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Simon Babayan

@simonab.bsky.social

How environment affects disease - wild immunology, parasites, statistical learning & causal inference. Preferably in #julialang

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πŸ“£πŸš¨πŸ“£Deadline extended to 6th June 2025! πŸ“£πŸš¨πŸ“£
Applications are still open for our MSc+PhD scholarships in Ecological Data Science available to those from underrepresented groups. This offers fully funded MSc (full UK fees and UKRI stipend) followed by entry to our 4-year PhD programme.

15.05.2025 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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πŸŽ“Big congratulations to Matt Arnold (@matt-arnold-bio.bsky.social ) for passing his Viva yesterday!πŸŽ‰

πŸ“‘ Thesis: β€œAssessing and predicting viral diversity and cross-species transmission at the global and metapopulation scales" πŸ³πŸ‹πŸ¬πŸ¦ 

@simonab.bsky.social Daniel Streicker @nardusmollentze.bsky.social

21.03.2025 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

tinyurl.com/wfuak5se

18.11.2024 10:52 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 4
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Another PhD viva, another cake and yet another Dr!
πŸŽ‰ Dr Emmanuel Mwanga!
@uofgsbohvm.bsky.social #ifakarahealthinstitute

Oustanding work on #AI & #InfraredSpectroscopy for #malaria vector surveillance supervised by @simonab.bsky.social Fredros Okumu & me

πŸ™ examiners Daniel Streicker & Eric Ochomo

03.12.2024 09:34 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A starter pack for immunology’s wilder side πŸ¦‹πŸ”₯
#wildimmunology

25.11.2024 05:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I couldn't find one, so I decided to put together a starter pack of folk working on the evolutionary ecology of host-pathogen interactions, eco-immunology, or similar. I know I've missed many (sorry) so please share and let me know if you want to be added (or removed).

go.bsky.app/QvrnjHS

26.10.2024 11:44 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 2
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Congrats to Dr Issa Mshani for passing his PhD viva @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social today!

In his PhD, Issa developed new tools for #malaria surveillance at the Ifakara Health Institute, supervised by Fredros Okumu, @simonab.bsky.social and myself.

Thank you to examiners Dan Haydon and Carlos Chaccour.

21.11.2024 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

See you there!

20.11.2024 08:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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