Kate Huyvaert
Infectious Disease Ecology & Applications (IDEA) Lab @ WSU
Word nerd 📖 | Bird nerd 🪶
Erstwhile hockey player | Dog parent
- Reposted by Kate HuyvaertWriting papers is hard But, and this is Very important: Not writing papers is also hard The frustration & stress that comes from not getting your papers written and published is huge If you need help with this PLEASE, take a copy of my book from a library, amazon or a friend! I hope it helps💪
- Reposted by Kate HuyvaertYes. I tell people, 'Give yourself permission to write badly' Sometimes I follow that with '... because writing isn't about writing, as so many writers think. Writing is about revision'
- Reposted by Kate HuyvaertSobering article - A 47% decline in the number of breeding female Southern Elephant Seals were recorded at the three largest breeding colony beaches on South Georgian in 2024 compared to 2022, following mass mortality events caused by HPAI 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s42...
- Reposted by Kate HuyvaertThe GRFP lives!! (due end of October) www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
- Reposted by Kate HuyvaertAs President Trump's tariffs kick in, American companies that rely on imports are worried about rising costs and passing them onto consumers. But some U.S. exporters are worried too.
- Reposted by Kate HuyvaertAre you a PhD student, have an offer, or have had an offer recently rescinded from a US university? If so, Western (in London, ON, Canada) has a new scholarship program for you! Check out this news story. I can vouch for this university! You will love it. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
- Reposted by Kate HuyvaertGreat reivew of environmental surveillance approaches for HPAI, addressing scalability, cost effectiveness and levels of labour intensiveness 👉 www.preprints.org/manuscript/2...
- Reposted by Kate HuyvaertValidation of novel mobile testing MT platform comprises mini extractor and qPCR instrucments, and demonstrates superior performance relative to current benchtop instruments 👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Reposted by Kate HuyvaertMarchand: compared to those born to a bighorn ewe when she's young, lambs born when she's old have shorter lives, wean fewer lambs. At any age, ewes that live longer have lambs that live longer and have higher reproductive success. url:https://academic.oup.com/beheco/article/36/4/araf046/8126721
- Reposted by Kate HuyvaertThere's a footnote in "The Scientists Guide to Writing" about things that are rare: effective bashers in writing, good disco songs, and California Condors. Just updated the numbers, and it's wonderful that each edition of the book has been able to report more condors in the world.
- Reposted by Kate Huyvaert@woahglobal.bsky.social published the inaugural report on The State of the World’s Animal Health #AntibioticResistance #BirdFlu #Vaccination www.woah.org/en/document/...
- Reposted by Kate HuyvaertOverview of avain influenza vaccines out there, and where they are being trialled or implemented. 👉 www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/13...
- Reposted by Kate HuyvaertBighorn sheep at the National Elk Refuge, Wyoming. January, 2021. 📷 Fujifilm X-T3 + XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR 🎞 400 mm – 1/500″ – f/8 – ISO 1250 🏷️ #Photography #BighornSheep #Wildlife #NationalWildlifeRefuges
- Reposted by Kate HuyvaertCassirer: test-and-remove of chronic M. ovi carriers in bighorn sheep leads to lower pathogen prevalence, higher lamb survival, greater population growth. Excellent long-term monitoring of multiple populations. Very promising technique to combat pneumonia pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
- Reposted by Kate HuyvaertAustralia’s national Animal Health Committee has endorsed a policy for the use of avian influenza vaccines for the protection of rare, protected and valuable avian species. Safety trials will commence soon. 👉 www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/defaul...
- Reposted by Kate HuyvaertSandhill Crane, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan. September, 2019. 📷 Fujifilm X-T3 + XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR 🎞 400 mm – 1/500″ – f/9 – ISO 4000 🏷️ #Photography #Wildlife #SandhillCranes
- Reposted by Kate HuyvaertIt is hard to imagine a world without the USGS Ecosystems Mission, the bird banding lab, the Coop Unit program, etc. but apparently that is what America voted for and what this administration plans to do: wildlife.org/usgs-cuts-wo...
