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One month since our book has been published and it already recieved 50,000 downloads from 115 countries!! A truly global reader interest, including a large number of developing countries where it is accessible due to OpenAccess! Get your copy link.springer.com/book/10.1007... @nicojsmit.bsky.social

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Recently published, the new comprehensive guide on Aquatic Parasitology edited by @berndsures.bsky.social and Nico Smit explores the role of aquatic #parasites in freshwater and #marineecosystems – for the first time on a global scale: www.uni-due.de/2025-06-11-t... #UDE

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Neues Standardwerk erschienen: Aquatic Parasitology beleuchtet erstmals die ökologische Rolle aquatischer #Parasiten weltweit – in Süßwasser und Meer. Herausgegeben von @berndsures.bsky.social & Nico Smit: www.uni-due.de/2025-06-10-s... #UDE

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Does areal transport of pesticides result in relevant exposure? Surprisingly: yes! We found notable concentrations in streams without upstream agriculture. Mean exposure was explained by distance-weighted land use in the surrounding (radius of 50 km). doi.org/10.1016/j.wa...

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When studying the complexity of ecosystems on land or in water one can not (and should not) ignore the interplay between parasites, hosts and ecosystems. In this excellent illustrated chapter, lead Clarise Louvard, the authors explain these complexities in detail. @berndsures.bsky.social

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Biber 🦫 legen Dämme an – und plötzlich lebt's im Bach. Ein Team unserer Aquatischen Ökologie fand in Biberrevieren fast drei Mal so viele Arten wie in Bachabschnitten ohne tierische Architektur. www.uni-due.de/2025-05-28-b...

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Conserving Parasites? Is that even a thing? Indeed it is!! Read all about why and how in this #OpenAccess chapter on Aquatic Parasitology Conservation lead by Marliese Truter from the North-West University's Water Research Group. @berndsures.bsky.social link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

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Studying or teaching Biology & Life Cycles of Parasitic Arthropoda? Then this #OpenAccess chapter in the newly @springernature.com ⁦‪book on Aquatic Parasitology edited by @nicojsmit.bsky.social & @berndsures.bsky.social is for you! ⁦‪‬ ⁦‪ link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

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This is incredible! Our book has only been online for a week — and it’s already been downloaded 22,000 times! We’re thrilled to see such an amazing response from the community. Feel free to share it widely for free download! #ScienceForEveryone @nicojsmit.bsky.social @unidue.bsky.social

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The latest #DamRemovalEurope report reveals that 2024 was another record-breaking year for dam removals, with 542 barriers removed across 23 European countries! Finland, France, and Spain led the way. Read more here: damremoval.eu/wp-content/u...

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🚨 Thrilled and honoured to lead the chapter on using #eDNA for studying aquatic #parasites - a part of just-published book on #openaccess Aquatic Parasitology led by @berndsures.bsky.social & @nicojsmit.bsky.social with top parasitologists contributing! link.springer.com/book/10.1007... More ⬇️🧵

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What a roler coaster ride since our Aquatic Parasitology book was published on Friday! And to top it all, today during the last day Nico Smit is visiting me we recieved the unbelievable news that within 3 days our book has been downloaded 10 000 times!! @unidue.bsky.social @nicojsmit.bsky.social

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📢 Emerge yourself in the lives of aquatic parasites! What a journey it has been, so grateful to have been part of this product open to all interested 😎🙏 Enjoy this exceptional read on everything you need to (or didn't) know about parasites: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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The wait is over!! Our Open Access @springernature.com book on Aquatic Parasitology was just published! 23 Chapters, 202 illustrations & 662pp with everything you ever wanted to know about the amazing world of marine & freshwater parasites. @berndsures.bsky.social link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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Great News: Our book Aquatic Parasitology: Ecological and Environmental Concepts and Implications of Marine and Freshwater Parasites has been published online open access! link.springer.com/book/10.1007... @nicojsmit.bsky.social @unidue.bsky.social

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Discussing talks over a beer at the Ichthyoparasitology meeting organized by @berndsures.bsky.social group at @unidue.bsky.social!

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We are looking for a large coordinated research project on multiple stressors in river ecosystems for a postdoc that could syntheses like meta-analyses. @crc-resist.bsky.social www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...

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We published a special issue on #multiplestressors in #rivers: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu.... Stories about #ExStream experiments and the impact of 9 stressors on 5 organism groups from Europe and New Zealand. @crc-resist.bsky.social, @berndsures.bsky.social

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Daniel Hering explaining the ideas of Phase II!

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Just out now: the Special Issue in Science of The Total Environment | Multilevel response to stressor increase and release in stream ecosystems | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier @crc-resist.bsky.social @unidue.bsky.social

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Today, we have the kickoff of Phase 2 of our #multistressor #CRC1439 #RESIST @crc-resist.bsky.social @unidue.bsky.social @danielheringude.bsky.social

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🌍 Preisverleihung in Berlin: Sechs neue Humboldt-Professor:innen wechseln aus dem Ausland an deutsche Universitäten. Mit dabei: Dr. Dana Branzei. Wir gratulieren und sind stolz, die Molekularbiologin bei uns begrüßen zu dürfen. @humboldt-foundation.de www.humboldt-foundation.de/entdecken/ne...

