Colin Alexander

Inside a Seabird Colony: Tracking the Spread of Avian Influenza Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has caused unprecedented mortality in wild birds and led to the culling of millions of poultry worldwide. Since 2021, this ongoing global outbreak has severely...

Check out this new publication from our Dave Ewing, on tracking the spread of #AvianInfluenza inside a #seabird colony.

📰 Read the summary: www.bioss.ac.uk/case-studies...
📕 Read the full paper: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

@daveewing.bsky.social @animalecology.bsky.social

17.10.2025 10:59 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Happy International Day of Women in Statistics and Data Science! #IDWSDS2025

Join us today to hear Prof. Sallie Bailey & Ms Manira Ahmad share their insights on "Statistics and Decision Making in the UK"
idwsds.sched.com/event/294RD/...

Register: www.idwsds.org/registration/

14.10.2025 05:43 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Group of smiley people taking a photo in the countryside

Group of smiley people at the top of a hill

Picture from behind of a group of people walking in the countryside

Happy World Mental Health Day! Our colleagues in Dundee & Edinburgh took photos of their group walks this week 😊

This year's theme is 'Access to services - mental health in catastrophes and emergencies', read more: www.mentalhealth.org.uk/our-work/pub...

10.10.2025 08:31 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

The Obverser

26.04.2025 23:32 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Oops I think that should be @colincalexander.bsky.social

16.04.2025 17:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

🚨NEW VACANCIES!🚨

Our Offshore Renewables group are seeking TWO ecological statisticians to join the growing team.

Both are permanent roles- more info: www.bioss.ac.uk/vacancies/ec...
📆Deadline: 27th Mar 2025

#StatisticalEcology #OffshoreRenewables #Statistics #DataScience #Seabirds #MarineMammals

27.02.2025 14:44 — 👍 20    🔁 14    💬 1    📌 4

🚨PhD opportunities!🚨

Don't miss your chance to apply to a collaborative #PhD with BioSS and partners. We have several advertised across a range of applied quantitative research.

See more here: www.bioss.ac.uk/phd-students...

#PhdChat #PhDSky #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #Statistics #Maths

10.01.2025 15:45 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

Two sheep in a field overlaid with a schematic of a mathematical model

🚩PhD opportunity furthering sustainable control of gastrointestinal nematodes and anthelmintic resistance in sheep flocks through mathematical modelling with me at @bioss.bsky.social alongside Fi Kenyon, @adhayward.bsky.social (Moredun) and Rob Kelly (Edinburgh Uni). Please share! #parasitology

10.12.2024 11:21 — 👍 9    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 0

Standing man speaking to the audience in front of a slide describing BioSS work

Very grateful that our Head of Consultancy Professor Iain McKendrick was given the chance to tell our #BayesCentre
partners more about the work of BioSS yesterday as part of ⚡#BayesLightningTalks⚡

20.11.2024 09:47 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

I am, of course, the Walrus 🥸

12.11.2024 16:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Great photo :) Perhaps next time Altea and David can do the Abbey Road zebra crossing ;)

12.11.2024 14:52 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

We are recruiting for several positions at the moment, across a range of career stages and areas of research. All are permanent positions.

📖Check out our vacancy pages to learn more: www.bioss.ac.uk/vacancies

#StatsJobs #AcademicJobs #MathsJobs #ResearchJobs

25.10.2024 14:00 — 👍 10    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0

📢Just 1 week left to apply for this position in our Ecology and Environmental Sciences team!

#statisticalecology #statistics #statsjobs

21.10.2024 14:53 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0