Sal Keith (she/her)
@salkeith.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer at Lancaster Uni, UK. Exploring macrobehaviour using coral reefs as a model system, interested in all things data sciencey. #MacrobehaviourLab https://sallykeith.weebly.com/
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Is the public actually talking about biodiversity? 🐾
Our new #OA paper in @ConBiology introduces an automated NLP pipeline to measure wildlife saliency and attitudes from digital media
Essential for tracking GBF targets! 📈
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
#ConservationScience #AI
Our new #OA paper in @ConBiology introduces an automated NLP pipeline to measure wildlife saliency and attitudes from digital media
Essential for tracking GBF targets! 📈
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
#ConservationScience #AI
January 22, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Is the public actually talking about biodiversity? 🐾
Our new #OA paper in @ConBiology introduces an automated NLP pipeline to measure wildlife saliency and attitudes from digital media
Essential for tracking GBF targets! 📈
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
#ConservationScience #AI
Our new #OA paper in @ConBiology introduces an automated NLP pipeline to measure wildlife saliency and attitudes from digital media
Essential for tracking GBF targets! 📈
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
#ConservationScience #AI
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We've got ISSUES. Literally.
We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do?
arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563
A 🧵 1/n
We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do?
arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563
A 🧵 1/n
January 13, 2026 at 8:27 AM
We've got ISSUES. Literally.
We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do?
arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563
A 🧵 1/n
We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do?
arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563
A 🧵 1/n
Is anyone out there currently marking coursework managing to NOT do it in their "free" time?
a penguin is sitting at a desk with a sign that says help on it
Alt: a penguin is sitting at a desk with a sign that says help on it
media.tenor.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Is anyone out there currently marking coursework managing to NOT do it in their "free" time?
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Our journals @dev-journal.bsky.social, @jcellsci.bsky.social & @jexpbiol.bsky.social offer Travelling Fellowships of up to £3,000 to graduate students and post-doctoral researchers wishing to make collaborative visits to other laboratories. Apply by 6 February 2026.
biologists.com/grants/trave...
biologists.com/grants/trave...
January 23, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Our journals @dev-journal.bsky.social, @jcellsci.bsky.social & @jexpbiol.bsky.social offer Travelling Fellowships of up to £3,000 to graduate students and post-doctoral researchers wishing to make collaborative visits to other laboratories. Apply by 6 February 2026.
biologists.com/grants/trave...
biologists.com/grants/trave...
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JOB OPPORTUNITY: Aquarist - South Bimini, Bahamas (MSC Foundation)
Learn more here: careers.msccruises.com/gb/en/job/16...
#coralreefs #jobs #aquarist #careers #bahamas #bimini #coral #nature #coralreefecology #coralrestoration #coralresearch #marinebiology
Learn more here: careers.msccruises.com/gb/en/job/16...
#coralreefs #jobs #aquarist #careers #bahamas #bimini #coral #nature #coralreefecology #coralrestoration #coralresearch #marinebiology
January 23, 2026 at 8:30 AM
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Aquarist - South Bimini, Bahamas (MSC Foundation)
Learn more here: careers.msccruises.com/gb/en/job/16...
#coralreefs #jobs #aquarist #careers #bahamas #bimini #coral #nature #coralreefecology #coralrestoration #coralresearch #marinebiology
Learn more here: careers.msccruises.com/gb/en/job/16...
#coralreefs #jobs #aquarist #careers #bahamas #bimini #coral #nature #coralreefecology #coralrestoration #coralresearch #marinebiology
Very excited to be one of the new Fellows of the BES! It has always been the society where I feel I belong the most 🥰 www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/marine-... @britishecologicalsociety.org @lec-reefs.bsky.social @dsilu.bsky.social @macrobehaviour.bsky.social @lancasteruninews.bsky.social
Marine biology scientist recognised by Fellow status in world’s oldest ecological society - Lancaster University
A Lancaster University marine biologist has been recognised with prestigious Fellow of the British Ecological Society (BES) status.
www.lancaster.ac.uk
January 20, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Very excited to be one of the new Fellows of the BES! It has always been the society where I feel I belong the most 🥰 www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/marine-... @britishecologicalsociety.org @lec-reefs.bsky.social @dsilu.bsky.social @macrobehaviour.bsky.social @lancasteruninews.bsky.social
Super excited to be part of this! I’ve been a member since the 1st year of my PhD and love this society 🥰
Introducing the second cohort of BES Fellows 🙌
We are delighted to announce that 23 outstanding ecologists have been selected to join our prestigious membership category.
👇Meet our new Fellows here
We are delighted to announce that 23 outstanding ecologists have been selected to join our prestigious membership category.
