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Reader in Biochemistry: parasitic worm proteomics and protein biochemistry for novel drug and vaccine development #TeamMassSpec #TeamFluke #CPFC โค๏ธ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿฆ…

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Always well worth attending this conference...get your abstracts in now! #TeamFluke

04.03.2026 12:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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It was a pleasure to welcome the Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing, Sarah Murphy MS, here today.

She heard about some of our womenโ€™s health research, including our collaborative projects with Hywel Dda University Health Board.

@sarah4bridgend.bsky.social
@hywelddauhb.bsky.social

29.01.2026 15:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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I love working @aberdlsagb.bsky.social Specifically, colleagues I have the pleasure of working with! My fellow biochemist Prof. Dave Whitworth knocked up the amazing fridge magnets and the cookie jar was at my door courtesy of Dr Laura Lyons! Both clearly know me well #Fabersytwyth #StarWarsNerd

14.01.2026 10:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Recruitment | Wales Veterinary Science Centre

Great opportunity at the Wales Veterinary Science Centre here in #Faberystwyth if you are interested in disease biology. Temporary PM assistant position available.
wvsc.wales/recruitment/

13.01.2026 11:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Registration now open for the ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜† (๐—•๐—ฆ๐—ฃ) ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ in Glasgow: tinyurl.com/364vdxen
๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ: 7th-9th of April 2026 (Tues-Thurs)
๐—”๐—ฏ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ: 28th of February 2026
๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ: James McCune Smith Learning Hub & Queen Margaret Union (QMU) at the University of Glasgow

18.12.2025 15:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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An excellent day yesterday at the @aberdlsagb.bsky.social #FestivalOfResearch. Some great presentations and posters. Super proud to supervise @coreyasteele.bsky.social (Oral), @angelrumney.bsky.social (Poster) and Michela (Poster). Even time for a #FlukeMap group photo (some are missing)

19.12.2025 09:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We are delighted to have appointed the Chief Executive of the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society as a new Pro-Chancellor.

More: tinyurl.com/5b62hwwn

18.12.2025 16:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Great talk from Rhys Jones at our @aberdlsagb.bsky.social Festival of Research 2025 covering our #FlukeMap project. Risk mapping and farmer perceptions of their own risk areas!

18.12.2025 10:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Heading up for the @aberdlsagb.bsky.social Festival of Research today. Iโ€™m looking forward to hearing lots of exciting talks, and this afternoon Iโ€™ll share the story of how a literal โ€œsnow dayโ€ on Arctic fieldwork in 2019 evolved in to two (2!) NERC projects.

18.12.2025 07:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 26 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Investigating the gut parasite Eimeria in UK sheep: parasite species diversity and impacts on the gut microbiome (project at University of Surrey) at University of Reading on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Investigating the gut parasite Eimeria in UK sheep: parasite species diversity and impacts on the gut microbiome (project at University of Surrey) at University of Reading, listed on Fin...

Exciting and varieed PhD on Eimeria species diversity and interaction with the host microbiome in sheep: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

18.12.2025 09:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A very successful morning today collecting rumen fluke for my UG project student Craig (those are his hands). Thanks also to @coreyasteele.bsky.social for helping her supervisor not mess it up, with idiot proof instructions for me! #TeamFluke @aberdlsagb.bsky.social

15.12.2025 14:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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From Genomic Context to Sensor Design: Computational Identification of AMR Biomarkers in Agriculture (project at Queen's University Belfast) at University of Reading on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - From Genomic Context to Sensor Design: Computational Identification of AMR Biomarkers in Agriculture (project at Queen's University Belfast) at University of Reading, listed on FindAPhD....

Fully funded #PhD project available for Oct 26 start FoodBioSystems DTP w. Prof. Fredric Coulon @ Crandfield University. This will investigate expansion of ML models for AMR phenotype detection to agriculture settings to create a sensor-ready hit list. More info: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

15.12.2025 10:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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PhD Opportunity! Interested in parasitic liver flukes? Interested in protein-protein interactions? Please do look at this opportunity funded through #FoodBiosystems @aberdlsagb.bsky.social @aberuni.bsky.social
research.reading.ac.uk/foodbiosyste...

12.12.2025 14:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A little late getting to post this but so proud to see Dr Holly Northcote defend her PhD viva last Friday. Many thanks to Prof. Jane Hodgkinson @liverpooluni.bsky.social and Dr Justin Pachebat @aberdlsagb.bsky.social for examining. Ruth and I are super proud lab parents! @bchcaber.bsky.social

12.12.2025 14:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We are delighted to announce that we have several PhD projects advertised alongside @ibers.bsky.social and other Universities as part of the #FoodBiosystems Doctoral Training Programme!

