Aberystwyth Life Sciences / Gwyddorau Bywyd

An excellent day yesterday at the @aberdlsagb.bsky.social #FestivalOfResearch. Some great presentations and posters. Super proud to supervise @coreyasteele.bsky.social (Oral), @angelrumney.bsky.social (Poster) and Michela (Poster). Even time for a #FlukeMap group photo (some are missing)

We are delighted to have appointed the Chief Executive of the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society as a new Pro-Chancellor.

More: tinyurl.com/5b62hwwn

Great talk from Rhys Jones at our @aberdlsagb.bsky.social Festival of Research 2025 covering our #FlukeMap project. Risk mapping and farmer perceptions of their own risk areas!

Heading up for the @aberdlsagb.bsky.social Festival of Research today. I’m looking forward to hearing lots of exciting talks, and this afternoon I’ll share the story of how a literal “snow day” on Arctic fieldwork in 2019 evolved in to two (2!) NERC projects.

A very successful morning today collecting rumen fluke for my UG project student Craig (those are his hands). Thanks also to @coreyasteele.bsky.social for helping her supervisor not mess it up, with idiot proof instructions for me! #TeamFluke @aberdlsagb.bsky.social

A little late getting to post this but so proud to see Dr Holly Northcote defend her PhD viva last Friday. Many thanks to Prof. Jane Hodgkinson @liverpooluni.bsky.social and Dr Justin Pachebat @aberdlsagb.bsky.social for examining. Ruth and I are super proud lab parents! @bchcaber.bsky.social

PhD Opportunity! Interested in parasitic liver flukes? Interested in protein-protein interactions? Please do look at this opportunity funded through #FoodBiosystems @aberdlsagb.bsky.social @aberuni.bsky.social
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We are delighted to announce that we have several PhD projects advertised alongside @ibers.bsky.social and other Universities as part of the #FoodBiosystems Doctoral Training Programme!

Follow the link below for more information:

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Rydym yn hynod o falch i nodi bod gennym sawl prosiect PhD ar gael ar y cyd â @ibers.bsky.social a Phrifysgolion eraill fel rhan o Rhaglen Hyfforddi Doethurol #FoodBiosystems

Am rhagor o wybodaeth dilynwch y linc isod:

🔗 www.aber.ac.uk/cy/life-scie...

🔗https://www.the-scientist.com/the-ice-is-alive-uncovering-the-vanishing-world-of-glacial-microbes-73825

Efallai bod microbau rhewlifol yn fach iawn ond mae eu neges yn enfawr: mae newid hinsawdd yn dileu ecosystemau doeddem yn gwybod eu bod yn bodoli. ❄️🔥

Darllenwch yr erthygl hon @arwynedwards.bsky.social s.bsky.social

Glacial microbes might be tiny but their message is huge: climate change is erasing ecosystems we never knew existed. ❄️🔥

Have a read of this article about our own @arwynedwards.bsky.social

🔗https://www.the-scientist.com/the-ice-is-alive-uncovering-the-vanishing-world-of-glacial-microbes-73825

Awydd swydd newydd yn 2026?

Rydym yn chwilio am ddarlithydd Sŵoleg newydd i ymuno â ni yn Adran y Gwyddorau Bywyd 🦜🐄🐛

Rhagor o wybodaeth ar y ddolen hwn 🔗https://jobs.aber.ac.uk/cy/vacancy/darlithydd-swoleg-598845.html

Fancy working with us at The Department of Life Sciences?

We are currently recruiting a Lecturer in Zoology 🦓🐁🦜

Further information on this link 🔗https://jobs.aber.ac.uk/en/vacancy/lecturer-in-zoology-598845.html

Great to be involved with this initiative. Always good to see an impact coming from our research into canine worm infections 🪱 @aberdlsagb.bsky.social @bchcaber.bsky.social

Person in a lecture theatre holding up a small piece of kong that the dog will be searching for. The border collie is focused on her rewards sat on the desk in front of her.

