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David Peris @davidperis.bsky.social · 5d

#LabPaleoecology from the @ibb-botanic.bsky.social visited ALBA synchrotron for the first time to scan fossil insects embedded in amber. Results are very promising!

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FJI-PRECARIAS @fjiprecarios.bsky.social · 24d

2️⃣punto del #PactoXLaCiencia
💆‍♀️Simplificación y eficiencia burocrática
👇🧵Vamos con el hilo para que también les quede bien explicado a @cienciagob.bsky.social @ageinves.bsky.social @crueuniversidades.bsky.social @dianamorantr.bsky.social

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David Peris @davidperis.bsky.social · Aug 19

📢TWO JOB VACANCIES!!
Interested in Paleoecology, fossil insects or plants? 🪲🌸
These temporary research assistant positions may be for you!

Join the #LabPaleoecology at the @ibb-botanic.bsky.social Botanical Institute of Barcelona (Spain).

Check details here👇

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David Peris @davidperis.bsky.social · Jul 16

Congratulations to Laura Pajot, PhD candidate in #PaleoecologyGroup, at @ibb-botanic.bsky.social, for the prize Fairon-Demaret to the best poster at Agora Palebotanica (Paris, France).
Title: Cretaceous–Paleogene angiosperm woodiness

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FJI-PRECARIAS @fjiprecarios.bsky.social · Jul 8

🔴La convocatoria “Consolidación Investigadora” de este año vuelve a sufrir un recorte
📉Es un 50% menos que 2024, que a su vez ya fue recortada otro 50% respecto a 2023
👉¿Consecuencia? Aún más problemas para la estabilización @cienciagob.bsky.social @ageinves.bsky.social @dianamorantr.bsky.social
🧵

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Gael Kergoat @gkergoat.bsky.social · Jun 28

some recent changes for #Systematic_Entomology @royentsoc.bsky.social !

We welcome new people on our board of EiCs ( #Ligia_Benavides, #Christopher_Owen and #Emmanuel_Toussaint) and expand our scope to include most non-terrestrial arthropods 🕷️

resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Developing Systematic Entomology and expanding its scope

Click on the article title to read more.

resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Carlos M Herrera @cmhmaliani.bsky.social · Jun 22

Minúscula hembra de Sphaerophoria scripta (~7 mm) comiendo granos de polen en una flor de Petrorhagia nanteuilii (Caryophyllaceae). En su vida anterior como larva se buscó la vida devorando pulgones entre las hierbas. Ahora en su vida adulta sigue ayudando a las plantas, pero ahora como polinizador

Pequeña mosca de rayas amarillas y marrón oscuras sobre una florecita de color rosa

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Paco Palazón @fpalazon.bsky.social · Jun 23

Tip si estás buscando un #postdoc por Europa: Hace poco salieron los últimos resultados de las #ERC Advanced: erc.europa.eu/sites/defaul... así que si estáis buscando grupos que puedan tener bastante financiación ahora, potencialmente ahí están ;) Yo conseguí mi 1er postdoc así hace 10 años.

erc.europa.eu

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Benjamin Wildermuth @bmwildermuth.bsky.social · Jun 8

Postdoc Job offer for Arthropod Ecologists 🪲🕷️

Michael Staab @leuphana.bsky.social offers a 3 year postdoc starting in October latest.
Arthropod diversity, interactions & functions in different research programs, e.g. @bexplo.bsky.social

Apply by June 19th

www.leuphana.de/en/universit...

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Prof. Jeff Ollerton @jeffollerton.bsky.social · May 30

In a new study just published, I teamed up with some Brazilian colleagues to explore how the different features of garden flowers help sustain #pollinators throughout the year in a subtropical urban garden.

Read more about it here: jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/05/30/a...

#biodiversity #ecology #bees

A new study shows how garden flowers keep city pollinators flying all year round

When we think of cities, gardens might not be the first thing that comes to mind. But these green patches — whether in private yards, parks, or balconies — play a surprisingly important role in sup…

jeffollerton.co.uk

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Erin E. Saupe @eesaupe.bsky.social · May 29

🚨🚨🚨!Post doc opportunity! 🚨🚨🚨
35 month post doc on niche modelling of migratory whales in my lab with Katrina Jones. Job advert below:
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Please get in touch with questions!

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FJI-PRECARIAS @fjiprecarios.bsky.social · May 27

💸¿Cuánto cobra un postdoc en España en 2025?
📉 Spoiler: muy poco, seguimos perdiendo poder adquisitivo desde 2008 @cienciagob.bsky.social
📢Un año más, llega uno de nuestros informes estrella. ¡Acompáñanos en este hilo!🧵
🔗 fji.precarios.org/cuanto-cobra...

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Peter Wagner (a Real Dr., not a surgeon-barber/body-tech/golfer) @peterjwagner3.bsky.social · May 21

Any young paleo workers will be hard pressed to find a better opportunity than this.

Lee Hsiang Liow （廖珕庠） @lhliow.bsky.social · May 20

Come postdoc in Oslo! 3 years. You design the project! Get in touch with me or others at our museum! Deadline 23 june www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... share and repost !

