Natalie Wickenkamp
@nataliewick.bsky.social
Vector-borne disease ecologist
PhD candidate at CSU | Duke MSc-GH alum
Bats 🦇 & Mosquitoes 🦟
PhD candidate at CSU | Duke MSc-GH alum
Bats 🦇 & Mosquitoes 🦟
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My NSF PRFB on the genetics of female polymorphism in hummingbirds was terminated yesterday.
I don't have much to say, I'm just sad. We've discovered so much, and could have gone so much further.
If anyone else is in the same boat, esp postdocs, please reach out, it would be good to connect.
I don't have much to say, I'm just sad. We've discovered so much, and could have gone so much further.
If anyone else is in the same boat, esp postdocs, please reach out, it would be good to connect.
April 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
My NSF PRFB on the genetics of female polymorphism in hummingbirds was terminated yesterday.
I don't have much to say, I'm just sad. We've discovered so much, and could have gone so much further.
If anyone else is in the same boat, esp postdocs, please reach out, it would be good to connect.
I don't have much to say, I'm just sad. We've discovered so much, and could have gone so much further.
If anyone else is in the same boat, esp postdocs, please reach out, it would be good to connect.
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yesterday, my postdoc funding (salary and research funds) was cancelled by the National Science Foundation, effective immediately. I received the same generic, vaguely threatening, typo-ridden email as many of my colleagues who have had their awards terminated recently. (1/n)
April 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
yesterday, my postdoc funding (salary and research funds) was cancelled by the National Science Foundation, effective immediately. I received the same generic, vaguely threatening, typo-ridden email as many of my colleagues who have had their awards terminated recently. (1/n)
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Exploring supportive roles for global north investigators in global health research
Will Global North universities change their incentive & promotion structures in academia to recognize allyship work?
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
Will Global North universities change their incentive & promotion structures in academia to recognize allyship work?
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
April 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Exploring supportive roles for global north investigators in global health research
Will Global North universities change their incentive & promotion structures in academia to recognize allyship work?
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
Will Global North universities change their incentive & promotion structures in academia to recognize allyship work?
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
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U.S. citizen interested in grad studies at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver (Canada)?
Grad programs are re-opening applications of US programs for one week. With expedited decisions.
U.S. Applicant Week:
www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
#AcademicChatter #Canada #GradSchool
Grad programs are re-opening applications of US programs for one week. With expedited decisions.
U.S. Applicant Week:
www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
#AcademicChatter #Canada #GradSchool
US Applicant Week
www.grad.ubc.ca
April 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
U.S. citizen interested in grad studies at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver (Canada)?
Grad programs are re-opening applications of US programs for one week. With expedited decisions.
U.S. Applicant Week:
www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
#AcademicChatter #Canada #GradSchool
Grad programs are re-opening applications of US programs for one week. With expedited decisions.
U.S. Applicant Week:
www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
#AcademicChatter #Canada #GradSchool
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Brain gain? Toronto's @UHN hospital system will announce a strategy to attract U.S. health scientists - plan to be unveiled Monday.
Website isn't up yet, but U.S scientists interested check here Monday. Hopefully other hospitals & universities follow UHNCanadaleads.ca
Website isn't up yet, but U.S scientists interested check here Monday. Hopefully other hospitals & universities follow UHNCanadaleads.ca
a canadian flag with a red maple leaf in the middle
ALT: a canadian flag with a red maple leaf in the middle
media.tenor.com
April 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Brain gain? Toronto's @UHN hospital system will announce a strategy to attract U.S. health scientists - plan to be unveiled Monday.
Website isn't up yet, but U.S scientists interested check here Monday. Hopefully other hospitals & universities follow UHNCanadaleads.ca
Website isn't up yet, but U.S scientists interested check here Monday. Hopefully other hospitals & universities follow UHNCanadaleads.ca
We had no plans to sample bats on this final field trip to Uganda. Luckily for us, we still happened across this beautiful female Nycteris thebaica while visiting Ngamba island. Look closely as she twirls and you can spot the wings of her pup! 🦇 #mammals
March 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
We had no plans to sample bats on this final field trip to Uganda. Luckily for us, we still happened across this beautiful female Nycteris thebaica while visiting Ngamba island. Look closely as she twirls and you can spot the wings of her pup! 🦇 #mammals
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Very interesting opportunity for a female African microbiologist.
