Darren Mc Donald @DarrenMcScience
BSc (Hons) Biosciences with Biopharmaceuticals @SETUIreland - DipHE Animal & Conservation Biology @EdinburghNapier - Irish - Bird Watching - Biotech - Biopharma Ireland Joined December 2020-
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Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) near Fenit, Co Kerry, earlier today. This species is listed under Annex I of the EU Birds Directive.
The theme of #EarthDay2024 ‘Planet versus plastics’ is a relevant theme for our seabird team. The impact of plastic can be devastating for seabirds. From injury to feeding disruption, our latest blog covers the ways that marine litter affects seabirds⬇️ birdwatchireland.ie/how-plastics-t…
Woohoo! Just had my first Swallow of 2024 AND the sun is shining. There's a Chiffchaff singing behind me and I've got two mics running, one of which is underground! Life is good!
Woohoo! Just had my first Swallow of 2024 AND the sun is shining. There's a Chiffchaff singing behind me and I've got two mics running, one of which is underground! Life is good!
This week is my final time ever to be in the Bioscience lab at @SETUIreland I’m going to miss the lab chats, coffee breaks, and even the little break downs over results 😂 Now to prepare for my final 4th year exams for my BSc (Hons) Biosciences with Biopharmaceuticals
Lots of Coal Tit song to be heard in the woods right now. They sound to me like a higher-pitched, faster Great Tit. The song is rather variable but typically has just two notes on repeat - one higher than the other. Yet another sound of our entering into warmer, greener months.
The unmistakable jingling of one our most colourful songbirds - the Goldfinch. Today one of these gems sat right above my head and sang its heart out! It's such an uplifting song - one of my favourites. 📸Roger Mepsted (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED)
Released April 18th, ‘Spike Island’ will reveal the secrets of Irelands historic island Its history is unrivalled Yet most people don’t know its massive role in the Irish story Here are several short tweets that sum it up (1)
Going straight from Undergrad to PhD? The jump is big, but so are the benefits. 🌟 Read ‘How to Handle the Jump Straight from Undergrad to PhD’ by @TessWOfficial on The PhD Place blog, #sponsored by @paperpile thephdplace.com/how-to-handle-…
🚨 Dataset Update 🚨 The National Bat Database of Ireland has been updated. There are now 91,418 records across 11 species. The dataset contains records of bat observations received and maintained by @BatConservIre & records submitted directly to NBDC. maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/128
Researchers study newborn piglets to better understand the progression of influenza! Read the study mentioned in the media, published in Virology! spkl.io/60114Lt7N
CRISPR could disable and cure HIV, suggests promising lab experiment newscientist.com/article/242310…
Researchers in the Netherlands have eliminated HIV from cells in a laboratory, using a gene-editing tool which won the Nobel Prize in 2020, raising hopes of a cure rte.ie/news/world/202…
Understanding why and how #microbiomes vary between animals is almost impossible. Here we tried to summarise and review what we currently know about the impact of #host factors in shaping microbiome #variation between animals 🦠🐭🐝🪰🐟 @RSocPublishing royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…
Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) in Dundalk Bay SAC/SPA this week.
We can be encouraged that in the event of a nuclear holocaust the nematodes will likely survive! sciencealert.com/tiny-worms-liv…
New drug approvals reached an all-time high in 2023, with five gene therapies, the first CRISPR–Cas9-edited therapy and a disease-modifying Alzheimer’s drug go.nature.com/3v00GOl rdcu.be/dzPdE
The military credentials of Spike Island Cork are remarkable Yet most people don't know the enormous effort taken to secure the western approaches to the British Empire Here is the story of an island fortified to defend an Empire (1)
We've started a project where we are doing unbiased sequencing of the wastewater 'virome'. SARS-CoV-2 was the 6th most common human virus we detected. Who can guess the top 5? Note - only human viruses count, not counting plant and bacteria viruses (which there are tons of).
Ruff (Calidris pugnax) in Dundalk Bay SAC/SPA this week.
The U.S. FDA accepted for priority review the application for our investigational medicine for COPD, a serious, debilitating disease that has not seen new treatment approaches in more than a decade. CC: @SanofiUS
Igor Iatsenko @IatsenkoIgor
304 Followers 293 Following Biologist interested in host-pathogen-microbiota interactions at MPIIB using Drosophila model. Research group leader.
