David Thieltges
@davidwthieltges.bsky.social
Marine ecologist | Works on marine parasites and diseases, biodiversity patterns, species interactions and biological invasions | Senior scientist at NIOZ Royal Institute for Sea Research | Honorary Professor at RUG University of Groningen
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The recently formed IUCN Parasite Specialist Group has just launched a Bluesky account. Give them a follow to get news about the conservation and amazing biology of parasites. Many parasite species are co-endangered with their hosts and need more conservation attention. 🌍🧪🪱
Hello, Bluesky! We're the IUCN SSC Parasite Specialist Group, a part of the Species Survival Commission! We're just starting to understand the important roles parasites play in their ecosystems, and our goal is to determine the threats wildlife parasites face and to conserve rare and unique species!
October 3, 2025 at 8:51 AM
The recently formed IUCN Parasite Specialist Group has just launched a Bluesky account. Give them a follow to get news about the conservation and amazing biology of parasites. Many parasite species are co-endangered with their hosts and need more conservation attention. 🌍🧪🪱
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New Review alert! From obligate to opportunistic #ectoparasites: unlikely heroes of environmental monitoring, authored by Beric Gilbert, Ronnie Mooney & @fionahenriquez.bsky.social. #biomonitoring @uniwestscotland.bsky.social @unistrathclyde.bsky.social
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August 29, 2025 at 10:15 AM
New Review alert! From obligate to opportunistic #ectoparasites: unlikely heroes of environmental monitoring, authored by Beric Gilbert, Ronnie Mooney & @fionahenriquez.bsky.social. #biomonitoring @uniwestscotland.bsky.social @unistrathclyde.bsky.social
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Our Marine Science Communication doc highlights the critical need to strengthen capacity in Europe, develop dedicated training programs, engage in deeper & wider collaboration with stakeholders, & closely interact with @unoceandecade.bsky.social & #MissionOcean: www.marineboard.eu/publications...
August 18, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Our Marine Science Communication doc highlights the critical need to strengthen capacity in Europe, develop dedicated training programs, engage in deeper & wider collaboration with stakeholders, & closely interact with @unoceandecade.bsky.social & #MissionOcean: www.marineboard.eu/publications...
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Doctoral position on genomic basis of Fucus (brown algal) local adaptation - join our exciting #Fubluc team! Fully funded for 3.5 years & we also consider candidates with strong molecular or bioinformatic skillls but no marine / algal experience, see www.geomar.de/en/karriere/...
August 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Doctoral position on genomic basis of Fucus (brown algal) local adaptation - join our exciting #Fubluc team! Fully funded for 3.5 years & we also consider candidates with strong molecular or bioinformatic skillls but no marine / algal experience, see www.geomar.de/en/karriere/...
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HIFMB colleague @thejupiterfour.bsky.social is chairing the session on "Trait-Based Approaches to Biodiversity-Ecosystem Function and Biogeographic Patterns" at the Ocean Sciences Meeting #OSM2026 in Glasgow next year.
Want to contribute? Submit your abstract until August 20.
Want to contribute? Submit your abstract until August 20.
August 5, 2025 at 11:25 AM
HIFMB colleague @thejupiterfour.bsky.social is chairing the session on "Trait-Based Approaches to Biodiversity-Ecosystem Function and Biogeographic Patterns" at the Ocean Sciences Meeting #OSM2026 in Glasgow next year.
Want to contribute? Submit your abstract until August 20.
Want to contribute? Submit your abstract until August 20.
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For @biographic.bsky.social, writer @craigwelch.bsky.social followed @hakai.org scientist @rhizalyssa.bsky.social's quest to unveil the the killer that decimated populations of sea stars off the West Coast. It took a few years but the lab's hard work paid off: www.biographic.com/unmasking-th...
Unmasking the Sea Star Killer
After a decade of carnage, we finally know what’s devastating sea stars along North America’s West Coast. Does that mean scientists can save them?
www.biographic.com
August 4, 2025 at 11:41 PM
For @biographic.bsky.social, writer @craigwelch.bsky.social followed @hakai.org scientist @rhizalyssa.bsky.social's quest to unveil the the killer that decimated populations of sea stars off the West Coast. It took a few years but the lab's hard work paid off: www.biographic.com/unmasking-th...
