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Fritz Francisco @fritzfrancisco.bsky.social · 9d

Just a regular day, in a behavioralist’s life….when the camera does its thing while you are huffing the fumes 🐟🫠

Fritz Francisco @fritzfrancisco.bsky.social · 10d

To be a pigeon, one must think like a pigeon! 🕊️ 🧐 Check out our recent work from the www.thekaolab.com, led by the flocking amazing @knaticat.bsky.social in @elife.bsky.social: A tale of two birds: cognitive simplicity drives collective route improvements in homing pigeons doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

A tale of two birds: cognitive simplicity drives collective route improvements in homing pigeons

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Fritz Francisco @fritzfrancisco.bsky.social · Sep 6

I have a personal interest in „the brightest it can be“ and would love to build this, as we always seem to need good (bright) lighting solutions in the lab and field! 👌

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Fritz Francisco @fritzfrancisco.bsky.social · Aug 7

I have not been able to get conda/pip to reliably work across platforms. Now when starting a new project, I create a dockerfile with all the dependencies. Works best for my cases and you can serve jupyter or other GUIs on local ports to be opened in any browser….
…uv above does appealing too though

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Fritz Francisco @fritzfrancisco.bsky.social · Jul 26

Whoop
Whoop
Is the sound of the evolution of social behaviour!!! 🤗🐟🚨
…excited to start reading up on policing in animal groups!

Picture showing the book “The Evolution of Social Behaviour” by Michael Taborsky, Michael Cant and Jan Komdeur

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Orit Peleg @oritpeleg.bsky.social · Jul 3

📣 We're on the lookout for a creative postdoc with strong computational skills!

Be the go-to person in the lab for building simple but powerful simulations that test wild ideas on biological rythems: from daily cycles of mussel groups at deep sea, to firefly flash synchronization!

More info below👇

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Jun 6

Very smart, high ROI initiative from the Spencer Foundation.

Providing bridge funding for canceled NSF grants:

1) directs funds to projects already screened by a top-noch review process.
2) avoids imposing proposal prep costs on researchers.
3) ameliorates the disruption from GOP sabotage.

Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program

In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...

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PubSci (Science in the Pub) @pubsci.bsky.social · May 26

Stand up for science 🧪

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · May 26

🚨 URGENT RESPONSE CALL 🚨

Trump’s Fool’s Gold Science EO is a dangerous sham.
It gives his appointees the power to dismiss entire bodies of research and punish researchers who fail to fall in line with his agenda.

We’ve launched an open letter.

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Sign The Open Letter to Stand Up For Science Now!

Science is under siege. Trump’s latest Executive Order calls for politically appointed science commissars to evaluate research. Join us in adding your name to our open letter condemning Trump’s escala...

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Shoubhik Banerjee @knaticat.bsky.social · May 22

🚨Pre-print alert!🚨
Excited to share our recent study that explores the navigation mechanism(s) pigeons 🐦 use to improve homing efficiency and if these fit the criteria of cummulative cultural evolution. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

A tale of two birds: cognitive simplicity drives collective route improvements in homing pigeons

Cognitive abilities are central to how animals navigate complex environments. Beyond individual cognition, group living can also enhance navigation by pooling individually acquired information. One wa...

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Jarrett Byrnes @jebyrnes.bsky.social · May 22

Hey folk in higher ed in Massachusetts! Please help push forward this bill in the state legislature to end the practice of 'pass-the-harasser' by requiring disclosure of past sexual misconduct. rallystarter.com/rally/2574/s... Thanks to @laurakgee.bsky.social for her efforts on this!

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Fritz Francisco @fritzfrancisco.bsky.social · Mar 31

The future is pink 💗! A pair of Spine-cheek Anemomefish in their host Bubble-tip anemone. I only did minor edits and this is the actual color of the anemone! 🐟🌴

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Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove @kamlager-dove.house.gov · Mar 20

Darren Beattie is a white nationalist and Uyghur genocide denier. He is wholly unqualified to serve as the top diplomat representing American values and cultures on the world stage. That’s why I led 43 colleagues in a letter to Secretary Rubio calling for Beattie's immediate dismissal.

