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Michael Bertram

@michaelgbertram.bsky.social

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A/Prof @ Swedish Uni of Agricultural Sciences l Guest Researcher @ Stockholm Uni l Board Member @ ipcp.ch l Board Member @ sortee.org l Assoc Editor @ Proceedings B l Behavioural Ecology & Ecotoxicology l 🇦🇺→🇸🇪

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Michael Bertram @michaelgbertram.bsky.social · Apr 10

Over the moon to finally share our new study in @science.org led by the amazing @jack-brand.bsky.social!

Pharmaceutical pollution at environmentally realistic levels alters behaviour and migration in Atlantic salmon, directly affecting survival

👉 science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Fredrik Jutfelt 🐠 @jutfelt.bsky.social · 4d

Salmon research and leadership position!
(Swedish / Scandinavian language required)

www.slu.se/om-slu/jobba...

Michael Bertram @michaelgbertram.bsky.social · 6d

Happening now! COPE Publication Integrity Week 2025 – Trust markers and researcher identity: Community perspectives

Happy to share my story on 'Tracking researcher identity through the peer-review process: when it goes wrong...'

👉 publicationethics.org/events/publi...

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Christos C. Ioannou @ccioannou.bsky.social · 7d

Chinese national interested in a PhD with fish?

Join our lab with a fully-funded PhD from the CSC and UoB.

Success rates are high if you're eligible. More details, including application link (deadline 1st December!) here:
ioannougroup.com/china-schola...

@asab.org @bristolbiosci.bsky.social

China Scholarship Council PhD studentships - apply now! | Christos Ioannou

Blog post description.

ioannougroup.com

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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 7d

Around the world, growing quantities of unmetabolized drugs are excreted by human bodies and slip, along with wastewater, into lakes and rivers. cen.acs.org/environment/... #chemsky 🧪

How human medicines are disrupting aquatic ecosystems

Researchers are exploring the far-flung effects of pharmaceutical pollution on fish

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SORTEE @sortee.bsky.social · 11d

💡 If you care about transparency, rigour, and equity in science, join SORTEE!

You can join for free if you like, no questions asked, and your support really helps us a lot 💙

👉 sortee.org/join/

Find more about why in the link

#OpenScience #SORTEE

Join Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary biology (SORTEE)

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School of Biological Sciences, Monash @MonashBiol @monashbiol.bsky.social · 12d

How can pollutants affect the success of non-native species? Isaac Ligocki & colleagues find the potential influence of chemical pollution on invasion success remains largely unexplored and recommend its inclusion in conservation and restoration
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

Uncovering the role of chemical pollutants in shaping biological invasions | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Ecosystems around the globe are under unprecedented pressure from human activities. Chemical pollution and biological invasions are two leading drivers of environmental change, each of which causes substantial harm to wildlife and the ecosystems they ...

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Ed Ivimey-Cook @eivimeycook.bsky.social · 12d

New paper from @marijapurgar.bsky.social out now in @royalsocietypublishing.org Proc B 🙌🙌🙌.

We critically evaluated preprint policies from 230 journals in Ecology and Evolution

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Preprint policies across journals and publishers in ecology and evolutionary biology | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Preprints have the potential to accelerate knowledge dissemination and promote transparency in ecology and evolutionary biology. However, concerns about journal policies regarding prior publication ma...

royalsocietypublishing.org

Michael Bertram @michaelgbertram.bsky.social · 13d

Great to see our new paper out today on protecting the right to science in multilateral environmental agreements!

Led by the amazing @bcarneyalmroth.bsky.social

Open Access 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Michael Bertram @michaelgbertram.bsky.social · 13d

Haha I'm glad you survived!

Michael Bertram @michaelgbertram.bsky.social · 14d

Not long now! 🥳

Michael Bertram @michaelgbertram.bsky.social · 14d

Umeå in the snow 😍

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Bibiana Rojas @biobiiana.bsky.social · 15d

The story on chemical communication in #poisonfrogs doesn't stop with the sexy fingers! "Histological and Gene Expression Analyses of the Arm and Finger Macroglands of Two Hyloxalus Frogs" is the new paper by the super talented Diana Abondano (Link in comments)! Out now in MolEcol. #cienciacriolla🇨🇴

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Behavioral Ecology @behavecol.bsky.social · 26d

Boat noise alters individual behaviors but not communication between partners in a fish-shrimp mutualism
#NoisePollution #SpeciesInteraction

doi.org/10.1093/behe...

a boat is going through a body of water with the number 0 on the side

ALT: a boat is going through a body of water with the number 0 on the side

media.tenor.com

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Christos C. Ioannou @ccioannou.bsky.social · 28d

Chinese national interested in a PhD using fish?

