
Isabella Ragonese
@i_ragonese
PhD student @UGAecology
interested in disease ecology, animal behavior/migration, and biodiversity conservation.
Bird nerd and insect enthusiast.
She/her.
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10-06-2019 19:54:45
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131 Followers
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Working to improve my Twitter presence with encouragement from everyone ComSciCon-ATL! Feels good to be moving forward with some crucial #Scicomm skills. 🗣🦋🔬🌿 Kudos to the organizers for pulling off a hybrid conference!


Social distancing works – just ask lobsters, ants and vampire bats theconversation.com/social-distanc… via The Conversation U.S.

🔥LOOKING FOR A PHD PROGRAM?🔥 Love #SCICOMM & OUTREACH 📣? Fond of cool PARASITES 🐉? Diggin' EXPERIMENTAL EVOLUTION 🤓? If you answered YESSSS above & are interested in applying for fellowships this fall.... LET'S CHAT! knutielab.com JOIN THE ParasiteSquad! 🐣




Tried out cemetery birding (a la LeVar Birdin) -- amazing! Serene, yet buzzing with bird activity. So many yellow-rumped warblers flitting among fall leaves 🍂🐦👻


Debilitating parasite spores that infect monarch butterflies can persist for years at cool temperatures, but are knocked out by heat, according to a new study by researchers affiliated with CEID. @altizer_sonia Isabella Ragonese Odum School of Ecology (no longer monitored) t.uga.edu/6KW


Reporting in The New York Times by Apoorva Mandavilli and others proclaiming that herd immunity is out of reach are missing the point in several key ways 1/ nytimes.com/2021/05/07/pod…





New research published in #ProcB tests how controlled temperatures influence multiple components of host and parasite fitness in #MonarchButterflies and their protozoan parasites. ow.ly/EOE850Qujft | Isabella Ragonese #Ecology
