Kate Jones 🦇
@profkatej.bsky.social
Director, UCL People & Nature Lab, Prof of Ecology & Biodiversity #CBER. Passionate about finding solutions for both ecological & human health. Exploring #OneHealth, #Climate, #AI, #Tech4Nature, #ResilientCities https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/35481-kate-jones
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Very cool new paper by Sarah Hayes, @liambrierley.bsky.social and team - Ecology and environment predict spatially stratified risk of H5 highly pathogenic avian influenza clade 2.3.4.4b in wild birds across Europe: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Ecology and environment predict spatially stratified risk of H5 highly pathogenic avian influenza clade 2.3.4.4b in wild birds across Europe - Scientific Reports
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) represents a threat to animal and human health, with the ongoing H5N1 outbreak within the H5 2.3.4.4b clade being one of the largest on record. However, it rem...
www.nature.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Very cool new paper by Sarah Hayes, @liambrierley.bsky.social and team - Ecology and environment predict spatially stratified risk of H5 highly pathogenic avian influenza clade 2.3.4.4b in wild birds across Europe: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Climate change could lead to 123 million additional malaria cases and 532,000 deaths between 2024 and 2050. Extreme weather events are identified as the primary driver. The findings emphasize the need for climate-resilient malaria control strategies and robust emergency response systems.
Projected impacts of climate change on malaria in Africa - Nature
Projected impacts of climate change on malaria burden in Africa by 2050 highlight the urgent need for climate-resilient malaria control strategies and robust emergency response systems to safeguard pr...
www.nature.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Climate change could lead to 123 million additional malaria cases and 532,000 deaths between 2024 and 2050. Extreme weather events are identified as the primary driver. The findings emphasize the need for climate-resilient malaria control strategies and robust emergency response systems.
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Meta-analysis is ubiquitous in ecology, but it is poor at determining which conservation interventions work in which contexts
That’s why we’ve developed Precision Ecology, using methods developed in, eg, medicine to inform precise, data-informed conservation
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
That’s why we’ve developed Precision Ecology, using methods developed in, eg, medicine to inform precise, data-informed conservation
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Precision ecology for targeted conservation action - Nature Ecology & Evolution
The fields of medicine and marketing use large data volumes and computational power to target individuals. This Perspective argues that applied ecologists should draw on such approaches to provide dec...
www.nature.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Meta-analysis is ubiquitous in ecology, but it is poor at determining which conservation interventions work in which contexts
That’s why we’ve developed Precision Ecology, using methods developed in, eg, medicine to inform precise, data-informed conservation
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
That’s why we’ve developed Precision Ecology, using methods developed in, eg, medicine to inform precise, data-informed conservation
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🚨I have a new paper out! doi.org/10.1002/rse2...
How important is it to use top performing ML models when creating a classifier? We test this on two 📸 datasets from Kenya & Nepal and found that large, clean training sets are more important than ML architecture. Check it out!
How important is it to use top performing ML models when creating a classifier? We test this on two 📸 datasets from Kenya & Nepal and found that large, clean training sets are more important than ML architecture. Check it out!
January 20, 2026 at 3:48 PM
🚨I have a new paper out! doi.org/10.1002/rse2...
How important is it to use top performing ML models when creating a classifier? We test this on two 📸 datasets from Kenya & Nepal and found that large, clean training sets are more important than ML architecture. Check it out!
How important is it to use top performing ML models when creating a classifier? We test this on two 📸 datasets from Kenya & Nepal and found that large, clean training sets are more important than ML architecture. Check it out!
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Super new #OA meta-analysis, led by the terrific Grace Skinner and Joe Millard of @glitrs.bsky.social and out today in @natcomms.nature.com: effects of invasive alien species in insects doi.org/10.1038/s414...