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BREAKING: NSF has frozen all grant funding, as of yesterday. It's unclear when they will resume funding awards, or why the pause has been put in place. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Just recieved the final proofs of our Springer Nature book Aquatic Parasitology: Ecological and Environmental Concepts and Implications of Marine and Freshwater Parasites. Great collaboration with my friend and colleague Nico J. Smit. Full open access due to funding from NWU lnkd.in/dwbUcAn7

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Postdoc position in RESIST at the Faculty of Biology, UDE! Working location will be Senckenberg, Department of River and Floodplain Ecology, Gelnhausen. www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...

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Why I do research? - Statement from one of our RESIST doctoral resarchers: www.uni-due.de/2025-01-30-w...

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Today we defended our proposal about "rivers in the anthropocene" that we submitted to the excellence initiative of the DFG.

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Julian Enß hat schon als Kind im Bach die Vielfalt der Lebewesen bestaunt – heute forscht er in der Aquatischen Ökologie sowie @crc-resist.bsky.social an der #UDE und bringt Nicht-Wissenschaftler:innen die wasserbewohnenden Arten näher. Zum Interview 👉 www.uni-due.de/2025-01-28-w... #Warumichforsche

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Why I do research! Interview with one of our doctoral researchers about his experience of scientific work! www.uni-due.de/2025-01-28-w...

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„Von Angesicht zu Angesicht“ hat es heute auf die Spiegel Bestseller-Liste geschafft! Ein Bestseller mit Insekten. Was für eine tolle Entwicklung. Menschen schätzen Biodiversität nur, wenn sie sie kennenlernen. Das Buch mit @sagaoptics.bsky.social und Dominik Eulberg war ein Herzensprojekt.

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Thrilled to share our recent study published in Environmental Pollution🌟🥳 on combined effects by metazachlor and parasites. This is the first paper in a series studies from the PhD project of Nazmun Nahar. Excellent work! Here’s the link to the paper : doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

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Seit gestern ist mein neues Buch überall erhältlich! Totholz ist die Lebensgrundlage für etwa 1/4 aller heimischen Tierarten und beim genauen Betrachten der vermeintlich kleinen Dinge, tun sich große Welten auf  Erschienen im Residenz Verlag, Reihe „Leben auf Sicht" von @thomasiiiweber.bsky.social

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12 % des #Trinkwassers in Deutschland stammen aus Seen & Talsperren – ihre Qualität hängt von der #Biodiversität ab. Ein Team der #UDE erforscht mithilfe von #UmweltDNA -Analysen, wie #Klimawandel, Verschmutzung & #invasiveArten die mikrobiologische Vielfalt bedrohen. www.uni-due.de/2025-01-13-i...

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A detailed extinction risk assessment of freshwater fauna, covering more than 23,000 species, reported in Nature reveals that around 24% of the studied species are threatened with extinction. The analysis identifies major threats from pollution, dams, agriculture and invasive species. 🧪

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I now deleted my account on X and have fully moved to bluesky. I will upload some of the very recent papers here. Please connect if you are interested in Aquatic Science with focus on parasites, multiple stressors, ecotoxicology, metal analyses.

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Follow the shifts in diet among the developmental stages of the ectoparasite, Argulus japonicus. Fruitful collaboration between @unidue.bsky.social & University of Johannesburg & University of the West of Scotland. Find the full paper here: doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

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Interested in multiple stressor research in rivers? Interested in a PhD under excellent supervision in one of Europe’s largest freshwater research centres? We seek 8 doctoral researchers for the CRC RESIST at the University of Duisburg-Essen! sfb-resist.de/people/open-... #rivers #PhDjobs

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Eine der wichtigsten Stellen in Deutschland in den Bereichen Wasserwirtschaft, Hydrologie und Gewässerschutz ist zu besetzen: die Leitung der Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde. www.bav.bund.de/SharedDocs/S...

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Thrilled to start our RESIST general assembly, looking back at four successful years of #multistressor research in CRC 1439. @unidue.bsky.social @crc-resist.bsky.social

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SFB 1439 RESIST wird verlängert 😀. Wir freuen uns auf die 2. Phase unserer Forschung zu multiplen Stressoren in Fließgewässern. sfb-resist.de @unidue.bsky.social @dfgpublic.bsky.social

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Save the date: 📅 Am 6.12.2024 findet ab 18:00 der diesjährige #ScienceSlam des Studiengangs MSc #Biodiversität statt. 🎤🔬🧑‍🔬 Im Audimax R14 der der #UDE in Essen @unidue.bsky.social Unterstützt vom #ZWU Eintritt frei; Gäste herzlich willkommen. 🎉 #Biologie #Studium #Scicomm #Universität

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Identification of a parasitic ciliate inside gammarids. Brilliant photos of Metacollinia emscheri n. sp. . Study led by Sebastian Prati as part of CRC 1439 RESIST here's the link: doi.org/10.1016/j.ji...

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Herzlichen Glückwunsch! Toller Erfolg

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Eröffnung des Research Centers #OneHealth Ruhr durch Ministerpräsident Hendrik Wuest und NRW-Wissenschaftsministerin Ina Brandes! 🥳Hier werden die komplexen Wechselbeziehungen zwischen menschlicher Gesundheit und #Umweltgesundheit erforscht. #UARuhr www.uni-due.de/2024-11-04-e... 📸RUB/Katja Marquard

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Erfolg für die #Wasserforschung der #UDE in der #Exzellenzstrategie. 🥳 Die Clusterinitiative REASONS erreicht die 2. Runde! Um Flüsse fit für die Zukunft zu machen, entwickelt REASONS ein neues, nachhaltiges Konzept für das Management von Gewässern. www.uni-due.de/2024-02-02-w...

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Today we are starting our RESIST General assembly 2023!

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