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Catarina Vila-Pouca @catarina-vp.bsky.social · Jul 15

It was a pleasure talking to Mary about our apparatus to take fish cognition research into the wild! 🐟🧠 Read it on Psychology Today ⬇️⬇️
with @kotrschal.bsky.social and @amydeacon.bsky.social

Mary Bates @marybates.bsky.social · Jul 9

Hey, I'm back to blogging about animal behavior at Psychology Today! Check out my article on studying fish cognition in the wild, featuring the work of @catarina-vp.bsky.social and colleagues.

Fish Are Smarter Than You Think

Researchers developed a way to run tests on fish learning and memory in the animals' natural environments. The results may reveal that fish are smarter than previously assumed.

www.psychologytoday.com

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Nancy C. Saavedra-Sotelo @nsaavedra.bsky.social · Jun 3

🚨The 2nd circular for the 1st Mexican Congress of Evolution is out!
Join us this November 19-21 in CDMX to celebrate evolutionary biology across Latin America.
📅 Save the date!

#MexEvol2025 #EvolutionaryBiology #ReMBE

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Catarina Vila-Pouca @catarina-vp.bsky.social · Jun 4

The International Student Conference on Animal Behavior and Cognition (ISCABC) - run by students, for students - will be kicking off today 😀
I'm very honored to be one of its plenary speakers, talking about 🐟🦋 on June 7th. Check all talks and posters ➡️ www.instagram.com/iscabc/?igsh...

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Paco Majic @hhydrochaerus.bsky.social · Jun 2

🔊 ¡Llamado a pensar la evolución desde el sur!
Invitamos a estudiantes de maestría y doctorado en biología evolutiva de Sudamérica a postularse a EvoSur.
🧬 Un espacio para intercambiar ideas, debatir evolución y tejer redes científicas con todas las voces, todas:
sites.google.com/view/evosur2...

EvoSur

MOTIVACIÓN

https://sites.google.com/view/evosur2025/página-inicial

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Richard Merrill @dickmerrill.bsky.social · May 23

Just over a week left to apply for this. Please get the word out there and tell your students :)

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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The Linnean Society of London @linneansociety.bsky.social · May 22

It's #BiodiversityDay today! Bask in this bloom of beautiful botanicals illustrated by Dorothy Fernando in 'Wildflowers of Ceylon' 1954.

Watercolour illustration of orange flowers, several different species, and bold green leaves.

Watercolour illustration of a range of yellow flowers, some as buds and some in full bloom.

Watercolour illustrations of white flowers and dandelions with long green stems.

Watercolour illustration of blue flowers, crowded in with their green leaves.

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Catarina Vila-Pouca @catarina-vp.bsky.social · May 14

Procuramos cientistas lusófonos em Toulouse! 📍

Esta é a tua oportunidade de criar impacto e aproximar crianças migrantes da ciência através da sua língua de herança

📅 24 de Maio às 10h30 para crianças 7- 12 anos

📥 Inscreve-te (código 376) ou envia-me mensagem bit.ly/4iDpQWA

tinyurl.com/j8n45bje

#native_migrant #scienceforall #scicommforgood #scicomm4good… | Native Scientists

Procuramos pessoas cientistas lusófonas em Toulouse! 📍 A Native Scientists está a organizar uma nova oficina científica em português, desta vez em Toulouse, e estamos à procura de pessoas cientistas ...

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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · Feb 26

📖Published📖

Check out our recent research article, presenting YOLO-Behaviour, a flexible framework for identifying visually distinct behaviours from video recordings 🌎 🧪 👇

https://buff.ly/4gJxtsL

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Gina Baucom @gbaucom.bsky.social · Mar 31

Are you a member of the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE)? I'm holding zoom chats during which I will get your feedback and thoughts about what the society can do for you and for the field! Everyone is welcome to join -- sign up for a time and pls RT this!!

Join the conversation with incoming SSE President! Have thoughts about the future of evolutionary biology? Want to provide feedback on how the Society for the Study of Evolution can best serve its members? Join one of our guided chats with SSE President-Elect Regina Baucom!

Upcoming Sessions:
4/4, 4/11, 4/25, 5/2, 5/23, 5/30
Where: Zoom (link provided upon RSVP)
Who: SSE members of all career stages
Topics include:
Vision for SSE's future
How SSE can best advocate for evolutionary biologists
Ways to get involved in SSE, build community, & network!

RSPV Now! https://forms.gle/ef6adb9rtUTHVoPv8

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Catarina Vila-Pouca @catarina-vp.bsky.social · Mar 27

Hi, great resource for finding old and new connections after moving here from x. Can I please be added? 😊

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Rike Stelkens @stelkens.bsky.social · Mar 18

And now, we also have a 2-year postdoc position in the Stelkens Lab! 🧪 If you are interested in parallel evolution, genomics, yeast, and climate adaptation, this could be for you! Please apply through U Stockholm's job platform here: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

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Paul Cuchot @paulcuchot.bsky.social · Mar 19

New preprint w/ @lmchev.bsky.social 🐦

How can we infer breeding phenology and reproductive success from bird counts or captures?
We developed a model linking juvenile proportion in populations to reproductive timing and success.

ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

Inferring reproductive phenology and success from proportions of juveniles in population monitoring

ecoevorxiv.org

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Catarina Vila-Pouca @catarina-vp.bsky.social · Mar 14

Também escrevi um post em 🇵🇹 no Methods Blog sobre este projecto! PT: tinyurl.com/yfndv6fn

I also wrote a blog post in Portuguese & English in the Methods Blog about this project! EN: tinyurl.com/yn9ku32m

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Catarina Vila-Pouca @catarina-vp.bsky.social · Mar 14

This was a big collaborative effort with Hannah De Waele, Antoine Parsekian, @kotrschal.bsky.social and @amydeacon.bsky.social and other keen students

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Catarina Vila-Pouca @catarina-vp.bsky.social · Mar 14

An idea that's been on the works for a long time has finally made it to the surface! We designed a foraging board to test cognition 🧠💡 and ➕ in multiple 🐟 species and habitats.
➡️ besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A novel apparatus for studying fish cognition in the wild

Fish show a huge variation of ecological, anatomical and behavioural traits, which makes them prime subjects for studying behaviour, cognition and their evolution. Lab-based studies allow a contro...

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Anahí Espíndola (she/ella) @analyssi.bsky.social · Mar 13

Get your application in before the deadline (Mar 31)!

Sistematicos hispanohablantes! Postulen a estos fondos para poder cubrir potencialmente la totalidad de los costos de participacion en Evolution 2025! La fecha limite es el 31 de marzo!

www.systbio.org/early-career...

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Digital Naturalism Laboratories @dinalab.bsky.social · Mar 13

Two job openings helping massive native reforestation projects here in Panama!
1 - 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐌𝐑𝐕) 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝
Lead a team tracking reforestation progress across Panama.

2 - 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫

www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Ponterra on LinkedIn: #reforestation #panama #mrv #fielddata #engineer #teamlead #ponterra…

Want to work at the forefront of large-scale reforestation? Ponterra is hiring! Ponterra is hiring two key roles in Panama - perfect for hands-on problem…

www.linkedin.com

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Catarina Vila-Pouca @catarina-vp.bsky.social · Mar 13

Glad to see that academic publishers are being challenged, let's see what will come out of this.
In the meanwhile, let's try to publish in society journals where profits go back into supporting our research community!

STAT @statnews.com · Mar 10

Researchers have sued six big academic publishers, arguing their practices are illegal and anticompetitive.

Scientists’ suit against top academic publishers lays bare deep frustration over unpaid peer review

Researchers have sued six big academic publishers, arguing their practices are illegal and anticompetitive.

buff.ly

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Animal Behaviour Collective @abcmicrogrants.bsky.social · Mar 12

It is spring and time for a new round of mentorship matching!

This time we are also looking for new mentors, so if you are interested in supporting animal behaviours students do join us!

Mentee sign up here: forms.gle/zPgk4Nwq2znE...
Mentor sign up here: forms.gle/cD3cEqoXHaLT...

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Ana S. L. Rodrigues @ana-sl-rodrigues.bsky.social · Mar 10

Call for abstract is now open, until March 28! 🧪

Ecology & Behaviour 2025 @ecobhvr2025.bsky.social · Jan 15

🚨 Call for abstracts 🚨

Abstract submission for 17th Ecology & Behaviour annual meeting is now open until March 28th!

To submit:
➡️ ecobhvr2025.sciencesconf.org?forward-acti...
➡️ Create an account
➡️ "New submission"
➡️ Fill in the requested information
➡️ Submit

Ecology & Behaviour 2025 Meeting - 17th edition - Sciencesconf.org

ecobhvr2025.sciencesconf.org

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Thomas Lenormand @thomaslenormand.bsky.social · Mar 10

🚨If you fancy evolutionary genomics, theory, my lab now offers *two* fully-funded #PhD #genomics #popgen #evolution
ℹ️One on sex-asex transitions with Christoph Haag bit.ly/4hp1q1A
ℹ️One on allele-specific expression with Sylvain Glémin bit.ly/4iuKLuQ

Part of #ERC RegEvol
In #CEFE lab, Montpellier

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Catarina Vila-Pouca @catarina-vp.bsky.social · Mar 10

A good read on where APC fees go to: "is it better to publish in journals that profit your academic community or profit *from* that community?"

Jeffrey Townsend @jeffreytownsend.bsky.social · Mar 9

"Many, and perhaps most, members of our academic community do not understand [the benefits of publishing] in society-based journals ... compared with for-profit journals from companies like Springer Nature, Frontiers, Wiley, and Elsevier." 🧪

academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...

academic.oup.com

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Rike Stelkens @stelkens.bsky.social · Mar 10

We have a 4-year fully funded PhD position available! Research topics include but are not limited to 1) Parallel evolution of climate adaptation in Europe and South America 2) The genetic architecture of temperature adaptation 3) The evolution of pathogenicity su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

PhD student in Evolutionary Genomics with Yeast

The Department of Zoology of Stockholm University includes ca. 80 employees, including researchers, PhD students, and administrative staff. Research and education at the department occurs in an intern

su.varbi.com

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · Mar 7

Linköping University offers a two-year postdoc in avian brain size evolution using quantitative genetics and phylogenetics. PhD required. Apply by April 15, 2025: [email protected]. https://liu.se/en/research/henriksen-group #postdoc

Genetic architecture of brain structure - Henriksen Group

We use populations of both wild and domestic chickens to identifying the genetic architecture underlying variation in avian brain size and composition, as well as elucidating the effects and pathways of maternal stress.

liu.se

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Catarina Vila-Pouca @catarina-vp.bsky.social · Mar 7

Very well phrased text on a topic that I have discussed countless times at different universities... All the hours and money we have lost to useless bureaucracy 🤫

Masud Husain @masudhusain.bsky.social · Mar 6

Why academia is sleepwalking into self-destruction. My editorial @brain1878.bsky.social If you agree with the sentiments please repost. It's important for all our sakes to stop the madness
academic.oup.com/brain/articl...

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