January 15, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Super new #OA meta-analysis, led by the terrific Grace Skinner and Joe Millard of @glitrs.bsky.social and out today in @natcomms.nature.com: effects of invasive alien species in insects doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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AI-Integrated Network Ecosystem Models for Predicting Biodiversity Change
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Based at University College London
Supervision Team: Kate Jones (@profkatej.bsky.social), Oisin Mac Aodha, Drew Purves
Deadline Jan 19th
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Based at University College London
Supervision Team: Kate Jones (@profkatej.bsky.social), Oisin Mac Aodha, Drew Purves
Deadline Jan 19th
January 5, 2026 at 2:15 PM
AI-Integrated Network Ecosystem Models for Predicting Biodiversity Change
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Based at University College London
Supervision Team: Kate Jones (@profkatej.bsky.social), Oisin Mac Aodha, Drew Purves
Deadline Jan 19th
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Based at University College London
Supervision Team: Kate Jones (@profkatej.bsky.social), Oisin Mac Aodha, Drew Purves
Deadline Jan 19th
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New paper out in Science Advances:
Tracing 2500 years of human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B diversity through ancient DNA
👉 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Tracing 2500 years of human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B diversity through ancient DNA
👉 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Tracing 2500 years of human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B diversity through ancient DNA
First ancient HHV-6 genomes reveal 2500 years of phylogenetic continuity and provide insights into the endogenization of HHV-6A.
www.science.org
January 3, 2026 at 1:46 PM
New paper out in Science Advances:
Tracing 2500 years of human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B diversity through ancient DNA
👉 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Tracing 2500 years of human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B diversity through ancient DNA
👉 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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New paper out, a lovely way to finish 2025!✨“Ethical & equitable approaches in AI for vector-borne disease management”🦟A truly collaborative effort, this paper started as a conversation at the #InsectAI meeting, & was a joy to work on! Shout if you’d like the pdf🧪🌐🌍 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Ethical and equitable approaches in AI for vector-borne disease management - AI and Ethics
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being incorporated into public health strategies for vector-borne disease (VBD) management, offering several advances in surveillance, prediction, and cont...
link.springer.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:48 AM
New paper out, a lovely way to finish 2025!✨“Ethical & equitable approaches in AI for vector-borne disease management”🦟A truly collaborative effort, this paper started as a conversation at the #InsectAI meeting, & was a joy to work on! Shout if you’d like the pdf🧪🌐🌍 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Check out this write-up on sound producing Grasshoppers in Europe, and their availability on XC www.researchgate.net/publication/... . #bioacoustics #grasshoppers #orthoptera
(PDF) A list of sound producing European grasshoppers and the availability of their sounds in Xeno-canto
PDF | On Dec 8, 2025, Baudewijn Odé and others published A list of sound producing European grasshoppers and the availability of their sounds in Xeno-canto | Find, read and cite all the research you n...
www.researchgate.net
December 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Check out this write-up on sound producing Grasshoppers in Europe, and their availability on XC www.researchgate.net/publication/... . #bioacoustics #grasshoppers #orthoptera
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A timely new article by the co-chairs of the IPBES #NexusAssessment Pamela McElwee and Paula Harrison titled “Time to act across crises: Lessons from the Nexus Assessment for UNFCCC COP 30” is now available.
Read it here: https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000730
Read it here: https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000730
December 15, 2025 at 8:05 AM
A timely new article by the co-chairs of the IPBES #NexusAssessment Pamela McElwee and Paula Harrison titled “Time to act across crises: Lessons from the Nexus Assessment for UNFCCC COP 30” is now available.
Read it here: https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000730
Read it here: https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000730
Just shows how awesome they are #teambat
October 10, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Just shows how awesome they are #teambat
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Human transformation of past terrestrial ecosystems @natrevbiodiv.nature.com #anthromes 🌍🌐
doi.org/10.1038/s443...
doi.org/10.1038/s443...
Human transformation of past terrestrial ecosystems - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
Human actions have shaped ecosystems for thousands of years, and have profound effects on biodiversity and environmental processes. This Review explores the ways that humans have modified past ecosystems and the methods available for researchers to study these changes, as well as indicating how understanding historic change can inform conservation strategies.
doi.org
October 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Human transformation of past terrestrial ecosystems @natrevbiodiv.nature.com #anthromes 🌍🌐
doi.org/10.1038/s443...
doi.org/10.1038/s443...
