Kristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩🔬
@kristinamuise.bsky.social
MSc & BSc (Hons) in bat behaviour/physiology @uwinnipeg.bsky.social 🦇 (she/her)
Veterinary Medicine, Wildlife Conservation & Diseases 🔬
https://kristinamuise.weebly
Veterinary Medicine, Wildlife Conservation & Diseases 🔬
https://kristinamuise.weebly
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Hi everyone - I'm Kristina! I am aiming to become a Veterinarian and for my previous degrees (BSc. Hons and MSc) I studied the behaviour & physiology of bats in North America. My interests are mainly wildlife diseases and conservation medicince. I'm interested in connecting more with people on here!
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✳️The deadline for our #BioLogging Special Issue has been extended to 28th February 2026✳️
The issue will feature research using #BioLogging in freshwater, marine & terrestrial ecosystems, with relevance for #Conservation & management 🐸🦓
Full info here ➡️ buff.ly/3WLtZz0
The issue will feature research using #BioLogging in freshwater, marine & terrestrial ecosystems, with relevance for #Conservation & management 🐸🦓
Full info here ➡️ buff.ly/3WLtZz0
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
✳️The deadline for our #BioLogging Special Issue has been extended to 28th February 2026✳️
The issue will feature research using #BioLogging in freshwater, marine & terrestrial ecosystems, with relevance for #Conservation & management 🐸🦓
Full info here ➡️ buff.ly/3WLtZz0
The issue will feature research using #BioLogging in freshwater, marine & terrestrial ecosystems, with relevance for #Conservation & management 🐸🦓
Full info here ➡️ buff.ly/3WLtZz0
Did anyone else have an explosion of followers? Or is this a bunch of bots that are now following me?
November 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Did anyone else have an explosion of followers? Or is this a bunch of bots that are now following me?
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Now published:
Dietary protein and reproductive condition influence wound healing in the Jamaican fruit bat, Artibeus jamaicensis 🦇
✒️ Oelbaum et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1139/cjz-...
Dietary protein and reproductive condition influence wound healing in the Jamaican fruit bat, Artibeus jamaicensis 🦇
✒️ Oelbaum et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1139/cjz-...
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October 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Now published:
Dietary protein and reproductive condition influence wound healing in the Jamaican fruit bat, Artibeus jamaicensis 🦇
✒️ Oelbaum et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1139/cjz-...
Dietary protein and reproductive condition influence wound healing in the Jamaican fruit bat, Artibeus jamaicensis 🦇
✒️ Oelbaum et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1139/cjz-...
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Not hibernation ecology, but size matters—arousal metabolism of European bats in caves 🦇
✒️ Mrhálek et al.
🔗 buff.ly/i7LwHCV #BatAwarenessMonth
✒️ Mrhálek et al.
🔗 buff.ly/i7LwHCV #BatAwarenessMonth
October 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Not hibernation ecology, but size matters—arousal metabolism of European bats in caves 🦇
✒️ Mrhálek et al.
🔗 buff.ly/i7LwHCV #BatAwarenessMonth
✒️ Mrhálek et al.
🔗 buff.ly/i7LwHCV #BatAwarenessMonth
Glowing bats! 🦇
Six species of North American bats glow under UV light, adding to growing list of fluorescent mammals
www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/art...
Six species of North American bats glow under UV light, adding to growing list of fluorescent mammals
Glowing bats may sound like Halloween decor, but researchers in Georgia have discovered certain species of North American bats that are capable of the unusual trick.
www.ctvnews.ca
October 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Glowing bats! 🦇
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Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
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Bats use their echolocation abilities to find prey, but also to find each other and avoid obstacles. Iturralde-Pólit &co show that the warm, dry air that comes with climate change, alters these calls, potentially costing the bats more energy to make them
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
October 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Bats use their echolocation abilities to find prey, but also to find each other and avoid obstacles. Iturralde-Pólit &co show that the warm, dry air that comes with climate change, alters these calls, potentially costing the bats more energy to make them
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
It's been over a year that I had to leave vet school & I'm doing everything that I can to go back. But I still need your help.
