Dr Jamie Bojko 🦭🦀

Are you a scientist with an interest in microsporidia, a group of obligate parasites found in agriculture and aquaculture? Join our upcoming residential scientific meeting in Manchester on the topic of microsporidian taxonomy: royalsociety.org/science-even... @jamiebojko.bsky.social

This first week of sampling alpine lakes in mountainous heights had everything... snow, sunburn, frogs, sheep, marmots, insects and crustaceans, and of course, preliminary insights on the microbes that live in those extreme environments. Looking forward to what we'll find in the coming weeks🧑🏼‍🔬🦠

Parasite of the Month: #Sarcoptes #scabiei (#scabies #mite), causative agent of #sarcoptic #mange in #domestic & #wild mammals & scabies in humans, authored by Michael Yabsley, Scott Carver, Jillian Broadhurst & Raquel Francisco. @universityofga.bsky.social‬

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Forty New Genomes Shed Light on Sexual Reproduction and the Origin of Tetraploidy in Microsporidia Microsporidia are single-celled, obligately intracellular parasites with growing public health, agricultural, and economic importance. Despite this, Microsporidia remain relatively enigmatic, with man...

New preprint! We generate 40 new high-quality microsporidian genomes from infected arthropod hosts that were sequenced to create reference genomes by the Darwin Tree of Life project. 8 of our genomes are chromosome-level, and we’re able to generate Hi-C data for 7! 🧬
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Check out the latest complete volume (210) in #JIP

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Here's a link to the complete special issue:

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Metacollinia emscheri n. sp., a novel sanguicolous apostome ciliate of freshwater amphipods (Gammarus spp.) We describe a novel sanguicolous parasitic ciliate, Metacollinia emscheri n. sp., found in the freshwater amphipods Gammarus pulex and G. fossarum. Th…

Check out this BEAUTIFUL new sanguicolous apostome ciliate, wriggling through the haemal sinuses of an #amphipod species in #Germany!

We provide a detailed phylogenetic and morphological characterisation, inc. new diagnostic tools

@jinvertpathol.bsky.social

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Microsporidia and invertebrate hosts: genome-informed taxonomy surrounding a new lineage of crayfish-infecting Nosema spp. (Nosematida) - Fungal Diversity The Microsporidia, an often overlooked fungal lineage, exhibit increasing diversity and taxonomic understanding with the use of genomic techniques. They are obligate parasites infecting a diversity of...

New study between @teessideuni.bsky.social and @ufresearch.bsky.social, led by Cheyenne Stratton, explores the genomics of the #crayfish Nosema - a group of #microsporidian #parasites.

We characterise several new species with relevance to ongoing bioinvasions!

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South American invertebrate pathology: An editorial for the special issue South America has extraordinary biodiversity, with an immense variety of invertebrate species playing a critical role in ecosystems. Molluscs and crus…

Here's an important step in promoting the brilliant invertebrate pathology research going in #SouthAmerica, published recently in @jinvertpathol.bsky.social

This special issue houses novel studies from across the region!

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Congrats @laiscarneiro03.bsky.social!!

Great addition to the #InvasiveSpecies literature. I was proud to support the team with some fun facts about symbionts! @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social

Invaders have symbiotic associations that can alter their potential impact

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Parasites and Biological Invasions | CABI Books

I'd like to kick off my shiny new bsky account by highlighting some of the recent research emerging from my lab @teessideuni.bsky.social and collaborators!

First - a new book dedicated to understanding the symbionts of #invasive species!

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Scientists warn coral restoration can’t keep pace with global reef collapse Coral restoration won’t save reefs from global warming, according to a recent study – at least, not the way we’re doing it now. The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Helsinki and pu...

Scientists warn coral restoration can’t keep pace with global reef collapse news.mongabay.com/2025/04/scie... from @mongabay.bsky.social

well deserved! a great paper that will be much cited I'm sure!

HI EVERYONE!! This is the Journal of Invertebrate Pathology bsky account, getting itself up and running!

We'll be putting posts out over the next few days to build up our bsky presence! Give us a follow and look out for all that juicy pathology detail!

Do you have a special issue idea exploring an #Invertebrate #Pathology topic close to your heart?!?

Get in touch with our editors, or DM us directly to suggest your idea and explore some options! 📩

A special issue in #JIP can be a huge help to get your study area noticed 👀

Ecological impacts of biological invasions are so numerous & diverse, it's a mess
+, we often mix mechanisms & impacts, causes & consequences
So, we created a structured typology of these impacts.
Now that it's done, it looks simple & obvious 🤓
read&share🙏
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Typology of the ecological impacts of biological invasions Biological invasions alter ecosystems by disrupting ecological processes that can degrade biodiversity, harm human health, and cause massive economic burdens. Existing frameworks to classify the ecolo...

Our new paper just out in @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social

Typology of the ecological impacts of biological invasions 🌏🧪

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led by @laiscarneiro03.bsky.social

@franckcourchamp.bsky.social

#invasivespecies #biologicalinvasions #ecologicalimpacts

Made the move to Bluesky 🦋

Expect strange parasites from crabs and other critters, from far-flung places ❤️