Davina Hill
@davinahill.bsky.social
Lecturer in Welfare Physiology @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social. Climate change▪️Thermal biology▪️Biomarkers▪️Life history▪️Sociality |🐁🐄🦇🦔
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Davina Hill
@davinahill.bsky.social
· Jan 24
One more week to apply for @uofglasgow.bsky.social's James McCune Smith #PhD Scholarship on this and other topics:
Indicators of #hibernation quality in #hedgehogs with me @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social and @julianowack.bsky.social @ljmuofficial.bsky.social
Link to apply: www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships...
Indicators of #hibernation quality in #hedgehogs with me @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social and @julianowack.bsky.social @ljmuofficial.bsky.social
Link to apply: www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships...
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fellowships.si.edu/opportunity/...
#ResearchFunding opportunity in #HumanEvoultion at the Smithsonian
#AcademicSky #AcademicJobs
#ResearchFunding opportunity in #HumanEvoultion at the Smithsonian
#AcademicSky #AcademicJobs
Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program (SIFP)
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fellowships.si.edu
August 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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#ResearchFunding opportunity in #HumanEvoultion at the Smithsonian
#AcademicSky #AcademicJobs
#ResearchFunding opportunity in #HumanEvoultion at the Smithsonian
#AcademicSky #AcademicJobs
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Hiring/Seeking a *permanent* programmer in ecological modelling at my lab @unibonn.bsky.social. We mechanistically model plant communities, island biogeography, species range dynamics, eco-evolutionary feedbacks, diversity gradients, tropical forests, vascular epiphytes. Pls rt! shorturl.at/Bzzdt
Programmer in Ecological Modelling
Full-time, permanent, EG 10, Reference number: 2025/72
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July 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Hiring/Seeking a *permanent* programmer in ecological modelling at my lab @unibonn.bsky.social. We mechanistically model plant communities, island biogeography, species range dynamics, eco-evolutionary feedbacks, diversity gradients, tropical forests, vascular epiphytes. Pls rt! shorturl.at/Bzzdt
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Marchand: compared to those born to a bighorn ewe when she's young, lambs born when she's old have shorter lives, wean fewer lambs. At any age, ewes that live longer have lambs that live longer and have higher reproductive success. url:https://academic.oup.com/beheco/article/36/4/araf046/8126721
June 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Marchand: compared to those born to a bighorn ewe when she's young, lambs born when she's old have shorter lives, wean fewer lambs. At any age, ewes that live longer have lambs that live longer and have higher reproductive success. url:https://academic.oup.com/beheco/article/36/4/araf046/8126721
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Interested in Postdoc Research here in Oxford? Many projects possible using long-term population studies of birds, field & lab experiments with insect consumers, phenology of trees all in Wytham woods & based in new Biology building
marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/calls/msca-p...
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June 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Interested in Postdoc Research here in Oxford? Many projects possible using long-term population studies of birds, field & lab experiments with insect consumers, phenology of trees all in Wytham woods & based in new Biology building
marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/calls/msca-p...
marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/calls/msca-p...
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How good is your garden for hedgehogs? 🦔 Take the challenge and find out how your garden rates! 👇
www.hedgehogstreet.org/garden-challenge
#HedgehogStreet is a joint campaign run by us and the @hedgehogsociety.bsky.social
www.hedgehogstreet.org/garden-challenge
#HedgehogStreet is a joint campaign run by us and the @hedgehogsociety.bsky.social
The Hedgehog Garden Challenge - Hedgehog Street
How good is your garden for hedgehogs? Take the Garden Challenge and find out how your garden rates with top tips for making improvements!
www.hedgehogstreet.org
June 10, 2025 at 8:49 AM
How good is your garden for hedgehogs? 🦔 Take the challenge and find out how your garden rates! 👇
www.hedgehogstreet.org/garden-challenge
#HedgehogStreet is a joint campaign run by us and the @hedgehogsociety.bsky.social
www.hedgehogstreet.org/garden-challenge
#HedgehogStreet is a joint campaign run by us and the @hedgehogsociety.bsky.social
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Calling all dog owners!
We're currently conducting a research project at the University of Glasgow exploring how early social environments—such as staying with littermates or joining single- vs. multi-dog households—shape puppies' behaviour and stress resilience during their first year of life.
We're currently conducting a research project at the University of Glasgow exploring how early social environments—such as staying with littermates or joining single- vs. multi-dog households—shape puppies' behaviour and stress resilience during their first year of life.
June 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Calling all dog owners!
We're currently conducting a research project at the University of Glasgow exploring how early social environments—such as staying with littermates or joining single- vs. multi-dog households—shape puppies' behaviour and stress resilience during their first year of life.
