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Marta Szulkin @mszulkin.bsky.social · Sep 12

Thrilled to share our Perspective published in 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴: 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻, #𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 #𝘄𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗻 #𝘂𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆.

It also elevates Eastern European perspectives - underrepresented in #urban #evolution narratives.

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Legacy effects of religion, politics and war on urban evolutionary biology - Nature Cities

Cities affect biological evolution, but traditionally researchers focus on the biophysical influence of urban environments. Instead, this Review explores how the social processes of religion, politics...

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Anne Charmantier @annecharmantier.bsky.social · Aug 17

Sitting in my train heading towards #ESEB2025 in Barcelona reading posts about colleagues enjoying their own train trip to #ESEB2025, and loving it 🚉🚄🚈🚅💚

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Anne Charmantier @annecharmantier.bsky.social · Aug 8

Looking forward to seing you there @plantpollinator.bsky.social !

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Anne Charmantier @annecharmantier.bsky.social · Aug 8

Attending #ESEB2025 in Barcelona? Check out our Equal Opportunity initiatives eseb2025.com/inclusivity-...
& join our #inclusivity mixers in the social corner (EXPO area):
Mon 18 9h45🌈LGBTQ+ mixer

Tues 19 10h15♿Disability mixer

Wed 20 9h45🌍Global South mixer
Pass the word ! #InclusiveScience

Inclusivity Initiatives – ESEB 2025. Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology. Barcelona. Spain

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Francesca Raffini Lab @francescaraffini.bsky.social · Jul 31

Attending @eseb2025.bsky.social?
♿ Check out their inclusivity initiatives: eseb2025.com/inclusivity-...

Excellent material, emotional & social support to ensure everyone has a great experience 💙

💡Lots to learn - even if you don’t face additional challenges!

👏@eseb.bsky.social🙏

#InclusiveScience

Inclusivity Initiatives – ESEB 2025. Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology. Barcelona. Spain

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Anne Charmantier @annecharmantier.bsky.social · Jul 26

Huge thank you @aeastephens.bsky.social‬ for initiating the TrendsTalk series 'Disability in ecology and evolution' in T.R.E.E. providing visibility for disabled researchers in #Ecology & #Evolution to make our field more #inclusive www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

Disability in ecology and evolution

In this TrendsTalk series 'Disability in ecology and evolution' in Trends in Ecology and Evolution, we will be hearing from people about their experiences being disabled in ecology and evolution. We a...

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Megan Thompson @meganjthompson.bsky.social · Jul 25

Last paper from my PhD at #EcolLett: dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele....

Using long-term data from European tit populations, we test three hypotheses to determine how urbanization affects phenotypic variation at different population levels.
#UrbanTitCollab #DiverCity #SPIBirds

Visual representation of tested hypotheses showing how urbanization can affect phenotypic variation at different population levels.

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Megan Thompson @meganjthompson.bsky.social · Jul 4

We have a new paper out on the genetic vs. environmental drivers of cognition along an urban gradient: doi.org/10.1007/s100...

@lauragervais.bsky.social @dhanyabharath.bsky.social @annecharmantier.bsky.social @denisreale.bsky.social

#inhibitorycontrol #greattits #animalcognition

Figure showing cognitive task administered to wild great tits in the field.

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Olivier Gimenez 🦦 @oaggimenez.bsky.social · Apr 22

Ce sera mon premier @pintofscience.fr, j'ai hâte ! Avec @annecharmantier.bsky.social, on parlera mésanges et loutres 🐥🦦 à Montpellier, viendez 😇 🥳

📆 20 mai au Sam's Coffee bar

🔏 pintofscience.fr/event/faune-...

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Anne Charmantier @annecharmantier.bsky.social · Mar 10

To start off the week in harmony despite it all, if you need some beauty, peace and fun, watch this stunning video from @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social & & Macaulay Library www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfzD...

Best Bird Videos: 21 Favorites from Our Macaulay Library

https://youtu.be/QfzDEzfthGM We've reviewed the best bird photos from last year and chosen our favorite bird sounds as well—now it's time to take a look at some of the best video footage. We scour...

