Just finished my PhD in the evolution of WNS tolerance in bats at @LivUni, interested in molecular ecology and conservation (and bats!!) - she/her ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ธ๐ฆ
We wrote a paper!! Want to know about anti-fungal immune responses (starring white-nose disease!), and how hibernation comes into it? Free access for 48 days, so get it while itโs hot! ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ
as a black person living in ireland it brings tears of joy to my eyes to see the world clocking irelandโs insane whitewashing of their history of being active participants in colonialism.
I defended my viva 9 days ago! Thanks to my examiners @IlikSaccheri @OrlyRazgour for the very insightful comments, to my supervisors @scottishwormboy @thomaslilley77 and lab @BatLabFinland for all their support, and to my DEEB friends for the themed cake!! (I passed!)
Check out my new pre-print with @TomARPrice@RVerspoor @TheLadybirdman and Andri. We find that carrying a meiotic drive system and itโs suppressor causes extreme damage to a males testes! ๐ฆ๐