Adam Hasik
@hasikadam.bsky.social
Postdoctoral research associate at the University of Edinburgh. Lover of all things parasites, ecology, and evolution!
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Adam Hasik
@hasikadam.bsky.social
· Oct 2
Parasite-mediated inbreeding depression in wild red deer
Heredity - Parasite-mediated inbreeding depression in wild red deer
www.nature.com
New paper alert! In my second first-author paper from my work on the Isle of Rum Red Deer Project @rumdeerresearch.bsky.social we show, for only the second time in a wild population, that parasites mediate inbreeding depression.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
New paper alert! In my second first-author paper from my work on the Isle of Rum Red Deer Project @rumdeerresearch.bsky.social we show, for only the second time in a wild population, that parasites mediate inbreeding depression.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Parasite-mediated inbreeding depression in wild red deer
Heredity - Parasite-mediated inbreeding depression in wild red deer
www.nature.com
October 2, 2025 at 9:26 AM
New paper alert! In my second first-author paper from my work on the Isle of Rum Red Deer Project @rumdeerresearch.bsky.social we show, for only the second time in a wild population, that parasites mediate inbreeding depression.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Thrilled to share my first first-author paper from my work with the Isle of Rum Red Deer Project! @rumdeerresearch.bsky.social
We found that host density acts to increase parasitism through two mechanisms: increased exposure and increased susceptibility.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
We found that host density acts to increase parasitism through two mechanisms: increased exposure and increased susceptibility.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Population density drives increased parasitism via greater exposure and reduced resource availability in wild red deer | Parasitology | Cambridge Core
Population density drives increased parasitism via greater exposure and reduced resource availability in wild red deer
www.cambridge.org
August 19, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Thrilled to share my first first-author paper from my work with the Isle of Rum Red Deer Project! @rumdeerresearch.bsky.social
We found that host density acts to increase parasitism through two mechanisms: increased exposure and increased susceptibility.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
We found that host density acts to increase parasitism through two mechanisms: increased exposure and increased susceptibility.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Interested in the role of journals in supporting open, credible and diverse research? Come see my talk at #ESEB2025 Tuesday 3-3:30pm, symposium S11, room 122/123.
I will also be taking about our fantastic new data editor guidelines
I will also be taking about our fantastic new data editor guidelines
🚨Introducing the @sortee.bsky.social Guidelines for Data and Code Quality Control in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology🚨 doi.org/10.32942/X24...
Increasingly E&E journals are recruiting data editors. We provide standardised guidelines for journals with data editors and those wanting to recruit them 🧵
Increasingly E&E journals are recruiting data editors. We provide standardised guidelines for journals with data editors and those wanting to recruit them 🧵
The SORTEE Guidelines for Data and Code Quality Control in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
doi.org
August 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Interested in the role of journals in supporting open, credible and diverse research? Come see my talk at #ESEB2025 Tuesday 3-3:30pm, symposium S11, room 122/123.
I will also be taking about our fantastic new data editor guidelines
I will also be taking about our fantastic new data editor guidelines
Reposted by Adam Hasik
📣 Hot off the press! 🔥🧪
'Population density drives increased parasitism via greater exposure and reduced resource availability in wild red deer @rumdeerresearch.bsky.social'.
Proud to have played a small role on this one with an amazing team led by @hasikadam.bsky.social! 🦌🌱🪱
Read about it here 👇
'Population density drives increased parasitism via greater exposure and reduced resource availability in wild red deer @rumdeerresearch.bsky.social'.
Proud to have played a small role on this one with an amazing team led by @hasikadam.bsky.social! 🦌🌱🪱
Read about it here 👇
Population density drives increased parasitism via greater exposure and reduced resource availability in wild red deer | Parasitology | Cambridge Core
Population density drives increased parasitism via greater exposure and reduced resource availability in wild red deer
doi.org
July 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
📣 Hot off the press! 🔥🧪
'Population density drives increased parasitism via greater exposure and reduced resource availability in wild red deer @rumdeerresearch.bsky.social'.
