IMPACT parasite biodiversity
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Biodiversa+ IMPACT supports the integration of parasites into aquatic biodiversity monitoring directives and environmental decision making.
www.nina.no/english/IMPACT
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Huge thanks to Dr. Jerusha Bennett at the University of Otago @zoologyotago.bsky.social for the opportunity for us to create the animation of this incredible trematode parasite Copiatestes!! ❤️ Check out the video and learn more about the mysterious anklets on sea bird legs!
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Threads of Trouble: The Story of Copiatestes and Our Manu by Dr. Jerusha Bennett
YouTube video by Global Parasitologist Coalition
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November 13, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Huge thanks to Dr. Jerusha Bennett at the University of Otago @zoologyotago.bsky.social for the opportunity for us to create the animation of this incredible trematode parasite Copiatestes!! ❤️ Check out the video and learn more about the mysterious anklets on sea bird legs!
youtu.be/EAt9cONTD88
youtu.be/EAt9cONTD88
"Conserving the forgotten" - @jabalbuena.bsky.social shares why IMPACT is relevant to the Neotropics. #XIIICOPANEO
October 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
"Conserving the forgotten" - @jabalbuena.bsky.social shares why IMPACT is relevant to the Neotropics. #XIIICOPANEO
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Crouching Parrot, Hidden Louse:
The Kyloring (Pezoporus flaviventris) is a critically endangered species of Australian parrot, and it is host to Forficuloecus pezopori - a species of louse which lives only on the Kyloring and nowhere else.
#Invertebrate 🧪
dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2024/06/forf...
The Kyloring (Pezoporus flaviventris) is a critically endangered species of Australian parrot, and it is host to Forficuloecus pezopori - a species of louse which lives only on the Kyloring and nowhere else.
#Invertebrate 🧪
dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2024/06/forf...
<i>Forficuloecus pezopori</i>
Parasites are a major part of biodiversity, but they spend most of their time hidden in plain sight. Even with some animals that have been k...
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September 26, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Crouching Parrot, Hidden Louse:
The Kyloring (Pezoporus flaviventris) is a critically endangered species of Australian parrot, and it is host to Forficuloecus pezopori - a species of louse which lives only on the Kyloring and nowhere else.
#Invertebrate 🧪
dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2024/06/forf...
The Kyloring (Pezoporus flaviventris) is a critically endangered species of Australian parrot, and it is host to Forficuloecus pezopori - a species of louse which lives only on the Kyloring and nowhere else.
#Invertebrate 🧪
dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2024/06/forf...
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Everything you always wanted to know about parasites and stable isotopes in one book chapter:
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
From the new #openaccess book on Aquatic Parasitology, edited by @nicojsmit.bsky.social & @berndsures.bsky.social
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
From the new #openaccess book on Aquatic Parasitology, edited by @nicojsmit.bsky.social & @berndsures.bsky.social
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
June 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Everything you always wanted to know about parasites and stable isotopes in one book chapter:
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
From the new #openaccess book on Aquatic Parasitology, edited by @nicojsmit.bsky.social & @berndsures.bsky.social
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
From the new #openaccess book on Aquatic Parasitology, edited by @nicojsmit.bsky.social & @berndsures.bsky.social
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Our latest newsletter profiles IMPACT's student members. Find out how they contribute to our understanding of parasite biodiversity here 👉 www.nina.no/english/IMPACT
June 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Our latest newsletter profiles IMPACT's student members. Find out how they contribute to our understanding of parasite biodiversity here 👉 www.nina.no/english/IMPACT
IMPACT gathered last week for our mid-term meeting. As our family grows, so too does the recognition of parasites in biodiversity. Watch this space for exciting developments!
May 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
IMPACT gathered last week for our mid-term meeting. As our family grows, so too does the recognition of parasites in biodiversity. Watch this space for exciting developments!
Integrating parasites into aquatic biodiversity monitoring? Cyril Hammoud (NIOZ) explains how #IMPACT will achieve this at the @biodiversa.eu Biodiversity Monitoring Science Fair, Barcelona
May 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Integrating parasites into aquatic biodiversity monitoring? Cyril Hammoud (NIOZ) explains how #IMPACT will achieve this at the @biodiversa.eu Biodiversity Monitoring Science Fair, Barcelona
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Want to know more about aquatic parasitology? For free? Check out the link below for online open access ⬇️
Great News: Our book Aquatic Parasitology: Ecological and Environmental Concepts and Implications of Marine and Freshwater Parasites has been published online open access! link.springer.com/book/10.1007... @nicojsmit.bsky.social @unidue.bsky.social
Aquatic Parasitology: Ecological and Environmental Concepts and Implications of Marine and Freshwater Parasites
A unique open access collection on ecological and environmental parasitology in marine and freshwater. Covers climate change and parasite conservation.
