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Piret Avila
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-Academy Research Fellow at University of Helsinki
-Theoretical evolutionary biologist
-Interested in life history theory, social behaviour, more broadly evolutionary game theory
-Website: piretavila.com
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cbank.bsky.social
We have an open PhD position (application deadline 9 January 2026) in "Theory of fitness landscapes" at @unibe.ch 🤓⛰️📊👩‍💻🎓: banklab.github.io/positions/

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October 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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euantheyoung.bsky.social
1/13 New paper out! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Historical records across thousands of women showed that mothers with more children had shorter lifespans during a famine, fitting an evolutionary explanation for why we age
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November 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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jevbio.bsky.social
The genetical evolution of social preferences: where the categorical imperatives of Hamilton, Kant, and Nash meet:

doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
The genetical evolution of social preferences: where the categorical imperatives of Hamilton, Kant, and Nash meet
Abstract. This paper models the genetical evolution of individual behaviour rules that guide the choice of strategies in pairwise assortative interactions
doi.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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cyanistesnord.bsky.social
I am recruting a #postdoc for a project investigating the evolution of avian heat tolerance in @erc.europa.eu project #HotLife. Fieldwork over broad latitudinal gradients, common-garden experiments, and more. Read more and apply👇
shorturl.at/WA1Qa

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@evoldir.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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arvidagren.bsky.social
First copy of The Paradox of the Organism in the wild!
November 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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eivimeycook.bsky.social
The registration deadline is rapidly approaching (August 18th). Be sure to register - spaces are limited!!

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iqcb-mainz.bsky.social IQCB Mainz @iqcb-mainz.bsky.social · Jul 14
Join the GUTENBERG WORKSHOP on the Evolution of Ageing!

Organizers: Margaux Bieuville, @kokkonut.bsky.social and Victor Ronget @unimainz.bsky.social, and eivimeycook.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social

Info at gutenberg-workshops.uni-mainz.de/evolution-ag...

#ageing #evolution #lifesciences
The Gutenberg Workshop on the Evolution of Ageing is organized by Margaux Bieuville, Hanna Kokko and Victor Ronget from the University of Mainz together with Edward Ivimey-Cook from the University of Glasgow. The Workshop will take place from 30 September to 2 October 2025 at Wasem's Monastery Engelthal Ingelheim.
July 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM