Fidy Rasambainarivo
@fidydvm.bsky.social
Wildlife veterinarian 🩺, Epidemiologist & Disease Ecologist from #Madagascar 🇲🇬. Assistant professor at East Carolina University & co-founder of Mahaliana_labs🔬🧬
The Department of Biology at @eastcarolinauniv.bsky.social seeks to fill a tenure-track faculty at the Assistant Professor level with expertise in evolutionary Biology! Come join us!
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Assistant Professor
The Department of Biology at East Carolina University (http://www.ecu.edu) seeks to fill a tenure-track faculty position (9-month appointment) at the Assistant Professor rank with expertise in evoluti...
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November 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The Department of Biology at @eastcarolinauniv.bsky.social seeks to fill a tenure-track faculty at the Assistant Professor level with expertise in evolutionary Biology! Come join us!
ecu.peopleadmin.com/postings/89839
ecu.peopleadmin.com/postings/89839
🐾 🩸 🚨 New paper alert!
*Physiological health benchmarks in free-ranging Fosa (Cryptoprocta ferox): establishing reference intervals to assess the impact of anthropogenic disturbance on an endemic apex predator* in the Journal of Mammalogy.
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*Physiological health benchmarks in free-ranging Fosa (Cryptoprocta ferox): establishing reference intervals to assess the impact of anthropogenic disturbance on an endemic apex predator* in the Journal of Mammalogy.
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October 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🐾 🩸 🚨 New paper alert!
*Physiological health benchmarks in free-ranging Fosa (Cryptoprocta ferox): establishing reference intervals to assess the impact of anthropogenic disturbance on an endemic apex predator* in the Journal of Mammalogy.
academic.oup.com/jmammal/adva...
*Physiological health benchmarks in free-ranging Fosa (Cryptoprocta ferox): establishing reference intervals to assess the impact of anthropogenic disturbance on an endemic apex predator* in the Journal of Mammalogy.
academic.oup.com/jmammal/adva...
🚨🚨 New Paper alert! 🚨🚨 :
Evolutionary history, longevity and terrestriality predict Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence in primates 🌳🐈⬛️🦠🐒. #zoonosis #conservation #primates #wildlife #Madagascar #lemur #parasites
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Evolutionary history, longevity and terrestriality predict Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence in primates 🌳🐈⬛️🦠🐒. #zoonosis #conservation #primates #wildlife #Madagascar #lemur #parasites
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Evolutionary history, longevity and terrestriality predict Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence in free-ranging non-human primates
Evidence from captive populations indicates that lemurs are particularly vulnerable to toxoplasmosis, a parasitic disease caused by Toxoplasma gondii.…
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October 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
🚨🚨 New Paper alert! 🚨🚨 :
Evolutionary history, longevity and terrestriality predict Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence in primates 🌳🐈⬛️🦠🐒. #zoonosis #conservation #primates #wildlife #Madagascar #lemur #parasites
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Evolutionary history, longevity and terrestriality predict Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence in primates 🌳🐈⬛️🦠🐒. #zoonosis #conservation #primates #wildlife #Madagascar #lemur #parasites
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The demonstrations, which started over deteriorating living conditions, have left 22 people dead, according to the UN.
Madagascar president dissolves government after youth-led deadly protests
The demonstrations, which started over deteriorating living conditions, have left 22 people dead, according to the UN.
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September 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The demonstrations, which started over deteriorating living conditions, have left 22 people dead, according to the UN.
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Perceived and observed biases within scientific communities: a case study in movement ecology #ProcB #BiologicalSciencePractices @michaelgbertram.bsky.social royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
July 28, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Perceived and observed biases within scientific communities: a case study in movement ecology #ProcB #BiologicalSciencePractices @michaelgbertram.bsky.social royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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Out today in Science: Our work on tropical cyclones and malaria in Madagascar. Work inspired by many and done in collaboration with many www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Vaccination to mitigate climate-driven disruptions to malaria control in Madagascar
Extreme weather is common in high malaria burden areas and is likely to increase in severity owing to climate change–related severe weather events. Yet, data on infection rates after these events and ...
