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IUCN SSC Parasite Specialist Group @iucnparasites.bsky.social · 20d

Hello, Bluesky! We're the IUCN SSC Parasite Specialist Group, a part of the Species Survival Commission! We're just starting to understand the important roles parasites play in their ecosystems, and our goal is to determine the threats wildlife parasites face and to conserve rare and unique species!

Rhinoceros Stomach Bot Fly (Gyrostigma rhinocerontis), a black-and-orange bot fly specializing in White Rhinos (Ceratotherium simum) and Black Rhinos (Diceros bicornis) in Africa. Credit: Bernard Dupont, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gyrostigma_rhinocerontis_(Owen,_1830)_1(a)_-_iNaturalist.org.jpg

A Ryukyu Rabbit Tick (Haemaphysalis pentalagi), a brown tick that specializes on the Amami Rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi) on Amami Ōshima, one of the southern islands of Japan. Credit: Takamasa Nemoto

The Manx Shearwater Flea (Ceratophyllus (Emmareus) fionnus), a flea known only from the Isle of Rùm off the west coast of Scotland, where it specializes on nesting colonies of the Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus). Credit: Olha Schedrina / The Natural History Museum

Rhinoceros Tick (Dermacentor rhinocerinus), a spotted orange-and-black tick species that specializes on White Rhinos (Ceratotherium simum) and Black Rhinos (Diceros bicornis) in Africa. Credit: Moira Fitzpatrick

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Ben Longdon @blongdon.bsky.social · 13d

2 job adverts on a NERC project w myself + @darrenobbard.bsky.social on “What determines the virome: ecology and the environment, evolution, or species history?” early 2026 in
@uniexecec.bsky.social
- Postdoc: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
- RA: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
Pls share!

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Erik Postma @erikpostma.bsky.social · Aug 22

With #eseb2025 coming to a close, it is time to start making plans for 2026. Interested in the interface of evolution 🧬 and ecology 🌳? Come to our #ExE conference hosted by @uniexecec.bsky.social in beautiful #Cornwall. Leave your email address at tinyurl.com/EvolxEcol to join our mailing list!

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Barbara Tschirren @btschirren.bsky.social · Aug 21

**Postdoc opportunities**👇👇 Find me at poster 302 today between 17:30-18:00 for a chat. 🦡🦠🔬🧬 #eseb2025

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Barbara Tschirren @btschirren.bsky.social · Jun 6

Excited to see Katie Prescott's MSci project published today. Co-infection (but not infection intensity!) increases shedding in a gamebird-helminth system onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @uniexecec.bsky.social 🦠🔬

Co‐Infection, but Not Infection Intensity, Increases Shedding in a Gastrointestinal Helminth of Gamebirds

Host heterogeneity in disease transmission is influential in shaping disease dynamics, but its drivers remain poorly understood. Shedding intensity is often assumed to be directly proportional to inf...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Andreas Nord @cyanistesnord.bsky.social · May 22

I am looking for a postdoc wanting to use functional genomics to understand why birds 🐦 struggle with climate warming in @erc.europa.eu project #HotLife. Ideal candidate is a molecular evolutionarybiologist. Join us at @biologylu.bsky.social. Details 👇
shorturl.at/wijEq

Would appreciate a re-post!

Post-doctoral fellow in functional genomics and ecophysiology

Subject description The goal of the project is to uncover the mechanisms explaining why global warming and heatwaves reduce reproductive success and cause excess mortality in wild and domesticated war

lu.varbi.com

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Suvi Ruuskanen @suviruuskanen.bsky.social · May 18

3-year #Postdoc position on the role of #genetics and #microbiome on #thermal #physiology in @erc.europa.eu project in my group at @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social FIN! We establish #selection lines on quails, collab @btschirren.bsky.social DL 15.7., start Nov25-Jan26
ats.talentadore.com/apply/postdo...

