Anders Jespersen
@jespersen.bsky.social
Postdoc in ecology (eDNA, biomonitoring)
Former neuroscientist
All round nature-nerd
SciComm enthusiast, runner, and baker
Born at 354.8 ppm
He/him
Former neuroscientist
All round nature-nerd
SciComm enthusiast, runner, and baker
Born at 354.8 ppm
He/him
There's something almost comforting about the fact that *even* an early edition of 'On the Origin of Species' gifted by Charles himself, still gets clear, bold, utalitarian, and slightly wonky library stamp!
#OTD in 1859 'On the Origin of Species' was published. We have a few different editions in the library @thembauk.bsky.social but we are privileged to be custodians of an early edition gifted to (a mystery) someone by Charles #Darwin himself
📖BS.15/D
📖BS.15/D
November 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
There's something almost comforting about the fact that *even* an early edition of 'On the Origin of Species' gifted by Charles himself, still gets clear, bold, utalitarian, and slightly wonky library stamp!
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📣New paper out today!
We’ve found concentrations of mercury in UK-harbour porpoises is increasing. 📈🐬
We also found concentrations of mercury were associated with an increased risk of dying from infectious disease.☠️
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
We’ve found concentrations of mercury in UK-harbour porpoises is increasing. 📈🐬
We also found concentrations of mercury were associated with an increased risk of dying from infectious disease.☠️
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Temporal Increases in Mercury Concentrations are Associated with Increased Risk of Death by Infectious Disease in Harbour Porpoises (Phocoena Phocoena)
Trace elements, particularly heavy metals like mercury, pose significant risks to marine ecosystems due to their toxic and bioaccumulative properties. Concentrations in some marine species show concer...
pubs.acs.org
November 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
📣New paper out today!
We’ve found concentrations of mercury in UK-harbour porpoises is increasing. 📈🐬
We also found concentrations of mercury were associated with an increased risk of dying from infectious disease.☠️
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
We’ve found concentrations of mercury in UK-harbour porpoises is increasing. 📈🐬
We also found concentrations of mercury were associated with an increased risk of dying from infectious disease.☠️
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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With Paige Harden @kph3k.bsky.social we consider the greatness and bigotry of James Watson. Watson was not just a great scientist who turned out to be a bigot in his personal life. His bigotry was rooted in misunderstanding of the very science he created. Free link when I get one.
The Paradox of James Watson
The discovery of DNA was evidence of how deeply interconnected humans are, but the late scientist saw only difference.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
With Paige Harden @kph3k.bsky.social we consider the greatness and bigotry of James Watson. Watson was not just a great scientist who turned out to be a bigot in his personal life. His bigotry was rooted in misunderstanding of the very science he created. Free link when I get one.
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Don’t listen to me or any other non-experts when it comes to AI.
Follow these experts instead:
@olivia.science
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@abeba.bsky.social
@janelleshane.com
@timnitgebru.bsky.social
Follow these experts instead:
@olivia.science
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@abeba.bsky.social
@janelleshane.com
@timnitgebru.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Don’t listen to me or any other non-experts when it comes to AI.
Follow these experts instead:
@olivia.science
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@abeba.bsky.social
@janelleshane.com
@timnitgebru.bsky.social
Follow these experts instead:
@olivia.science
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@abeba.bsky.social
@janelleshane.com
@timnitgebru.bsky.social
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Calling ALL health data folk: Re UK Health Data Research Service.
The UK gov & Wellcome have pledged up to £600 million to create a HDRS.
Myself & an ace team have been tasked by Wellcome to assess the existing health data ecosystem & identify what is needed to support the HDRS 👇.
Get in touch
The UK gov & Wellcome have pledged up to £600 million to create a HDRS.
Myself & an ace team have been tasked by Wellcome to assess the existing health data ecosystem & identify what is needed to support the HDRS 👇.
Get in touch
October 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Calling ALL health data folk: Re UK Health Data Research Service.
The UK gov & Wellcome have pledged up to £600 million to create a HDRS.
