Ilze Brila
@ilze-brila.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher at University of Jyväskylä working in project BEPREP. Interested in disease ecology, wildlife health, and microbiome.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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As part of @react-enlight.bsky.social we have a public lecture next Thursday on the evolution of ageing across the tree of life by @yagmurerten.bsky.social, come along! 👇
October 31, 2025 at 12:44 PM
As part of @react-enlight.bsky.social we have a public lecture next Thursday on the evolution of ageing across the tree of life by @yagmurerten.bsky.social, come along! 👇
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Laiks sabiedrībai paradīt, ka mēs negribam dzīvot valstī, kur valda aizspriedumos balstīta tumsonība. Paraksties!
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October 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Laiks sabiedrībai paradīt, ka mēs negribam dzīvot valstī, kur valda aizspriedumos balstīta tumsonība. Paraksties!
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Professor (full) or Associate Professor (tenure track) in Microbial Genetics of Health (U. Turku Finland). Competitive starting package included! Please share.
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Professor or Associate professor (Tenure Track/Full) in Microbial Genetics of Health - Turun yliopisto - Työpaikat - Duunitori
Avoin työpaikka: Professor or Associate professor (Tenure Track/Full) in Microbial Genetics of Health - Turun yliopisto, Turku. Duunitorilla lisäksi yli 30 000 muuta avointa työpaikkaa. Lue lisää nyt!
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September 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Professor (full) or Associate Professor (tenure track) in Microbial Genetics of Health (U. Turku Finland). Competitive starting package included! Please share.
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🦣🍖🧬 Fully funded 3-yr PhD in palaeogenomics & bioinformatics! Help me push non-model palaeogenomes beyond their limits @DTU in Denmark.
Start: Feb 2026 (flexible)
Application deadline: 24 Oct 2025
For details click here: tinyurl.com/BioExtPhD
Reposts appreciated 😁
Start: Feb 2026 (flexible)
Application deadline: 24 Oct 2025
For details click here: tinyurl.com/BioExtPhD
Reposts appreciated 😁
September 9, 2025 at 7:37 AM
🦣🍖🧬 Fully funded 3-yr PhD in palaeogenomics & bioinformatics! Help me push non-model palaeogenomes beyond their limits @DTU in Denmark.
Start: Feb 2026 (flexible)
Application deadline: 24 Oct 2025
For details click here: tinyurl.com/BioExtPhD
Reposts appreciated 😁
Start: Feb 2026 (flexible)
Application deadline: 24 Oct 2025
For details click here: tinyurl.com/BioExtPhD
Reposts appreciated 😁
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Šī skaista ziņa, kontekstā ar Dombravas aicinājumu “lai sakārtotu pilsētas, no ielām aizvākt trešo valstu migrantus”. Neredzu iemeslu, kāpēc lai tas neattiektos uz lielu daļu no tiem 100 000 latviešu, kas dzīvo UK.
Vairāk nekā 250 000 Latvijas pilsoņu dzīvo ārvalstīs https://www.leta.lv/home/important/42EE3073-D8C9-4A0A-B461-DA3852C5452E/
August 24, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Šī skaista ziņa, kontekstā ar Dombravas aicinājumu “lai sakārtotu pilsētas, no ielām aizvākt trešo valstu migrantus”. Neredzu iemeslu, kāpēc lai tas neattiektos uz lielu daļu no tiem 100 000 latviešu, kas dzīvo UK.
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Can nature help fight disease?
Biodiversity can both shield us and increase risks.
#BCOMING explores how ecosystems influence disease spread — and why research and monitoring matter for public health.
🧠 Understanding dilution and amplification effects may help prevent future outbreaks.
Biodiversity can both shield us and increase risks.
#BCOMING explores how ecosystems influence disease spread — and why research and monitoring matter for public health.
🧠 Understanding dilution and amplification effects may help prevent future outbreaks.
August 7, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Can nature help fight disease?
Biodiversity can both shield us and increase risks.
#BCOMING explores how ecosystems influence disease spread — and why research and monitoring matter for public health.
🧠 Understanding dilution and amplification effects may help prevent future outbreaks.
Biodiversity can both shield us and increase risks.
#BCOMING explores how ecosystems influence disease spread — and why research and monitoring matter for public health.
🧠 Understanding dilution and amplification effects may help prevent future outbreaks.
