RT @Niedermeyer_Lab: Remember our discovery of the #cyanotoxin #aetokthonotoxin (https://t.co/utqOB2WBxL), the weapon of the eagle killer?…

RT @Niedermeyer_Lab: Remember our discovery of the #cyanotoxin #aetokthonotoxin (https://t.co/utqOB2WBxL), the weapon of the eagle killer?…

Remember our discovery of the #cyanotoxin #aetokthonotoxin (https://t.co/utqOB2WBxL), the weapon of the eagle killer? Today we proudly present its total synthesis: https://t.co/hABP60LQ1X. Great collaboration with @bernis_lab. https://t.co/vn9VEErSM9

Fantastic work from my colleagues @bernis_lab @IPB_Halle and @Niedermeyer_Lab @IPB_Halle synthesising the recently in @ScienceMagazine published eagle toxin https://t.co/bM76VbfULz

Colonization of US waterways by an #invasive, introduced plant (Hydrilla verticillata) provided a substrate for the growth of a cyanobacterium killing birds of prey. Has H. verticillata been found in Great Britain? @RobThomas14 @nature_scot @DefraGovUK h

@Schleh_Tox Hier der benannte Fachartikel. https://t.co/iz3L7DLByP

"Hunting the eagle killer: A cyanobacterial neurotoxin causes vacuolar myelinopathy" See https://t.co/195aTz0u2e

RT @ScienceMagazine: After eluding scientists for more than 25 years, the cause of vacuolar myelinopathy—a fatal neurological disease that…

RT @EPAresearch: Sleuthing Scientists! Our researchers were part of the team investigating the mysterious cause of mass bald eagle deaths t…

RT @EPAresearch: Sleuthing Scientists! Our researchers were part of the team investigating the mysterious cause of mass bald eagle deaths t…

RT @EPAresearch: Sleuthing Scientists! Our researchers were part of the team investigating the mysterious cause of mass bald eagle deaths t…

Sleuthing Scientists! Our researchers were part of the team investigating the mysterious cause of mass bald eagle deaths the U.S. southeast. Read what they discovered: https://t.co/q5QnH2UeOW #FridayReads

RT @LucksLab: LucksLab journal club by @luyi_cheng "Hunting the Eagle Killer" in @ScienceMagazine . Incredible scientific investigation hig…

RT @LucksLab: LucksLab journal club by @luyi_cheng "Hunting the Eagle Killer" in @ScienceMagazine . Incredible scientific investigation hig…

LucksLab journal club by @luyi_cheng "Hunting the Eagle Killer" in @ScienceMagazine . Incredible scientific investigation highlighting how complex human impact on the environment can be https://t.co/IYYzpLffrh

RT @AlbertEttinger: More work is needed on why the cyanobacteria is there - Hunting the eagle killer: A cyanobacterial neurotoxin causes va…

More work is needed on why the cyanobacteria is there - Hunting the eagle killer: A cyanobacterial neurotoxin causes vacuolar myelinopathy https://t.co/cd248nm8vr

RT @Niedermeyer_Lab: What a pity – I thought our @ScienceMagazine eagle killer detective story would stay Open Access, but now, sadly, it’s…

RT @Niedermeyer_Lab: What a pity – I thought our @ScienceMagazine eagle killer detective story would stay Open Access, but now, sadly, it’s…

RT @Niedermeyer_Lab: What a pity – I thought our @ScienceMagazine eagle killer detective story would stay Open Access, but now, sadly, it’s…

RT @Niedermeyer_Lab: What a pity – I thought our @ScienceMagazine eagle killer detective story would stay Open Access, but now, sadly, it’s…

What a pity – I thought our @ScienceMagazine eagle killer detective story would stay Open Access, but now, sadly, it’s behind a pay wall… Interestingly, without OA, abstract only views have risen much stronger than full text views or pdf downloads... https

RT @ErikLakomaa: Ni kanske minns hur döda örnar i USA antogs vara en följd av blyförgiftning och hur detta ledde till förbud eller restrikt…

