Dominik Melville
@ecoevodom.bsky.social
Wildlife microbiology, disease ecology, immunology 🦇🦠 wannabe chef 🥨 married to a Scott 🌈
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Hibecovirus (genus Betacoronavirus) infection linked to gut microbial dysbiosis in bats
Abstract. Little is known about how zoonotic virus infections manifest in wildlife reservoirs. However, a common health consequence of enteric virus infect
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Did you know coronavirus infections impact the gut microbial community of #bats? But the effect differs between viruses. Published in @ismepublications.bsky.social - Big team effort: @alice-risely.bsky.social @cdrosten.bsky.social @vmcorman.bsky.social et al. academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...
This system is incredibly cool and provided another outstanding example of rigorous epidemiological science - congrats to all authors
🦇 "Seasonal disease outbreaks in wildlife are often attributed to birth pulses introducing susceptible juveniles. Our four-year study of Hendra virus in Australian flying foxes challenges this assumption for an important zoonotic virus"
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📖 Read here! buff.ly/3oAtfrO
February 6, 2026 at 5:02 PM
This system is incredibly cool and provided another outstanding example of rigorous epidemiological science - congrats to all authors
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My first book, Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life, will be published by Yale University Press on 11 August (UK) and 8 September (US). Please help spread the word! 🙏
UK: yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300... @yalebooks.bsky.social 🏳️🌈📚🐵
US: yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... @yalepress.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️ 🗃️🦋
UK: yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300... @yalebooks.bsky.social 🏳️🌈📚🐵
US: yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... @yalepress.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️ 🗃️🦋
January 30, 2026 at 10:21 AM
My first book, Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life, will be published by Yale University Press on 11 August (UK) and 8 September (US). Please help spread the word! 🙏
UK: yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300... @yalebooks.bsky.social 🏳️🌈📚🐵
US: yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... @yalepress.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️ 🗃️🦋
UK: yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300... @yalebooks.bsky.social 🏳️🌈📚🐵
US: yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... @yalepress.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️ 🗃️🦋
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🚨Podcast launch🚨
We are happy to announce: the #MVIFconversations podcast episode 1 will be available for listening on Monday via
▶️Spotify:
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▶️Music: music.amazon.com/podcasts/81c...
▶️Podcasts: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
We are happy to announce: the #MVIFconversations podcast episode 1 will be available for listening on Monday via
▶️Spotify:
open.spotify.com/show/1f4lBWv...
▶️Podcasts: apple.co/3NBLjonAmazon
▶️Music: music.amazon.com/podcasts/81c...
▶️Podcasts: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
January 23, 2026 at 10:51 AM
🚨Podcast launch🚨
We are happy to announce: the #MVIFconversations podcast episode 1 will be available for listening on Monday via
▶️Spotify:
open.spotify.com/show/1f4lBWv...
▶️Podcasts: apple.co/3NBLjonAmazon
▶️Music: music.amazon.com/podcasts/81c...
▶️Podcasts: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
We are happy to announce: the #MVIFconversations podcast episode 1 will be available for listening on Monday via
▶️Spotify:
open.spotify.com/show/1f4lBWv...
▶️Podcasts: apple.co/3NBLjonAmazon
▶️Music: music.amazon.com/podcasts/81c...
▶️Podcasts: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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I genuinely think boycotting the World Cup is some of the strongest leverage the Europeans have.
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
German soccer federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it’s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
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January 24, 2026 at 12:39 AM
I genuinely think boycotting the World Cup is some of the strongest leverage the Europeans have.
New preprint out - using a cosmopolitan neotropical #bat, we asked whether Astrovirus infections affected its gut #microbiome and whether land use change amplified infection effects #OneHealth doi.org/10.21203/rs....
Gut microbial composition changes in an Astrovirus-infected Neotropical frugivorous bat – a one health perspective
Astroviruses are becoming a growing concern in public and veterinary health. In humans, astrovirus infections can cause severe diarrhea and may lead to neuropathological encephalitis, whereas in wildl...
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January 23, 2026 at 1:17 PM
New preprint out - using a cosmopolitan neotropical #bat, we asked whether Astrovirus infections affected its gut #microbiome and whether land use change amplified infection effects #OneHealth doi.org/10.21203/rs....
