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Our School brings together a wealth of internationally leading researchers, clinicians, educators and facilities to form an international powerhouse for One Health research, discovery science and animal care.

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Analysing original Gaelic and Scots place-names has helped a team of UofG scientists, led by SBOHVM's Anna McGregor rediscover the locations of important oyster beds on the West Coast of Scotland.
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#TeamUofG #ProjectEisirean #NativeOysters
Gaelic, Scots and Norse place-names lead scientists to Scotland’s hidden oyster beds
Analysing original Gaelic and Scots place-names has helped a team of scientists rediscover the locations of important oyster beds on the West Coast of Scotland
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September 15, 2026 at 12:20 PM
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Mosquitoes in Scotland: Friend and foe? Join @drheatherferg.bsky.social to learn about new research exploring their ecology, distribution and potential to transmit disease. Come along to view live mosquitoes and speak to our experts👉
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#curiousfestival #mosquitoes #onehealth
Mosquitos in Scotland: Friend and foe?
With mosquito-borne diseases expanding across Europe, what should we know?
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September 10, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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A new study, led by @khampson.bsky.social has found that expanding dog vaccination is the most effective and cost-effective way to eliminate rabies deaths in people in Kerala, India 👉https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_1290403_en.html
#OneHealth #Rabies #Vaccination
Two stray dogs of mixed breed standing outdoors in a yard
September 9, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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baldini-francesco.bsky.social
Our new work led by #IvanCasas & @mauropazmino.bsky.social @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk:

TAUS: Target-Age Unified Survival. Survival Analysis Without Assuming Proportional Hazards or Parameterising the Survival Function
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

A new framework to estimate survival to a chosen target age
<fc>TAUS</fc>: Target‐Age Unified Survival. Survival Analysis Without Assuming Proportional Hazards or Parameterising the Survival Function
Estimation of 𝑂𝜏 for the arbitrary case of 𝜏 = 15 (green dashed line). It shows the conditional survival (𝑇 > 𝜏 ∣ 𝑇 > 𝑡) (black line, 95% CI in grey), the age distribution 𝐴(𝑡) (blue histogram), the ...
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September 8, 2026 at 9:19 AM
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profkathrynelmer.bsky.social
We have a ca 1.5 yr postdoc available in our team, asking, 'what is the shape of the fitness landscape between oviparity and viviparity?' and 'what drives viviparity to evolve'? 🧬 using 🦎 as a model. closes 16 Sept. Details on EvolDir
evoldir.net/brian/evoldi... @glasgow.ac.uk @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk
August 25, 2026 at 11:19 AM
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Paper out today led by Hongxin Xie answering a question we have been asking for years! how did viviparity evolve in common lizards? 🦎 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Genome-wide barriers to gene flow reveal the genetic basis of viviparity evolution in a lizard
Viviparity (live-bearing) is a major evolutionary transition repeatedly linked with ecological and evolutionary diversification throughout vertebrates…
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August 20, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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Our team @sceneuog.bsky.social has carried out work to repair the jetty at our specialist facility on the stunning, bonny bonny banks of Loch Lomond

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Rebuilding the SCENE jetty at Loch Lomond
YouTube video by UofG Biodiversity One Health & Veterinary Medicine
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August 19, 2026 at 9:36 AM
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🆕Two New Technician Posts @UofGSBOHVM

