Cedric Zimmer
@cedriczimmmer.bsky.social
Associate professor at University Sorbonne Paris Nord. Interested in how animals cope with stress and phenotypic flexibility mostly in 🐦.
New paper on the link between FKBP5 expression
and risky foraging in house sparrow. Low FKBP5 expression is associated with increased risk taking. Also confirming correlation between blood and HPA axis regulatory region expression with @martinlabusf.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
and risky foraging in house sparrow. Low FKBP5 expression is associated with increased risk taking. Also confirming correlation between blood and HPA axis regulatory region expression with @martinlabusf.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
FKBP5 expression is related to risky foraging in house sparrows
Responding appropriately to unpredictable challenges requires the ability to match phenotype to current conditions. The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 10, 2026 at 11:14 AM
New paper on the link between FKBP5 expression
and risky foraging in house sparrow. Low FKBP5 expression is associated with increased risk taking. Also confirming correlation between blood and HPA axis regulatory region expression with @martinlabusf.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
and risky foraging in house sparrow. Low FKBP5 expression is associated with increased risk taking. Also confirming correlation between blood and HPA axis regulatory region expression with @martinlabusf.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The 5 stages of the ‘enshittification’ of academic publishing
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#academicSky
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The 5 stages of the ‘enshittification’ of academic publishing
Academic publishing now shows the same decline that has hit social media and online marketplaces.
theconversation.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:19 PM
The 5 stages of the ‘enshittification’ of academic publishing
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theconversation.com/the-5-stages...
#academicSky
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🚨🚨 6-month RA position available at the Univ. of St Andrews to work with Sue Healy (@cogwild.bsky.social), Simone Meddle (@simonemeddle.bsky.social) and I on the behavioural neuroendocrinology of early reproduction in zebra finches.
tinyurl.com/577cx9tj
Deadline: 03/12/2025
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🚨🚨 6-month RA position available at the Univ. of St Andrews to work with Sue Healy (@cogwild.bsky.social), Simone Meddle (@simonemeddle.bsky.social) and I on the behavioural neuroendocrinology of early reproduction in zebra finches.
tinyurl.com/577cx9tj
Deadline: 03/12/2025
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November 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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🚨🚨 6-month RA position available at the Univ. of St Andrews to work with Sue Healy (@cogwild.bsky.social), Simone Meddle (@simonemeddle.bsky.social) and I on the behavioural neuroendocrinology of early reproduction in zebra finches.
tinyurl.com/577cx9tj
Deadline: 03/12/2025
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🚨🚨 6-month RA position available at the Univ. of St Andrews to work with Sue Healy (@cogwild.bsky.social), Simone Meddle (@simonemeddle.bsky.social) and I on the behavioural neuroendocrinology of early reproduction in zebra finches.
tinyurl.com/577cx9tj
Deadline: 03/12/2025
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A reminder to anyone interested in #brains #birds or behaviour, our new book is available for FREE as an ebook in addition to print copies.
#neuroethology #neuroskyence #ornithology 🧪🧠🪶
direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...
#neuroethology #neuroskyence #ornithology 🧪🧠🪶
direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...
Bird Brains and Behavior: A Synthesis
From two avian neurobiologists, a captivating deep dive into the mechanisms that control avian behavior.The last few decades have produced extensive resear
direct.mit.edu
November 20, 2025 at 11:58 AM
A reminder to anyone interested in #brains #birds or behaviour, our new book is available for FREE as an ebook in addition to print copies.
#neuroethology #neuroskyence #ornithology 🧪🧠🪶
direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...
#neuroethology #neuroskyence #ornithology 🧪🧠🪶
direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...
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Chinese national interested in a PhD with fish?
Join our lab with a fully-funded PhD from the CSC and UoB.
Success rates are high if you're eligible. More details, including application link (deadline 1st December!) here:
ioannougroup.com/china-schola...
@asab.org @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
Join our lab with a fully-funded PhD from the CSC and UoB.
Success rates are high if you're eligible. More details, including application link (deadline 1st December!) here:
ioannougroup.com/china-schola...
@asab.org @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
China Scholarship Council PhD studentships - apply now! | Christos Ioannou
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ioannougroup.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Chinese national interested in a PhD with fish?
Join our lab with a fully-funded PhD from the CSC and UoB.
Success rates are high if you're eligible. More details, including application link (deadline 1st December!) here:
ioannougroup.com/china-schola...
@asab.org @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
Join our lab with a fully-funded PhD from the CSC and UoB.
