Adam Lendvai
@lendvaiaz.bsky.social
Associate professor at the University of Debrecen, interested in birds, hormones & behaviour, and mechanisms of life history evolution.
Excited for this one. Hannah’s research is top-notch and she’s a great speaker!
Join us today at 12:00 (CET) on Zoom for our departmental seminar with Hannah Froy from @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social — a talk you don’t want to miss! Spread the word and feel free to join! Link 👇
us02web.zoom.us/j/9059617665...
Meeting ID: 905 961 7665
Passcode: 12345
us02web.zoom.us/j/9059617665...
Meeting ID: 905 961 7665
Passcode: 12345
November 13, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Excited for this one. Hannah’s research is top-notch and she’s a great speaker!
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1/13 New paper out! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Historical records across thousands of women showed that mothers with more children had shorter lifespans during a famine, fitting an evolutionary explanation for why we age
@hannahdugdale.bsky.social
@lummaalab.bsky.social
@erikpostma.bsky.social
Historical records across thousands of women showed that mothers with more children had shorter lifespans during a famine, fitting an evolutionary explanation for why we age
@hannahdugdale.bsky.social
@lummaalab.bsky.social
@erikpostma.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
1/13 New paper out! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Historical records across thousands of women showed that mothers with more children had shorter lifespans during a famine, fitting an evolutionary explanation for why we age
@hannahdugdale.bsky.social
@lummaalab.bsky.social
@erikpostma.bsky.social
Historical records across thousands of women showed that mothers with more children had shorter lifespans during a famine, fitting an evolutionary explanation for why we age
@hannahdugdale.bsky.social
@lummaalab.bsky.social
@erikpostma.bsky.social
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🚨🚨Job! 🚨🚨Permanent (75% time) job! We are a pretty awesome research group & seek a manager who deals with everything: personnel tasks, organizing retreats, preparing code for teaching / data structures for research... Fluency in German & English essential. stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/51527
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de
October 17, 2025 at 7:38 AM
🚨🚨Job! 🚨🚨Permanent (75% time) job! We are a pretty awesome research group & seek a manager who deals with everything: personnel tasks, organizing retreats, preparing code for teaching / data structures for research... Fluency in German & English essential. stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/51527
I politely declined MDPI Birds’ “editorial board” invitation. Twice. No reply, just more invites. I now realise I was the academic equivalent of someone wiring money to a Nigerian widow... Lesson learned. Spam filter on.
October 17, 2025 at 6:34 AM
I politely declined MDPI Birds’ “editorial board” invitation. Twice. No reply, just more invites. I now realise I was the academic equivalent of someone wiring money to a Nigerian widow... Lesson learned. Spam filter on.
Wheatears are very cool (and sometimes hard to ID in the field). This is an interesting paper describing the genetic background behind their colour variation. Good stuff for another daily avian hybridisation story @jenteo.bsky.social :)
October 17, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Wheatears are very cool (and sometimes hard to ID in the field). This is an interesting paper describing the genetic background behind their colour variation. Good stuff for another daily avian hybridisation story @jenteo.bsky.social :)
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Body surface temperatures as biomarkers of physiological environmental adaptation in wild birds and mammals | onlinelibrary.wiley.... | Biological Reviews | #ornithology 🪶
October 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Body surface temperatures as biomarkers of physiological environmental adaptation in wild birds and mammals | onlinelibrary.wiley.... | Biological Reviews | #ornithology 🪶
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www.nature.com/articles/s41... @asrc-gc.bsky.social #NSFfunded with data from from 6 different continents
Learned use of an innate sound-meaning association in birds - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Over 20 species of geographically and phylogenetically diverse bird species produce convergent whining vocalizations towards their respective brood parasites. Model presentation and playback experiments across multiple continents suggest that these learned calls provoke an innate response even among allopatric species.
