Dr Jenny Dunn
@jennycdunn.bsky.social
Birds, parasites, vectors. Researcher and lecturer. Thoughts often random, always mine. Owned by two loopy labradors 🏳️🌈 #LincolnSwans
Looking forward to this afternoon’s talk from Prof Nico Smit on the importance of parasite conservation #ICPOW2025
September 16, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Looking forward to this afternoon’s talk from Prof Nico Smit on the importance of parasite conservation #ICPOW2025
Very much looking forward to this!
September 15, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Very much looking forward to this!
Wonderful to have all my lovely lab group in the same place for two weeks at the @wimanet.bsky.social summer school and workshop 😊. Last evening exploring Vilnius before flying home tomorrow.
August 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Wonderful to have all my lovely lab group in the same place for two weeks at the @wimanet.bsky.social summer school and workshop 😊. Last evening exploring Vilnius before flying home tomorrow.
After a morning discussing wildlife malaria communities and an interview with Lithuanian TV (!) at lunchtime, it’s nice to have an afternoon off, exploring Vilnius city and University (and it’s stopped raining 😊)
August 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
After a morning discussing wildlife malaria communities and an interview with Lithuanian TV (!) at lunchtime, it’s nice to have an afternoon off, exploring Vilnius city and University (and it’s stopped raining 😊)
Great to hear so much about results from @wimanet.bsky.social funded short term scientific missions during this workshop! Next up Alexandra Corduneanu talking about bat haemosporidian-microbiome interactions
August 26, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Great to hear so much about results from @wimanet.bsky.social funded short term scientific missions during this workshop! Next up Alexandra Corduneanu talking about bat haemosporidian-microbiome interactions
Day 2 of the @wimanet.bsky.social workshop starts with @olofhellgren.bsky.social giving us some fascinating insights into within-infection genetic diversity
August 26, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Day 2 of the @wimanet.bsky.social workshop starts with @olofhellgren.bsky.social giving us some fascinating insights into within-infection genetic diversity
Another proud supervisor moment! Claudio Navarette presenting early results from the first year of his PhD studies on using ecological data to gain insights into morphological and molecular characterisation of Leucocytozoon parasites
August 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Another proud supervisor moment! Claudio Navarette presenting early results from the first year of his PhD studies on using ecological data to gain insights into morphological and molecular characterisation of Leucocytozoon parasites
Proud supervisor moment! Misa Shimizu presenting her PhD research at the @wimanet.bsky.social workshop, on the challenges of identifying Haemoproteus parasites in vultures
August 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Proud supervisor moment! Misa Shimizu presenting her PhD research at the @wimanet.bsky.social workshop, on the challenges of identifying Haemoproteus parasites in vultures
Soon we’ll be starting the second session of the @wimanet.bsky.social workshop at the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Vilnius. We’ll be considering molecular and morphological characterisation of wildlife malaria!
August 25, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Soon we’ll be starting the second session of the @wimanet.bsky.social workshop at the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Vilnius. We’ll be considering molecular and morphological characterisation of wildlife malaria!
Obligatory lab group photo - I think the first time all four of us have been in the same place at the same time!
August 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Obligatory lab group photo - I think the first time all four of us have been in the same place at the same time!
After a wonderful week, the @wimanet.bsky.social summer school has come to an end. Huge thanks to the local organisers and everyone involved! Next week, the second workshop!
August 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
After a wonderful week, the @wimanet.bsky.social summer school has come to an end. Huge thanks to the local organisers and everyone involved! Next week, the second workshop!
Looking forward to learning about the morphological identification of haemosporidians this morning after a day of haematology yesterday!
August 19, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Looking forward to learning about the morphological identification of haemosporidians this morning after a day of haematology yesterday!
Very much looking forward to being a student for a week and learning about morphological species identification of haemosporidian parasites at the #wildlifemalarianetwork #WIMANET second summer school!
August 18, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Very much looking forward to being a student for a week and learning about morphological species identification of haemosporidian parasites at the #wildlifemalarianetwork #WIMANET second summer school!
Delighted to share our new pre-proof "Do specialist haemoparasites induce tolerance in their hosts?" published in Parasitology. Really nice undergraduate project work by Cameron that we then followed up in more detail. Still more to be done!!
doi.org/10.1017/S003...
doi.org/10.1017/S003...
