Story Collider is back in London on 14th November Aces and Eights Bar! Come along to hear true, personal science stories about The Unexpected ⚡️ from Dhruti Shah Francis Windram 🕸️ Robyn Jay & more Tickets available now: storycollider.org/shows/2022/11/… (Hosted by myself and Richard Kemeny)

London was calling & we answered! We're so excited to be hosting shows in #London again, with our first on Nov. 14 Aces and Eights Bar. Hosted by Richard Kemeny + Dr Michaela Agapiou with stories from: 🇬🇧Dhruti Shah 🇬🇧Francis Windram 🕸️ 🇬🇧Robyn Jay 🇬🇧Sofia Castelló y Tickell Tickets: ow.ly/gZ1w50LmhCU

A #newyear means brand #new #podcast episodes on The Story Collider podcast!🎉 We can't wait for tomorrow's episode featuring Francis Windram 🕸️ and @wayfaringwilly. You won't want to miss their stories of trial and error! Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

Calling all arachnid taxonomists! Do you know of any trans or gender-nonconforming arachnologists who have described at least one spider species at any point in history? 🏳️‍⚧️ Please DM me if so, and if not, please RT! Lauren Esposito SCC Franklyn Cala-Riquelme. Dr. Kate Montana

.Marta Shocket 🏳️‍🌈 explores a #PLOSBiology study showing that, contrary to expectations, temperature fluctuations increased #parasite transmission, with implications for how #ClimateChange will impact infectious disease. Primer: plos.io/3r8zGud Paper: plos.io/3LhLykz

I am recruiting a fully funded PhD student in ecology to study environmental effects on fungal parasites of insects, starting in Oct 2024. Applications are due Feb 18th. Students must be UK nationals or have settled status. Please share widely! findaphd.com/phds/project/e…

🚨 I have two PhD projects included in the BBSRCNorthWestBio DTP 🚨 gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/d… Both use Large Language Models to extract data from scientific literature. One is completely computational and the other has a mix of field, lab, and dry work Project details below! 1/3

🔍🦠🦗 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲! Work with me, Marta Shocket 🏳️‍🌈, and Max Farrell building information systems and large language models to capture key biological host-pathogen relations from literature - that could control crop pests or conserve biodiversity! 1/2

Come do a PhD with Marta Shocket 🏳️‍🌈, Dr Steven White and myself using mathematical modelling to improve predictions of West Nile virus risk - shorturl.at/6Aahf

I'm recruiting two computational ecology PhD students via BBSRCNorthWestBio to start autumn 2025. One is based at Lancaster Uni Lancaster Environment Centre working with me, David Ewing , and Dr Steven White to develop and validate models for West Nile virus in the UK. gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/d…