Myself & an ace team have been tasked by Wellcome to assess the existing health data ecosystem & identify what is needed to support the HDRS 👇.
Get in touch
The UK gov & Wellcome have pledged up to £600 million to create a HDRS.
Myself & an ace team have been tasked by Wellcome to assess the existing health data ecosystem & identify what is needed to support the HDRS 👇.
Get in touch
Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum) butt in focus 😂
September 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum) butt in focus 😂
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The world's oldest bacterial DNA found in a million-year-old mammoth!
New results from researchers at #CpgSthlm published in Cell!
Paper:
www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
New results from researchers at #CpgSthlm published in Cell!
Paper:
www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
September 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The world's oldest bacterial DNA found in a million-year-old mammoth!
New results from researchers at #CpgSthlm published in Cell!
Paper:
www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
New results from researchers at #CpgSthlm published in Cell!
Paper:
www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
Today I started out the morning talking about long-read sequencing and prediction models and ended the day by showing Masters students how to take eDNA samples from a river.
How cool is my job!? 🤓 Honestly if I told three-years-ago me what I do for a living he wouldn't have believed it 😃
How cool is my job!? 🤓 Honestly if I told three-years-ago me what I do for a living he wouldn't have believed it 😃
August 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Today I started out the morning talking about long-read sequencing and prediction models and ended the day by showing Masters students how to take eDNA samples from a river.
How cool is my job!? 🤓 Honestly if I told three-years-ago me what I do for a living he wouldn't have believed it 😃
How cool is my job!? 🤓 Honestly if I told three-years-ago me what I do for a living he wouldn't have believed it 😃
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3 weeks ago we reveived 30 tauros in #SaksfjedWilderness! Bred to fill out the missing ecological function of the aurochs (extinct in 1627). The replacement from NL was a major team effort and a process lasting c. 18 months.
Now science begins!
Info see 🧵
#rewilding #Natura2000 #biodiversity
Now science begins!
Info see 🧵
#rewilding #Natura2000 #biodiversity
August 25, 2025 at 6:43 AM
3 weeks ago we reveived 30 tauros in #SaksfjedWilderness! Bred to fill out the missing ecological function of the aurochs (extinct in 1627). The replacement from NL was a major team effort and a process lasting c. 18 months.
Now science begins!
Info see 🧵
#rewilding #Natura2000 #biodiversity
Now science begins!
Info see 🧵
#rewilding #Natura2000 #biodiversity
TFW you've made a few academic-field-pivots and have to write a research-blurb that starts with: "Anders is a..."
a man in a suit is holding a jacket and a cigarette .
Alt: a man in a suit looks around in confusion
media.tenor.com
August 22, 2025 at 12:28 PM
TFW you've made a few academic-field-pivots and have to write a research-blurb that starts with: "Anders is a..."
My new office mate is being fed and watered today before it'll be IDed (my money is on Devils Coach-horse Beetle, Ocypus Olens) and, if native, it'll be set free in the university park 🔎🪲🌳
August 21, 2025 at 6:50 AM
My new office mate is being fed and watered today before it'll be IDed (my money is on Devils Coach-horse Beetle, Ocypus Olens) and, if native, it'll be set free in the university park 🔎🪲🌳
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Hey everybody! @drjuliawester.bsky.social and I have a new paper!
We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media.
Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media.
Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
doi.org
August 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Hey everybody! @drjuliawester.bsky.social and I have a new paper!
We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media.
Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media.
Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
Got a new office mate today🤓
August 20, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Got a new office mate today🤓
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We've recently published research basking shark breaching behavior. How kind of them to demonstrate it again on camera!
Footage from Treas Heapes onboard Sally O’Keefee sailing to Inis Oirr.
Footage from Treas Heapes onboard Sally O’Keefee sailing to Inis Oirr.
August 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
We've recently published research basking shark breaching behavior. How kind of them to demonstrate it again on camera!
Footage from Treas Heapes onboard Sally O’Keefee sailing to Inis Oirr.
