Meagan Dewar
@DrMeaganDewar
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Biologist, specialising in host-microbiome interactions & disease surveillance in wildlife @Wild_Microbes 💉 💉 💉 💩 👩🔬 🧬🔬🐧🦈 🦭🧫 🇦🇶🇦🇺 (she/her)
Melbourne, Australia
Joined August 2014
Our risk assessment, recommendations and guidelines for #HPAI in Antarctica are now available online. The team have provided extensive background information, guidelines & recommendations for enhanced biosecurity, surveillance & monitoring for the scientific & tourism community.
Antarctic wildlife @ Risk of Avian Influenza! A risk assessment by @SCAR_Tweets Antarctic Wildlife Health Network predicts that #HPAI #H5N1 will hit the sub-Antarctic & Antarctic Peninsula this season with devastating impacts on #seabird & #pinniped colonies throughout the region
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RT @COMNAP1: COMNAP held its 37th AGM in Warsaw, Poland, 5–8 August 2025. Two highlights: 34th COMNAP Member National Antarctic Program a….
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RT @Seabirders: 🚨 Deadline Extended!.Submit your #WSC4 symposium/workshop proposal by 15 Aug 2025 🐦🌍. 📅 7–11 Sept 2026.📍 Hobart, Tasmania.T….
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RT @theBentoLab: Bird flu is on the move, even in Antarctica. Scientists used portable genomics tools to track H5N1 aboard a research vess….
bento.bio
A research team has successfully sequenced a near-complete bird flu genome aboard a ship in Antarctic waters, proving that portable lab equipment can generate critical information about viral threats…
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RT @soleleonardi: 🦭I am so happy to share our newly published article "The knowledge of tuberculosis in pinnipeds", out today in Mammal Rev….
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RT @DuckSwabber: Best conference for early career researchers in Australia working on microbes (viruses, bacteria, fubgi) and sequencing!!!.
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RT @Seabirders: 🌊 Calling all seabird scientists, researchers & conservationists! 🐦.Shape the future of seabird science at WSC 4: “Wings of….
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Wings of Adaptation: Seabirds in a Changing Climate Call for Symposia and Workshops Deadline extended to 15 August 2025 The call for symposia and workshops is now open! Deadline extended to 15 Augu…
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RT @DuckSwabber: More viral genomes from the Antarctic Peninsula - these from skuas on James Ross Island sampled in 2024. Figures are absen….
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RT @AntarcticaNews: Antarctica’s long isolation can trigger “winter-over syndrome”—irritability, insomnia, even cognitive issues. Mental he….
yahoo.com
It's Midwinter Day in Antarctica, the darkest day of the year -- a perfect time to look at the history of isolation madness on the White Continent.
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RT @FedUniMedia: Federation University Australia has been ranked among the top 10 per cent of universities globally for overall sustainable….
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RT @DuckSwabber: The International Symposium on Avian Influenza is coming up soon, and really looking forward to meeting colleagues again.….
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RT @EAAFP: 🌍🦠 AviFluMap is now live! This tool helps track & respond to H5 bird flu in Australia’s wild birds. Key features include mapping….
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RT @SteffOpp: NEW PAPER in #ornithology provides a tool to inspect connectivity of #seabirds and other marine megafauna in the #oceans: htt….
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RT @AntarcticaSouth: Rain is becoming a deadly threat to Antarctic penguins. 🐧🌧️ Chicks aren't waterproof — when rain soaks their fluffy do….
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Penguin chicks, whose coats are made of fluffy down feathers, aren't as protected from the rain as adult penguins. Getting too wet can kill them.
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RT @SCAR_Tweets: SCAR’s Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Action Group is looking for 2 Deputy Chief Officers and 4 Steering Group Members.….
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Outcomes from our expedition onboard the MV Argus - Using a lab-in-a-suitcase to detect and sequence HPAI H5N1 in real time whilst in Antarctica!
journals.asm.org
Avian influenza viruses (Alphainfluenzavirus Orthymyxoviridae) are classified as low or high pathogenicity (LPAI/HPAI) based on the hemagglutinin (HA) cleavage site sequence (1). HPAIs present a...
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RT @DuckSwabber: What do we know about wild bird associated "pathogens" (noting that not all microbes are pathogens!)? For some more than o….
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RT @DuckSwabber: Detailed assessment of skua HPAI related mortality in Marguerite Bay, Antarctica. Critically, show the utility of rapid te….
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RT @DuckSwabber: Such a useful paper demonstrating how to do influenza diagnostics. Very relevant for all those setting up HPAI screening i….
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RT @AntarcticTreaty: The Commission for the Conservation of #Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) invites applications for the positi….
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RT @nic_rawlence_nz: The Otago Daily Times nicely covered our southern elephant seal #ancientDNA paper. You can read our @GlobalChangeBio p….
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