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BBC Two - Deep Ocean: Kingdom of the Coelacanth David Attenborough discusses the coelacanth, a living fossil hidden for 400 million years.

Watching #DavidAttenborough 's Deep Ocean: Kingdom of the #Coelocanth - its AWE-some!!!

The coelocanth is truly mesmerising.
If interested definitely read "A Fish Caught In Time: The search for the coelocanth" its a great book.

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#deepsea #marine #fish #livingfossil

Six-legged suffering Are insects sentient?

Sentient insects & welfare in #research @rsb.org.uk @tomireland.bsky.social Mind-blown! "As the most diverse animal order on Earth, insects should be expected to have exceptionally diverse cognitive powers, perhaps a greater range than we see in vertebrates."
thebiologist.rsb.org.uk/biologist-fe...

Going to 14th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health #ECTMIH?

Wondering which sessions to go to and which posters to look out for?

Check out this list of #schistosomiasis related sessions, talks, posters here: www.eliminateschisto.org/news-events/...
#BetterHealthForAll

What does integration mean for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)? Watch our quick guide.

In early October we will be hosting an open evening on Academic Clinical Fellowships & Lectureships in Infectious Diseases across all the London programmes.

These are integrated clinical academic training programmes for doctors training in the UK.

You can sign up here: forms.gle/T867P8qQ2SMvvHhZ9

Malawi set to run out of TB drugs in a month after US, UK and others cut aid Gains in cutting deaths from tuberculosis at risk as health officials warn clinics forced to ration drugs and testing

#Malawi set to run out of TB drugs in a month after US, UK and others cut aid

Gains in cutting deaths from tuberculosis at risk as health officials warn clinics forced to ration drugs and testing

Leonard Masauli in Lilongwe ✍️

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📢 New podcast: A holistic view of health 🎧
Our latest Infectious Conversations episode explores One Health, a holistic approach that connects people, animals and the planet. Listen now: soundcloud.com/unlimithealt...

Increased risk of infectious diseases in a time of war and conflict Krisztian Magori reviews the horrid history of the impact of war and conflict on infectious diseases, the protection provided to civilians by international humanitarian law, and the track-record of co...

Increased risk of infectious diseases in a time of war and conflict

"War and conflict throughout history have resulted in the suffering and deaths of countless people who did not participate as combatants"

communities.springernature.com/posts/increa...

Tissue-specific distribution of eggs in the definitive host drives transcriptomic and behavioral differences in Schistosoma mansoni miracidia Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by human-infective schistosomes (Trematoda: Schistosoma). Intestinal schistosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa and the Neotropics is caused primarily...

I am pleased to present a project we've been working on for the least year to try to answer a fundamental question - does a parasite's developmental niche as an egg have effects on larval stages? We show that the answer is very much yes - which has a few implications. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

On #WorldHumanitarianDay we recognise the importance of access to #healthcare for those in crisis-affected communities🌍

Our course focuses on real life examples of health in humanitarian crises & how to identify & address needs in times of emergency.

www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/course...

Group photo of 15 adults in a conference room group photo. Label says M.E.C. 71 Paris. Logo for the Mectizan Donation Program and the Task Force for Global Health.

#beatNTDs The Mectizan Expert Committee provides oversight for the Mectizan Donation Program. Meets regularly to review applications, hear from partners, and discuss emerging issues. #StampOutOncho #EliminateLF
Learn more about the MEC's activities in 2024 >> https://bit.ly/45stVZG

We are looking for an expert in the private sector to join our Board of Directors!

📆 Deadline: 22 September 2025
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📣 Help us spread the word!

#GlobalHealth #NTDs #NeglectedDiseases #BoardOfDirectors

🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨
We are looking for a Head of Data Engineering & Informatics to play a leading role in our ongoing development & lead our data strategy
📍 Oxford, UK 📅 Apply by Sep 17 🔗 www.iddo.org/about-us/jobs
#NTDs #EmergingInfections #Malaria #GlobalHealth
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🌍 Tomorrow: Escape the Neglect – Eliminating NTDs in a Changing World

🗓 13 Aug | 4–5:30 PM EAT / 9–10:30 AM ET
🎙 Hosted by @amref.bsky.social with the @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

Sign up and join the conversation: newsroom.amref.org/africa-dialo...

Purple background with LifeArc Logo next and following text in white: FGS: Translational Challenges and Opportunities. Themes: Community, capacity strengthening and health economics, Therapeutics and novel targets, Diagnostics visual, Diagnostics laboratory/field. Outputs and actions from a consultative, collaborative workshop. In partnership with the Global Schistosomiasis Alliance and BILGENSA network

Female Genital Schistosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa & beyond is often underreported & misdiagnosed due to insufficient awareness & resources. This workshop by LifeArc, GSA & BILGENSA focused on practical solutions, aiming to inspire research & funding.
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Why Do Octopuses Change Color? How It Works and Why They Do It The latest "Ask a Marine Biologist" by Dr. David Shiffman discusses the hows and whys of cephalopod color change.

