@micromelling
@micromelling
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I like bugs and burgers. And DNA. But mainly burgers 🍔🍔🍔🍔🍔🍔🍔🍔🍔🍔🍔🍔🍔🍔🍔 Lecturer in Micro and Molecular Biology at Manchester Met. All views my own.
Joined April 2018
A couple of blue tits loving their new bird feeder. A jackdaw and magpie free zone! #giddygatefarm
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RT @Ecol_Evol: A Bat CATastrophe? @RobynAnneGrant & @drkirstyshaw blog about the impact of domestic #cats on #bats:
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RT @RobynAnneGrant: There is a Bat CATastrophe going on! Find out more in our new paper in @Ecol_Evol about how we used forensic DNA analys….
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RT @drkirstyshaw: Our latest paper in @Ecol_Evol uses forensic🧬analysis to investigate 🦇wing tears and the impact of 🐱predation: https://t.….
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Forensic DNA analysis techniques were used to analyze swabs taken from injured bats in the United Kingdom. Cat DNA was found to be present in two-thirds of samples, and of these samples, short...
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Bat box finally up. The local cats will need stilts to get up there! 🦇
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RT @drkirstyshaw: 5/5 #WBTC1 #Conserve4 Forensic 🧬 analysis can complement 👀data, potentially giving a more accurate estimation of 🐱 predat….
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RT @drkirstyshaw: 4/5 #WBTC1 #Conserve4 We then looked at 11 short tandem repeat markers in the 🐱🧬(similar to those used in crime scene inv….
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RT @drkirstyshaw: 3/5 #WBTC1 #Conserve4 Using real-time PCR (a sensitive detection technique), we looked for the presence/absence of 🐱🧬. We….
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RT @drkirstyshaw: 2/5 #WBTC1 #Conserve4 We asked #batrehabilitators in 🇬🇧 to take swabs of injured wings from 🦇 in their care. The majority….
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RT @drkirstyshaw: 1/5 #WBTC1 #Conserve4 🐱predation upon 🦇species has been reported to have significant effects on 🦇populations in both 🏞️ a….
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RT @drkirstyshaw: Congratulations to @LPat012 who successfully defended her PhD today #proudsupervisor with @micromelling @captain_ion @Ale….
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RT @drkirstyshaw: Check out our latest paper looking at bat wing tears and flight 🦇🦇 @micromelling @MMUEcolEnv @EcolGenLab @MMU_Research ht….
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RT @RobynAnneGrant: Thanks to @ran777no @GaryDougill @micromelling @drkirstyshaw for their help in the project, and read more in our paper….
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Abstract. Bats have large, thin wings that are particularly susceptible to tearing. Anatomical specializations, such as fiber reinforcement, strengthen the
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RT @RobynAnneGrant: 5/5 #WBTC1 #EvoBeh1 So why more tears in the plagiopatagium? We propose that cats are targeting bats bodies and their c….
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RT @RobynAnneGrant: 4/5 #WBTC1 #EvoBeh1 Material testing P.pipistrellus wings showed that the plagiopatagium was not weaker than the other….
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RT @RobynAnneGrant: 3/5 #WBTC1 #EvoBeh1 Unfortunately the plagiopatagium has few, large blood vessels, so is likely to be prone to bleeding….
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