LEMR Lab

New paper alert -- Several amazing people allowed me to be apart of this fantastic paper. #Madagascar #Newresearch esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…

Listen to this OWOH #podcast with @Travis_Steffens of @OneHealthUofG, @PlanetMada, @LemurNetwork, @RCGS_SGRC, @TheTorontoZoo, @expclub, as he talks about #lemurs & why it's important to protect these #endangered animals. 👂here: onehealthtrust.org/news-media/pod…

On April 10, @CSAHS_UoG hosts Ranaivo A. Rasolofoson @UofTenvironment who will use examples from Madagascar and Kenya to discuss how investments in nature conservation are public health investments. When: 11:00-12:30 Where: OVC ECLA Rm 1720 More info: uoguel.ph/75f5p

The latest edition of our #OneHealth Newslink is out! Read about U of G One Health research on lemurs in Madagascar, a One Health seminar on Nov. 20 with Wayne Caldwell, faculty funding for summer undergraduate research, a faculty profile, events & more: tinyurl.com/bdfn36s8

Celebrating One Health Day all week! Do lemurs hold answers to the next pandemic? How these primates can be better protected, and what diseases threaten them, drive a unique research project at U of G led by Travis Steffens & Heather Murphy. Read more: uoguel.ph/ngeck

FYI, @WildlifeCornell will support up to 6 postdoctoral positions as part of the K. Lisa Yang Wildlife Health Fellows Program. The program's goal is to train the next generation of wildlife conservation & One Health leaders. Apply by August 31: tinyurl.com/hz6enadr

Have an idea for a symposium at AABA in Baltimore that you’d like to organize? The Invited Symposium Submission Portal is now open! The deadline to submit is August 15! bioanth.org/94th-annual-me… #AABA2025

I may be biased but I’m also super excited to see this book published! 😉

New paper alert!!! Latest from the LEMR lab — Primate conservation: A public issue? Our lab aims to conserve #lemurs, improve the lives of people, and secure habitat for both. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/NEJJMTXX… #primate #conservation & #sustainable #forest #communities @AlexandriaCosby

Big thanks for @wavelandpress and @Teichroeb_Lab for donating 6 copies of Primate Behaviour: An Exercise Workbook for the Malagasy students joining my #OneHealth Approaches to Conservation field school in Madagascar @cipguelph

#UofG | "We want to address what is happening so that we can prevent something worse from happening." Dr. Scott Weese talks to the @latimes about avian flu in mammals. @OntVetCollege @OVCPathobiology @weese_scott Read more: yahoo.com/news/nobody-sa…

Finally out! We examined whether mouse #lemur species exhibit varying density responses to #edge #effects across fragmented landscapes. Our results demonstrate that differences in density patterns can be attributed to species-specific traits and the scale of analysis.

April 14 is the abstract deadline for the World One Health Congress, September 20-23, 2024, in Cape Town, South Africa! Grants are available to encourage participation of delegates from low & middle income countries. More info: globalohc.org/8WOHC #OneHealth #WOHC2embe

New Paper Alert! Can cyclone exposure explain behavioural and demographic variation among lemur species? In @PLOSONE By @BioanthBehie , yours truly, Keaghan Yaxley, Alan Vincent, @patcwright, @steigj , & Mary M. Pavelka. #lemurs #cyclone #evolution journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

The U of Guelph community is invited to attend a virtual One Health seminar featuring Marie Meloche of the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada. Marie will be speaking on Thurs., Feb. 8 at 2:30. U of Guelph students, faculty & staff, email [email protected] for the Teams link.

Interested in the University of Guelph's Bachelor of One Health (BOH) program? If so, watch this new promotional video featuring Drs. Travis Steffens, Ryan Prosser & several of the BOH students!: tinyurl.com/2zw3fy79 Find out more: uoguel.ph/i27kf #OneHealth @UofGCBS

Interested in the University of Guelph's Bachelor of One Health (BOH) program? If so, watch this new promotional video featuring Dr. Travis Steffens, Dr. Ryan Prosser & several BOH students: tinyurl.com/2zw3fy79 To find out more about the BOH, visit: uoguel.ph/8r1w0

New Paper Alert. "Thirty years of deforestation within the entire ranges of nine endangered lemur species in northwestern Madagascar" Led by @Dmnk4Lemurs and including @PlanetMada and yours truly. Download here: ecotropica.eu/index.php/ecot… #conservation #lemur #Madagascar

Have you seen CABI One Health Cases?: tinyurl.com/428nxu5f One Health Cases is a collection of real-life examples of #OneHealth in practice, stressing interconnections between humans, animals, plants, ecosystems & their shared environment. You may also submit your own case!

Extreme heat and dry conditions fuel widespread wildfires around the world - in Madagascar, 95% of fires are caused by humans. 2023 @WhitleyAwards winner Mamy Razafitsalama (@PlanetMada) is featured in @ForbesScience for his work with local people to save the forests & lemurs.