B.R. Ansil
@ansilbr.bsky.social
HFSP Postdoctoral Fellow @ University of Oklahoma | wildlife disease ecology | ecoimmunology | zoonotic pathogens of bats and rodents | love biodiversity and natural history | newbie to bluesky
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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 2:54 PM
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
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The new HFSP Science Digest is here! 🥳
From molecules to oceans, we explore how frontier science is shaping the future of biology. 🧪
Featuring 89 scientists supported by HFSP across continents: tackling aging, brain function, immunity, and marine life.
📖 bit.ly/4qnX2Wo
#sts #HFSPScienceDigest
From molecules to oceans, we explore how frontier science is shaping the future of biology. 🧪
Featuring 89 scientists supported by HFSP across continents: tackling aging, brain function, immunity, and marine life.
📖 bit.ly/4qnX2Wo
#sts #HFSPScienceDigest
October 22, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The new HFSP Science Digest is here! 🥳
From molecules to oceans, we explore how frontier science is shaping the future of biology. 🧪
Featuring 89 scientists supported by HFSP across continents: tackling aging, brain function, immunity, and marine life.
📖 bit.ly/4qnX2Wo
#sts #HFSPScienceDigest
From molecules to oceans, we explore how frontier science is shaping the future of biology. 🧪
Featuring 89 scientists supported by HFSP across continents: tackling aging, brain function, immunity, and marine life.
📖 bit.ly/4qnX2Wo
#sts #HFSPScienceDigest
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"I kept asking myself whether choosing a career in science, so far from home, had been the right decision. I felt a little like the species I study … the spotted lanternfly, an invasive insect that threatens U.S. ecosystems. I, too, was unwelcome and out of place." https://scim.ag/473iB5G
October 21, 2025 at 8:32 PM
"I kept asking myself whether choosing a career in science, so far from home, had been the right decision. I felt a little like the species I study … the spotted lanternfly, an invasive insect that threatens U.S. ecosystems. I, too, was unwelcome and out of place." https://scim.ag/473iB5G
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Greater noctule bats prey on and consume passerines in flight | Science 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...
www.science.org
October 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Greater noctule bats prey on and consume passerines in flight | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Out today in Parasites & Vectors, Angelo Andrianiaina led a paper in which we described the seasonal diversity and effect of climate on ectoparasites on two species of Madagascar fruit bat, Eidolon dupreanum and Rousettus madagascariensis doi.org/10.1186/s130... 🧪🦇
Diversity and seasonality of ectoparasite burden on two species of Madagascar fruit bat, Eidolon dupreanum and Rousettus madagascariensis - Parasites & Vectors
Background Bats are important reservoir hosts for a variety of pathogens, some of which are transmitted by ectoparasite vectors including mites, fleas, lice, ticks, and bat flies (families Nycteribiid...
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July 29, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Out today in Parasites & Vectors, Angelo Andrianiaina led a paper in which we described the seasonal diversity and effect of climate on ectoparasites on two species of Madagascar fruit bat, Eidolon dupreanum and Rousettus madagascariensis doi.org/10.1186/s130... 🧪🦇
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Cool opportunity for a PhD student to work on avian influenza and avian viromes in Sweden. Should be a super fun project working on an amazing 20 year sample set from Mallards.
👉 lnu.se/mot-linneuni...
👉 lnu.se/mot-linneuni...
July 17, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Cool opportunity for a PhD student to work on avian influenza and avian viromes in Sweden. Should be a super fun project working on an amazing 20 year sample set from Mallards.
👉 lnu.se/mot-linneuni...
👉 lnu.se/mot-linneuni...
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🚨 New publication out today. Bats are over 1480 species. In this latest article, we discuss the diversity within bats and their immune systems. Elegantly led by the Becker and Frank laboratories.
nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@danjbecker.bsky.social @bat-lady.bsky.social
nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@danjbecker.bsky.social @bat-lady.bsky.social
NYAS Publications
Bats are recognized to have distinct immune systems from other vertebrates that may allow them to host virulent pathogens without showing disease. However, these flying mammals are also incredibly di...
nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
🚨 New publication out today. Bats are over 1480 species. In this latest article, we discuss the diversity within bats and their immune systems. Elegantly led by the Becker and Frank laboratories.
nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@danjbecker.bsky.social @bat-lady.bsky.social
nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@danjbecker.bsky.social @bat-lady.bsky.social
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We are hiring a technician in the Simonis Lab at Auburn U! This is a two-year position with responsibilities for scouting and performing bat capture surveys at field sites (e.g. private and public lands, highway culverts).
Check out more details and submit materials here: forms.gle/tEUNyRc1hG3f...
Check out more details and submit materials here: forms.gle/tEUNyRc1hG3f...
forms.gle
June 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
We are hiring a technician in the Simonis Lab at Auburn U! This is a two-year position with responsibilities for scouting and performing bat capture surveys at field sites (e.g. private and public lands, highway culverts).
Check out more details and submit materials here: forms.gle/tEUNyRc1hG3f...
Check out more details and submit materials here: forms.gle/tEUNyRc1hG3f...