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Asgeir Bjarnason

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Engineer at Star-Oddi and implantable sensor expert. Biologging, ECG, HRV, body temperature, respiration, movement. Interested in how Animals work! 🇮🇸&🇪🇸

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Dr. Emily S Choy (she/her), FRCGS @emilyschoy.bsky.social · Jul 11

What an amazing group of scientists! It was such an honour to be a speaker for the “insights from biologging & conservation physiology” session @sebiology.bsky.social conference in Antwerp! Thanks again for the invitation! @conphysjournal.bsky.social @staroddi.bsky.social #sebconference

Andrea Fuller @andreafuller.bsky.social · Jul 10

A good day in Antwerp! #sebconference

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Andrea Fuller @andreafuller.bsky.social · Jul 10

Thanks to @staroddi.bsky.social for supporting our workshop and symposium on biologging in conservation physiology at #sebconference

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · Mar 7

Don't miss out, we are inviting submissions to our upcoming Special Issue: The Integrative Biology of Exercise.
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journals.biologists.com/jeb/pages/ex...

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Andrea Fuller @andreafuller.bsky.social · Feb 26

10 days left to submit your abstract for @sebiology.bsky.social Annual Conference in Antwerp. Join our session on biologging in conservation physiology and hear about the exciting work @emilyschoy.bsky.social has been doing with kittiwakes! And much more, from seals to reindeer to lizards and fish!

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Conservation Physiology @conphysjournal.bsky.social · Feb 3

✳️ #SpecialIssue call for papers ✳️

We are accepting submissions for a new special issue on #BioLogging in Conservation Physiology

Edited by @andreafuller.bsky.social & Erika Eliason

Full info and submission instructions ➡️ https://buff.ly/3WLtZz0
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7th International Conference on Fish Telemetry @icft2025.bsky.social · Jan 6

A friendly reminder that abstracts for ICFT 2025 are due at the end of the month! See the conference website for details. We want to be able to provide a quick turn around of abstract acceptance before registration begins!

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Sylvain Giroud @sgiroud.bsky.social · Nov 24

Interested in a Graduate Assistantship?

The Energetics Lab (Giroud) is now accepting applications for a motivated individual interested in obtaining a Master in Biology at Northern Michigan University starting in the Fall of 2025.

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Asgeir Bjarnason @bjarnasonasgeir.bsky.social · Dec 17

We are repeating a special #biologging session at IEEE MEAVEAS in Pisa 28-30th of April 2025. Broad topic but work in domestic animals and poultry especially welcomed. www.meaveas.org/special-sess...

Special Session 1 | IEEE MeAVeAS 2025

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Andrea Fuller @andreafuller.bsky.social · Dec 7

The most extreme heatwave (long duration with no relief) I have experienced in my lifetime.

Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · Dec 7

EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
MINIMUMS >30C in Botswana,never happened in 140+ years of climatic history
MIN 30.3 Sua Pan
ALL TIME RECORDS
42.2 Lethlakane,41.9 Mahalapye
Up to 45C next weeks in Mozambique and Malawi
It s BY FAR the harshest heat wave in Southern Africa

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Nov 21

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Too Hot to Handle: A Meta‐Analytical Review of the Thermal Tolerance and Adaptive Capacity of North American Sturgeon

Combining published data gathered from the field and in the laboratory, we examined how temperature impacts North American sturgeon to gauge how these threatened and endangered species will fare in a...

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Brooke Jarvis @brookejarvis.bsky.social · Nov 15

Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory

A map of flight paths emanating from breeding colony of gulls, with this caption: Early on, LifeWatch noticed something odd. Most gulls were making daily trips to Mouscron, a city on the French border 65 km away. They went to investigate and found the birds bingeing on discarded snacks at the Roger & Roger potato factory.

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