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Dr. Laura Bertola

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Scientist👩‍🔬/Biologist🦁/Conservationist🌍 Formerly @UniLeiden , @CUNY #hickerlab , @uni_copenhagen , currently @NCBS_Bangalore ; she/her(s)

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@LauraDBertola

Dr. Laura Bertola

11 months

Thanks to the active participation and engagement of all participants, our Conservation Genomics workshop at #ICCB2023 in Rwanda was a great success! For those who weren't able to attend, we've made all resources, incl. a test dataset, available here:

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@LauraDBertola

Dr. Laura Bertola

3 years

@shelikessharks I'm still recovering from the pics of yellow eyed penguins hanging out in the forest. What is this nonsense?!

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Dr. Laura Bertola

8 months

I usually don't like wasting my time at airports, but @BLRAirport is absolutely beautiful!

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Dr. Laura Bertola

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Just before the end of the year, we got another paper out! 🎉🎉🎉 It was a rather long process, capturing the thoughts and experiences from all coauthors, addressing how we can do a better job integrating molecular tools into biodiversity conservation: 🧵

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Dr. Laura Bertola

2 years

Context: there are two semi tame rhinos at the field station in Sauraha, Nepal. During the heat of the day, they love hanging out in the hallways and are horribly in the way of the everyday activities going on in the offices 😅

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Dr. Laura Bertola

3 years

@ChaiBiskoot29 I was lucky to be a member of Tracy's committee, but it wasn't until I read her article in Science that I understood how inspirational her path has been:

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Dr. Laura Bertola

5 years

@rafalklajn As a reviewer I often suggest improvements for the figures, but in this case I'm immediately convinced. Accept without revisions.

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Dr. Laura Bertola

3 years

@TheGreatje @MarionKoopmans 🙄🙄🙄

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@LauraDBertola

Dr. Laura Bertola

5 years

Hi, I'm a wildlife biologist. You may know me from my greatest hits including, "No, I really do not want to hug a lion (or any other wildlife)", "No, I'm not fond of pet cats, especially not the environmental havoc they cause" and "Thanks, but it's no vacation, it's field work".

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Prof. Katharine Hayhoe

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Hi, I’m a climate scientist. You may know me from my greatest hits including, “No, it’s not a natural cycle,” “Yes, I know it’s been warmer before (and the only reason YOU know is because we scientists told you so),” and “Just because it’s on YouTube doesn’t mean it’s true.”

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Dr. Laura Bertola

2 years

So annoying, there's always a line at the lady's bathroom...

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@LauraDBertola

Dr. Laura Bertola

5 years

Welcome back! 🐺 Wolves return to Netherlands after 140 years

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@LauraDBertola

Dr. Laura Bertola

5 years

My former university, @UniLeiden , is the oldest university in the Netherlands and has a lot of traditions. For example, when you obtain a MSc or PhD degree you're allowed to write your name on the wall of the Sweatroom. A short thread: 1/5

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Dr. Laura Bertola

3 years

@AaronPomerantz @varsha_venkat_ Shortly after my defense, a friend texted me in all caps to tell me that he actually saw somebody reading my thesis in the train. Like, a real person, reading it, in the wild! I still cannot believe it.

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Dr. Laura Bertola

9 months

After several trips to the south, I finally made in to the mountains of Nepal 🇳🇵! Stunning views in Upper Mustang, with the Tibetan plateau behind me. We're walking to Lo Manthang tomorrow.

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@LauraDBertola

Dr. Laura Bertola

1 year

We're planning to organize a 2-day training course on Conservation Genomics, at #ICCB in Rwanda. We particularly like to encourage those colleagues who may not have frequent opportunities to participate in such courses. Registration will start soon (through the ICCB website).

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Dr. Laura Bertola

3 years

@Geeky_dino Looks like a zebra-shaped tapir baby.

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Dr. Laura Bertola

2 years

Honored to have been invited to join the IUCN Cat Specialist Group, despite my horrible cat allergy! 🐱🐯🦁

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@LauraDBertola

Dr. Laura Bertola

10 months

@JulesBass6 Yes, but also help your mentees to find their voice, don't "just" rewrite the manuscript. Not implying that this is what is happening here, of course, but I see it often and find it very discouraging and a sign of poor mentorship.

