful life form on earth!"

Nikol's research reveals some of the strategies that help parasites thrive in #LakeTanganyika in #Africa

🎥 https://t.co/UXG73xOJmH

[Nico J Smit @NicoJSmit1]

A 1st for the @NWU_WRG parasite team and most probably for all of you out there! A live shark trypanosome making its way amongst the huge shark erythrocytes. What an awesome find by our MSc @Chandrale29 who study trypanosomes from southern African fishes. @TruterMarliese

[Nico J Smit @NicoJSmit1]

Copepod parasites comes in all shapes and sizes, here a very cool lernaeopodid from the gills of a Cape seabream collected during this weeks @NWU_WRG south coast sampling expedition. Its new and needs a name!!! Any suggestions??? @anja_erasmus20 @TruterMarliese @Anja_Vermaak

[Anja Erasmus, PhD 🇿🇦 @anja_erasmus20]

🌊 Exciting News! 🦐🎶
Thrilled to announce the publication of a new species, #Gnathia_jimmybuffetti from the Florida Keys, named in honor of the legendary Jimmy Buffett ! 🏝️🎤
🔬 The research entails morphological and molecular characterization of males, females, and juveniles

[Anja Vermaak @Anja_Vermaak]

Excited to introduce the newfound #digenean species Coitocaecum brayi. This species, along with two others, are characterised from an intertidal marine fish in #SouthAfrica See the recently published #OpenAccess paper here: https://t.co/lmMD3qCIVR
@NicoJSmit1 @OKudlai

[Nico J Smit @NicoJSmit1]

Just love it when our work gets out into the news! Very cool research led by our @NWU_WRG post doc @anja_erasmus20 in colab with @GnathiidGnation Project funded by the @NSF and infrastructure for research provided by @NWU_UESM https://t.co/Jd8xWpx9FL @KerryAHadfield

[Angela Minnie @angieminnie23]

Was inspired by journal club sharing adorable parasitology themed valentine's e-cards. Thought I'd try make my own, there isn't actually much of parasite doodles and art. Used PenUp. hopefully will get more artsy with time 😄#parasitology #digenea #ValentinesDay #sciencedoodles

[Nico J Smit @NicoJSmit1]

Microscope time at the @NWU_WRG Sodwana Marine Parasite fieldtrip. @TruterMarliese @Bernd_AquatEcol

[Nico J Smit @NicoJSmit1]

The @NWU_WRG parasitologist on our way home after a great and productive Sodwana Marine Parasite Expedition. stats on what we got to follow soon. #fishing4science @Bernd_AquatEcol @TruterMarliese @anja_erasmus20 @Anja_Vermaak @Linda_vd_Spuy @AdriJoubert5

[Anja Vermaak @Anja_Vermaak]

What a great week of research in Sodwana Bay! @NWU_WRG @NicoJSmit1 @anja_erasmus20 @AdriJoubert5 @Linda_vd_Spuy @TruterMarliese @Bernd_AquatEcol

[Nico J Smit @NicoJSmit1]

No @NWU_WRG Marine Parasite expedition is complete without a fish parasitic isopod! Sodwana did not disappoint and 2day we found an old friend, Mothocya affinis, we described in 2015 from the tropical halfbeak, also caught here in Sodwana. @Bernd_AquatEcol @KerryAHadfield

[Nico J Smit @NicoJSmit1]

Final day of #Fishing4Science at our @NWU_WRG Sodwana Marine Parasite expedition. (the little figure in the top right of the team photo is @anja_erasmus20 already 🎣😂 📸@AdriJoubert5

[Nico J Smit @NicoJSmit1]

First day of our @NWU_WRG Sodwana @wiomsa MARG funded marine parasitology fieldtrip and already a few great discoveries, including these very cool monogeneans #MarineHiddenDiversity @Bernd_AquatEcol @TruterMarliese @anja_erasmus20 @Anja_Vermaak @Linda_vd_Spuy @AlineAngelinaA1

[Nico J Smit @NicoJSmit1]

When #Fishing4Science a 2 hour break in the weather is enough to get data! We caught 14 fish (4 species), more than enough to keep the @NWU_WRG parasite team busy dissecting and finding heaps of new and exciting parasites for the rest of Day 3 of our Sodwana Marine Parasite trip.

[Anja Erasmus, PhD 🇿🇦 @anja_erasmus20]

@Bernd_AquatEcol @NWU_WRG @NicoJSmit1 @Anja_Vermaak @Linda_vd_Spuy @TruterMarliese @AdriJoubert5 Day 3 of the Sodwana marine parasite field trip, light rain and some fishing!