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Naja, ... also da fliegen halt dauern Großwale ind die Propeller und außerden bekommt man davon bestimmt auch Gehirnkrebs.
Oder?
Spoiler: NEIN!
Ich hatte die dämlich Walstory mal für Volksverpetzer debunkt:
www.volksverpetzer.de/faktencheck/...
Oder?
Spoiler: NEIN!
Ich hatte die dämlich Walstory mal für Volksverpetzer debunkt:
www.volksverpetzer.de/faktencheck/...
January 22, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Naja, ... also da fliegen halt dauern Großwale ind die Propeller und außerden bekommt man davon bestimmt auch Gehirnkrebs.
Oder?
Spoiler: NEIN!
Ich hatte die dämlich Walstory mal für Volksverpetzer debunkt:
www.volksverpetzer.de/faktencheck/...
Oder?
Spoiler: NEIN!
Ich hatte die dämlich Walstory mal für Volksverpetzer debunkt:
www.volksverpetzer.de/faktencheck/...
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Published today in PNAS:
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Mark Urban, Chris Elphick, and I argue that conservation programs should pay more attention to heritable within population variation, enabling rapid evolutionary response to environmental changes.
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Mark Urban, Chris Elphick, and I argue that conservation programs should pay more attention to heritable within population variation, enabling rapid evolutionary response to environmental changes.
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January 20, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Published today in PNAS:
www-pnas-org.ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu/doi/10.1073/...
Mark Urban, Chris Elphick, and I argue that conservation programs should pay more attention to heritable within population variation, enabling rapid evolutionary response to environmental changes.
www-pnas-org.ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu/doi/10.1073/...
Mark Urban, Chris Elphick, and I argue that conservation programs should pay more attention to heritable within population variation, enabling rapid evolutionary response to environmental changes.
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(1/8) 🚨Thrilled to share our new research, now published on the cover of @science.org ! 🌳🦠
We discovered that tree #Bark — largely regarded as inert — hosts vast #Microbial communities that actively interact with the atmosphere. 🧵👇 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We discovered that tree #Bark — largely regarded as inert — hosts vast #Microbial communities that actively interact with the atmosphere. 🧵👇 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
January 13, 2026 at 11:53 PM
(1/8) 🚨Thrilled to share our new research, now published on the cover of @science.org ! 🌳🦠
We discovered that tree #Bark — largely regarded as inert — hosts vast #Microbial communities that actively interact with the atmosphere. 🧵👇 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We discovered that tree #Bark — largely regarded as inert — hosts vast #Microbial communities that actively interact with the atmosphere. 🧵👇 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The Research Ireland Pathway Programme is now open. Supporting postdoctoral researchers across all disciplines to build their track record and become independent research leaders. Hear from awardee Dr Jonathan Briody @rcsi.bsky.social below. Learn more: www.researchireland.ie/funding/pathway/
November 12, 2025 at 11:43 AM
The Research Ireland Pathway Programme is now open. Supporting postdoctoral researchers across all disciplines to build their track record and become independent research leaders. Hear from awardee Dr Jonathan Briody @rcsi.bsky.social below. Learn more: www.researchireland.ie/funding/pathway/
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🚨 Our Lab is HIRING! If you are interested in characterizing model microbiomes using genome-resolved methods, statistical/metabolic modeling, and/or machine learning please submit an application here: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05234
#postdoc #sciencejobs #biology #microbiome
#postdoc #sciencejobs #biology #microbiome
Postdoc - Microbiome - Innovative Genomics Institute
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
January 5, 2026 at 6:19 PM
🚨 Our Lab is HIRING! If you are interested in characterizing model microbiomes using genome-resolved methods, statistical/metabolic modeling, and/or machine learning please submit an application here: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05234
#postdoc #sciencejobs #biology #microbiome
#postdoc #sciencejobs #biology #microbiome
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Their messaging is so fucking incoherent. Maduro was an illegitimate leader who lost in 2024, which is why we're replacing him with his VP instead of the person who won in 2024. We did this to stop fentanyl, which is why he's indicted for cocaine.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
January 3, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Their messaging is so fucking incoherent. Maduro was an illegitimate leader who lost in 2024, which is why we're replacing him with his VP instead of the person who won in 2024. We did this to stop fentanyl, which is why he's indicted for cocaine.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
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“All evolutionary biologists know that variation itself is life’s only irreducible essence”—Gould
Evolutionary biology is the study of how complicated and diverse life can be; the field has its jerks, but a good evolutionary biologist learns pretty fast that life doesn’t like boundaries or binaries
Evolutionary biology is the study of how complicated and diverse life can be; the field has its jerks, but a good evolutionary biologist learns pretty fast that life doesn’t like boundaries or binaries
Hey, fellow evolutionary biologists:
If you support trans rights, like, comment, or repost this. I want to show that transphobes like Richard Dawkins are a loud minority that does not represent our community
If you support trans rights, like, comment, or repost this. I want to show that transphobes like Richard Dawkins are a loud minority that does not represent our community
And that’s a follow.
