Kristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩‍🔬

Total solar eclipse triggers dawn behavior in birds: Insights from acoustic recordings and community science On 8 April 2024, a total solar eclipse disrupted light-dark cycles for North American birds during the lead-up to spring reproduction. Compiling more than 10,000 community observations and artificial ...

Eclipses fool birds into thinking it's morning!
Congrats to @rosvall-lab.bsky.social for this amazing work!

Total solar eclipse triggers dawn behavior in birds: Insights from acoustic recordings and community science | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Bat vs. Robin—Scientists Capture Real-Life Audio of Midair Hunt Scientists suspected that Europe’s largest bats snack on migrating songbirds when they can, but a stunning newly published observation proves it

Scientists suspected that Europe’s largest bats snack on migrating songbirds when they can, but a stunning newly published observation proves it

To give everyone of what I've achieved so far in my career and to give reasons as to why I'm a student that you should consider helping to put back into school - read below ⬇️🧵

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Greater noctule bats prey on and consume passerines in flight Despite billions of passerines seasonally migrating during the night at high altitudes, only three bat species have been found to consistently tap into this rich prey resource. However, it remains unk...

EXTREMELY COOL BAT STUFF: A study out in Science today found that the greater noctule bat, Europe's largest, hunts and catches *migrating birds* while in flight. In at least one case, a bat climbed to more than 1200 feet, then chased a robin downward FAST until it caught it near the ground.

So much this!! Code is so valuable and literally the thing that creates your results. When you include it in your paper it can be such a valuable resource to everyone (plus earn you a couple more citations).

Greater noctule bats prey on and consume passerines in flight Despite billions of passerines seasonally migrating during the night at high altitudes, only three bat species have been found to consistently tap into this rich prey resource. However, it remains unk...

Fascinating, while at the same time somewhat nightmarish:

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A plastic cup filled with a variety of green plant cuttings sitting on top of a desk

From a plant FB group, a stranger gave me a bunch of free cuttings - so now I have some office plants!

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I didn't think I needed mentorship training—but it reshaped my approach “I have noticed students are now quicker to ask for help,” this Ph.D. student writes

"I was excited about the opportunity to pass on what I was learning and help someone else discover the joy of research. But I didn’t get much guidance on how to do it. I learned only by doing."

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I already have the worst fomo about not being able to go to NASBR this year 😭🦇

A Galápagos marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) on a volcanic rock with a wave crashing in the background. Photo credit: Kenneth J. Lohmann.

Read this month's Editors' choice, Marine iguanas have lower metabolic rates during El Niño, by Shahar Dubiner and colleagues

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JWM adopts 'Orphaned' Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management papers - The Wildlife Society When federal budget cuts came for a longstanding wildlife journal, TWS offered a home to pending papers

The Wildlife Society has picked up over 30 manuscripts left hanging by the decision to cut funding for the Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management and will publish them in the Journal of Wildlife Management.

Predatory Journals - Is MDPI Predatory Is MDPI Predatory?

Is MDPI Predatory? www.predatoryjournals.org/news/is-mdpi... [if the question needs to be asked....]

All of this is to say that I've work so hard to get into vet school & succeed. It's disheartening that money is the barrier between me achieving my dream of becoming a veterinarian.

If you have the means, please donate to my fundraiser. If you can't, then please re-post this.

Thanks!

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In addition to all of this, I've work as a Veterinary Assistant at 2 veterinary hospitals in Manitoba, I've done 6 field seasons in a research lab (catching bats) and I've worked on a dairy farm

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I've participated in 12 high quality/high volume spay & neuter clinics in Manitoba and Ontario, Canada and North Dakota/ South Dakota, USA with various rescue organizations.

In total, I have aided in over 700 surgeries and the vaccination of an additional 400 animals.