Postdoctoral Researcher: Contribution of genetic background and gut microbiome on thermal physiology

A post-doctoral Researcher position is available at the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, in the group of Dr. Suvi Ruuskanen. The post-doctoral res...

ats.talentadore.com

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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · May 8

Choose Science. Choose Europe.

A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open.

With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond.

Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF

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Richard Merrill @dickmerrill.bsky.social · May 6

Interested in a PhD connecting sensory ecology and evolutionary genetics? Applications are now open for a project on the Speciation Genomics of Eye Size Variation in Heliconius Butterflies in our lab at LMU Munich: www.evol.bio.lmu.de/research/mer... Please repost!

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Institute of Avian Research 'Vogelwarte Helgoland' @ifv-whv.bsky.social · Apr 30

New publication by @matteobeccardi.bsky.social and @oscarvedder.bsky.social (with @btschirren.bsky.social) in @royalsocietypublishing.org: 'Male inbreeding reduces fertility, but does not accelerate in vivo sperm senescence: an experimental approach in a polyandrous bird'
doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...

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Barbara Tschirren @btschirren.bsky.social · Apr 25

First chicks today on Penryn Campus @uniexecec.bsky.social
#springhassprung #phenology #nestboxpopulation

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Anna Bowland @acbowland.bsky.social · Apr 21

Happy to share our new paper 'Wild chimpanzees share fermented fruits' @currentbiology.bsky.social

Thank you to the amazing team. @kjhockings.bsky.social @joanahbessa.bsky.social , @xavh.bsky.social, Marina Ramon, Elena Bersacola, Matthew Carrigan, @amelinlab.bsky.social . @uniexecec.bsky.social

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Erik Postma @erikpostma.bsky.social · Apr 23

How did the #COVID-19 pandemic shape scientific productivity? Stephanie Meirmans, @maurineneiman.bsky.social, Shalene Singh-Shepherd @royalsocietypublishing.org and I crunched the submission and acceptance data for 25 journals in #Ecology&Evolution: doi.org/10.1098/rspb... @uniexecec.bsky.social

Plots illustrating the results of an interrupted time series analysis of submission and acceptance rates, showing a decline in submission rates but little to no change in acceptance rates post-COVID-19 pandemic.

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Barbara Tschirren @btschirren.bsky.social · Apr 21

Emile Michels' first PhD paper published today. Amplification of Borrelia in ticks at pheasant-release sites – an intriguing example how non-native species can increase zoonotic disease risk through spillback. @uniexecec.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The Release of Non‐Native Gamebirds Is Associated With Amplified Zoonotic Disease Risk

Spillback is potentially an important mechanism by which non-natives contribute to zoonotic disease emergence. We capitalise on quasi-experimental releases of non-native pheasants (Phasianus colchicu...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Erik Postma @erikpostma.bsky.social · Apr 11

What do you think, can we forecast evolution❓

@sevans.bsky.social and I would love to hear your thoughts, so if you are going to #ESEB2025, submit a talk to our symposium (S24: Forecasting evolution in natural populations) and join @colingarroway.bsky.social and Patrik Nosil!

Deadline April 25.

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Barbara Tschirren @btschirren.bsky.social · Apr 8

Field assistant position available to support a project on host-parasite interactions in Bank voles in beautiful Skåne, Sweden 🇸🇪 from mid July to end Sept 2025. The position is paid, right to work in the UK is required. Get in touch for more information. @uniexecec.bsky.social 🐭🧪🔬🌲🦠

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Barbara Tschirren @btschirren.bsky.social · Jan 17

OneHealth **PhD Opportunity** to work at the interface of gamebird management, AMR evolution and spread, and zoonotic disease risk with me @Exeter’s Cornwall Campus and collaborators @UKHSA. #ExeterCEC #PhDsky #AcademicSky @uniexecec.bsky.social 🧪🌎🕷️🔬

Apply here: www.surrey.ac.uk/bbsrc-wessex...

