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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 13d

Our Career Development Fellowships are now for applications. This scheme provides talented early career scientists from underrepresented backgrounds in STEM with research funding and training opportunities to build a successful research career: #RSGrants royalsociety.org/grants/caree...

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Steve Portugal @sjportugal.bsky.social · 19d

We're looking for a new postdoc on our new BBSCR grant (Graham Taylor/Tim Guilford/Cait Newport). See link below!

my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

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IUSSI-NWES @iussi-nwes.bsky.social · 25d

We are delighted that our Winter Meeting 2025 in Leuven 🇧🇪 is approaching!

Abstract submissions now open: www.iussi-nweurope.org/meetings

Date: December 18-19
Abstract deadline: October 15
Host: Laboratory of Socioecology and Social Evolution at KU Leuven
Plenary: Ido Pen & @rmash.bsky.social

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Harry Siviter @harrysiviter.bsky.social · Sep 8

New paper (first work from Bristol!)

'Sulfoxaflor impairs bumblebee memory across moderate and extreme temperatures'

@bristolbiosci.bsky.social

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Sulfoxaflor Impairs Bumblebee Memory Across Moderate and Extreme Temperatures

Bumblebees rely on their memory to navigate a complicated landscape and floral marketplace. When foraging, bees are often exposed to a multitude of anthropogenic stressors, but how these stressors in...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Dave Goulson @davegoulson.bsky.social · Sep 5

The job of CEO of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust is now being advertised, as the wonderful Gill Perkins has announced she is stepping down. Fab opportunity for the right person: www.bumblebeeconservation.org/what-we-do/v...

Vacancies at the Bumblebee Conservation Trust - Bumblebee Conservation Trust

Join our passionate team dedicated to bumblebee conservation efforts making a positive impact on the environment

www.bumblebeeconservation.org

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · Sep 5

Reform media ban in Nottinghamshire is a disturbing glimpse of a future with Farage in power

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Reform local media ban is a glimpse of what may happen with Farage in power

As Nigel Farage attacked the state of free speech in the UK in front of a congressional committee in Washington DC, The Independent’s political editor David Maddox discusses Reform’s attitude to a fre...

www.independent.co.uk

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Michael Pocock @mjopocock.bsky.social · Aug 23

Doing moth trapping in the UK this weekend?
Can you help us gather lots of images of moths on egg cartons from your trap?
Help us develop a tool making moth recording easier for more people
Tks! #mothsmateer #teammoth
@richardfoxbc.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
@upperthames.bsky.social

Abigail Lowe @abigaillowe.bsky.social · Aug 7

Do you do moth trapping in the UK? We'd love your help! 💡

At @ukceh.bsky.social we're training & testing AI to detect multiple moths in a single image.

Send us top-down photos of multiple moths on egg trays to support this work.

More info & form: forms.gle/e3HzBPEd7RVV...

#mothsmatter #TeamMoth

A top-down image of 12 various moths on a green egg carton.

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Dave Goulson @davegoulson.bsky.social · Aug 19

New Europe-wide study finds that efforts to provide pollinator habitat in urban areas - such as sowing wildflower mixes - really do work, boosting numbers of bees and butterflies: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Pollinator‐Promoting Interventions in European Urban Habitats—A Synthesis

Syntheses of urban pollinator-friendly management are lacking, hindering policy implementation compared to farmland. Addressing this gap, our re-analytical data synthesis demonstrates the generally p...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Harry Siviter @harrysiviter.bsky.social · Jul 25

Career highlight to be read out on TSM this morning (deafening the honour of wasps)

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · Jul 2

Nature-friendly farming boosts both biodiversity and crop yields — but scaling it up may need more government subsidies to become as profitable as intensive agriculture, a new study led by UKCEH and @rothamsted.bsky.social has found

www.ceh.ac.uk/press/nature...

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Wildflowers in an in-field strip in an arable field

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Dr Eve Holden (she/her) @chimpanzeve.bsky.social · Jul 1

New paper in @natureportfolio.nature.com's Scientific Reports!
We investigated emotional & psychological impact of late ADHD diagnoses in women
Highlighting how undiagnosed ADHD contributes to life-long challenges & how diagnosis in adulthood can be life-changing
#ADHD #WomenWithADHD #ADHDawareness

Adverse experiences of women with undiagnosed ADHD and the invaluable role of diagnosis - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Adverse experiences of women with undiagnosed ADHD and the invaluable role of diagnosis

www.nature.com

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Harry Siviter @harrysiviter.bsky.social · Jun 29

If you want to see ‘value’ in nature- go to a kids play ground on a hot day and watch exhausted parents scramble to get in the shade of the one tree 🌳

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Sinead English @englishse.bsky.social · Jun 25

#InsectWeek event @bristolbiosci.bsky.social was a huge success - over 200 visitors across all ages, some who had even cycled here from other cities, and there was lots of enthusiasm and fascination for the mini-beasts (woodlice, spiders, and ticks also featured!). Thanks to all who came & helped!

