Josh Richards
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Kicking off December with a new series of posts - an advent calendar for anyone who forgot to buy one!
An A–Z of Isle of May Fieldwork.
Each day I’ll share a little piece of what life and research look like on our tiny island in the Firth of Forth.
See thread below 🧵 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
An A–Z of Isle of May Fieldwork.
Each day I’ll share a little piece of what life and research look like on our tiny island in the Firth of Forth.
See thread below 🧵 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
Northern Lights putting on a show last night. Low Light on the Isle of May.
December 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Northern Lights putting on a show last night. Low Light on the Isle of May.
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Great presentations by Beth Sallis, @milliewright.bsky.social and Rowan Bancroft at the BSI congress 2025 @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Great presentations by Beth Sallis, @milliewright.bsky.social and Rowan Bancroft at the BSI congress 2025 @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social
A grey seal relaxing on the Isle of May this afternoon. Bass Rock and Berwick Law looking glorious in the distance.
December 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
A grey seal relaxing on the Isle of May this afternoon. Bass Rock and Berwick Law looking glorious in the distance.
Kicking off December with a new series of posts - an advent calendar for anyone who forgot to buy one!
An A–Z of Isle of May Fieldwork.
Each day I’ll share a little piece of what life and research look like on our tiny island in the Firth of Forth.
See thread below 🧵 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
An A–Z of Isle of May Fieldwork.
Each day I’ll share a little piece of what life and research look like on our tiny island in the Firth of Forth.
See thread below 🧵 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Kicking off December with a new series of posts - an advent calendar for anyone who forgot to buy one!
An A–Z of Isle of May Fieldwork.
Each day I’ll share a little piece of what life and research look like on our tiny island in the Firth of Forth.
See thread below 🧵 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
An A–Z of Isle of May Fieldwork.
Each day I’ll share a little piece of what life and research look like on our tiny island in the Firth of Forth.
See thread below 🧵 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
A hectic few days ahead as we wind down one of our trapping grids on the Isle of May. Lucky to be part of such a brilliant team of staff, students, and volunteers who make this project possible.
November 30, 2025 at 10:13 AM
A hectic few days ahead as we wind down one of our trapping grids on the Isle of May. Lucky to be part of such a brilliant team of staff, students, and volunteers who make this project possible.
Sunrise on our Low Light grid
November 27, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Sunrise on our Low Light grid
At least someone is getting some rest… A very calm day on the Isle of May - blue skies and bright winter sun. This pup enjoying an afternoon nap near Main Light.
November 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
At least someone is getting some rest… A very calm day on the Isle of May - blue skies and bright winter sun. This pup enjoying an afternoon nap near Main Light.
And we’re off… an incredible first week of our winter season on the Isle of May.
First stint has been cut a day short with some bad weather rolling into the Forth, but the work’s in very safe hands - the remaining team still on the island are keeping things running smoothly. See you all next week!
First stint has been cut a day short with some bad weather rolling into the Forth, but the work’s in very safe hands - the remaining team still on the island are keeping things running smoothly. See you all next week!
November 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
And we’re off… an incredible first week of our winter season on the Isle of May.
First stint has been cut a day short with some bad weather rolling into the Forth, but the work’s in very safe hands - the remaining team still on the island are keeping things running smoothly. See you all next week!
First stint has been cut a day short with some bad weather rolling into the Forth, but the work’s in very safe hands - the remaining team still on the island are keeping things running smoothly. See you all next week!
Reposted by Josh Richards
PhD opportunity working with me, Mark Viney, Iris Mair and Rowan Bancroft studying the Isle of May wild mice is open now! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
(BBSRC NWD) Capillaria hepatica – a neglected and understudied zoonotic parasitic nematode at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - (BBSRC NWD) Capillaria hepatica – a neglected and understudied zoonotic parasitic nematode at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
PhD opportunity working with me, Mark Viney, Iris Mair and Rowan Bancroft studying the Isle of May wild mice is open now! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Winter field season begins on the Isle of May 🐭🦭🎂
Seals, celebrations, and celebrity Traitors — not a bad first few days!
Here’s to the next 5 weeks with an amazing team.
@kathelse.bsky.social
@amypedersen.bsky.social
@steelyseabirder.bsky.social
Seals, celebrations, and celebrity Traitors — not a bad first few days!
Here’s to the next 5 weeks with an amazing team.
@kathelse.bsky.social
@amypedersen.bsky.social
@steelyseabirder.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Winter field season begins on the Isle of May 🐭🦭🎂
Seals, celebrations, and celebrity Traitors — not a bad first few days!
