Rivka Lim
@rivkamlim.bsky.social
Wellcome Trust - Hosts, Pathogens and Global Health PhD candidate. Researching persistent hotspots of schistosomiasis infection. Views are my own. (She/her). Wife. Mum of two.
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Cell biology is producing mountains of microscopy data, usually a given paper got that data for some purpose, but what if you could find relevant data that you could use to answer your own questions? in her new preprint, @marymirvis.bsky.social develops Systematic Review methods to do just that
New(ish) preprint! 📰What whole-cell patterns emerge from the arrangement, morphologies, and interactions of organelles in the 3D space of the cell? What would we see if we could gather ALL the whole-cell reconstruction data that's out there in one place? www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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A scoping study of the whole-cell imaging literature: a foundational corpus, potential for mesoscale data synthesis, and implications for standardization of an emerging field
The level of cellular organization bridging the mesoscale and whole-cell scale is coming into focus as a new frontier in cell biology. Great progress has been made in unraveling the complex physical a...
www.biorxiv.org
April 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Cell biology is producing mountains of microscopy data, usually a given paper got that data for some purpose, but what if you could find relevant data that you could use to answer your own questions? in her new preprint, @marymirvis.bsky.social develops Systematic Review methods to do just that
Congratulations Aidan and Petra, you guys are amazing!!!
🦟 Exciting news 🦟
@thetoiletduck.bsky.social and Petra Schneider from the @reecelab.bsky.social win prestigious Tam Dalyell prize for Excellence in Engaging the Public with Science for their work in bringing mosquitos to schools!
edinburgh-infectious-diseases.ed.ac.uk/researchers-...
@thetoiletduck.bsky.social and Petra Schneider from the @reecelab.bsky.social win prestigious Tam Dalyell prize for Excellence in Engaging the Public with Science for their work in bringing mosquitos to schools!
edinburgh-infectious-diseases.ed.ac.uk/researchers-...
Researchers from the Reece Lab win prestigious Tam Dalyell prize for Excellence in Engaging the Public with Science
March 2025: Dr Aidan O'Donnell and Dr Petra Schneider from the Reece Lab in the Institute of Ecology and Evolution have been awarded the 2025 Tam Dalyell prize for their work in bringing the world of ...
edinburgh-infectious-diseases.ed.ac.uk
March 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Congratulations Aidan and Petra, you guys are amazing!!!
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Scientists are now organizing events, called Stand Up for Science, on 7 March in Washington, D.C., and state capitals.
So far, they have attracted more than 100 volunteers from some 30 states who are hoping to rally support for research as a public good. scim.ag/4328LAD
So far, they have attracted more than 100 volunteers from some 30 states who are hoping to rally support for research as a public good. scim.ag/4328LAD
‘I really wanted something to happen.’ The students behind the Stand Up for Science protests
New group hopes to turn out researchers for 7 March demonstrations against Trump administration policies
scim.ag
February 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Scientists are now organizing events, called Stand Up for Science, on 7 March in Washington, D.C., and state capitals.
So far, they have attracted more than 100 volunteers from some 30 states who are hoping to rally support for research as a public good. scim.ag/4328LAD
So far, they have attracted more than 100 volunteers from some 30 states who are hoping to rally support for research as a public good. scim.ag/4328LAD
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💡 On today's post of #MeetOurLabMembers is Marina @marinakglr.bsky.social, a final-year #PhD student funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social. Her #research is a multidisciplinary study investigating the transmission and the risk of the Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever #CCHF Virus in #Uganda 🌟
January 31, 2025 at 9:30 AM
💡 On today's post of #MeetOurLabMembers is Marina @marinakglr.bsky.social, a final-year #PhD student funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social. Her #research is a multidisciplinary study investigating the transmission and the risk of the Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever #CCHF Virus in #Uganda 🌟
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💡 Moses @arimoz3.bsky.social is a PhD student at the #LambertonLab. An #epidemiologist with a background in #parasitology, he's passionate about #populationhealth equity & equality. He has extensive experience in implementation and operational research targeting #NTD control and elimination 🌟
January 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
💡 Moses @arimoz3.bsky.social is a PhD student at the #LambertonLab. An #epidemiologist with a background in #parasitology, he's passionate about #populationhealth equity & equality. He has extensive experience in implementation and operational research targeting #NTD control and elimination 🌟
If you missed the webinar for @isntd.bsky.social it is now possible to see the interesting talk on #test and #treat strategies for #schistosomiasis control and #elimination featuring our colleague @lydiatrippler.bsky.social @lamberton-lab.bsky.social www.infontd.org/practical-ma... 🧪
Test & Treat Strategies for Schistosomiasis | InfoNTD
ISNTD Connect session in collaboration with the Global Schistosomiasis Alliance, which will outline some exciting advances in Test & Treat strategies for schistosomiasis. As schistosomiasis prevalence...
