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Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 8d

🚨 Postdoc in evolutionary genomics of heat stress adaptation position at @ucddublin.bsky.social.
📍 Dublin, Ireland
Closes: 15th Oct 2025
🔗 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOV094/u...

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Systematics Association @systassn.bsky.social · 9d

Join us Nov 14th for #YSF2025, a completely free, online conference where postgraduate students (and other early career researchers) present their work on systematics, taxonomy and/or phylogenetics.

Abstract submission closes Oct 25th!

REGISTER: tinyurl.com/2fvmmthc

systass.org/young-system...

Young Systematists’ Forum

Young Systematists’ Forum An exciting setting for postgraduate students and early postdoctoral researchers to present their work to a scientific audience interested in taxonomy and systematic…

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N. Joris Fleck @njorisfleck.bsky.social · 10d

That comment made my day, cheers! 🐍

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N. Joris Fleck @njorisfleck.bsky.social · 10d

🐸 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞, 𝐧𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐧𝐨𝐧-𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐭: This is not my business-plan to finance my PhD, but a platform for our scientific community

Whether you’re doing your first field project or leading your own lab, this is a place to connect and collaborate with others who share your passion. 🌍✨

#hissscord

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N. Joris Fleck @njorisfleck.bsky.social · 10d

🐸 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲 from the community, instead of waiting weeks for a cryptic response from your supervisor
🐸 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬
🐸 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 with herpetologists worldwide
🐸 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 with different sub-channels for, e.g., coding help, fieldwork, methodology-related questions and more

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N. Joris Fleck @njorisfleck.bsky.social · 10d

+++ Hissscord🐍 NEWS +++

Second call for joining our server! 🐸
Hissscord is open to everyone in the scientific herpetological community, from students to established researchers.

💬 DM me for an invite to the Discord channel, or reach out via email: hissscord[at]gmail.com

Please share!📣

N. Joris Fleck @njorisfleck.bsky.social · 19d

+++ Hissscord🐍 NEWS +++

Our new server is live! 🐍
A free space for young and experienced herpetologists to connect, collaborate, and get quick help.

💬 DM me here on Bluesky or elsewhere for an invite to the Discord channel!

Please feel free to share and repost!

#Herpetology #SEH2025 #Hissscord

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Dr Mark D. Scherz @markscherz.bsky.social · 19d

Having a diffuse research group means that I rarely get to spend any time with my group in 3D. It was a great delight therefore to be joined by @collinbos.bsky.social @alicepetzold.bsky.social @njorisfleck.bsky.social and @clarakeusgen.bsky.social together in Bonn for the #SEH2025! 🧪🐸🦎🐍🧬

Most of my group gathered in one place for the first time possibly ever. From left to right, former master's student Collin Bos, current postdoc Alice Petzold, me (Mark D. Scherz), former bachelor's student Joris Fleck, and current master's student and former bachelor's student Clara Keusgen.

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N. Joris Fleck @njorisfleck.bsky.social · 19d

Herpetology is the science of reptiles and amphibians, and usually unrelated to herpes. That said, some reptiles can catch herpesviruses—it’s actually quite feared among turtle keepers, for example. 🐢

N. Joris Fleck @njorisfleck.bsky.social · 19d

+++ Hissscord🐍 NEWS +++

Our new server is live! 🐍
A free space for young and experienced herpetologists to connect, collaborate, and get quick help.

💬 DM me here on Bluesky or elsewhere for an invite to the Discord channel!

Please feel free to share and repost!

#Herpetology #SEH2025 #Hissscord

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Dr Alice Clement @draliceclement.bsky.social · Feb 24

We are hiring!! 🦎🧠🐍 2 year postdoc to work on on the evolution of brains in snakes and lizards (on our current ARC Discovery project).

Applications close 25th March 2025!

careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/51...

Learn more about South Australia's new university for the future.

careers.adelaide.edu.au

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N. Joris Fleck @njorisfleck.bsky.social · 23d

That'd be awesome! I'll start distributing the link to the channel soon.