#vetmed #vetmedsky 🐶🐈

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I've been a peer-reviewer for multiple journals, including the Journal of Thermal Biology (@thermal-biology.bsky.social), Conservation Physiology (@conphysjournal.bsky.social), Journal of Experimental Biology (@jexpbiol.bsky.social) & Journal of Veterinary Medical Education (to name a few)

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I've given over 35 outreach talks (on bat conservation and veterinary medicine) to many classrooms and groups (in person and on-line) with about half of them through Skype A Scientist (@skypeascientist.bsky.social)

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For 4 years, I've held a position as a Science Journalist at the Journal of Experimental Biology (@jexpbiol.bsky.social) where I've authored articles (16 in total!) highlighting new & exciting studies

I've also contributed to Conservation Physiology (@conphysjournal.bsky.social)

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For 2.5 years, I held a position as Student Associate Editor for the Journals of the AVMA (@avmavets.bsky.social) - JAVMA and AJVR (@avmajavma.bsky.social and @ajvroa.bsky.social).

With this, I've managed 57 articles through the peer-review process.

@academic-chatter.bsky.social

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I've held NSERC funding during my MSc & received scholarships/grants in every single year I've attended university for all of my degrees.

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From my degrees, I've published 5 articles in peer-reviewed journals including the Journal of Experimental Biology (@jexpbiol.bsky.social), Physiology and Behavior & the Canadian Journal of Zoology (@cdnsciencepub.com)

I have a couple more currently in the works

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I completed my B.Sc. (Hons) studying the pre-hibernation behaviour of little brown bats & my MSc in Bioscience, Technology & Public Policy at the UWinnipeg
(@uwinnipeg.bsky.social) studying big brown bats

I received high grades in all of my courses & defended my MSc with Distinction.

#bats 🦇 (2/n)

To give everyone of what I've achieved so far in my career and to give reasons as to why I'm a student that you should consider helping to put back into school - read below ⬇️🧵

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Text reads Happy Bat Month! Support Bats! DIY Fundraising! for more info visit www.albertabats.ca Collage of bat images (all by Jason Headley) including top left - Long-eared myotis, top right - hoary bat held in a black gloved hand, bottom left Little Brown Myotis on a cave wall, and bottom right close up of the face of a Little Brown Myotis.

#OctoberForBats 🦇 Together, we can make a difference for bats! This month, let's rally behind bat research and outreach programs by fundraising and spreading awareness. Every contribution, no matter how small, helps us, help bats. Learn how you can participate and donate at www.albertabats.ca 💡

Donate to Help Kristina with Veterinary School, organized by Kristina Muise Hi everyone! As many of you know, becoming a veterinarian has always been a dr… Kristina Muise needs your support for Help Kristina with Veterinary School

I am sharing this again with the hopes that I can go back to school. Vet School is expensive and I never anticipated the tuition increases during my degree, that would lead me to leaving the university.

Please donate and share!

#VetMedSky #MedSky #AcademiaSky #VetMed 🌎🧪🦇🪶👩‍⚕️📸🦋

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a badger looks out of a hole in the ground ALT: a badger looks out of a hole in the ground

It’s National Badger Day! 𝑀𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑠, the European #badger, is a nocturnal omnivore known for its powerful digging and complex social structure. #Badgers live in setts and play key roles in soil turnover and ecosystem health. #NationalBadgerDay #Wildlife #Mammalogy

A map of the spread of Pd (Pseudogymnoascus destructans) that causes white-nose syndrome in bats, across Canada from the CWHC https://www.cwhc-rcsf.ca/white_nose_syndrome_reports_and_maps.php

🦇The fungus behind white-nose syndrome continues to spread across Alberta. Our latest detection, near Fort McKay, marks the northernmost detection yet. Thank you to our partners at the Wood Buffalo Wildlife Research Institute for collecting this sample. See maps at www.cwhc-rcsf.ca/white_nose_s...

It’s #TautonymTuesday! Meet 𝐴𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑣𝑎 𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑣𝑎, the red avadavat. This small, brilliantly colored estrildid #finch is native to open fields and grasslands of tropical South Asia. They have rounded black tails and the bill that is seasonally red. #Systematics #TaxonomyTuesday Photo: Shantanu Kuveskar

What do you do when you find a publication which you reviewed gets published with clear errors which you pointed out in your review? 🧪 #science #peerreview

A group of king penguins moulting. Photo credit: Manfred Enstipp.

Unlike other birds, penguins moult all their feathers at once. In their recent article, Enstipp & co show that, while this moult might be more costly for juveniles, adult king penguins still pay a price for keeping their plumage perfect

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