Carley Pomberg @CPomberg47414
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Adela @adela1goldsmith
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Aldo Dean @aldo_dean61284
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Phil Ollenberg @PhilOllenberg
5K Followers 2K Following EdD candidate in #CdnPSE. Queer lefty-liberal posting about #HigherEd, #StarTrek, dogs & politics. Likes wearing hats. He/Him. 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁.
Elise Hamada @EliseHamad1771
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Olga Poloskey @o_polosk
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Ansley Mongeau @AnsleyMong31064
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Shira Debenedittis @debenedit_shir
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R Borza @rborza_
2K Followers 901 Following PhD Candidate at @NKI_nl #StructuralBiology〡 Curious about Synthetic Biology and Protein Design 🔬〡 Bioillustration using #b3d 🧬 | 🇳🇱 🇪🇸
Briar Zeoli @BriarZeoli54473
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Dot Dickmann @dickm_d
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Leilani Rombough @leila_rombou
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Sabra Lovetinsky @lovetinsky6992
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Jim Carolan @JimCarolanMU
949 Followers 1K Following Associate Professor, Dept of Biology, Maynooth University Head of the MU Applied Proteomics Lab Studies aphids, bees and proteins Maynooth Green Campus Chair
Katherine Pluemer @pluem_kather
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Tanika Cudan @TaniCud
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Hutchinson Lab @CVRHutchinson
8K Followers 6K Following Molecular virology lab @CVRinfo @UofGlasgow @The_MRC | Social media influenza | Group account | Posts often, but not always, from Ed Hutchinson (he/his)
Adelle Eaglin @ade_eagl
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Carlos Castañeda-Alv.. @CCastanedaAl
740 Followers 628 Following Entomopathogenic and Plant-parasitic nematodes. Beneficial Bacteria. Biocontrol 🇨🇴 PhD @uchile
Mariya Bellino @MariyBelli
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Clementine Mingle @MingClementin
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Stephane Stridiron @SStridiron42336
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Aaima Brisendine @AaiBrisendi
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🌳Magical Trees & M.. @ReWild_Belfast
10K Followers 8K Following 🌳Exploring the forgotten love that our ancestors had for our trees in Ireland & Europe (photographs all my own. Artwork is not)🌳
Juli Cowens @JuCowens
47 Followers 5K Following
Lilly-anne Spranger @AnneSprang68313
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Emma Gray @DrEmmaGray
667 Followers 729 Following Assistant Lecturer and Researcher in Freshwater Ecology @ATU_GalwayCity and @MfrcATU interested in climate change impacts on lakes and phytoplankton
Tarsha Yochum @TarsYoch
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Payton Dalen @PaytonDale93126
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Orla Flynn @OFlynnATU
9K Followers 8K Following President, Atlantic Technological University (she/her) @atu_ie - Tweets my own! #DeiseAbú https://t.co/5WpNrQvrLS
Kathleen Robinson @KathleenRo40134
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Nathalie Pluvoise @NPluvoise9358
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Tao Zuo @Tao_Zuo_
460 Followers 897 Following Professor at Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU) with research interest in the Gut bacterial, viral and fungal #microbiome, #IBD and #FMT. Views are my own..
Rosena Cumba @RoseCumb
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Chaya Topoian @chay_topo
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Rumaisa Podaras @RPodaras24276
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Keeva Schanbacher @KeevaSchan50534
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Igor Iatsenko @IatsenkoIgor
304 Followers 293 Following Biologist interested in host-pathogen-microbiota interactions at MPIIB using Drosophila model. Research group leader.
The Royal (Dick) Scho.. @TheDickVet
7K Followers 334 Following The official Twitter account of the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies - world leader in veterinary education, research, and clinical practice.