high up view of people visiting insect week event

child with insect face mask by the craft table

child looking at microscope by insect stall

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Royal Entomological Society @royentsoc.bsky.social · Jun 24

Do you know a young person with an interest in insects? 🦋

The Douglas Boyes Fund aims to provide people aged 14-18 with access to entomology equipment, fostering their passion for insects and inspiring them to engage and share their interest with other young individuals 🔽

Douglas Boyes Fund - Royal Entomological Society

The Douglas Boyes Fund has been established in honour of Douglas Boyes (1996-2021), an esteemed entomologist specialising in Lepidoptera. The Fund aims to provide young people aged 14-18 with access…

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Elli Leadbeater @ellileadbeater.bsky.social · Jun 24

Biology/Geography/Earth Sciences colleagues: can anyone recommend a field centre or similar field course location that works well for students who are wheelchair users? This is a no-fly course so we're trying to find somewhere in the UK or Western Europe

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GW4 Alliance @gw4alliance.bsky.social · Jun 24

📣 2 weeks left! Are you a Global Majority PGR at Bath, Bristol, Cardiff or Exeter? Join GW4 Connect; an expert-led prog to help you thrive in your PhD, build a community & grow in confidence.

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@uniofbath.bsky.social, @bristoluni.bsky.social, @cardiffuni.bsky.social, @exeter.ac.uk

The image shows two female researchers from the global majority conversing around a table. The text says: GW4 Connect: Peer Support Programme for Global Majority Postgraduate Researchers, apply by 9 July 2025

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Harry Siviter @harrysiviter.bsky.social · Jun 20

I had no idea this was a thing (after 9 years working with bumblebees!) 🐝

And abstract from a scientific paper entitled 'Brood care by male bumble bees'. Paper was published in PNAS in 1985.

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Harry Siviter @harrysiviter.bsky.social · Jun 17

Really looking forward to this! Come and join us for an afternoon of amazing insects 🐝🦋🐜

Sinead English @englishse.bsky.social · Jun 17

For #InsectWeek, come to @bristolbiosci.bsky.social Tuesday 24 June to discover the world of insects! See these creatures up close, learn about the research, do some crafting! All welcome, free admission, 12-6pm. @harrysiviter.bsky.social @drlucyalford.bsky.social bristentnet.weebly.com/insect-week

Poster describing the insect week event with a picture of a butterfly.

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Dara Stanley @darastanley.bsky.social · Jun 13

We're hiring two PhD and two postdoc positions! Interested in pollinators, soils, agroecology, pesticides? Then come and work with us and with collaborators and all over Europe! stanleyecologylab.org/vacancies #findaphd Please share!

Vacancies | ecology

stanleyecologylab.org

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Royal Entomological Society @royentsoc.bsky.social · Jun 13

Love research and working with insects? Find your perfect job in entomology 🪲

Check out our regularly updated #job #opportunities page for the latest openings 🔽

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📸 Red Hemiptera (c) Anurag Aditya 2016

#Education #Research #Science #InsectJobs #InsectCareers

Job opportunities - Royal Entomological Society

Job opportunities If you have an insect-related or entomology job opportunity please send us the details [email protected] Want to work with us? Keep an eye on our RES Vacancies page for any paid…

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Harry Siviter @harrysiviter.bsky.social · Jun 4

Jobs available with ‘quite a nice guy’ 🦋

Stephen Montgomery @ebablab.bsky.social · Jun 4

🚨Anyone want a job?🚨
We have two #postdocs up for grabs! 🧪
- cell developmental biology/#evodevo/#neuroevodevo
- bioinformatics and molecular biology
Both working on brain evolution in Heliconiini butterflies
Details below! Please repost 🙏 1/n

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Harry Siviter @harrysiviter.bsky.social · May 29

Not as bad as last year, but still not seeing many red tails around this year. Anyone else noticing the same?

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Victoria Mallinson @victoriamallinson.bsky.social · May 27

An interview article about my new paper with my co-author Dr Liam O'Reilly is out now in New Scientist! Give it a read for the bees 🐝🌸

New Scientist @newscientist.com · May 26

Electric signals from power lines discourage bees from landing on nearby flowers, and there is growing concern that this so-called “electric pollution” could be causing widespread disruption to insect behaviour.

Honeybees are getting confused by electric pollution from power lines

Airborne electric fields similar to those from nearby power lines seem to have a dramatic effect on honeybee foraging, raising concerns about widespread impacts on pollinators

www.newscientist.com

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Dr Sarah Knight @sarah-gis.bsky.social · May 23

4 jobs available in my department at University of Salford!

Professor, Senior Lecturer and 2x Lecturers in Physical Geography.

Deadline: 12th June
@salforduni.bsky.social #geography #postdoc

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNC573/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNC572/s...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNC570/l...

Professor in Physical Geography at University of Salford

Discover an exciting academic career path as a Professor in Physical Geography at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · May 2

Postdoc job alert! I'm hiring a 3-yr postdoc to work on our Social Modifiers of Primate Lifespans grant. Job info and how to apply below. Deadline June 1. Pls share! jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

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