Husband of one, father of three and parasitologist for all.
Sydney
Joined April 2022
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🚨 Heartworm history runs deeper than human influence! 🚨Our 5+ years of research on 🐶 Dirofilaria immitis reveal patterns that challenge long‑held assumptions about how it spreads.
@CommsBio @Sydney_Uni @rosemondepower @stephenrdoyle
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What 100+ heartworm genomes teach us about ancient “spaghetti” in your dog’s heart communities.springernature.c…
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Do the opposite💡
10 years ago we decided to take a risk with our DVM students and embedded Research&Enquiry. We were told our DVMs won’t like it, they not made to do research. The annual symposium where they present is my best day at Uni, I am so proud of them. @Sydney_Vet
🚨You see smiles on students’ faces, coming to lecture theatre, asking questions and genuinely proud of their and each others work. We done the opposite and it 👍worked. @Sydney_Vet @AustVetAssoc
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🚨🐕🇦🇺🪱💊Widespread occurrence of benzimidazole #Resistance SNPs in the canine #hookworm in Australia - check out our #PrePrint . 49% and 67% 🐕🦺carry 🪱Q134H and F167Y 🧬 - comments? @AS_Para @Sydney_Vet biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
Without accessible diagnostic toolkit and case studies, upskilling toward sustainable parasite management remains academic exercise. Let’s focus on needs! Thanks to Fiona, Maria, Candela, Edvin, and @JohnGilleard.🚨🪱🐑🐄
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The incredible @Em_Francis had us all in tears of laughter during her talk on the longitudinal study she conducted on her family farm during drought, flood, and the Dunedoo golf course incident of 2022. To top it all off, she won the NEB lego set!!! @AS_Para #PiP2024 @Sydney_Vet
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@Sydney_Vet Congrats to Michael Ward from Sydney Vet School @Sydney_Uni
Supporting ground-breaking research across a broad range of areas, the ARC is pleased to announce $58.3 million funding for 17 Australian Laureate Fellowships.
More: arc.gov.au/news-publications…
Done ✅! Run half marathon in under 2 hours (4s spare). 500m to go, looked at the clock ⏰ and thought it will be miracle 😝… stuck to it and was digging in anyway! Perseverance delivered 🏃♂️💨 Sydney Half Marathon 2024
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😵💫“Do we really need 1,000,000 (about +40%) more publications than 10 years ago!” dynamicecology.wordpress.com…
🚨 Call to action to protect Plasmodium ovale, the cause of malaria, a name with 102 years of history. No reason to replace it. Let's preserve its legacy! 🦟💪 #Malaria #PublicHealth #History @AS_Para @TrendsParasitol @LSHTM @VetmeduniVienna doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2023.12…
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- J. W. W. Stephens (1922) A New Malaria Parasite of Man, Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology, 16:4, 383-388 doi.org/10.1080/00034983.192…
🚨 Strongyloides in dogs in Sydney.🪱🐕🦺Something you don't usually see in Sydney. 💩🇦🇺 So we wrote about it. ✍️ @Sydney_Uni @Sydney_Vet @Sydney_ID @Sydney_ID @AS_Para
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ALT Strongyloideiasis in dog in Sydney, Australia
🚨We did a thing! Ever seen a flea on your 🐈⬛and 🐩🐩#rickettsia #bartonella Congrats to Charlotte @TrendsParasitol @Sydney_Vet @NCState @usponline @AS_Para authors.elsevier.com/a/1ijNa…
Hard to blame AI for this…
A journal reviewer accused Elizabeth Wolkovich of using ChatGPT to write a manuscript, but she hadn’t. She writes for @NatureCareers how AI is corrupting science without even trying. go.nature.com/3Ust8CY
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Join our experts from @Sydney_Uni at the 2024 Volvo @OceanloversFest for free talks about ocean conservation and reef research.
Book your talk today: tinyurl.com/2e54djkt
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New Parasite of the Month: #Fasciola #nyanzae, the #liver #fluke infecting the bile ducts of the enigmatic #hippo #Hippopotamus #amphibius. Authored by @rubenschols & @HuyseTine. @africamuseumbe @KULeuvenKulak
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🚨4 yrs in making: The proof is in the 💩poo-ding! 🐄💊 Longitudinal perspective on anthelminthics resistance in cattle. #metabarcoding @Sydney_Vet @AS_Para Fantastic job 🏅 @Em_Francis - final chapter done! @Sydney_Uni
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Congrats to Emily! Great thesis. @Sydney_Vet @AS_Para
Temporarily emerging from a deep pit of work to congratulate our wonderful @Em_Francis on the submission of her thesis today! It's an absolutely wonderful dedication to her rural upbringing with relevance to farmers globally. Fingers crossed on a quick examination 🤞🤞🤞
♻️Recycling is the way to do! You might think there is just🪱dog hookworm in 🐩dogs 🇺🇸. We re-cycled published metabarcoding B-tubulin data and found out! Other hookworms are rare, but we show that dogs do like to eat cats 🐈⬛ poop 💩. @Sydney_Uni
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Very grateful to @nicholacalvani for teaching us more about gender equity in science and parasitology at @AS_Para #CiP2023 and for mentoring course participants to write @herminthology profiles for some of our parasitology heroes
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