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Juliane Gaviraghi Mussoi
@jgmussoi.bsky.social
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Lecturer in Animal Behaviour at the University of Waikato (she/her) Investigating the importance of sleep for birds jgmussoi.com
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Juliane Gaviraghi Mussoi @jgmussoi.bsky.social · 21d
@kamyabio.bsky.social's first article from her PhD is out!
@aucklanduni.bsky.social @kecain.bsky.social
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BOU @bou.org.uk · 29d
The impacts of sleep disturbance on birds: a review of the knowledge gaps | doi.org/10.1002/jav.... | Journal of Avian Biology | #ornithology 🪶
The impacts of sleep disturbance on birds: a review of the knowledge gaps
Sleep is an evolutionarily conserved behaviour critical to animal function. While the exact functions of sleep are still unclear, the ubiquity of sleep behaviour and its potential high costs (e.g. re...
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Juliane Gaviraghi Mussoi @jgmussoi.bsky.social · Aug 22
Check out @kecain.bsky.social and my interview with ‪Audubon Magazine about our latest article.

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#AudubonMagazine #Science #Sleep #Birdsong
Sleepy Birds Are Lousy Singers, Study Finds
Just like people, songbirds are groggy and quiet after a rough night’s sleep—a sign that urban noise and light may leave them less fit for reproduction and survival.
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International Society for Neuroethology @neuroethology.org · Aug 8
Interesting study @royalsocietypublishing.org tests how sleep disturbance affects vocal communication in birds. @kecain.bsky.social @jgmussoi.bsky.social

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The effects of sleep disturbance on a songbird’s vocal performance | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Vocal communication serves several critical functions, such as species recognition, mate attraction and resource defence. However, environmental and physiological factors like urbanization, noise poll...
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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · Aug 7
The effects of #sleep disturbance on a #songbird’s vocal performance #ProcB #OpenAccess #Behaviour royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · Aug 6
New research shows common mynas sang fewer and less complex songs after a bad night’s sleep. Poor-quality song could affect a bird’s ability to reproduce and survive.
Sleepy birds, quiet dawns: how noisy, bright city nights disrupt and change birdsong
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Veronika Meduna @veronikameduna.bsky.social · Aug 6
And here's @jgmussoi.bsky.social's @aunz.theconversation.com story theconversation.com/sleepy-birds...
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Juliane Gaviraghi Mussoi @jgmussoi.bsky.social · Aug 6
New article out:
The effects of sleep disturbance on a songbird’s vocal performance

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#science #birds #sleep #birdsong #urbanecology
illustrations of an awake common myna with lights of a city in the background, and of a sleeping common myna with trees and a dark sky in the background.
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Juliane Gaviraghi Mussoi @jgmussoi.bsky.social · May 21
Fish driving cars and chimps doing maths: what teaching animals ‘irrelevant’ skills reveals about our own minds
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Fish driving cars and chimps doing maths: what teaching animals ‘irrelevant’ skills reveals about our own minds
Why do researchers care if a bee can learn to recognise a human face? When we push animals outside familiar territory, we can learn a lot about intelligence.
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ASSAB @animbehav.bsky.social · May 13
Reminder: Tomorrow (14 May) is the last day for submitting abstracts to #ASSAB2025

See you all in Armidale!
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ASSAB @animbehav.bsky.social · May 8
We are extending the deadline for submitting abstracts to Wednesday, the 14th of May, and the early bird registration to Friday, the 16th of May. #ASSAB2025
Check out our website for more updates: www.assab.org/assab-2025
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ASSAB @animbehav.bsky.social · May 8
We are extending the deadline for submitting abstracts to Wednesday, the 14th of May, and the early bird registration to Friday, the 16th of May. #ASSAB2025
Check out our website for more updates: www.assab.org/assab-2025
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Juliane Gaviraghi Mussoi @jgmussoi.bsky.social · May 8
Not news, but more than ever important to reiterate! 🧪

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Basic research advances science, and can also have broader impacts on modern society
Basic research that doesn’t have a specific industrial or experimental application still adds value outside the lab by engaging people with exciting research.
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ASSAB @animbehav.bsky.social · May 8
Are you a researcher publishing a study developed in the global south? Check out the New Zealand Journal of Zoology!
www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/nzjz-so...
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ASSAB @animbehav.bsky.social · Apr 8
The Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour conference is thus June in Armidale, NSW! Register to attend here: www.assab.org/assab-2025

If you are keen to present, we are also accepting abstract submissions until the 9th of May : docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
ASSAB 2025 Conference
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Juliane Gaviraghi Mussoi @jgmussoi.bsky.social · Mar 25
Abstract submissions are open for the Australasian Ornithological Conference #AOC2025

And I'm excited to be organizing the Behavioural Ecology Symposium!