Fully-funded scholarships @bristolbiosci.bsky.social from the China Scholarship Council-University of Bristol

Success rates are high, check out the details here and get in touch:
www.bristol.ac.uk/students/sup...

Please circulate widely!

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Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 28d

Jack Manera and Rhiannon Eastment representing the lab talking about their research on pollution impacts on wildlife at the Monash Sustainability Forum. @monashbiol.bsky.social

Michael Bertram @michaelgbertram.bsky.social · 29d

Thank you, Julie!! 🥳🙌

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Life Science Studios - Scientific Illustration @lifesciencestudios.bsky.social · 29d

New lab logo just dropped!

@michaelgbertram.bsky.social's lab studies how chemical pollution disrupts animal behavior, using Atlantic salmon and European perch in much of their research. The logo needed to showcase study organisms with an ecotoxicology twist. Enjoy your new lab logo, Bertram Lab!

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Upama Aich @upama.bsky.social · Oct 24

Our new review paper on the role of chemical pollutants in shaping biological invasions is out now @royalsocietypublishing.org
Led by #IssacLigocki with a group of talented people 👇
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

Reposted by Anthony Ricciardi, Valeria Mazza

Michael Bertram @michaelgbertram.bsky.social · Oct 23

Happy to share our new review in @royalsocietypublishing.org on the role of chemical pollutants in shaping biological invasions

Part of our upcoming Special Feature issue on 'Wildlife behaviour and movement ecology in a human-dominated world'!

Available Open Access 👉 tinyurl.com/ptsjmbpn

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Jack A Brand @jack-brand.bsky.social · Oct 17

Fun week tagging rainbow trout in central Sweden! A part of a larger project investigating the movement dynamics of fish farm escapees.

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Jack Manera @jackmanera.bsky.social · Oct 16

Excited to share our latest paper in Behavioral Ecology! 🐟 🦐 🚤
doi.org/10.1093/behe...

Fieldwork on the Great Barrier Reef revealed species-specific responses to noise pollution from different boat engines.

@jake-m-martin.bsky.social
@bbmwong.bsky.social

Michael Bertram @michaelgbertram.bsky.social · Oct 16

That's the shark I was talking about! 🙌

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SORTEE @sortee.bsky.social · Oct 14

📢 Only one day left! There's still time to join us for the 5th SORTEE Conference 2025 on October 15-16!

Check out the Conference Program and register here: sortee.org/upcoming/ #SORTEE2025

Upcoming events

Upcoming conference by Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary biology (SORTEE)

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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · Oct 7

The Global Framework on Chemicals Fund is now accepting project proposals!

Grants up to $800K are available for projects (up to three years) developing innovative, scalable solutions that prevent harm from hazardous chemicals and waste.

Apply by 15 Dec: www.unep.org/technical-hi...

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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · Oct 2

From policy to practice: Progress towards #data- and #code-sharing in ecology and evolution #ProcB
@asanchez-tojar.bsky.social @eivimeycook.bsky.social tell us more in our blog royalsociety.org/blog/2025/09...

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Life Science Studios - Scientific Illustration @lifesciencestudios.bsky.social · Sep 25

I thought it might be fun to show you a little behind the scenes of creating a fish scientific illustration from sketch to painting to publication.

🐟 🐡 #evolutionarybiology #thereisnofrogfishemoji

Michael Bertram @michaelgbertram.bsky.social · Sep 23

Fantastic interview and exciting about the GEM presentation in London. Plus, great production quality on the podcast! 🙌

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Bryan Brooks @bryanwbrooks.bsky.social · Sep 23

Grateful for the opportunity to work with fantastic students, staff and faculty in a supportive community, and to partner with local, state and federal governments, businesses, nonprofit organizations, and international colleagues over the years at Baylor University

#WaterQualityMatters

Baylor Connections: Water Research

YouTube video by Baylor University

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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · Sep 23

From policy to practice: progress towards #data- and #code-sharing in ecology and evolution #ProcB #OpenAccess royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...