Mark Brown
@markjfbrown.bsky.social
Bees, ants, parasites, and pollinator conservation for work. Professor and Director of the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge University. Nature, opera, fantasy novels, family, and reading for play 🐜 🐝 🦠 🏳️🌈
This week’s museum specimen is our narwhal skeleton (Monodon monoceros). As the scientific name suggests, this animal should have one tusk, but ours has two! I wonder what this meant for it when it was alive, before it ended up in our Museum 🤔
January 20, 2026 at 2:55 PM
This week’s museum specimen is our narwhal skeleton (Monodon monoceros). As the scientific name suggests, this animal should have one tusk, but ours has two! I wonder what this meant for it when it was alive, before it ended up in our Museum 🤔
Everyone needs breakfast
January 15, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Everyone needs breakfast
My weekly Museum post - this week is cleaning week, to make sure our specimens, particularly the skeletons, are dust-free. Expert work being done by Kane and Bethany - not sure I should be trusted with a duster yet 🤣 @zoologymuseum.bsky.social
January 14, 2026 at 11:06 AM
My weekly Museum post - this week is cleaning week, to make sure our specimens, particularly the skeletons, are dust-free. Expert work being done by Kane and Bethany - not sure I should be trusted with a duster yet 🤣 @zoologymuseum.bsky.social
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🐜 4-year #postdoc position in the @socialfluids.bsky.social lab @camzoology.bsky.social investigating metabolic cooperation between bodies in a BBSRC-funded project.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc...
#ants #socialtransfers #sociallytransferredmaterials #autophagy #socialinsects #aging #job (🧵1/n)
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#ants #socialtransfers #sociallytransferredmaterials #autophagy #socialinsects #aging #job (🧵1/n)
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Fixed Term)
Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to join the Social Fluids Laboratory (https://leboeuflab.com) led by Dr Adria LeBoeuf in the Department of Zoology
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January 6, 2026 at 9:33 PM
🐜 4-year #postdoc position in the @socialfluids.bsky.social lab @camzoology.bsky.social investigating metabolic cooperation between bodies in a BBSRC-funded project.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc...
#ants #socialtransfers #sociallytransferredmaterials #autophagy #socialinsects #aging #job (🧵1/n)
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc...
#ants #socialtransfers #sociallytransferredmaterials #autophagy #socialinsects #aging #job (🧵1/n)
In honour of my new job as Director of the University Museum of Zoology at Cambridge University, this is the first of a series of weekly posts celebrating our amazing collection. And what better to start with than the Fin Whale, who will welcome you when you come to visit! @zoologymuseum.bsky.social
January 6, 2026 at 6:57 PM
In honour of my new job as Director of the University Museum of Zoology at Cambridge University, this is the first of a series of weekly posts celebrating our amazing collection. And what better to start with than the Fin Whale, who will welcome you when you come to visit! @zoologymuseum.bsky.social
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First ever evidence that multi-actor collaborative conservation produces biodiversity benefits (as far as I know) doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
Redirecting
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December 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
First ever evidence that multi-actor collaborative conservation produces biodiversity benefits (as far as I know) doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
Legal rights for stingless bees! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Stingless bees from the Amazon granted legal rights in world first
Planet’s oldest bee species and primary pollinators were under threat from deforestation and competition from ‘killer bees’
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December 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Legal rights for stingless bees! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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We present: The Art of #InverteFest - December 2025 Edition
A digital art book showcasing the work of 100 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna.
Thank you to the artists who contributed to our book!
Download: drive.google.com/file/d/1JCXz...
#Art #SciArt
A digital art book showcasing the work of 100 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna.
Thank you to the artists who contributed to our book!
Download: drive.google.com/file/d/1JCXz...
#Art #SciArt
December 28, 2025 at 3:55 AM
We present: The Art of #InverteFest - December 2025 Edition
A digital art book showcasing the work of 100 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna.
Thank you to the artists who contributed to our book!
Download: drive.google.com/file/d/1JCXz...
#Art #SciArt
A digital art book showcasing the work of 100 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna.
Thank you to the artists who contributed to our book!
Download: drive.google.com/file/d/1JCXz...
#Art #SciArt
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🎄 Celebrating Christmas Eve's #InsectAdvent order: #Strepsiptera, bizarre & brilliant parasites, and RES mascot since 1833.
Their morphology & history mean they’re rarely seen. Many entomologists describe them as one of the strangest insect orders.