Why Do Octopuses Change Color? How It Works and Why They Do It

My latest “ask a marine biologist” quotes @sarahmackattack.bsky.social

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‘Devastating’: 10 Harvard researchers detail ‘essential’ work set to be cut by Trump From millions of feces and urine samples stored in liquid nitrogen to the only fruit fly database in the world, here are the Harvard researchers who have had their funding cut.

www.masslive.com/news/2025/06...

Fascinating! "..Canadian crops always had the lowest emissions because their soils currently sequester carbon due to low- or no-till practices, reduced summer fallow and carbon inputs from manure and crop residues, despite SOC losses from conversion of forest and grassland to cropland."

Wow! 🤩🤩🤯
"We demonstrate that a single #tree hosts approximately one trillion bacteria in its woody tissues, with microbial communities distinctly partitioned between heartwood and sapwood, each maintaining unique #microbiomes with minimal similarity to other plant tissues or ecosystem components."

'Communities' of strange, extreme life seen for first time in deep ocean A Chinese-led research team captures pictures of life at depths of more than 9km in the northwest Pacific Ocean.

'Communities' of strange, extreme life seen for first time in deep ocean. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

eight eight-tile image showing different bilogical communities on the deep sea floor.

We're often looking up for the aliens, but maybe they're just here in places we think are extremely unlikely for life to exist.

New study reports these underwater communities - away from sunlight & under enormous pressure.

Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

HT @danversflett.bsky.social

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What soil animals eat: It’s more who you are than where you feed Amelie Hauer, Anton Potapov, Ajuan Zhang, Andrey G. Zuev, Melanie M. Pollierer This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. Soil is full of lif…

📰Published📰What soil animals eat: It’s more who you are than where you feed🍽️

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🚨 Call for Applications!

#FogartyNIH Global Infectious Disease Research Training Program (D43) is open!

🌍 U.S. Institutions - LMIC partnerships
🎯 Focus: infectious disease research (non-HIV), training & capacity building
📅 Deadline: Aug 6

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Genes in one of the snail genomic regions found in this study

We hope the genes we've found can lead to new strategies for blocking parasite transmission at the snail stage, thereby reducing the >200 million cases of schistosomiasis that happen each year.

Genes linked to schistosome resistance identified in a genome-wide association study of African snail vectors - Nature Communications A genome wide association study of an African vector of schistosomiasis revealed two genomic regions associated with resistance to Schistosoma mansoni. These findings will inform novel control strateg...

In a genome-wide association study of the African snail B. sudanica, we find completely different genes to be important for resisting infection. Although these African snails can be harder to work with, it's important to study them since species aren't all the same.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Life cycle of Schistosoma mansoni from https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bugbitten/

Schistosomiasis is a human disease from worms spread by snails. I and others have long studied Latin American snails B. glabrata to find genomic regions affecting schisto resistance. But most schisto occurs in Africa, transmitted by other snails. Now with @schistosoma.bsky.social we address this…

Calling #STIHIV2025 delegates!
Find out about a critical, yet frequently misdiagnosed #SRH condition affecting 56 mill.women & girls in #Africa
Join us:
✨ Wednesday 30 July
☕ 7:15-815am EDT
🥐 With Breakfast
➡️ Room: 511D @STIHIV2025
www.eliminateschisto.org/news-events/...

Genes linked to schistosome resistance identified in a genome-wide association study of African snail vectors - Nature Communications A genome wide association study of an African vector of schistosomiasis revealed two genomic regions associated with resistance to Schistosoma mansoni. These findings will inform novel control strateg...

New research w/ @jacobphd.bsky.social et al. published today in Nature Communications: Genes linked to schistosome resistance identified in a genome-wide association study of African snail vectors doi.org/10.1038/s414... 🐌🪱🧬

This video animation explains what FGS is, how it affects women and what the Female Genital Schistosomiasis Integration Group (FIG) is doing to tackle it. Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS) a neglected sexual and reproductive health condition

#DYK there is a water-borne infection that can lead to #infertility ,📈 risk to HIV & is often misdiagnosed as an #STI? Our cross-sector coalition tackles the neglected issue of #FGSchisto across #SRHR, #HIV, #HPV, #NTDs & #WASH.

🎥 Watch our explainer video: youtu.be/TJD9_3DQwsY

#EndTheNeglect