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@LauraDBertola

Dr. Laura Bertola

2 years

Finally officially published! 🎉🦁 Our paper on lion genomics: (short 🧵 below)

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Whole genome sequencing and the application of a SNP panel reveal primary evolutionary lineages and...

Background Previous phylogeographic studies of the lion (Panthera leo) have improved our insight into the distribution of genetic variation, as well as a revised taxonomy which now recognizes a...

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Dr. Laura Bertola

6 months

To start the new year off well, we got another paper published! 🎉🎉🎉 We explore the evolutionary history of African bushpigs and their mysterious presence on Madagascar. The study was a team effort, with multiple collaborators, and co-led by @renzobalb , @AnnaBruniche and me. 🧵

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@LauraDBertola

Dr. Laura Bertola

4 years

@Chewbaccasbeard @kingstonwrites Wait, I've been earning a living for years and it's been totally unnecessary?? Why didn't I get that memo?

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@LauraDBertola

Dr. Laura Bertola

5 years

Accidently used #remotedesktop to sign into the computer I was at. Almost got sucked into another dimension.

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@LauraDBertola

Dr. Laura Bertola

3 years

@jacasiegel @fleurygs When I landed a postdoc position directly after my PhD, my grandmother said, with clear disappointment in her voice: "you're STILL at the University??" and proceeded accusing me of being afraid of living a real life (presumably she meant finding a husband & having kids, idk).

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@LauraDBertola

Dr. Laura Bertola

4 years

@33VIIO This is a ridiculous claim, a mRNA vaccine has no way to "alter" the DNA of the recipient. This is just not how DNA and RNA work. 🤦‍♀️

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Dr. Laura Bertola

2 years

@hikingwithshawn To be honest, I find it rude if people play their music in any public space (what makes you think I would want to listen to your music??), but in nature it particularly annoys me.

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Dr. Laura Bertola

1 year

If you're interested in hearing how we can use #genomics to map #biodiversity patterns and make this relevant for #conservation , consider attending my talk in AD4 (Conservation Planning & Prioritization) today at 16:15. Will be talking about African mammals! 🦒🦁🧬 #ICCB2023

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Dr. Laura Bertola

3 years

First day of the PopGen21 course! 30 on site participants + 40 online, working on population genetics, lectures and exercises. @PopGenDK @FerRacimo

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Dr. Laura Bertola

1 year

Registration is open for our 2-day training course on Conservation Genomics, at #ICCB ! Note: for the first 2 weeks, registration will be open for our African colleagues only, then the course will open up for all. Participation = free for LIC! Please RT!

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@LauraDBertola

Dr. Laura Bertola

3 years

I'm really bad at making announcements and completely forgot who I told this to already, but I'm very excited to join the @HellerRasmus lab at @uni_copenhagen starting on Monday! Looking forward to moving to Denmark as soon as the COVID situation allows!

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Dr. Laura Bertola

3 years

This is a day of many highlights. They even have their own Twitter account: @BerniesMittens #Inauguration2021 #Inauguration

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@LauraDBertola

Dr. Laura Bertola

4 years

@SophieLGilbert Domestic cats should not roam around outdoors unsupervised. I have strong opinions about this one.

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@LauraDBertola

Dr. Laura Bertola

1 year

Day 1 of our Conservation Genomics workshop @ICCB2023 was pretty successful! Very cool to hear about everybody's interests, and there will be more tomorrow! @isaacovercast @KujaJosiah @Anubhab_Khan #ICCB2023

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@LauraDBertola

Dr. Laura Bertola

4 years

@MicrobiomDigest I was curious how they used the references, but just adding "[1-212]" is the laziest thing ever. How does this even exist??

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Dr. Laura Bertola

2 years

But it's totally worth it. Imagine to be able to say: "I'm sorry I'm late for our meeting, there was a rhino blocking the hallway..."

