We are delighted to welcome Dr. Kasun H. Bodawatta as one of our plenary speakers at the conference. 🔬 Looking forward to his plenary talk and the insights he will share with us! #wildlifemalaria #avianmalaria #microbiome

📢 Announcement: We are delighted to announce the VII International Congress on Malaria and Other Blood Parasites of Wildlife, taking place in Badajoz, Spain, from September 2-5, 2026.

🆕 Investigadores e investigadoras del IREC se dieron cita en el XVII Congreso Internacional SECEM, encuentro clave para la ciencia en el ámbito de la gestión y conservación de #fauna silvestre 🦌🦊🦇🦡💚 Te lo contamos aquí 👉 https://www.irec.es/noticias/irec-congreso-secem-evora/

Comparto una entrevista que me hicieron en directo en el programa @versiorac1.bsky.social sobre #GripeAviar y otras zoonosis. Es un honor que el programa de radio líder de las tardes en Cataluña cuente conmigo para abordar este tema con calma y rigor. t.co/H4lruTs7ND @csicdivulga.bsky.social

elpais.com/clima-y-medi... Tras una larga y fructífera vida se fue una inspiradora mujer

Muere la etóloga británica Jane Goodall a los 91 años

La primatóloga hizo importantes descubrimientos sobre los chimpancés salvajes que fascinaron al mundo a través de sus documentales para National Geographic

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España refuerza la vigilancia de garrapatas y mosquitos transmisores de: 🕷️ Fiebre hemorrágica de Crimea-Congo (CCHF) 🦟 Fiebre del Nilo (WN) 🦟 Fiebre del Valle del Rift (RVF) Nuevo dataset en @gbif.org: ▶️ doi.org/10.15470/fn1... #CiteTheDOI ▶️ colecciones.gbif.es/public/showD... #vectores #OneHealth

🆕 Analizan cómo las nuevas tecnologías están revolucionando la #monitorización de las #aves marinas, destacando las oportunidades que ofrecen estas herramientas y los desafíos que plantean, muchos aplicables a otros grupos de #FaunaSilvestre 👩‍🔬✅👉 https://cutt.ly/KrMPTHDF

📢 We offer a fully funded 4-year #PhD position to work on tick #microbiota 🦠 dynamics using #genomics 🧬 at @irec-csic-uclm.bsky.social, supervised by @sdiazsanchez.bsky.social. For requisites and contact info, please check 👇 www.irec.es/noticias/pro...

New paper! We show how #cameratraps can do more than track wildlife—they can also detect pathologies. A non-invasive, scalable way to monitor animal health & boost conservation 📸🌍💡 #OneHealth In @jappliedecology.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Pixelated pathologies: Camera trapping as a tool for monitoring wildlife health

Given the increasing emergence of diseases, some with conservation and public health implications, improving and expanding wildlife health surveillance strategies is imperative. Camera trapping is pa...

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Recently discovered this seminar series and I highly recommend it! This week @whatthefugacity.bsky.social presented work on host genes ANKLE2 and RBBP6 and viral proteins NS2B3 and NS4B shaping replication and pathogenesis 🦠. Insightful talk, engaging Q&A and inspiring for women in science 💚

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See you Thursday 18th for our first seminar of the series with the inspiring @priyashah.bsky.social from @ucdavis.bsky.social with her talk “Harder, better, faster, stronger: integrating virology and engineering to drive discovery”. All welcome! email us for the zoom link.

🆕 Los nidos de #quebrantahuesos son auténticos «museos naturales» que preservan valiosos vestigios que nos conectan con la vida de nuestros antepasados y la evolución de los ecosistemas durante siglos 😳⬇️

El quebrantahuesos: un "arqueólogo" alado del pasado

Los nidos de quebrantahuesos son "museos naturales" que revelan detalles sobre las condiciones etnográficas, históricas y bioculturales locales.