www.nature.com
October 3, 2025 at 10:50 AM
www.nature.com/articles/s41... @asrc-gc.bsky.social #NSFfunded with data from from 6 different continents
Evolutionary theory meets ballistics: longevity researchers pondering how cannons shaped extrinsic mortality patterns back in the day. @englishse.bsky.social has a model in mind, @eivimeycook.bsky.social prefers a metaanalysis, @kokkonut.bsky.social maybe thinking if they could shoot kokkonuts...? 🙂
October 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Evolutionary theory meets ballistics: longevity researchers pondering how cannons shaped extrinsic mortality patterns back in the day. @englishse.bsky.social has a model in mind, @eivimeycook.bsky.social prefers a metaanalysis, @kokkonut.bsky.social maybe thinking if they could shoot kokkonuts...? 🙂
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A fantastic few days of ageing talks, great people, and excellent food!
Massive thanks to (Hanna!) @kokkonut.bsky.social, Margaux Bieuville, Victor Ronget, and the fantastic people at The Gutenberg Workshops in the Life Sciences
Massive thanks to (Hanna!) @kokkonut.bsky.social, Margaux Bieuville, Victor Ronget, and the fantastic people at The Gutenberg Workshops in the Life Sciences
October 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
A fantastic few days of ageing talks, great people, and excellent food!
Massive thanks to (Hanna!) @kokkonut.bsky.social, Margaux Bieuville, Victor Ronget, and the fantastic people at The Gutenberg Workshops in the Life Sciences
Massive thanks to (Hanna!) @kokkonut.bsky.social, Margaux Bieuville, Victor Ronget, and the fantastic people at The Gutenberg Workshops in the Life Sciences
Just back from The Evolution of Ageing workshop — once again a fabulous meeting! Inspiring talks, great discussions, fun socials. Shoutouts to the organizers for making it happen again!
October 2, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Just back from The Evolution of Ageing workshop — once again a fabulous meeting! Inspiring talks, great discussions, fun socials. Shoutouts to the organizers for making it happen again!
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**PhD POSITIONS** I am recruiting 1-2 PhD students to work on sociality and cognition in Monk Parakeets, starting Fall 2026. Full ad is here: hobsonresearch.com/index.php/20... (please help spread the word!)
September 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
**PhD POSITIONS** I am recruiting 1-2 PhD students to work on sociality and cognition in Monk Parakeets, starting Fall 2026. Full ad is here: hobsonresearch.com/index.php/20... (please help spread the word!)
A little lab getaway to beautiful Oradea — just about an hour from our department @evozoodeb.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
A little lab getaway to beautiful Oradea — just about an hour from our department @evozoodeb.bsky.social
This is very cool. The creature and the story as well. www.inaturalist.org/blog/115291-...
From observation to publication: A new species of wasp-mimicking flower fly
Observation by @franklinhowley Community science leads to yet another scientific discovery! A new species of wasp-mimicking flower fly, Monoceromyia ndidiae, has been identified in the Dominican Repub...
www.inaturalist.org
August 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This is very cool. The creature and the story as well. www.inaturalist.org/blog/115291-...
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Birds are dinosaurs
August 18, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Birds are dinosaurs
Something to try out in the next semester! I'm curious how it works for students compared to AVIDA.
Excited to share new #program, STEPS, which can simulate #dynamics of the E. coli Long-Term Evolution Experiment (#LTEE) or other microbes in serial transfer regime.
telliamedrevisited.wordpress.com/2025/08/12/s...
STEPS developed by @devinmlake.bsky.social, Zachary Matson, Minako Izutsu, and me.
telliamedrevisited.wordpress.com/2025/08/12/s...
STEPS developed by @devinmlake.bsky.social, Zachary Matson, Minako Izutsu, and me.
STEPS To It
Announcing a new program, called STEPS, to simulate the dynamics of evolving microbial populations.
telliamedrevisited.wordpress.com
August 14, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Something to try out in the next semester! I'm curious how it works for students compared to AVIDA.
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🌟 You’re invited! 🌟
Join us for #ABL2025, a FREE online conference on 13–14 November!