Footage from Treas Heapes onboard Sally O’Keefee sailing to Inis Oirr.
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Senator Ted Cruz ensured Trump spending bill slashed weather forecasting funding
- Cruz was on vacation abroad while Texas was hit by deadly floods
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- Cruz was on vacation abroad while Texas was hit by deadly floods
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Ted Cruz ensured Trump spending bill slashed weather forecasting funding
Senator on vacation abroad while Texas was hit by deadly floods, a disaster worsened by forecasting cuts, critics say
www.theguardian.com
July 8, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Senator Ted Cruz ensured Trump spending bill slashed weather forecasting funding
- Cruz was on vacation abroad while Texas was hit by deadly floods
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- Cruz was on vacation abroad while Texas was hit by deadly floods
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Posting this again because a lot of people said they found it helpful! Guide to ALT text: www.perkins.org/resource/how...
April 19, 2024 at 8:18 PM
Posting this again because a lot of people said they found it helpful! Guide to ALT text: www.perkins.org/resource/how...
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
We’re not clear on what a species is, at all
We’re not clear on what a species is, at all
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
We’re not clear on what intelligence is, at all
We’re not clear on what intelligence is, at all
June 17, 2025 at 7:13 AM
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
We’re not clear on what a species is, at all
We’re not clear on what a species is, at all
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Sharing the raw data used in meta-analyses should be mandatory in all circumstances
Max wanted a bit of a provocative talk tomorrow. So I will talk about which open science should become mandatory. For example, science funders now often require open access publication and data sharing. Which open science practices do you think should become mandatory, and under which circumstances?
At University College Dublin we are delighted to host @lakens.bsky.social from Eindhoven University of Technology. On Wed 4th of June, 12-13, C006 Health Sciences, Prof. Lakens will give a talk on open science and will discuss why it is worth improving our research practices. All welcome!
June 3, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Sharing the raw data used in meta-analyses should be mandatory in all circumstances
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Glad for at have bidraget til denne baggrundsartikel om genforvildning (rewilding) 🌿 🐎 🌸 🐺 🦬
#rewilding #naturgenopretning #naturnationalparker #dkgreen #dkpol
#rewilding #naturgenopretning #naturnationalparker #dkgreen #dkpol
Rewilding - genforvildning - er en populær og kontroversiel metode til naturgenopretning. Denne uges Information forklarer klimaet undersøger hvad der sker, når mennesket hjælper naturen med at blive vild igen.
www.information.dk/indland/2025...
www.information.dk/indland/2025...
Skal mennesket gøre naturen vild igen? Forstå rewilding
Rewilding er på kort tid blevet en både populær og kontroversiel form for naturgenopretning i Danmark og Europa. Vi undersøger konceptets oprindelse – og fremtidige potentialer
www.information.dk
May 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Glad for at have bidraget til denne baggrundsartikel om genforvildning (rewilding) 🌿 🐎 🌸 🐺 🦬
#rewilding #naturgenopretning #naturnationalparker #dkgreen #dkpol
#rewilding #naturgenopretning #naturnationalparker #dkgreen #dkpol
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🚨Postdoc opportunity @econovoau.bsky.social 🌍
Help forecast how rising ecological novelty reshapes #biodiversity & #vegetation 🌿 Work at the interface of species distribution models & dynamic global vegetation models 🌐🍃♨️- based in Aarhus, Denmark shorturl.at/t45JT #ecology #ecologyjob #macroecology
Help forecast how rising ecological novelty reshapes #biodiversity & #vegetation 🌿 Work at the interface of species distribution models & dynamic global vegetation models 🌐🍃♨️- based in Aarhus, Denmark shorturl.at/t45JT #ecology #ecologyjob #macroecology
2-yr postdoc on Forecasting Biosphere-Scale Effects of Ecological Novelty Using Species Distribution and Vegetation Models - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at Department of Biology - Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity, Aarhus University
shorturl.at
April 24, 2025 at 6:16 AM
🚨Postdoc opportunity @econovoau.bsky.social 🌍
Help forecast how rising ecological novelty reshapes #biodiversity & #vegetation 🌿 Work at the interface of species distribution models & dynamic global vegetation models 🌐🍃♨️- based in Aarhus, Denmark shorturl.at/t45JT #ecology #ecologyjob #macroecology
Help forecast how rising ecological novelty reshapes #biodiversity & #vegetation 🌿 Work at the interface of species distribution models & dynamic global vegetation models 🌐🍃♨️- based in Aarhus, Denmark shorturl.at/t45JT #ecology #ecologyjob #macroecology
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Great timing with #WorldRewildingDay and just handed in my PhD dissertation,where I investigate ecosystem effects in relation to trophic rewilding with #environmentalDNA.