Success rates are high if you're eligible. More details, including application link (deadline 1st December!) here:
ioannougroup.com/china-schola...
@asab.org @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
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There’s one month left to apply for the PhD position on interactions between contaminants and parasites in common terns, co-supervised by @alicecarravieri.bsky.social, Bernd Sures from @unidue.bsky.social and myself. You can do so here: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/380142
November 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
There’s one month left to apply for the PhD position on interactions between contaminants and parasites in common terns, co-supervised by @alicecarravieri.bsky.social, Bernd Sures from @unidue.bsky.social and myself. You can do so here: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/380142
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*PhD opportunity @uniexecec.bsky.social* How does antimicrobial resistance spread through ecosystems?
Combine fieldwork (rodent trapping 🐭, habitat surveys 🌳, pheasant sampling 🦤), molecular techniques, GIS, and spatial modelling to understand AMR evolution and spread. 🔬🦠🧪
Please repost!
Combine fieldwork (rodent trapping 🐭, habitat surveys 🌳, pheasant sampling 🦤), molecular techniques, GIS, and spatial modelling to understand AMR evolution and spread. 🔬🦠🧪
Please repost!
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in Gamebirds: A One Health Approach to Understanding and Mitigating the Risk of AMR Evolution and Spread through Ecosystems at University of Exeter on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in Gamebirds: A One Health Approach to Understanding and Mitigating the Risk of AMR Evolution and Spread through Ecosystems at University of Exeter, list...
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November 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
*PhD opportunity @uniexecec.bsky.social* How does antimicrobial resistance spread through ecosystems?
Combine fieldwork (rodent trapping 🐭, habitat surveys 🌳, pheasant sampling 🦤), molecular techniques, GIS, and spatial modelling to understand AMR evolution and spread. 🔬🦠🧪
Please repost!
Combine fieldwork (rodent trapping 🐭, habitat surveys 🌳, pheasant sampling 🦤), molecular techniques, GIS, and spatial modelling to understand AMR evolution and spread. 🔬🦠🧪
Please repost!
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Join our Student Course in Behavioral Biology in Paris. 5 invited talks on exciting topics in animal behavior, and round table discussion on AI. Free of charge, registration before 31 Oct (in person) and 12 Nov (online participation). Please RT.
www-leec.univ-paris13.fr/pages/IFE.20...
www-leec.univ-paris13.fr/pages/IFE.20...
October 12, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Join our Student Course in Behavioral Biology in Paris. 5 invited talks on exciting topics in animal behavior, and round table discussion on AI. Free of charge, registration before 31 Oct (in person) and 12 Nov (online participation). Please RT.
www-leec.univ-paris13.fr/pages/IFE.20...
www-leec.univ-paris13.fr/pages/IFE.20...
The 8th International Student Course in Behavioural Biology organized by IFE will be held on November 17th-18th 2025.
Join us on Condorcet campus (Aubervilliers) or online it's free!!!!
leec.univ-paris13.fr/pages/IFE.20...
@leec-uspn.bsky.social
Join us on Condorcet campus (Aubervilliers) or online it's free!!!!
leec.univ-paris13.fr/pages/IFE.20...
@leec-uspn.bsky.social
leec.univ-paris13.fr
October 10, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The 8th International Student Course in Behavioural Biology organized by IFE will be held on November 17th-18th 2025.
Join us on Condorcet campus (Aubervilliers) or online it's free!!!!
leec.univ-paris13.fr/pages/IFE.20...
@leec-uspn.bsky.social
Join us on Condorcet campus (Aubervilliers) or online it's free!!!!
leec.univ-paris13.fr/pages/IFE.20...
@leec-uspn.bsky.social
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Only one day left to apply for this 5 year Postdoc. Everyone with experience in electrophysiology and a keen interest in #neuroethology is welcomed to apply. More infos about our lab can also be found here: www.spatial-navigation.com
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We are looking for a Postdoc (up to 5 years) who wants to study neural mechanisms of spatial memory in honeybees.
This includes tetrode recordings in behaving honeybees.
Application Deadline is 1st of October 2025.
More details:
www.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/services/...
This includes tetrode recordings in behaving honeybees.
Application Deadline is 1st of October 2025.
More details:
www.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/services/...
Postdoctoral Position (f/m/d) at the Chair of Behavioral Physiology & Sociobiology
Biocenter of the University of Würzburg Am Hubland 97074 Würzburg
www.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de
September 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Only one day left to apply for this 5 year Postdoc. Everyone with experience in electrophysiology and a keen interest in #neuroethology is welcomed to apply. More infos about our lab can also be found here: www.spatial-navigation.com
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Looking for enthusiastic candidates with training in behavioural ecology and experience in bird fieldwork. MSc also required!