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Dr. Laura Bertola

1 year

Detecting and analysing intraspecific genetic variation with eDNA: From population genetics to species abundance

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@LauraDBertola

Dr. Laura Bertola

3 years

🎉🎉🎉 New paper! 🎉🎉🎉 Check out our paper in @EvolAppJournal , in which we assess the current knowledge on the distribution of genetic diversity in the lion & how we can use this to inform conservation decisions such as translocations. 🦁🧬🌍

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Genetic guidelines for translocations: Maintaining intraspecific diversity in the lion (Panthera...

Evolutionary Applications is an open access evolutionary biology journal, covering questions of health, social and economic significance.

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Dr. Laura Bertola

11 months

Very eventful 2 weeks in beautiful #Rwanda , with a conservation genomics workshop, an international conference #ICCB2023 , and some great field trips (including a somewhat close encounter with some elephants 🐘😬). Now on my way back home...

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Dr. Laura Bertola

4 years

1 January: the most stressful day of the year. Because my dad starts a new bird list and will get very excited over each blackbird and each magpie because "it's the first this year!"...

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Dr. Laura Bertola

2 years

New paper on human-carnivore conflict in Senegal. This region is severly understudied, and this work by Mallé Gueye fills an important knowledge gap. Conflicts between large carnivores and local pastoralists around Niokolo Koba National Park, Senegal

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@LauraDBertola

Dr. Laura Bertola

3 years

Since 🦁 are sparse in the Netherlands, we're tracking 🐺. The Dutch way: by bike 🚲 #poopscience

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Dr. Laura Bertola

1 year

If there is one thing I've learned from running Conservation Genomics workshops, it's that after a busy day with tons of information, pizza and a cold beer/soda does wonders to keep the mood high! Looking forward to Day 2! @isaacovercast @KujaJosiah @Anubhab_Khan #ICCB2023

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Dr. Laura Bertola

4 years

Nice talk by @Nestor_Fdez , presenting the European scale Ecological Integrity Index, by integrating three axes, covering defaunation, fragmentation and exploitation. #rewilding #biodiveristy

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Dr. Laura Bertola

2 years

Made it back to Kathmandu and decided to take a short walk to see if I could see some of the Holi festivities. It proved to be quite easy... Great atmosphere! #HappyHoli2022 #HappyHoli

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Dr. Laura Bertola

4 years

@MaureenBug After one of my proposals was rejected for using a threatened flagship species because "you should use a model organism" (the proposal had a focus on conservation genomics, but OK), I'm just looking at this thread like

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Dr. Laura Bertola

3 years

After our initial call to improve genetic diversity targets and indicators in the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (), we now published a response on how to include effective population size (Ne): Important discussion!

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Authors’ Reply to Letter to the Editor: Continued improvement to genetic diversity indicator for CBD

Conservation Genetics -

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Dr. Laura Bertola

6 years

@sciencewithtyus The kakapo: an endemic, chubby, flightless parrot from New Zealand, which was almost driven to extinction, but with a lot of TLC is now slowly doing a bit better. Interesting because of: endemism, island effects, risk of invasive species on native biodiversity, super cute!

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Dr. Laura Bertola

2 years

Very much looking forward to #ConsGen22 , and the opportunity to share some of our recent work on the big cats! 🦁

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European Conservation Genetics Meeting

2 years

📣 Announcing our next speaker at ConsGen22 🥁🥁🥁 Lions🦁and tigers🐯 and monitoring global genetic diversity for real-world policy change🧬🌍, oh my! It can only be...Laura Bertola! #ConsGen22 @LauraDBertola @uni_copenhagen

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Dr. Laura Bertola

3 years

@Erik_Baas_Mol Vooral het woord "vrijheidsstrijder" strijkt me ernstig tegen de haren in. Als ze echt denken dat ze iets heroisch aan het doen zijn, dan hebben ze wel heel weinig historisch besef of zicht op hoe dingen elders ter wereld er aantoe gaan. Ze moesten zich allen diep, diep schamen.

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Dr. Laura Bertola

11 months

Very happy this is out! While traditional methods of studying diets tend to overestimate the contribution of large prey species, diet metabarcoding can pick up smaller species and species for which it is difficult to identify the remains morphologically.