Here’s to the next 5 weeks with an amazing team.
@kathelse.bsky.social
@amypedersen.bsky.social
@steelyseabirder.bsky.social
Seals, celebrations, and celebrity Traitors — not a bad first few days!
Here’s to the next 5 weeks with an amazing team.
@kathelse.bsky.social
@amypedersen.bsky.social
@steelyseabirder.bsky.social
Reposted by Josh Richards
We are back on the Isle of May for our final winter season of our BBSRC funded research exploring the effects of environment on immunity. Traps are out and we are having an evening by the fire @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social @profjudiallen.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
We are back on the Isle of May for our final winter season of our BBSRC funded research exploring the effects of environment on immunity. Traps are out and we are having an evening by the fire @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social @profjudiallen.bsky.social
Reposted by Josh Richards
Remote camera on the Isle of May caught this young Grey Seal pup before it moved off
November 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Remote camera on the Isle of May caught this young Grey Seal pup before it moved off
Back on the Isle of May after a great few days off! Stint 2 of 3 begins — fingers crossed the weather stays nice for us! 🌊🐭🌿
September 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Back on the Isle of May after a great few days off! Stint 2 of 3 begins — fingers crossed the weather stays nice for us! 🌊🐭🌿
An amazing Week 1 on the Isle of May — busy days, lots of mice, and much more to come!
@kathelse.bsky.social
@amypedersen.bsky.social
@kathelse.bsky.social
@amypedersen.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 10:08 AM
An amazing Week 1 on the Isle of May — busy days, lots of mice, and much more to come!
@kathelse.bsky.social
@amypedersen.bsky.social
@kathelse.bsky.social
@amypedersen.bsky.social
Reposted by Josh Richards
Before the start of our day we have a “scrum” so that everyone on the team knows what to expect from the day and tasks can be assigned and ticked off once complete @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social
August 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Before the start of our day we have a “scrum” so that everyone on the team knows what to expect from the day and tasks can be assigned and ticked off once complete @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social
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🎉 Thank you to all who attended our 14th Symposium last Friday 🎉
It was an amazing day with plenty of interesting talks, community building, poster sessions and a wonderful Ker Memorial Prize Lecture delivered by Prof Andy Waters from @uofglasgow.bsky.social
Read full report: shorturl.at/EswNv
It was an amazing day with plenty of interesting talks, community building, poster sessions and a wonderful Ker Memorial Prize Lecture delivered by Prof Andy Waters from @uofglasgow.bsky.social
Read full report: shorturl.at/EswNv
Bringing together the network - Edinburgh Infectious Diseases 14th Annual Symposium
May 2025: On Friday 16 May colleagues gathered at the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh for Edinburgh Infectious Diseases' 14th Annual Symposium. It was a successful day sharing research and bu...
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May 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
🎉 Thank you to all who attended our 14th Symposium last Friday 🎉
It was an amazing day with plenty of interesting talks, community building, poster sessions and a wonderful Ker Memorial Prize Lecture delivered by Prof Andy Waters from @uofglasgow.bsky.social
Read full report: shorturl.at/EswNv
It was an amazing day with plenty of interesting talks, community building, poster sessions and a wonderful Ker Memorial Prize Lecture delivered by Prof Andy Waters from @uofglasgow.bsky.social
Read full report: shorturl.at/EswNv
Reposted by Josh Richards
🚨 New McSorley lab paper just out in Cell Reports!
Very happy to see this published - it has been a lot of work, and its turned into a really nice story.
In it, we show that HpARI+HpBARI can be used as vaccines
Tutorial thread below (1/16):
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Very happy to see this published - it has been a lot of work, and its turned into a really nice story.
In it, we show that HpARI+HpBARI can be used as vaccines
Tutorial thread below (1/16):
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Vaccination against helminth IL-33 modulators permits immune-mediated parasite ejection
The murine intestinal nematode Heligmosomoides polygyrus bakeri (Hpb) modulates the host immune response via the Hpb alarmin release inhibitor (HpARI)…
www.sciencedirect.com
May 22, 2025 at 10:42 AM
🚨 New McSorley lab paper just out in Cell Reports!
Very happy to see this published - it has been a lot of work, and its turned into a really nice story.
In it, we show that HpARI+HpBARI can be used as vaccines
Tutorial thread below (1/16):
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Very happy to see this published - it has been a lot of work, and its turned into a really nice story.
In it, we show that HpARI+HpBARI can be used as vaccines
Tutorial thread below (1/16):
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...