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Adaptive ecosystem restoration to mitigate zoonotic risks www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This Perspective discusses essential considerations for how ecosystem restoration may influence spillover of zoonotic pathogens, and how such considerations may be integrated into restoration design 🧪
This Perspective discusses essential considerations for how ecosystem restoration may influence spillover of zoonotic pathogens, and how such considerations may be integrated into restoration design 🧪
October 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Adaptive ecosystem restoration to mitigate zoonotic risks www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This Perspective discusses essential considerations for how ecosystem restoration may influence spillover of zoonotic pathogens, and how such considerations may be integrated into restoration design 🧪
This Perspective discusses essential considerations for how ecosystem restoration may influence spillover of zoonotic pathogens, and how such considerations may be integrated into restoration design 🧪
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New study 🎓 by @robinheinennl.bsky.social
Variation in artificial light at night (ALAN) 💡 affects ecosystem functions: An experimental approach using plasticine caterpillar 🐛 predation in an urban environment 🧪
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🔓
Variation in artificial light at night (ALAN) 💡 affects ecosystem functions: An experimental approach using plasticine caterpillar 🐛 predation in an urban environment 🧪
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🔓
Variation in artificial light at night (ALAN) affects ecosystem functions: An experimental approach using plasticine caterpillar predation in an urban environment
Artificial Light at Night (ALAN) is changing our nocturnal landscape. Recent research reveals the negative impacts on biodiversity, including individu…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
New study 🎓 by @robinheinennl.bsky.social
Variation in artificial light at night (ALAN) 💡 affects ecosystem functions: An experimental approach using plasticine caterpillar 🐛 predation in an urban environment 🧪
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🔓
Variation in artificial light at night (ALAN) 💡 affects ecosystem functions: An experimental approach using plasticine caterpillar 🐛 predation in an urban environment 🧪
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🔓
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🎙️ New BBC podcast: Digital Dolittles – Talking to the animals? 🐘🦉
Featuring UCL’s Prof. Kate Jones @profkatej.bsky.social @ucl-pnl.bsky.social and UCL's PhD students, exploring how tech is changing the way we listen to nature 🌍✨
🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Featuring UCL’s Prof. Kate Jones @profkatej.bsky.social @ucl-pnl.bsky.social and UCL's PhD students, exploring how tech is changing the way we listen to nature 🌍✨
🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
October 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
🎙️ New BBC podcast: Digital Dolittles – Talking to the animals? 🐘🦉
Featuring UCL’s Prof. Kate Jones @profkatej.bsky.social @ucl-pnl.bsky.social and UCL's PhD students, exploring how tech is changing the way we listen to nature 🌍✨
🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Featuring UCL’s Prof. Kate Jones @profkatej.bsky.social @ucl-pnl.bsky.social and UCL's PhD students, exploring how tech is changing the way we listen to nature 🌍✨
🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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And available in the UK RIGHT NOW of course.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1399806378
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1399806378
The Tree of Life: Solving Science's Greatest Puzzle
Buy The Tree of Life: Solving Science's Greatest Puzzle by Telford, Max (ISBN: 9781399806374) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
www.amazon.co.uk
August 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
And available in the UK RIGHT NOW of course.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1399806378
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1399806378
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My book "The Tree of Life" has been selected as one of Apple Books most anticipated books of the fall! Out in the USA November 11th. Available for Preorder now!
www.amazon.com/dp/1324065427
www.amazon.com/dp/1324065427
August 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
My book "The Tree of Life" has been selected as one of Apple Books most anticipated books of the fall! Out in the USA November 11th. Available for Preorder now!
www.amazon.com/dp/1324065427
www.amazon.com/dp/1324065427
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🦟" #OneHealth approach uncovers emergence and dynamics of #Usutu and #WestNile viruses in the #Netherlands 🇳🇱" by @emmanuellemunger.bsky.social, @marionkoopmans.bsky.social et al. @erasmusmc.bsky.social in @natcomms.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
August 25, 2025 at 7:22 AM
🦟" #OneHealth approach uncovers emergence and dynamics of #Usutu and #WestNile viruses in the #Netherlands 🇳🇱" by @emmanuellemunger.bsky.social, @marionkoopmans.bsky.social et al. @erasmusmc.bsky.social in @natcomms.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Identifying the climate sensitivity of infectious diseases: a conceptual framework #climate #health #disease #policy www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Identifying the climate sensitivity of infectious diseases: a conceptual framework
Infectious diseases pose a substantial threat to public health, affecting billions
and straining health-care systems worldwide. There is growing concern over how anthropogenic
climate change might agg...