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@LauraDBertola

Dr. Laura Bertola

2 years

I took this picture of a rapeseed field in spring last year. Thought I'd share it.

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@LauraDBertola

Dr. Laura Bertola

2 years

We encountered this beautiful male on our way back to camp in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. We followed him for a few minutes, as he strolled on the road in front of our car, patrolling and marking his territory. #leopardday #InternationalLeopardDay #leopard #Botswana

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@LauraDBertola

Dr. Laura Bertola

5 years

And it's online! Just in time for #ALWG2019 , our paper on species wide genomic diversity in the lion. A big thank you to all collaborators, go team 🦁!

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Whole genome sequencing and the application of a SNP panel reveal primary evolutionary lineages and genomic diversity in the lion ... #biorxiv_evobio

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Dr. Laura Bertola

2 years

Yet again, note the exceptionally strong loss across West and Central Africa. Where have all the lions gone? Establishing realistic baselines to assess decline and recovery of African lions

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Dr. Laura Bertola

1 year

We still have capacity in our conservation genomics course (ID: 9) at #ICCB #ICCB2023 If you're from a lower income country and like to attend, but conference registration is prohibitive, please reach out! We may have some small funds! (but not enough to cover travel/lodging)

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Dr. Laura Bertola

1 year

On my way to #ICCB2023 ! 🇷🇼 The long flight will be put to good use, to hash out the final details for our Conservation Genomics workshop (ID: 9)! Looking forward to meeting everybody and doing some hands on work on 🐆 genomics!

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Dr. Laura Bertola

3 years

@TrevorABranch This quote always resonated with me: "if physicists had to model electrons that behaved differently when they were hungry, they would probably be not much ahead of ecologists…”. - CAS Hall.

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Dr. Laura Bertola

1 year

Lion spotted in Sena Oura, Chad! Years ago, #StichtingLeo supported a project covering Cameroon's Bouba Ndjida NP and the connection to Sena Oura NP on the Chad side. Good news that lions are still around!

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'Extinct' lion spotted in Chad national park

A healthy lioness is caught on camera in a reserve where the big cats have not been seen since 2004.

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Dr. Laura Bertola

4 years

Fond memories of watching the famous cheetah brothers in the Masai Mara last year. Happy #WorldCheetahDay !

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Dr. Laura Bertola

2 years

@PartridgeCG Also, there are plenty of questions which don't require WGS. I sometimes see perfectly fine manuscripts being rejected because it's "just" microsats. If it's sound and answers the question, publish it!

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@LauraDBertola

Dr. Laura Bertola

4 years

Our paper "Asymmetrical gene flow in five co-distributed syngnathids explained by ocean currents and rafting propensity" just went online. Check it out here:

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Asymmetrical gene flow in five co-distributed syngnathids explained by ocean currents and rafting...

Ocean circulation driving macro-algal rafting is believed to serve as an important mode of dispersal for many marine organisms, leading to predictions on population-level genetic connectivity and the...

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Dr. Laura Bertola

4 years

@evornithology Nothing fancy and nothing old, but when I bought this at a second hand bookstore I got a discount "because somebody wrote in it" 🙄😁

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Dr. Laura Bertola

2 years

@katiedimartin @ehekkala Search committees reveal a lot. I once filled in for a colleague last minute, dropped lab work & spent the entire evening reading+assessing materials from ~70 candidates. When I came to the committee meeting the next day, the HR guy looked at me and said: "Ah, the token member".

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@LauraDBertola

Dr. Laura Bertola

3 years

Just submitted a manuscript. But the guidelines are disappointing. Puns not allowed??? Boooo! 👎👎👎

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@LauraDBertola

Dr. Laura Bertola

3 years

The plan for the weekend: focus, finish my analyses, submit at least one manuscript. How it's going: went for a run, cleaned the entire apartment, did laundry, repotted several plants, went to 3 stores trying to find a new stylus for my pickup, and made a hanging herb garden.