We're currently conducting a research project at the University of Glasgow exploring how early social environments—such as staying with littermates or joining single- vs. multi-dog households—shape puppies' behaviour and stress resilience during their first year of life.
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PhD opportunity in bTB modeling - "The transmission of bovine tuberculosis: deciphering biological mechanisms with statistical and mechanistic models" - see below for application process @ucdvetmed.bsky.social & UCD School of Mathematics and Statistics #ResearchOpportunity #PhD #LoveIrishResearch
June 9, 2025 at 8:51 AM
PhD opportunity in bTB modeling - "The transmission of bovine tuberculosis: deciphering biological mechanisms with statistical and mechanistic models" - see below for application process @ucdvetmed.bsky.social & UCD School of Mathematics and Statistics #ResearchOpportunity #PhD #LoveIrishResearch
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There is still time to apply for this post. DL extended until 15 June. Read more and apply 👇 @biologylu.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu #HotLife
I am looking for a postdoc wanting to use functional genomics to understand why birds 🐦 struggle with climate warming in @erc.europa.eu project #HotLife. Ideal candidate is a molecular evolutionarybiologist. Join us at @biologylu.bsky.social. Details 👇
shorturl.at/wijEq
Would appreciate a re-post!
shorturl.at/wijEq
Would appreciate a re-post!
Post-doctoral fellow in functional genomics and ecophysiology
Subject description The goal of the project is to uncover the mechanisms explaining why global warming and heatwaves reduce reproductive success and cause excess mortality in wild and domesticated war
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June 2, 2025 at 11:06 AM
There is still time to apply for this post. DL extended until 15 June. Read more and apply 👇 @biologylu.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu #HotLife
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I am looking for a postdoc wanting to use functional genomics to understand why birds 🐦 struggle with climate warming in @erc.europa.eu project #HotLife. Ideal candidate is a molecular evolutionarybiologist. Join us at @biologylu.bsky.social. Details 👇
shorturl.at/wijEq
Would appreciate a re-post!
shorturl.at/wijEq
Would appreciate a re-post!
Post-doctoral fellow in functional genomics and ecophysiology
Subject description The goal of the project is to uncover the mechanisms explaining why global warming and heatwaves reduce reproductive success and cause excess mortality in wild and domesticated war
lu.varbi.com
May 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I am looking for a postdoc wanting to use functional genomics to understand why birds 🐦 struggle with climate warming in @erc.europa.eu project #HotLife. Ideal candidate is a molecular evolutionarybiologist. Join us at @biologylu.bsky.social. Details 👇
shorturl.at/wijEq
Would appreciate a re-post!
shorturl.at/wijEq
Would appreciate a re-post!
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🎓Congratulations to Dr Rachel Reid for passing her Viva this week! 🎉
📄 Viva title: ‘Assessing the Impacts of Urbanisation and Artificial Light at Night (ALAN) on Avian Health using both meta-analysis and experimental methods.’💡🦜
📄 Viva title: ‘Assessing the Impacts of Urbanisation and Artificial Light at Night (ALAN) on Avian Health using both meta-analysis and experimental methods.’💡🦜
May 23, 2025 at 10:22 AM
🎓Congratulations to Dr Rachel Reid for passing her Viva this week! 🎉
📄 Viva title: ‘Assessing the Impacts of Urbanisation and Artificial Light at Night (ALAN) on Avian Health using both meta-analysis and experimental methods.’💡🦜
📄 Viva title: ‘Assessing the Impacts of Urbanisation and Artificial Light at Night (ALAN) on Avian Health using both meta-analysis and experimental methods.’💡🦜
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Excited to share the latest publication from the group, which outlined how the bird brain detects light and the links to seasonal control of reproduction.
@physiologyuog.bsky.social
@sbohvm.gla.ac.uk
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@physiologyuog.bsky.social
@sbohvm.gla.ac.uk
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
<em>Journal of Neuroendocrinology</em> | BSN Journal | Wiley Online Library
Extra-retinal photoreception is common across fish and avian species. In birds, the hypothalamus contains non-visual photoreceptors that detect light and regulate multiple endocrine systems. To date,....
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March 17, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Excited to share the latest publication from the group, which outlined how the bird brain detects light and the links to seasonal control of reproduction.
@physiologyuog.bsky.social
@sbohvm.gla.ac.uk
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@physiologyuog.bsky.social
@sbohvm.gla.ac.uk
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Exciting opportunity in animal welfare science with industrial experience and a lovely supervisory team! Closing date 28th March.
Hi Bluesky, we are looking for a PhD student for an interdisciplinary project on thermal imaging & welfare in hens. Applicants from diverse scientific backgrounds welcome -if you're interested in welfare, physiology, machine learning, imaging tech..get in touch :-) www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/resear...