@tuliodna.bsky.social @ckyobutungi.bsky.social
Please promote
@tuliodna.bsky.social @ckyobutungi.bsky.social
Please promote
1/ Last call for the EMBL-UNESCO Residency Programme! ⏳
If you’re a female African scientist working in infection biology, this is your opportunity to develop scientific skills while fostering collaboration across borders.
🙌 Apply until 31 March 2025.
www.embl.org/about/info/s...
If you’re a female African scientist working in infection biology, this is your opportunity to develop scientific skills while fostering collaboration across borders.
🙌 Apply until 31 March 2025.
www.embl.org/about/info/s...
March 25, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Very interesting opportunity for a female African microbiologist.
@tuliodna.bsky.social @ckyobutungi.bsky.social
Please promote
@tuliodna.bsky.social @ckyobutungi.bsky.social
Please promote
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My lab is hiring 2 postdocs on an NIH-funded grant characterizing molecular & cellular changes in the human brain across menopausal transition. Other neuroepigenomics projects are also available. We plan to hire a wet lab scientist and a bioinformatician. Please RT!
kundakoviclab.com
More info 👇
kundakoviclab.com
More info 👇
March 11, 2025 at 6:32 AM
My lab is hiring 2 postdocs on an NIH-funded grant characterizing molecular & cellular changes in the human brain across menopausal transition. Other neuroepigenomics projects are also available. We plan to hire a wet lab scientist and a bioinformatician. Please RT!
kundakoviclab.com
More info 👇
kundakoviclab.com
More info 👇
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thankful for all who stood together today at #standupforscience in Denver and for the team who made this happen!
March 8, 2025 at 4:41 AM
thankful for all who stood together today at #standupforscience in Denver and for the team who made this happen!
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It is worth paying close attention to the new bill "Dangerous Viral Gain of Function Research Moratorium Act" introduced by Senator Roger Marshall.
If enacted, it will effectively stop all of virological research, including for vaccines.
www.marshall.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
🧵👇
If enacted, it will effectively stop all of virological research, including for vaccines.
www.marshall.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
🧵👇
February 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
It is worth paying close attention to the new bill "Dangerous Viral Gain of Function Research Moratorium Act" introduced by Senator Roger Marshall.
If enacted, it will effectively stop all of virological research, including for vaccines.
www.marshall.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
🧵👇
If enacted, it will effectively stop all of virological research, including for vaccines.
www.marshall.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
🧵👇
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If you are an entomologist affected by these federal terminations or know someone who was, please DM me. I’m working on an advocacy plan and need to start gathering support.
As a first step, if you’re a member of the Entomological Society of America, I have a link for you, DM me. #entomology 🧪
As a first step, if you’re a member of the Entomological Society of America, I have a link for you, DM me. #entomology 🧪
February 18, 2025 at 11:53 PM
If you are an entomologist affected by these federal terminations or know someone who was, please DM me. I’m working on an advocacy plan and need to start gathering support.
As a first step, if you’re a member of the Entomological Society of America, I have a link for you, DM me. #entomology 🧪
As a first step, if you’re a member of the Entomological Society of America, I have a link for you, DM me. #entomology 🧪
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NIH meetings are still not being announced in the federal register, so nearly all study sections and councils after this week are not going to happen. This is basically a freeze on funding new grants...
Sounds like upcoming NIH SS/council meetings not posted in the federal register before 1/21 are not going to meet - nothing was posted since then and they must be announced 15 days in advance 🙁
You can see if your meeting is listed: www.federalregister.gov/documents/se...