Connect with scientists worldwide, share your work in a friendly, inclusive place and enjoy talks, posters, and plenaries, all streamed live on YouTube
📅 Submit your abstract by 7 Sep
🔗 ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
Join us for #ABL2025, a FREE online conference on 13–14 November!
Connect with scientists worldwide, share your work in a friendly, inclusive place and enjoy talks, posters, and plenaries, all streamed live on YouTube
📅 Submit your abstract by 7 Sep
🔗 ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
August 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
🌟 You’re invited! 🌟
Join us for #ABL2025, a FREE online conference on 13–14 November!
Connect with scientists worldwide, share your work in a friendly, inclusive place and enjoy talks, posters, and plenaries, all streamed live on YouTube
📅 Submit your abstract by 7 Sep
🔗 ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
Join us for #ABL2025, a FREE online conference on 13–14 November!
Connect with scientists worldwide, share your work in a friendly, inclusive place and enjoy talks, posters, and plenaries, all streamed live on YouTube
📅 Submit your abstract by 7 Sep
🔗 ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
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Our latest study has been published in Avian Research! 🐦
You can read the full paper from the link below. Hope you enjoy it. Happy reading!
doi.org/10.1016/j.av...
You can read the full paper from the link below. Hope you enjoy it. Happy reading!
doi.org/10.1016/j.av...
July 22, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Our latest study has been published in Avian Research! 🐦
You can read the full paper from the link below. Hope you enjoy it. Happy reading!
doi.org/10.1016/j.av...
You can read the full paper from the link below. Hope you enjoy it. Happy reading!
doi.org/10.1016/j.av...
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New out at Frontiers in Animal Science: Amino acid supplementation supports growth and reproductive development under dietary restriction.
doi.org/10.3389/fani...
doi.org/10.3389/fani...
July 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
New out at Frontiers in Animal Science: Amino acid supplementation supports growth and reproductive development under dietary restriction.
doi.org/10.3389/fani...
doi.org/10.3389/fani...
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"This study on house sparrows shows the differential fitness consequences of immigrants and residents, the fitness of their offspring based on parental background, and the annual and lifetime contributions of immigrants to local populations.."
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June 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
"This study on house sparrows shows the differential fitness consequences of immigrants and residents, the fitness of their offspring based on parental background, and the annual and lifetime contributions of immigrants to local populations.."
buff.ly/rFvyhH7
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My 1000th iNaturalist observation was a graceful breeding white tern. My 1000th species could hardly be more different: island vs. mainland, tree vs. ground, white vs. black, slender vs. chubby—and thriving vs. dead (likely killed by a feral cat).😟 These contrasts highlight diversity & fragility.
June 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
My 1000th iNaturalist observation was a graceful breeding white tern. My 1000th species could hardly be more different: island vs. mainland, tree vs. ground, white vs. black, slender vs. chubby—and thriving vs. dead (likely killed by a feral cat).😟 These contrasts highlight diversity & fragility.
Chicago Archaeopteryx informs on the early evolution of the avian bauplan www.nature.com/articles/s41...
May 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Chicago Archaeopteryx informs on the early evolution of the avian bauplan www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The biggest "meta-analysis" ever? - 17 million effect sizes - elifesciences.org/articles/95857
With wonderful @coreytcallaghan.bsky.social and Will Cornwell
We question the abundance-occupancy relationships using ebird data - we find ~ zero correlation
With wonderful @coreytcallaghan.bsky.social and Will Cornwell
We question the abundance-occupancy relationships using ebird data - we find ~ zero correlation
May 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The biggest "meta-analysis" ever? - 17 million effect sizes - elifesciences.org/articles/95857
With wonderful @coreytcallaghan.bsky.social and Will Cornwell
We question the abundance-occupancy relationships using ebird data - we find ~ zero correlation
With wonderful @coreytcallaghan.bsky.social and Will Cornwell
We question the abundance-occupancy relationships using ebird data - we find ~ zero correlation