www.infontd.org
January 24, 2025 at 9:27 AM
If you missed the webinar for @isntd.bsky.social it is now possible to see the interesting talk on #test and #treat strategies for #schistosomiasis control and #elimination featuring our colleague @lydiatrippler.bsky.social @lamberton-lab.bsky.social www.infontd.org/practical-ma... 🧪
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Researchers from Biology have collaborated with 'Then Try This' to create 'Nergal' - a game to help understand how social networks and decision-making, change how diseases spread through communities
Read more and play Nergal: edinburgh-infectious-diseases.ed.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Read more and play Nergal: edinburgh-infectious-diseases.ed.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
New game released to understand how social networks and decision making change disease spread
January 2025: Researchers from School of Biological Sciences have collaborated with Game Developers 'Then Try This' to create 'Nergal' - a game designed help understand how people's social networks an...
edinburgh-infectious-diseases.ed.ac.uk
January 24, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Well done @lydiatrippler.bsky.social
I'm thankful for the opportunity to represent @swisstph.ch at #InCORNTD in Rwanda this week and present findings from our #SchistoBreak study on the characteristics of #schistosomiasis #hotspots. 🪱🧪
January 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Well done @lydiatrippler.bsky.social
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We were in Rwanda at the International Conference on #NTD #Research in #Africa to share and learn more about the ever-growing knowledge on NTDs. #InCORNTD is always a great time meeting with friends and collaborators in the #schistosomiasis 🪱 research space 🧪
January 23, 2025 at 12:30 PM
We were in Rwanda at the International Conference on #NTD #Research in #Africa to share and learn more about the ever-growing knowledge on NTDs. #InCORNTD is always a great time meeting with friends and collaborators in the #schistosomiasis 🪱 research space 🧪
This is me!! Check out our lab page!
💡Rivka @rivkamlim.bsky.social a final-year @wellcometrust.bsky.social -funded PhD researcher, is passionate about advancing the #epidemiological evaluation of #schistosomiasis control programs and #interventions. She hopes her work will make a real difference in the lives of those affected by #NTDs
January 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This is me!! Check out our lab page!
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Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
January 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
Teen Vogue know what’s up
As the transgender community continues to fight for civil rights in the U.S., one of the most common arguments against progress is that transgender people are a recent phenomenon.
But it’s a fight that’s been happening here for decades and around the world for centuries. ⤵️
But it’s a fight that’s been happening here for decades and around the world for centuries. ⤵️
People Have Had Non-Binary Genders for Thousands of Years
It's nothing new.
www.teenvogue.com
January 21, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Teen Vogue know what’s up
Oh. Trump has been in office one day and is making a terrifying statement on how he is going to run things. Especially on science and gender rights. Urgh. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Trump’s flurry of executive orders means for science
The new president signed decrees designed to shift the US government’s stance on climate and public health.
www.nature.com
January 21, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Oh. Trump has been in office one day and is making a terrifying statement on how he is going to run things. Especially on science and gender rights. Urgh. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
There’s a stain on the stairs at my work. I’ve been there for years and it’s always been there. It always makes me think of Freddy Mercury!!
January 19, 2025 at 11:05 PM
There’s a stain on the stairs at my work. I’ve been there for years and it’s always been there. It always makes me think of Freddy Mercury!!
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It’s been a long and rewarding year at the Lamberton Lab, and we’re excited to wind down for the holidays 💃🏽💃🕺🏽🕺 !
Wishing everyone a #MerryChristmas 🎄 and a #HappyNewYear 🥳!
Wishing everyone a #MerryChristmas 🎄 and a #HappyNewYear 🥳!
December 25, 2024 at 9:31 AM
It’s been a long and rewarding year at the Lamberton Lab, and we’re excited to wind down for the holidays 💃🏽💃🕺🏽🕺 !
Wishing everyone a #MerryChristmas 🎄 and a #HappyNewYear 🥳!
Wishing everyone a #MerryChristmas 🎄 and a #HappyNewYear 🥳!
Great new paper published in Parasites and Vectors. Looking at distribution of snail vector of #schistosomiasis pre and post snail control treatment. 🧪
Fresh from the press: impact of snail control in Pemba 🐌🪱🇹🇿
- Bulinus distribution was heterogeneous 🌍
- Bulinus assoc. with lower pH and muddy sediment 🧪
- Niclosamide reduced Bulinus numbers but snails often returned after treatment 🔄
doi.org/10.1186/s130...