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July 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Out today in Science: Our work on tropical cyclones and malaria in Madagascar. Work inspired by many and done in collaboration with many www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Excited, surprised and proud to share the news about my @MaxwellHanrahan Award in Field Biology! The award recognizes my work in infectious disease ecology and wildlife conservation in #Madagascar. To learn more about the award: www.maxwell-hanrahan.org/programs/fie...
July 18, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Excited, surprised and proud to share the news about my @MaxwellHanrahan Award in Field Biology! The award recognizes my work in infectious disease ecology and wildlife conservation in #Madagascar. To learn more about the award: www.maxwell-hanrahan.org/programs/fie...
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Flood Advisory issued July 7 at 8:22AM EDT until July 7 at 1:00PM EDT by NWS Raleigh NC
Additional Details Here.
Additional Details Here.
July 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Flood Advisory issued July 7 at 8:22AM EDT until July 7 at 1:00PM EDT by NWS Raleigh NC
Additional Details Here.
Additional Details Here.
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🌿 We're hiring! Join @stonybrooku.bsky.social as an Associate Director for Centre ValBio (Associate/Full Professor level): apply.interfolio.com/167803
🔍Apply by Aug 15, 2025 📍
Have questions? 🧠 @labdavalos.bsky.social will be at #ATBC2025 in Oaxaca & happy to chat!
🔍Apply by Aug 15, 2025 📍
Have questions? 🧠 @labdavalos.bsky.social will be at #ATBC2025 in Oaxaca & happy to chat!
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June 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
🌿 We're hiring! Join @stonybrooku.bsky.social as an Associate Director for Centre ValBio (Associate/Full Professor level): apply.interfolio.com/167803
🔍Apply by Aug 15, 2025 📍
Have questions? 🧠 @labdavalos.bsky.social will be at #ATBC2025 in Oaxaca & happy to chat!
🔍Apply by Aug 15, 2025 📍
Have questions? 🧠 @labdavalos.bsky.social will be at #ATBC2025 in Oaxaca & happy to chat!
Excited to be at #EEID2025! Looking forward to the talks, posters and conversations on Infectious diseases over the next few days! Thank you to @eeid2025.bsky.social organizers!
We had a lively crowd for the welcome reception for #EEID2025 this evening!
June 17, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Excited to be at #EEID2025! Looking forward to the talks, posters and conversations on Infectious diseases over the next few days! Thank you to @eeid2025.bsky.social organizers!
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Online and open access in @conbiology.bsky.social since 1 June 2025: Emergence, spread, and impact of high-pathogenicity avian influenza H5 in wild birds and mammals of South America and Antarctica. doi.org/10.1111/cobi.... Many thanks to all involved! A thread 🧵 (1/25)
June 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Online and open access in @conbiology.bsky.social since 1 June 2025: Emergence, spread, and impact of high-pathogenicity avian influenza H5 in wild birds and mammals of South America and Antarctica. doi.org/10.1111/cobi.... Many thanks to all involved! A thread 🧵 (1/25)
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If someone says something is ‘likely’ to happen, what probability springs to mind?
How about ‘probable’? Or ‘possible’?
How about ‘probable’? Or ‘possible’?
New post on the challenges of communicating uncertainty - and the lengths people will go to in an effort to avoid being pinned down…
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Possibly a serious possibility
How 'lurking weasel' phrases skewed Cold War intelligence
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May 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
If someone says something is ‘likely’ to happen, what probability springs to mind?
How about ‘probable’? Or ‘possible’?
How about ‘probable’? Or ‘possible’?
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📢 Fully-funded PhD opportunity!
Explore the links between social & communication networks in ring-tailed lemurs!
Exciting fieldwork, interdisciplinary team, and innovative technologies! Apply now and join @primatenzentrum.bsky.social & @unigoettingen.bsky.social for this cutting-edge research!
Explore the links between social & communication networks in ring-tailed lemurs!
Exciting fieldwork, interdisciplinary team, and innovative technologies! Apply now and join @primatenzentrum.bsky.social & @unigoettingen.bsky.social for this cutting-edge research!
April 29, 2025 at 8:53 AM
📢 Fully-funded PhD opportunity!
Explore the links between social & communication networks in ring-tailed lemurs!
Exciting fieldwork, interdisciplinary team, and innovative technologies! Apply now and join @primatenzentrum.bsky.social & @unigoettingen.bsky.social for this cutting-edge research!
