Dr. Ornella Bertrand
@ornellabertrand.bsky.social
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Ramón y Cajal PI Researcher | Paleoneurology | Neuroecology | Neurosensory evolution of mammals 🧠 Institut Català de Paleontologia 🇪🇸 | Contact me for PhD & Postdoc opportunities https://ornellabertrand.wordpress.com/ https://go.bsky.app/7FEDFXK
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🔬 Sahra Talamo at the University of Bologna refined #radiocarbon dating using ancient tree rings to improve the timeline of interactions between modern humans and Neanderthals.

👉 buff.ly/ROCd6rf

#GeneEditing #prehistory #ethnoarchaeology #FrontierResearch
Calibrating the timing of Neanderthal and modern human contact
Researchers have used tree rings to establish a more accurate timeline for the first meeting between our ancient ancestors and their...
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behavecol-lab.bsky.social
Please share!🙏
🚨 PhD Oportunity in Avian Behavioural Ecology in Spain
The BirdBond Project (MNCN & IREC) studies how pair bonds form, change & affect reproduction/survival in the spotless starling 🐦
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corriemoreau.bsky.social
UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
ecoevojobs.net 2025-26
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scbeurope.bsky.social
🚨 First call! 🚨

European Congress for Conservation Biology (Leiden, the Netherlands in July 6th to 10th 2026) is open for proposals: symposia, panels, workshops & training on effective biodiversity conservation.

Deadline Oct 31st 2025 👉 eccb26Leiden.eu #ECCB2026
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tibbe-evolneuro.bsky.social
🤩 Join us for the next TIBBE seminar:
Evolution of brain cell types.
September 10, 2–3pm UTC

This event brings together 2 outstanding evolutionary and developmental neuroscientists who will present their work, followed by an interactive discussion with the audience: www.crowdcast.io/c/evolution-...
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chansenwheat.bsky.social
🚨 PhD position in behavioural evolution 🚨

Come do your PhD with me in Linköping, Sweden, using the domestic dog (and some wolves) to answer fun questions on how complex behaviours develop and evolve.

Application deadline September 24 2025 🧪 🌍 🦊 #AcademicSky #ScienceJobs

liu.se/en/work-at-l...
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drzebrafish.bsky.social
The University of Oregon is searching for an Assistant Professor with a focus on Developmental Neuroscience. We are excited to have you come join us - apply!
Application information can be found at: careers.uoregon.edu/cw/en-us/job...
Current Opportunities | UO HR Website
careers.uoregon.edu
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alealisousa.bsky.social
@ornellabertrand.bsky.social keynote talk on the evolution of brain structures in placental mammals to interpret fossil ecology @tibbe-evolneuro.bsky.social #ESEB2025 SYMPOSIUM 17.02
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stevebrusatte.bsky.social
The teeny tiny sharp-tooth mammals that thrived underfoot of dinosaurs...

...or: the humble multituberculates getting the NY Times treatment after a new jaw was found in England!

My thoughts and those of pal @ornellabertrand.bsky.social for @nytimes.com

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/s...
Fossil Shows a Sharp-Toothed Mammal That Thrived Among Dinosaurs
www.nytimes.com
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ebablab.bsky.social
Join the TIBBE team at #ESEB2025 on Monday in room 115 for S17 *The evolution of behavioural diversity: from ecology to genes and neural systems* - lots of great talks, and more excellent posters throughout the evening sessions! 🧠
tibbe-evolneuro.bsky.social
This is TIBBE – The Integrative Biology of Brain Evolution network.
We bring together researchers on brain evolution to exchange ideas, share expertise on tools and methods, share data and discuss new findings.
Discover & join TIBBE on our website and a short video tibbe-network.github.io
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cascoclauda.bsky.social
AMAZING NEWS!
apple tv has just announced a NEW pleistocene-focused series of #prehistoricplanet! streaming on november 26th
a pair of machairodontines laying in a snow-covered field; they look quite robust, but i'm unsure if they are smilodon or a different taxon like homotherium a baby elasmotherium and mother a glyptodont in a grassy plain a baby giant ground sloth (unsure of taxon) clings to its mother's back as the mother climbs a cliff-face
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To predict the behaviour of a primate, would you rather base your guess on a closely related species or one with a similar brain shape? We looked at brains & behaviours of 70 species, you’ll be surprised!

🧵Thread on our new preprint with @r3rt0.bsky.social , doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Brain Surfaces of 70 primate species
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1°C of global warming does NOT mean that heatwaves 'just' get hotter by 1°C.

Over large parts of the UK, global warming means that heatwaves are 3-4°C warmer, with worse consequences for people and ecosystems.
UK maps showing changes in temperatures for typical summer days and hot summer days.
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drjengunter.bsky.social
Ever feel like your brain just stopped cooperating during perimenopause?
For many women, that’s not just brain fog—it might be undiagnosed ADHD colliding with hormonal shifts.
We're finally starting to connect the dots. It's about time. 🧠✨ vajenda.substack.com/p/adhd-and-m...
ADHD and Menopause: What We Know and What We're Learning
A Look at How Hormone Changes Might Be Fueling Cognitive Struggles for Women with ADHD
vajenda.substack.com
ornellabertrand.bsky.social
Congrats @martapina.bsky.social very well deserved!! 🤩🤗🎉
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ebablab.bsky.social
🚨Anyone want a job?🚨
We have two #postdocs up for grabs! 🧪
- cell developmental biology/#evodevo/#neuroevodevo
- bioinformatics and molecular biology
Both working on brain evolution in Heliconiini butterflies
Details below! Please repost 🙏 1/n
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climatedad.bsky.social
“Half the tree of life disappearing in one human lifetime.”

As this heartbreaking eulogy makes clear, the amount of beauty & wonder we’ve lost is truly overwhelming.

All life is connected, & we’re currently on track to learn this truth in the most painful way possible.
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
www.theguardian.com
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gsferreira.bsky.social
🚨🚨PhD position alert!🚨🚨
Do you like 🐢🐢? Or ecomorph evolution? I am offering a 36-month PhD position funded by the DFG about ecomorphology and neuroanatomy of turtles. Check out the ad here: www.senckenberg.de/en/career/sc...

Please share and if you have questions, send me a message 😉