afsoon sabet

ecological society of america i am looking right at you

breaking my hiatus to ask WHY IS A PAPER FROM 1971 STILL BEHIND A PAYWALL

i use a firefox extension that lets me save my tabs and tonight i decided to go through some and clear it out... and i found some gems

A stout fly with yellow and black markings that make it look like a stinging insect. The eyes are a giveaway that this is no hornet. It’s standing on small purple flowers. Front view.

A stout fly with yellow and black markings that make it look like a stinging insect. The eyes are a giveaway that this is no hornet. It’s standing on small purple flowers. Side view

Look, a hornet! Or is it?

Batesian mimcry is when a harmless species evolves to look like one that’s well defended. This fly cannot sting, but its appearance might scare away a predator.
Broad-banded Hornet Fly
(Spilomyia alcimus) PA 🌿

Multiple sick people on flights landing in Boston prompts officials to alert CDC ‘out of an abundance of caution’

Multiple people have become sick and hospitalized on flights landing in Boston. We need to await more information to fully understand what's happening here, but your regular reminder that one of the most important times to wear a mask is when you are traveling.

Here’s How We Know RFK Jr. Is Wrong About Vaccines Children used to die of diseases far more gruesome and deadly than we remember.

Gift article. "For most of human history, half of all children died before reaching age 15; that number is down to just 4 percent worldwide, and far lower in developed countries, with vaccines one of the major drivers of improved life expectancy." Medsky www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

Assistant Professor of Forest Ecophysiology APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...

So excited to announce our department is hiring a tenure track position in Forest Ecophysiology! Happy to answer any questions about the position!! Join us in the Department of Ecosystem Science and Management at Penn State!
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Made a starter package for vector-borne disease folks! Please feel free to comment if you'd like to be added or see somebody missing. This is just the start and grabbed as many as I could quickly find! 🦟 go.bsky.app/U8D4FV2

Starter packs BIOLOGY Ecology Macroecology https://go.bsky.app/GBn9pNZ Global ecology https://go.bsky.app/V6tN4cv Trait based ecology and evolution https://go.bsky.app/PThMXeX Invasion biology https://go.b...

hey everyone! i made a list of some useful starter packs (primarily biology/earth sciences with a few bonus things thrown in) to share with friends who have joined bsky in the last week and thought it may be useful for some people here too! 🌍🧪 #SciSky #BioSky docs.google.com/document/d/1...

3 #Entomology #StarterPacks are full!

go.bsky.app/7CaCbMC
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Fill the FOURTH!!
Nominate widely: grad students, early career, colleagues around the world, equity deserving
#entomología
#entomologie
#Biodiversity
#Invertebrate
#Arthropod

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BREAKING: #CDC reports it has confirmed that a child in California tested positive for #H5N1. The child had no known exposures to infected animals or poultry. The child had mild illness and is recovering.
I discuss in this video what cases like this mean, and why they are a bit unsettling.

I'm getting so many followers... am I in a starter pack or are people just following me???????

FYI Texas A&M Dept of Entomology is hiring an Asst. Prof in ✨Acarology✨ 60%/30%/10% (research, teaching, & service)!

They are looking for someone to lead livestock acarology research, mostly focused on ticks and their pathogens. 🕷️🦠🐮

Full job description and app:
apply.interfolio.com/156016

Infectious Disease Modelling starter pack update! Many more colleagues have joined since last post so have a look at update to welcome them. Suggestions welcome! (bio should contain experience relevant for this pack)

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We now have 3 starter packs for Global Health Nerds!

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go.bsky.app/RScFWyt

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Will keep updating!

Building a starter pack with disease ecologists, reply/DM/tag me with people or feeds to add!
#diseaseecology
🦠🦠🦇🐀🦭🦠🦠
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Research Specialist - Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States Salary/Position Classification $40,000+/year Annual, Exempt hours per week 100% Remote Work Availability: No Hybrid Work Availability (requires some time on campus): No Administer and coordinate th...

Come work with us!

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great #PhD opportunity in #disease #ecology - which species are key for #tick-borne disease transmission in the UK? Combining genetics, community ecology, mathematical modelling





@uofgsbohvm.bsky.social & @ukceh.bsky.social

International applicants - contact me by 9th Dec

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Seasogonia rosea - a striking electric blue hopper with pink flanks on its wings perched on a green stem.

Where are the bug people at?

Check out this absolute stunner of a leafhopper - Seasogonia rosea Kuoh, 1991 - I observed in the forests of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in the southeast corner of Yunnan Province 🇨🇳

Association of mRNA COVID-19 vaccination and reductions in Post-COVID Conditions following SARS-CoV-2 infection in a US prospective cohort of essential workers Prospective study of essential and frontline healthcare workers with laboratory confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection found reduction in self-report of Post-COVID

New study: Among 936 people with COVID-19, 23.6% reported post-COVID conditions (PCC). Those with 3 doses of mRNA vaccine before infection had significantly lower odds of PCC symptoms (e.g., GI, neuro).
Boosting is a key tool for #LongCovid prevention

academic.oup.com/jid/advance-...

Bovine H5N1 influenza virus infection is transmitted by milk causing mortality in suckling neonates The spread of H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b in dairy herds raises concerns about zoonotic transmission due to the high viral load in milk, a key point of contact between livestock and humans. H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4...

Study of bovine H5N1 influenza strain in ferrets. Intramammary infection leads to transmission of the virus to dams. Would be good to know what is being done to monitor disease in calves www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

email from waymo team, an autonomous ride sharing app

you take one waymo in phoenix for the novelty and suddenly your inbox is full of waymo emails

📣 Job opportunity: Research Assistant/Fellow in Infectious Disease Modelling 📣 #IDsky #EpiSky

💻 Bring transmission modelling to interdisciplinary COMMET project (CO-producing Mathematical Models of Epidemics Together)

👥 With @lizfearon.bsky.social & great collaborative team

🗓️ Closes 29 Nov 2024

when one conference ends, another begins! stepped into the Ohio Avian Conference this morning to see fellow lab mate, Ningzhu Bai, present her work on the factors resulting in tick infestations on birds

today i had the delight of asking, "can you send a picture of the ventral side? is there an anal groove?"

Graphic shows dramatic reduction in polio, rubella, mumps, measles, and hepatitis A cases after the introduction of vaccines for each disease.

Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction

Graphic from Edward Tufte
More graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d... 🧪

i heard science twitter is here now