Kaylee Byers, PhD
@kayleebyers.bsky.social
🐀Rat detective
🦠 Assistant Prof: One Health, Wildlife, Comms
🎤Podcaster: Nice Genes!
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Lead of the OH-HI Science CoLab where we appreciate the connected health of animals, people, and the planet.
🦠 Assistant Prof: One Health, Wildlife, Comms
🎤Podcaster: Nice Genes!
🏺Potter
She/her
Lead of the OH-HI Science CoLab where we appreciate the connected health of animals, people, and the planet.
This week on Nice Genes! Pod we’re talking about the gut. 🧪
Dr. Lawrence Goodridge @onehealthuofg.bsky.social takes us through the bacteria that can make us sick but also how these bad actors are the minority among a diversity of microbes in and on us. 🦠
🔗 link.cohostpodcasting.com/c1614257-0eb...
Dr. Lawrence Goodridge @onehealthuofg.bsky.social takes us through the bacteria that can make us sick but also how these bad actors are the minority among a diversity of microbes in and on us. 🦠
🔗 link.cohostpodcasting.com/c1614257-0eb...
Nice Genes!
link.cohostpodcasting.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
This week on Nice Genes! Pod we’re talking about the gut. 🧪
Dr. Lawrence Goodridge @onehealthuofg.bsky.social takes us through the bacteria that can make us sick but also how these bad actors are the minority among a diversity of microbes in and on us. 🦠
🔗 link.cohostpodcasting.com/c1614257-0eb...
Dr. Lawrence Goodridge @onehealthuofg.bsky.social takes us through the bacteria that can make us sick but also how these bad actors are the minority among a diversity of microbes in and on us. 🦠
🔗 link.cohostpodcasting.com/c1614257-0eb...
The kind of hard hitting science quote you really want to build your career around ⬇️🤣
But we really do need better data to track all of these garbage bag rats. 🧪
But we really do need better data to track all of these garbage bag rats. 🧪
“I’ve kicked bags of garbage in New York as part of a rat safari and you just watch rats go flying."
🦵 🐀 💨
@kayleebyers.bsky.social discusses the data behind New York’s battle against rats via @economist.com (paywalled)
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@kayleebyers.bsky.social discusses the data behind New York’s battle against rats via @economist.com (paywalled)
A data-rich look at New York’s battle against rats
It has become a model for the rest of the country
www.economist.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The kind of hard hitting science quote you really want to build your career around ⬇️🤣
But we really do need better data to track all of these garbage bag rats. 🧪
But we really do need better data to track all of these garbage bag rats. 🧪
Reposted by Kaylee Byers, PhD
It was standing room only at today's Living with Long Covid exhibit at the @museumofvan.bsky.social!
I was moved to tears by some of the personal stories on display. Such a great event
I was moved to tears by some of the personal stories on display. Such a great event
October 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
It was standing room only at today's Living with Long Covid exhibit at the @museumofvan.bsky.social!
I was moved to tears by some of the personal stories on display. Such a great event
I was moved to tears by some of the personal stories on display. Such a great event
Today we launched the Living with Long COVID exhibition @museumofvan.bsky.social. In 2023 we conducted a study in which we heard from longhaulers that this invisible illness needs more awareness and attention. This exhibition was co-created with longhaulers to do just that. On view until March 2026
A new exhibition at the @museumofvan.bsky.social, co-produced by FHS, invites visitors into the often-invisible world of those living with the life-altering effects of COVID-19.
The exhibit runs from Oct 4, 2025 to March 22, 2026
🔗: bit.ly/4pUPA4V
#SFU #SFUResearch #MOV #LongCOVID #KT #KM
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The exhibit runs from Oct 4, 2025 to March 22, 2026
🔗: bit.ly/4pUPA4V
#SFU #SFUResearch #MOV #LongCOVID #KT #KM
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October 5, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Today we launched the Living with Long COVID exhibition @museumofvan.bsky.social. In 2023 we conducted a study in which we heard from longhaulers that this invisible illness needs more awareness and attention. This exhibition was co-created with longhaulers to do just that. On view until March 2026
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"I think it's possible to keep rats out of the spaces where folks are vulnerable to them. So, in our homes and in our schools."
