I pride myself on my ability to lecture from basic slides without a script, but based on the random pauses in the videos I'm editing today . . . maybe I should consider a script for recording . . .
Becky Smith
@rlsdvm.bsky.social
Epidemiologist at UIUC, working in One Health
New article from our group! Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Beyond Pathogens: Mobile Genetic Elements We argue for the need to include MGEs in our AMR surveillance programs, and provide lots of information on tools and databases available to support that
Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Beyond Pathogens: Mobile Genetic Elements - Current Epidemiology Reports
Purpose of Review Antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs) are often transmitted among microbes via mobile genetic elements (MGEs), but few antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance programs incorporat...
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This thread pushed 13 into a massive cute aggression attack and squeals in an octave above her typical top note (A4)
Punished Cat Guy (aka Johnny Bag o’ Snails)@majima.club · 5d agoMe: *thinking* I sure could go for some eggs Powerful Chicken Lenore’s mom: you’ll never guess what my chickens were harassing by the porch Me: please tell me it’s eggs My client: think…hairier. *OK Go starts playing* PORCH ORPHAN
Just turned down a review request because the system was sending me daily reminders. I understand that's not the editor's fault (I've been yelled at for the reminder system not limiting itself to business days), but daily? Who thought that was a good idea?
Turns out I fumbled the pre-order link, here you go!
Pregnancy Interrupted: The Science and Stories of How Pregnancies Really End
A compassionate, evidence-based look at pregnancy loss--how and why it happens, and why the assurances of the medical industry don't reflect the reality One of the most prevalent myths about human pre...
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Kate Clancy@kateclancy.bsky.social · 3d agoI hear the kids like short form video Pre-order PREGNANCY INTERRUPTED here: bookshop.org/p/books/preg...
Sound up! The partridge pea is such a joyful plant, even if it jumps around chaotically from year to year
One day in 2020, I went to a coffee shop. I was so sick of working 100-hour weeks from home with a newborn that I loaded up the stroller, grabbed my laptop bag (the one with the big World Health Organization logo on it), and headed out. When I got there, I started typing a YLE post.
🚨 New today in Nature 🦟 After decades of debate, we show that climate change has probably made malaria worse in sub-Saharan Africa, causing about 1 extra case per 1,000 children. But: malaria eradication efforts have pulled the other direction 200 times harder. 🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Traded a collaborator a homemade scarf for this lovely gentleman - Culex pipiens
POV you and your spouse have labs full of Brazilians. Round 1 of 6, plus sausage, pao de queijo, beans, and rice. And salad.
Now that it's been announced at the college, I guess I can share here - as of August 16, I will be promoted to full professor at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine!
Parents, please consider participating in our survey, “Associations Between Vaccine Hesitancy, Antibiotic and Over-The-Counter Use, and Trust in the Health Professions study”. We want to hear from you! redcap.link/VHAOT Also, please share with your friends!
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Live in the Midwest US? We are conducting a research study to understand what people in the Midwest know about mosquitoes and the diseases they spread. Just one online survey that takes about 10-20 minutes. Ready to participate? Scan the QR code or go to: redcap.link/mosquitocont...
July 15 at NOON, @rlsdvm.bsky.social students Grace Lunaburg & Rashid Bajwa talk "superbugs," and how antimicrobial resistance spreads. They also share practical steps people can take to help prevent and protect against harder-to-treat infections. registration.extension.illinois.edu/start/commun...
Very nice resource from Illinois extension extension.illinois.edu/news-release...
Tick concerns are growing: What Illinois residents need to know
URBANA, Ill. — For some residents, a walk through a park or an afternoon in the backyard brings a new level of anxiety thanks to growing concerns about ticks and
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Slightly?
Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦@marcofesta.bsky.social · 3w agoAgain, no mention of climate change as part of the reason ticks and Lyme disease are spreading north. I doubt this will work but I like this quote "Guinea fowl are known for being loud and hard to breed in captivity, and their intelligence is slightly questionable." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The hardest part of converting my yard to a pollinator paradise is convincing said pollinators that I'm not that when I'm hanging my laundry in said yard Minor sting retrieving a dropped clothespin from the brown-eyed Susan
The curse of learning ever more statistical methods is 1) too many choices for any given data set, and 2) finding it hard to read papers with amazing data that use only chi-square and logistic regression
University of Illinois is hiring an epidemiologist to work on climate, weather, and health problems in collaboration with IDPH! 🛟 #episky I am part of the broader group - we hope to develop applied tools for local climate adaptation and extreme weather preparedness
Visiting Project Manager, Epidemiological and Analytical Support (Hybrid)
Lead epidemiological research and analysis to examine relationships between climate, weather, and health outcomes?using primary and secondary researc...
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C'mon, Illinois!
Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D.@sarahmackattack.bsky.social · last mo.Things are really shaping up at the end of the East Coast work day here on Day 1 of the United States of Science. 13 States + DC squared away 12 states under 10 bubbles away from completion: 9: HI 8: TN, MA 7: IA 6: WV, NH 5: LA, UT 4: ID 3: AK 2: ME, NV Fill a few here: givebutter.com/USS2026
Still rather amused that the Rs showed up to our 4th of July parade with no party affiliation visible. I only realized it was them when I saw the Bailey for Governor sign
Not bad. Maximum likelihood around WNY, with some Midwest flavor. Some of the questions wouldn't have worked when I was younger and had only lived in rural areas, though www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk (Published 2024)
What does the way you speak say about where you’re from? Answer all the questions below to see your personal dialect map.
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The Upshot@upshot.nytimes.com · last mo.Does the dialect quiz still hold up? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Joke from 13: Me: I wouldn't hurt a fly! Person: what about those billion dollar companies you want to financially destroy? Me:... Me: in my defense those aren't flies.
Before I disappear again, here's some great work from folks in my group that I wanted to share, looking at authorship dynamics and power in the One Health / emerging infectious disease / conservation space. We still have a long way to go journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Gendered male and high-income country authors dominate publication at a One Health research organization
Authorship on academic publications is consequential for researchers in science fields. One’s position in a list of authors is typically used to signal information about author contributions and statu...
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You may have heard about the OMB rule change that will put politics over federal grants. However bad you think it is? It's probably worse. Thanks to @theverge.com for letting me report this one out. There is still time to comment. bit.ly/4v2X4nQ
The war against ‘woke’ could end US science as we know it
“Everyone will be affected, not just scientists. Every community in the country.“
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I do not know how old my desk is. It definitely belonged to my grandmother, and quite possibly belonged to her mother. I also have a houseplant passed down from my other grandmother that belonged to her mother, but I'm not sure I can claim "use" there
Pookleblinky@pookleblinky.bsky.social · last mo.I always like thinking about: what is the oldest object you regularly use, the oldest thing you're using in your normal everyday life
Someone is not happy that I am working on manuscript revisions instead of petting him
And another paper from my lab, this one years in the making! Our best attempt at a comprehensive analysis of all reported TBDs (human) and TBP seroprevalence (dog) in Illinois across the entire reporting period. Spatial clustering to match tick presence, rural risk, and possible reporting bias
Tick-borne diseases in Illinois (USA): A retrospective case analysis
Illinois is known to have established populations of four vector tick species of human health concern: Ixodes scapularis, Dermacentor variabilis, Ambl…
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