🚨INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY

206133 – Technician
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206033 - Technician
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📅Closing date is 23:45 on Monday 24 August
Technician
***Please note, this vacancy is open to current University of Glasgow employees only***&nbsp;&nbsp;Please note that you are required to complete the criteria document as part of your application.&n...
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August 18, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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baldini-francesco.bsky.social
🎉 #EmmanuelHape on his new publication!
Great collaboration b/w #ifakarahealthinstitute #WitsUni @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk
We established a new laboratory colony of Anopheles funestus, a key #malaria #vector, creating an important resource for malaria research in Africa
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Fitness traits and genetic characterization of a new laboratory colony of Anopheles funestus established in Ifakara, Tanzania - Parasites & Vectors
Background Anopheles funestus, a major vector of malaria in Africa, has proven difficult to colonize in laboratory settings, impeding research on its biology and control. After several attempts, our t...
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August 14, 2026 at 9:26 AM
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baldini-francesco.bsky.social
New paper out! 🎉
Led by #IssiakaSaré and #IRSS team in Burkina Faso, we show that locally isolated Metarhizium pingshaense fungus has cross-stage and maternal effects that reduce #malaria #mosquito fitness.
Great collaboration between #IRSS and @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Maternal and cross-stage effects of Metarhizium pingshaense fungal infection on the malaria mosquito Anopheles coluzzii life-history
Background Entomopathogenic fungi of the genus Metarhizium are widely used as eco-friendly biocontrol agents against insect vectors, offering a cost-effective alternative to chemical insecticides. Whi...
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August 13, 2026 at 9:29 AM
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The Small Animal Hospital is the first in the UK to use groundbreaking bee and wasp venom immunotherapy for dogs suffering from extreme allergic reactions to stings.
Read more👉https://www.gla.ac.uk/.../news/headline_1284067_en.html
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#TeamUofG
Scottish animal hospital first in UK to offer dogs new sting immunotherapy
The University of Glasgow Small Animal Hospital is one of just a few centres around the world able to deliver Hymenoptera Venom Immunotherapy.
www.independent.co.uk
July 30, 2026 at 9:51 AM
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A new study led by SBOHVM's Kevin Parsons & Matthew Brachmann and published in Nature Communications reveals that a genetic adaptation to living in warmer waters causes fish to be obese.
👉https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/bohvm/about/news/headline_1284829_en.html
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
July 29, 2026 at 10:17 AM
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In a new study led by @shaunkillen.bsky.social, a virtual reality fish platform offers new insights into the impact of artificial light on aquatic life 👉
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Virtual reality fish platform offers new insights into the impact of artificial light on aquatic life
A virtual reality (VR) platform has given researchers new insights into how artificial light at night alters the way coral reef fish respond to predators
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July 28, 2026 at 11:37 AM
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new paper in @molecology.bsky.social from MVLS-DTP @uofgmvls.bsky.social research of @teamlizard.bsky.social 's J Smout 🧬 gene expression & alternative splicing in a viviparous lizard; new candidate genes + some known from other amniotes 👀🦎 @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk
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Gene Expression and Alternative Splicing Throughout the Reproductive Cycle of a Viviparous Lizard Reveal Novel Genes for Pregnancy and Convergence With Squamates and Mammals
Squamate pregnancy is an important topic in reproductive and evolutionary biology, as it provides insight to amniote live-bearing that is not mammalian. Gene regulation in squamates is poorly charact...
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July 22, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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First paper from the project is now out - led by @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk PhD student @meshachlee.bsky.social this study evaluated of the efficiency of different trapping methods for sampling #mosquito populations in Scotland.

Read here ⬇️ 🦟
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Two people pose for a selfie beside a wetland. One person in the foreground wears an orange high-visibility vest, striped shirt, glasses, and a dark baseball cap, giving a thumbs-up toward the camera (Meshach Lee). Another person stands to the right holding a navy-blue bag with the word “Biogents” and a flower logo printed on it (Alannah MacCallum, research assistant). Behind them, a narrow wooden dock extends into the water, with a small canoe tied alongside. Trees with leafy branches frame the top of the image, and green hills and reeds surround the lake in the background. Visible text includes “University of Glasgow” on the vest and “Biopents” on the bag
July 13, 2026 at 7:36 PM
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jasonmatth.bsky.social
Just out! Spatial epidemiology of Avian flu in seabird populations. #HPAI, #Bayesian, #Conservation, #Panzootic, #Gannets, @jwejeglinski.bsky.social @heyjoode.bsky.social , @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @rspb.bsky.social @au.dk @heriotwattuni.bsky.social

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Between‐species contagion drives HPAI transmission and mass mortality in seabirds
Modelling the unprecedented avian panzootic caused by High-Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI) across the Northeast Atlantic gannet breeding metapopulation, we estimated 28% (95% CI: 21%–34%) HPAI-r...
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July 8, 2026 at 11:47 AM
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Are you attending this year's Royal Highland Show?
Come and visit our stand in a new location on the 7th Avenue. Meet with our vets and find out what it's like to study veterinary medicine at our stunning Garscube campus in Glasgow.
#WorldChangingGlasgow #TeamUofG #VeterinaryMedicine
June 18, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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Congrats Sayantan and colleagues on your publication!

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Check out the discovery of the impact prolactin and triiodothyronine have on hamster adipose tissue.

