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Maria Akopyan, PhD @akopyan.bsky.social · 16d

Now published in Cell! We found that ~15% of SNPs from divergent refs did not liftover as SNPs in the gray fox ref—half mapped to monomorphic sites, half failed to map. Co-authored with Matthew Genchev, @elliecat.bsky.social, and @jazlynmooney.bsky.social

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Jonathan Drury @jonathanpdrury.bsky.social · 18d

Another @durham-university.bsky.social Belize field course in the books! Already looking forward to 2026…

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Florian Hartig @florianhartig.bsky.social · Jul 14

I will soon open up calls for a PhD student (free choice of topic as long as it fits to our group) and a scientific programmer / ecological data scientist. If you know what we are doing and would like to join our team, feel free to get in touch.

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Andrea Estandía @andreaestandia.bsky.social · Jun 11

Excited to share our new paper in Molecular Ecology! Using whole-genome and morphological data from silvereyes, we explore their evolutionary history and find that water barriers are more effective than continental distances in driving population divergence 🐤🧬
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Islands Promote Diversification of the Silvereye Species Complex: A Phylogenomic Analysis of a Great Speciator

Geographic isolation plays a pivotal role in speciation by restricting gene flow between populations through distance or physical barriers. However, the speciation process is complex, influenced by t...

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🍁 Alex Smith 🍁 @alexsmithants.bsky.social · Jun 3

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“There’s just no moths on that sheet.” @tessairini.bsky.social writes in the @theguardian.com about #InsectDecline with #DanJanzen, #WinnieHallwachs and the caterpillars of the Area de Conservacion Guanacaste #ACG in #CostaRica @gdfcf.bsky.social

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · May 24

Reminder that SSE members in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, India, and 152 low-income countries around the world can still get FREE registration for the virtual Evolution meeting! Please share with your colleagues: www.evolutionsociety.org/index.php?mo...

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Richard Merrill @dickmerrill.bsky.social · May 6

Interested in a PhD connecting sensory ecology and evolutionary genetics? Applications are now open for a project on the Speciation Genomics of Eye Size Variation in Heliconius Butterflies in our lab at LMU Munich: www.evol.bio.lmu.de/research/mer... Please repost!

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The Society of Systematic Biologists @systbiol.bsky.social · May 16

🗳️ Ballots went out this week! 🗳️

You have one week remaining to vote.

Have you encountered an issue with your ballot? Email [email protected] as soon as possible so we can get you sorted out.

The Society of Systematic Biologists @systbiol.bsky.social · May 12

SSB Election Ballots are going out soon!

✅ Make sure the email on your SSB account is current and that your membership is up-to-date to receive yours:

www.systbio.org/my-account.h...

MY ACCOUNT

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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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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Apr 30

Screeching contestants gathered in Belgium on Sunday for the fifth annual European Gull Scream Championship, a competition meant to see who could produce the best imitation of a sea gull.

Read more: nyti.ms/4jyRF2M

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Sal Keith (she/her) @salkeith.bsky.social · Mar 31

Does anyone know if there is anywhere you can download #Birdlife International #GlobalFlyways #GIS layers (shapefiles?) from please? For an MSc project. @sheardcat.bsky.social @mothyblackburn.bsky.social @jonathanpdrury.bsky.social or any other bird fans....? Thanks

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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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Jonathan Drury @jonathanpdrury.bsky.social · Mar 8

Just heard one by St Mary’s Lighthouse!!

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Sal Keith (she/her) @salkeith.bsky.social · Mar 6

And with that, sMacrobehaviour has left the building! What an awesome few days, thanks everyone 🥰🥳😃 Yay science #sDiv @kamarske.bsky.social @jonathanpdrury.bsky.social @theresarueger.bsky.social @ruchakarkarey.bsky.social @sheardcat.bsky.social & co. Looking forward to March 2026

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Heather Ferguson @drheatherferg.bsky.social · Feb 27

@britishecologicalsociety.org are leading efforts to improve Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in Ecology. On March 3rd they are hosting webinar to discuss developing collaborative solutions intersectional barriers faced by minoritized ecologists.
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www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/deve...