Actually I do have a question if you have a sec.
Without exception the most transphobic group of scientists I’ve run into online are evolutionary biologists. Every single one of them has expressed the same opinion: transness cannot be anything other than social contagion. Why?
Actually I do have a question if you have a sec.
Without exception the most transphobic group of scientists I’ve run into online are evolutionary biologists. Every single one of them has expressed the same opinion: transness cannot be anything other than social contagion. Why?
December 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
“All evolutionary biologists know that variation itself is life’s only irreducible essence”—Gould
Evolutionary biology is the study of how complicated and diverse life can be; the field has its jerks, but a good evolutionary biologist learns pretty fast that life doesn’t like boundaries or binaries
Evolutionary biology is the study of how complicated and diverse life can be; the field has its jerks, but a good evolutionary biologist learns pretty fast that life doesn’t like boundaries or binaries
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I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
January 3, 2026 at 9:13 AM
I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
Anyone has a complete and up to date list of #MetaCyc pathways, descriptions, classes and subclasses? I seem to be too stupid to find that anywhere… #microbiome #picrust dm me, please
December 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Anyone has a complete and up to date list of #MetaCyc pathways, descriptions, classes and subclasses? I seem to be too stupid to find that anywhere… #microbiome #picrust dm me, please
Very impressed with my husband for crafting this elaborate #bat themed birthday cake for me #nerd #science #academichatter #cake
December 5, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Very impressed with my husband for crafting this elaborate #bat themed birthday cake for me #nerd #science #academichatter #cake
New wildlife metagenomics study link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A unified catalog of 14,062 microbial species reference genomes provides new insight into the gut microbiota in high-altitude mammals - Microbiome
Background The gut microbiota is essential for host health and survival. The understanding of the diversity, stability, and functional traits of mammalian gut microbiota, as well as the evolutionary p...
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November 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
New wildlife metagenomics study link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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How do we make sense of scientific literature that is growing explosively to the point where no-one could read all the relevant papers, and is contaminated with fraudulent and LLM-generated papers? I think that science isn't currently equipped to deal with this, and we need to. #science #metascience
November 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
How do we make sense of scientific literature that is growing explosively to the point where no-one could read all the relevant papers, and is contaminated with fraudulent and LLM-generated papers? I think that science isn't currently equipped to deal with this, and we need to. #science #metascience
The topic of this years ethics in science MSc class @uniulm.bsky.social was the #deextinction of the #direwolf! A key take home was that choosing a grey wolf genome as template was a matter of convenience. Convenience breeds bad #science
November 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The topic of this years ethics in science MSc class @uniulm.bsky.social was the #deextinction of the #direwolf! A key take home was that choosing a grey wolf genome as template was a matter of convenience. Convenience breeds bad #science
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We are looking for contributors to our series on the Methods Blog, exploring the experiences of ecologists conducting research in remote field stations during the holiday season 🎄
See previous blogs here 👉 buff.ly/MnMcRqG (1/2)
See previous blogs here 👉 buff.ly/MnMcRqG (1/2)
November 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
We are looking for contributors to our series on the Methods Blog, exploring the experiences of ecologists conducting research in remote field stations during the holiday season 🎄
See previous blogs here 👉 buff.ly/MnMcRqG (1/2)
See previous blogs here 👉 buff.ly/MnMcRqG (1/2)
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November 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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🚨 Exciting new work out today led by @carolinecummings.bsky.social! Do bats host deadly viruses? Yes - but only specific bats (that just happen to be found in a lot of places!). Challenging some big ideas in the zoonosis world with data. Well done Caroline and team!!