(e.g. type the SS name)
You can see if your meeting is listed: www.federalregister.gov/documents/se...
(e.g. type the SS name)
February 18, 2025 at 4:28 AM
NIH meetings are still not being announced in the federal register, so nearly all study sections and councils after this week are not going to happen. This is basically a freeze on funding new grants...
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Please spread the word - I am looking for a postdoc to join my lab at @osubpp.bsky.social to study diversity and interactions of plants and pathogens in wild and working landscapes!
More information here: agsci-labs.oregonstate.edu/diseaseecolo...
More information here: agsci-labs.oregonstate.edu/diseaseecolo...
February 4, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Please spread the word - I am looking for a postdoc to join my lab at @osubpp.bsky.social to study diversity and interactions of plants and pathogens in wild and working landscapes!
More information here: agsci-labs.oregonstate.edu/diseaseecolo...
More information here: agsci-labs.oregonstate.edu/diseaseecolo...
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looking to find folks who have current access to identified specimens (can be live or dead and well preserved) of many mosquito species. there are 3500ish described Culidae out there - anyone know anyone who might have specimens from 50+ species? please get in touch if so!
January 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
looking to find folks who have current access to identified specimens (can be live or dead and well preserved) of many mosquito species. there are 3500ish described Culidae out there - anyone know anyone who might have specimens from 50+ species? please get in touch if so!
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This chonk: Leisler's bat (Nyctalus leisleri).Recorded during box checks in 2023 at a bat group box scheme in nearby parkland/woodland. Leisler's are superficially like noctules but smaller, more chill in my experience but equally as inquisitive and intelligent. We're hoping to record more in 2025 🦇
January 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This chonk: Leisler's bat (Nyctalus leisleri).Recorded during box checks in 2023 at a bat group box scheme in nearby parkland/woodland. Leisler's are superficially like noctules but smaller, more chill in my experience but equally as inquisitive and intelligent. We're hoping to record more in 2025 🦇
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I’ve begun a Wildlife Health Starter Pack, however, I’m very aware it’s probably missing lots of great people working in this space. If you know of any that are on Bluesky and should be included, please let me know! go.bsky.app/6T9kYR2
December 29, 2024 at 3:34 AM
I’ve begun a Wildlife Health Starter Pack, however, I’m very aware it’s probably missing lots of great people working in this space. If you know of any that are on Bluesky and should be included, please let me know! go.bsky.app/6T9kYR2
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Welp, the webpage(s) hosting the Biden-Harris Administration's Roadmap for Pandemic Preparedness and Response have gone dark 💨
Thanks to @archive.org and @waybackmachine.bsky.social, we can still access these (and many other) important resources!
web.archive.org/web/20250116...
Thanks to @archive.org and @waybackmachine.bsky.social, we can still access these (and many other) important resources!
web.archive.org/web/20250116...
REPORT: The Biden-Harris Administration Roadmap for Pandemic Preparedness and Response | The White House
President Biden came into office facing the worst public health crisis in more than a century. COVID-19 was wreaking havoc on our country – closing our
web.archive.org
January 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Welp, the webpage(s) hosting the Biden-Harris Administration's Roadmap for Pandemic Preparedness and Response have gone dark 💨
Thanks to @archive.org and @waybackmachine.bsky.social, we can still access these (and many other) important resources!
web.archive.org/web/20250116...
Thanks to @archive.org and @waybackmachine.bsky.social, we can still access these (and many other) important resources!
web.archive.org/web/20250116...
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Couldn't ask for a better first Bluesky post! Our new paper, "Pathogens and planetary change," is out now in @natrevbiodiv.bsky.social. We discuss the linkages between biodiversity loss + pandemics and how we can address these interconnected crises 🧪😷
Give it a read: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Give it a read: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Pathogens and planetary change - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
This Review explores the relationship between emerging infectious diseases and biodiversity loss, and how both are connected to global environmental changes in the Anthropocene.
www.nature.com
January 16, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Couldn't ask for a better first Bluesky post! Our new paper, "Pathogens and planetary change," is out now in @natrevbiodiv.bsky.social. We discuss the linkages between biodiversity loss + pandemics and how we can address these interconnected crises 🧪😷
Give it a read: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Give it a read: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Published Friday, the National One Health Framework to Address Zoonotic Diseases and Advance Public Health Preparedness in the U.S.