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@luzglongoria.bsky.social @vaidasp.bsky.social @olofhellgren.bsky.social et al. studied transcriptional variation across hosts in an avian malaria parasite, finding changes from donor-dependent to recipient-dependent gene expression. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf198 #evobio #molbio #malaria

Generalist Malaria Parasites and Host Imprinting: Unveiling Transcriptional Memory

Abstract. Generalist parasites must adapt to diverse host environments to ensure their survival and transmission. These adaptations can involve fixed genet

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Science is demanding, but it gives back even more 💚. Delighted to attend this congress again. The visible results are only a small part of the unseen work behind them. Proud of the effort, grateful for the learning, and eager to keep moving forward and discovering! 🦟🦠🧬🪶🥚

🆕 Revelan la transmisión de la #GripeAviar entre colonias de #BuitreLeonado a grandes distancias, subrayando la importancia de la ecología del movimiento en la vigilancia sanitaria de la #FaunaSilvestre 🦠⚠️⬇️

Gripe aviar en los buitres de España y Francia

Un estudio revela la rápida transmisión del virus de la gripe aviar entre colonias de buitres leonados a grandes distancias

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It was an honour to witness this PhD defence! Rigorous work and an important milestone 👏. Congratulations to the candidate and supervisors (@javi-ferlop.bsky.social, may this be the first of many more to come!)

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Last week, David Ferrer-Ferrando defended his PhD thesis titled "Crossing borders: associating information across different levels of habitat selection, from the individual to the species" at @irec-csic-uclm.bsky.social, supervised by @pacevedo.bsky.social and myself, first time supervising a PhD!😅

Fieldwork days for my MSc thesis! 🥾🌿 I’ve spent the past few months collecting and analysing red‑legged partridge eggs with @behavecol-lab.bsky.social 🐦🥚. Hands‑on moments like these make research all the more rewarding 🙌

🆕 Un nuevo estudio analiza cómo varía la microbiota de las #garrapatas, revelando patrones que podrían cambiar nuestra forma de entender (y controlar) las enfermedades que transmiten 😳 Toda la info aquí ⬇️

Descubriendo el mundo microbiano de las garrapatas

Variaciones en la microbiota de las garrapatas revela patrones que podrían cambiar nuestra forma de controlar las enfermedades que transmiten.

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Enjoying these last days around traditional transhumance 🐄, birdwatching 🔭, and the best sunsets 🌅, all in or near my hometown 💚. Luckily, in the Trebujena marshes, we spotted Marbled Teal 🦆, one of the most threatened ducks in Europe: a reminder of the need for conservation to protect biodiversity!

Enriching visit to INIA-CSIC last Friday to learn from Julián Santiago about advanced assisted reproductive techniques, such as cryopreservation ❄️ and artificial insemination 💉, as well as their crucial applications in ex situ and in situ species conservation 🐓

🚗 ¿Cuántos animales mueren atropellados en España? El proyecto SAFE - Stop Atropellos de Fauna en España ha contado con la iniciativa del @miteco.gob.es, el liderazgo científico de la @ebdonana.bsky.social y la participación de casi 300 personas voluntarias. www.ebd.csic.es/divulgacion/...

Yesterday, it was a pleasure to attend Elisa’s talk. We learned valuable insights into avian influenza, its high-concern subtypes and its global health impact from a One Health perspective 👏🏼 @bureli.bsky.social

Today we were at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food (MAPA) talking about distribution models 🗺️ and data integration 📉📊 for monitoring rabbit populations as part of the Life Iberconejo project 🐰! @wwf.es

📢 Nuevo informe "Estado de la Biodiversidad de Doñana 2024" Los resultados revelan que 2024 fue un año seco, cálido y con nuevo mínimo histórico de aves invernantes. En este informe se recogen los últimos datos del seguimiento realizado en Doñana por la @ictsdonana.bsky.social. Abrimos hilo 🧵

A highly instructive camera-trapping course organized by Palombar 📸🦅📊. Over four days, we combined camera trap deployment with training in statistical software and artificial intelligence, all surrounded by good views and great teammates! @lauracoronel.bsky.social