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🧵 Do you have R packages that make your workflow smoother or help you avoid problems you used to face all the time? I’ve collected a few that solved issues that used to trip me up 👇
July 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
🧵 Do you have R packages that make your workflow smoother or help you avoid problems you used to face all the time? I’ve collected a few that solved issues that used to trip me up 👇
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Researchers! 📢 We (@luke.fi) are hiring: Principal Scientist in Wildlife Ecology
Permanent position ✅️
Finland, you'll love it ✅️
Flexible hours, proper holidays ✅️
Great colleagues and atmosphere ✅️
Relocation services ✅️
Value to objective research ✅️
#Canada #USA, you have boreal wildlife too 😉
Permanent position ✅️
Finland, you'll love it ✅️
Flexible hours, proper holidays ✅️
Great colleagues and atmosphere ✅️
Relocation services ✅️
Value to objective research ✅️
#Canada #USA, you have boreal wildlife too 😉
Principal Scientist, Wildlife Ecology - Natural Resources Institute Finland
Open job: Principal Scientist, Wildlife Ecology, Natural Resources Institute Finland - Find all jobs in Valtiolle.fi
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June 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Another field season for project #BEPREP finished in the middle of May 2025. This field season was exceptionally sunny and dry. We encountered many watchful animals during our trip, for example, red kites, reed buntings, sedge warblers, common toads and common frogs as well as many many roe deer
May 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Another field season for project #BEPREP finished in the middle of May 2025. This field season was exceptionally sunny and dry. We encountered many watchful animals during our trip, for example, red kites, reed buntings, sedge warblers, common toads and common frogs as well as many many roe deer
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A very up-to-date review led by the brilliant @hollybroadhurst.bsky.social on the applications of #eDNA and iDNA for monitoring terrestrial and semi-aquatic mammals! The beginnings, the milestones, where we're heading. Water, soil, air, the inverts, all here! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
From Water to Land: A Review on the Applications of Environmental DNA and Invertebrate‐Derived DNA for Monitoring Terrestrial and Semi‐Aquatic Mammals
This review explores global applications of environmental DNA (eDNA) and invertebrate-derived DNA (iDNA) for surveying terrestrial and semi-aquatic mammals. By providing a comprehensive overview of t...
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May 5, 2025 at 9:36 AM
A very up-to-date review led by the brilliant @hollybroadhurst.bsky.social on the applications of #eDNA and iDNA for monitoring terrestrial and semi-aquatic mammals! The beginnings, the milestones, where we're heading. Water, soil, air, the inverts, all here! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Netanyahu is openly gearing up to commit a crime of unthinkable proportions - the forced ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, with the continued backing of the US. Every sane and civilized country must oppose this.
April 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Netanyahu is openly gearing up to commit a crime of unthinkable proportions - the forced ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, with the continued backing of the US. Every sane and civilized country must oppose this.
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#BCOMINGExplains 🌱
Our research takes us to different hotspots around the world, each requiring tailored approaches to study epidemic risk at various levels of biodiversity. 🌿
Swipe up to learn more about the habitats we work in. 👉 [Part 1/2]
#Biodiversity #Research #OneHealth #DiseaseEmergence
Our research takes us to different hotspots around the world, each requiring tailored approaches to study epidemic risk at various levels of biodiversity. 🌿
Swipe up to learn more about the habitats we work in. 👉 [Part 1/2]
#Biodiversity #Research #OneHealth #DiseaseEmergence
March 19, 2025 at 9:30 AM
#BCOMINGExplains 🌱
Our research takes us to different hotspots around the world, each requiring tailored approaches to study epidemic risk at various levels of biodiversity. 🌿
Swipe up to learn more about the habitats we work in. 👉 [Part 1/2]
#Biodiversity #Research #OneHealth #DiseaseEmergence
Our research takes us to different hotspots around the world, each requiring tailored approaches to study epidemic risk at various levels of biodiversity. 🌿
Swipe up to learn more about the habitats we work in. 👉 [Part 1/2]
#Biodiversity #Research #OneHealth #DiseaseEmergence
Amazing turnout of participants at #OIKOSFin2025 from 27 countries!
Especially happy to have presenters also from Latvia 🇱🇻
Especially happy to have presenters also from Latvia 🇱🇻
March 12, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Amazing turnout of participants at #OIKOSFin2025 from 27 countries!
Especially happy to have presenters also from Latvia 🇱🇻
Especially happy to have presenters also from Latvia 🇱🇻
In Finland the arrival of the spring is marked by the return not of migratory birds but of the ice cream truck. Never mind that there is still snow everywhere.
March 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
In Finland the arrival of the spring is marked by the return not of migratory birds but of the ice cream truck. Never mind that there is still snow everywhere.