March 26, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Delighted to share our new pre-proof "Do specialist haemoparasites induce tolerance in their hosts?" published in Parasitology. Really nice undergraduate project work by Cameron that we then followed up in more detail. Still more to be done!!
doi.org/10.1017/S003...
doi.org/10.1017/S003...
Rubbish photo, but a red kite over Leeds city centre! Things have changed since I was last here!
March 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Rubbish photo, but a red kite over Leeds city centre! Things have changed since I was last here!
A huge thanks to the team at @kartongbirdobs for making us feel so welcome over the past fortnight, for their boundless enthusiasm and for catching so many varied and fascinating bird species. A total of 601 birds sampled for our haemosporodian project! Now to the lab… 😊
March 7, 2025 at 11:11 AM
A huge thanks to the team at @kartongbirdobs for making us feel so welcome over the past fortnight, for their boundless enthusiasm and for catching so many varied and fascinating bird species. A total of 601 birds sampled for our haemosporodian project! Now to the lab… 😊
Brief visit with PhD student Misa Shimizu to the MRC in The Gambia before flying home tomorrow with our extremely unexpected 604 samples (we were aiming for an optimistic 400 and ran out of slides!). Fabulous trip. I’ll be back!!
March 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Brief visit with PhD student Misa Shimizu to the MRC in The Gambia before flying home tomorrow with our extremely unexpected 604 samples (we were aiming for an optimistic 400 and ran out of slides!). Fabulous trip. I’ll be back!!
Very lucky to be spending two weeks in The Gambia working with @kartongbirdobs, continuing our collaboration on blood parasite infections in resident birds. Amazing team, fantastic birds including this Senegal Coucal. Lots of fun science to come!
February 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Very lucky to be spending two weeks in The Gambia working with @kartongbirdobs, continuing our collaboration on blood parasite infections in resident birds. Amazing team, fantastic birds including this Senegal Coucal. Lots of fun science to come!
Applications are now open - contact the email address at the bottom of the poster for more details! Closing date 10th March, if not already a #WIMANET member you will need to join in order to attend
February 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Applications are now open - contact the email address at the bottom of the poster for more details! Closing date 10th March, if not already a #WIMANET member you will need to join in order to attend
From #WIMANET
We have an early Christmas present for you! In February, the WG1 @luzglongoria @ChakarovNayden @Ricardo_J_Lopes are organising an online course about Unix and Shell scripting for wildlife malaria studies!
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We have an early Christmas present for you! In February, the WG1 @luzglongoria @ChakarovNayden @Ricardo_J_Lopes are organising an online course about Unix and Shell scripting for wildlife malaria studies!
save the date
December 16, 2024 at 3:57 PM
From #WIMANET
We have an early Christmas present for you! In February, the WG1 @luzglongoria @ChakarovNayden @Ricardo_J_Lopes are organising an online course about Unix and Shell scripting for wildlife malaria studies!
save the date
We have an early Christmas present for you! In February, the WG1 @luzglongoria @ChakarovNayden @Ricardo_J_Lopes are organising an online course about Unix and Shell scripting for wildlife malaria studies!
save the date
Alfonso Marzal announces the next #WIMANET organised Conference on Malaria and other Blood Parasites of Wildlife, in Badajoz, Spain, in early spring 2026. See you there!!
November 29, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Alfonso Marzal announces the next #WIMANET organised Conference on Malaria and other Blood Parasites of Wildlife, in Badajoz, Spain, in early spring 2026. See you there!!
With my lab group currently split across three countries 🇬🇧 🇱🇹 🇨🇱, and four cities (!) it’s great for three of us to be in the same place at the same time here in Colombia!
November 29, 2024 at 6:17 PM
With my lab group currently split across three countries 🇬🇧 🇱🇹 🇨🇱, and four cities (!) it’s great for three of us to be in the same place at the same time here in Colombia!
Really looking forward to the next plenary - Edward Netherlands on the VP biology of blood parasites in amphibians 🐸 and reptiles 🐍
November 29, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Really looking forward to the next plenary - Edward Netherlands on the VP biology of blood parasites in amphibians 🐸 and reptiles 🐍