BBSRC Wessex One Health (WOH) Doctoral Landscape Award | University of Surrey

17 PhD studentships for October 2025 start: Interdisciplinary approaches to Infection Biosciences to combat disease threats to human and animal health.

www.surrey.ac.uk

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Erik Postma @erikpostma.bsky.social · Dec 6

Want to use a unique dataset to study the spatial and temporal dynamics of genomic diversity and its drivers in a wild bird population? Apply for this #NERC #PhD position @uniexecec.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social.

www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

🐦🌍🧪🧬 #ExeterCEC #Vlieland #NIOO-KNAW

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Roman Biek @rbiek.bsky.social · Nov 18

great #PhD opportunity in #disease #ecology - which species are key for #tick-borne disease transmission in the UK? Combining genetics, community ecology, mathematical modelling    

@uofgsbohvm.bsky.social & @ukceh.bsky.social

International applicants - contact me by 9th Dec

tinyurl.com/wfuak5se

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Andy Young @andyyoung.bsky.social · Nov 29

* NEW #PhD * #Evolution #Ecology of Immune #Senesence in Wild Badgers - exciting project with me, @btschirren.bsky.social & our awesome collaborators @ APHA. Based at @exetercec.bsky.social in Cornwall, UK.
!PLEASE SHARE!

See www.animalsocieties.org and apply: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
🌏 🧪 🦑

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Erik Postma @erikpostma.bsky.social · Nov 21

🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨
The Isles of Scilly Community Research Network, with IoS Wildlife Trust, Five Islands Acad and @uniofexeter.bsky.social, is looking for a lead of a unique project aimed at enabling people on Scilly to undertake research that matters to them and their community www.ioscv.co.uk/jobs

Jobs | Isles of Scilly Community Venture CIC

The latest opportunities to join our team to help develop a sustainable future for Scilly.

www.ioscv.co.uk

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Barbara Tschirren @btschirren.bsky.social · Nov 18

And another SWBio-funded PhD position on

Immune system ageing in European badgers: fitness consequences, evolution and implications for disease dynamics 🦡🦠
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

available at Exeter #ExeterCEC. Open to UK and international students.
#EcoEvo
#WildlifeDisease
#Ageing
#PhD

Award details | Funding and scholarships for students | University of Exeter

www.exeter.ac.uk

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Barbara Tschirren @btschirren.bsky.social · Nov 18

SWBio-funded PhD position on

Autoimmunity gone wild: understanding the interactive effects of environmental stress and genetic risk in the development of autoimmune disease in a wild rodent 🐭🦠
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

at Exeter #ExeterCEC. Open to everyone.

#EcoEvo
#WildlifeDisease
#PhD

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Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · Nov 16

4-year PhD program in the UK! This funded PhD opportunity is open to international students. If the candidate is selected by the committee, the position would begin Sept 2025. Deadline for applications Dec 11th 2024.

#PhDchat #AcademicSky #Drosophila #ImmunoSky #EvoSky #Dros25 #EvolBio #EcoEvo

Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · Nov 13

I am hiring! PhD studentship available through the SWbio DTP. The interested student will investigate the evolution of innate immune signalling in a model species group. Infection biology & #Drosophila genetics combined! #ImmunoSky #AcademicSky

More info:
mahansonresearch.weebly.com/blog/phd-stu...

PhD studentship! Deadline Dec 11th 2024

SWbio application link: https://www.swbio.ac.uk/biomolecular-and-biophysical-studies/ For inquiries, please email: [email protected] Based in: University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, UK....

mahansonresearch.weebly.com

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Pedro Vale @pfvale.bsky.social · Oct 26

I couldn't find one, so I decided to put together a starter pack of folk working on the evolutionary ecology of host-pathogen interactions, eco-immunology, or similar. I know I've missed many (sorry) so please share and let me know if you want to be added (or removed).

go.bsky.app/QvrnjHS

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