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Evelien Bunnik
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Malaria parasites & immunology researcher, cat lover, hobby photographer (mostly 🐦 and 🦋)
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Fun fun fun! Join us in the kitty photo contest fundraiser! #Caturday #cats

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Kitty photo contest
Excitement is in the air! Get ready to be part of a super fun Cowboy Cat Ranch fundraising event.Every registration to this event will bring us closer to achieving our mission: improving the quality o...
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July 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Drs @embunnik.bsky.social Sebastiaan Bol & @gregory-ippolito.bsky.social highlight Niraj Tolia team's @cp-cellrepmed.bsky.social‬ article on two anti-#AMA1 monoclonal antibodies neutralizing #malaria parasites. @texasbiomed.bsky.social‬ @niaidnews.bsky.social

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May 23, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Basic research to better understand cats is rarely done.

Why? Because there is no funding, and no money to be made.

Please support our cat-friendly research aimed to help cats and make a donation today.
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We need your help!

#cats #catsky #proofofcat #catsofBluesky
My donation to help cats
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March 21, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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Wonderful mini-review in Trends in Parasitology explaining our recently published study on broadly inhibitory antibodies against the key virulence antigens that drive severe malaria

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#Malaria #Immunology
cp-trendsparasitol.bsky.social Trends in Parasitology @cp-trendsparasitol.bsky.social · Feb 12
Spotlight in our February issue: #Malaria #monoclonals block #brain binding, by Stephen Rogerson, Isobel Walker & Elizabeth Aitken, highlighting Louise Turner @embunnik.bsky.social Thomas Lavstsen & colleagues’ @nature.com article. @thedohertyinst.bsky.social

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February 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.

I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.

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NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
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February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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From warmer days (June 22, 2024 to be precise): a northeastern hammertail. Very cool robber fly posing on the tip of a pulque agave.

#Texas #MacroPhotography #Flies
January 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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We are in dire need for a Raven Pro software license. This license is $100. Is there a kind soul out here who would be willing to donate this license to us? We will acknowledge you in the published manuscript! #help #cats #catsofBluesky #bioacoustics #acoustics #Cornell
January 17, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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The thing I like most about #MacroPhotography is that I can escape reality for a little bit by immersing myself in the world of fascinating and beautiful small creatures. They are right there in front of my nose, all I have to do is take the time to observe carefully.

#Insects #Photography
Texas striped sweat bee - metallic green bee with its head and legs covered in pollen, in the center of a yellow flower Four-speckled hover fly with large red eyes, and a long black abdomen with four white markings, resting on a small branch
December 30, 2024 at 11:52 PM
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The beautiful December weather has drawn out a whole host of butterflies.

#NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Insects #Butterflies #Texas
Collage of four photos of butterflies, all feeding on purple flowers (some kind of Aster). Clockwise from top left: white-checkered skipper, Reakirt's blue, dainty sulphur, common mestra.
December 21, 2024 at 11:58 PM
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Nothing to see here, just a leaf on a branch

#NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Butterflies #Camouflage
Snout butterfly sitting on a tree branch. Its wings are the same color as the branch.
December 21, 2024 at 3:40 PM
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Did you know that mistletoe is a parasite?

#parasitology #plants #nature
Patch of green branches and leaves in an otherwise bare tree, against a bright blue sky Closeup of mistletoe, with green leaves and white berries
December 19, 2024 at 9:40 PM
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Memory foam
#cats #catsofBluesky
December 18, 2024 at 3:02 PM
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Coyote in the grass

#WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Texas
Coyote staring straight in the camera, amidst grass and other vegetation
December 17, 2024 at 10:09 PM
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Sunday snuggles

#Cats #CatsOfBluesky #Naptime
Tortoise-shell cat called Zappa sleeping on the sofa in a very relaxed pose
December 15, 2024 at 10:23 PM
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Tiny dragon

#Photography #Wildlife #Nature #Lizards #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Texas
Portrait of a female crevice spiny lizard sitting on the edge of the concrete driveway with her mouth open
December 15, 2024 at 1:43 AM
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My first #bird picture here. The first and so far only indigo bunting I have ever seen, striking a beautiful pose the moment I walked passed with my camera ready. Perfect example of right time, right place!

#BirdPhotography
Bright blue bird sitting on a tree branch against a blurry gray/green background
November 27, 2024 at 7:45 PM
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Human antibodies offer broad inhibition against variable proteins of the malaria parasite
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November 20, 2024 at 10:46 PM
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Very proud to announce the publication of our article in Nature. This study is the result of a fun and fruitful collaboration with several labs in the United States, Denmark, Spain, Uganda, and Tanzania. Many thanks and congratulations to all co-authors!

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#Malaria #Parasites #Science
The first page of a Nature article titled "Broadly inhibitory antibodies to severe malaria virulence proteins"
November 20, 2024 at 6:46 PM
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"Meoooow! I'm Namibia. I live at Cowboy Cat Ranch with my sister and brother. We were rescued about 10 years ago from a city kill shelter when we were teeny tiny. There are two other cats living here as well. They are super old, and we are still super young!"

#cats #catsofBluesky #rescue
November 19, 2024 at 11:11 PM