👇Meet our new Fellows here
Announcing the second round of BES Fellows - British Ecological Society
Meet our second round of Fellows of the British Ecological Society (FBES), a new cohort of ecologists making lasting impact on the discipline.
f.mtr.cool
January 19, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Super excited to be part of this! I’ve been a member since the 1st year of my PhD and love this society 🥰
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📖 Big news! We just released the first five chapters of our new book, Hello Data Science. It is a fully open-access resource written for beginners. Please help us spread the word! A few points about the book are below 👇
🔗 www.hellodata.science
#rstats #datascience #tidyverse
🔗 www.hellodata.science
#rstats #datascience #tidyverse
January 14, 2026 at 5:34 AM
📖 Big news! We just released the first five chapters of our new book, Hello Data Science. It is a fully open-access resource written for beginners. Please help us spread the word! A few points about the book are below 👇
🔗 www.hellodata.science
#rstats #datascience #tidyverse
🔗 www.hellodata.science
#rstats #datascience #tidyverse
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This is a great group to get involved with. Particularly looking for ECRs and people based outside the Uk to apply. But everyone welcome!
Are you into macroecology and/or macroevolution? Want to make our field a better place?
Please consider joining the BES Macro SIG Committee! We're currently recruiting for a vice chair and ordinary member(s).
More info and how to apply (deadline Jan 20th!): mcusercontent.com/a9537304d9bd...
Please consider joining the BES Macro SIG Committee! We're currently recruiting for a vice chair and ordinary member(s).
More info and how to apply (deadline Jan 20th!): mcusercontent.com/a9537304d9bd...
January 12, 2026 at 6:42 PM
This is a great group to get involved with. Particularly looking for ECRs and people based outside the Uk to apply. But everyone welcome!
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A data collection mission that began in 2012 is finally released as AVONICHE.
Designed as a companion to AVONET bird trait database and updated to Avilist taxonomy, it’s an Open Access dataset providing updated diets and a detailed breakdown of foraging behaviours used by all bird species.
🪶🌐
Designed as a companion to AVONET bird trait database and updated to Avilist taxonomy, it’s an Open Access dataset providing updated diets and a detailed breakdown of foraging behaviours used by all bird species.
🪶🌐
New paper out! 🐦📊
We realease AVONICHE, a global dataset with detailed information on the proportional use of 32 foraging niches, combining dietary categories with the behaviours and substrates used to access resources.
Openly access the paper and data in GEB: doi.org/10.1111/geb....
We realease AVONICHE, a global dataset with detailed information on the proportional use of 32 foraging niches, combining dietary categories with the behaviours and substrates used to access resources.
Openly access the paper and data in GEB: doi.org/10.1111/geb....
January 8, 2026 at 11:22 AM
A data collection mission that began in 2012 is finally released as AVONICHE.
Designed as a companion to AVONET bird trait database and updated to Avilist taxonomy, it’s an Open Access dataset providing updated diets and a detailed breakdown of foraging behaviours used by all bird species.
🪶🌐
Designed as a companion to AVONET bird trait database and updated to Avilist taxonomy, it’s an Open Access dataset providing updated diets and a detailed breakdown of foraging behaviours used by all bird species.
🪶🌐
For anyone at #TIBS2026 in the geology symposium, here is our (now fairly old) paper on the role of plate tectonics in determining global faunal breaks for tropical corals royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article... @biogeography.bsky.social In case it’s peaked your interest in this stuff!
Faunal breaks and species composition of Indo-Pacific corals: the role of plate tectonics, environment and habitat distribution
Abstract. Species richness gradients are ubiquitous in nature, but the mechanisms that generate and maintain these patterns at macroecological scales remai
royalsocietypublishing.org
January 8, 2026 at 11:09 AM
For anyone at #TIBS2026 in the geology symposium, here is our (now fairly old) paper on the role of plate tectonics in determining global faunal breaks for tropical corals royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article... @biogeography.bsky.social In case it’s peaked your interest in this stuff!
Cool new method by Anastasia Mantziou to explore directed cycles in networks, using some of our butterflyfish data as inspiration link.springer.com/article/10.1... Collaboration between mathematicians + ecologists!
Bayesian modelling and computation utilising directed cycles in multiple network data - Statistics and Computing
Modelling multiple network data is crucial for addressing a wide range of applied research questions. However, there are many challenges, both theoretical and computational, to address. Network cycles...
link.springer.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Cool new method by Anastasia Mantziou to explore directed cycles in networks, using some of our butterflyfish data as inspiration link.springer.com/article/10.1... Collaboration between mathematicians + ecologists!