Prof @kayleebyers.bsky.social discusses rodents in schools and the physical and mental impact of rat pops via @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Prof @kayleebyers.bsky.social discusses rodents in schools and the physical and mental impact of rat pops via @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
September 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"I think it's possible to keep rats out of the spaces where folks are vulnerable to them. So, in our homes and in our schools."
Prof @kayleebyers.bsky.social discusses rodents in schools and the physical and mental impact of rat pops via @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Prof @kayleebyers.bsky.social discusses rodents in schools and the physical and mental impact of rat pops via @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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From @kayleebyers.bsky.social: Based on currently-published literature, we know very little about chronic wasting disease dynamics in urban landscapes #IUWC2025
June 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
From @kayleebyers.bsky.social: Based on currently-published literature, we know very little about chronic wasting disease dynamics in urban landscapes #IUWC2025
Reposted by Kaylee Byers, PhD
It’s not too late to complete your submission for our #LongCOVID photovoice exhibit at the Museum of #Vancouver, debuting this fall! Open Canada-wide to any self-identified #longhauler 18+. Upload your photos by June 1 here: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/YourPhotos
May 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
It’s not too late to complete your submission for our #LongCOVID photovoice exhibit at the Museum of #Vancouver, debuting this fall! Open Canada-wide to any self-identified #longhauler 18+. Upload your photos by June 1 here: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/YourPhotos
Reposted by Kaylee Byers, PhD
In this commentary, we compare the “red pill” versus “blue pill” versions of global health education which represents the choice to radically reimagine global health education or remain comfortable with the status quo, respectively
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
Can we unplug global health education from The Matrix?
journals.plos.org
April 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
In this commentary, we compare the “red pill” versus “blue pill” versions of global health education which represents the choice to radically reimagine global health education or remain comfortable with the status quo, respectively
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
This year our lab is playing @mmmletsgo.bsky.social and there’s nothing that brings a group together quite like a game which pits Quokka against Marsh Mongoose and allows you just for a moment to escape the 🗑️🔥 of the news to root for an Olm. What a match for Olm today. Gone but not forgotten. 🦭
#2025MMM Roots and Relicts Rnd 1
BATTLE WINNERS:
Coelacanth, Gar, Frilled Shark, Ringed Seal, Ginkgo/Rhizo, Asian Forest Tortoise, Tuatara, Horseshoe Crab
Join us on MONDAY, March 17th at 8PM EST for Round 1 of Same & Different!
BATTLE WINNERS:
Coelacanth, Gar, Frilled Shark, Ringed Seal, Ginkgo/Rhizo, Asian Forest Tortoise, Tuatara, Horseshoe Crab
Join us on MONDAY, March 17th at 8PM EST for Round 1 of Same & Different!
March 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This year our lab is playing @mmmletsgo.bsky.social and there’s nothing that brings a group together quite like a game which pits Quokka against Marsh Mongoose and allows you just for a moment to escape the 🗑️🔥 of the news to root for an Olm. What a match for Olm today. Gone but not forgotten. 🦭
Reposted by Kaylee Byers, PhD
Three FHS PhD candidates received 2024 @sfuceri.bsky.social! 🎉
Congrats to:
- Emily Rose Blyth, Community-Engaged Grad Scholar
- @tsk.bsky.social, Special Recognition
- Anmol Swaich, Special Recognition
Kudos too, for Kayli Jamieson of @fcatatsfu.bsky.social, @kayleebyers.bsky.social's student! 🙌
Congrats to:
- Emily Rose Blyth, Community-Engaged Grad Scholar
- @tsk.bsky.social, Special Recognition
- Anmol Swaich, Special Recognition
Kudos too, for Kayli Jamieson of @fcatatsfu.bsky.social, @kayleebyers.bsky.social's student! 🙌
February 5, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Three FHS PhD candidates received 2024 @sfuceri.bsky.social! 🎉
Congrats to:
- Emily Rose Blyth, Community-Engaged Grad Scholar
- @tsk.bsky.social, Special Recognition
- Anmol Swaich, Special Recognition
Kudos too, for Kayli Jamieson of @fcatatsfu.bsky.social, @kayleebyers.bsky.social's student! 🙌
Congrats to:
- Emily Rose Blyth, Community-Engaged Grad Scholar
- @tsk.bsky.social, Special Recognition
- Anmol Swaich, Special Recognition
Kudos too, for Kayli Jamieson of @fcatatsfu.bsky.social, @kayleebyers.bsky.social's student! 🙌
🧪Livestock vaccination is critical to the health of animals and reduces risks of disease spread from animals to people. But in a recent review we found that women have less access to livestock vaccines than do men. Published today in CABI One Health
www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/...
