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Kristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩‍🔬
@kristinamuise.bsky.social
MSc & BSc (Hons) in bat behaviour/physiology @uwinnipeg.bsky.social 🦇 (she/her)

Veterinary Medicine, Wildlife Conservation & Diseases 🔬

https://kristinamuise.weebly
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Hi everyone - I'm Kristina! I am aiming to become a Veterinarian and for my previous degrees (BSc. Hons and MSc) I studied the behaviour & physiology of bats in North America. My interests are mainly wildlife diseases and conservation medicince. I'm interested in connecting more with people on here!
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Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....

genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
GitHub - hadley/genzplyr: dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap
dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap. Contribute to hadley/genzplyr development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Any #rstats people on here have experience with hierarchal generalized additive models (HGAM) in ecology?

I’m in need of some help in possibly using one with some data!

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November 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Reposted by Kristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩‍🔬
Hear from Editor-in-Chief Dr. Lisa Fortier how #JAVMA and @ajvroa.bsky.social are navigating the responsible incorporation of AI into journal policy: doi.org/10.2460/javm...
November 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Reposted by Kristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩‍🔬
When downy woodpeckers pound wood with their beaks they hold themselves rigid like hammers & grunt like tennis stars to stabilise their core muscles at the moment of impact

@nickantonson.bsky.social

journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
November 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Reposted by Kristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩‍🔬
You're never gonna believe this, but we're out of archaeologists again.

We have matched ~650 groups with archaeologists this semester! I am so grateful to the 196 Archaeologist volunteers!

We have 60 unmatched groups rn

Know archaeologists who could do a session? Send them to SkypeAScientist.com
SKYPE A SCIENTIST
Skype a Scientist matches your classroom, scout troop, or library with scientists for Q&A sessions for free!
SkypeAScientist.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Reposted by Kristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩‍🔬
✳️The deadline for our #BioLogging Special Issue has been extended to 28th February 2026✳️

The issue will feature research using #BioLogging in freshwater, marine & terrestrial ecosystems, with relevance for #Conservation & management 🐸🦓

Full info here ➡️ buff.ly/3WLtZz0
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Did anyone else have an explosion of followers? Or is this a bunch of bots that are now following me?
November 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Reposted by Kristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩‍🔬
Now published:

Dietary protein and reproductive condition influence wound healing in the Jamaican fruit bat, Artibeus jamaicensis 🦇

✒️ Oelbaum et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1139/cjz-...
Canadian Science Publishing
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doi.org
October 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Reposted by Kristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩‍🔬
Not hibernation ecology, but size matters—arousal metabolism of European bats in caves 🦇

✒️ Mrhálek et al.
🔗 buff.ly/i7LwHCV #BatAwarenessMonth
October 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Reposted by Kristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩‍🔬
Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Reposted by Kristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩‍🔬
Bats use their echolocation abilities to find prey, but also to find each other and avoid obstacles. Iturralde-Pólit &co show that the warm, dry air that comes with climate change, alters these calls, potentially costing the bats more energy to make them

journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
October 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
It's been over a year that I had to leave vet school & I'm doing everything that I can to go back. But I still need your help.

Please donate so that I can go back to school and fulfill my dream of becoming a veterinarian.

Please also share this post and spread the word!

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gofund.me/48293141d
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
gofund.me
October 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Reposted by Kristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩‍🔬
Talk about an in-flight meal.

For the first time, researchers have captured rats hunting bats by grabbing them from the sky. Learn more: https://scim.ag/3Jqldmn
October 27, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Reposted by Kristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩‍🔬
It's #BatWeek! 🦇 Powerful work by Shawanaga First Nation: combining Indigenous-knowledge and science to protect endangered bats like the little brown myotis in Ontario. Read more @thenarwhal.ca 👉 thenarwhal.ca/shawanaga-fi... #Conservation #IndigenousLeadership
Shawanaga First Nation gathers to help endangered bats | The Narwhal
In Ontario’s Georgian Bay region, Shawanaga First Nation leads an effort to protect little brown myotis bats
thenarwhal.ca
October 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
35 days until Dec 1 - which means I'm gearing up to do #BatMas again this year!

What was your favourite bat from last year? (go check through the posts to find your fav😀).

Is there any bat species you would like to see this year?

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#BatSky
In-line with some Ichthyology/ornithology individuals on here, I want to do 25 days of #BatMas this year!

Follow this thread to learn about bats everyday! 🦇 🧵
October 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Reposted by Kristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩‍🔬
Snake bites are terrifying & now Silke Cleuren, Alistair Evans & co @monashuniversity.bsky.social reveal the full details of viper, elapid & colubrid bites with the first high speed movies all 3 families sinking their fangs into transparent medical gel

journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
October 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Reposted by Kristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩‍🔬
"What mattered, I realized, was not to be some imaginary perfect mentor with all the answers, but to get to know my mentee ... and offer whatever guidance and support I could based on my own experiences." #NationalMentoringDay https://scim.ag/47mSs29
October 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Have you seen our guidelines for reviewers?

With tips on:
✅ The review process
✅ Reviewer credits
✅ Co-reviewing

Read and bookmark ➡️ academic.oup.com/conphys/page...

#PeerReview #ECR #EarlyCareerResearcher
October 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Reposted by Kristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩‍🔬
🚀 New webinar series: ConPhys Conversations!

First session with Dr Steven Cooke on co-production & impact in conservation physiology

🗓️ 5 Nov 2025, 14:00–15:00 GMT | Free

Book now:
www.sebiology.org/events/ems-event-calendar/conphys-conversations-1.html
October 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Reposted by Kristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩‍🔬
Cortisol is a key stress indicator, but requires invasive tests to measure. This #ConPhys #Toolbox showcases a #NonInvasive, mini-kit enzyme #Immunoassay to quantify cortisol metabolites in faeces from a range of animals 🐾

Check it out: doi.org/10.1093/conp...
October 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
"Since the beginning of my scientific training, fellow students and well-meaning career counselors encouraged me to seek multiple mentors to help me find my way."

www.science.org/content/arti...
One mentor isn’t enough. Here’s how I built a network of mentors
This researcher shares four strategies she employed
www.science.org
October 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Reposted by Kristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩‍🔬
People on twitter are losing their minds over this, including several scientists who I have to assume have either brain poisoned themselves or were always like this. People don't always cite what's best; they cite what they know & researchers from historically excluded communities get the short end.
October 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
It was my cats birthday yesterday and it makes me so sad that I couldn’t have been with her.

I miss this cat so much
October 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Reposted by Kristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩‍🔬
🧠🌟🐭 Excited to share some of my postdoc work on the evolution of dexterity!

We compared deer mice evolved in forest vs prairie habitats. We found that forest mice have:
(1) more corticospinal neurons (CSNs)
(2) better hand dexterity
(3) more dexterous climbing, which is linked to CSN number🧵
October 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM