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Sarah Dalrymple @sarahdalgulls.bsky.social · 1d

Wow! Tracking a butterfly with motus!

Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 1d

Look at her go!
#invertebrates 🌿

Screen shot of Project Monarch app map of progress of a monarch butterfly from southern Ontario to Oklahoma.

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Dr Christophe Patterson @christophe-patt.bsky.social · 26d

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Dr Christophe Patterson @christophe-patt.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Nature @nature.com · Sep 3

How is this possible?

This ant can lay eggs of two different species, birthed by the same mother

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Obsidian @obsidian.md · Aug 18

Introducing Bases, a new core plugin that lets you turn any set of notes into a powerful database.

Now available to everyone with Obsidian 1.9!

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Rob Waterhouse @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · Jul 29

Advances in computational methods for inferring networks from #genome-scale data and guidelines for deriving biological insights from #phylogenetic networks www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Phylogenetic networks empower biodiversity research | PNAS

Reticulate evolution has long been recognized as a key mechanism that contributes to genetic and trait diversity. With the widespread availability ...

www.pnas.org

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Jonathan Drury @jonathanpdrury.bsky.social · May 19

So excited to see this out! Check out what we've learned about smoky rubyspots 👇. Amazing work led by @christophe-patt.bsky.social

Dr Christophe Patterson @christophe-patt.bsky.social · May 19

Thrilled to share the 3rd and largest paper from my PhD!🎉:
"Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Non-Ecological Speciation in Rubyspot Damselflies" is out now in Molecular Ecology!

⬇️Includes divergence times and an F1 hybrid

Thanks to my fantastic co-authors & collaborators!

📖 doi.org/10.1111/mec....
🧬🌎🧪

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Dr Christophe Patterson @christophe-patt.bsky.social · May 19

Thanks to the continuing support of my supervisor @jonathanpdrury.bsky.social. I always say this.. but there is more to come!

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Dr Christophe Patterson @christophe-patt.bsky.social · May 19

We estimate the divergence times between multiple pairs of allopatric & sympatric rubyspot damselflies. Including the discovery of a deep split (3.7ma) between Pacific and Atlantic smoky rubyspots.

Our sequencing includes an F1 hybrid at a zone of secondary contact at the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.

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Dr Christophe Patterson @christophe-patt.bsky.social · May 19

Thrilled to share the 3rd and largest paper from my PhD!🎉:
"Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Non-Ecological Speciation in Rubyspot Damselflies" is out now in Molecular Ecology!

⬇️Includes divergence times and an F1 hybrid

Thanks to my fantastic co-authors & collaborators!

📖 doi.org/10.1111/mec....
🧬🌎🧪

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Dr Christophe Patterson @christophe-patt.bsky.social · Apr 17

Nice! Best sun set in the UK from porthgwarra if you can make it!

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Dr Christophe Patterson @christophe-patt.bsky.social · Apr 2

Couldn't say anything on April fools day, but just got some really positive reviews back for a manuscript. So making minor revisions and it'll be out into the world! 🍻

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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · Mar 31

📢New volunteering opportunity 📢

BES Macroecology Group is looking for a committee chair to join its team!

As part of the group, you will coordinate the committee’s activities, including events and communications. This is a perfect opportunity if you are a macroecologist and an active researcher.

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Dr Christophe Patterson @christophe-patt.bsky.social · Mar 29

Yes, and I had the perfect spoon for the observation.

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Dr Christophe Patterson @christophe-patt.bsky.social · Mar 29

The only real reason I own a colander.

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Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org · Mar 28

Make like a nudibranch and slooow down in our latest installment of Krill Waves Radio! 🎧

Settle with spectacular sea slugs as they sway to soothing lo-fi beats: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOeQ...

