The unpublished manuscript meets Hamilton

Go watch the brilliant @Fidydvm talk about his great work on the influences of introduced dogs and cats on pathogen transmission in endemic Madagascan wildlife!

These guys drive the length and breadth of the country to do back-breaking work at all hours of the day and night, all in the name of conservation science. Awesome work as always! #CSIoftheSea

How do you scan a massive #whale skull? It took me a couple of hours to scan this grey whale skull using a @Creaform Go!Scan 50 at the amazing Smithsonian NMNH collection + a couple of hours extra to clean & reconstruct - this is one of the smaller skulls! See👇 for a pic of the final scan

Thanks to @Darwin_Defra, we are recruiting two new positions on Montserrat in our project to build capacity to enable the conservation of the culturally iconic mountain chicken frog. Also - follow Mountain Chicken Recovery Programme for updates throughout the project.

Just how bad is the virus in England right now? What counts as a big number of cases? Brilliant explanation of where we're at by Robert Cuffe

🦈Delighted to launch the Wales Angelshark ActionPlan! angelsharkproject.com/wales/#actionp… Angel Shark Project ZSLMarine Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru | Natural Resources Wales #Wales is one of the last places in NW Europe w. regular Angelshark sightings; the ActionPlan outlines priority actions for next 5 yrs to deliver w. partners

Worth reading if you haven't: theatlantic.com/health/archive…

Are things that academia values, the most important things in modern science? @AdamJKucharski Sebastian Funk (@[email protected]) & I argue probably not. I hope this can change: many people are doing valuable technical work & they are - & should be able to stay - a part of science. journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar…

Come and work with us! You'd be working to test a novel intervention for the amphibian chytrid fungus, and carrying out training, outreach and other research. Did I mention? Its in Montserrat in the Caribbean - with little to no COVID - and one of my favourite places on earth.

A fantastic #earlycareerconservationist #job available at #zsl in supporting postgraduate education in wildlife health. This is the role I took on over 5 years ago and it has opened up several amazing opportunities for me. You get great workmates too! careers-zsl.icims.com/jobs/2614/wild…

PhD viva prep - a thread 🧵 Last month I was fortune enough to successfully defend my #PhD at viva (a 2-3 hour oral examination). In the lead up to the viva I did a few things to ensure I felt prepared for the exam. Here I outline these ideas to help those with upcoming exams:

One chapter of my PhD and two years of my life in a nutshell. Bloody Galápagos Aedes taeniorhynchus - I'll never forgive them...

Most guys don’t look in the mirror & see a problem. But it’s staring us in the face. Sexual violence begins long before you think it does. #DontBeThatGuy

I’m so incredibly proud of these guys who graduated yesterday. So well deserved and I miss you all. 🥰QM_SBBS Queen Mary University of London

I’ve written a NEW BOOK! 📚🥳 #WhereTheWildflowersGrow is a botanical journey through the year, tracking down our coolest & most iconic plants, telling their stories & exploring people’s connection to their local flora. Out 23/6 Hodder & Stoughton (no longer active) Preorder here: waterstones.com/book/where-the…

.@statsgeekclare Massive thanks for all the amazing work that you, your team and everyone at UK Health Security Agency do! I've just been reading the What's New on the dashboard, and can I please ask if this was done on purpose, because it has absolutely made my day? Either way, genius! 🤣

Yesterday, UK Health Security Agency reported four cases of monkeypox (MPX) in gay and bisexual men in England, making a total of 7 cases nationally. So what's going on with monkeypox (MPX)? gov.uk/government/new…

PI: Should we add field assistants as co-authors? Co-PI: mmm... They did not write anything... You know that writing is the hardest part! PI: OK! Field assistants 👇🏿