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Dr. Laura Bertola

2 years

A few days ago, in Kathmandu, we celebrated Tibetan New Year. Yesterday, we saw our first wild tiger. It looks like the Year of the Tiger is off to a good start!

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Dr. Laura Bertola

3 years

@Duga46295528 @JornLuka Heb je wel eens een regenboog gezien? Rood zit boven, buitenste ring. Dat komt doordat de golflengte van rood licht het grootste is. Niks NWO agenda, maar gewoon 2e klas natuurkunde... 🌈

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@LauraDBertola

Dr. Laura Bertola

5 years

One of the things I cannot get used to in English, is the diversity of collective nouns for animals. I knew about a gaggle of geese, and a parliament of owls. But a gulp of cormorants? A bellowing of bullfinches?? A flamboyance of flamingoes???

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@LauraDBertola

Dr. Laura Bertola

4 years

Great @gbike_cost workshop on ancient & historical DNA + the CBD post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. Interesting talks on aDNA methods ( @LudovicLorlando ), genomics & extinctions ( @love_dalen ), and impact of human activities on genomic diversity & microbiomes ( @kguschan ).

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Dr. Laura Bertola

2 years

Visited a natural history collection today. The labeling was...ehm...not very helpful...

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Dr. Laura Bertola

2 years

Two bird guides, four mammal guides, and two bottles of gin. Sounds like the team is ready for the field! Looking forward to visiting Uganda 🇺🇬 for the first time, meeting collaborators and chatting about local biodiversity! 🦁🐗🐘🦒

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Dr. Laura Bertola

7 years

#MarchForScience #ScienceMarch #ScienceMarchNY

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3 years

Can I afford to publish? A dilemma for African scholars

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Dr. Laura Bertola

3 years

Another awesome research talk at #popgen21 by @jnovembre on some future directions of the EEMS/fEEMS framework and the impact of sampling strategies.

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@LauraDBertola

Dr. Laura Bertola

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Speciation-by-Extinction

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Speciation-by-Extinction

Abstract. Extinction is a dominant force shaping patterns of biodiversity through time; however its role as a catalyst of speciation through its interactio

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Dr. Laura Bertola

1 year

Cool presentation by @Abhinav_Tyagi_ on genetic diversity and differentiation, showing how two species with similar eoclogies, gaur and sambar, respond very differently to landuse. We need multi-species models. #ICCB2023

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Dr. Laura Bertola

3 years

Final research talk of #popgen21 : @benmpeter on modelling complex population structure. Great final talk for and intensive and inspirational week of popgen!

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3 years

Day 2 of #popgen21 ! @jnovembre is giving a neat overview of methods for inferring population structure.

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11 months

When the university books me on a flight with a 14 hour layover in Amsterdam, I go see my dad and we go birding!

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2 years

This was nine years ago already! It was my first trip to Nepal, and I was impressed by the private natural history collections and interesting family histories associated with them. Jokingly I asked our host if he would mind if I'd take some DNA samples.

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Dr. Laura Bertola

3 years

Update on the moving situation. The poor, skinny guy who walked my 20+ moving boxes up to the third floor and suspected I may have a lot of books in them was right. And I left the heavy ones back home!

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Dr. Laura Bertola

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@mosquito_chaser Most of them involve aardvark burrows... Or low hanging tree branches taking off the entire roof (with luggage) of our car. Or a combination of both. More driver malfunctions than vehicle malfunctions, to be honest though...

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@ian_g_brennan @atlaslivingaust I once read that what was regarded as the butterfly biodiversity hotspot in the Netherlands was later found out to be the residential area of a retired butterfly enthousiast who just spent an enormous amount of time in the field and reporting his sightings... 😅

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Dr. Laura Bertola

2 years

Introducing African cheetahs to India is an ill-advised conservation attempt

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1 year

I've been camera trapping the backyard in Germany for 3.5 years now. I knew there had to be some pups, but this is the first time I got them on camera! 🤩

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Dr. Laura Bertola

6 years

Wanna chat about adaptive genomics in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest? Stop by my poster tonight! (P-0636) #Evol2018 #hickerlab

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Dr. Laura Bertola

5 years

#MarchForScience #MarchForScienceNYC #MeTooSTEM

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Dr. Laura Bertola

3 years

Very happy to share the result of a great collaboration, reviewing the development of the field of Macrogenetics, its challenges and opportunities!

