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Dugdale Research Group @hannahdugdale.bsky.social · 20d

Come & work with us - fully funded 4 year PhD on Social Ageing: Social environment effects on senescence, using an epigenetic clock www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor... @rug.nl @david-s-richardson.bsky.social @keesvanoers.bsky.social @seychelleswarbler.bsky.social photo: @charlisdavies.bsky.social

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Kees van Oers @keesvanoers.bsky.social · 11d

Not bad…. Amazing there. I will put it high on my bucket list

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Kees van Oers @keesvanoers.bsky.social · Aug 23

Thanks @tonigabaldon.bsky.social and all others that contributed, for a wonderful #eseb2025
It was amazing!

ESEB 2025 Congress @eseb2025.bsky.social · Aug 23

Thank you all for an inspiring week and a memorable farewell dinner! #ESEB2025 🌍✨

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ESEB 2025 Congress @eseb2025.bsky.social · Aug 23

✨Thank you all for an unforgettable #ESEB2025! The farewell dinner was the perfect ending: full of joy, good company, and some impressive dance moves. 🌍💫

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Kees van Oers @keesvanoers.bsky.social · Aug 23

So cool to see how my picture was used in all kinds of giveaways at the #ESEB stand at #ESEB2025

Judith Mank @judithmank.bsky.social · Jun 19

Check out our cover article in @evolletters.bsky.social, Size in the city: morphological differences between city and forest great tits have a genetic basis. By @babimt.bsky.social @keesvanoers.bsky.social @mevisser.bsky.social. academic.oup.com/evlett/artic...

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Judith Mank @judithmank.bsky.social · Jun 19

Check out our cover article in @evolletters.bsky.social, Size in the city: morphological differences between city and forest great tits have a genetic basis. By @babimt.bsky.social @keesvanoers.bsky.social @mevisser.bsky.social. academic.oup.com/evlett/artic...

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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · Jul 28

New publication: Parental control: ecology drives #plasticity in parental response to #offspring signals, by @tjommem.bsky.social @keesvanoers.bsky.social and others. #feedingbehaviour #foodavailability
doi.org/10.1093/behe...

Figure 1 in Caro et al. (2025): "Experimental design. (A) On hatching day, nests were randomly assigned to be in a good environment (supplemented, green, Nest A), or a poor environment (unsupplemented, orange, Nest B). Supplemented nests received a daily mix of meal worms and wax worms (approximating 20% of the brood’s nutritional needs) for the week after hatching. Unsupplemented nests were visited daily to control for human disturbance. (B) After 1 week, we removed supplemented food and ranked chicks by size (weight) within natal nests. We created foster broods with chicks 1, 3, 5 and 7 from natal nest A, and chicks 2, 4, 6 from natal nest B. This accounted for potential differences in chick behavior based on their previous size rank; standardized size differences within broods; and standardized foster brood size to 7 or 6 chicks. We re-ranked chicks by size within foster nests (Nest C and Nest D). We handfed half of each foster brood to satiation in an alternating pattern by size rank; a mix of unsupplemented and supplemented chicks were fed in order to disentangle short-term and long-term need. This standardized brood-level begging intensity at the beginning of filming; ensured begging is variable enough across chicks to be a useable signal; and ensured begging intensity varied across size ranks. (C) We filmed adults feeding their fostered broods for 4.5 h, excluding first 0.5 h to ensure behavior had normalized (see Supplementary Movie 2 for an example). Fostered broods contained only unrelated chicks to ensure adult behavior was not influenced by familiarity to their own chicks. Photos by S. Caro."

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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · Aug 15

New publication: Predicted deleterious mutations reveal the genetic architecture of male reproductive success in a #lekking bird, by @keesvanoers.bsky.social and others. #evolution #genetics #biodiversity
doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Figure 4 in Chen et al. (2025): "On the left are shown the posterior distributions of the standardized β estimates of the total GERP load on three sexually selected behavioural traits (top) and three sexually selected ornamental traits (bottom). On the right are shown the posterior distributions of the β estimates of the six sexual traits on AMS. The white circles represent the median posterior estimates, the thick black lines the 80% CIs and the thin black lines the 95% CIs. The significant indirect pathway of the total GERP load on AMS mediated by lek attendance is highlighted in yellow."

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Suvi Ruuskanen @suviruuskanen.bsky.social · Aug 20

Stijn Kouwenberg doing great presenting his first PhD poster at #EOU2025 collaboration @cyanistesnord.bsky.social @keesvanoers.bsky.social Cool work on #microbiome #heritability #physiology coming up

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Kees van Oers @keesvanoers.bsky.social · Jun 23

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Judith Mank @judithmank.bsky.social · Jun 19

I'll be at #Evol2025, and would love to talk if you have submission ideas for the journal!!

Judith Mank @judithmank.bsky.social · Jun 19

Check out our cover article in @evolletters.bsky.social, Size in the city: morphological differences between city and forest great tits have a genetic basis. By @babimt.bsky.social @keesvanoers.bsky.social @mevisser.bsky.social. academic.oup.com/evlett/artic...