www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/...
Unpacking gendered dynamics in livestock vaccination: Toward more inclusive health strategies | CABI One Health
Abstract Livestock are vital to the health and economic stability of communities worldwide.
However, infectious diseases threaten both animal and human health due to losses in
livestock, decreased pro...
www.cabidigitallibrary.org
January 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
🧪Livestock vaccination is critical to the health of animals and reduces risks of disease spread from animals to people. But in a recent review we found that women have less access to livestock vaccines than do men. Published today in CABI One Health
www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/...
www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/...
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3 bat species - 3 sizes, echolocating at 3 different frequencies and each eating different critters
But when you look at their DNA? Differentiating among these species is less straight forward
In the Season Finale of Nice Genes! we’re talking about rapid evolution
🔗 tinyurl.com/22tevtv3
3 bat species - 3 sizes, echolocating at 3 different frequencies and each eating different critters
But when you look at their DNA? Differentiating among these species is less straight forward
In the Season Finale of Nice Genes! we’re talking about rapid evolution
🔗 tinyurl.com/22tevtv3
December 18, 2024 at 2:13 AM
🧪 🦇 🧬
3 bat species - 3 sizes, echolocating at 3 different frequencies and each eating different critters
But when you look at their DNA? Differentiating among these species is less straight forward
In the Season Finale of Nice Genes! we’re talking about rapid evolution
🔗 tinyurl.com/22tevtv3
3 bat species - 3 sizes, echolocating at 3 different frequencies and each eating different critters
But when you look at their DNA? Differentiating among these species is less straight forward
In the Season Finale of Nice Genes! we’re talking about rapid evolution
🔗 tinyurl.com/22tevtv3
Reposted by Kaylee Byers, PhD
In-line with some Ichthyology/ornithology individuals on here, I want to do 25 days of #BatMas this year!
Follow this thread to learn about bats everyday! 🦇 🧵
Follow this thread to learn about bats everyday! 🦇 🧵
December 1, 2024 at 9:30 PM
In-line with some Ichthyology/ornithology individuals on here, I want to do 25 days of #BatMas this year!
Follow this thread to learn about bats everyday! 🦇 🧵
Follow this thread to learn about bats everyday! 🦇 🧵
Dove the outer Great Barrier Reef last week and didn’t see any sharks - despite being friends with the sharks’ manager @whysharksmatter.bsky.social
Giving another dive site a shot today before putting in a formal complaint 🦈
Giving another dive site a shot today before putting in a formal complaint 🦈
an illustration of a shark with the words let 's go above it
ALT: an illustration of a shark with the words let 's go above it
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December 11, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Dove the outer Great Barrier Reef last week and didn’t see any sharks - despite being friends with the sharks’ manager @whysharksmatter.bsky.social
Giving another dive site a shot today before putting in a formal complaint 🦈
Giving another dive site a shot today before putting in a formal complaint 🦈
First rat pub announcement on this app 🧪 🐀 🧬
We found that rats in Vancouver carry Hepatitis E Virus and that viral lineages are clustered on either side of a major roadway.
Ratty relationships (family groups) also helped to explain HEV status.
@sfu-fhs.bsky.social
doi.org/10.7589/JWD-...
