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Ecological and Evolutionary Physiologist. Our lab studies animal energetics, mostly birds, sometimes mammals or fish; most recently butterflies too. Trent University (Canada). Webpage: BurnessLab.ca
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I'm hiring a summer research assistant! Must be a Trent student eligible for TSWEP. See Trent job board Job ID 40082

Come work with me! #sparrows #microbiomes #reproduction

not sure what's worse about the DOGE site: unsecured databases, leaking of classified information, or these chart crimes

Ok, I made a new starter pack: Science Job Accounts! I want to try & collect together account that are likely to post jobs/internships/employment opportunities in science. It is heavily US/Ecology based (and would probably be better as a feed). Please suggest other accounts!! go.bsky.app/QPGnfWu

DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY SCIENCE: 1. Chickenpox 2. Diphtheria 3. Measles 4. Pertussis 5. Pneumococcal Infection 6. Polio 7. Tetanus 8. Typhoid 9. Yellow Fever 10. Smallpox DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY RFK JR. OR PRAYER: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

RFK Jr confirmed as HHS Secretary. Mitch McConnell, a polio survivor, was the only Republican to vote against confirmation. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/u...

A really nice write up by Lauren Eggleton (U of Sheffield) on our lab's recent work on light attraction and Atlantic puffin fledglings @tbrownbirds.bsky.social journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

TT- position - An amazing opportunity! [must be able to teaching in French and English]

Lols in baymen

Might you have a data set on exercise (in humans or other animals) that would be good for students in first year biology course to analyze?

🚨 Tenure-track jobs at NYU Biology!! We're going to hire two new assistant professors working in ecological and evolutionary genetics and genomics. Live and work in Greenwich Village, with friendly colleagues invested in your success. Apply! apply.interfolio.com/155792

Does anyone have a photo of a Leach's storm petrel you would be willing to share for use as a journal cover photo [for a society journal] #seabird #ornithology

EKOS has the CPC down to a 3 point lead.

We are hiring! We look for a person with programming skills in R and/or Python. Application deadline is March 14th 2025. All details here: www.ab.mpg.de/654153/job_f...

Here's a fact most Americans don't know: The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) is the largest purchaser of wine by dollar value in the world. The LCBO has shut the flow of all American beer, wine, spirits. We will drink "Freedom wines" from our allies and beer from our communities.

Happy Black History Month. Listen to, support, fund, and uplift Black people. #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth Black journos: go.bsky.app/QvS5FNb Black scientists: go.bsky.app/Ao3Qt9a Black academics: go.bsky.app/RyKSzcb Black democracy experts: go.bsky.app/6WTBzhX Black in tech: go.bsky.app/2RAbS3g

We are searching broadly for a PhD candidate interested in the evolvability of heat tolerance and the interaction between evolution and plasticity in 🐦🐣, based at @biologylu.bsky.social. Be great if you could re-post. Details 👇 #ERC #HotLife @ercresearch.bsky.social

JOB ALERT! Associate Professor position in Animal Biology available at Linköping University, Sweden. Areas of interest include ecology, physiology, evo-devo and genetics. 🧪 🌍 🦊 🐟 🦉 #AcademicSky #WomenInSTEM #HigherED #ScienceJobs liu.se/en/work-at-l...

An actual academic nightmare: (1) You get a call to remind you that you are an examiner on a PhD comprehensive exam (it's just starting) (2) You forgot and have not read the proposal (3) Student does not have to give an oral presentation (4) You are examiner #1! Happened to a friend

Some things just make you shake your head. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

📣 Just published in @conphysjournal.bsky.social with @jacobbowman.bsky.social, Chris Wilson, and Graham Raby How much does upper thermal tolerance vary among wild populations of brook trout? What drives this variation? 🌡️ 🧵1/5 doi.org/10.1093/conp...

Repost from the other place: PhD position available 🚨 We are looking for a #PhD-student to study the impact of #anthropogenicnoise on fitness-related behaviours, #geneexpression profiles, and #gutmicrobiome in #birds. Read all about it here: tinyurl.com/4xknfw8n picture © S. Golüke

A nice write-up about our recent work on light attraction in fledgling Atlantic Puffins #science🧪#seabird #ornithology @tbrownbirds.bsky.social news.mongabay.com/2025/01/atla...

Looking for someone to review a manuscript? Is it on avian urban-rural ecology/evolution, dietary adaptation, or dietary analysis using metabarcoding or stable isotope analysis? Then please send me a request. I am looking for an opportunity to review a manuscript with a PhD for training purposes.

lovely write-up about our new paper in @science.org by @science.org 😍 @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @unikonstanz.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...

The #SICB Division of Botany needs a new Student/Postdoc Representative to work with their Division & @sicb-spdac.bsky.social to coordinate student/postdoc events for the annual meeting & during the academic year. If you know any students or postdocs who might be interested, please let me know!

tattersalllab.com/2024/12/31/s... New paper out in Ecology Letters, led by Alexa McQueen!

🧪📢💥We're hiring, Assistant Prof in ANIMAL BEHAVIOR!! 🐦🕷️🐸🐝🦋🐟🐁🐕🐌 This is a joint appointment in Biology (Evolution, Ecology & Behavior) and the Program in Animal Behavior. 🧪 #job #academia Apply by 11/15/23 indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/20413

Effects of experimental nest treatment with herbs on ectoparasites and body condition of nestlings | doi.org/10.1093/behe... | Behavioral Ecology | #ornithology #ukbirds 🪶

Some smells are delicious, but they might have other uses besides telling animals where the food is. Recently Sadanandappa & Bosco showed that odours inform fruit flies when food is scarce, allowing them to produce fewer eggs until food is plentiful again journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

Decision by London Fashion week questioned by IUCN #animals #trade amp.theguardian.com/environment/...

At last, the nature documentary we all deserve. youtu.be/ByCxxZOwQUI?...

🧪🧬We're hiring for three new tenure-track positions🧪🧬 We're a friendly and collaborative department @umanitoba.bsky.social with lots of great research happening. Into genetics, dev bio, cell bio, specialized metabolism… we'd love to hear from you!! 🧪🧬🌎 viprecprod.ad.umanitoba.ca/default.ASPX...

The latest from our group - we show that rodents living on islands have higher glucocorticoid levels in their hair than those on the mainland. But relationship is indirect, and driven by body size. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....