Proud to have played a small role on this one with an amazing team led by @hasikadam.bsky.social! 🦌🌱🪱
Read about it here 👇
'Population density drives increased parasitism via greater exposure and reduced resource availability in wild red deer @rumdeerresearch.bsky.social'.
Proud to have played a small role on this one with an amazing team led by @hasikadam.bsky.social! 🦌🌱🪱
Read about it here 👇
It is with SUPREME pleasure that I can finally share my most recently-published paper in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com !
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
We outline a framework for linking the microevolutionary effects of parasites to the macroevolutionary dynamics of their hosts (1/2).
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
We outline a framework for linking the microevolutionary effects of parasites to the macroevolutionary dynamics of their hosts (1/2).
Parasitism as a driver of host diversification - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
Parasites and their hosts can have complex ecological interactions and evolutionary histories. This Perspective argues that parasites are a major driver of host speciation and outlines an empirical fr...
www.nature.com
April 24, 2025 at 8:40 AM
It is with SUPREME pleasure that I can finally share my most recently-published paper in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com !
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
We outline a framework for linking the microevolutionary effects of parasites to the macroevolutionary dynamics of their hosts (1/2).
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
We outline a framework for linking the microevolutionary effects of parasites to the macroevolutionary dynamics of their hosts (1/2).
Publishing agreement is signed, and soon a project I've been working on since 2018 will be published!!!!
April 16, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Publishing agreement is signed, and soon a project I've been working on since 2018 will be published!!!!
How many faculty jobs did people apply for before they got their first interview? Asking for a friend....
February 13, 2025 at 8:46 AM
How many faculty jobs did people apply for before they got their first interview? Asking for a friend....
Annnnnd a desk rejection. Perfect topper to the grant rejection.
February 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Annnnnd a desk rejection. Perfect topper to the grant rejection.
Nothing like starting the day with a grant rejection letter
February 10, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Nothing like starting the day with a grant rejection letter
Thank you so much for the amazing artwork!!!
A great start to the 2025 seminar series with a talk from @hasikadam.bsky.social (thanks for organising @gretabocedi.bsky.social)
We heard about the importance of considering eco-evolution whilst looking at parasitology - with examples from odenates, deer and soay sheep
We heard about the importance of considering eco-evolution whilst looking at parasitology - with examples from odenates, deer and soay sheep
January 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Thank you so much for the amazing artwork!!!
Super excited to give my seminar tomorrow at @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social. If you're around and want to hear about my work on parasites, ecology, and evolution, come on by at 1pm!
January 22, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Super excited to give my seminar tomorrow at @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social. If you're around and want to hear about my work on parasites, ecology, and evolution, come on by at 1pm!
Science during the week, video games on the weekend
January 13, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Science during the week, video games on the weekend
Anyone else have trouble settling in to the holidays and not thinking about work?
December 28, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Anyone else have trouble settling in to the holidays and not thinking about work?
Reposted by Adam Hasik
Disease ecologist starter pack -- reply with people/organizations to be added or with related lists/feeds
#diseaseecology
🦠🐀🦠🦇🦠🦭🦠🦆🦠 go.bsky.app/RwAuiNT
#diseaseecology
🦠🐀🦠🦇🦠🦭🦠🦆🦠 go.bsky.app/RwAuiNT
December 27, 2024 at 10:26 PM
Disease ecologist starter pack -- reply with people/organizations to be added or with related lists/feeds
#diseaseecology
🦠🐀🦠🦇🦠🦭🦠🦆🦠 go.bsky.app/RwAuiNT
#diseaseecology
🦠🐀🦠🦇🦠🦭🦠🦆🦠 go.bsky.app/RwAuiNT
Another day another desk rejection
a man with a mustache is looking at a washing machine with a small , medium , and large button .