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Fritz Francisco @fritzfrancisco.bsky.social · Mar 20

Very cool opinion piece on multi-level societies and division of labour! 🐟🐠

Danai Papageorgiou @danaipapageorgiou.bsky.social · Mar 20

Here is the link to our Open Access paper: doi.org/10.1098/rstb.... We discuss convergence in task performance across social levels in multilevel societies. Enjoy the read!

Multi-level societies: different tasks at different social levels | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Multi-level vertebrate societies, characterized by nested social units, allow individuals to perform a wide range of tasks in cooperation with others beyond their core social unit. In these societies, individuals can selectively interact with specific ...

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Simon J. Brandl @gobyone.bsky.social · Mar 7

Want to know more about Elacatinus colini? Like when he initiates the hatching of his offspring by picking them up with his mouth and spitting them out to conquer the world? Check out this paper by @gobywan.bsky.social in @royalsocietypublishing.org: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....

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Fritz Francisco @fritzfrancisco.bsky.social · Feb 14

Nobody: How many post-docs can one person do at the same time?
Me: THIS IS SPARTA!!!!

These look like incredibly cool projects and a great team to address them! ☺️

Orit Peleg @oritpeleg.bsky.social · Feb 13

Continuing the recruitment trend! Our lab has 2 (!) open postdoc positions🥳
We're looking for creative and curious scientists to lead new projects: one on deep-sea biological rhythms and another on the evolution of biological communication🐚🦗🦋🐙🦉
If you know someone who'd be a good fit, please share!

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Fritz Francisco @fritzfrancisco.bsky.social · Feb 8

FUCK ANTICIPATORY OBEDIENCE!!!!

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Iain Couzin @icouzin.bsky.social · Feb 5

Just arrived in Boston. Very much looking forward to giving the Winston Chen Lecture at Harvard on Friday!

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Dr. Kakani Katija @kakanikatija.bsky.social · Feb 4

🧪🦑🌎🌊🤯

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Joe Bak-Coleman @jbakcoleman.bsky.social · Jan 31

This a great opportunity as research to policy fellow at UW CIP

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University of Washington Human Resources

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Fritz Francisco @fritzfrancisco.bsky.social · Jan 24

Same, that would be a major bummer. I just checked and hope/think it may just be that the documentation has been archived. They seem to do this every year before putting out the new syllabus. I very much hope we don’t have the same as the NIH

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Joe Bak-Coleman @jbakcoleman.bsky.social · Jan 14

This summer institute is the coolest opportunity, with a host of my favorite folks running it.
@jevinwest.bsky.social , @naomioreskes.bsky.social , @katestarbird.bsky.social , Jennifer Jacquet, @cailinmeister.bsky.social and soooo many more.

Applications open!

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Disinformation Summer Institute (DSI) - Disinformation Summer Institute

Disinformation Disinformation is false or misleading information created and spread to advance policy, political, economic or ideological goals. It is sometimes used by industries, governments, and ot...

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Fritz Francisco @fritzfrancisco.bsky.social · Jan 11

We took a similar one just today on the Charles!

Frozen river photographed from above with air bubbles trapped under the ice

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Ned Dochtermann @neddochtermann.bsky.social · Jan 2

I have a PhD position open to start fall semester 2025!

The position will include investigations of the structure of both phenotypic (behavioral) plasticity and genetic variation in behavior as well as lots of opportunity to develop your own project.
#Evolution #evobio #evolsky #Ecology 🧪

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Fritz Francisco @fritzfrancisco.bsky.social · Dec 30

Today‘s Pygmy sunfish (Elassoma sp.) Linoleum print turned out pretty cool! 🐟🥰

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Fritz Francisco @fritzfrancisco.bsky.social · Dec 24

Damn, this is one sweet setup! 🥰😘🐟🐠