Max Planck Institute .. @mpiib_berlin
3K Followers 127 Following Excellent Research in Infection Biology at the heart of #Berlin, Tweets by Christian Denkhaus 🦠 Privacy policy: https://t.co/9AWl12jbA0…
John F. Cryan @jfcryan
22K Followers 7K Following Vice President for Research & Innovation @ucc @UCCResearch @UCCInnovation| PI @pharmabiotic| Prof @AnatNeuroUCC| MRIA @RIAdawson| Bluesky @jfcryan.bsky.social
Phil Ollenberg @PhilOllenberg
5K Followers 2K Following EdD candidate in #CdnPSE. Queer lefty-liberal posting about #HigherEd, #StarTrek, dogs & politics. Likes wearing hats. He/Him. 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁.
Niamh Power @NiamhPower18
398 Followers 126 Following Lecturer & Researcher, Department of Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering, Munster Technology University, Opinions my own
Jeremy (Jez) Simpson @jezsimpson_ucd
713 Followers 148 Following College Principal & Dean of Science at UCD, Full Professor of Cell Biology, cell biologist, imaging expert, travel lover, aircraft geek & foodie.
UCD Science @ucdscience
9K Followers 624 Following University College Dublin (@ucddublin) | College of Science | [email protected] | [email protected]
Alltech Ireland @AlltechIreland
3K Followers 2K Following Alltech Ireland is part of a global animal health company that helps farmers feed the world, raise healthy animals and protect the environment @Alltech
YNN ~ Young Nematolog.. @Young_Nemas
784 Followers 156 Following Connecting and enabling early career researchers in nematology. Supported by @ESNematologists.
TCD TBSI @tcdTBSI
4K Followers 624 Following The Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute (TBSI) is where innovative and interdisciplinary approaches are leading to scientific discoveries - tcd.ie/biosciences
R Borza @rborza_
2K Followers 901 Following PhD Candidate at @NKI_nl #StructuralBiology〡 Curious about Synthetic Biology and Protein Design 🔬〡 Bioillustration using #b3d 🧬 | 🇳🇱 🇪🇸
Jens Walter @JensWalter15
814 Followers 161 Following Keen interests in science, microbiome, music, travel, food, and cooking.
Steven Salzberg 💙�.. @StevenSalzberg1
19K Followers 235 Following Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of BME, CS, and Biostats at Johns Hopkins University, tennis player, blogger at Forbes: https://t.co/7SZhlbYPtn…
The Pirbright Institu.. @Pirbright_Inst
5K Followers 523 Following Official account of The Pirbright Institute, which is a world leader in research and surveillance of virus diseases of farm animals and zoonotic viruses.
Robin Ganzert @RobinGanzert
3K Followers 2K Following Author, Animal advocate, Living a happy life with my kids and animals. So excited about the release of my new cookbook, The Humane Table!
Beth Shapiro @bonesandbugs
11K Followers 1K Following I'm an evolutionary (paleo)biologist @ucsc and @hhminews. I still don’t have a mammoth, but I do have a new book! Check out Life As We Made It (please). She/her
Colossal Biosciences�.. @itiscolossal
13K Followers 666 Following The de-extinction company. #itiscolossal
American Bird Conserv.. @ABCbirds
76K Followers 5K Following Dedicated to conserving wild birds and their habitats throughout the Americas.
Lilian Salisi @LilianSalisi
7 Followers 21 Following
Birdwatch @BirdwatchExtra
42K Followers 728 Following The leading UK monthly magazine for keen birders.
