Awesome work by my PhD candidate Patrick Heffernan organizing the first InsectFest! His recap below.

Patrick Heffernan@pmheffernan.bsky.social · 2w ago

Last week, we hosted the first-ever University of Notre Dame InsectFest to celebrate insect research, biodiversity, and conservation in the South Bend area!

What does it actually mean to say climate change is affecting infectious disease? It sounds simple, but a great new review in Nature Medicine by @rebaker.bsky.social, @jessmetcalf.bsky.social and team breaks down 3 very different questions often bundled together: 📄 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Climate change and infectious diseases - Nature Medicine

This Review examines how climate variables affect pathogen transmission, seasonality and outbreak patterns, how these interact with weather extremes and demographic change, and how current data stream...

nature.com

Great work by my PhD candidate Gracie Hedgpeth at ND-LEEF Science Sunday! 🐸 Bringing freshwater ecology out of the lab and teaching our community how to identify local amphibian species is a core part of what we do at @rohrecologylab.bsky.social. #SciSky #ScienceOutreach #DiseaseEcology

Rohr Ecology Lab@rohrecologylab.bsky.social · 2w ago

🌿 Highlights from ND-LEEF Science Sunday (Sept 27)! We had a fantastic time at this year's Science Sunday at the Notre Dame Linked Experimental Ecosystem Facility (ND-LEEF), featuring Rohr Lab PhD candidate Gracie Hedgpeth! 🧵👇

Really impressive recent paper by @colincarlson.bsky.social, Tamma Carleton & colleagues in Nature on the past and future effects of anthropogenic climate change on childhood malaria in Africa. 🧵👇

No one cares and there are honestly plenty of scientists who use the same language when I'm not there to be the sheriff of disease ecology. Whole field is rotten.