Postdoctoral Fellow: Self-Developed Project (280531) | University of Oslo

Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow: Self-Developed Project (280531), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, June 23, 2025

www.jobbnorge.no

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David Peris @davidperis.bsky.social · May 10

Insects and #pollination will have room at @pintofscience.es in Barcelona 🪲🪷
🗓️ 19th of May
⏰ 19:00 h
📍Bocca di Bonifacio Tetuan - Ausiàs March, 43, Barcelona
Science & Beer 🍻
@ibb-botanic.bsky.social #LabPaleoecology

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Alexandra Klein @naturealexk.bsky.social · May 6

We are #hiring a lecturer and #researcher:

- Teaching in ecology and nature conservation
- Research on plant-pollinator interactions
- Supervision of students
- Contribution to our major collaborative projects

Start 01.09.2025
Salary according to TV-L E13, 100%

🔗 uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...

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Institut Botànic de Barcelona @ibb-botanic.bsky.social · May 7

🦋🌿 Convidem a les famílies a venir a la propera Jornada “Plantes i petits animals”!

Ciència i art convergiran en tallers, jocs i activitats per a infants de 3 a 12 anys.✨

📍Institut Botànic de Barcelona
🗓️Dissabte 24 de maig, d’11h a 17h
👉Les places són limitades! Inscriu-te aquí: bit.ly/4k5rSz0

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FJI-PRECARIAS @fjiprecarios.bsky.social · Apr 29

Hace dos meses denunciábamos la violencia burocrática y pedíamos un CV unificado:
bsky.app/profile/fjip...

Pero la violencia burocrática también es papeles y más papeles para justificaciones mínimas. Como dice @fpalazon.bsky.social, ¡queremos tiempo para hacer ciencia!

Paco Palazón @fpalazon.bsky.social · Apr 29

Varias rondas de papeles, firmas y justificaciones para un marcador/cortador de vidrio de menos de 50 euros. Y así todo. De hecho esta es de las fáciles... 😩 Que lo he justificado POCO... ¿Y el tiempo para hacer #ciencia cuando es? #burrocracia

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Institut Botànic de Barcelona @ibb-botanic.bsky.social · Apr 11

• Botànica funerària al Cementiri de Montjuïc (27/04) bit.ly/42a89s7

• Visites al papilionari per a escoles

• V Biomarató de Flora: sortida al Jardí Botànic (17/05) i a Collserola (19/05)

• Jornada Art i Ciència per famílies (24/05)

Anirem donant més informació

Ruta de la Botánica Funeraria | Cementiris de Barcelona CBSA

bit.ly

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David Peris @davidperis.bsky.social · Apr 7

🚨New publication in @cp-iscience.bsky.social 🚨
Peñalver et al. describe diverse Mesozoic thrips carrying pollen during the gymnosperm to angiosperm plant-host ecological shift
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
@ibb-botanic.bsky.social @amberia-team.bsky.social
#LabPaleoecology

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David Peris @davidperis.bsky.social · Apr 5

Amazing #beetle

iNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social · Apr 5

Our Observation of the Day is this beetle (potentially in the genus Cyphagogus), seen in China by jiangyou!

More details at: www.inaturalist.org/observations...

A small reddish-brownish beetle. The overall body is elongate with a clear separation between thorax and abdomen. The front two pairs of legs are relatively short, while the rear pair of legs are about as long as the beetle's body.

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Mario Coiro @lepidodendron.bsky.social · Apr 1

Do you love #fossil plants? Are you searching for a #PhD position? I am recruiting a doctoral student to join my group at the Senckenberg Research Institute in Frankfurt/M! Deadline on the 11th of May
#paleobotany #paleontology #plants #botany

www.senckenberg.de/en/career/sc...

Jobs for Scientists | Senckenberg Society for Nature Research

www.senckenberg.de

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Institut Botànic de Barcelona @ibb-botanic.bsky.social · Mar 27

📢 Buscamos candidato/a para beca JAE Intro

Conexión GENOMA-02 "Papel de los elementos transponibles en la diversificación del sistema nervioso"

Estudiantes de grado/máster
800 €/mes (20h)
Grupo: @gonzalezlabbcn.bsky.social

⏳ Deadline: 16 de abril

👉 bit.ly/3QPrBDW

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Philip Donoghue @phil-donoghue.bsky.social · Mar 28

This interesting article on reviewer fatigue prompts me to publicize my most over-used web resource: JANE - the Journal Author Name Estimator jane.biosemantics.org which, based on an abstract, can help authors find a home for their manuscripts and help editors to find reviewers for submissions

On improving the sustainability of peer review

The term “reviewer fatigue” has become only too familiar in scientific publishing. This editorial discusses how we can ease the burden on reviewers to make the peer review system more sustainable, whi...

dx.plos.org

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iBartomeus @ibartomeus.bsky.social · Mar 25

Amigos y amigas abejologas, estos cursos van a ser top y creo que pueden estar financiados por la EU, así que si os interesa la taxonomía, hacer una expresión de interés: pollinatoracademy.eu/training/eu-...

Pollinator Academy

The Pollinator Academy is a learning platform with integrated taxonomic tools and information on European pollinators.

pollinatoracademy.eu

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RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · Mar 23

In a new #RESSystematicEnt article, whole-genome data shed light on #speciation & within-species differentiation of the #PapilioMachaon complex around the Mediterranean Basin🦋

See the #OpenAccess article🔽
doi.org/10.1111/syen.12675

@gkergoat.bsky.social @lepidochrysops.bsky.social @wiley.com

Graphical abstract of: Whole-genome data shed light on speciation and within-species differentiation of the Papilio machaon complex around the Mediterranean Basin

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