Link to the first two published papers in comments - looking forward to share the remaining results later.. Stay tuned!
🦬🐎🌿
Link to the first two published papers in comments - looking forward to share the remaining results later.. Stay tuned!
🦬🐎🌿
March 20, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Great timing with #WorldRewildingDay and just handed in my PhD dissertation,where I investigate ecosystem effects in relation to trophic rewilding with #environmentalDNA.
Link to the first two published papers in comments - looking forward to share the remaining results later.. Stay tuned!
🦬🐎🌿
Link to the first two published papers in comments - looking forward to share the remaining results later.. Stay tuned!
🦬🐎🌿
Smadder noget beskyttet natur.
Få din ejendomsværdi til at stige med 1,5 million kroner.
Slip med 2 * 100 timers samfundstjeneste og en 4 måneders betinget fængselsdom.
Det svarer sån cirka til en timeløn på 7500 kroner 🙃
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
Få din ejendomsværdi til at stige med 1,5 million kroner.
Slip med 2 * 100 timers samfundstjeneste og en 4 måneders betinget fængselsdom.
Det svarer sån cirka til en timeløn på 7500 kroner 🙃
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
Ægtepar får hver især fire måneders betinget fængsel i sag om naturhærværk
Ægtepar i 40'erne idømt betinget fængselsstraf i sag om hærværk mod naturen
www.dr.dk
March 17, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Smadder noget beskyttet natur.
Få din ejendomsværdi til at stige med 1,5 million kroner.
Slip med 2 * 100 timers samfundstjeneste og en 4 måneders betinget fængselsdom.
Det svarer sån cirka til en timeløn på 7500 kroner 🙃
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
Få din ejendomsværdi til at stige med 1,5 million kroner.
Slip med 2 * 100 timers samfundstjeneste og en 4 måneders betinget fængselsdom.
Det svarer sån cirka til en timeløn på 7500 kroner 🙃
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
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Trump har nu underskrevet en præsidentiel bekendtgørelse, for at udvide skovfældning til 113 millioner hektar skov, der ellers har haft til formål at beskytte truede arter. Det er offentligt ejet skov direkte overleveret til tømmerindustriens motorsave.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump orders swathes of US forests to be cut down for timber
President’s move to expand tree cutting across 280m acres evades rules to protect endangered species
www.theguardian.com
March 4, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Trump har nu underskrevet en præsidentiel bekendtgørelse, for at udvide skovfældning til 113 millioner hektar skov, der ellers har haft til formål at beskytte truede arter. Det er offentligt ejet skov direkte overleveret til tømmerindustriens motorsave.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The depressing state of the western world aside...
If the most important security conference in 85 years or so can start at 13:30, why do academic conferences always have to start with a plenary lecture at 8:30? 😅😴
If the most important security conference in 85 years or so can start at 13:30, why do academic conferences always have to start with a plenary lecture at 8:30? 😅😴
February 14, 2025 at 10:04 AM
The depressing state of the western world aside...
If the most important security conference in 85 years or so can start at 13:30, why do academic conferences always have to start with a plenary lecture at 8:30? 😅😴
If the most important security conference in 85 years or so can start at 13:30, why do academic conferences always have to start with a plenary lecture at 8:30? 😅😴