Owen Wright

@SWBio_DTP PhD student researching #bee #behaviour and #disease at @CrabExeter & @UoExeterCEC, @UniofExeter. 🐝

[Owen Wright @OwenNW]

Apparent absence of fungal pathogen #Bsal in wild UK #amphibians. Need for stringent biosecurity to prevent pathogen spillover from captive UK amphibians (where Bsal has been detected). Our work by @ZSLScience and @UniofExeter is #OpenAccess in @SciReports https://t.co/WLZunsdge5

[Dr Laura Bulson @Laura_Bulson]

Absolutely buzzing🐝to share my first research article! Using the BEEHAVE model, we found that antibiotic treatments can dramatically reduce honey bee colony-level fitness. So grateful to have been able to work alongside these great co-authors! https://t.co/ozURFnm13W

[Pheasants@Exeter @pec_exeter]

@asab_tweets first virtual conference - motivated by climate concerns & stimulated by covid.

Appropriately entitled "How pathogens affect behaviour"
🪰🐛🪱🤧 -> -> 🐝🐸🐭🐒🤮😷

16 July. FREE to all.

All welcome

[Christine Beardsworth @DrCBeardsworth]

After a 4.5h defence, I finally passed my PhD yesterday and popped a cork into the ceiling as is the exeter @CrabExeter tradition!

Thanks to my examiners @NatalieHempel @lucaborger and supervisor @pec_exeter! Time for a Twitter handle change!!!

#AcademicChatter #PhDone

[Owen Wright @OwenNW]

@Katie_mHall @CrabExeter @ExeterDoctoral @exeterpsych @RobinEMorrison @PipLaker @EmilyPr71486478 5, not biased at all...

[Katie Hall @Katie_mHall]

Important academic question from @CrabExeter....which one is best? @ExeterDoctoral @exeterpsych

[Sam Ellis @Samellisq]

A very merry time had by all at the @CrabExeter Christmas lunch and quiz. Thanks to @Katie_mHall and @joeawilde for the organisation.

[Sylvia Dimitriadou 🐠 @DrSylvia_Dimit]

4 years and 1,388 behavioural trials after, first paper from my PhD is officially out in @SciReports ! Leadership during cooperation in #guppies is heritable and linked to social traits in males.
With @DarrenPCroft and @DardenSafi
#openaccess
#fishsci https://t.co/EJCwEbbxAf

[Owen Wright @OwenNW]

.@thomasnprice @DrBecky_B, *eye* am sure you've... seen... this by now, but keep an eye open (but not too open!) for this next time you're on sweat bee field work.
(Actually, you should *bee* okay: as @HaukeKoch points out, probably Meliponini rather than Halictidae)

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Taiwan doctor finds four sweat bees living inside woman's eye https://t.co/e6ejY4G9yE

[Owen Wright @OwenNW]

@parasiteecology @ParasiteSIG Late to this thread, but one is the mountain chicken frog. Extirpations and declines from over exploitation and other threats then introduction of chytrid leads to near extinction. See work by @DrMike_Hudson and others. https://t.co/DCQYoGDrgC

[University of Exeter News @UniofExeterNews]

A team of researchers, led by scientists @OfficialZSL & including experts from the
@UniofExeter , are urging private #amphibian owners to protect the UK’s wild #newt population from the catastrophic devastation that #Bsal could cause. https://t.co/KHa2dKAUAn

[Liam Fitzpatrick @LiamDFitz]

Our findings show that the wild UK amphibians are likely naive to Bsal infection, and that introduction of the pathogen could potentially have catastrophic effects, as seen in mainland Europe. Vigilance, surveillance and increased biosecurity in amphibian trade are essential.

[Liam Fitzpatrick @LiamDFitz]

We also used a Bayesian hierarchical model to estimate the true prevalence of Bsal infection in the newts and ponds that were sampled, given that all of the swabs came back negative. The results of this model show that Bsal is unlikely to have been present in the sampled ponds.

[Liam Fitzpatrick @LiamDFitz]

We re-screened archived samples originally collected from wild UK newts as part of the Big Swab in 2011, with none of the newts testing positive for Bsal, which combined with ongoing surveillance work by @wildlife_health show an apparent absence of Bsal in wild UK amphibians.

[Liam Fitzpatrick @LiamDFitz]

Our new paper out today shows that wild UK #amphibians appear to be free of #Bsal. However, as we know Bsal is present in captive collections across Europe, biosecurity measures need to be increased to prevent infection spilling over. #chytrid @BsalEurope https://t.co/nvfC9qhcVC

[ZSL @OfficialZSL]

Private #amphibian traders urged to help prevent the spread of #Bsal, a lethal flesh-eating fungus, after new study finds the UK’s wild #newt populations seem to be safe for now: https://t.co/FyHUi0Q2zV

[Garden Wildlife Health @wildlife_health]

Important new @ZSLScience paper on the 'Apparent absence of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in wild urodeles in the United Kingdom' out today in @SciReports - findings are also summarised in our updated factsheet: https://t.co/JB8tDnUtgV #wildlifehealth #bsal #chytrid

[National Geographic @NatGeo]

A jumping spider native to southeastern Asia secretes a nutritious fluid to feed her spiderlings—and they continue drinking even after reaching sexual maturity https://t.co/pgtrTZ20sV

[Sylvia Dimitriadou 🐠 @DrSylvia_Dimit]

New #PhD opportunities in #AnimalBehaviour @CrabExeter with @DarrenPCroft @ljnbrent @NatalieHempel Jo Madden, Tim Fawcett & Safi Darden https://t.co/0M94YovD0M #NERC @GW4plusDTP #findaphd #graduatejobs
Apply now!

[Owen Wright @OwenNW]

Social network plasticity decreases disease transmission in a eusocial insect https://t.co/I6Y93WAJhj