Parasite Ecology

The Parasite Ecology Blog. The blog took a backseat during textbook writing and the rise of Twitter, but it might make a comeback soon!

[Daniel Becker @danjbecker]

in collab with @BatConIntl , we're looking for a field biologist to join us at @UofOklahoma to lead surveys of bats in western OK (OU) and northern TX (BCI). apps are due end of October, and the position can start anytime Jan/Feb 2025. please circulate!

https://t.co/UTK6WuZ2kX

[Parasite Ecology @dinoverm]

A rare post! And a poem! About musk ox lungworm. https://t.co/b3ufN41Qoh

[Parasite Ecology @dinoverm]

Berry Christmas! Here's a little post about mistletoe evolution to help put you in a festive mood.

https://t.co/tMJX7BMppW

[Parasite Ecology @dinoverm]

Happy Halloween! Here's a spooky post about parasites that manipulate host behavior.

https://t.co/Dog5XPkRMe

[Parasite Ecology @dinoverm]

Parasite life cycles can be confusing! What IS a complex life cycle? How do they evolve? I wrote a post to explain the basic terms and concepts:

https://t.co/C8YbTwicMi

[Parasite Ecology @dinoverm]

@MarinaTorresGi Oh, shoot, this is a very delayed response, sorry!

[Parasite Ecology @dinoverm]

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[Parasite Ecology @dinoverm]

Why should we conserve parasites? How can we conserve parasites? Check out the Global Plan for Parasite Conservation.

https://t.co/BjR4v2BPmE

[Parasite Ecology @dinoverm]

https://t.co/S6pMstOUf4

[Colin Carlson @ColinJCarlson]

🪲 OUT NOW 🪱: the Global Parasite Conservation Plan.

A couple years in the making, the Plan is a white paper that synthesizes the subfield, and how we take it from a value (parasites are worth saving) to a practice and subdiscipline, through 12 goals:

https://t.co/evLzIaG0zb

[Parasite Ecology @dinoverm]

@StatedClearly A micropredator! Unless you later kill and eat it.

[Parasite Ecology @dinoverm]

Looking for some reading to keep your mind sharp during the pandemic? Check out some of these great 2020 papers!

[Parasite Ecology @dinoverm]

@duffy_ma @fletch_halliday @kirstyjean @arboviral @sheborg @jennycdunn I'm 1/2 year late to this party, but I think Britt and I had this convo once in the comments on my blog...https://t.co/OS7RwVF3Wu

[Christyn Bailey @bailey_christyn]

Little expose in @ScitechEuropa about some of our @unibern research on PKD in salmonids and its modulation by #climatechange

https://t.co/o6FewlH0IZ
#fish #disease #parasites #Switzerland @fishphysiology @dinoverm #w76🍅

[Parasite Ecology @dinoverm]

@VetOfTheWild @MoDubs11 Agreed! Counting papers is HARD. Searches can be so tricky.

[Parasite Ecology @dinoverm]

The first monthly paper for the 2019 Parasite Ecology Reading Group has been announced! Let the discussion begin!

https://t.co/aQiLM5B0MA

[Parasite Ecology @dinoverm]

@parasiteecology @Alex_Grimaudo Unfortunately I saw this too late. Two Twitter accounts is too much! This month I'll post everything from my regular account, so I see comments sooner.

[Parasite Ecology @dinoverm]

Have you read this paper yet? Tell me what you think! And let me know if you have cartoon ideas...

[Parasite Ecology @dinoverm]

The first monthly paper for the 2019 Parasite Ecology Reading Group has been announced! Let the discussion begin!

https://t.co/aQiLM5B0MA

[Parasite Ecology @dinoverm]

Anyone working on disease ecology or planetary health projects looking for postdocs who are medical doctors with infectious disease experience? I haven't been keeping an eye out for those kinds of positions, but I feel like there must be some demand.

[Parasite Ecology @dinoverm]

Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the trees
there was mistletoe swaying on boughs in the breeze.
Tree branches hung leafless in the cold winter air,
except for the mistletoe, whose leaves were still there...
#nightbeforechristmas #Mistletoe

[Parasite Ecology @dinoverm]

Do parasites reduce host body condition? Maybe, if you're actually studying a parasite. But we could probably do a better job of quantifying how symbionts affect their hosts.

https://t.co/dVkiD1W3on