Belinda Linnegar
@belinnegar.bsky.social
PhD candidate at Griffith University. Interested in interspecies transmission of emerging zoonoses.
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Quick explainer on some of the main features of the new nature laws, noting some details remain to be seen
Seven ways Australia’s nature laws are changing after Labor’s deal with the Greens
Legislation to reform the EPBC Act runs to hundreds of pages – here are the main changes
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Quick explainer on some of the main features of the new nature laws, noting some details remain to be seen
Excited to share our findings on domestic horse density in Hendra virus spillover doi.org/10.1111/evj....
doi.org
November 19, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Excited to share our findings on domestic horse density in Hendra virus spillover doi.org/10.1111/evj....
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Yep, so many people, from political leaders to people in my own network, remain silent. Silence is a political choice and act, it aids the oppressor.
Ginger Gorman: The great silence thebigsmoke.com.au/2025/08/01/g...
Ginger Gorman: The great silence thebigsmoke.com.au/2025/08/01/g...
thebigsmoke.com.au
August 2, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Yep, so many people, from political leaders to people in my own network, remain silent. Silence is a political choice and act, it aids the oppressor.
Ginger Gorman: The great silence thebigsmoke.com.au/2025/08/01/g...
Ginger Gorman: The great silence thebigsmoke.com.au/2025/08/01/g...
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🦇 Flying foxes in Australia carry 6+ types of coronaviruses. Juveniles often co-infected → ideal for viral recombination. Studying these #bats helps predicting future spillovers. #OneHealth
Read the original article in Nature Communications: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-61521-7
Read the original article in Nature Communications: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-61521-7
July 24, 2025 at 5:37 AM
🦇 Flying foxes in Australia carry 6+ types of coronaviruses. Juveniles often co-infected → ideal for viral recombination. Studying these #bats helps predicting future spillovers. #OneHealth
Read the original article in Nature Communications: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-61521-7
Read the original article in Nature Communications: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-61521-7
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Coronaviruses in bats are almost never harmful to humans.
New study led by Dr Alison Peel @alibat.bsky.social looks at co-infections in young bats - and how they might shape how viruses evolve in nature. go.sydney.edu.au/CneWYt
📷 Photo credits to Kathleen Flynn, Pat Jones, Remy Brooks.
New study led by Dr Alison Peel @alibat.bsky.social looks at co-infections in young bats - and how they might shape how viruses evolve in nature. go.sydney.edu.au/CneWYt
📷 Photo credits to Kathleen Flynn, Pat Jones, Remy Brooks.
July 29, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Coronaviruses in bats are almost never harmful to humans.
New study led by Dr Alison Peel @alibat.bsky.social looks at co-infections in young bats - and how they might shape how viruses evolve in nature. go.sydney.edu.au/CneWYt
📷 Photo credits to Kathleen Flynn, Pat Jones, Remy Brooks.
New study led by Dr Alison Peel @alibat.bsky.social looks at co-infections in young bats - and how they might shape how viruses evolve in nature. go.sydney.edu.au/CneWYt
📷 Photo credits to Kathleen Flynn, Pat Jones, Remy Brooks.
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This is really cool! A rabies vaccine, applied as a gel to fur, spreads quickly among bats as they lick and groom each other. That prevents rabies outbreaks in other animals. www.science.org/content/arti...
Vampire bats' mutual grooming helps spread innovative rabies vaccine
A gel that bats lick off one another’s fur could help prevent rabies outbreaks in cattle, a growing problem in Latin America
www.science.org
July 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This is really cool! A rabies vaccine, applied as a gel to fur, spreads quickly among bats as they lick and groom each other. That prevents rabies outbreaks in other animals. www.science.org/content/arti...