We found that rats in Vancouver carry Hepatitis E Virus and that viral lineages are clustered on either side of a major roadway.
Ratty relationships (family groups) also helped to explain HEV status.
@sfu-fhs.bsky.social
doi.org/10.7589/JWD-...
doi.org
December 6, 2024 at 11:26 PM
First rat pub announcement on this app 🧪 🐀 🧬
We found that rats in Vancouver carry Hepatitis E Virus and that viral lineages are clustered on either side of a major roadway.
Ratty relationships (family groups) also helped to explain HEV status.
@sfu-fhs.bsky.social
doi.org/10.7589/JWD-...
We found that rats in Vancouver carry Hepatitis E Virus and that viral lineages are clustered on either side of a major roadway.
Ratty relationships (family groups) also helped to explain HEV status.
@sfu-fhs.bsky.social
doi.org/10.7589/JWD-...
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FHS/PIPPS researchers - Anh Pham, Julia Smith, @kiffercard.bsky.social @kayleebyers.bsky.social Esther Khor - found that social determinants of health can greatly impact health-related quality of life in #BC #LongCovid patients.
🔗: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#MedSky #SFUResearch #SDoH
🔗: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#MedSky #SFUResearch #SDoH
Exploring social determinants of health and their impacts on self-reported quality of life in long COVID-19 patients - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Exploring social determinants of health and their impacts on self-reported quality of life in long COVID-19 patients
www.nature.com
December 6, 2024 at 10:33 PM
FHS/PIPPS researchers - Anh Pham, Julia Smith, @kiffercard.bsky.social @kayleebyers.bsky.social Esther Khor - found that social determinants of health can greatly impact health-related quality of life in #BC #LongCovid patients.
🔗: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#MedSky #SFUResearch #SDoH
🔗: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#MedSky #SFUResearch #SDoH
New paper led by Dr. Anh Pham on how social determinants of health, specifically age, sex, ethnicity, and employment relate to self-reported quality of life among #LongCOVID patients in British Columbia 🧪
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Exploring social determinants of health and their impacts on self-reported quality of life in long COVID-19 patients - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Exploring social determinants of health and their impacts on self-reported quality of life in long COVID-19 patients
doi.org
December 6, 2024 at 7:48 AM
New paper led by Dr. Anh Pham on how social determinants of health, specifically age, sex, ethnicity, and employment relate to self-reported quality of life among #LongCOVID patients in British Columbia 🧪
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Every year at #WDA2024 there’s a silent + live auction that raises money for activities/student awards. It’s a wild night (and my fave). This year I made two mugs (named “the spikey one” + “mug-a-RAM-a”) that went for way more $$ than I expected. So stay tuned for #WDA2025 - we’ve got some ideas!
December 4, 2024 at 9:10 PM
I’m not allowed to do any more podcasts about #ChronicWastingDisease
Today we released a Nice Genes! Episode on #CWD and the province announced its 4th case
2 wks ago I guested on the Hunter Conservationist about CWD and the day after the province announced its 3rd case 🫠
Today we released a Nice Genes! Episode on #CWD and the province announced its 4th case
2 wks ago I guested on the Hunter Conservationist about CWD and the day after the province announced its 3rd case 🫠
December 3, 2024 at 10:06 PM
I’m not allowed to do any more podcasts about #ChronicWastingDisease
Today we released a Nice Genes! Episode on #CWD and the province announced its 4th case
2 wks ago I guested on the Hunter Conservationist about CWD and the day after the province announced its 3rd case 🫠
Today we released a Nice Genes! Episode on #CWD and the province announced its 4th case
2 wks ago I guested on the Hunter Conservationist about CWD and the day after the province announced its 3rd case 🫠
The Wildlife Disease Association conference is up and underway tomorrow. Any folks attending? Thought I might do up a little starter pack for wildlife health so we can highlight the stories shared at the conference and build more of a #WDA2024 community here.
a kangaroo holding a yellow ball on its hind legs
Alt: a kangaroo holding a yellow ball on its hind legs
media.tenor.com
November 30, 2024 at 11:48 PM
The Wildlife Disease Association conference is up and underway tomorrow. Any folks attending? Thought I might do up a little starter pack for wildlife health so we can highlight the stories shared at the conference and build more of a #WDA2024 community here.