Follow the link below for more information:

๐Ÿ”— www.aber.ac.uk/en/life-scie...

11.12.2025 14:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We're delighted that IBERS is a founder member of a new alliance of 35 of the UKโ€™s foremost research agencies and institutes.

More: tinyl.co/45cv

@ibers.bsky.social
@nro-group.bsky.social

10.12.2025 14:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Lectureship in Zoology at Aberystwyth University! jobs.aber.ac.uk/en/vacancy/l...
Come join our fantastic team at @aberdlsagb.bsky.social @aberuni.bsky.social in beautiful Wales. Application deadline: 14 Dec 2025.

06.12.2025 12:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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๐Ÿ”ฌ Livestock farmers and animal health officials in Wales are set to benefit from regional disease testing following investment to start the process of establishing a specialist diagnostic centre at the University.

๐Ÿ–ฑ๏ธ tinyurl.com/2pmsd5wy

02.12.2025 18:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿฉบ Ioan Mabbutt, 18, from Aberystwyth, has won a scholarship worth ยฃ2,500 to study Veterinary Medicine through the medium of Welsh.

๐Ÿ–ฑ๏ธ tinyurl.com/msn2m5nw

@colegcymraeg.bsky.social

26.11.2025 15:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Person in a lecture theatre holding up a small piece of kong that the dog will be searching for. The border collie is focused on her rewards sat on the desk in front of her.

Person in a lecture theatre holding up a small piece of kong that the dog will be searching for. The border collie is focused on her rewards sat on the desk in front of her.

Cotton came to work to demonstrate skills taught by Eszter Monostori on her #OneZoo PhD project - teaching dogs to locate the intermediate hosts of parasites. She loved meeting our students, inspiring the next generation of scientists.
@aberdlsagb.bsky.social @aberuni.bsky.social
#OneHealth #UKRI

14.11.2025 10:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ecological impacts of anthelmintic usage on soil micro- and mesofaunal communities at The James Hutton Institute on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Ecological impacts of anthelmintic usage on soil micro- and mesofaunal communities at The James Hutton Institute, listed on FindAPhD.com

Exciting PhD opportunity on the ecological impacts of anthelmintic use on soil fauna, with a crack supervisory team and expertise from @hutton.ac.uk, @uofglasgow.bsky.social and @moredunfoundation.bsky.social!

More info here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

12.11.2025 12:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Great to be involved with this initiative. Always good to see an impact coming from our research into canine worm infections ๐Ÿชฑ @aberdlsagb.bsky.social @bchcaber.bsky.social

04.11.2025 10:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Weโ€™re delighted that Aberystwyth has been named a UNESCO City of Literature โ€“ the first in Wales!

More: tinyl.co/3u04

@librarywales.bsky.social
@uwtsd.bsky.social
@prifweinidog.gov.wales
@unesco.org

31.10.2025 12:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 21 ๐Ÿ” 11 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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a penguin wearing sunglasses and a blue vest is welcome to the fam ALT: a penguin wearing sunglasses and a blue vest is welcome to the fam

Welcome all...looking forward to a fun experiemnt filled year...

27.10.2025 12:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Finally, we have @zeelay.bsky.social an MRes Biosciences student. Zee is working on detoxification in liver flukes ๐Ÿ‚ specifically looking at the glyoxalase system.

27.10.2025 12:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Next up is Thiren, also an MRes Parasite Control student, and has been my tutee since day 1 of her time in @aberuni.bsky.social Her project is looking at the interaction of rumen fluke ๐Ÿ‚ with bacteria ๐Ÿฆ 

27.10.2025 12:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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First up is @rxchaelann.bsky.social as one of our MRes Parasite Control students. Ray is working on Liver Fluke Peptidomics ๐Ÿ‚ for this year.

27.10.2025 12:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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As term is settling down a little it feels like a great time to introduce three new members to my lab #TeamFluke ๐Ÿ‚ @aberdlsagb.bsky.social

27.10.2025 12:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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A massive thanks to three of my PhD students who, yesterday, presented to my Masters level module in Infection and Immunity. All three did an amazing job covering their PhD research. @coreyasteele.bsky.social Mia and Michela rocked it for #TeamFluke ๐Ÿ‚ @aberdlsagb.bsky.social

22.10.2025 13:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Awesome PhD opportunity ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘

08.10.2025 12:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0