@sayantansur.bsky.social @calumstewartphd.bsky.social @iremsenman.bsky.social @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk
Prolactin and Triiodothyronine Modulate Seasonal Variation in Brown Adipose Tissue in Djungarian Hamsters
Seasonal photoperiodic cycles regulate energy rheostasis in many animals. Brown adipose tissue (BAT) and the liver are key metabolic organs that show remarkable plasticity in response to photoperiodi...
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June 2, 2026 at 10:52 AM
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saragandy.bsky.social
New preprint: socioeconomics & Lyme disease

Using data from Glasgow, we found that more advantaged neighbourhoods had higher Lyme disease incidence, partly explained by greater woodland cover. Heavily used park also had lower tick densities. @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk

www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
When advantage turns into risk: disentangling landscape and behavioural drivers of socioeconomic inequality in Lyme disease risk, Glasgow as a case study
Introduction: Socioeconomic deprivation is often associated with poorer health outcomes, but some studies suggest the opposite for Lyme disease. Here we test two hypotheses to explain this: difference...
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May 22, 2026 at 7:54 AM
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@drheatherferg.bsky.social of #MosquitoScotland & Ryan Carmichael of #MosquitoNI joined #AveryHolmes from @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk to speak to a sell out crowd at the wildlife disease ecology #PintofScience session on Mon. Great enthusiam & submissions for beer mat design context - new lab logo?
Three adults seated together in a warmly lit pub booth with red walls and framed pictures (L to R - Ryan Carmichael, Heather Ferguson & Avery Holmes). Each person is holding a clear glass printed with a skull design and the text “Pint of Science 2026.” A wooden table is in the foreground, and one person leans in from the right side of the image while the other two sit closely together on a leather bench. A person – Heather Ferguson - stands beside a small table in a warmly lit pub, presenting to a group. A wall-mounted screen displays a slide with multiple panels of text and images. The presenter’s table holds a laptop. The room has red walls with framed circular artwork featuring birds, a single exposed hanging light bulb, and dark wood paneling along the lower wall. A person - Ryan Carmichael - stands at the front of a warmly lit pub room beside a wall-mounted screen displaying a presentation slide titled “Mosquitoes in Northern Ireland,” with logos from several universities and research organizations. The slide includes an illustration of a mosquito and circular images of landscapes. In the foreground, several audience members sit at tables with drinks and items such as cups and a water bottle. The room has red walls, framed pictures, and exposed light bulbs, creating an informal talk or event atmosphere. A round white coaster on a dark wooden table, decorated with a hand-drawn cartoon mosquito holding a large red drink in a glass. Around the illustration are small colorful star shapes. Handwritten text on the coaster reads, “TAKE A FUCKING SIP, BABES.”
May 20, 2026 at 9:07 AM
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🆕 | A new research project led by @uofgsii.bsky.social's Dr @rebeccamchugh.bsky.social has been awarded £22k in funding from the Hannah Dairy Foundation.

The project, a collaboration with Dr Rheinallt Jones from @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk, will address neonatal calf scour.

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Rebecca McHugh (left) with two researchers in a laboratory, standing beside a microscope and petri dishes while wearing white lab coats.
May 21, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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🎉Congratulations to @khampson.bsky.social recently awarded the 2026 Plowright Prize & £100,000 for her extraordinary research into dog-mediated rabies and how this has influenced efforts to eliminate human deaths from the infectious disease.

www.rcvsknowledge.org/article/worl...
World-leading researcher of dog-mediated rabies wins 2026 Plowright Prize - RCVS Knowledge
University of Glasgow Professor wins 2026 Plowright Prize for her work to end human deaths from dog-mediated rabies.
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May 19, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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Registration is now open for the first UK Virome Forum meeting!

📍 Advanced Research Centre (ARC), University of Glasgow
🗓️ 5-6 Oct 2026
🦠 Animal, human and environmental viromics

For more info, including speakers, check bit.ly/ukvf-2026 or @ukvf.bsky.social

Register for free: tinyurl.com/yhnartn5
UKVF-2026
The UK Virome Forum will bring together researchers from across the UK using genomic approaches to study viromes, with a particular focus on whole-virome analyses, viral ecology, and evolution beyond ...
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May 14, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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Last week, we dedicated our Friday Social in the Zoology Museum to David Attenborough. Happy 100th birthday, Sir David! 🎉

Sir David officially opened the refurbished Zoology Museum 40 years ago -pictured below with our then Head of Department, Keith Vickerman.

#Attenborough100
May 12, 2026 at 10:04 AM
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Featuring Dr Andrew Brownlow and PhD researcher Anna Kebke:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Lewis stranding offers clues to pilot whales' deep water lives
Scientists say
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May 1, 2026 at 2:55 PM