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Just over a week left to apply for this. Please get the word out there and tell your students :)

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Available PhD position in out Department in Zurich, on the ecology of predator-prey interactions 👇

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In a past life, I worked on this population of sociable weavers (though with a different team). One of the most formative experiences of my life. Highly recommended.

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Really happy to share our new preprint on the central complex of Heliconiini butterflies www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... Check it out! @neuroethology.org @brainevolutionnews.bsky.social @prelights.bsky.social @tibbe-evolneuro.bsky.social #brainevolution #heliconius #centralcomplex

submitted 27 days ago • 2 comments

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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Not just butterfly food :)

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Really excited that our DFG grant on the Speciation Genomics of Eye Size variation in Heliconius has been funded :) In the next weeks, I will post an advert for a PhD, but if you know of good students, please suggest they get in touch. Please repost.

submitted 42 days ago • 1 comment

🚨📢 If you study insect behavior and plant volatiles, contribute to our special collection in Environmental Entomology, "Plant Volatiles in Insect Pest Management and Sustainable Agriculture" !! Due Aug 15; DM/email for details & please share!! @entsocamerica.bsky.social @oliviabernauer.bsky.social

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ISBE26-the 20th International Society for Behavioral Ecology Conference will take place in Turin, Italy, from 20-24th of July 2026. We invite you to join us to enjoy a 5-day meeting rich in top-notch science and ample networking opportunities, in our beautiful city. Website out soon! #ISBE26

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🦤🧬🧑‍🔬 Junior Group Leader in Conservation Genomics Wanted! 🪲🌿🔬 Help bridge gaps between evolutionary genetics & conservation with museum and monitoring collections. 🔗 Info: tinyurl.com/biodivgen ⏰ Deadline: June 15th 📩 Contact me! 🚀 Excited to explore new horizons! Please share 🕊️

submitted 56 days ago • 1 comment

Really pleased to this first ms by PhD Student Yi Peng Toh out on BioXriv in collaboration with @ebablab.bsky.social :)

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Happy to share my first major PhD work, where we show that Heliconiini caterpillars have developed more puncture resistant cuticle as a counter-adaptation against sharp Passiflora trichomes. However, we also show that the trichomes affect post ingestion, suggesting that the arms-race continues!

submitted 66 days ago • 2 comments

!!𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭-𝐝𝐨𝐜 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬!! Join our lab in Berlin: 3 positions opening up: - 5 year chemical ecology - 5 year ACElab-matching topic - 2 year !open topic! see 🧵 for details For more information check: www.animal-economics.com/join-the-team PLEASE SHARE WIDELY

submitted 77 days ago • 2 comments

Just a few days left to sign up for our light pollution & insect declines workshop - FREE registration & meals - deadline for registration March 21st, and deadline for expert scan suggestions 22nd. www.visual-ecology.com/events/

submitted 78 days ago • 1 comment

Bright colors observed across the animal world are often used during mate choice. @dickmerrill.bsky.social explores a @plosbiology.org study of genetic & neural mechanisms contributing to evolution of visual mating decisions in Heliconius butterflies 🧪 Paper: plos.io/4iHQDRd Primer: plos.io/4ipW7QS

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Taking the slow way home from a fantastic speciation meeting in California.

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

Kind of amazing that there’s better 5g reception here than most of germany

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

I’ve seen many wonderful things in California so far (sea otters, elephant seals, hummingbirds) but this is this the only real mug in America?

submitted 85 days ago • 1 comment

Convergent floral scent loss following transition to hummingbird pollination in spiral gingers (Costus). I had so much fun on this project with @kathleenmkay.bsky.social and Santiago Ramirez and am thrilled to see it published now in @MolBioEvol! academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...

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ethoges.bsky.social 2025 Meeting Tutzing is about to take off. First, will be a symposium on Evolutionary Behavioural Genetics this morning, organised with @dickmerrill.bsky.social and featuring diverse taxa. Looking forward to exciting contributions and a stimulating discussion.

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Wonderful to be back in Zimbabwe, my home country, enjoying sunshine and birdsong. It's been productive too - had some great feedback from primary school children on the game we are developing about disease transmission (more soon!), and finally meeting my collaborator Clement Mangwiro in person!

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Are you wrapping up your PhD in the US and unsure what to do? We have a really nice postdoc funding program in the EU: marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post...

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Applications for MEME are open! It's a research- and mobility-oriented Evolutionary Biology Master's Programme, where students have the opportunity to visit 4(+2) different universities in two years. Please spread the word! www.evobio.eu #EvoBio

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If anyone in/near #Vienna is reading this: Stand up for science, respect, and a good future for everyone today. We don't want an Austrian government led by the far right! ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ #Protest

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Workshop on ecological & evolutionary immunology/insect immunity. 15-19th Sept 2025 - Werbellinsee, Germany, organised by Sophie Armitage and Jens Rolff. Abstract deadline start of March www.bcp.fu-berlin.de/en/biologie/...

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Thrilled to share that our research on androgen variation underlying the three ruff mating morphs has been published in Science! 🎉 Huge thanks to @science.org‬ for the stunning cover highlighting our work 💫 Check out the publication here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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A single gene underlies male mating morphs in ruff sandpipers, a new Science study finds. The results show how evolutionary changes in a single gene's structure, sequence, and regulation can drive significant diversity within a single species. Learn more in our new issue: https://scim.ag/4arzNmU

submitted 131 days ago • 6 comments

Exciting PhD opportunity, please apply by the 20/01 and feel free to email me with any questions! Fully funded by @scilifelab.se

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We have a postdoc position available in the lab on post-copulatory barriers in hybridizing crickets. We have genomic data ready to be analyzed and crickets ready for experiments. This is a great collaborative group and a study system with a lot of potential for new projects. Join us!

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Proud supervisor moment! Really pleased that @borreroja.bsky.social hard work has been recognised!

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Please spread! The newly established CF Genomics at UOL is re-advertising a position for a bioinformatician uol.de/en/job/bioin...

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Applications are open for a paid 8-week summer internship in biological sciences at Cambridge — a great way to see what postgraduate research is like: bit.ly/3hqFri4

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Merrill lab Christmas fondue 2024 edition … now brought to you by blue sky. Happy Christmas everyone and see you in 2025

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Convergent iridescence in sympatric Morpho butterfly species! New preprint by @joledamoisel.bsky.social

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5 exciting PhD opportunities to join the Center for Research in Animal Behaviour at the University of Exeter in Sept 2025. www.exeter.ac.uk/research/gro...

submitted 180 days ago • 2 comments

Really happy to hear that @juanitagutierrezv.bsky.social from our lab, has won a Swedish Research Council grant to start her own independent research programme to study the genetics of migratory behaviour in Urania moths! Should be seeing some really great stuff in the future!

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I made a starter pack of speciation researchers. Please let me know if you or someone you know would like to be added. I am particularly sad that so far there are not many speciation researchers from the Global South represented. go.bsky.app/J7qDY56

submitted 178 days ago • 44 comments

Postdoc positions in epigenetics! We have several opportunities to investigate big picture questions on (epi)genome function & mechanisms Based @embl.org near Rome (Italy), we offer full scientific support/facilities, training & funding. Also...☀️🏛️🍕🏖️ See👇or contact me for other options. Pls RS

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Interested in Evolutionary Behavioural Genetics ... come join us by the Bavarian lakes in February! @chorlnev.bsky.social and I are organising a symposium on current advances to link molecular and behavioural variation across a broad range of animal taxa. Please Re-post! www.bi.mpg.de/etho-2025

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📣 I'm recruiting PhD students for several projects: jonathanpdrury.com/opportunitie... #PleaseRepost

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Probably don't have the reach on here yet - BUT: I have a fully-funded four year PhD studentship available - the deadline is soon - November 25th - so please share if you can. And let's connect if you are interested in #genedrive #pestcontrol #evobio biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/new...

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