The dominant word seems to be "coordinate", which, yeah, needed
The dominant word seems to be "coordinate", which, yeah, needed
Federal One Health Coordination
Learn about the new framework (NOHF-Zoonoses), and CDC's federal coordination to advance One Health.
www.cdc.gov
January 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Published Friday, the National One Health Framework to Address Zoonotic Diseases and Advance Public Health Preparedness in the U.S.
The dominant word seems to be "coordinate", which, yeah, needed
The dominant word seems to be "coordinate", which, yeah, needed
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🚨PLEASE SHARE: Senior reseach post: come and work at the IEU with Gib Hemani and @mendelrandom.bsky.social on Mendelian randomization, become my co-worker :) – research posts with closing date 5th February 2025.
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January 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
🚨PLEASE SHARE: Senior reseach post: come and work at the IEU with Gib Hemani and @mendelrandom.bsky.social on Mendelian randomization, become my co-worker :) – research posts with closing date 5th February 2025.
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Happy New Year!
I updated my webpage of envirionment-related scholarships, grants, & awards: www.aerinjacob.ca/funding--awa...
It includes:
* science
* action & policy
* communication
* travel awards
* international tho' emphasis on N Am, Africa, & women
Please share.
#ConservationFunding
I updated my webpage of envirionment-related scholarships, grants, & awards: www.aerinjacob.ca/funding--awa...
It includes:
* science
* action & policy
* communication
* travel awards
* international tho' emphasis on N Am, Africa, & women
Please share.
#ConservationFunding
Funding & awards
A list of conservation-related scholarships, fellowships, funding, and awards.
www.aerinjacob.ca
January 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Happy New Year!
I updated my webpage of envirionment-related scholarships, grants, & awards: www.aerinjacob.ca/funding--awa...
It includes:
* science
* action & policy
* communication
* travel awards
* international tho' emphasis on N Am, Africa, & women
Please share.
#ConservationFunding
I updated my webpage of envirionment-related scholarships, grants, & awards: www.aerinjacob.ca/funding--awa...
It includes:
* science
* action & policy
* communication
* travel awards
* international tho' emphasis on N Am, Africa, & women
Please share.
#ConservationFunding
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Update from WHO on undiagnosed illness in #DRCongo now called:
“Acute respiratory infections complicated by malaria”
Tests ongoing but indicate “combination of common and seasonal viral respiratory infections and falciparum malaria, compounded by acute malnutrition”
www.who.int/emergencies/...
“Acute respiratory infections complicated by malaria”
Tests ongoing but indicate “combination of common and seasonal viral respiratory infections and falciparum malaria, compounded by acute malnutrition”
www.who.int/emergencies/...
Acute respiratory infections complicated by malaria (previously undiagnosed disease) - Democratic Republic of the Congo
This is an update to the Disease Outbreak News on Undiagnosed disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo published on 8 December 2024 (now named acute respiratory infections complicated by malari...
www.who.int
December 27, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Update from WHO on undiagnosed illness in #DRCongo now called:
“Acute respiratory infections complicated by malaria”
Tests ongoing but indicate “combination of common and seasonal viral respiratory infections and falciparum malaria, compounded by acute malnutrition”
www.who.int/emergencies/...
“Acute respiratory infections complicated by malaria”
Tests ongoing but indicate “combination of common and seasonal viral respiratory infections and falciparum malaria, compounded by acute malnutrition”
www.who.int/emergencies/...
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Let's talk about what happened in the Outbreak Twitter Industrial Complex this week with the DRC.
December 21, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Let's talk about what happened in the Outbreak Twitter Industrial Complex this week with the DRC.