As a gallant trailblazer, I can be the first to promote science cross-talk on this brand new "twitter" platform. Hopefully everyone will follow my expeditious leadership ! (note: self deprecating sarcasm - I am late to the game, as usual)

Fun new open access paper from Hannelore MacDonald in Evolution Journal (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ev…). Seasonal activity patterns can, in some cases, select for intermediate parasite virulence, even without a classical trade-off.

A nice survey revealing the recent migratory history and geographic range changes of Ixodes scapularis ticks by the always incredible @KOKeeffe12, Zach Oppler, and Melissa Prusinski (parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…) bugbitten

It's hard to study a pathogen that is nearly undetectable by the time disease is evident🥷. That's the challenge with Leishmania and the terrible skin disease caused by these parasites. We propose a solution in our new medRxiv. 🧵 (1/6) doi.org/10.1101/2022.0…

Hi science twitter. Quick question: What do you enjoy about the process of "doing" science (research and associated activities)? In particular, what are some science-related activities you enjoy that would not necessarily make it onto a CV?