Please share!🙏
🚨 PhD Oportunity in Avian Behavioural Ecology in Spain
The BirdBond Project (MNCN & IREC) studies how pair bonds form, change & affect reproduction/survival in the spotless starling 🐦
🚨 PhD Oportunity in Avian Behavioural Ecology in Spain
The BirdBond Project (MNCN & IREC) studies how pair bonds form, change & affect reproduction/survival in the spotless starling 🐦
September 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Looking for enthusiastic candidates with training in behavioural ecology and experience in bird fieldwork. MSc also required!
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UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
ecoevojobs.net 2025-26
docs.google.com
September 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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PhD Alert! 😍 Our lab is hiring a PhD student to study how shrews shrink in winter and grow in spring. Yes, you read that right!
tinyurl.com/shrinkingshr...
Join us at the @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social, study a super cool animal, and join the @imprs-qbee.bsky.social community!
DM me for questions!
tinyurl.com/shrinkingshr...
Join us at the @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social, study a super cool animal, and join the @imprs-qbee.bsky.social community!
DM me for questions!
Seasonal size change and aging in shrews
imprs-qbee.mpg.de
September 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
PhD Alert! 😍 Our lab is hiring a PhD student to study how shrews shrink in winter and grow in spring. Yes, you read that right!
tinyurl.com/shrinkingshr...
Join us at the @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social, study a super cool animal, and join the @imprs-qbee.bsky.social community!
DM me for questions!
tinyurl.com/shrinkingshr...
Join us at the @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social, study a super cool animal, and join the @imprs-qbee.bsky.social community!
DM me for questions!
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Please share!🙏
🚨 PhD Oportunity in Avian Behavioural Ecology in Spain
The BirdBond Project (MNCN & IREC) studies how pair bonds form, change & affect reproduction/survival in the spotless starling 🐦
🚨 PhD Oportunity in Avian Behavioural Ecology in Spain
The BirdBond Project (MNCN & IREC) studies how pair bonds form, change & affect reproduction/survival in the spotless starling 🐦
September 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Please share!🙏
🚨 PhD Oportunity in Avian Behavioural Ecology in Spain
The BirdBond Project (MNCN & IREC) studies how pair bonds form, change & affect reproduction/survival in the spotless starling 🐦
🚨 PhD Oportunity in Avian Behavioural Ecology in Spain
The BirdBond Project (MNCN & IREC) studies how pair bonds form, change & affect reproduction/survival in the spotless starling 🐦
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New preprint out from the lab, including @rroyaute.bsky.social:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
In this we test what we refer to as the "standard model" of behavioral variation.
This was inspired by recent work identifying intra-genotypic variation as a major contributor to "individuality".
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www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
In this we test what we refer to as the "standard model" of behavioral variation.
This was inspired by recent work identifying intra-genotypic variation as a major contributor to "individuality".
1/
Genetic and environmental sources of behavioral individuality: a test of the standard model
Behavioral variation is typically assumed to arise from the combination and interaction of genetic and environmental variation. However, recent work with genetically identical individuals has found th...
www.biorxiv.org
September 8, 2025 at 1:34 AM
New preprint out from the lab, including @rroyaute.bsky.social:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
In this we test what we refer to as the "standard model" of behavioral variation.
This was inspired by recent work identifying intra-genotypic variation as a major contributor to "individuality".
1/
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
In this we test what we refer to as the "standard model" of behavioral variation.
This was inspired by recent work identifying intra-genotypic variation as a major contributor to "individuality".
1/
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The evolution of reversible plasticity in stable environments
doi.org/10.1093/evle...
Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by Nicole Walasek et al.
doi.org/10.1093/evle...
Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by Nicole Walasek et al.
The evolution of reversible plasticity in stable environments
Abstract. Reversible plasticity, i.e., the ability to deconstruct phenotypic specializations based on environmental conditions, is widespread in nature. De
doi.org
August 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The evolution of reversible plasticity in stable environments
doi.org/10.1093/evle...
Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by Nicole Walasek et al.
doi.org/10.1093/evle...
Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by Nicole Walasek et al.
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I am excited to announce that the position of a senior postdoc (3 +3 years) in the field of theoretical biology is available in my group.
The position provides the opportunity to closely interact with experimentalists and develop own research projects.
Please RT.