RT @EPAresearch: Read more about this work looking at the relationships between invasive species, contaminants, aquatic ecosystems, and the…

Read more about this work looking at the relationships between invasive species, contaminants, aquatic ecosystems, and the animals that depend on them in Science. https://t.co/jkSq3Cfiij

RT @ErikLakomaa: Ni kanske minns hur döda örnar i USA antogs vara en följd av blyförgiftning och hur detta ledde till förbud eller restrikt…

RT @ErikLakomaa: Ni kanske minns hur döda örnar i USA antogs vara en följd av blyförgiftning och hur detta ledde till förbud eller restrikt…

RT @ErikLakomaa: Ni kanske minns hur döda örnar i USA antogs vara en följd av blyförgiftning och hur detta ledde till förbud eller restrikt…

RT @ErikLakomaa: Ni kanske minns hur döda örnar i USA antogs vara en följd av blyförgiftning och hur detta ledde till förbud eller restrikt…

RT @ErikLakomaa: Ni kanske minns hur döda örnar i USA antogs vara en följd av blyförgiftning och hur detta ledde till förbud eller restrikt…

RT @ErikLakomaa: Ni kanske minns hur döda örnar i USA antogs vara en följd av blyförgiftning och hur detta ledde till förbud eller restrikt…

RT @ErikLakomaa: Ni kanske minns hur döda örnar i USA antogs vara en följd av blyförgiftning och hur detta ledde till förbud eller restrikt…

RT @ErikLakomaa: Ni kanske minns hur döda örnar i USA antogs vara en följd av blyförgiftning och hur detta ledde till förbud eller restrikt…

RT @ErikLakomaa: Ni kanske minns hur döda örnar i USA antogs vara en följd av blyförgiftning och hur detta ledde till förbud eller restrikt…

RT @ErikLakomaa: Ni kanske minns hur döda örnar i USA antogs vara en följd av blyförgiftning och hur detta ledde till förbud eller restrikt…

RT @ErikLakomaa: Ni kanske minns hur döda örnar i USA antogs vara en följd av blyförgiftning och hur detta ledde till förbud eller restrikt…

RT @ErikLakomaa: Ni kanske minns hur döda örnar i USA antogs vara en följd av blyförgiftning och hur detta ledde till förbud eller restrikt…

RT @ErikLakomaa: Ni kanske minns hur döda örnar i USA antogs vara en följd av blyförgiftning och hur detta ledde till förbud eller restrikt…

RT @ErikLakomaa: Ni kanske minns hur döda örnar i USA antogs vara en följd av blyförgiftning och hur detta ledde till förbud eller restrikt…

Ni kanske minns hur döda örnar i USA antogs vara en följd av blyförgiftning och hur detta ledde till förbud eller restriktioner mot blyammunition i USA (och inte bara i USA, örnarna var argument även i EU)? Nu vet vi vad örnarna dog av (TLDR: inte bly) htt

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Saving the eagles (and ducks) with analytical chemistry 🦅 🦆 ! https://t.co/57Dpd2qkhi #science #massspectrometry #environment #water #sciex #openaccess

Hunting the eagle killer: A cyanobacterial neurotoxin causes vacuolar myelinopathy https://t.co/jqKuf2wu8a

RT @chngin_the_wrld: Today's #shoutout to #womenInSTEM goes to Tabitha Phillips & Susan Wilde for their @ScienceMagazine paper w/ Steffen B…

Today's #shoutout to #womenInSTEM goes to Tabitha Phillips & Susan Wilde for their @ScienceMagazine paper w/ Steffen Breinlinger reporting on a #cyanobacteria #neurotoxin that causes vacuolar myelinopathy & mass deaths in #eagles. https://t.co/Q

RT @MagnitudeBio: Environmental #toxicity can have a detrimental impact on our ecosystem. New research calls for increased awareness of tox…

