Melanie Brien
@melbrien.bsky.social
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Research Fellow at University of Helsinki ~ Evolution, genomics, lepidoptera, all things colour🦋
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melbrien.bsky.social
Happy to also receive questions about life in Finland - Helsinki is a beautiful place to live and lab members will receive a list of the best bakeries and saunas in town
melbrien.bsky.social
Funded PhD position available 🎉 Come and work with me in Helsinki to uncover the pathways producing colourful tiger moth wings. Lots of options for genomics, CRISPR, fieldwork, behaviour experiments… Email with questions! jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
Wood tiger moth on leaf. Photo: Juhani Maamela.
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aplantaginis.bsky.social
We are looking for Erasmus interns to help with our bird projects at Lammi Biological Station:
www.helsinki.fi/en/research-...

Apply here and specify that you are interested in the great tit project:
www.lyyti.in/Application_...
melbrien.bsky.social
For circadian clocks, colour polymorphisms and nice moths: 11am Weds in room 117 #ESEB2025
Presentation title slide with photo of wood tiger moths
melbrien.bsky.social
Excited to soon start my new role as Academy of Finland Research Fellow 🦋🐛I’ll later be advertising a PhD position on tiger moth colour and genomics, and will be speaking at #ESEB2025 this week if you want an idea of what’s going on!
melbrien.bsky.social
Happy to play a small role in this nice paper, and hope to visit this region one day!
biobiiana.bsky.social
✴️ NEW PAPER! ✴️ In the beautiful Caucasian mountains of 🇬🇪 lives a moth whose wing colour variation (🔴🟠🟡) has intrigued us for ages. Here (doi.org/10.1111/1744...), we studied whether such variation is associated with 🧬 structure or other traits such as size. (1/3)
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dickmerrill.bsky.social
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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michalbartak.bsky.social
🚨New paper on tropical moth pollination 🧵1/8 - What happens in tropical ecosystems when the day ends?🌔🦋 Our new review that @robtrop.bsky.social and I wrote highlights moths’ vital role in pollination and outlines research gaps, challenges and biases. Sharing valued! Link: doi.org/10.1017/S026...
When the day ends: Review on the importance of nocturnal moths as pollinators in tropical ecosystems | Journal of Tropical Ecology | Cambridge Core
When the day ends: Review on the importance of nocturnal moths as pollinators in tropical ecosystems - Volume 41
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melbrien.bsky.social
Lovely to be back in Sheffield for the Population Genetics group conference. First day full of colour, butterflies and tea #pgg58
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hanliconius.bsky.social
Hey Lepidoptera folks, here’s a Starter Pack of Lepidopterologists! If you want to be added (or removed), just @ me with your favourite: #buttetflies? #moths? go.bsky.app/U3HPgpW
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jmappes.bsky.social
Please re-post: I have a postdoc position open! Helsinki is great and working environment is fantastic! #colours #polymorphism #behavior #experiments #lepidoptera jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
Postdoctoral Researcher in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Postdoctoral Researcher in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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melbrien.bsky.social
Very happy to be at my first ISBE and my first visit to Australia! Will be around tonight with my poster (that printed the wrong colour 🙈) #ISBE2024
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sandrawinters.bsky.social
Interested in planning and conducting research related to wild animal resilience (broadly defined)? We're recruiting a Research Coordinator or Planner in wild animal experimentation here in Biological & Environmental Sciences at the University of Helsinki! Applications due Jan 19.
Research coordinator/Planner in wild animal experimentation
Research coordinator/Planner in wild animal experimentation
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melbrien.bsky.social
For my first post I'll share our recent paper (& accompanying doodle) on the genetics of polymorphic colour in male wood tiger moths 🦋🧬✂️ elifesciences.org/articles/80116