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We are so proud of our sea star wasting work that came out today. This interactive article is very complete and includes beautiful videos.
Unmasking the Sea Star Killer www.biographic.com/unmasking-th...
Unmasking the Sea Star Killer www.biographic.com/unmasking-th...
Unmasking the Sea Star Killer
After a decade of carnage, we finally know what’s devastating sea stars along North America’s West Coast. Does that mean scientists can save them?
www.biographic.com
August 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
We are so proud of our sea star wasting work that came out today. This interactive article is very complete and includes beautiful videos.
Unmasking the Sea Star Killer www.biographic.com/unmasking-th...
Unmasking the Sea Star Killer www.biographic.com/unmasking-th...
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Very proud of the work from lab members and collaborators that coincidentally came out today www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... and www.nature.com/articles/s41.... A bacterial and viral pathogen associated with mass mortality in seastars and oysters. @kevinzhong2006.bsky.social @rhizalyssa.bsky.social
August 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Very proud of the work from lab members and collaborators that coincidentally came out today www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... and www.nature.com/articles/s41.... A bacterial and viral pathogen associated with mass mortality in seastars and oysters. @kevinzhong2006.bsky.social @rhizalyssa.bsky.social
Nice to see this joint collaborative effort out now in the August issue of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment @esajournals.bsky.social
Open access
doi:10.1002/fee.2849
Open access
doi:10.1002/fee.2849
August 1, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Nice to see this joint collaborative effort out now in the August issue of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment @esajournals.bsky.social
Open access
doi:10.1002/fee.2849
Open access
doi:10.1002/fee.2849
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Some literally amazing research on parasite coextinction and recovery in the kakapo - makes me so happy to see this www.cell.com/current-biol...
Long-term parasite decline associated with near extinction and conservation of the critically endangered kākāpō parrot
Boast et al. analyze a unique fecal record of the endangered kākāpō parrot to reveal
>800 years of changing parasite communities. Parasite losses occur during the species’
decline to near extinction a...
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July 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Some literally amazing research on parasite coextinction and recovery in the kakapo - makes me so happy to see this www.cell.com/current-biol...
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🧬🐛 What can parasites teach us about food webs?
Stable isotope analysis (SIA) as a powerful tool now also in parasitology! Our chapter dives into how SIA and compound-specific SIA (CSIA) reveal what parasites eat and how they impact hosts metabolism and entire food webs. doi.org/10.1007/978-...
Stable isotope analysis (SIA) as a powerful tool now also in parasitology! Our chapter dives into how SIA and compound-specific SIA (CSIA) reveal what parasites eat and how they impact hosts metabolism and entire food webs. doi.org/10.1007/978-...
Host–Parasite Trophic Interactions as Revealed by Stable Isotope Analyses: Determinants for Trophic and Isotopic Niches of Hosts and Their Associated Parasites
The analysis of stable isotopes (SIA) in organisms, especially those of carbon (13C/12C) and nitrogen (15N/14N), is a well-established and powerful tool for analysing trophic interactions between free...
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July 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
🧬🐛 What can parasites teach us about food webs?
Stable isotope analysis (SIA) as a powerful tool now also in parasitology! Our chapter dives into how SIA and compound-specific SIA (CSIA) reveal what parasites eat and how they impact hosts metabolism and entire food webs. doi.org/10.1007/978-...
Stable isotope analysis (SIA) as a powerful tool now also in parasitology! Our chapter dives into how SIA and compound-specific SIA (CSIA) reveal what parasites eat and how they impact hosts metabolism and entire food webs. doi.org/10.1007/978-...
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It's an incredible joy to see former mentees evolve into scientists who surpass me by far. There's no greater pride. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧪
Tangled communities: links between predation and parasitism through trophically transmitted digeneans in aquatic communities
Many trophically transmitted digeneans (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) benefit from prey–predator interactions to complete the last step of their life cy…
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July 2, 2025 at 8:04 AM
It's an incredible joy to see former mentees evolve into scientists who surpass me by far. There's no greater pride. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧪
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Hallo artist community, this one is for you! Together with @hanse-ias.bsky.social we are looking for an artist in residence in early 2026. Please share!
