Ashlee Mikkelsen
@ashleemikkelsen.bsky.social
Mostly an ecologist that dabbles in physiology, theory, evolution, chemistry, demography, or anything else that catches my fancy.
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IOB
"These results suggest that males must make complex investments in suites of sexual traits to maximize fitness in the face of energetic trade-offs..."
Relationships between Pre- & Postcopulatory Sexually Selected Traits in Green #Frogs
Girard et al
doi.org/10.1093/iob/...
"These results suggest that males must make complex investments in suites of sexual traits to maximize fitness in the face of energetic trade-offs..."
Relationships between Pre- & Postcopulatory Sexually Selected Traits in Green #Frogs
Girard et al
doi.org/10.1093/iob/...
November 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
IOB
"These results suggest that males must make complex investments in suites of sexual traits to maximize fitness in the face of energetic trade-offs..."
Relationships between Pre- & Postcopulatory Sexually Selected Traits in Green #Frogs
Girard et al
doi.org/10.1093/iob/...
"These results suggest that males must make complex investments in suites of sexual traits to maximize fitness in the face of energetic trade-offs..."
Relationships between Pre- & Postcopulatory Sexually Selected Traits in Green #Frogs
Girard et al
doi.org/10.1093/iob/...
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👩🔬 New job opportunity! We're offering a 3-year position within a project focused on rewilding and ecological restoration in Doñana National Park.
The selected candidate will support the implementation and monitoring of environmental remote sensors systems.
Info: www.ebd.csic.es/sites/defaul...
The selected candidate will support the implementation and monitoring of environmental remote sensors systems.
Info: www.ebd.csic.es/sites/defaul...
November 24, 2025 at 8:42 AM
👩🔬 New job opportunity! We're offering a 3-year position within a project focused on rewilding and ecological restoration in Doñana National Park.
The selected candidate will support the implementation and monitoring of environmental remote sensors systems.
Info: www.ebd.csic.es/sites/defaul...
The selected candidate will support the implementation and monitoring of environmental remote sensors systems.
Info: www.ebd.csic.es/sites/defaul...
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Pigeons may be able to sense magnetic fields via electric currents in their inner ears. https://scim.ag/4p1a4rU
Pigeons sense Earth’s magnetic field in an entirely new way
Specialized hair cells pick electric currents induced by magnetism
scim.ag
November 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Pigeons may be able to sense magnetic fields via electric currents in their inner ears. https://scim.ag/4p1a4rU
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Seal milk is more complex than human milk, containing 332 different sugar molecules, opposed to 250 in humans, challenging previously held assumptions that human milk is uniquely complex amongst mammals. 🦭🍼🥳
Read More....👇
https://ow.ly/9w0350Xy6pt
Read More....👇
https://ow.ly/9w0350Xy6pt
November 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Seal milk is more complex than human milk, containing 332 different sugar molecules, opposed to 250 in humans, challenging previously held assumptions that human milk is uniquely complex amongst mammals. 🦭🍼🥳
Read More....👇
https://ow.ly/9w0350Xy6pt
Read More....👇
https://ow.ly/9w0350Xy6pt
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Temperature stress disrupts reciprocal adaptation in a microbial predator-prey system https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.21.689813v1
November 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Temperature stress disrupts reciprocal adaptation in a microbial predator-prey system https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.21.689813v1
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#AOSMembers: Join us for "Investigating nascent urbanization effects on physiology & behaviors in Darwin's finches" on 12/1 at Noon (ET) with Michelle Ross, PhD student, Brock University; AOS Betty & Herbert Carnes Research Grant, 2022, 2024
americanornithology-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#AOS_SRGS
americanornithology-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#AOS_SRGS
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
#AOSMembers: Join us for "Investigating nascent urbanization effects on physiology & behaviors in Darwin's finches" on 12/1 at Noon (ET) with Michelle Ross, PhD student, Brock University; AOS Betty & Herbert Carnes Research Grant, 2022, 2024
americanornithology-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#AOS_SRGS
americanornithology-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#AOS_SRGS
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PhD Studentship available in eco-evolutionary dynamics at the Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences. Apply by January 7, 2026. Details: http://lab.hrcek.net. Contact Jan Hrcek: [email protected]. #phd
Hrcek lab
Hrcek lab
lab.hrcek.net
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
PhD Studentship available in eco-evolutionary dynamics at the Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences. Apply by January 7, 2026. Details: http://lab.hrcek.net. Contact Jan Hrcek: [email protected]. #phd
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Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi seeks an Assistant Professor of Marine Biology. Applicants must have a terminal degree and strong publication record. Apply by Jan 9, 2026. More info: https://www.tamucc.edu/science/departments/life-sciences/index.php #job
Department of Life Sciences
Department of Life Sciences
www.tamucc.edu
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi seeks an Assistant Professor of Marine Biology. Applicants must have a terminal degree and strong publication record. Apply by Jan 9, 2026. More info: https://www.tamucc.edu/science/departments/life-sciences/index.php #job
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🚨 Check out our new blog post!!