Opportunities and challenges of macrogenetic studies

Nature Reviews Genetics - Leigh and colleagues describe the potential of the emerging field of macrogenetics to improve conservation and biodiversity management. Challenges preventing the field...

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@LauraDBertola

Dr. Laura Bertola

4 years

Thanks to the most bitter and unconstructive opinion piece I've ever read, published for whatever reason by @WSJ , I decided to add my academic title to my Twitter profile. By the way... "kiddo"??? Wtf?

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Dr. Laura Bertola

3 years

I'm going through some field pics, looking for a majestic leopard, only to find out that leopards do make ridiculous faces most of the time.

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1 year

Google, how long have we known each other? 🤨

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Dr. Laura Bertola

3 years

What a horrible news to read. I have great memories of our visit to Brazil and the tight collaborations with Brazilian colleagues & friends. It's amazing to see the top level research from those institutions. We can only hope that things will change soon. Hang in there! 💪

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Thiago Silva 💻(🍃↔️🌳↔️🌎)

3 years

The Brazilian congress just approved a NINETY-TWO percent cut to the federal science funding. The remaining budget now is...ten million dollars. For the 9th largest economy in the world. I have no words.

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Dr. Laura Bertola

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Completely unexpected, our friend and colleague, @kennedy_ole_k , passed away. G. de Snoo, H. de Iongh & I were supervising his PhD, supported by #LeoFoundation . If you can, please consider contributing to the fundraiser we started to support his family.

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In memory of Kennedy Kaminju Kariuki, organized by Laura Bertola

Leo Foundation started this fundraiser to support the family of Kennedy Kaminju Kar… Laura Bertola needs your support for In memory of Kennedy Kaminju Kariuki

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Dr. Laura Bertola

1 year

It's #WorldWildlifeDay ! I took this picture in Amboseli, Kenya, over 10 years ago, but I still remember the vibration of the ground as this herd of zebra got spooked and took off in a hurry. One of the many places that must be conserved! #WWD2023 #biodiversity #conservation

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Dr. Laura Bertola

3 years

#Popgen21 day 4: Interesting lectures and exercises about D/f/F statistics and admixture graphs by @benmpeter . How to deal with a tree which does not look like a tree.

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Dr. Laura Bertola

3 years

@EveForster Wow. I'm sorry to hear that he failed to understand biology, even though he apparently really tried to memorize it (lol). But probably I'm even more sorry that he failed to understand women and education, too.

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Dr. Laura Bertola

3 years

IUCN Red Listing does not accurately reflect status of lions & cheetah. Major problem: regional differences, like populations going up in intensively managed parks in southern Africa, while (the other subspecies) going locally extinct in Western Africa.

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Lions and cheetahs closer to extinction than IUCN Red List suggests

The ratio of people to cheetahs on Earth is roughly a million-to-one

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Dr. Laura Bertola

4 years

@valens116 Meet the chaotic evil, grey wizard bird, a.k.a. the shoebill. (and yes, they always have this facial expression)

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Dr. Laura Bertola

4 years

It's always exciting to come across new data sources with some relevance to your work. ACLED has an impressive database of human-human conflicts, which may impact wildlife conservation in the region. I made some maps, showing human conflict and lion range. #StichtingLeo

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Dr. Laura Bertola

5 years

As a big cat/wildlife biologist, I cannot stress enough how much I dislike the ridiculous number of free ranging domestic cats and the impact they have on their environment. 😿

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The impact of free-ranging domestic cats on wildlife of the United States

Nature Communications - Free-ranging domestic cats cause wildlife extinctions on islands, but their impact on wildlife in mainland areas is unclear. This study presents an estimate of mortality...

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Dr. Laura Bertola

4 years

Really cool presentation on the development of a biodiversity lab in a (small) backpack and current developments in Nanopore sequencing by @VascoElbrecht

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