March 14, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Exciting opportunity in animal welfare science with industrial experience and a lovely supervisory team! Closing date 28th March.
Last chance to apply!
One more week to apply for @uofglasgow.bsky.social's James McCune Smith #PhD Scholarship on this and other topics:
Indicators of #hibernation quality in #hedgehogs with me @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social and @julianowack.bsky.social @ljmuofficial.bsky.social
Link to apply: www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships...
Indicators of #hibernation quality in #hedgehogs with me @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social and @julianowack.bsky.social @ljmuofficial.bsky.social
Link to apply: www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships...
January 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Last chance to apply!
It was an honour to present my work to The Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology @klivvvienna.bsky.social & members of the Konrad Lorenz Institute @vetmed.bsky.social last week. Thank you for the invitation & making me so welcome. I look forward to future collaboration!
#WilhelminebergSeminarTalk
#WilhelminebergSeminarTalk
We are delighted that @davinahill.bsky.social (left) followed the invitation of @valeriamarasco.bsky.social and visited the FIWI! Davina's #WilhelminebergSeminarTalk focused on behavioural and physiological responses to social and climatic stress in small mammals.
@klivvvienna.bsky.social
@klivvvienna.bsky.social
January 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
It was an honour to present my work to The Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology @klivvvienna.bsky.social & members of the Konrad Lorenz Institute @vetmed.bsky.social last week. Thank you for the invitation & making me so welcome. I look forward to future collaboration!
#WilhelminebergSeminarTalk
#WilhelminebergSeminarTalk
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We are hiring a postdoc to work on a data-rich evolutionary genomics project about origins & maintenance of viviparity vs oviparity. Details in advert and evoldir. @physiologyuog.bsky.social @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social @uofgmvls.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social @eseb.bsky.social please re-sky!
January 23, 2025 at 9:27 AM
We are hiring a postdoc to work on a data-rich evolutionary genomics project about origins & maintenance of viviparity vs oviparity. Details in advert and evoldir. @physiologyuog.bsky.social @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social @uofgmvls.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social @eseb.bsky.social please re-sky!
One more week to apply for @uofglasgow.bsky.social's James McCune Smith #PhD Scholarship on this and other topics:
Indicators of #hibernation quality in #hedgehogs with me @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social and @julianowack.bsky.social @ljmuofficial.bsky.social
Link to apply: www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships...
Indicators of #hibernation quality in #hedgehogs with me @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social and @julianowack.bsky.social @ljmuofficial.bsky.social
Link to apply: www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships...
January 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
One more week to apply for @uofglasgow.bsky.social's James McCune Smith #PhD Scholarship on this and other topics:
Indicators of #hibernation quality in #hedgehogs with me @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social and @julianowack.bsky.social @ljmuofficial.bsky.social
Link to apply: www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships...
Indicators of #hibernation quality in #hedgehogs with me @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social and @julianowack.bsky.social @ljmuofficial.bsky.social
Link to apply: www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships...
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🎉🎉New Preprint!!🎉🎉
"From Policy to Practice: Progress towards Data- and Code-Sharing in Ecology and Evolution"
doi.org/10.32942/X24...
Myself and a whole bunch of awesome coauthors reviewed data- and code-sharing policies across 275 journals that publish ecology and evolution studies.
"From Policy to Practice: Progress towards Data- and Code-Sharing in Ecology and Evolution"
doi.org/10.32942/X24...
Myself and a whole bunch of awesome coauthors reviewed data- and code-sharing policies across 275 journals that publish ecology and evolution studies.
From Policy to Practice: Progress towards Data- and Code-Sharing in Ecology and Evolution
doi.org
January 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
🎉🎉New Preprint!!🎉🎉
"From Policy to Practice: Progress towards Data- and Code-Sharing in Ecology and Evolution"
doi.org/10.32942/X24...
Myself and a whole bunch of awesome coauthors reviewed data- and code-sharing policies across 275 journals that publish ecology and evolution studies.
"From Policy to Practice: Progress towards Data- and Code-Sharing in Ecology and Evolution"
doi.org/10.32942/X24...
Myself and a whole bunch of awesome coauthors reviewed data- and code-sharing policies across 275 journals that publish ecology and evolution studies.