- Reposted by Kate HuyvaertBighorn ram at the National Elk Refuge, Wyoming. December, 2021. 📷 Fujifilm X-T3 + XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR 🎞 323 mm – 1/500″ – f/8 – ISO 1000 🏷️ #Photography #Wildlife #BighornSheep
- Reposted by Kate HuyvaertBighorn ram at the National Elk Refuge, Wyoming. February, 2022. 📷 Fujifilm X-T3 + XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR 🎞 301 mm – 1/500″ – f/8 – ISO 640 🏷️ #Wildlife #BighornSheep
- Reposted by Kate HuyvaertDetailed assessment of skua HPAI related mortality in Marguerite Bay, Antarctica. Critically, show the utility of rapid tests and concordance with PCR testing. 👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Reposted by Kate HuyvaertElk, Grand Teton National Park. April, 2019. 📷 Fujifilm X-T3 + XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR 🎞 400 mm – 1/600″ – f/8 – ISO 1600 🏷️ #Wildlife #NationalParks #Elk
- Reposted by Kate HuyvaertSuch a useful paper demonstrating how to do influenza diagnostics. Very relevant for all those setting up HPAI screening in Antarctica, or new to the field. 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Kate HuyvaertEcologist Cecilia Soldatini tracks the movements of magnificent frigatebirds go.nature.com/3XPaRRj
- Reposted by Kate HuyvaertGreat to be involved in this piece - making sense of the virome in light of evolution and ecology.
- Just out "Making sense of the virome in light of evolution and ecology" doi.org/10.1098/rspb... from super ⭐ team @meganawallace.bsky.social @duckswabber.bsky.social @jemmageoghegan.bsky.social @ryanmimrie.bsky.social @eddieholmes.bsky.social @xavh.bsky.social in Proc B @royalsocietypublishing.org
- Reposted by Kate HuyvaertBighorn Sheep, National Elk Refuge, Wyoming. November, 2018. 📷 Fujifilm X-T3 + XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR 🎞 400 mm – 1/6000″ – f/8 – ISO 3200 🏷️ #BighornSheep #Photography #Wildlife
- Reposted by Kate HuyvaertBighorn Sheep, National Elk Refuge, Wyoming. February, 2019. 📷 Fujifilm X-T3 + XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR 🎞 400 mm – 1/600″ – f/8 – ISO 1600 🏷️ #BighornSheep #Photography #Wildlife
- Reposted by Kate HuyvaertHey #WildlifeDisease & #conservation folk, please check out our survey on attitudes to parasite conservation. Are parasites important for biodiversity, would you remove them to protect host welfare, or something more nuanced? We want to hear all views to improve guidance for practitioners 🪱🧪🌍🧵1/n
- Reposted by Kate HuyvaertGonna take a break from [*all this*] and end the week talking about some fresh science 🧪! Glad to have a paper out led by Morgan Kain and with Jon Epstein on how to analyze serological data in the context of wildlife disease and viral discovery! doi.org/10.1016/j.jv...
- Reposted by Kate HuyvaertWanted to highlight the incredible efforts by graduate student Siena Glenn in our lab in helping organize our local #standupforscience www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dfY... #MicroSky #Microbiology @shawlab.bsky.social
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- Wanted to highlight the incredible efforts by graduate student Siena Glenn in our lab in helping organize our local #standupforscience www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dfY... #MicroSky #Microbiology @shawlab.bsky.social
- Reposted by Kate HuyvaertProud of this crew! #standupforscience #MicroSky
- Reposted by Kate HuyvaertBighorn sheep at the National Elk Refuge, Wyoming. December, 2021. 📷 Fujifilm X-T3 + XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR 🎞 196 mm – 1/500″ – f/8 – ISO 1600 🏷️ #BighornSheep #Photography #Wildlife
- Reposted by Kate HuyvaertBighorn sheep at the National Elk Refuge, Wyoming. December, 2021. 📷 Fujifilm X-T3 + XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR 🎞 400 mm – 1/500″ – f/8 – ISO 2500 🏷️ #BighornSheep #Photography #Wildlife
- Reposted by Kate HuyvaertOur paper is out, and it is distressing. Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- Reposted by Kate HuyvaertReally nice overview of the HPAI situation in US dairy cattle, with a focus on transmission modalities between cows within herds, the spread of the virus between dairy farms, and exposure risks for humans. Highlights key gaps. 👉 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
- Reposted by Kate HuyvaertNew film on BHS pneumonia in Colorado www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc8_...
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- Reposted by Kate HuyvaertIowans, how much impact does NIH funding have on our state?
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