@JamesHo40421003 & Matthew Harwood setting up narrow claw crayfish ecological impact experiments to advise Yorkshire Water 💧 invasive species management protocols Leeds Eco&Evol Res water@leeds

Really great to get the opportunity to present the work from the first year of my PhD at #SEFS13 in Newcastle this week

Endangered white clawed crayfish have been given a new home on University land thanks to a rescue mission led by @EnvAgencyNE. One of the few remaining populations in Yorkshire was affected by a disease called crayfish plague, which can be passed on by invasive signal crayfish.

Those rescued, including females carrying eggs, have been moved to Bodington pond where they will be able to thrive and breed. Hear Professor Alison Dunn speak about the project and find out what you can do to keep white-clawed crayfish safe 👇

The project has been a great example of collaboration between academics from the Faculty of Biological Sciences, The Environment Agency and our Sustainability and Estates teams. Listen to James Wright and Michael Howdroyd speak about their involvement in the Crayfish rescue 👇

Read more about the project 🦞👇 leeds.ac.uk/main-index/new…

We've worked with University of Leeds to release rescued native white clawed crayfish that were in danger of being wiped out into a safe haven 'ark' site. Here they'll thrive and breed before being released back into the wild. Read more: gov.uk/government/new…

The Aquatic Interactions Lab has reached critical mass. Here’s the team in front of rescued endangered white claw crayfish tanks. They’ll be introducing themselves & their work this week Matthew Harwood @JamesHo40421003 Leeds Eco&Evol Res

INNS Mapper has launched! Download the new app & visit the website to be able to report sightings, surveys & the management of invasive non-native species (INNS) in England, Scotland & Wales. INNS Mapper aims to help coordinate effective INNS management. innsmapper.org

📣INNS Mapper is here! The new app allows users to record the location of invasive species like giant hogweed and signal crayfish – helping to coordinate INNS management across Yorkshire and beyond. Download today from your app store 👇📱 innsmapper.org/home

Endangered native crayfish rescued from Pudsey Beck - including hundreds of babies born after the rescue - have been released into a safe haven 'ark' site. The native species is under threat from the invasive signal crayfish. Read more 👇 gov.uk/government/new…

Mainly thanks to Matthew Harwood for diligently keeping everything alive for the last few months!

New PhD opportunity with my supervisor:⁩ Predicting impacts of freshwater invasions: from the individual to ecosystems at University of Leeds on FindAPhD.com findaphd.com/phds/project/p…

PhD opportunity w. me & ejduncan 🦋 @ScienceLeeds on predicting #invasivespecies impacts in freshwaters as part of my #UKRIFLF Excellent ops for career dev, travel, fieldwork & a really sound lab group. Get in touch! findaphd.com/phds/project/p…

PAID RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY come work in our fun wet lab for 6 weeks, learn animal husbandry skills, run an experiment on PIT tagging & get field collection skills Open to any UK UGR search.app/mRm3vPnYT8WGkV…

Come work with me! (And a massive team of sound people!) If you want to find out about the team/UoL- chat to Matthew Harwood Beth Woodhead James Hodson Or research partners @skotch87 Veryl Hasan Ali Serhan Tarkan Anthony Ricciardi Rob Britton Miguel Clavero Takudzwa Comfort

Congratulations 🎉 to winners of our 17th SPRING Award for PGRs, who will receive £500 to support their research: 🌊Gangadhar Narsing Tambre, Geography 🦐Matthew Harwood, Biology 🦛Hannah Lacy, Biology 🌊Alex Worsfold, History water.leeds.ac.uk/news/spring-aw…

Are you 'Curios About Crayfish'? Come along to the event next Thursday 25th July where you can learn about our Native White-Claw Crayfish and how you can help protect them! There's a chance you may see some of our little friends on the day! 🦞@NYCrayfishForum Yorkshire Wildlife Trust - follow us on Bluesky 🦋

The future of crayfish distribution mapping - a wonderful initiative lead by Mihaela Ion & Lucian Parvulescu World of Crayfish peerj.com/articles/18229/ via PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environment world.crayfish.ro water@leeds @ScienceLeeds