Please donate so that I can go back to school and fulfill my dream of becoming a veterinarian.
Please also share this post and spread the word!
🌎🧪👩⚕️
gofund.me/48293141d
Please donate so that I can go back to school and fulfill my dream of becoming a veterinarian.
Please also share this post and spread the word!
🌎🧪👩⚕️
gofund.me/48293141d
Donate to Help Kristina with Veterinary School, organized by Kristina Muise
Hi everyone!
As many of you know, becoming a veterinarian has always been a dr… Kristina Muise needs your support for Help Kristina with Veterinary School
gofund.me
October 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
It's been over a year that I had to leave vet school & I'm doing everything that I can to go back. But I still need your help.
Please donate so that I can go back to school and fulfill my dream of becoming a veterinarian.
Please also share this post and spread the word!
🌎🧪👩⚕️
gofund.me/48293141d
Please donate so that I can go back to school and fulfill my dream of becoming a veterinarian.
Please also share this post and spread the word!
🌎🧪👩⚕️
gofund.me/48293141d
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Talk about an in-flight meal.
For the first time, researchers have captured rats hunting bats by grabbing them from the sky. Learn more: https://scim.ag/3Jqldmn
For the first time, researchers have captured rats hunting bats by grabbing them from the sky. Learn more: https://scim.ag/3Jqldmn
October 27, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Talk about an in-flight meal.
For the first time, researchers have captured rats hunting bats by grabbing them from the sky. Learn more: https://scim.ag/3Jqldmn
For the first time, researchers have captured rats hunting bats by grabbing them from the sky. Learn more: https://scim.ag/3Jqldmn
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It's #BatWeek! 🦇 Powerful work by Shawanaga First Nation: combining Indigenous-knowledge and science to protect endangered bats like the little brown myotis in Ontario. Read more @thenarwhal.ca 👉 thenarwhal.ca/shawanaga-fi... #Conservation #IndigenousLeadership
Shawanaga First Nation gathers to help endangered bats | The Narwhal
In Ontario’s Georgian Bay region, Shawanaga First Nation leads an effort to protect little brown myotis bats
thenarwhal.ca
October 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
It's #BatWeek! 🦇 Powerful work by Shawanaga First Nation: combining Indigenous-knowledge and science to protect endangered bats like the little brown myotis in Ontario. Read more @thenarwhal.ca 👉 thenarwhal.ca/shawanaga-fi... #Conservation #IndigenousLeadership
35 days until Dec 1 - which means I'm gearing up to do #BatMas again this year!
What was your favourite bat from last year? (go check through the posts to find your fav😀).
Is there any bat species you would like to see this year?
🦇🧪🌎📸
#BatSky
What was your favourite bat from last year? (go check through the posts to find your fav😀).
Is there any bat species you would like to see this year?
🦇🧪🌎📸
#BatSky
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! 🦇 🧵
October 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Snake bites are terrifying & now Silke Cleuren, Alistair Evans & co @monashuniversity.bsky.social reveal the full details of viper, elapid & colubrid bites with the first high speed movies all 3 families sinking their fangs into transparent medical gel
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
October 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Snake bites are terrifying & now Silke Cleuren, Alistair Evans & co @monashuniversity.bsky.social reveal the full details of viper, elapid & colubrid bites with the first high speed movies all 3 families sinking their fangs into transparent medical gel
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
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"What mattered, I realized, was not to be some imaginary perfect mentor with all the answers, but to get to know my mentee ... and offer whatever guidance and support I could based on my own experiences." #NationalMentoringDay https://scim.ag/47mSs29
October 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
"What mattered, I realized, was not to be some imaginary perfect mentor with all the answers, but to get to know my mentee ... and offer whatever guidance and support I could based on my own experiences." #NationalMentoringDay https://scim.ag/47mSs29
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October 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Have you seen our guidelines for reviewers?