@belette-runner.bsky.social and @fredericddb.bsky.social built a game to study predator-prey interactions. Find out more here 👇
buff.ly/5ERO5Oy
@belette-runner.bsky.social and @fredericddb.bsky.social built a game to study predator-prey interactions. Find out more here 👇
buff.ly/5ERO5Oy
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🚨 Check out our new blog post!!
@belette-runner.bsky.social and @fredericddb.bsky.social built a game to study predator-prey interactions. Find out more here 👇
buff.ly/5ERO5Oy
@belette-runner.bsky.social and @fredericddb.bsky.social built a game to study predator-prey interactions. Find out more here 👇
buff.ly/5ERO5Oy
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🚨 2 PhD opportunities under Wessex One Health to join my group & work on:
1. Integrating bat and fungal pathogen ecology to understand epidemiology
2. AI-augmented metagenomics to map British bat virome and assess zoonotic potential
Deadline 26 January 2026 🦇🧪🦠🌍🌐
www.surrey.ac.uk/wessex-one-h...
1. Integrating bat and fungal pathogen ecology to understand epidemiology
2. AI-augmented metagenomics to map British bat virome and assess zoonotic potential
Deadline 26 January 2026 🦇🧪🦠🌍🌐
www.surrey.ac.uk/wessex-one-h...
Available studentships| University of Surrey
18 fully funded studentships for October 2026 start: interdisciplinary infection bioscience training to address disease threats to human and animal health.
www.surrey.ac.uk
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 AM
🚨 2 PhD opportunities under Wessex One Health to join my group & work on:
1. Integrating bat and fungal pathogen ecology to understand epidemiology
2. AI-augmented metagenomics to map British bat virome and assess zoonotic potential
Deadline 26 January 2026 🦇🧪🦠🌍🌐
www.surrey.ac.uk/wessex-one-h...
1. Integrating bat and fungal pathogen ecology to understand epidemiology
2. AI-augmented metagenomics to map British bat virome and assess zoonotic potential
Deadline 26 January 2026 🦇🧪🦠🌍🌐
www.surrey.ac.uk/wessex-one-h...
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Del Basto & co show that using brown fat to generate extra body heat has helped some mammals conquer the globe, but birds have had to come up with other strategies while marsupials are stuck where the climate doesn't get so chilly
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
November 26, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Del Basto & co show that using brown fat to generate extra body heat has helped some mammals conquer the globe, but birds have had to come up with other strategies while marsupials are stuck where the climate doesn't get so chilly
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
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Analysis of over 10,000 necropsies reveals that seabirds face a 90% mortality risk after ingesting 23 pieces of plastic, marine mammals after 29 pieces, and sea turtles after 405 pieces, providing quantitative information on plastic pollution impact. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/GkZZ50XxIBV
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Analysis of over 10,000 necropsies reveals that seabirds face a 90% mortality risk after ingesting 23 pieces of plastic, marine mammals after 29 pieces, and sea turtles after 405 pieces, providing quantitative information on plastic pollution impact. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/GkZZ50XxIBV
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Transgenerational plasticity affects fitness and mediates local adaptation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.23.690023v1
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Transgenerational plasticity affects fitness and mediates local adaptation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.23.690023v1
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Braiding Sweetgrass (paraphrasing): no one becomes a scientist because of the wonder of data or p-values
Me: ☝️ not NO one…👀
Me: ☝️ not NO one…👀
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Braiding Sweetgrass (paraphrasing): no one becomes a scientist because of the wonder of data or p-values
Me: ☝️ not NO one…👀
Me: ☝️ not NO one…👀
Be nice to your future self!
