Stu West
@stuwest.bsky.social
Evolution. He/him/his. Views not my own. 🐵🦄🏳️🌈👨🔬🍜
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I was interviewed by Newsweek about the backlash to my DPhil announcement. You can read it here:
www.newsweek.com/gen-z-woman-...
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November 25, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I was interviewed by Newsweek about the backlash to my DPhil announcement. You can read it here:
www.newsweek.com/gen-z-woman-...
www.newsweek.com/gen-z-woman-...
Behavioural ecology in the 21st century..... www.nature.com/articles/s41... @asgriffin.bsky.social
Behavioural ecology in the twenty-first century - Nature Ecology & Evolution
This Perspective discusses how the field of behavioural ecology has contributed to fundamental science and tackling global challenges, ranging from understanding how natural selection leads to adaptat...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Behavioural ecology in the 21st century..... www.nature.com/articles/s41... @asgriffin.bsky.social
Strong response to the pathetic trolling of Juliet.
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The sheer volume of women magnificently owning the ‘Alpha male’ dissing this woman’s doctorate makes it one of 2025’s very best things on Twitter
Time to return – briefly – to the world of Twitter, where it turned out the very worst people can sometimes be a spark for the very best of things. It all began when ‘Alpha male’ type Richard Cooper –...
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November 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Strong response to the pathetic trolling of Juliet.
www.thepoke.com/2025/11/19/t...
www.thepoke.com/2025/11/19/t...
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New research shows that kissing evolved in the common ancestor of humans and other large apes around 21 million years ago, and Neanderthals likely engaged in kissing too 💋
New study from @matildabrindle.bsky.social @stuwest.bsky.social 👇
New study from @matildabrindle.bsky.social @stuwest.bsky.social 👇
Ape ancestors and Neanderthals likely kissed
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November 19, 2025 at 9:18 AM
New research shows that kissing evolved in the common ancestor of humans and other large apes around 21 million years ago, and Neanderthals likely engaged in kissing too 💋
New study from @matildabrindle.bsky.social @stuwest.bsky.social 👇
New study from @matildabrindle.bsky.social @stuwest.bsky.social 👇
Kissing evolved at least 21 million years ago. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @matildabrindle.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Kissing evolved at least 21 million years ago. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @matildabrindle.bsky.social
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So cool to see ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada) -- my native language in @asn-amnat.bsky.social 😍
This is a reminder that @asn-amnat.bsky.social publishes abstracts in both English and your native language, using your native alphabet. You can see and read those online. Here is a screenshot of a great example. Love seeing this in my favorite journal.
November 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
So cool to see ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada) -- my native language in @asn-amnat.bsky.social 😍
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Congratulations Juliet! Very well deserved for a brilliant body of research. Thank you to Shigeto Dobata and @timbarra.bsky.social for their time and being a great examiner team. 🥂 @biology.ox.ac.uk @newcollegeoxf.bsky.social
I passed my viva! 🎊
I’m very happy to share that yesterday, after ~4 years of research, I successfully defended my DPhil thesis and will be awarded the title of doctor 😎
Thank you to my examiners, supervisors, and collaborators for all the advice and support given along the way.
I’m very happy to share that yesterday, after ~4 years of research, I successfully defended my DPhil thesis and will be awarded the title of doctor 😎
Thank you to my examiners, supervisors, and collaborators for all the advice and support given along the way.
November 18, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Congratulations Juliet! Very well deserved for a brilliant body of research. Thank you to Shigeto Dobata and @timbarra.bsky.social for their time and being a great examiner team. 🥂 @biology.ox.ac.uk @newcollegeoxf.bsky.social
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
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I passed my viva! 🎊
I’m very happy to share that yesterday, after ~4 years of research, I successfully defended my DPhil thesis and will be awarded the title of doctor 😎
Thank you to my examiners, supervisors, and collaborators for all the advice and support given along the way.
I’m very happy to share that yesterday, after ~4 years of research, I successfully defended my DPhil thesis and will be awarded the title of doctor 😎
Thank you to my examiners, supervisors, and collaborators for all the advice and support given along the way.