Developing collaborative solutions to the intersectional barriers faced by minoritized ecologists - British Ecological Society

Join the BES Networks to discuss how we build a more equitable community for all ecologists.

www.britishecologicalsociety.org

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Ana C. Afonso Silva @acafonsosilva.bsky.social · Feb 20

Last first-author paper finally published! This took too many years but even after leaving research we manage to get it done, with Odile Maliet, @leandrist.bsky.social, @noguesbravo.bsky.social, @n8upham.bsky.social, Walter Jetz, and really supportive Hélène Morlon

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Negative global-scale association between genetic diversity and speciation rates in mammals - Nature Communications

Genetic diversity and speciation rate support adaptability and species richness patterns, respectively. Here, the authors find a negative association between mitochondrial genetic diversity and specia...

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Animal Ecology Uppsala @animecol-uu.bsky.social · Feb 20

📣 New PhD position on flycatchers with @qvarnstromlab.bsky.social — spread the word!

Combine bioinformatics, long-term datasets and field work to explore climate adaptation and speciation in the lovely flycatchers. Join us in Uppsala, Sweden! Apply by Mar 18: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

#ecoevojob

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Stephen Montgomery @ebablab.bsky.social · Feb 9

And in the uk the Newton Fellowships too! royalsociety.org/grants/newto...

Alcides Fonseca @alcidesfonseca.com · Feb 8

Are you wrapping up your PhD in the US and unsure what to do? We have a really nice postdoc funding program in the EU: marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post...

Postdoctoral Fellowships

The information provided on this page is a summary of the main rules and requirements for Postdoctoral Fellowships (PFs) and who can apply for them.

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Sal Keith (she/her) @salkeith.bsky.social · Feb 6

A commentary piece from me to you (...if you're an #ethologist / #BehaviouralEcologist) link.springer.com/article/10.1... #Macrobehaviour needs you! @asab.org @biorxiv-behav.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @abcmicrogrants.bsky.social @besmacro.bsky.social

a group of people are dancing in a hallway with a sign that says white water rafting

Alt: a group of people are dancing in a hallway with a sign that says white water rafting

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Iapetus DTP @iapetusdtp.bsky.social · Feb 5

Congratulations to @biologistrachel.bsky.social‬ for a successful viva on "Investigating the impacts of urbanisation on blue tit diet and reproductive success via faecal DNA metabarcoding". Thanks to examiners @allyphillimore.bsky.social & @jonathanpdrury.bsky.social, and funders @ukri.org!

The new Dr McConnell with blue tit cake, flanked by examiners @allyphillimore.bsky.social & @jonathanpdrury.bsky.social

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Catherine Sheard @sheardcat.bsky.social · Jan 29

If you're a non-UK scientist who wants to come to the UK for a postdoc, this year's Newton Fellowships are now open. You'll need a lab to host you (which could be me, but truly, could be any PI, so get in touch with someone you'd like to work with!)

royalsociety.org/grants/newto...

Newton International Fellowships | Royal Society

This fellowship is for non-UK scientists who are at an early stage of their research career and wish to conduct research in the UK.

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Lesley Lancaster @lancasterlt.bsky.social · Jan 14

Senior Editor position!!! Please feel free to get in touch with me via DM or email if this is of potential interest to you, even if you don't think you're 'ready' (I didn't!). Serving on a
@britishecolsoc.bsky.social
journal is for me a joy and a privilege.

Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · Jan 14

🚨 we're looking for a Senior Editor to join our editorial board!
📝 details can be found here: buff.ly/3PxptAb
⌚ closing date is 13th February 2025, 23:59 GMT

Senior Editor - British Ecological Society

Journal of Animal Ecology, a British Ecological Society journal. Apply by 13 Feb 2025.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Jan 13

When I was a young man there were whispered rumors among the elders that they could remember their own elders talking about a time when getting grants had been a means for doing science, rather than vice versa.

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Jarome Ali 🇹🇹 🏳️‍🌈 @jarome.bsky.social · Jan 13

"Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of my grant application."

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Sal Keith (she/her) @salkeith.bsky.social · Jan 13

Congrats @reefjav.bsky.social on a beast of a paper showing that coral composition, not cover, drives reef fish assemblage change over space & time. 28yrs of #AIMS data over entire #GBR www.nature.com/articles/s41... Not bad for 1st paper of PhD 🤯 @lec-reefs.bsky.social @nickajgraham.bsky.social

Emergent patterns of reef fish diversity correlate with coral assemblage shifts along the Great Barrier Reef - Nature Communications

Coral reefs have been severely affected by anthropogenic stress. Using long term data from the Great Barrier Reef, this study found temporal changes in the latitudinal diversity gradient, and stronger...

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