Jason Newton
@jasonisotopes.bsky.social
Head of Stable Isotope Lab and EDI, SUERC; http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7594… http://researchgate.net/profile/Jason_…
http://stableisotopelab.com he/him
@[email protected]
http://stableisotopelab.com he/him
@[email protected]
If you are an International Student, please contact me by no later than Monday 8th December 2025 at 12 midday (UK time) to be considered for the competition.
Feathered Witnesses: Unravelling the Impact of Habitat Loss on Neotropical Avifauna with Stable Isotope Analysis - an @iapetusdtp.bsky.social PhD Opportunity: with me, @dmevans.bsky.social, Elisa Fuentes-Montemayor and Luis Fabio Silveiro. iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Feathered Witnesses: Unravelling the Impact of Habitat Loss on Neotropical Avifauna with Stable Isotope Analysis
iapetus.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 9:17 AM
If you are an International Student, please contact me by no later than Monday 8th December 2025 at 12 midday (UK time) to be considered for the competition.
ECOCHANGE Research Associate #foodwebs #offshorewind #stableisotopes For more info see www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
November 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
ECOCHANGE Research Associate #foodwebs #offshorewind #stableisotopes For more info see www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
The JMS scholarships fund Black UK domiciled students to undertake PhD research at the @uofglasgow.bsky.social in any research area. Anyone interested in projects involving stable isotopes - particularly ecological applications, please get in touch with me.
We’re excited to launch the 5th round of applications for the JMS Scholarship. 12 scholarships are available in any research area which can be supervised at the University.
Register your interest here: forms.office.com/e/k2bkPz4ekB
#PhDScholarship #Scholarships2026 #UKScholarships
Register your interest here: forms.office.com/e/k2bkPz4ekB
#PhDScholarship #Scholarships2026 #UKScholarships
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 AM
The JMS scholarships fund Black UK domiciled students to undertake PhD research at the @uofglasgow.bsky.social in any research area. Anyone interested in projects involving stable isotopes - particularly ecological applications, please get in touch with me.
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Thank you to everyone who has supported the Deep Time Trail so far, thanks to your help we've secured 40% of our target!
Help to get us all the way and make the Deep Time Trail a reality.
Donate today: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/siccar-point
Help to get us all the way and make the Deep Time Trail a reality.
Donate today: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/siccar-point
November 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Thank you to everyone who has supported the Deep Time Trail so far, thanks to your help we've secured 40% of our target!
Help to get us all the way and make the Deep Time Trail a reality.
Donate today: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/siccar-point
Help to get us all the way and make the Deep Time Trail a reality.
Donate today: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/siccar-point
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What to know more about radiocarbon or chronological modelling? Our 2026 short course is now open for registration. 17th - 19th March in Oxford/online. @isotopesuk.bsky.social @philascough.bsky.social @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/shor...
Short Course in Radiocarbon Dating and Bayesian Chronological Analysis
Developed by the NERC Radiocarbon Facility, this course is aimed at researchers using radiocarbon and other techniques, including Quaternary geologists, palaeobiologists, archaeologists and marine geo...
lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk
October 30, 2025 at 11:37 AM
What to know more about radiocarbon or chronological modelling? Our 2026 short course is now open for registration. 17th - 19th March in Oxford/online. @isotopesuk.bsky.social @philascough.bsky.social @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/shor...
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Our new paper led by Rafael Lima used carbon, nitrogen and sulphur isotope analyses to interrogate the origin of some biogeographically controversial Brazilian bird specimens - an #ornithology 🧵 1/10
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Stable isotope data indicate origins of mislabelled historical bird specimens
Natural history specimens provide valuable insights across diverse research fields, but those needing more accurate metadata have limited scientific value. We applied stable isotope analysis to inves...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Our new paper led by Rafael Lima used carbon, nitrogen and sulphur isotope analyses to interrogate the origin of some biogeographically controversial Brazilian bird specimens - an #ornithology 🧵 1/10
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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EARLY VIEW in IBIS
Stable isotope data indicate origins of mislabelled historical bird specimens | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Rafael Dantas Lima, Ana Beatriz Navarro, Jason Newton, Alexander Charles Lees, Luís Fábio Silveira | #ornithology 🪶
Stable isotope data indicate origins of mislabelled historical bird specimens | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Rafael Dantas Lima, Ana Beatriz Navarro, Jason Newton, Alexander Charles Lees, Luís Fábio Silveira | #ornithology 🪶
October 15, 2025 at 5:38 AM
EARLY VIEW in IBIS
Stable isotope data indicate origins of mislabelled historical bird specimens | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Rafael Dantas Lima, Ana Beatriz Navarro, Jason Newton, Alexander Charles Lees, Luís Fábio Silveira | #ornithology 🪶
Stable isotope data indicate origins of mislabelled historical bird specimens | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Rafael Dantas Lima, Ana Beatriz Navarro, Jason Newton, Alexander Charles Lees, Luís Fábio Silveira | #ornithology 🪶
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This is a really fantastic paper that benefits conservation, research and collections. With a super cool result too!