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N. Joris Fleck @njorisfleck.bsky.social · 24d

I’m setting up a Discord server for young herpetologists, derived from an idea at #SEH2025. The goal is to create a space for quick help, collaboration, and networking. If you’d like to give input or get involved, let me know!

#herpetology

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N. Joris Fleck @njorisfleck.bsky.social · Aug 22

I’ve been spending A LOT of time in scientific collections.
Outside, the weather keeps changing. Inside? Permanent chill.

35°C? I’m freezing my butt off in the collections.
-4°C? Still freezing my butt off in the collections.

The only constant in my life right now is museum-grade air conditioning.

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N. Joris Fleck @njorisfleck.bsky.social · Aug 6

An Italian wall lizard (Podarcis siculus) found in Castiglione della Pescaia, Italy

#Herpetology #lizard #herping

A lizard hanging onto a plastic fence in Italy.

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N. Joris Fleck @njorisfleck.bsky.social · Jul 20

CORPS (Contemporary Overview in Research-based Preparation of Specimens) was initiated by my co-initiators Mei, Acean, and me in 2023. We are teaching students how to prepare animal specimens for scientific collections — a skill rarely taught in university. In 2024, Allie and Seyma joined our team.

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N. Joris Fleck @njorisfleck.bsky.social · Jul 20

The CORPS team has won the 2025 Teaching Award from #LMU ’s Faculty of Biology! 🏆
What began with preparing bird specimens in my living room is now the faculty’s first student-led, -organized, and -taught course. We are incredibly happy!
Thank you all—here’s to CORPS 2025!
@lmumuenchen.bsky.social

The CORPS team with the award certificate and flowers

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N. Joris Fleck @njorisfleck.bsky.social · Jul 9

Ordering primers for the first time and can't shake the feeling that an adult should probably look it over before I hit “order.”

#science #labwork #genetics

N. Joris Fleck @njorisfleck.bsky.social · Jun 27

Had the pleasure of visiting the @smnstuttgart.bsky.social and getting an awesome tour of part of their collection from the amazing @michela-johnson.bsky.social — thanks so much, Michela!

📸 Holotype of the extinct crocodyliform Machimosaurus buffetauti Young et al., 2014
#paleontology #FossilFriday

Holotype of the extinct crocodyliform Machimosaurus buffetauti Young et al., 2014

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N. Joris Fleck @njorisfleck.bsky.social · Jun 20

Gluing a completely disintegrated lizard skull back together is about as much fun as it sounds. And yes, I'm using a toothbrush taped to a bucket for assistance. Not elegant, but at least it's creative. Sue me.

#herps #bones #Gallotia #lizard #herpetology #LMU

A part of a lizard's lower jaw bone stuck in a toothbrush

N. Joris Fleck @njorisfleck.bsky.social · Jun 9

Nothing matches the feeling of finishing a manuscript, while an epic movie soundtrack is climaxing in the background.

N. Joris Fleck @njorisfleck.bsky.social · Jun 7

Interesting #illustration of a green #iguana in one of my favorite old #books.

W. Lackowitz (1899) Das Buch der Tierwelt. Verlag von W. Herlet, Berlin, Germany.

#history #library #oldbook #biology #herpetology

N. Joris Fleck @njorisfleck.bsky.social · Jun 7

It's crazy how much housework I get done in a day when I need to finish a manuscript.

N. Joris Fleck @njorisfleck.bsky.social · Jun 2

That's my new favourite way of short-term labelling #hummingbirds and other long-beaked #birds.

In a natural history museum, the beak of a hummingbird holds a paper label.

N. Joris Fleck @njorisfleck.bsky.social · May 28

I finally finished another photo editing session. This time, a #macro shot of a #tongue-flicking 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 (Günther, 1880) from #Madagascar.

Macro photo of a snake flicking its tongue

N. Joris Fleck @njorisfleck.bsky.social · May 4

Am I the only one who measures how close to home I am by the fraction of roadside plants I can identify to species level?

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