RT @RodSchoonover: My eyes popped when I read that the chemical structure of the novel algal neurotoxin killing eagles was two indoles conn…

The power of sequencing to protect American birds from cyanotoxins! An interesting paper.

somehow i missed this one. https://t.co/MG9czQILgk

RT @mliebeke: @chebit @Niedermeyer_Lab Aetokthonotoxin, sounds complicated --> attracts chemists ;-) Entity of the month in @chebit (see st…

@chebit @Niedermeyer_Lab Aetokthonotoxin, sounds complicated --> attracts chemists ;-) Entity of the month in @chebit (see story about it here: https://t.co/7e7q45R8gJ)

Environmental #toxicity can have a detrimental impact on our ecosystem. New research calls for increased awareness of toxins, and how they can be passed through the food chain with detrimental impacts for our habitat. Read more: https://t.co/48b35skU2T

RT @kmathan: The birds died because of a specific algae that lives on a specific invasive water plant and makes a novel toxin, but only in…

RT @kmathan: The birds died because of a specific algae that lives on a specific invasive water plant and makes a novel toxin, but only in…

RT @RodSchoonover: My eyes popped when I read that the chemical structure of the novel algal neurotoxin killing eagles was two indoles conn…

#biorisks in the environment "Moreover, there remains a critical need for research on mammalian susceptibility to VM and on human #health risks from the consumption of fish and waterbirds from VM reservoirs"

RT @RodSchoonover: My eyes popped when I read that the chemical structure of the novel algal neurotoxin killing eagles was two indoles conn…

My eyes popped when I read that the chemical structure of the novel algal neurotoxin killing eagles was two indoles connected by N1 and C2 (bizarre) and possessed FIVE bromine atoms (also bizarre). Quite a mind-boggling chemical compound! https://t.co/5

RT @NatureCanada: Invasive plants plus chemical pollution is killing Bald Eagles, the National Bird of the USA, in huge numbers. https://t…

RT @NatureCanada: Invasive plants plus chemical pollution is killing Bald Eagles, the National Bird of the USA, in huge numbers. https://t…

RT @NatureCanada: Invasive plants plus chemical pollution is killing Bald Eagles, the National Bird of the USA, in huge numbers. https://t…

RT @NatureCanada: Invasive plants plus chemical pollution is killing Bald Eagles, the National Bird of the USA, in huge numbers. https://t…

RT @NatureCanada: Invasive plants plus chemical pollution is killing Bald Eagles, the National Bird of the USA, in huge numbers. https://t…

RT @NatureCanada: Invasive plants plus chemical pollution is killing Bald Eagles, the National Bird of the USA, in huge numbers. https://t…

RT @NatureCanada: Invasive plants plus chemical pollution is killing Bald Eagles, the National Bird of the USA, in huge numbers. https://t…

Invasive plants plus chemical pollution is killing Bald Eagles, the National Bird of the USA, in huge numbers. https://t.co/fIjR235DLm

RT @Niedermeyer_Lab: A thread on our latest publication – a publication we worked > 10 years on. 🙃 This project has driven us mad at times.…

Hunting the eagle killer: A cyanobacterial neurotoxin causes vacuolar myelinopathy | Science https://t.co/K2yobA0x2s

This is like the wildlife disease version of "Murder on the Orient Express." A trifecta of plant, cyanobacterium, bromine, plus the human activities that brought them all together. So who, or what, really killed the eagles? https://t.co/aXMTWsfN4F

RT @Niedermeyer_Lab: A thread on our latest publication – a publication we worked > 10 years on. 🙃 This project has driven us mad at times.…

Hunting the eagle killer: A cyanobacterial neurotoxin causes vacuolar myelinopathy https://t.co/WLzDE9j8R7

Thanks to all for the congrats and for sharing our work! The resonance has been stunning. 😮 #AETX and the "eagle killer" cyanobacterium #Aetokthonos hydrillicola will keep us busy for some more years... 😀 #VM #ornithology #cyanotoxin #NaturalProducts https