With tips on:
✅ The review process
✅ Reviewer credits
✅ Co-reviewing
Read and bookmark ➡️ academic.oup.com/conphys/page...
#PeerReview #ECR #EarlyCareerResearcher
With tips on:
✅ The review process
✅ Reviewer credits
✅ Co-reviewing
Read and bookmark ➡️ academic.oup.com/conphys/page...
#PeerReview #ECR #EarlyCareerResearcher
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🚀 New webinar series: ConPhys Conversations!
First session with Dr Steven Cooke on co-production & impact in conservation physiology
🗓️ 5 Nov 2025, 14:00–15:00 GMT | Free
Book now:
www.sebiology.org/events/ems-event-calendar/conphys-conversations-1.html
First session with Dr Steven Cooke on co-production & impact in conservation physiology
🗓️ 5 Nov 2025, 14:00–15:00 GMT | Free
Book now:
www.sebiology.org/events/ems-event-calendar/conphys-conversations-1.html
October 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
🚀 New webinar series: ConPhys Conversations!
First session with Dr Steven Cooke on co-production & impact in conservation physiology
🗓️ 5 Nov 2025, 14:00–15:00 GMT | Free
Book now:
www.sebiology.org/events/ems-event-calendar/conphys-conversations-1.html
First session with Dr Steven Cooke on co-production & impact in conservation physiology
🗓️ 5 Nov 2025, 14:00–15:00 GMT | Free
Book now:
www.sebiology.org/events/ems-event-calendar/conphys-conversations-1.html
Reposted by Kristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩🔬
Cortisol is a key stress indicator, but requires invasive tests to measure. This #ConPhys #Toolbox showcases a #NonInvasive, mini-kit enzyme #Immunoassay to quantify cortisol metabolites in faeces from a range of animals 🐾
Check it out: doi.org/10.1093/conp...
Check it out: doi.org/10.1093/conp...
October 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Cortisol is a key stress indicator, but requires invasive tests to measure. This #ConPhys #Toolbox showcases a #NonInvasive, mini-kit enzyme #Immunoassay to quantify cortisol metabolites in faeces from a range of animals 🐾
Check it out: doi.org/10.1093/conp...
Check it out: doi.org/10.1093/conp...
"Since the beginning of my scientific training, fellow students and well-meaning career counselors encouraged me to seek multiple mentors to help me find my way."
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
One mentor isn’t enough. Here’s how I built a network of mentors
This researcher shares four strategies she employed
www.science.org
October 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
"Since the beginning of my scientific training, fellow students and well-meaning career counselors encouraged me to seek multiple mentors to help me find my way."
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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People on twitter are losing their minds over this, including several scientists who I have to assume have either brain poisoned themselves or were always like this. People don't always cite what's best; they cite what they know & researchers from historically excluded communities get the short end.
October 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
People on twitter are losing their minds over this, including several scientists who I have to assume have either brain poisoned themselves or were always like this. People don't always cite what's best; they cite what they know & researchers from historically excluded communities get the short end.
It was my cats birthday yesterday and it makes me so sad that I couldn’t have been with her.
I miss this cat so much
I miss this cat so much
October 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
It was my cats birthday yesterday and it makes me so sad that I couldn’t have been with her.
I miss this cat so much
I miss this cat so much
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🧠🌟🐭 Excited to share some of my postdoc work on the evolution of dexterity!
We compared deer mice evolved in forest vs prairie habitats. We found that forest mice have:
(1) more corticospinal neurons (CSNs)
(2) better hand dexterity
(3) more dexterous climbing, which is linked to CSN number🧵
We compared deer mice evolved in forest vs prairie habitats. We found that forest mice have:
(1) more corticospinal neurons (CSNs)
(2) better hand dexterity
(3) more dexterous climbing, which is linked to CSN number🧵
October 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
🧠🌟🐭 Excited to share some of my postdoc work on the evolution of dexterity!