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May 17, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Want to know more about aquatic parasitology? For free? Check out the link below for online open access ⬇️
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Permanent research position opened at the
@MuseumGeneve for a specialist in non-arthropod invertebrates: taxonomy, systematics and evolution (preferably on terrestrial or freshwater molluscs, annelids, or nematodes). Join our team! 🐌🪱 www.geneve.ch/administrati... Questions to I. Blasco-Costa
@MuseumGeneve for a specialist in non-arthropod invertebrates: taxonomy, systematics and evolution (preferably on terrestrial or freshwater molluscs, annelids, or nematodes). Join our team! 🐌🪱 www.geneve.ch/administrati... Questions to I. Blasco-Costa
Chargé ou chargée de recherche en invertebres non-arthropodes à 100%
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April 8, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Permanent research position opened at the
@MuseumGeneve for a specialist in non-arthropod invertebrates: taxonomy, systematics and evolution (preferably on terrestrial or freshwater molluscs, annelids, or nematodes). Join our team! 🐌🪱 www.geneve.ch/administrati... Questions to I. Blasco-Costa
@MuseumGeneve for a specialist in non-arthropod invertebrates: taxonomy, systematics and evolution (preferably on terrestrial or freshwater molluscs, annelids, or nematodes). Join our team! 🐌🪱 www.geneve.ch/administrati... Questions to I. Blasco-Costa
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'Parasites should get more fame' - couldn't agree more!
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‘Parasites should get more fame’: the nominees for world’s finest invertebrate – podcast
Invertebrates don’t get the attention lavished on cute pets or apex predators, but these unsung heroes are some of the most impressive and resilient creatures on the planet. So when the Guardian opene...
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April 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
'Parasites should get more fame' - couldn't agree more!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Vote for the invertebrate of the year 2025! The tongue-biting louse is shortlisted. Help make it number one!
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Invertebrate of the year 2025: vote for your favourite
Since February we’ve gone in search of the invertebrate of the year. Now it’s your chance to choose
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April 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Vote for the invertebrate of the year 2025! The tongue-biting louse is shortlisted. Help make it number one!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Bioinformatician wanted at NHM Geneva
80% position for 12 months. Experience in next-gen seq data analysis, genome / mitogenome assembly, phylogenomics and population genomics. If interested, check here blascocosta.ch/opportunities/ original in FR: institutions.ville-geneve.ch/fr/mhn/insti...
80% position for 12 months. Experience in next-gen seq data analysis, genome / mitogenome assembly, phylogenomics and population genomics. If interested, check here blascocosta.ch/opportunities/ original in FR: institutions.ville-geneve.ch/fr/mhn/insti...
a glow in the dark dna structure with the letters g and t
ALT: a glow in the dark dna structure with the letters g and t
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March 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Bioinformatician wanted at NHM Geneva
80% position for 12 months. Experience in next-gen seq data analysis, genome / mitogenome assembly, phylogenomics and population genomics. If interested, check here blascocosta.ch/opportunities/ original in FR: institutions.ville-geneve.ch/fr/mhn/insti...
80% position for 12 months. Experience in next-gen seq data analysis, genome / mitogenome assembly, phylogenomics and population genomics. If interested, check here blascocosta.ch/opportunities/ original in FR: institutions.ville-geneve.ch/fr/mhn/insti...
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Lots of parasite ecology today at the Joint Parasitology Spring Meeting organised by BSP, DGP and SSTMP in Würzburg, including Sofia Rainey and Kamil Hupala from our EU Biodiversa+ project @impact-parasites.bsky.social ky.social !
March 12, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Lots of parasite ecology today at the Joint Parasitology Spring Meeting organised by BSP, DGP and SSTMP in Würzburg, including Sofia Rainey and Kamil Hupala from our EU Biodiversa+ project @impact-parasites.bsky.social ky.social !
Wondering why we should care about parasites?
March 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Wondering why we should care about parasites?
#IMPACT is a @biodiversaplus.bsky.social project that brings together parasite ecologists and social scientists across Europe.
We will break down barriers to parasites in national and international biodiversity management and conservation strategies.
More info 👉 www.nina.no/english/IMPACT
We will break down barriers to parasites in national and international biodiversity management and conservation strategies.
More info 👉 www.nina.no/english/IMPACT
March 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
#IMPACT is a @biodiversaplus.bsky.social project that brings together parasite ecologists and social scientists across Europe.
We will break down barriers to parasites in national and international biodiversity management and conservation strategies.
More info 👉 www.nina.no/english/IMPACT
We will break down barriers to parasites in national and international biodiversity management and conservation strategies.
More info 👉 www.nina.no/english/IMPACT