Miary Raselimanana
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miaryras.bsky.social
Miary Raselimanana
@miaryras.bsky.social
Ph.D. student at Bangor University | Conservation biologist | Climate change | Ecology - Physiology - Behaviour 🐢🦎🐍
Folks, the first paper of my PhD is now officially out! 🦎🔥 (👇🏼comments)

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Experimental winter warming increases activity with signs of potential DNA damage in common wall lizards
Highlighted Article: Winter warming makes hibernating wall lizards more active, with signs of DNA damage after emergence, but no change in body condition, revealing subtle costs of milder winters.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Very cool to see this "Research Highlight" of our recent @animalecology.bsky.social paper that tested the potential for social buffering of maternal glucocorticoids in a facultatively social lizard. Grateful for this feature by Lange & Aracena! besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Maternal glucocorticoid exposure drives social tolerance and growth with limited evidence for long‐term social buffering
Research highlight of MacLeod, K., Bouffet-Halle, A., Wapstra, E., Uller, T. and While, G. (2025). Maternal glucocorticoids have persistent effects on offspring social phenotype irrespective of oppor...
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November 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
🎉 Exciting milestone … my first PhD paper has been accepted in the Journal of Experimental Biology! 🥳
Not all winter warming is equal: steady, mild winters increase activity and can cause molecular damage, but short, warm spells have little effect on wall lizards 🦎
November 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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A big week for our research group! The first paper from @miaryras.bsky.social's PhD thesis has been accepted. Looking forward to sharing some nice results about the effects of winter warming on wall lizard behaviour and physiology very soon. Well done Miary! 🤩
October 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Big milestone for me - the 1st MacLeod Lab get-together! @miaryras.bsky.social & I have been a dynamic duo for 3 years but we are now joined by Charlotte (cosupervised w/ @asutto.bsky.social) & MRes students, Keya & Sacheus. Research is even more fun when you’re part of such a great team 🤩
June 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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We’re recruiting for a #PhD opportunity funded by NERC Envision DTP, investigating the impact of climate change on chytrid disease dynamics in Appalachian salamanders.
Full details here: findaphd.com?pj=182328
February 12, 2025 at 11:16 AM