Explore the links between social & communication networks in ring-tailed lemurs!
Exciting fieldwork, interdisciplinary team, and innovative technologies! Apply now and join @primatenzentrum.bsky.social & @unigoettingen.bsky.social for this cutting-edge research!
Proud of my students who presented their work on infectious diseases and #lemurs at RCAW.
@kjevansbio.bsky.social talked about #malaria, Lulea shared her findings on Babesia (winning the popular vote on capture180) while Billy Hinson taught us about occupancy models. @eastcarolinauniv.bsky.social
@kjevansbio.bsky.social talked about #malaria, Lulea shared her findings on Babesia (winning the popular vote on capture180) while Billy Hinson taught us about occupancy models. @eastcarolinauniv.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Proud of my students who presented their work on infectious diseases and #lemurs at RCAW.
@kjevansbio.bsky.social talked about #malaria, Lulea shared her findings on Babesia (winning the popular vote on capture180) while Billy Hinson taught us about occupancy models. @eastcarolinauniv.bsky.social
@kjevansbio.bsky.social talked about #malaria, Lulea shared her findings on Babesia (winning the popular vote on capture180) while Billy Hinson taught us about occupancy models. @eastcarolinauniv.bsky.social
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Thanks to @jdrakephd.bsky.social for highlighting the importance of #amphibians in the services they provide to humans www.forbes.com/sites/johndr... #malaria #disease #frogs #tropical 🐸🧪🌎🦟
Amphibian Declines Increase Malaria In Costa Rica And Panama
New studies quantify how intact ecosystems improve human health
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February 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Thanks to @jdrakephd.bsky.social for highlighting the importance of #amphibians in the services they provide to humans www.forbes.com/sites/johndr... #malaria #disease #frogs #tropical 🐸🧪🌎🦟
Bird Flu Suspected in Deaths of Ducks and Wild Birds at N.Y.C. Zoos www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/n...
Bird Flu Suspected in Deaths of Ducks and Wild Birds at N.Y.C. Zoos
Three ducks died of the disease at the Queens Zoo, while three more ducks and nine wild birds that died at the Bronx Zoo were being tested for the virus, according to the parks’ operator.
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February 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Bird Flu Suspected in Deaths of Ducks and Wild Birds at N.Y.C. Zoos www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/n...
‘It’s tectonic:’ U.S. foreign aid freeze deals a blow to research around the globe | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
‘It’s tectonic:’ U.S. foreign aid freeze deals a blow to research around the globe
Dismantling of USAID could disrupt clinical trials and wipe away U.S. “soft power” in developing countries, scientists warn
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February 6, 2025 at 4:28 AM
‘It’s tectonic:’ U.S. foreign aid freeze deals a blow to research around the globe | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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Amazing summary of long term research in Madagascar. @verreauxi.bsky.social et al. rdcu.be/d7p1Z
Propithecus verreauxi demography spanning 40 years at Bezà Mahafaly Special Reserve, southwest Madagascar
Scientific Data - Propithecus verreauxi demography spanning 40 years at Bezà Mahafaly Special Reserve, southwest Madagascar
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January 24, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Amazing summary of long term research in Madagascar. @verreauxi.bsky.social et al. rdcu.be/d7p1Z
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A wonderful fellowship through the Saint Louis Zoo and UMSL. This supported my PhD! Reach out if you have questions!
December 13, 2024 at 7:16 PM
A wonderful fellowship through the Saint Louis Zoo and UMSL. This supported my PhD! Reach out if you have questions!
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Some info on the situation in DRC that many people have been watching…
Colleague working with ECDC and DRC MoH responding to outbreak in Panzi just provided me with some details on epi investigation:
- 330 cases in total, 318 recovered without sequelae
- 25 ongoing cases
-27 official deaths
- 60% female, 22% young children <5
- symptoms- fever, pain cough, headache,
- 330 cases in total, 318 recovered without sequelae
- 25 ongoing cases
-27 official deaths
- 60% female, 22% young children <5
- symptoms- fever, pain cough, headache,
December 6, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Some info on the situation in DRC that many people have been watching…
Pleased to share that "Helicopter science" is alive and well in an era where #decolonizeSTEM is also trending.
November 27, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Pleased to share that "Helicopter science" is alive and well in an era where #decolonizeSTEM is also trending.