We compared deer mice evolved in forest vs prairie habitats. We found that forest mice have:
(1) more corticospinal neurons (CSNs)
(2) better hand dexterity
(3) more dexterous climbing, which is linked to CSN number🧵
We compared deer mice evolved in forest vs prairie habitats. We found that forest mice have:
(1) more corticospinal neurons (CSNs)
(2) better hand dexterity
(3) more dexterous climbing, which is linked to CSN number🧵
Reposted by Kristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩🔬
PhD candidate Erin Tattersall led this perspective on upholding Indigenous data sovereignty in an era of open science - particularly important for emerging collaborative wildlife surveys with camera traps and other sensors doi.org/10.1002/pan3... (2/6)
Affirming Indigenous data sovereignty in collaborative wildlife conservation in the era of open data
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
doi.org
October 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
PhD candidate Erin Tattersall led this perspective on upholding Indigenous data sovereignty in an era of open science - particularly important for emerging collaborative wildlife surveys with camera traps and other sensors doi.org/10.1002/pan3... (2/6)
Reposted by Kristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩🔬
Bat boxes offer a safe haven for bats, but they may not be so safe during heatwaves. The temperature inside can rocket to more than 50C during the day when bats are roosting if the box is located in full sun, placing bats at risk of fatal dehydration
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
October 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Bat boxes offer a safe haven for bats, but they may not be so safe during heatwaves. The temperature inside can rocket to more than 50C during the day when bats are roosting if the box is located in full sun, placing bats at risk of fatal dehydration
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
"The IUCN Red List now includes 172,620 species of which 48,646 are threatened with extinction."
"Overall, 61% of bird species have declining populations – an estimate that has increased from 44% in 2016"
iucn.org/press-releas...
"Overall, 61% of bird species have declining populations – an estimate that has increased from 44% in 2016"
iucn.org/press-releas...
Arctic seals threatened by climate change, birds decline globally – IUCN Red List
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 10 October 2025 (IUCN World Conservation Congress) – Three species of Arctic seal have moved closer to extinction, according to the latest update of the IUCN Red List ...
iucn.org
October 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
"The IUCN Red List now includes 172,620 species of which 48,646 are threatened with extinction."
"Overall, 61% of bird species have declining populations – an estimate that has increased from 44% in 2016"
iucn.org/press-releas...
"Overall, 61% of bird species have declining populations – an estimate that has increased from 44% in 2016"
iucn.org/press-releas...
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🦇Are you interested in bat houses? Are you thinking of building or installing one...or a few? Check out our latest video on bat boxes - all the things to consider before you start your project. (Feel free to subscribe to our channel too)!
youtu.be/BhJZjQBonkE?...
youtu.be/BhJZjQBonkE?...
Supporting Alberta's Bats: The Role of Bat Boxes in Conservation
YouTube video by Alberta Bats
youtu.be
October 18, 2025 at 10:05 PM
🦇Are you interested in bat houses? Are you thinking of building or installing one...or a few? Check out our latest video on bat boxes - all the things to consider before you start your project. (Feel free to subscribe to our channel too)!
youtu.be/BhJZjQBonkE?...
youtu.be/BhJZjQBonkE?...
I’m not an advocate of overworking one’s self
But it is a privilege to have the office space to be able to volunteer & do an outreach talk on a Saturday (plus fit in a bit of teaching prep + manuscript work)
But it is a privilege to have the office space to be able to volunteer & do an outreach talk on a Saturday (plus fit in a bit of teaching prep + manuscript work)
October 18, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I’m not an advocate of overworking one’s self
But it is a privilege to have the office space to be able to volunteer & do an outreach talk on a Saturday (plus fit in a bit of teaching prep + manuscript work)
But it is a privilege to have the office space to be able to volunteer & do an outreach talk on a Saturday (plus fit in a bit of teaching prep + manuscript work)