Jack Pilgrim

Postdoc at @LIVUni_Ives

[Jack Pilgrim @jpilgrim91]

🦟 Each summer, Scotland is swarmed by billions of biting Highland midges, leaving some visitors regretting their decision to holiday. But did you know, although blood feeders, adult midges also feed on plants for sugar and seek shelter in trees? 🧵(1/5)

[Jack Pilgrim @jpilgrim91]

@Rovers

[Jack Pilgrim @jpilgrim91]

@mattwridley https://t.co/n4uvcbrfqX

Make sure to listen before your talk…

[Maya Wardeh 🍉 @maroshcka]

Our work on predicting routes of virus transmission to different hosts has finally come out (with Marcus, @Baylism @jpilgrim91, Aurelia, and Melody):
https://t.co/DNSgeHtvEm

[Jack Pilgrim @jpilgrim91]

@tal_h_a @owenjonesjourno Is it a coincidence if somebody wins the lottery? The chances are fractionally small but does that mean the person who won the lottery cheated?

[Jack Pilgrim @jpilgrim91]

@NelC @AdamRutherford Was kind of the joke…

[Jack Pilgrim @jpilgrim91]

🦟💡By overlooking the Highland midge’s interactions with local wildlife and its potential to carry plant bacteria, we might be missing a vital piece of the ecosystem puzzle. Is it time to see these tiny biters in a new light? (5/5)

[Jack Pilgrim @jpilgrim91]

🦟 Each summer, Scotland is swarmed by billions of biting Highland midges, leaving some visitors regretting their decision to holiday. But did you know, although blood feeders, adult midges also feed on plants for sugar and seek shelter in trees? 🧵(1/5)

[Jack Pilgrim @jpilgrim91]

🔍 Through comparing this new bacteria’s genome with other Erwinia, it appears this novel species is similar to plant-disease causing strains although its pathogenic potential is still to be confirmed! (4/5)

[Jack Pilgrim @jpilgrim91]

@mattwridley For anybody interested in what happened during this meeting, listen to Eddie Holmes discussing this (31:00 onwards) which addresses why these concerns weren't validated https://t.co/tRhZsTpozu

[UK-ICN @uk_icn]

Recordings from last weeks seminar are now available to watch on catch-up via our YouTube channel and website: https://t.co/0Y7F8kD4NU

Two great talks on canine coronaviruses from @jpilgrim91 and Prof. Lucy Davison to kick off the 2024 seminar series! #OneHealth #AnimalCoV

[Roderic Page @rdmpage]

Really nice example by @jpilgrim91 of the (unexpected) benefits of making scientific data public and accessible https://t.co/y2ikwXewyO #dnabarcoding

[Maya Wardeh 🍉 @maroshcka]

Come and do a PhD with Marcus Blagrove, @baylism, @Lena_Riab, and myself.
This is a super cool project at the intersection between machine-learning, vector-biology, and disease ecology.
https://t.co/d6hQ4dtdTE
Please get in touch if you have any questions, or just for a chat.

[bioRxiv Genomics @biorxiv_genomic]

Comparative genomics of a novel Erwinia species associated with the Highland midge (Culicoides impunctatus) https://t.co/xs6J7Kn9Op #biorxiv_genomic

[Jack Pilgrim @jpilgrim91]

@Baylism Sorry to hear…Always hard to lose a cherished pet Matthew.

[Jack Pilgrim @jpilgrim91]

@DrWigley Best of the season so far!

[GigaScience @GigaScience]

Who will win the #ResearchParasite Award at #PSB23 this week? Find out at the @PacSymBiocomp dinner and read this from 2022 Junior prize winner @jpilgrim91

The opportunities of research parasitism: A case study using the Barcode of Life Data System https://t.co/ywTOzDJPuA

[Jack Pilgrim @jpilgrim91]

@Alex_Smith_Ants @GigaScience Only possible with your help @Alex_Smith_Ants!