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Write-up of our new paper on information transfer in plant-fungal networks: "Study shows plants are more likely to be ‘eavesdroppers’ than altruists when tapping into underground networks". www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-01... @tobykiers.bsky.social @stuwest.bsky.social

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Super important new research out today by @josephwilliamson.bsky.social, @alexpigot.bsky.social & @jonbridle.bsky.social et al. shows diverse communities of species have worryingly similar heat tolerance 🔥🪲🦜🦎. Read more about it in Joe's piece for @theconversation.com

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🚨New paper 🚨We argue that abrupt biodiversity losses can be driven by populations sharing similar tolerances to warming 🦋🌎🥵. Out now in @royalsocietypublishing.org. Summary thread below 🧵 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10....

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‘Bending the curve towards nature recovery: building on Georgina Mace's legacy for a biodiverse future’ - a special issue of Phil Trans R Soc B in honour of a very special biodiversity scientist - is published today by @royalsociety.org. royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...

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Our review is out in Nature Reviews Genetics! rdcu.be/d5AY2 We show how phylogeny-based methods can resolve the problem of non-independence in genomic datasets. These methods must be considered an essential part of the comparative genomics toolkit. @lauriebelch.bsky.social @stuwest.bsky.social

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Applications are currently open for UNIQ 2025. UNIQ helps support UK state-school students from underrepresented backgrounds prepare for university, with support through the application process to help take those first steps to university life. www.uniq.ox.ac.uk

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Is low fecundity of old males a consequence of seminal fluid or sperm declines, or female post-mating responses? Our new paper in evolution letters finds some surprising answers! academic.oup.com/evlett/advan...

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New year, new term, new list of evolutionary anthropology seminars, starting Tuesday Jan 14th @uclofficial.bsky.social Anthropology dept. 14 Taviton St. Come along. www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropology...

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Excited to have presented my poster at #BES2024 @britishecolsoc.bsky.social 🍀 I am grateful for the amazing opportunity to share my master’s research on spatiotemporal shifts in butterfly reflectance and trade-offs in thermal tolerance and UV protection 🦋 (Part 1/2)

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Great to see so many people here – now seems like a good time to reintroduce my research! I explore the evolution of behaviour, especially all things sexy ❤️‍🔥🌮👈🐒🍆 & answer the big questions: why do primates spank the monkey 🍌? Do chimps have wet dreams 💦? Why do some mammals have a penis bone 🦴?

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I have some PhD projects now available for application if you are interested in insect biodiversity change. Please check out the links below and shout if you have questions!

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I keep finding myself suggesting this brilliant paper by John Welch, about why pointless debates in evolutionary biology + behavioural ecology. Maybe it is easiest if I just repost it here every so often? link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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go.bsky.app/QKajPgc A starter pack for social evolution! Lots of space left for anyone who would like to be added

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hey everyone! i made a list of some useful starter packs (primarily biology/earth sciences with a few bonus things thrown in) to share with friends who have joined bsky in the last week and thought it may be useful for some people here too! 🌍🧪 #SciSky #BioSky docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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A new Palaeolithic female figurine from Piatra Neamț, Romania sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

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Thank you to all our colleagues for putting this brilliant bid together. Big focus on improving access to graduate study. Applications open in January - please apply! @oxfordbiology.bsky.social

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I’m on my first ever “proper” sabbatical, on other side of planet from my department. Super-productive, time to think about science (turns out I still quite enjoy that), deep-fried duck for lunch and a coconut-break in the afternoon. 🌴 ❤️🇮🇩

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Reminder that, if you're a teacher, happy to provide a free assembly (online) to help communicate why science matters and how to spot pseudoscience and general BS online. It all matters right now.

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Paper accepted 🥳🙌 in #philtransb is a nice way to start a grey Monday. Watch this space to learn more about how clustered warming tolerances drive non-linear risks of biodiversity loss on a warming planet! 🥵🌎🌿

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Had the best time at #ISBE2024! Always a pleasure to present this research 🌮🍆💦👋🦧, but even more fun to discuss it with awesome behavioural ecologists in such a welcoming setting!

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At #ISBE2024 next week? Come see my first ever conference poster. (I'm cheating - it is a slight update of an awesome poster by @annadewar.bsky.social )

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Why do pangenomes vary so much across bacteria? 🦠🧬 We show that bacterial lifestyle is the key factor shaping variation in pangenome fluidity. Read more in our paper out now in PNAS: doi.org/10.1073/pnas... With Chunhui Hao @lauriebelch.bsky.social Melanie Ghoul @stuwest.bsky.social

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🦠 Lifestyle plays a key role in shaping bacterial pangenomes 🦠 New research from @annadewar.bsky.social @stuwest.bsky.social shows that species which live in more variable environments have more fluid pangenomes 👇 bit.ly/3wC8M0w

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Want to do a PhD in Biology, but not thinking about applying to Oxford? Come to this 2 day all expenses paid workshop to have your mind changed. envres.web.ox.ac.uk/2-day-applic...

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Our new paper on plasmids and cooperation has been published today in Proceedings B! "Genes for cooperation are not more likely to be carried by plasmids." doi.org/10.1098/rspb... With @lauriebelch.bsky.social Tom Scott @stuwest.bsky.social. Summary thread below... 🧵

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Had a lot of fun filming for this documentary last Autumn! Solo Sex: Of People & Animals that Masturbate 🐒🌮👈🐬🍆🐟🐿️💋💦🐴🔥 Catch it below! If you speak German, stay for the science! If you don't, just enjoy the wacky clips of animals masturbating! www.3sat.de/wissen/wisse...

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I’m presenting at British Ecological Society Annual Meeting 2023 - come listen to me speak about hot butterflies 🥵🦋🌍 in the Environmental Physiology session on Wednesday at 17:30. #BES2023

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Hi everyone! I'm currently a Postdoc at the University of Oxford. I'm interested in using comparative genomics to ask broad evolutionary questions across species. My research interests include plasmids, pangenomes and cooperation. 🦠

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Our review paper on the stunning variation in sex roles and mating systems in shorebirds is published in Ibis and freely available to all. Shorebirds have provided so much insight into this topic, but their potential is still untapped and there is much left to learn! 🧪🦅 doi.org/10.1111/ibi....

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Hello, Bluesky! I'm Laurie, I study the evolution of cooperation in microbes Here is my latest paper, where we find evidence for kin selection in natural populations, using the distinct signature of selection that it leaves in sequence data academic.oup.com/evlett/advan...

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I'm an evolutionary biologist interested in using phylogenetic comparative methods to understand the evolution of behavioural traits (particularly those under sexual selection). Most recently I've been researching the evolution of masturbation 👉🌮🐒👋🍆💦: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

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