#artscience #artistinresidence #marinebiodiversity
#artscience #artistinresidence #marinebiodiversity
July 1, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Hallo artist community, this one is for you! Together with @hanse-ias.bsky.social we are looking for an artist in residence in early 2026. Please share!
#artscience #artistinresidence #marinebiodiversity
#artscience #artistinresidence #marinebiodiversity
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NEW! 🎉 We need wildlife disease surveillance to predict epidemics, but data sharing is rare - we found that only 2-3% of studies share raw data. So, we spent three years developing a data standard and R package to help get wildlife disease data into FAIR repositories. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
June 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
NEW! 🎉 We need wildlife disease surveillance to predict epidemics, but data sharing is rare - we found that only 2-3% of studies share raw data. So, we spent three years developing a data standard and R package to help get wildlife disease data into FAIR repositories. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Parasite of the Month: #Pthirus #pubis, #pubic #louse, a #blood-feeding #ectoparasite transmitted through close physical/sexual contact, authored by J. Votýpka, J. Bulantová & J. Lukeš @sciencecharles.bsky.social @charlesuni.cuni.cz @czechacademy.bsky.social
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June 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Parasite of the Month: #Pthirus #pubis, #pubic #louse, a #blood-feeding #ectoparasite transmitted through close physical/sexual contact, authored by J. Votýpka, J. Bulantová & J. Lukeš @sciencecharles.bsky.social @charlesuni.cuni.cz @czechacademy.bsky.social
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Our latest newsletter profiles IMPACT's student members. Find out how they contribute to our understanding of parasite biodiversity here 👉 www.nina.no/english/IMPACT
June 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Our latest newsletter profiles IMPACT's student members. Find out how they contribute to our understanding of parasite biodiversity here 👉 www.nina.no/english/IMPACT
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In einem Handbuch geben Wissenschaftler*innen aus den USA und Europa Ratschläge, wie sich Menschen im akademischen Betrieb gegen aufkeimenden Autoritarismus stemmen können – abgestuft nach Risiko-Level. Das ist nicht nur für Forschende lesenswert.
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Anti-Autokratie-Handbuch: 26 Werkzeuge zur Verteidigung der Demokratie
In einem Handbuch geben Wissenschaftler*innen aus den USA und Europa Ratschläge, wie sich Menschen im akademischen Betrieb gegen aufkeimenden Autoritarismus stemmen können – abgestuft nach Risiko-Leve...
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June 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
In einem Handbuch geben Wissenschaftler*innen aus den USA und Europa Ratschläge, wie sich Menschen im akademischen Betrieb gegen aufkeimenden Autoritarismus stemmen können – abgestuft nach Risiko-Level. Das ist nicht nur für Forschende lesenswert.
netzpolitik.org/2025/anti-au...
netzpolitik.org/2025/anti-au...
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In a synthesis of over 3000 population trends in the Wadden Sea, we show a substantial reorganization of biodiversity with over 38% of populations undergoing significant change (i.e., increases or decreases), identify winners and losers and critical time points of change! dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
June 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
In a synthesis of over 3000 population trends in the Wadden Sea, we show a substantial reorganization of biodiversity with over 38% of populations undergoing significant change (i.e., increases or decreases), identify winners and losers and critical time points of change! dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
Everything you always wanted to know about parasites and stable isotopes in one book chapter:
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From the new #openaccess book on Aquatic Parasitology, edited by @nicojsmit.bsky.social & @berndsures.bsky.social
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From the new #openaccess book on Aquatic Parasitology, edited by @nicojsmit.bsky.social & @berndsures.bsky.social
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
June 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Everything you always wanted to know about parasites and stable isotopes in one book chapter:
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
From the new #openaccess book on Aquatic Parasitology, edited by @nicojsmit.bsky.social & @berndsures.bsky.social
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
From the new #openaccess book on Aquatic Parasitology, edited by @nicojsmit.bsky.social & @berndsures.bsky.social
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Recently published, the new comprehensive guide on Aquatic Parasitology edited by @berndsures.bsky.social and Nico Smit explores the role of aquatic #parasites in freshwater and #marineecosystems – for the first time on a global scale: www.uni-due.de/2025-06-11-t...