@swisstph.bsky.social #Schisto #beatNTDs
- Bulinus distribution was heterogeneous 🌍
- Bulinus assoc. with lower pH and muddy sediment 🧪
- Niclosamide reduced Bulinus numbers but snails often returned after treatment 🔄
doi.org/10.1186/s130...
@swisstph.bsky.social #Schisto #beatNTDs
Impact of chemical snail control on intermediate host snail populations for urogenital schistosomiasis elimination in Pemba, Tanzania: findings of a 3-year intervention study - Parasites & Vectors
Background The World Health Organization (WHO) has set the goal of eliminating schistosomiasis as a public health problem globally by 2030 and to interrupt transmission in selected areas. Chemical sna...
doi.org
December 17, 2024 at 11:35 PM
Great new paper published in Parasites and Vectors. Looking at distribution of snail vector of #schistosomiasis pre and post snail control treatment. 🧪
Ummmm…
Hallmarks of a scientist:
1. Inquisitive mind
2. Interested in evidence
3. Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of open tabs
4. Willing to be proven wrong
1. Inquisitive mind
2. Interested in evidence
3. Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of open tabs
4. Willing to be proven wrong
December 15, 2024 at 9:43 PM
Ummmm…
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In the past month alone, over 12M people joined Bluesky, with daily active users growing 10x. We received more reports in two days than in all of last year, and have integrated new systems and quadrupled our moderation team to try and keep up. Sometimes, we have to work quickly to correct errors.
December 13, 2024 at 5:53 PM
In the past month alone, over 12M people joined Bluesky, with daily active users growing 10x. We received more reports in two days than in all of last year, and have integrated new systems and quadrupled our moderation team to try and keep up. Sometimes, we have to work quickly to correct errors.
Vote for Go Jauntly as the walkers’ app of the year! Haven’t downloaded @gojauntly.bsky.social yet? Download it now and then vote for it!
Oh my! We’ve been nominated as the Walkers’ app of the year in The Great Outdoors Reader Awards! Such a surprise. 😁
✅ Love Go Jauntly? Link is below It’s really easy & will only take a second.
🥰 Deadline is the this Sunday 15th Dec #walkinguk
www.thegreatoutdoorsmag.com/awards/reade...
✅ Love Go Jauntly? Link is below It’s really easy & will only take a second.
🥰 Deadline is the this Sunday 15th Dec #walkinguk
www.thegreatoutdoorsmag.com/awards/reade...
TGO Reader Awards 2025: Champion your outdoor favourites now
Recognise the people, businesses and organisations you value by nominating them in The Great Outdoors Reader Awards 2025!
www.thegreatoutdoorsmag.com
December 13, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Vote for Go Jauntly as the walkers’ app of the year! Haven’t downloaded @gojauntly.bsky.social yet? Download it now and then vote for it!
Forgot test tube! 🧪
This is a really interesting article about the complexities involved in developing a diagnotic test in a global health setting. They highlight that the perceived value and purpose may vary with different stakeholders and settings pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Equivocal diagnostics: Making a ‘good’ point-of-care test for elimination in global health
What is a diagnostic test for? We might assume the answer to this question is straightforward. A good test would help identify what disease someone suffers from, assist health providers to determine t...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
December 12, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Forgot test tube! 🧪
This is a really interesting article about the complexities involved in developing a diagnotic test in a global health setting. They highlight that the perceived value and purpose may vary with different stakeholders and settings pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Equivocal diagnostics: Making a ‘good’ point-of-care test for elimination in global health
What is a diagnostic test for? We might assume the answer to this question is straightforward. A good test would help identify what disease someone suffers from, assist health providers to determine t...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
December 12, 2024 at 12:13 PM
This is a really interesting article about the complexities involved in developing a diagnotic test in a global health setting. They highlight that the perceived value and purpose may vary with different stakeholders and settings pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Another great sounding PhD in Edinburgh!! 🧪
"What makes a super-spreader? Unravelling the genetics of host infectiousness"
Funded #PhD position in my lab exploring the drivers of host heterogeneity in pathogen transmission. Get in touch if interested. Deadline 17 Jan 2025.
#HostPathogen #DiseaseEcology
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Funded #PhD position in my lab exploring the drivers of host heterogeneity in pathogen transmission. Get in touch if interested. Deadline 17 Jan 2025.
#HostPathogen #DiseaseEcology
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
EastBio: What makes a super-spreader? Unravelling the genetics of host infectiousness. at University of Edinburgh on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - EastBio: What makes a super-spreader? Unravelling the genetics of host infectiousness. at University of Edinburgh, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
December 12, 2024 at 12:00 PM
Another great sounding PhD in Edinburgh!! 🧪