Details 👇:
shorturl.at/iiiOv
The position provides the opportunity to closely interact with experimentalists and develop own research projects.
Please RT.
Details 👇:
shorturl.at/iiiOv
116 FB 5 Research Assistant (m/f/d) field of Theoretical Ecology and Evolution or Computational Biology: Uni Osnabrück
shorturl.at
August 8, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I am excited to announce that the position of a senior postdoc (3 +3 years) in the field of theoretical biology is available in my group.
The position provides the opportunity to closely interact with experimentalists and develop own research projects.
Please RT.
Details 👇:
shorturl.at/iiiOv
The position provides the opportunity to closely interact with experimentalists and develop own research projects.
Please RT.
Details 👇:
shorturl.at/iiiOv
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👀 👀 Attention potential post-docs! Stengl-Wyer Scholars are three year post-docs to develop independent projects at UT. If you would like to talk about potential projects please get in touch!
Applications for the 2026 Stengl-Wyer Scholars Program are open! The program provides up to 3 years of support for talented postdoctoral researchers in the broad area of the diversity of life and/or organisms in their natural environments. Learn more here: utexas.infoready4.com/CompetitionS...
August 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
👀 👀 Attention potential post-docs! Stengl-Wyer Scholars are three year post-docs to develop independent projects at UT. If you would like to talk about potential projects please get in touch!
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Michigan State University, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship. eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...
Postdoctoral Fellowship - Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
eeb.msu.edu
August 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Michigan State University, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship. eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...
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We are looking for a postdoc to join our group to work on an ERC funded project on avian reproductive microbiomes. nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
Please RT! #microbes #microbiomes #sparrows #postdoc
Please RT! #microbes #microbiomes #sparrows #postdoc
Postdoctoral researcher: avian microbiomes and reproduction
We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our team working on avian reproductive microbiomes at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) in the group of Dr. Melissah Rowe. The postd...
nioo.knaw.nl
July 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
We are looking for a postdoc to join our group to work on an ERC funded project on avian reproductive microbiomes. nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
Please RT! #microbes #microbiomes #sparrows #postdoc
Please RT! #microbes #microbiomes #sparrows #postdoc
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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!
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
May 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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!
shorturl.at/wijEq
Would appreciate a re-post!
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New PhD position available on blackpoll warblers with fieldwork in the boreal forest and tropics. @audubon.org @birdscanada.bsky.social @vtecostudies.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
New PhD position available on blackpoll warblers with fieldwork in the boreal forest and tropics. @audubon.org @birdscanada.bsky.social @vtecostudies.bsky.social
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🚨Fully-funded PhD studentship on insect behaviour, cognition & muscles with me & @viveknityananda.bsky.social at @newcastleuni.bsky.social 🐝🍀🎓🙌Application deadline April 30, start date in September. Drop me an email if you have questions! www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate...
February 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
🚨Fully-funded PhD studentship on insect behaviour, cognition & muscles with me & @viveknityananda.bsky.social at @newcastleuni.bsky.social 🐝🍀🎓🙌Application deadline April 30, start date in September. Drop me an email if you have questions! www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate...
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🚨 🪺🐦🦠 PhD opportunity in my lab for UK home fee students. Feel free to contact me for informal enquiries. Please share! shorturl.at/wUo8r
Designing Microbial Interventions to Study Behavioural Effects in Wild Birds (DAVIDSON_U25DTPR) | Doctoral Training Partnership
This project is open to Home Fee Status applicants only. The gut microbiome influences how animals behave and interact with their environment via the microbiome–gut–brain axis (MGBA).
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk
April 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
🚨 🪺🐦🦠 PhD opportunity in my lab for UK home fee students. Feel free to contact me for informal enquiries. Please share! shorturl.at/wUo8r
Présentation d'article d'ethologie par les étudiants de L3 psychologie de l'USPN dans l'UE Ethologie et Ecologie Comportementale
🦒💡Vous êtes-vous déjà demandé comment les girafes occupent leurs journées ?
Une étude a observé 3 girafes femelles 24h/24 au zoo Opel de Kronberg
Je vous en dis plus ! —>
Lien vers l’article : www.frontiersin.org/journals/con...
#USPN #girafes
Une étude a observé 3 girafes femelles 24h/24 au zoo Opel de Kronberg
Je vous en dis plus ! —>
Lien vers l’article : www.frontiersin.org/journals/con...
#USPN #girafes
March 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Présentation d'article d'ethologie par les étudiants de L3 psychologie de l'USPN dans l'UE Ethologie et Ecologie Comportementale