#UDE
#UDE
June 12, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Recently published, the new comprehensive guide on Aquatic Parasitology edited by @berndsures.bsky.social and Nico Smit explores the role of aquatic #parasites in freshwater and #marineecosystems – for the first time on a global scale: www.uni-due.de/2025-06-11-t...
#UDE
#UDE
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Two Barnacles, One Crab: 🦀
I've written a post about a pair of parasitic barnacles that infect spider crabs.
These barnacles grow roots that spread throughout the crab's body, some of which make their way into the host's brain.
#Invertebrate #crab 🧪
dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2025/06/sacc...
I've written a post about a pair of parasitic barnacles that infect spider crabs.
These barnacles grow roots that spread throughout the crab's body, some of which make their way into the host's brain.
#Invertebrate #crab 🧪
dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2025/06/sacc...
<i>Sacculina pugettiae</i>
Sacculina pilosella is a parasite of spider crabs ( Scyra ferox ), and while it is technically a barnacle, you're going to have to abandon ...
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June 11, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Two Barnacles, One Crab: 🦀
I've written a post about a pair of parasitic barnacles that infect spider crabs.
These barnacles grow roots that spread throughout the crab's body, some of which make their way into the host's brain.
#Invertebrate #crab 🧪
dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2025/06/sacc...
I've written a post about a pair of parasitic barnacles that infect spider crabs.
These barnacles grow roots that spread throughout the crab's body, some of which make their way into the host's brain.
#Invertebrate #crab 🧪
dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2025/06/sacc...
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Vector of the Month: #Gnathia #Africana (#African #fish #gnat), a temporary #ectoparasitic #isopod & the vector transmitting #apicomplexan parasite #Haemogregarina #bigemina among #fish hosts in #SouthAfrica, written by Kerry Hadfield, Anja Erasmus & Nico Smit.
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May 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Vector of the Month: #Gnathia #Africana (#African #fish #gnat), a temporary #ectoparasitic #isopod & the vector transmitting #apicomplexan parasite #Haemogregarina #bigemina among #fish hosts in #SouthAfrica, written by Kerry Hadfield, Anja Erasmus & Nico Smit.
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🗞️Authors from the @ipbes.net #InvasiveAlienSpecies Report have published the Global Impacts Dataset of Invasive Alien Species derived from the report, creating a global resource for investigating and managing the impacts of invasive alien species. 🌍🧪
Read more in @nature.com bit.ly/43APoP7
Read more in @nature.com bit.ly/43APoP7
May 21, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🗞️Authors from the @ipbes.net #InvasiveAlienSpecies Report have published the Global Impacts Dataset of Invasive Alien Species derived from the report, creating a global resource for investigating and managing the impacts of invasive alien species. 🌍🧪
Read more in @nature.com bit.ly/43APoP7
Read more in @nature.com bit.ly/43APoP7
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🚨 Thrilled and honoured to lead the chapter on using #eDNA for studying aquatic #parasites - a part of just-published book on #openaccess Aquatic Parasitology led by @berndsures.bsky.social & @nicojsmit.bsky.social with top parasitologists contributing!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
More ⬇️🧵
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Aquatic Parasitology: Ecological and Environmental Concepts and Implications of Marine and Freshwater Parasites
A unique open access collection on ecological and environmental parasitology in marine and freshwater. Covers climate change and parasite conservation.
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May 20, 2025 at 7:48 AM
🚨 Thrilled and honoured to lead the chapter on using #eDNA for studying aquatic #parasites - a part of just-published book on #openaccess Aquatic Parasitology led by @berndsures.bsky.social & @nicojsmit.bsky.social with top parasitologists contributing!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
More ⬇️🧵
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
More ⬇️🧵
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Two jobs at a wonderful Zoo Dept at the University of Otago - a very high quality of life
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Lecturer/Pūkenga - Evolutionary Ecology
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
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May 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Two jobs at a wonderful Zoo Dept at the University of Otago - a very high quality of life
otago.taleo.net/careersectio...
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please repost and apply!
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