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Last week we enjoyed a captivating and inspiring #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk by Tyler Stevenson
@stevensonlab.bsky.social about the molecular mechanisms behind seasonal adaptations in Djungarian hamsters (and more!)🐹
@physiologyuog.bsky.social @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social
@stevensonlab.bsky.social about the molecular mechanisms behind seasonal adaptations in Djungarian hamsters (and more!)🐹
@physiologyuog.bsky.social @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social
December 19, 2024 at 12:08 PM
Last week we enjoyed a captivating and inspiring #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk by Tyler Stevenson
@stevensonlab.bsky.social about the molecular mechanisms behind seasonal adaptations in Djungarian hamsters (and more!)🐹
@physiologyuog.bsky.social @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social
@stevensonlab.bsky.social about the molecular mechanisms behind seasonal adaptations in Djungarian hamsters (and more!)🐹
@physiologyuog.bsky.social @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social
Our new paper led by John Cook @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social is out!
Open access in Journal of Dairy Science: Assessing #transition #cow management in #dairy cows for improved #health, #milk production, #pregnancy, and culling outcomes
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#sociality #stocking density
Open access in Journal of Dairy Science: Assessing #transition #cow management in #dairy cows for improved #health, #milk production, #pregnancy, and culling outcomes
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#sociality #stocking density
Assessing transition cow management in dairy cows for improved health, milk production, pregnancy, and culling outcomes
Understanding of the social environment has the potential to benefit dairy cow welfare and production. Our aim was to evaluate the associations of sto…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 6, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Our new paper led by John Cook @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social is out!
Open access in Journal of Dairy Science: Assessing #transition #cow management in #dairy cows for improved #health, #milk production, #pregnancy, and culling outcomes
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#sociality #stocking density
Open access in Journal of Dairy Science: Assessing #transition #cow management in #dairy cows for improved #health, #milk production, #pregnancy, and culling outcomes
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#sociality #stocking density
Last chance to apply for a funded PhD on #health and #welfare in #dairy #cattle!
Deadline Monday 6th January.
Instructions to apply here: gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Deadline Monday 6th January.
Instructions to apply here: gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
January 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Last chance to apply for a funded PhD on #health and #welfare in #dairy #cattle!
Deadline Monday 6th January.
Instructions to apply here: gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Deadline Monday 6th January.
Instructions to apply here: gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
December 31, 2024 at 11:51 AM
Our new paper led by @rachfinrob.bsky.social is out!
Open access in Research Elements journal MethodsX: A systematic scanning method to locate cryptic terrestrial species
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#dormouse #conservation #hibernation #crypsis @ptes-org.bsky.social
Open access in Research Elements journal MethodsX: A systematic scanning method to locate cryptic terrestrial species
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#dormouse #conservation #hibernation #crypsis @ptes-org.bsky.social
December 31, 2024 at 11:48 AM
Our new paper led by @rachfinrob.bsky.social is out!
Open access in Research Elements journal MethodsX: A systematic scanning method to locate cryptic terrestrial species
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#dormouse #conservation #hibernation #crypsis @ptes-org.bsky.social
Open access in Research Elements journal MethodsX: A systematic scanning method to locate cryptic terrestrial species
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#dormouse #conservation #hibernation #crypsis @ptes-org.bsky.social
Link to apply: www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
The NWB admin team will be running an information session tomorrow Wed 11th Dec at 11am-12pm GMT to answer any questions. Send me a direct message for the link to register.
The NWB admin team will be running an information session tomorrow Wed 11th Dec at 11am-12pm GMT to answer any questions. Send me a direct message for the link to register.
December 10, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Link to apply: www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
The NWB admin team will be running an information session tomorrow Wed 11th Dec at 11am-12pm GMT to answer any questions. Send me a direct message for the link to register.
The NWB admin team will be running an information session tomorrow Wed 11th Dec at 11am-12pm GMT to answer any questions. Send me a direct message for the link to register.
Fully-funded NorthWestBio BBSRC PhD studentship on Johne's disease in cattle 🐄 based at @uofglasgow.bsky.social in collaboration with @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social .
For further information or to apply: NWB (gla.ac.uk)
📅Deadline: 6th January 2025
🔁Please share widely
For further information or to apply: NWB (gla.ac.uk)
📅Deadline: 6th January 2025
🔁Please share widely
December 10, 2024 at 1:12 PM
Fully-funded NorthWestBio BBSRC PhD studentship on Johne's disease in cattle 🐄 based at @uofglasgow.bsky.social in collaboration with @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social .
For further information or to apply: NWB (gla.ac.uk)
📅Deadline: 6th January 2025
🔁Please share widely
For further information or to apply: NWB (gla.ac.uk)
📅Deadline: 6th January 2025
🔁Please share widely
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An absolutely stunning Autumn morning here at the Scottish Centre for Ecology and the Natural Environment aka SCENE, the @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social field centre on Loch Lomond.
November 14, 2024 at 8:37 AM
An absolutely stunning Autumn morning here at the Scottish Centre for Ecology and the Natural Environment aka SCENE, the @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social field centre on Loch Lomond.