Jim Carolan @JimCarolanMU
949 Followers 1K Following Associate Professor, Dept of Biology, Maynooth University Head of the MU Applied Proteomics Lab Studies aphids, bees and proteins Maynooth Green Campus Chair
UCD Research @UCD_Research
15K Followers 3K Following UCD is a leading European research-intensive university. #ucdresearch #PromoteYourResearch #ResearchImpact
INJ-Journal @InjJournal
814 Followers 0 Following The Irish Naturalists’ Journal Ltd is a not-for-profit scientific journal with occasional publications on Irish natural history since 1925
Eleanor Bath 🏳️�.. @EleanorBath1
500 Followers 477 Following Lecturer in Biology, Oxford University. Occasionally torn away from the AFL pitch to watch female flies fighting. Likes to dress as study organism. She/her
İrem Sepil @iremsepil
3K Followers 1K Following @RoyalSociety Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow @UniofOxford. Evolutionary biologist interested in ageing, paternal effects, life-history; mum of two; Turkish; she/her
Fesshole 🧻 @fesshole
1.1M Followers 599 Following Confess your sins anonymously - will the internet absolve you? 👖 Sponsored by @hebtroco - buy their lovely trousers 🩳 Buy *NEW* book https://t.co/opfREXuSjI
Chang Liu, Ph.D. @changliunema
1K Followers 177 Following Assistant Professor of Nematology at Mississippi State University| Applied Nematology| Biological Control | Nematode Ecology | UGA+UF
🌳Magical Trees & M.. @ReWild_Belfast
10K Followers 8K Following 🌳Exploring the forgotten love that our ancestors had for our trees in Ireland & Europe (photographs all my own. Artwork is not)🌳
Cornell Lab @CornellBirds
109K Followers 395 Following A world leader in the study, appreciation, and conservation of birds and biodiversity. | We’ve been “tweeting” since 1915. | Try our free @MerlinBirdID app.
Bat Conservation Ire @BatConservIre
3K Followers 324 Following Bat Conservation Ireland is a Charity dedicated to the conservation of Ireland's bats. RCN: 20039417
Michał Jezierski @jezierski_m
778 Followers 610 Following Postdoctoral researcher @HiLIFE_helsinki @helsinkiuni. Working on birds, mostly Cuckoos, Wrens and Rock Doves.
Emma Gray @DrEmmaGray
667 Followers 729 Following Assistant Lecturer and Researcher in Freshwater Ecology @ATU_GalwayCity and @MfrcATU interested in climate change impacts on lakes and phytoplankton
Heather Lally @HeatherLally
976 Followers 871 Following Senior Lecturer & Researcher at Atlantic Technological University (ATU) Galway City
Sebastian Eves-van de.. @Seb_EvdA
2K Followers 452 Following Head of Plant-Parasite Interactions group at University of Cambridge. @plantsci BBSRC David Phillips Fellow. Fellow of King's College Cambridge. https://t.co/jwE0Oewr6U
School of Biological .. @QUBbioscience
2K Followers 442 Following Agriculture, Veterinary and Food Science research rated No 1 in the UK (REF 2021 rankings)
Sullivan Lab at OSU @Lab_Sullivan
3K Followers 182 Following We develop new ways to “see” and understand viruses in the laboratory and in nature.
Andrea Quagliariello @microQuaglia
274 Followers 462 Following MicrobiomeResearcher and BioinformaticsLover . Working on #Microbiome #Evolution
IUCN Forest and Grass.. @IUCN_forests
37K Followers 2K Following IUCN's Global Forest and Grassland Team
Dalan Bailey @Morbillivirus
1K Followers 272 Following UK virologist working on respiratory viruses. There's still no planet B. Views my own.
Maggie Cusack @Maggie_Cusack
4K Followers 2K Following President of Munster Technological University, Ireland @MTU_ie
Orla Flynn @OFlynnATU
9K Followers 8K Following President, Atlantic Technological University (she/her) @atu_ie - Tweets my own! #DeiseAbú https://t.co/5WpNrQvrLS
Twist Bioscience @TwistBioscience
24K Followers 800 Following Synthetic DNA for Health & Sustainability #WeMakeDNA #TwistBlog #WritingTheFuture #TwistBiopharma #ScienceDoesntStop #DiversityIsInOurDNA
SETU Carlow GAA @SETUCarlowGAA_
6K Followers 829 Following News updates, fixtures and results on all GAA, LGFA & Camogie teams for SETU Carlow GAA Clubs.
Arif Ashraf @aribidopsis
5K Followers 3K Following In my lab at Howard University, we study cell division to understand the plant development, environmental response, and drug discovery.
Lior Pachter @lpachter
44K Followers 2K Following Bren Professor of Computational Biology @caltech. Blog at https://t.co/FFQzhEsmhi. Tweets represent my views, not my employer's. #methodsmatter
PLOS ONE @PLOSONE
134K Followers 2K Following PLOS ONE is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access, online science publication.