#Birds, #behaviour and #ecology? Can't beat that. 🤷‍♀️

Go ahead and submit your abstract!
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Call for Abstracts - Australasian Ornithological Conference 2025
Call for Abstracts for AOC 2025
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David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · Jan 17
🇦🇺 should be doing everything we can to attract & retain the next generation of ppl with big ideas.

PHD students shouldn’t have to live in poverty to complete their study.

⬆️ the stipend was recommended by the Universities Accord - govt should get on with it.
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Alex loves doing her PhD, but says she's earning under the minimum wage
Alexandra Paton, who researches how to manage feral cat populations, says her PhD is important for Australia's wildlife but her income is lower than what she earned as a teenager at Macca's.
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Juliane Gaviraghi Mussoi @jgmussoi.bsky.social · Dec 12
I had a great time chatting to Jonny from 95bFM about our research.

Here is the link if you want a quick 9 minutes listen:
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Ready Steady Learn w/ Juliane Gaviraghi Mussoi: November 11, 2024
Jonny chats to postdoctoral felllow Dr Juliane Gaviraghi Mussoi about her research into the impact of disrupted sleep. We humans intimately understand how sleep deprivation impacts our wellbeing and e...
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Frances Stewart @stewartresearch.bsky.social · Dec 4
What?!?!
A game changer for equity-seeking groups when compared to h-factor indexes for candidacy and promotion.

ping @laurierbiology.bsky.social
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Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles @siouxsiew.bsky.social · Dec 4
It’s a dark day for research in Aotearoa New Zealand and the ramifications for the country are huge. Minister Judith Collins has just announced our blue-skies funder will no longer fund humanities & social science research and that 50% of what is funded must have economic benefit.
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Ian Ingram @ianingram.bsky.social · Nov 24
The Conservation Technology Lab at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance has an opening for a postdoc from computer science or a related field with strong experience in machine learning to work on bioacoustics projects in ecology and conservation:

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Job opportunity at San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance - Post Doctoral Associate - San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
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Margaret Stanley @ecostanley.bsky.social · Nov 21
Absolutely loving the first year PhD Lightening talks at our annual Dept. research & teaching celebration. @kamyabio.bsky.social tells us about her project on sleep disturbance in birds. 🧪🌏🐦 #SBS @aucklanduni.bsky.social
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Juliane Gaviraghi Mussoi @jgmussoi.bsky.social · Nov 20
I can confirm that my "vocalisations" were also affected during the study 😆😆
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Juliane Gaviraghi Mussoi @jgmussoi.bsky.social · Nov 20
Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Sleep loss impairs cognitive performance and alters song output in Australian magpies - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Sleep loss impairs cognitive performance and alters song output in Australian magpies
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Juliane Gaviraghi Mussoi @jgmussoi.bsky.social · Nov 20
Link: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
Importance of sleep for avian vocal communication | Biology Letters
Sleep is one of the few truly ubiquitous animal behaviours, and though many animals spend enormous periods of time asleep, we have only begun to understand the consequences of sleep disturbances. In humans, sleep is crucial for effective communication. ...
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Juliane Gaviraghi Mussoi @jgmussoi.bsky.social · Nov 20
Link: www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-...
The wildest dreams
Almost all animals sleep—insects, mammals, even jellyfish and sponges. Some of them even dream. But what is sleep for, and how has it shaped us?
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Juliane Gaviraghi Mussoi @jgmussoi.bsky.social · Nov 20
Just did the same. Slowly adding the links to some of the posts. But nice to see that my few tweets won't go to waste.
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Margaret Stanley @ecostanley.bsky.social · Nov 19
Used Porto to import my tweets from Twitter - imported about 1/4 - can't do retweets, replies & has a weird date range - but was easy - and so finally deactivated Twitter - something I've been reluctant to do - even though I haven't tweeted for well over a year.... lifehacker.com/tech/use-por...
This Chrome Extension Uploads All Your Old Tweets to Bluesky
If you're migrating from X to the friendlier skies of Bluesky, you don't have to leave everything behind—Porto is an extension for Chromium browsers that imports all of your old tweets to Bluesky auto...
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