Pub alert! Huang et al. The success of sequence capture in relation to phylogenetic distance from a reference genome: a case study of avian haemosporidian parasites. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30107149

Pub alert! Links between blood parasites, blood chemistry, and the survival of nestling American crows. Townsend AK, et al. Ecol Evol. 2018. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/30271…

Pub alert! Wild bonobos host geographically restricted malaria parasites including a putative new Laverania species. Liu W, et al. Nat Commun. 2017. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/29158…

Pub alert! Timing malaria transmission with mosquito fluctuations. Pigeault R, et al. Evol Lett. 2018. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/30283…

Pub alert! Complete avian malaria parasite genomes reveal features associated with lineage-specific evolution in birds and mammals. Böhme et al. Genome Res. 2018 Apr;28(4):547-560. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29500236

Pub alert! Evolutionary history of human Plasmodium vivax revealed by genome-wide analyses of related ape parasites. Loy et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 Sep 4;115(36):E8450-E8459. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30127015

Pub alert! The drivers and consequences of unstable Plasmodium dynamics: a long-term study of three malaria parasite species infecting a tropical lizard. Otero et al. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30319084 (Congrats @miguelacevedopr)

Pub alert! Avian malaria on Madagascar: prevalence, biodiversity and specialization of haemosporidian parasites. Musa et al. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30471288

Pub alert! Characterization of Plasmodium relictum, a cosmopolitan agent of avian malaria. Valkiūnas et al. malariajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Pub alert! Avian haemosporidians from rain forests in Madagascar: Molecular and morphological data of the genera Plasmodium, Haemoproteus and Leucocytozoon. Ivanova et al. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Here is an overview of "Genomic advances in avian #malaria research" by Elin Videvall sciencedirect.com/science/articl…! #WomenInParasitology #BugOfTheMonth #WildMalaria

From birds to white-tailed deer, check out more #WildCardWeek #malaria with this paper by Ellen Martinsen and others on #Plasmodium odocoilei (in white-tailed deer) advances.sciencemag.org/content/2/2/e1… #BugOfTheMonth #WomenInParasitology

Pub alert! Avian malaria-mediated population decline of a widespread iconic bird species. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31417708

Can we be sure that the human Plasmodium exoerythrocytic developmental stages occur exclusively in the liver? dlvr.it/RLKXS3

New paper in JP by Harris et al. - Molecular Screening of Plasmodium (Haemosporidia: Plasmodiidae) Parasites from Reptiles in Brazil. #malaria bit.ly/2PfmXjx

We made this video to explain what we do in UNM's natural history collections, and why they are important. youtu.be/134GfP6Ysuk To learn more, come to the Museum of Southwestern Biology Open Collections Event this Sunday

New small research / conservation fellowship for early- and mid-career reserachers Apply to the George and Mary Rabb Research Fellowship

Pub alert! Haemosporidian parasites from captive Strigiformes in France by Giorgiadis et al. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

⚠️🦟Our new paper analyzing blood feeding behaviour of Aedes invasive mosquitoes is out now! Yo can check it out here 👉 doi.org/10.3390/insect… pic.x.com/eFUxcD2ZyC

Cory J. White, Ph.D. Remember how we used to aggressively blow on cake and serve it to others? Crazy. 😳