November 14, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I passed my viva! 🎊
I’m very happy to share that yesterday, after ~4 years of research, I successfully defended my DPhil thesis and will be awarded the title of doctor 😎
Thank you to my examiners, supervisors, and collaborators for all the advice and support given along the way.
I’m very happy to share that yesterday, after ~4 years of research, I successfully defended my DPhil thesis and will be awarded the title of doctor 😎
Thank you to my examiners, supervisors, and collaborators for all the advice and support given along the way.
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Leaf? 🍃 Or katydid? 🦗
Our new
@plosbiology.org paper sheds light on how these incredible mimics evolved their disguises, and what this reveals about how complex adaptations arise. We find that coordinated evolution between traits might be the answer… plos.io/4oUE741 1/n
Our new
@plosbiology.org paper sheds light on how these incredible mimics evolved their disguises, and what this reveals about how complex adaptations arise. We find that coordinated evolution between traits might be the answer… plos.io/4oUE741 1/n
Functional and evolutionary synergy of trait components can explain the existence of leaf masquerade in katydids
The evolution of complex adaptations often involves synergistic changes in multiple traits that lack standalone function. This study shows that leaf masquerade in katydids evolved through concurrent m...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Leaf? 🍃 Or katydid? 🦗
Our new
@plosbiology.org paper sheds light on how these incredible mimics evolved their disguises, and what this reveals about how complex adaptations arise. We find that coordinated evolution between traits might be the answer… plos.io/4oUE741 1/n
Our new
@plosbiology.org paper sheds light on how these incredible mimics evolved their disguises, and what this reveals about how complex adaptations arise. We find that coordinated evolution between traits might be the answer… plos.io/4oUE741 1/n
Amazing leaf camouflage experiments paired up with phylogeny showing how they got there. journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... @benitoexplains.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Amazing leaf camouflage experiments paired up with phylogeny showing how they got there. journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... @benitoexplains.bsky.social
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LGBTQ+ Journal Club is turning 1! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈To celebrate, here's a bit about what we've been up to over the past year: a thread of interesting papers in queer biology (1/n) ⬇️🧵
November 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
LGBTQ+ Journal Club is turning 1! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈To celebrate, here's a bit about what we've been up to over the past year: a thread of interesting papers in queer biology (1/n) ⬇️🧵
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The evolutionary and ecological consequences of cooperation
-in American Naturalist by @stuwest.bsky.social, @annadewar.bsky.social, @ryosukeiritani.bsky.social, Laurence Belcher, and @asgriffin.bsky.social
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
-in American Naturalist by @stuwest.bsky.social, @annadewar.bsky.social, @ryosukeiritani.bsky.social, Laurence Belcher, and @asgriffin.bsky.social
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
The evolutionary and ecological consequences of cooperation | The American Naturalist: Vol 0, No ja
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November 2, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The evolutionary and ecological consequences of cooperation
-in American Naturalist by @stuwest.bsky.social, @annadewar.bsky.social, @ryosukeiritani.bsky.social, Laurence Belcher, and @asgriffin.bsky.social
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
-in American Naturalist by @stuwest.bsky.social, @annadewar.bsky.social, @ryosukeiritani.bsky.social, Laurence Belcher, and @asgriffin.bsky.social
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
A pictorial guide to parasitoids (10/11). Parasitoids can be studied in a parasitoid workshop. Silwood Park, 1992.
September 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A pictorial guide to parasitoids (10/11). Parasitoids can be studied in a parasitoid workshop. Silwood Park, 1992.
Join us! Oxford is advertising an Associate Professorship in Animal Behaviour. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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September 15, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Join us! Oxford is advertising an Associate Professorship in Animal Behaviour. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Mike Ritchie emphasising the huge importance of supporting society journals like JEB in his ESEB presidential address, Barcelona. @eseb.bsky.social @eseb2025.bsky.social
August 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Mike Ritchie emphasising the huge importance of supporting society journals like JEB in his ESEB presidential address, Barcelona. @eseb.bsky.social @eseb2025.bsky.social
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Evidence that lifestyle drives genome fluidity from @annadewar.bsky.social today. Keeping everyone going on last day of @eseb2025.bsky.social! Great talk Anna!