25-year old mystery solved! Bromide-dependent cyanobacteria neurotoxin in SE causing myelinopathy in bald eagles https://t.co/jDN1qWubpV https://t.co/kwIMOoENxX

Hunting the eagle killer: A cyanobacterial neurotoxin causes vacuolar myelinopathy https://t.co/SgiBAMoKSD

Brilliant investigative science here - wonder does the toxin affect human cells? Hunting the eagle killer: A cyanobacterial neurotoxin causes vacuolar myelinopathy https://t.co/CiEcySJytc

Clarísimo ejemplo de lo que se conoce como efecto cascada en Ecología 🦅👇🏽

RT @ScienceMagazine: After eluding scientists for more than 25 years, the cause of vacuolar myelinopathy—a fatal neurological disease that…

RT @Niedermeyer_Lab: A thread on our latest publication – a publication we worked > 10 years on. 🙃 This project has driven us mad at times.…

RT @ScienceMagazine: After eluding scientists for more than 25 years, the cause of vacuolar myelinopathy—a fatal neurological disease that…

RT @ScienceMagazine: After eluding scientists for more than 25 years, the cause of vacuolar myelinopathy—a fatal neurological disease that…

RT @ScienceMagazine: After eluding scientists for more than 25 years, the cause of vacuolar myelinopathy—a fatal neurological disease that…

RT @ScienceMagazine: After eluding scientists for more than 25 years, the cause of vacuolar myelinopathy—a fatal neurological disease that…

RT @ScienceMagazine: After eluding scientists for more than 25 years, the cause of vacuolar myelinopathy—a fatal neurological disease that…

RT @MicroPhys: The #toxin that kills #bald #eagles is revealed! A great #detective story tracing the culprits: #cyanobacteria make the toxi…

RT @ScienceMagazine: After eluding scientists for more than 25 years, the cause of vacuolar myelinopathy—a fatal neurological disease that…

RT @ScienceMagazine: After eluding scientists for more than 25 years, the cause of vacuolar myelinopathy—a fatal neurological disease that…

RT @ScienceMagazine: After eluding scientists for more than 25 years, the cause of vacuolar myelinopathy—a fatal neurological disease that…

RT @ScienceMagazine: After eluding scientists for more than 25 years, the cause of vacuolar myelinopathy—a fatal neurological disease that…

RT @ScienceMagazine: After eluding scientists for more than 25 years, the cause of vacuolar myelinopathy—a fatal neurological disease that…

RT @ScienceMagazine: After eluding scientists for more than 25 years, the cause of vacuolar myelinopathy—a fatal neurological disease that…

RT @ScienceMagazine: After eluding scientists for more than 25 years, the cause of vacuolar myelinopathy—a fatal neurological disease that…

RT @ScienceMagazine: After eluding scientists for more than 25 years, the cause of vacuolar myelinopathy—a fatal neurological disease that…

After eluding scientists for more than 25 years, the cause of vacuolar myelinopathy—a fatal neurological disease that affects waterbirds and raptors—has finally been revealed. Learn more in the new research from Science: https://t.co/KFK9e9l4FK https://t.

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Nice story showing interconnected chemistry and ecology. Aquatic plant + Cyanobacteria + bromine pesticide —> node bird killing toxin. @MTU_chemistry

RT @JakeYeston: Also this week—with a stunning cover photo—is a beautifully multidisciplinary detective story from Wilde, Niedermeyer and c…

For 25 years, a mysterious killer caused the deaths of eagles & thousands of other birds, mostly in the south. The mystery is solved. In a paper published in Science, researchers identified aetokthonotoxin as the cause. Hopefully, science can now stop

RT @JakeYeston: Also this week—with a stunning cover photo—is a beautifully multidisciplinary detective story from Wilde, Niedermeyer and c…

RT @Niedermeyer_Lab: A thread on our latest publication – a publication we worked > 10 years on. 🙃 This project has driven us mad at times.…

What an incredible finding!