EARLY VIEW in IBIS
Stable isotope data indicate origins of mislabelled historical bird specimens | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Rafael Dantas Lima, Ana Beatriz Navarro, Jason Newton, Alexander Charles Lees, Luís Fábio Silveira | #ornithology 🪶
Stable isotope data indicate origins of mislabelled historical bird specimens | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Rafael Dantas Lima, Ana Beatriz Navarro, Jason Newton, Alexander Charles Lees, Luís Fábio Silveira | #ornithology 🪶
October 15, 2025 at 5:41 AM
This is a really fantastic paper that benefits conservation, research and collections. With a super cool result too!
Feathered Witnesses: Unravelling the Impact of Habitat Loss on Neotropical Avifauna with Stable Isotope Analysis - an @iapetusdtp.bsky.social PhD Opportunity: with me, @dmevans.bsky.social, Elisa Fuentes-Montemayor and Luis Fabio Silveiro. iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Feathered Witnesses: Unravelling the Impact of Habitat Loss on Neotropical Avifauna with Stable Isotope Analysis
iapetus.ac.uk
October 8, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Feathered Witnesses: Unravelling the Impact of Habitat Loss on Neotropical Avifauna with Stable Isotope Analysis - an @iapetusdtp.bsky.social PhD Opportunity: with me, @dmevans.bsky.social, Elisa Fuentes-Montemayor and Luis Fabio Silveiro. iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Angle Shades from last night's moth trap
September 27, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Angle Shades from last night's moth trap
We're excited to announce the launch of the Stable Isotope Ecology course on the GAEA platform. Learn more and register for this and other courses at www.gaea.ac.uk @isotopesuk.bsky.social vimeo.com/757190807?fl...
Stable Isotopes in Ecology Intro
This is "Stable Isotopes in Ecology Intro" by GAEAcademy on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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September 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
We're excited to announce the launch of the Stable Isotope Ecology course on the GAEA platform. Learn more and register for this and other courses at www.gaea.ac.uk @isotopesuk.bsky.social vimeo.com/757190807?fl...
How does urbanisation affect isotopic niche in blue tit adults and nestlings? See the latest work by Ana Navarro, Davide Dominoni @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk and colleagues - doi.org/10.1080/1025... #stableisotopeecology
August 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
How does urbanisation affect isotopic niche in blue tit adults and nestlings? See the latest work by Ana Navarro, Davide Dominoni @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk and colleagues - doi.org/10.1080/1025... #stableisotopeecology
August 21, 2025 at 11:02 AM
How does urbanisation affect isotopic niche in blue tit adults and nestlings? See the latest work by Ana Navarro, Davide Dominoni @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk and colleagues - doi.org/10.1080/1025... #stableisotopeecology
Ana Navarro’s latest paper: Stable isotope ecology, shifting bird niches in the Atlantic Forest, and the indispensable role of museum collections. doi.org/10.1093/biol...
Community macroecological patterns and interspecific interactions in guild level regulate avian isotopic niche over time
Abstract. Understanding how ecological patterns shift across space and time is key to comprehend how biological communities respond to environmental change
doi.org
August 14, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Ana Navarro’s latest paper: Stable isotope ecology, shifting bird niches in the Atlantic Forest, and the indispensable role of museum collections. doi.org/10.1093/biol...
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Do you do moth trapping in the UK? We'd love your help! 💡
At @ukceh.bsky.social we're training & testing AI to detect multiple moths in a single image.
Send us top-down photos of multiple moths on egg trays to support this work.
More info & form: forms.gle/e3HzBPEd7RVV...
#mothsmatter #TeamMoth
At @ukceh.bsky.social we're training & testing AI to detect multiple moths in a single image.
Send us top-down photos of multiple moths on egg trays to support this work.
More info & form: forms.gle/e3HzBPEd7RVV...
#mothsmatter #TeamMoth
August 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Do you do moth trapping in the UK? We'd love your help! 💡
At @ukceh.bsky.social we're training & testing AI to detect multiple moths in a single image.
Send us top-down photos of multiple moths on egg trays to support this work.
More info & form: forms.gle/e3HzBPEd7RVV...
#mothsmatter #TeamMoth
At @ukceh.bsky.social we're training & testing AI to detect multiple moths in a single image.