ALT: a man with a mustache is looking at a washing machine with a small , medium , and large button .
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December 17, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Another day another desk rejection
It's too real after the saga I've been through this year....
The current system of peer review, am I right? 🧪
December 15, 2024 at 12:34 AM
It's too real after the saga I've been through this year....
Not too long I think, sadly
So how many years until we all decide it is too dangerous to travel to America for conferences and that all Americans need a health screening prior to travel because of the risk of polio?
(The latter is commonplace for citizens from the Global South trying to travel to the West.)
(The latter is commonplace for citizens from the Global South trying to travel to the West.)
December 14, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Not too long I think, sadly
This is important
Think carefully before buying a Greenland shark for the holidays. They are, after all, the world’s longest-living vertebrate.
December 14, 2024 at 2:30 PM
This is important
Fantastic opportunity with an even more fantastic PI!
📣🐝🐝 From bees to crops and back again! Competition funded PhD available in my lab to model feedbacks between pollinators and land use under global change.
Please do get in touch! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Please do get in touch! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
EASTBIO: From bees to crops and back again: coupling pollinators and land use dynamics in a changing world at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - EASTBIO: From bees to crops and back again: coupling pollinators and land use dynamics in a changing world at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
December 14, 2024 at 9:51 AM
Fantastic opportunity with an even more fantastic PI!
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Did you know showy mistletoes are incredibly diverse, with host diversity varying by genus? Australia is a hotspot for mistletoes! Check out the taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity of hosts for Australian showy mistletoes. 🌿 #Mistletoes #Australia
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Continental‐scale interactions of Australian showy mistletoes and their hosts
Premise Showy mistletoes are obligate hemiparasites of woody plants. Host specificity is therefore a fundamental determinant of mistletoe diversity, persistence, geographic distribution, and abundan...
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 13, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Did you know showy mistletoes are incredibly diverse, with host diversity varying by genus? Australia is a hotspot for mistletoes! Check out the taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity of hosts for Australian showy mistletoes. 🌿 #Mistletoes #Australia
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Reposted by Adam Hasik
December 10, 2024 at 9:21 PM
Scotland (and the UK in general) get a lot of flak for being grey/rainy, but there's a unique charm to a grey morning looking at the hills
December 10, 2024 at 8:53 AM
Scotland (and the UK in general) get a lot of flak for being grey/rainy, but there's a unique charm to a grey morning looking at the hills
Super intrigued to see the results. Data and code sharing is a must for published work.
Four years ago we showed that only 27% of articles published in ecological journals WITH a code-sharing policy made their code available, leading to a 21% reproducibility potential.
📰 doi.org/10.1371/jour...
We've looked into journals WITHOUT a code-sharing policy.
Results coming soon...
📰 doi.org/10.1371/jour...
We've looked into journals WITHOUT a code-sharing policy.
Results coming soon...
December 9, 2024 at 10:09 AM
Super intrigued to see the results. Data and code sharing is a must for published work.
When your manuscript is "awaiting recommendation"
December 7, 2024 at 5:13 PM
When your manuscript is "awaiting recommendation"
This kind of celebration should be more common
Congratulations to all of you out there who:
- submitted grad apps! 🎉
- submitted fellowship apps! 🎉
- submitted letters of rec! 🎉
- submitted your grants! 🎉
- submitted your paper! 🎉
Just making it through the process is a triumph. I complain about failures- but we must celebrate the wins too. ❤️
- submitted grad apps! 🎉
- submitted fellowship apps! 🎉
- submitted letters of rec! 🎉
- submitted your grants! 🎉
- submitted your paper! 🎉
Just making it through the process is a triumph. I complain about failures- but we must celebrate the wins too. ❤️
a drawing of pink balloons with the words celebrate every tiny victory above them
Alt: a drawing of pink balloons with the words celebrate every tiny victory above them
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December 7, 2024 at 5:07 PM
This kind of celebration should be more common