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ella martin @ellmartin.bsky.social · Sep 1

Yesterday was the last day of my 3-year long field experiment, and the last of my fieldwork for my PhD! I did some drawings and wrote a bit about my thoughts and feelings about it in the latest issue of the EEB Quarterly theeebquarterly.github.io

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ella martin @ellmartin.bsky.social · Aug 26

Superstars!

Marc Johnson (he/him) @evoecolab.bsky.social · Aug 26

Congrats to our awesome summer undergrads for completing their projects, & to Apekshya, Mariana & Johanna for winning best presentation & poster awards at the undergrad summer research day. You've all learned a lot & we are proud of what you've accomplished @utmbiology.bsky.social @utm.utoronto.ca

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · Aug 21

We started today with a wonderful talk on how cordyceps fungus generates zombie ants. Then on to modelling, egg laying timing & brood number, white clover in rural and urban environments, young active SINEs in Italian sparrow, TE content in ferns
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#eseb2025 #eseb #sciart

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Carly Ziter @carlyziter.bsky.social · Aug 5

Converting previous land-uses to parks *can* provide many benefits, but doesn't erase environmental injustice. New interdisciplinary work drawing from urban forestry, historical ecology, and environmental justice - really glad to see this one out! esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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ella martin @ellmartin.bsky.social · Jul 16

I found a 5-leaf one too but it got too hot and my camera stopped working (bad luck??)

ella martin @ellmartin.bsky.social · Jul 16

(Some of) the lucky clovers of the week

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ella martin @ellmartin.bsky.social · Jul 3

So cool to have seen this paper come together and so glad it's finally out!

Dr. Elizabeth Carlen @ecarlen.bsky.social · Jul 2

I am thrilled that this manuscript is now out in the world! If you saw my talk at #Evol2025 you may remember me discussing how religion, politics & war shape urban evolution & now you can read all about it here: 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...

www.nature.com

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ella martin @ellmartin.bsky.social · May 13

Third and final generation of my clover children all potted up ☘ coming soon to a backyard near you (if you are in the GTA)

Greenhouse room full of pots of white clover plants

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · May 6

🚨 Cool new project alert 🚨

WE- you, me, everyone- need to work together to get important science messages out to people.

4 artists & 3 scientists collab'd on these posters. We hope YOU will put them out in your community. Each poster comes w/info about each topic.

Get 'em Squidfacts.bigcartel.com

4 12x18 inch posters on a brick and concrete wall. The top left is pink and says funding science saves lives, written in microbes, next to a microscope. The one on the right says Biology is bigger than binaries, with a fish, a lily, and a bee. The bottom left says Protecting wildlife starts wtih you, with a bunch of adiorable woodland creatues in yellow, white and black, including an owl, fungi, a... um. weasel? salamanders, butterflies, slugs, and a rotting log. The bottom right says Will our oceans thrive or nosedive the choice is yours, with the ocean represented in a circle, half of which is dead and half of which is alive, including kelp and a mackerel

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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · May 1

Post your art or photo by May 15 to enter!

Evolution Students @ssegrad.bsky.social · Apr 21

🦋 Call for Submissions!!!
🪸 We are announcing the 2025 Evolution Art/Photography Competition and Exhibition. Students and postdocs are invited to submit evolutionary biology themed artwork or photography for an award.
🐦 Submission Deadline: 11:59 PM Eastern Time (UTC−05:00), May 15th, 2025.

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ella martin @ellmartin.bsky.social · Feb 10

The new issue of The EEB Quarterly (my first as EIC) is online now!! Feat. news, photography, stories, and essays by @hayden-fargo.bsky.social @noam-harris.bsky.social @pothebug.bsky.social and more! @eebtoronto.bsky.social
Read it here: theeebquarterly.github.io (Vol.6 Issue 1)

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a review of U of T EEB

theeebquarterly.github.io

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ella martin @ellmartin.bsky.social · Nov 27

Hi Bluesky! 👋🌱✌

Marc Johnson (he/him) @evoecolab.bsky.social · Nov 27

Welcome to @ellmartin.bsky.social who just joined BlueSky! Ella is a PhD student in the EvoEco Lab @uoft.bsky.social studying socio-eco-evo dynamics in cities - very cool stuff! Follow Ella to learn more about their research. #ecology #evolution #phd

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