Send us top-down photos of multiple moths on egg trays to support this work.
More info & form: forms.gle/e3HzBPEd7RVV...
#mothsmatter #TeamMoth
For UK-based ecologists submitting a #stableisotopeecology application to the National Environmental Isotope Facility, please get in touch with your ideas - www.stableisotopelab.com/people The next deadline will be 8th October 2025. More details see www.isotopesuk.org/apply.html
August 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
For UK-based ecologists submitting a #stableisotopeecology application to the National Environmental Isotope Facility, please get in touch with your ideas - www.stableisotopelab.com/people The next deadline will be 8th October 2025. More details see www.isotopesuk.org/apply.html
Least pygmy owl predating a spot-breasted antvireo. Legado das Águas
July 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Least pygmy owl predating a spot-breasted antvireo. Legado das Águas
Thoroughly enjoyed talking to the students and staff at the Museu de Zoologia at the University of Sao Paulo, about our @isotopesuk.bsky.social Stable Isotope Ecology Lab at @suerc.bsky.social , but also the many ways in which stable isotopes can be used in ecological applications.
July 18, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Thoroughly enjoyed talking to the students and staff at the Museu de Zoologia at the University of Sao Paulo, about our @isotopesuk.bsky.social Stable Isotope Ecology Lab at @suerc.bsky.social , but also the many ways in which stable isotopes can be used in ecological applications.
In her new paper, Ana Navarro shows how the birds of Brazil's Atlantic Forest have changed their diet and habitat use over time, using the stable isotope analysis of museum feathers. doi.org/10.1002/oik....
Historical anthropogenic stressors affect bird ecology and feather development in neotropical forests
Fragmentation and habitat loss driven by agricultural expansion have significantly affected bird ecology. Additionally, the growing use of agrochemicals impacts ecosystems and avian communities. Tool....
doi.org
July 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
In her new paper, Ana Navarro shows how the birds of Brazil's Atlantic Forest have changed their diet and habitat use over time, using the stable isotope analysis of museum feathers. doi.org/10.1002/oik....
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NEIF 14C groups from Oxford & SUERC, together in Kraków! Great to see everyone at the 25th Radiocarbon Conference last week—enjoying 14C science, collaboration, and a bit of Kraków sunshine. #Radiocarbon2025 #NEIF #14C #Krakow
July 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
NEIF 14C groups from Oxford & SUERC, together in Kraków! Great to see everyone at the 25th Radiocarbon Conference last week—enjoying 14C science, collaboration, and a bit of Kraków sunshine. #Radiocarbon2025 #NEIF #14C #Krakow
Delighted that pangolin research by @ruthlewissmith.bsky.social is featured by Birmingham Museums. Huge thanks from SUERC @isotopesuk.bsky.social for the generous donation of sample material from their natural science collection!
A nice summary of a couple of projects that have used specimens from Birmingham's natural science collection www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/stories/birm...
Birmingham Museums’ natural science collection helps research to protect wildlife species under threat | Birmingham Museums
The collection of ca 250,000 specimens is the largest resource of its type in the West Midlands.Small samples from the bottom of the toes of taxidermied ni
www.birminghammuseums.org.uk
July 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Delighted that pangolin research by @ruthlewissmith.bsky.social is featured by Birmingham Museums. Huge thanks from SUERC @isotopesuk.bsky.social for the generous donation of sample material from their natural science collection!
Was a little late into work this morning getting a few snaps of the woodpeckers in the garden
June 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Was a little late into work this morning getting a few snaps of the woodpeckers in the garden
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Tracing the geographic origin of Atlantic cod products using stable isotope analysis - Wilson - 2025 - Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry #stableisotopes analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Tracing the geographic origin of Atlantic cod products using stable isotope analysis
Rationale
Increasing demand for fish and seafood means that the traceability of marine products is becoming ever more important for consumers, producers and regulators. Highly complex and globalised.....
analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Tracing the geographic origin of Atlantic cod products using stable isotope analysis - Wilson - 2025 - Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry #stableisotopes analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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2025. #DEI. You’re only human: a six-step strategy to surviving your PhD. Graduate students are not machines. Behaving like one during your programme will leave you frustrated and unfulfilled, says Gauthier Weissbart. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
You’re only human: a six-step strategy to surviving your PhD
Graduate students are not machines. Behaving like one during your programme will leave you frustrated and unfulfilled, says Gauthier Weissbart.
www.nature.com
April 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
2025. #DEI. You’re only human: a six-step strategy to surviving your PhD. Graduate students are not machines. Behaving like one during your programme will leave you frustrated and unfulfilled, says Gauthier Weissbart. www.nature.com/articles/d41...