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🚨 Hot off the press 🚨 Our collaborative article between University of Mpumalanga and NWU_WRG on element accumulation in two different #eel species, as well as the #human_health_risks associated with consumption. This project was funded by National Research Foundation of South Africa and WIOMSA. NWU Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management Victor Wepener

The Junior W.O Neitz medal is awarded to the postgraduate with the best MSc dissertation in the field of parasitology in Southern Africa. Bernie Jordaan took home the medal for his amazing work on amphibian and reptile trypanosomes, and I was blessed with second place🏆#PARSA2023

Conference time... Time to present our results to our peers, collaborators, government and private sectors. Representing the NWU_WRG and NWU Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management at the National Wetlands Indaba 2023. Wynand Malherbe Chelsea Withfield Sone Janse van Rensburg

I, Dr Fortunate Mafeta Phaka, and the herp in practice class of the NWU Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management had the good fortune to photograph some stunning Wahlberg's velvet gecko (Homopholis wahlbergii) on a field trip to Lajuma Limpopo province. #HAA #gecko #lizards #MondayMotivation #conservationoptimism

Celebrating an #ERCSyG with the three best partners I could have wished for! Six years of amazing research to come! (Stay tuned for many postdoc ads!)

Scientists @ProbstLab, Universität Münster, Uni Bremen, GFZ receive an #ERCSyG worth a total of 11.5 million euros for the Archean Park project over the next 6 years to gain insights into the life #microorganisms of the early Earth. ᴀʟᴇx ᴘʀᴏʙꜱᴛ uni-due.de/2023-10-26-erc…

In this #OneHealthDay collection: #Schistosoma #transmission: scaling-up #competence from #hosts to #ecosystems, authored by Philippe Douchet, Benjamin Gourbal, Eric Loker & Olivier Rey. IHPE_Lab CNRS 🌍 Ifremer 🌊 Museum of Southwestern Biology Univ. of New Mexico #Biodiversity #OneHealth cell.com/trends/parasit…

The #GSB2023 highlights The immense biodiversity spread across the Southern Hemisphere springtime, and engages the public in science & nature learning using @iNaturalist. Thanks for raising awareness The Village NEWS - Overstrand thevillagenewsmedia.co.za/books/fvyw/#p=3

Can confirm, Natal Tree Frogs are terrible at hide and seek. But they have impressive frog velcro, AKA terminal discs, AKA expanded adhesive pads on finger tips.

From Western Australia and the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, two new species of gnathiid isopod crustaceans were described! This was the first record for this group from Western Australia! doi.org/10.3897/zookey…

From seagrass beds off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Gnathia antennacrassa, described here as a new species, is the first record of any gnathiid from Western Australia. Find out more about it here: doi.org/10.3897/zookey… #coralreefs #parasites #newspecies

🚨Hot off the press🚨 Collaborative article between 🇿🇦and 🇩🇪 on #OneHealth by linking environmental, animal and human health in South Africa's largest river basin, the Orange-Vaal River basin, as case study. National Research Foundation of South Africa SAIAB NWU Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management NWU_WRG Springer Nature

Exciting Developments at UESM! 🌍 #TeamBuilding event on 15 May for UESM postdoctoral fellows to encourage connection and build a successful Postdoc Committee. Keep an eye out for the ENVIRA Winter Edition 2024, for more. #PostdocLife #ScienceCommunity #EnvironmentalScience

Had a great poster session with this U.S. National Science Foundation funded The Sikkel Lab NWU_WRG project on cryptofauna like _Gnathia jimmybuffetti_ Southern African Society of Aquatic Scientists SETAC Africa Nico J Smit Kerry Hadfield Malherbe

We are proud to announce that our very own Dr Hannes Erasmus received the prestigious 2024 NRF Research Excellence Award 🌟 News@NWU: news.nwu.ac.za/young-research… Hannes Erasmus🇿🇦🇩🇪 Anja Erasmus, PhD 🇿🇦 Victor Wepener #NRF #ResearchExcellence #environmentalscience #WaterResearch

So proud of this Trends in Parasitology publication, where I had the opportunity to illustrate the lifecycle of the famous tongue-replacement #isopod !

And it's published! A comprehensive book on Aquatic Parasitology exploring parasites across freshwater & marine systems. I’m proud & honored to have contributed the scientific illustrations! It’s been an honor to support the work of authors & editors. link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

Studying or teaching Biology & Life Cycles of Parasitic Arthropoda? Then this #OpenAccess chapter in the newly ⁦Springer Nature⁩ book on Aquatic Parasitology edited by Smit & Sures is for you! ⁦NWU_WRG⁩ ⁦Anja Erasmus, PhD 🇿🇦 ⁦ link.springer.com/chapter/10.100…

Vector of the Month: #Gnathia #Africana, a temporary #ectoparasitic #isopod & the vector transmitting #apicomplexan parasite #Haemogregarina #bigemina among #fish hosts in #SouthAfrica, by Kerry Hadfield Malherbe Anja Erasmus, PhD 🇿🇦 & Nico J Smit. NWU_WRG NWU - North-West University authors.elsevier.com/a/1kzle5Eb1xN6…

Another one I was fortunate enough to illustrate, and a particular favorite of mine- from the genus Gnathia! Proud of this Trends in Parasitology publication!