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Kees van Oers @keesvanoers.bsky.social · Jun 20

I can only be proud of one of the best students I ever had! Ayke Haller did his 4-month internship with us, without knowledge on bioinformatics. Nog only did we write the first draft for this paper within the four months, Ayke also knew every paper and method out there. Working with ERCs is the best

NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · Jun 13

New publication: Independent avian epigenetic clocks for ageing and development, by @keesvanoers.bsky.social and others. #epigenetics #epigeneticclock #parusmajor #ageing #DNAmethylation
doi.org/10.1111/1755...

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Kees van Oers @keesvanoers.bsky.social · Jun 20

Apart from the great joy on working together with @babimt.bsky.social and @mevisser.bsky.social, I am honored to be able to provide the cover image for this marvelous society journal!

Judith Mank @judithmank.bsky.social · Jun 19

Check out our cover article in @evolletters.bsky.social, Size in the city: morphological differences between city and forest great tits have a genetic basis. By @babimt.bsky.social @keesvanoers.bsky.social @mevisser.bsky.social. academic.oup.com/evlett/artic...

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akirschel.bsky.social @akirschel.bsky.social · May 14

PhD opportunity in genomics and behaviour at University of Cyprus! Join our team investigating the genomics of bird song and feather colour in Africa! More details at: www.tinkerbirds.com/join-us
Application deadline Friday(!!) 16th May 2025. Apply here:
applications.ucy.ac.cy/post.../MNG_...

Join Us | tinkerbirds.com

www.tinkerbirds.com

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Sara Lipshutz (she/her) @jacanamama.bsky.social · Apr 28

Now published!!!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Kees van Oers @keesvanoers.bsky.social · May 7

Congratulations on this marvelous piece of work!!!

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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · Apr 1

📢 Reminder to send abstracts to the Evolutionary Genomics symposium co-organized by EvolApp and MolEcol at #ESEB2025 in Barcelona!

🎤 Featuring outstanding guest speakers:
Cameron Ghalambor and Santi González-Martinez

📅Deadline: 25 Apr 2025

w/ @cam-g.bsky.social @evoltree.bsky.social

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ESEB 2025 Congress @eseb2025.bsky.social · Apr 11

🐦 Calling all Early Birds! (and t-shirt enthusiasts!)

Have you ever wanted to spread the love for #Evolution through your attire? At #ESEB2025 you can! Don’t miss the chance to buy our amazing t-shirt with your registration! 🌟

🎟️ Secure your spot 👉🏻 https://eseb2025.com/registration/

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Claire Mérot @clairemerot.bsky.social · Apr 11

Looking forward to this symposium, lots to learn and discuss about genome structure and evolution #SVs #ESEB2025 ( and thanks for the invitation)

SEAGEN - Rui Faria @ruimmfaria.bsky.social · Apr 10

Organized by @aruizherrera.bsky.social and Thea Rogers with the wonderful speakers @clairemerot.bsky.social and Harris Lewin

SEAGEN - Rui Faria @ruimmfaria.bsky.social · Apr 10

NEW FRONTIERS IN GENOME DIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION: if you have work on 3D organization and function of genomes submit your abstract to our symposium!

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ESEB 2025 Congress @eseb2025.bsky.social · Apr 14

🌍 Evolve at #ESEB2025 in #Barcelona! 🧬
This August, don’t miss the chance for one of the largest gatherings in #EvolutionaryBiology in the vibrant city of #BCN! Enjoy discussions in the amazing backdrop of the mediterranean coast!
🎟️ Secure your spot 👉🏻 https://eseb2025.com/registration/

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SORTEE @sortee.bsky.social · Apr 18

💡 Join us in Barcelona for a discussion on open research, scientific integrity, and inclusivity! Stay tuned for talk details, abstract submissions & more!

#ESEB2025 #SORTEE #OpenScience #EcoEvoTransparency

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Tomos Potter @tomospotter.bsky.social · Apr 22

Looking forward to this session - submit your talks!

Erik Postma @erikpostma.bsky.social · Apr 11

What do you think, can we forecast evolution❓

@sevans.bsky.social and I would love to hear your thoughts, so if you are going to #ESEB2025, submit a talk to our symposium (S24: Forecasting evolution in natural populations) and join @colingarroway.bsky.social and Patrik Nosil!

Deadline April 25.

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Anna Karnkowska @ankarn.bsky.social · Apr 14

🚨 Just under two weeks left to submit your abstract for ESEB2025 - don’t miss the chance to be part of the Symposium on the Evolution of Symbiosis and Interactions in Microbial Eukaryotes 🦠🔬

📅 Abstract deadline: April 25, 2025
🔗 More: eseb2025.com/list-of-symposia
#ESEB25 #Symbiosis #ProtistOnSky

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animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social · Apr 8

Temperatures are rising in the Netherlands and despite the very cold nights the first birds are laying eggs! 🥚🥚 First Great tit egg in the long term study this year was 30th of march which is a week later then the record first egg we had last year #breedingseason25

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Kees van Oers @keesvanoers.bsky.social · Mar 22

And of course we don’t present Sarah, but data! 🧐

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