The person reading your code is most likely to be future-you, so if you think about it, learning good coding practices is self care
#ESA2025
#ESA2025
We all want to write good code…but…how?
In my talk later today, I’ll give all few tips I’ve learned about good scientific code writing that have really helped me & maybe they’ll help you!
Riverbank room 8, 2:50pm #ESA2025
In my talk later today, I’ll give all few tips I’ve learned about good scientific code writing that have really helped me & maybe they’ll help you!
Riverbank room 8, 2:50pm #ESA2025
November 26, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Be nice to your future self!
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If you missed my talk but still want some tips for writing good code for scientists, my slides are here:
daxkellie.quarto.pub/a-guide-to-w...
All the links and references are there too in case you want to see more! 😀🧪🌏
#ESA2025 #rstats #quartopub
daxkellie.quarto.pub/a-guide-to-w...
All the links and references are there too in case you want to see more! 😀🧪🌏
#ESA2025 #rstats #quartopub
November 26, 2025 at 6:12 AM
If you missed my talk but still want some tips for writing good code for scientists, my slides are here:
daxkellie.quarto.pub/a-guide-to-w...
All the links and references are there too in case you want to see more! 😀🧪🌏
#ESA2025 #rstats #quartopub
daxkellie.quarto.pub/a-guide-to-w...
All the links and references are there too in case you want to see more! 😀🧪🌏
#ESA2025 #rstats #quartopub
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Amazing thread: every time we expand the range of what's possible for terrestrial extremophiles, the likelihood life exists elsewhere in the galaxy goes up for me.
So happy to announce our new preprint, “A geothermal amoeba sets a new upper temperature limit for eukaryotes.” We cultured a novel amoeba from Lassen Volcanic NP (CA, USA) that divides at 63°C (145°F) 🔥 - a new record for euk growth!
#protistsonsky 🧵
#protistsonsky 🧵
November 25, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Amazing thread: every time we expand the range of what's possible for terrestrial extremophiles, the likelihood life exists elsewhere in the galaxy goes up for me.
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🚨 Job alert 🚨 Postdoc position in ecological forecasting 📈 as part of the Horizon Europe OSCARS call. The postdoc will be based in lovely Sevilla (fantastic place to live) and will include working closely with several European forecasting projects. Apply by Dec 11! 🌎🧪 globalchangeeco.com/jobs
November 24, 2025 at 9:38 AM
🚨 Job alert 🚨 Postdoc position in ecological forecasting 📈 as part of the Horizon Europe OSCARS call. The postdoc will be based in lovely Sevilla (fantastic place to live) and will include working closely with several European forecasting projects. Apply by Dec 11! 🌎🧪 globalchangeeco.com/jobs
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@biologists.bsky.social offers 10 funded places for ECRs (PhD, postdocs and PIs in the first 3 years of first appointment) to attend our Workshops along with 20 invited speakers, so don't miss this fabulous opportunity to join this incredible workshop on energy compensation
coms.app/BiologistsWS...
coms.app/BiologistsWS...
November 25, 2025 at 9:56 AM
@biologists.bsky.social offers 10 funded places for ECRs (PhD, postdocs and PIs in the first 3 years of first appointment) to attend our Workshops along with 20 invited speakers, so don't miss this fabulous opportunity to join this incredible workshop on energy compensation
coms.app/BiologistsWS...
coms.app/BiologistsWS...
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Join us at the Nordic OIKOS–GfÖ Conference 2026!
📅 14–17 Sept 2026 | 📍 Odense, Denmark
Open call for workshops & thematic sessions!