I’m not much of a photographer (or entomologist) but this lil photo shoot made me feel like one.
Good morning from me and this beautiful bean on my doorstep this morning.
ID’s welcome - my guess is the Emerald Tip Beetle?
Good morning from me and this beautiful bean on my doorstep this morning.
ID’s welcome - my guess is the Emerald Tip Beetle?
November 27, 2024 at 9:10 PM
I’m not much of a photographer (or entomologist) but this lil photo shoot made me feel like one.
Good morning from me and this beautiful bean on my doorstep this morning.
ID’s welcome - my guess is the Emerald Tip Beetle?
Good morning from me and this beautiful bean on my doorstep this morning.
ID’s welcome - my guess is the Emerald Tip Beetle?
Grateful to @healthresearchbc.bsky.social for supporting 2 of our projects this year scoping community priorities for wildlife health and Indigenous food sovereignty research, and an exhibit with the Museum of Vancouver to raise #LongCOVID awareness. More on these here: www.sfu.ca/fhs/news-eve...
November 27, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Grateful to @healthresearchbc.bsky.social for supporting 2 of our projects this year scoping community priorities for wildlife health and Indigenous food sovereignty research, and an exhibit with the Museum of Vancouver to raise #LongCOVID awareness. More on these here: www.sfu.ca/fhs/news-eve...
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Hi friends! I thought I’d try posting here as well! My name is Emily Calandrelli, and I just became the 100th woman in space! Wahoo!
November 26, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Hi friends! I thought I’d try posting here as well! My name is Emily Calandrelli, and I just became the 100th woman in space! Wahoo!
Just missed #WorldAMRAwarenessWeek which I blame on having travelled through space + time to Australia this week
Resharing a video by PhD student Dr. Ezeocha for #TogetherAgainstMisinformation connecting antibiotic use on farms to human and environmental health
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Resharing a video by PhD student Dr. Ezeocha for #TogetherAgainstMisinformation connecting antibiotic use on farms to human and environmental health
www.linkedin.com/posts/oh-hi-...
OH-HI Science CoLab on LinkedIn: Tackling Misinformation about Antimicrobial Resistance | 12 comments
The OH-HI Science CoLab is joining in Science Up First's #TogetherAgainstMisinformation campaign.
Have you heard about antibiotic resistance? Well this global… | 12 comments on LinkedIn
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November 26, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Just missed #WorldAMRAwarenessWeek which I blame on having travelled through space + time to Australia this week
Resharing a video by PhD student Dr. Ezeocha for #TogetherAgainstMisinformation connecting antibiotic use on farms to human and environmental health
www.linkedin.com/posts/oh-hi-...
Resharing a video by PhD student Dr. Ezeocha for #TogetherAgainstMisinformation connecting antibiotic use on farms to human and environmental health
www.linkedin.com/posts/oh-hi-...
Science is creative!
For this year’s Wildlife Disease Assoc conference @ccyan.bsky.social and I made art!
Blending pottery and stained glass, our piece reflects the need for diverse worldviews in wildlife health work. You never know if things will survive the kiln but it did and I love it 🥰
For this year’s Wildlife Disease Assoc conference @ccyan.bsky.social and I made art!
Blending pottery and stained glass, our piece reflects the need for diverse worldviews in wildlife health work. You never know if things will survive the kiln but it did and I love it 🥰
November 23, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Science is creative!
For this year’s Wildlife Disease Assoc conference @ccyan.bsky.social and I made art!
Blending pottery and stained glass, our piece reflects the need for diverse worldviews in wildlife health work. You never know if things will survive the kiln but it did and I love it 🥰
For this year’s Wildlife Disease Assoc conference @ccyan.bsky.social and I made art!
Blending pottery and stained glass, our piece reflects the need for diverse worldviews in wildlife health work. You never know if things will survive the kiln but it did and I love it 🥰