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Just a reminder that PMC is mirrored in Europe europepmc.org
I honestly am having trouble believing it has come to this 🧪
I honestly am having trouble believing it has come to this 🧪
March 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Just a reminder that PMC is mirrored in Europe europepmc.org
I honestly am having trouble believing it has come to this 🧪
I honestly am having trouble believing it has come to this 🧪
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Red foxes help to control populations of their prey animals, such as rodents and rabbits. They also disperse seeds by eating fruit. In some areas where foxes had been killed off, rodents increased so much that farmers brought in other foxes. Please be kind. #StopEnglandsFoxHunt #AnimalLove
February 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Red foxes help to control populations of their prey animals, such as rodents and rabbits. They also disperse seeds by eating fruit. In some areas where foxes had been killed off, rodents increased so much that farmers brought in other foxes. Please be kind. #StopEnglandsFoxHunt #AnimalLove
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Jos tuet natseja, olet natsi. Ihmisten pitäisi lakata häpeämästä omia ajatuksiaan, eikä yrittää valehdella niitä joksikin muuksi.
February 18, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Jos tuet natseja, olet natsi. Ihmisten pitäisi lakata häpeämästä omia ajatuksiaan, eikä yrittää valehdella niitä joksikin muuksi.
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Deadline for applications is now just over 2 weeks away. Please circulate widely
Please circulate widely:
We are hiring two Ass Prof tt at the Institute of #ecology and #evolution at @unibern.bsky.social in conservation biology; mathematical & computational ecology
We are committed to diverse, inclusive and equitable leadership in research and education
tinyurl.com/IEEjobs
We are hiring two Ass Prof tt at the Institute of #ecology and #evolution at @unibern.bsky.social in conservation biology; mathematical & computational ecology
We are committed to diverse, inclusive and equitable leadership in research and education
tinyurl.com/IEEjobs
February 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Deadline for applications is now just over 2 weeks away. Please circulate widely
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Preprint out by me, Greg Albery, Barbara Han (@bahanbug.bsky.social ), and Amy Sweeny about how coinfection dynamics affect our ability to measure parasite/pathogen diversity. This research was funded by @viralemergence.org. ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v... 🧪🧵(1/4)
Coinfection interactions systematically influence parasite diversity estimates in simulated host populations
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February 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Preprint out by me, Greg Albery, Barbara Han (@bahanbug.bsky.social ), and Amy Sweeny about how coinfection dynamics affect our ability to measure parasite/pathogen diversity. This research was funded by @viralemergence.org. ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v... 🧪🧵(1/4)
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Postdoc position in DNA-based biodiversity monitoring (metagenomics and/or metabarcoding )at the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE). An interesting ERC funded project (not mine, so check the ad for further information).
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Senior researcher, DNA-based biodiversity monitoring - Suomen ympäristökeskus Syke
Avoin työpaikka: Senior researcher, DNA-based biodiversity monitoring, Suomen ympäristökeskus Syke - Valtiolle.fi:stä löydät valtion avoimet työpaikat.
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January 17, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Postdoc position in DNA-based biodiversity monitoring (metagenomics and/or metabarcoding )at the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE). An interesting ERC funded project (not mine, so check the ad for further information).
valtiolle.fi/fi/tyopaikat...
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Please share widely!
We are recruiting a 3-year postdoc at the RVC to develop new methodology to infer epidemic dynamics from wild animal viromes sampled across changeable environments.
Further details: jobs.rvc.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Feel free to reach out with any questions. Deadline Feb 9th
We are recruiting a 3-year postdoc at the RVC to develop new methodology to infer epidemic dynamics from wild animal viromes sampled across changeable environments.
Further details: jobs.rvc.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Feel free to reach out with any questions. Deadline Feb 9th
January 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Please share widely!
We are recruiting a 3-year postdoc at the RVC to develop new methodology to infer epidemic dynamics from wild animal viromes sampled across changeable environments.
Further details: jobs.rvc.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Feel free to reach out with any questions. Deadline Feb 9th
We are recruiting a 3-year postdoc at the RVC to develop new methodology to infer epidemic dynamics from wild animal viromes sampled across changeable environments.
Further details: jobs.rvc.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Feel free to reach out with any questions. Deadline Feb 9th
I don't often feel that I'm getting older but trying to find where the "download the pdf" button is in different journal webpages sure makes me feel that way. Just keep it simple and stop moving it around. Or hiding it
January 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I don't often feel that I'm getting older but trying to find where the "download the pdf" button is in different journal webpages sure makes me feel that way. Just keep it simple and stop moving it around. Or hiding it
I have been using #Obsidian to take notes for a while, and recently discovered its Web Clipper. A few hours of tinkering and now I've set it up so that for an article I read I can have an automated table of quotes from different articles with links to the source. Feels like magic
December 20, 2024 at 3:10 PM
I have been using #Obsidian to take notes for a while, and recently discovered its Web Clipper. A few hours of tinkering and now I've set it up so that for an article I read I can have an automated table of quotes from different articles with links to the source. Feels like magic