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Ecology & Behaviour 2025 @ecobhvr2025.bsky.social · Nov 22

🚨SAVE THE DATE 🚨 The 17th Ecology & Behaviour is back at the CEFE!
Join us from August 11-15, 2025. Don't miss out!

Sign up here for updates: listes.services.cnrs.fr/wws/subscrib...
And, of course, follow us here! #ecobhvr2025

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Anne Charmantier @annecharmantier.bsky.social · Mar 8

Today is International Women's Day 👭🧪🔭. With this video we hope to motivate girls to engage in scientific careers, please circulate/ Cette vidéo en français/anglais a vocation à être diffusée dans les classes 👩‍👩‍👧‍👦. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKlT...
#InternationalWomensDay2025 #JourneeDesDroitsDesFemmes

Portraits de femmes scientifiques

YouTube video by FemmesetSciences

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Anne Charmantier @annecharmantier.bsky.social · Mar 7

Today's Quan Gen Journal Club : a paper by @pdevillemereuil.bsky.social‬ & @lmchev.bsky.social that presents the new #Rpackage Reacnorm to partition phenotypic & genetic var in reaction norms - it was tough but worth it !
peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10....
#evolbiol #phenplas #quantgen 📈📉

Partitioning the phenotypic and genetic variances of reaction norms

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Anne Charmantier @annecharmantier.bsky.social · Mar 7

#StandUpForScience on our @cnrs.fr campus in Montpellier

Guillaume Bossis @guillaumebo6.bsky.social · Mar 7

#StandUpForScience Montpellier, France @standupforscifr.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social

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Megan Thompson @meganjthompson.bsky.social · Feb 25

Our common garden experiment with urban and forest great tits is out early view in Evolution! doi.org/10.1093/evol... @denisreale.bsky.social @annecharmantier.bsky.social

Visual representation of common garden procedure.

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Evolution Meetings @evolmtg.bsky.social · Feb 13

It’s Evolution as We Know It (And We Feel Fine)!

(With apologies to REM)

Registration for Evolution 2025 is now open! Join us virtually May 29-30, in-person June 20-24.

www.evolutionmeetings.org/registration...

@sse-evolution.bsky.social @systbiol.bsky.social @asn-amnat.bsky.social #Evol2025

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Anne Charmantier @annecharmantier.bsky.social · Jan 9

@eseb.bsky.social ESEB’s Equal Opportunity Committee has opened a new call for the Under-represented ECR Achievement Award. You can nominate yourself or a colleague, deadline 31/01 eseb.org/prizes-fundi... Contact me if you need to chat about this!

ESEB under-represented ECR achievement award - ESEB | European Society for Evolutionary Biology

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Anne Charmantier @annecharmantier.bsky.social · Jan 9

Super postdoc opportunity in our lab with @julien-renoult.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/juli...

Julien Renoult @julien-renoult.bsky.social · Jan 8

PLEASE SHARE: Postdoc Opportunity in Montpellier France. 18 months starting May 2025: Generative AI for Studying the Influence of Habitats on the Diversification of Bird Color Patterns. Applications and information here: tinyurl.com/2368teak
@evoldir.bsky.social

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Anne Charmantier @annecharmantier.bsky.social · Dec 18

Super duper! Do you know PY Henri had a ringing project on them some 20y ago? Incidently, I took these pictures 3d ago on top Pic St Loup!

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Functional Ecology @funecology.bsky.social · Dec 6

📖This issue features our Calow-Grace review, by @annecharmantier.bsky.social and team! The review evaluated the peer-reviewed literature for studies that measured and compared natural selection in urban versus non-urban habitats🏙️

Read it here👇
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Is natural selection really stronger in cities?

Anne Charmantier, Tracy Burkhard, Laura Gervais, Charles Perrier, Albrecht I. Schulte-Hostedde, Megan J. Thompson This is a plain language summary for the 2024 Calow-Grace review which can be found…

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