just in time for #batweek --Phylogenetic and ML analyses show that viral epidemic potential is not uniform among bats: virulence, transmissibility, and death burden cluster within distinct clades.🦇@carolinecummings.bsky.social @colincarlson.bsky.social @viralemergence.org go.sn.pub/acnbg1
October 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
🚨 Exciting new work out today led by @carolinecummings.bsky.social! Do bats host deadly viruses? Yes - but only specific bats (that just happen to be found in a lot of places!). Challenging some big ideas in the zoonosis world with data. Well done Caroline and team!!
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"Wir müssen ernst nehmen, dass er diese Aussage als Bundeskanzler getroffen hat, in seinem Amt, bei einem Antrittsbesuch. Bei solchen Terminen und in dieser Rolle müsste er theoretisch für alle Deutschen sprechen. Das hat er ganz offensichtlich nicht getan."
- @danielkubiak.bsky.social
#Stadtbild
- @danielkubiak.bsky.social
#Stadtbild
"Ich habe das Gefühl, dass bewusst versucht wird, verbal nach rechts zu laufen"
Die Aussagen von Bundeskanzler Merz über ein "Problem" im Stadtbild in Bezug auf Migration sind aus Sicht von Soziologe Daniel Kubiak rassistisch - und haben historische Parallelen in der Nazi-Zeit.
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October 21, 2025 at 9:10 AM
"Wir müssen ernst nehmen, dass er diese Aussage als Bundeskanzler getroffen hat, in seinem Amt, bei einem Antrittsbesuch. Bei solchen Terminen und in dieser Rolle müsste er theoretisch für alle Deutschen sprechen. Das hat er ganz offensichtlich nicht getan."
- @danielkubiak.bsky.social
#Stadtbild
- @danielkubiak.bsky.social
#Stadtbild
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Bats are amazing & an important part of the ecosystem 🦇
#planningbill
“It’s a pay-to-destroy system. Developers will put money into a fund to pay for compensation but it may be nowhere near an important colony which needs help.”
@batconservation.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#planningbill
“It’s a pay-to-destroy system. Developers will put money into a fund to pay for compensation but it may be nowhere near an important colony which needs help.”
@batconservation.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It’s madness’: bat enthusiasts fear planning bill will derail years of conservation
Research project team say Labour’s proposed nature restoration fund would end up being a ‘pay-to-destroy system’
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October 21, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Bats are amazing & an important part of the ecosystem 🦇
#planningbill
“It’s a pay-to-destroy system. Developers will put money into a fund to pay for compensation but it may be nowhere near an important colony which needs help.”
@batconservation.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#planningbill
“It’s a pay-to-destroy system. Developers will put money into a fund to pay for compensation but it may be nowhere near an important colony which needs help.”
@batconservation.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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New publication alert!
Fertilization impacts microbiomes along the grassland trophic chain academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...
#organicfertilizers #landusechange #microbiome #grasslands #onehealth
Fertilization impacts microbiomes along the grassland trophic chain academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...
#organicfertilizers #landusechange #microbiome #grasslands #onehealth
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September 18, 2025 at 7:55 AM
New publication alert!
Fertilization impacts microbiomes along the grassland trophic chain academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...
#organicfertilizers #landusechange #microbiome #grasslands #onehealth
Fertilization impacts microbiomes along the grassland trophic chain academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...
#organicfertilizers #landusechange #microbiome #grasslands #onehealth
That’s crazy cool! Mid flight feathery snack of noctules! #Bats are awesome www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Greater noctule bats prey on and consume passerines in flight
Despite billions of passerines seasonally migrating during the night at high altitudes, only three bat species have been found to consistently tap into this rich prey resource. However, it remains unk...
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October 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
That’s crazy cool! Mid flight feathery snack of noctules! #Bats are awesome www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...