Cotton came to work to demonstrate skills taught by Eszter Monostori on her #OneZoo PhD project - teaching dogs to locate the intermediate hosts of parasites. She loved meeting our students, inspiring the next generation of scientists.
@aberdlsagb.bsky.social @aberuni.bsky.social
#OneHealth #UKRI

We’re delighted that Aberystwyth has been named a UNESCO City of Literature – the first in Wales!

More: tinyl.co/3u04

@librarywales.bsky.social
@uwtsd.bsky.social
@prifweinidog.gov.wales
@unesco.org

Rydym wrth ein boddau bod Aberystwyth wedi’i enwi’n Ddinas Llên UNESCO – yr un gyntaf yng Nghymru!

Mwy: tinyl.co/3tzx

@librarywales.bsky.social
@uwtsd.bsky.social
@prifweinidog.gov.wales
@unesco.org

Croeso i'r Adran 🔬🥼🥽

A massive thanks to three of my PhD students who, yesterday, presented to my Masters level module in Infection and Immunity. All three did an amazing job covering their PhD research. @coreyasteele.bsky.social Mia and Michela rocked it for #TeamFluke 🍂 @aberdlsagb.bsky.social

🫁 Our scientists are part of a £1.55m project to unravel long-term vaping risks and benefits on lung health for smokers.

🖱️ tinyurl.com/2pzk65kf

@aberdlsagb.bsky.social @ukri.org #vaping #smoking #smokingcessation #lunghealth

🫁 Mae ein gwyddonwyr yn rhan o brosiect gwerth £1.55m i ddarganfod risgiau a buddion hirdymor fepio ar iechyd ysgyfaint ysmygwyr.

🖱️ tinyurl.com/349bec8x

@aberdlsagb.bsky.social #fepio #ysmygu #iechydysgyfaint

Dr Hannah Vallin, ymchwilydd yn IBERS, wedi ymweld ag @ualberta.bsky.social

Gan weithio ar y prosiect "Gweithredu ar yr Hinsawdd drwy Bori", edrychodd ar sut y gall glaswelltiroedd helpu i storio carbon, lleihau allyriadau a chefnogi bioamrywiaeth.

Mwy www.aber.ac.uk/cy/ibers/new...

📝 We have signed a new partnership with the Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences to strengthen our work in green agricultural technologies.

🖱 tinyurl.com/yy2waa6v

@ibers.bsky.social
@aberdlsagb.bsky.social

#partnership #agriculture #science #technology

📝 Rydym wedi llofnodi partneriaeth newydd gydag Academi Gwyddorau Amaethyddol Zhejiang i gryfhau ein gwaith mewn technolegau amaethyddol gwyrdd.

🖱 tinyurl.com/4hyz9fzd

@ibers.bsky.social
@aberdlsagb.bsky.social

#partneriaeth #amaethyddiaeth #gwyddoniaeth #technoleg

Today, our Animal Science Lecturer, @rhysaled.bsky.social spoke to sheep farmers that supply Asda via #Dunbia

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Heddiw, bu ein Darlithydd Gwyddor Anifeiliaid, @rhysaled.bsky.social yn siarad â chriw o ffermwyr defaid sydd yn cyflenwi Asda trwy #Dunbia

Quote from Kathleen Carpenter on the beauty of freshwater life alongside black & white photograph of her wearing wide rimmed hat and jacket with large pockets and belt.

This new @kickasswomenof.bsky.social #podcast with Amy & Daniel Mills @aberdlsagb.bsky.social provides a research update into life and international #freshwater career of Dr. Kathleen Carpenter and how we are resampling her Welsh study sites 100 yrs later. #envhist
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Leading scientists, vets and policymakers from across Britain have met at the University today to discuss vaccination strategies for bovine TB.

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@aberdlsagb.bsky.social #AberTB #bTB #TB

Heddiw, mae gwyddonwyr, milfeddygon a llunwyr polisi blaengar o bedwar ban Prydain wedi cyfarfod yn y Brifysgol i drafod strategaethau brechu at dwbercwlosis buchol.

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@aberdlsagb.bsky.social
#AberTB #bTB #TB