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Their morphology & history mean they’re rarely seen. Many entomologists describe them as one of the strangest insect orders.
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Classification of Insects - Strepsiptera
Strepsiptera (c) Hallvard Elven Artsdatabanken
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December 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🎄 Celebrating Christmas Eve's #InsectAdvent order: #Strepsiptera, bizarre & brilliant parasites, and RES mascot since 1833.
Their morphology & history mean they’re rarely seen. Many entomologists describe them as one of the strangest insect orders.
🔗 buff.ly/U7pmiwX
Their morphology & history mean they’re rarely seen. Many entomologists describe them as one of the strangest insect orders.
🔗 buff.ly/U7pmiwX
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Last call! We're hiring 👉 Invertebrate Paleontology Collection Manager
📌 Apply by Jan 5, 2026
This position will manage the extensive collections, conduct fieldwork, participate in public outreach & pursue external funding.
🔸 Full info + application: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/nhdept/inver...
📌 Apply by Jan 5, 2026
This position will manage the extensive collections, conduct fieldwork, participate in public outreach & pursue external funding.
🔸 Full info + application: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/nhdept/inver...
December 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Last call! We're hiring 👉 Invertebrate Paleontology Collection Manager
📌 Apply by Jan 5, 2026
This position will manage the extensive collections, conduct fieldwork, participate in public outreach & pursue external funding.
🔸 Full info + application: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/nhdept/inver...
📌 Apply by Jan 5, 2026
This position will manage the extensive collections, conduct fieldwork, participate in public outreach & pursue external funding.
🔸 Full info + application: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/nhdept/inver...
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A young PI here in Mainz has a fabulous PhD position that will be filled soon! By you? Keywords: Social insects, ageing, gene expression. www.blogs.uni-mainz.de/fb10-evoluti...
Behavioural Ecology and Social Evolution
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October 29, 2025 at 8:36 AM
A young PI here in Mainz has a fabulous PhD position that will be filled soon! By you? Keywords: Social insects, ageing, gene expression. www.blogs.uni-mainz.de/fb10-evoluti...
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We have TWO post-doctoral fellowships in the Biodiversity Centre at UBC next year! Am happy to chat if you might want to be hosted in my lab. biodiversity.ubc.ca/training-and... Deadline January 15th!
November 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
We have TWO post-doctoral fellowships in the Biodiversity Centre at UBC next year! Am happy to chat if you might want to be hosted in my lab. biodiversity.ubc.ca/training-and... Deadline January 15th!
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November 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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The 2026 Guarda Summer Course in Evolutionary Biology is now accepting applications. Amazing place, amazing course, amazing opportunity for early grad students.
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Summer school:<br> Evolutionary Biology in Guarda
Information about the annual summer school Evolutionary Biology in Guarda
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December 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The 2026 Guarda Summer Course in Evolutionary Biology is now accepting applications. Amazing place, amazing course, amazing opportunity for early grad students.
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Thrilled to announce a Postdoc opportunity in our group on the evolutionary genetics and ecology of colour. Wonderful system, great collaborators, and room to shape your own ideas.
Apply by 7 Jan: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/13477181...
Apply by 7 Jan: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/13477181...
December 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Thrilled to announce a Postdoc opportunity in our group on the evolutionary genetics and ecology of colour. Wonderful system, great collaborators, and room to shape your own ideas.
Apply by 7 Jan: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/13477181...
Apply by 7 Jan: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/13477181...
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Come and join me and my colleagues at the Department of Biology, #LundUniversity in #sweden! We have am open position as Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Biodiversity.
Apply here no later than February 11 2026:
https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:848749/type:job/where:4/apply:1
Apply here no later than February 11 2026:
https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:848749/type:job/where:4/apply:1
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Biodiversity
The Department of Biology was established in 2010 through the merger of the Departments of Ecology, Cell and Organism Biology, Biological Undergraduate Education, and the Biological Museums. The depar
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December 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Come and join me and my colleagues at the Department of Biology, #LundUniversity in #sweden! We have am open position as Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Biodiversity.