August 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Evidence that lifestyle drives genome fluidity from @annadewar.bsky.social today. Keeping everyone going on last day of @eseb2025.bsky.social! Great talk Anna!
When can replicating experiments lead to misleading conclusions? An example from human public goods games. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
August 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
When can replicating experiments lead to misleading conclusions? An example from human public goods games. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Exciting looking meeting at the Linnean Society London on organismal resilience. November 20th 2025 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hybrid-day...
Hybrid Day Meeting | Organismal Resilience in a Rapidly Changing World
Join us at the Linnean Society for a one-day symposium focused on the mechanisms and consequences of variation in organismal resilience
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August 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Exciting looking meeting at the Linnean Society London on organismal resilience. November 20th 2025 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hybrid-day...
what is environmental variability and how can you measure it? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @mingpapilio.bsky.social
Environmental Predictability in Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis: How to Measure It and Does It Matter?
Aim Abiotic environmental conditions shape ecological and evolutionary processes, yet quantifying their influence on organisms remains challenging due to variation among metrics and their intercorre...
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August 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM
what is environmental variability and how can you measure it? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @mingpapilio.bsky.social
Where are mycorrhizal fungi and are the protected? (spoiler alert - no, they aren't) www.nature.com/articles/s41... @tobykiers.bsky.social
Global hotspots of mycorrhizal fungal richness are poorly protected - Nature
Machine-learning algorithms trained on 25,000 geolocated soil samples are used to create high-resolution global maps of mycorrhizal fungi, revealing that less than 10% of their biodiversity hotspots a...
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July 24, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Where are mycorrhizal fungi and are the protected? (spoiler alert - no, they aren't) www.nature.com/articles/s41... @tobykiers.bsky.social
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Who lives underground?
Find out now in our new paper published in @nature.com.
Key finding: 90% of predicted mycorrhizal biodiversity hotspots lie outside protected areas.
Read here: buff.ly/WmDqAP3 🧵
Find out now in our new paper published in @nature.com.
Key finding: 90% of predicted mycorrhizal biodiversity hotspots lie outside protected areas.
Read here: buff.ly/WmDqAP3 🧵
July 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Who lives underground?
Find out now in our new paper published in @nature.com.
Key finding: 90% of predicted mycorrhizal biodiversity hotspots lie outside protected areas.
Read here: buff.ly/WmDqAP3 🧵
Find out now in our new paper published in @nature.com.
Key finding: 90% of predicted mycorrhizal biodiversity hotspots lie outside protected areas.
Read here: buff.ly/WmDqAP3 🧵
A pictorial guide to parasitoids (9/11). Parasitoids may mediate competition between different host species (apparent competition). Silwood Park, 1992.
July 8, 2025 at 5:54 AM
A pictorial guide to parasitoids (9/11). Parasitoids may mediate competition between different host species (apparent competition). Silwood Park, 1992.
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Thank you to everyone attending the "Writing and DEI Workshop" at RIKENS, organized by @ryosukeiritani.bsky.social. Gender equality in STEM is a global issue and we need to share our experiences and learn from one another. Thank you for sharing your stories and enthusiasm! 🙏 and @ITHEms, @JSPS 🇯🇵❤️
June 27, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Thank you to everyone attending the "Writing and DEI Workshop" at RIKENS, organized by @ryosukeiritani.bsky.social. Gender equality in STEM is a global issue and we need to share our experiences and learn from one another. Thank you for sharing your stories and enthusiasm! 🙏 and @ITHEms, @JSPS 🇯🇵❤️
1/3 I was just lucky enough to get to do a couple of sessions on scientific writing in a DEI & Writing Workshop at Riken, Tokyo. Huge thank you to @ryosukeiritani.bsky.social for organising such an open and supportive workshop, and all the attendees for being so engaged and interactive.
June 27, 2025 at 1:09 AM
1/3 I was just lucky enough to get to do a couple of sessions on scientific writing in a DEI & Writing Workshop at Riken, Tokyo. Huge thank you to @ryosukeiritani.bsky.social for organising such an open and supportive workshop, and all the attendees for being so engaged and interactive.