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This post is not entirely related to our project financed by CNCSIS (#TE 291/2010), but provides an abstract of what we achieved in 2011 both within and out of the scope of the CNCSIS project. The year 2011 wasn’t productive … Continue reading →

We’ve just launched our next experiment on coccidiosis looking for the possible transmission of isosporan parasites between members of closely related species, house (Passer domesticus) and tree sparrow (P. montanus). Provided that (1) the two species often form mixed flocks … Continue reading →

We just finished an experiment within the frame of our running research grant. It was the longest experiment carried out ever by our Evolutionary Ecology group. It lasted 15 months and focused on coccidian infestation and immunity annual cycle in … Continue reading →

Recently, we participated at two international ornithological and ecological conferences with data gathered within our grant: (1) Pap PL, Vágási CI, Sesarman A, Banciu M. Seasonality in coccidian parasitism and immune function in the house sparrow: natural covariation or just … Continue reading →

Our second article within this project had been published in Auk (an ornithological journal of the American Ornithologists’ Union). Pap PL, Vágási CI, Czirják GÁ, Titilincu A, Pintea A, Osváth G, Fülöp A and Barta Z 2011. The effect of … Continue reading →

Two recently compiled special issues on ecological immunology highlight the importance and caveats of this domain, and pave the way for future directions. These were published in two prestigious journals, one in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, … Continue reading →

Our second manuscript within the framework of this project was accepted for publication in Auk (an ornithological journal of the American Ornithologists’ Union).

We installed the cages in the Ornithology Lab at the campus of Babeş-Bolyai University. These render possible the individual caging of birds held in captivity, which is necessary in certain experiments (e.g., faeces samples for measuring parasite intensity).

Our second manuscript within the framework of this project was submitted with minor revisions to Auk (an ornithological journal of the American Ornithologists’ Union). In this study, we aimed to explore (1) which immune branche(s) of the hosts is (are) … Continue reading →

This site is dedicated to a research grant (#PN II. RU TE 291/2010) financed by the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research. Beyond information related to this project, ibidem we will post news about the achievements of our Evolutionary Ecology … Continue reading →