Apply here no later than February 11 2026:
https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:848749/type:job/where:4/apply:1
Apply here no later than February 11 2026:
https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:848749/type:job/where:4/apply:1
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🚨 Tenure-track professorship at Goethe University of Frankfurt, Germany, with a focus on evolutionary ecology of social hymenoptera 🐝🐜
Initially for 6 years:
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Initially for 6 years:
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Goethe University Frankfurt hiring Professur (W1 mit Tenure Track) für Evolutionäre Ökologie der Hymenopteren in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany | LinkedIn
Posted 11:13:19 PM. Die Professur wird zunächst auf sechs Jahre befristet besetzt, nach erfolgreicher Evaluation…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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December 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
🚨 Tenure-track professorship at Goethe University of Frankfurt, Germany, with a focus on evolutionary ecology of social hymenoptera 🐝🐜
Initially for 6 years:
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/pr...
Initially for 6 years:
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/pr...
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Come work with us! 🪲For our new project bAImo we are searching for a PhD researcher combining modelling 💻 with ecological expertise, aiming to improve interdisciplinary approaches to insect monitoring 🔎🐝 please visit tinyurl.com/bAImo-PhDoffer for more details. Looking forward to your application 🦗😊
December 19, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Come work with us! 🪲For our new project bAImo we are searching for a PhD researcher combining modelling 💻 with ecological expertise, aiming to improve interdisciplinary approaches to insect monitoring 🔎🐝 please visit tinyurl.com/bAImo-PhDoffer for more details. Looking forward to your application 🦗😊
After seeing loads of dead sand dollar tests in my life (for which I already feel lucky), it was a joy to see a live one today doing its thing on Manuel Antonio beach in Costa Rica
December 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
After seeing loads of dead sand dollar tests in my life (for which I already feel lucky), it was a joy to see a live one today doing its thing on Manuel Antonio beach in Costa Rica
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Heather nectar metabolites reduce within-colony epidemics of the bumblebee parasite Crithidia bombi showing that anti microbial compounds in nectar are effective at improving bee health at colony levels. @rbgkew.bsky.social
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Heather nectar extracts reduce within-colony epidemics of the bumblebee parasite Crithidia bombi
Abstract. Disease and habitat loss are significant causes of pollinator declines, and evidence indicates the two are linked. In Britain, lowland heath is a
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December 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Heather nectar metabolites reduce within-colony epidemics of the bumblebee parasite Crithidia bombi showing that anti microbial compounds in nectar are effective at improving bee health at colony levels. @rbgkew.bsky.social
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We have a Postdoc position available here @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social to develop innovative genetic control strategies for insect agricultural pests in collaboration with @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
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We have a Postdoc position available here @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social to develop innovative genetic control strategies for insect agricultural pests in collaboration with @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/19...
December 15, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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We have a Postdoc position available here @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social to develop innovative genetic control strategies for insect agricultural pests in collaboration with @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/19...
We have a Postdoc position available here @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social to develop innovative genetic control strategies for insect agricultural pests in collaboration with @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/19...
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Permanent Research Group Leader Position, Crete, Greece: Interested to assume long-term responsibilities for the Biodiversity Computing Group www.biocomp.gr I have set up in Crete? Apply now via apella.minedu.gov.gr/en/node/5998 (PDF also in English) - for questions email to [email protected]
December 15, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Permanent Research Group Leader Position, Crete, Greece: Interested to assume long-term responsibilities for the Biodiversity Computing Group www.biocomp.gr I have set up in Crete? Apply now via apella.minedu.gov.gr/en/node/5998 (PDF also in English) - for questions email to [email protected]
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We're looking for a new colleague at Asssoc Prof level! Come join us in the Zoology Department at Stockholm University. A teaching profile in ecology, faunistics and/or physiology is beneficial. Find the full job advertisemnt here: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Associate Professor in Zoology with focus on ecology and evolution
Department of Zoology at Stockholm University includes ca. 80 employees counting researchers, PhD students, and administrative staff. Research and education at the department occurs in an internatio
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December 15, 2025 at 11:12 AM
We're looking for a new colleague at Asssoc Prof level! Come join us in the Zoology Department at Stockholm University. A teaching profile in ecology, faunistics and/or physiology is beneficial. Find the full job advertisemnt here: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Feeling emotionally overwhelmed after spending the morning with hundreds of nesting Olive Ridley Turtles at Playa Ostional 😍
December 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Feeling emotionally overwhelmed after spending the morning with hundreds of nesting Olive Ridley Turtles at Playa Ostional 😍
I have to correct this post - they are green turtle tracks. Which is still amazing 🤩 And the lesson is, always speak to an expert 😉
A leatherback turtle came to nest last night #besttracksever
December 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I have to correct this post - they are green turtle tracks. Which is still amazing 🤩 And the lesson is, always speak to an expert 😉