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Seasonal differences in predation risk among seagrass epifauna species stabilize community-level predation over time https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.05.697804v1
January 6, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Seasonal differences in predation risk among seagrass epifauna species stabilize community-level predation over time https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.05.697804v1
On my way to @biogeography.bsky.social #TIBS2026. Ouch, it’s early! See you there biogeographers 🐠🌏
January 5, 2026 at 6:04 AM
On my way to @biogeography.bsky.social #TIBS2026. Ouch, it’s early! See you there biogeographers 🐠🌏
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📢Please share📢 We have an opening for an exciting fully-funded PhD project on computer vision and machine learning applied to biodiversity monitoring with amazing Serge Belongie @belongielab.org and @aicentre.dk. Application deadline coming up on 15 January!
phd.tech.au.dk/for-applican...
phd.tech.au.dk/for-applican...
Harnessing the power of AI for biodiversity monitoring with camera trap networks - From foundation model to edge processing
phd.tech.au.dk
January 2, 2026 at 1:09 PM
📢Please share📢 We have an opening for an exciting fully-funded PhD project on computer vision and machine learning applied to biodiversity monitoring with amazing Serge Belongie @belongielab.org and @aicentre.dk. Application deadline coming up on 15 January!
phd.tech.au.dk/for-applican...
phd.tech.au.dk/for-applican...
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Precious Matsoso, a public-health official based in Pretoria, South Africa, brokered the world’s first pandemic-preparedness treaty after years of hard-fought negotiations. She’s part of Nature’s 10 for 2025. 🧪
The first global pandemic treaty — and the woman who made it happen
Precious Matsoso is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025.
go.nature.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Precious Matsoso, a public-health official based in Pretoria, South Africa, brokered the world’s first pandemic-preparedness treaty after years of hard-fought negotiations. She’s part of Nature’s 10 for 2025. 🧪
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Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
December 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
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Post-doc positions:
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
Call for Applications: Early Career Rescue Fellowship – Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies
uni-freiburg.de
December 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Post-doc positions:
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
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Excited to launch the new improved Reproducible Code guide from @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social FREE online here! www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... Amazing work by some very talented ECRs. We hope it’s useful!
December 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Excited to launch the new improved Reproducible Code guide from @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social FREE online here! www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... Amazing work by some very talented ECRs. We hope it’s useful!
We’ve reached proof of concept stage with our octonauts inspired marine heatwave scenario in the data immersion suite, I’m loving the portholes 🐠
December 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
We’ve reached proof of concept stage with our octonauts inspired marine heatwave scenario in the data immersion suite, I’m loving the portholes 🐠
Still can't believe this - ZSL thought I've done good ;) portal.lancaster.ac.uk/intranet/new... @lec-reefs.bsky.social @dsilu.bsky.social 🥰 (I was awarded a medal!)
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December 12, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Still can't believe this - ZSL thought I've done good ;) portal.lancaster.ac.uk/intranet/new... @lec-reefs.bsky.social @dsilu.bsky.social 🥰 (I was awarded a medal!)
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Secondly, to Dr Sally Keith @lancasteruni.bsky.social for her research in the field of macrobehaviour, and commitment to advancing of our understanding of whole biological systems of coral reefs 🏆 @salkeith.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Secondly, to Dr Sally Keith @lancasteruni.bsky.social for her research in the field of macrobehaviour, and commitment to advancing of our understanding of whole biological systems of coral reefs 🏆 @salkeith.bsky.social
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The ZSL Scientific Medal is presented to researchers for outstanding contributions to their field, made within 15 years of completing their PhD. This year, 3 Medals were awarded 👇
December 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The ZSL Scientific Medal is presented to researchers for outstanding contributions to their field, made within 15 years of completing their PhD. This year, 3 Medals were awarded 👇
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The ZSL Marsh Award for Conservation Biology is awarded to Professor Tim Blackburn, @ucllifesciences.bsky.social, for his pioneering work in macroecology, contribution to invasion biology, and profound scientific and policy impact ⭐️🌍 @mothyblackburn.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The ZSL Marsh Award for Conservation Biology is awarded to Professor Tim Blackburn, @ucllifesciences.bsky.social, for his pioneering work in macroecology, contribution to invasion biology, and profound scientific and policy impact ⭐️🌍 @mothyblackburn.bsky.social
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Professor Nick Graham @lancasteruni.bsky.social is the winner of the ZSL Marsh Award for Marine and Freshwater Conservation. Nick's work bridging rigorous science with conservation practice and global policy advocacy distinguish him as a leader in marine conservation 🏅🌊 @nickajgraham.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Professor Nick Graham @lancasteruni.bsky.social is the winner of the ZSL Marsh Award for Marine and Freshwater Conservation. Nick's work bridging rigorous science with conservation practice and global policy advocacy distinguish him as a leader in marine conservation 🏅🌊 @nickajgraham.bsky.social