www.thelancet.com
August 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Identifying the climate sensitivity of infectious diseases: a conceptual framework #climate #health #disease #policy www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Sure, 3D forest surveys sound cool, but how would you go about actually doing them? We have a new paper for that. 🌳🌲🧪🌏
Terrestrial and mobile laser scanning for national forest inventories: From theory to implementation
Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) has emerged as an important data source for monitoring forest resources. Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) and Mobi…
www.sciencedirect.com
August 8, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Sure, 3D forest surveys sound cool, but how would you go about actually doing them? We have a new paper for that. 🌳🌲🧪🌏
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So pleased to be part of this special issue following a wonderful meeting at @royalsociety.org on Chance and Purpose in the Biosphere last year. Do check it out
Planetary system evolution and the extended biosphere: we humans are products of Earth’s biosphere; we have become its co-creators; can we be its regulators? | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
The energy balance of a planet is set by the sunlight entering and the heat radiating back from it. Earth’s biosphere adds new complexity as energy flows through global marine and terrestrial ecosystems altering physical and chemical systems, including ...
royalsocietypublishing.org
August 8, 2025 at 10:11 AM
So pleased to be part of this special issue following a wonderful meeting at @royalsociety.org on Chance and Purpose in the Biosphere last year. Do check it out
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Wasps (and me!) in @thesundaytimes.bsky.social today. Thanks @ben-spencer.bsky.social for championing wasps!
Get involved with #WaspPicnicSurvey and #BigWaspSurvey!
#SummerOfWaspLove
Links below!
@uclcber.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social
@adamhartscience.bsky.social
Get involved with #WaspPicnicSurvey and #BigWaspSurvey!
#SummerOfWaspLove
Links below!
@uclcber.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social
@adamhartscience.bsky.social
August 3, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Wasps (and me!) in @thesundaytimes.bsky.social today. Thanks @ben-spencer.bsky.social for championing wasps!
Get involved with #WaspPicnicSurvey and #BigWaspSurvey!
#SummerOfWaspLove
Links below!
@uclcber.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social
@adamhartscience.bsky.social
Get involved with #WaspPicnicSurvey and #BigWaspSurvey!
#SummerOfWaspLove
Links below!
@uclcber.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social
@adamhartscience.bsky.social
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UCL People and Nature Lab are looking for partner organisations in the conservation sector for Nature Smart Challenge 2026! Could you be one of them?
#UCL @freshwaterizzy.bsky.social
#UCL @freshwaterizzy.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
UCL People and Nature Lab are looking for partner organisations in the conservation sector for Nature Smart Challenge 2026! Could you be one of them?
#UCL @freshwaterizzy.bsky.social
#UCL @freshwaterizzy.bsky.social
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Really excited to see our perspective on how urbanization affects species interactions out in Nature Cities, hoping to inspire more research on this topic. Hard team work led by former postdoc Pablo Moreno-García. Feel free to discuss! rdcu.be/eyjBj www.nature.com/articles/s44...
July 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Really excited to see our perspective on how urbanization affects species interactions out in Nature Cities, hoping to inspire more research on this topic. Hard team work led by former postdoc Pablo Moreno-García. Feel free to discuss! rdcu.be/eyjBj www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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🦇 NEW RESEARCH: Our 3-year study of Australian flying foxes identified six co-circulating coronaviruses, with highest rates of infection and co-infection in young bats, and evidence of circulating recombinants 🧪🌏 🧵
Available open access in @natcomms.nature.com
📄 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Available open access in @natcomms.nature.com
📄 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Synchronized seasonal excretion of multiple coronaviruses coincides with high rates of coinfection in immature bats - Nature Communications
Bats harbor diverse coronaviruses but temporal dynamics are less well studied. Here, the authors analyzed coronaviruses in Australian flying foxes over 3 years showing peak shedding and co-infections ...
doi.org
July 21, 2025 at 6:40 AM
🦇 NEW RESEARCH: Our 3-year study of Australian flying foxes identified six co-circulating coronaviruses, with highest rates of infection and co-infection in young bats, and evidence of circulating recombinants 🧪🌏 🧵
Available open access in @natcomms.nature.com
📄 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Available open access in @natcomms.nature.com
📄 www.nature.com/articles/s41...