2 Hours of Nudibranchs to Relax/Study To! | Lofi Hip Hop | Monterey Bay Aquarium Krill Waves Radio

YouTube video by Monterey Bay Aquarium

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Dr Christophe Patterson @christophe-patt.bsky.social · Mar 17

Starting my post-doc today @uniofnottingham.bsky.social. Had a great time over the last six months organising Marine Citizen Science Week for Natural England, but now back to full-time research! 🧪

Watch this space for sticklebacks! (Still a few damselfly papers in the pipeline don't worry)

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · Mar 14

Planet Definitions xkcd.com/3063

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Dr Orly Razgour @orlyrazgour.bsky.social · Feb 21

1 week left to apply to do a PhD with me & APHA on the Virome of British #bats 🦇🧬🦠 ⚠️⚠️⚠️ #OneHealth

Dr Orly Razgour @orlyrazgour.bsky.social · Jan 17

PhD Alert! ⚠️⚠️
Come to do a PhD with me @universityofexeter.bsky.social and Animal and Plant Health Agency on 'Virome of British bats: A One Health approach to understanding disease emergence and environmental health'.

Application deadline 28 Feb. #bats #zoonoses 🦇🦠

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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Owen Osborne @owengosborne.bsky.social · Feb 12

We’re recruiting for a #PhD opportunity funded by NERC Envision DTP, investigating the impact of climate change on chytrid disease dynamics in Appalachian salamanders.
Full details here: findaphd.com?pj=182328

Eastern newt (Notophthalmus viridescens)

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Nicky Lustenhouwer @nlustenhouwer.bsky.social · Feb 4

Damselfly fieldwork is the best! 🇸🇪☀️

Masahito Tsuboi @masahitotsuboi.bsky.social · Feb 3

PLEASE REPOST! We’re hiring 5 Project assistants/Field assistants for a population study of damselflies with me and @EvolOdonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy as PIs. Besides research and field work experience, a beautiful Swedish summer awaits! DM me, should you have any questions.

Department of Biology, Lund University @biologylu.bsky.social · Feb 3

We’re hiring! 5 (!) Project assistants/ Field assistants for the project “Population biology, micro- and macroevolution” at Stensoffa Research station, led by @EvolOdonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy and @masahitotsuboi.bsky.social

Please apply no later than 3 March!

lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

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Svenja Tidau @svenjatidau.bsky.social · Nov 26

🚨 #phdposition study the interplay between #globalchange & animal personality in #hermitcrabs 😍 with Mark Briffa, Pete Cotton (Plymouth) & myself

Deadline: 8.1.2025 ▶️ shorturl.at/FGLec

🧪🦑🌊🌐🦀 #marineecology #marinebiology #marinelife
#animalbehaviour #sensoryecology #lightpollution #noisepollution

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University of Exeter CEC @uniexecec.bsky.social · Dec 23

PhD Studentship Scholarship Opportunity!

🧑🏾‍🔬 This programme offers 4-year fully-funded PhD studentships to support Black British researchers.

💻 For more information and to apply, visit: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

#ExeterCEC 🧪

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Sal Keith (she/her) @salkeith.bsky.social · Dec 20

#PhD opportunity on "Decoding biological colour: leveraging AI to analyse big data on animal images in a changing world" with me, @chris-nemeth.bsky.social Chris Cooney (U Sheff) & David Roy (UKCEH) thru new @exageo-dla.bsky.social based at Lancaster Uni www.exageo.org/phd-student-...

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Jonathan Drury @jonathanpdrury.bsky.social · Nov 28

Just over one week left for international applicants to get in touch for this PhD studentship opportunity. #damselflies

Jonathan Drury @jonathanpdrury.bsky.social · Nov 18

First, a project combining fieldwork and labwork to study speciation in rubyspot damselflies: iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships...

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Dr Christophe Patterson @christophe-patt.bsky.social · Sep 5

I am a #PhDone! Passed my viva... no corrections‽

Thanks to all who helped me get here! Especially my 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒆𝒓visors @jonathanpdrury.bsky.social & Adrian Brennan

Had a fantastic time in me Viva thanks to Dr. Lesley Lancaster & Dr. Andreanna Welch

Ace hat & cake from Laura Campbell & Ellie Ward

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