EEID forum

A collage of three bat-related scenes: researchers handle bats in the dark, bats hang and fly among forest branches, and a bat is examined on a table by a person in protective gear. Photo credits to Kathleen Flynn, Pat Jones, Remy Brooks.

Coronaviruses in bats are almost never harmful to humans.

New study led by Dr Alison Peel @alibat.bsky.social looks at co-infections in young bats - and how they might shape how viruses evolve in nature. go.sydney.edu.au/CneWYt

📷 Photo credits to Kathleen Flynn, Pat Jones, Remy Brooks.

29.07.2025 05:27 — 👍 12    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 1

Smith Fellows

Smith conservation fellowship, which often has some disease-related projects, is now open: www.smithfellows.org

27.06.2025 15:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

EEID Forum – Connecting people working on host-parasite interactions in natural and human systems

We created an initial webpage at EEIDforum.org. We're in beta testing phase, but there is a job board with a few postings, feel free to put up your own EEID related job ads there.

23.06.2025 22:31 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

ICYI here are the slides we presented earlier this morning of an AI analysis of information from the abstracts we received at #EEID2025. We hope it is useful for offering some big-picture perspective on what's going on in EEID research right now. Or at least a starting point for discussion!

17.06.2025 16:16 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Looks like a great venue!

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Scientists are dropping live mosquitoes out of drones in Hawaii. Here’s why. The wild reason why bird advocates are releasing these reviled insects from the sky.

Hawaii’s iconic forest birds are vanishing and drones dropping lab-raised mosquitoes may be their last lifeline. It sounds absurd, but it’s a smart, targeted fix to an extinction crisis driven by climate and disease.

@benjij.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/down-to-eart...

16.06.2025 13:42 — 👍 37    🔁 13    💬 0    📌 3

For those people attending #EEID2025 let's have some details for those that can't make it. Who did a great job?

16.06.2025 23:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

THIS IS IT! THIS IS HUGE!!

PLAINTIFF'S WIN!!

Judge Young rules that the NIH grant terminations at issue in these cases are illegal and therefore vacated. BOOM!

16.06.2025 18:21 — 👍 1596    🔁 372    💬 12    📌 28

Who is excited about #EEID2025? Huge shout out to the organizers and helpers. If you see one of them, give them a wink, nod, high five, tip of the hat to show your appreciation!

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