Carlson Laboratory @lacarlsonlab
803 Followers 264 Following Virus replication, membrane dynamics, microscopy
Roland Hatzenpichler @environmicrobio
4K Followers 272 Following PhD, Prof / archaea.exobiology.methane.single cell physiology / for evidence-based decision-making / I hold strong opinions / posts reflect only my own views
📢Join us this Wednesday for the online launch of @FairSeasIreland report 'A Climate Resilient Path for Ireland's MPA Network.' 📅 Wednesday, May 1st ⏰ 12:00 📍 Online webinar Reserve your spot below⬇️ us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
UCC launches website about all fatalities in the Irish Civil War irishexaminer.com/news/munster/a…
I was coming through Clonmel around 11pm last night. A fella was thumbing at the last roundabout. He was in a tracksuit and unsteady on his feet. I usually try pick lads up, as I used to have to thumb myself and know what it's like to be stuck But it was late...
As a first-generation college student, you may encounter opportunities you never knew existed. You may also encounter situations that will make you reconsider your chosen path. Remember that it is perfectly acceptable to make changes, as your interests may change over time.
Great to see #microbiome trending in Ireland tonight with launch of @netflix documentary “Hack your health: Secrets of the gut” @Pharmabiotic @UCCResearch @scienceirel youtu.be/VwfuJr07P_g?si…
🗣️ Fantastic plenary sessions from @TinaKyndt and @ThomaeKakouli this morning at #ESN2024!
ASV is hosting a webinar on ‘Navigating the U.S. Immigration System’ on April 16th, 2024. The webinar will be presented by Immigration Attorney Brian H. Getson, an expert in immigration practice. Find out more at asv.org.
📣ATU announces 60 PhD scholarships under the Technological University Research and Innovation Supporting Enterprise (TU RISE) scheme which aims to builds research capacity between academia & regional enterprises in the west and northwest. ✍️ atu.ie/news/atu-annou… #AtlanticTU
“The virus sequence data still shows that the virus is an avian virus, so the likelihood of it persisting in cattle will be low". Pirbright researcher Prof. Munir Iqbal spoke to @WIREDScience about the H5N1 cases in US cattle. Read the article ⬇️ ow.ly/ijBW50Rg7Hm
Congratulations to esteemed SETU Researcher @ThomaeKakouli on being invited to speak at this prestigious event. #SETUResearch #ResearchImpact #ResearchMatters #SETU
Going to the ESN symposium in Córdoba, ES to deliver a plenary talk on #nematode #ecology, their application as #bioindicators, to gloat over my students presenting and catch up with my international colleagues #esn24cordoba @SETU_Research @SETU_CWScience esn24cordoba.com/speakers/
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🗣️ Keynote speakers for the upcoming 35th Symposium of the @ESNematologists (#ESN2024) are announced! 👉 esn24cordoba.com/speakers/
Going to the ESN symposium in Córdoba, ES to deliver a plenary talk on #nematode #ecology, their application as #bioindicators, to gloat over my students presenting and catch up with my international colleagues #esn24cordoba @SETU_Research @SETU_CWScience esn24cordoba.com/speakers/
This Cell paper on the 'cancer microbiome' repeats all the mistakes that gave us the so-called 'fetal microbiome'. Inadequate contamination controls, no culture data, no microscopy. And is it really ecologically plaucible that 165 genera colonize tumors? cell.com/cell/fulltext/…
📢PhD fellowship available in our team📢 Combine microbial genomics, advanced imaging techniques and animal social behaviour to understand how microbiomes are transmitted between individuals 🐟🦠🧫🔬🧬 Please RT!
The role innovative technology plays in de-extinction is wild. 🤯 Tissue engineer, David Kingsley, Ph.D., is seen here testing a Colossal-designed microfluidic device that’s being used to study embryo implantation and invasion. #technology #innovation #conservation #bioscience
Incredible Q&A with our Chief Science Officer, Beth Shapiro (@bonesandbugs) discussing why she decided to join Colossal full-time and what she thinks about all those Jurassic Park comparisons. 👀 Interview here: bit.ly/4cH2AEJ #deextinction #bioscience #innovation
Species are disappearing at an untenable clip. Colossal Biosciences is harnessing genetic editing to try and reverse that trend. trib.al/VZXQY7t
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