Deadlines:
Thematic sessions: 16 Jan 2026
Workshops: 17 Apr 2026
👉 Details & submission: vist.ly/4fvnx
#Ecology #NSO202 #gfoe2026 #Science @gfoesoc.bsky.social
📅 14–17 Sept 2026 | 📍 Odense, Denmark
Open call for workshops & thematic sessions!
Deadlines:
Thematic sessions: 16 Jan 2026
Workshops: 17 Apr 2026
👉 Details & submission: vist.ly/4fvnx
#Ecology #NSO202 #gfoe2026 #Science @gfoesoc.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Join us at the Nordic OIKOS–GfÖ Conference 2026!
📅 14–17 Sept 2026 | 📍 Odense, Denmark
Open call for workshops & thematic sessions!
Deadlines:
Thematic sessions: 16 Jan 2026
Workshops: 17 Apr 2026
👉 Details & submission: vist.ly/4fvnx
#Ecology #NSO202 #gfoe2026 #Science @gfoesoc.bsky.social
📅 14–17 Sept 2026 | 📍 Odense, Denmark
Open call for workshops & thematic sessions!
Deadlines:
Thematic sessions: 16 Jan 2026
Workshops: 17 Apr 2026
👉 Details & submission: vist.ly/4fvnx
#Ecology #NSO202 #gfoe2026 #Science @gfoesoc.bsky.social
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📅Our speaker next week is Ágnes Móréh (HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, Hungary) presenting:
⭐Simultaneous invasion by two species: consequences for their success and for the resident community⭐
Zoom Link: iite.info/seminar/
Global times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...
See you there!
⭐Simultaneous invasion by two species: consequences for their success and for the resident community⭐
Zoom Link: iite.info/seminar/
Global times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...
See you there!
November 25, 2025 at 11:45 AM
📅Our speaker next week is Ágnes Móréh (HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, Hungary) presenting:
⭐Simultaneous invasion by two species: consequences for their success and for the resident community⭐
Zoom Link: iite.info/seminar/
Global times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...
See you there!
⭐Simultaneous invasion by two species: consequences for their success and for the resident community⭐
Zoom Link: iite.info/seminar/
Global times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...
See you there!
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PhD-position vacancy in Jan Hrcek's lab lab.hrcek.net, Czech Academy of Sciences: Exploring how rapid evolution in communities allows maintenance of genetic variation and species diversity. @erc.europa.eu 🪰 🧬 🌏 🧪Application deadline: January 7th 2026
November 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
PhD-position vacancy in Jan Hrcek's lab lab.hrcek.net, Czech Academy of Sciences: Exploring how rapid evolution in communities allows maintenance of genetic variation and species diversity. @erc.europa.eu 🪰 🧬 🌏 🧪Application deadline: January 7th 2026
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The latest @ologies.bsky.social is Owls! It's brilliant (as are all Ologies). It's with the awesome Rocky Guitiérrez, who was PhD supervisor of @jonathanslaght.com (Owls of the Eastern Ice book!) who we got to meet & show owls to when he came to Brisbane a few years ago.
pca.st/episode/573b...
pca.st/episode/573b...
Strigiformology (OWLS) Part 1 with R.J. Gutiérrez
pca.st
November 13, 2025 at 3:38 AM
The latest @ologies.bsky.social is Owls! It's brilliant (as are all Ologies). It's with the awesome Rocky Guitiérrez, who was PhD supervisor of @jonathanslaght.com (Owls of the Eastern Ice book!) who we got to meet & show owls to when he came to Brisbane a few years ago.
pca.st/episode/573b...
pca.st/episode/573b...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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New amazing open Postdoc position, w/t opportunities to 1) get closely involved in our next @themanybirds.bsky.social study on innovation and problem-solving; 2) work with @ecobird.bsky.social on avian innovation, cognition & invasiveness. Advert: www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...
November 14, 2025 at 6:20 AM
New amazing open Postdoc position, w/t opportunities to 1) get closely involved in our next @themanybirds.bsky.social study on innovation and problem-solving; 2) work with @ecobird.bsky.social on avian innovation, cognition & invasiveness. Advert: www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...