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michaelgbertram.bsky.social
A/Prof @ Swedish Uni of Agricultural Sciences l Guest Researcher @ Stockholm Uni l Board Member @ ipcp.ch l Board Member @ sortee.org l Assoc Editor @ Proceedings B l Behavioural Ecology & Ecotoxicology l 🇦🇺→🇸🇪 michaelbertramlab.org l ethocred.org
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A popular account by @cogniivan.bsky.social of our study on sexual selection and intelligence in fish that is now out in Nature Ecology & Evolution. The journal link is in the article. theconversation.com/smart-is-sex...

We are seeking a highly motivated #Postdoc Researcher -background in #Ecology, #Biology or #Biodiversity -experience in #BiologicalInvasions - to contribute to the #HorizonEurope #GuardIAS project. Info and applications (by 12/3): euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/317579 #bioinvasions #InvasiveSpecies

“Keeping science honest takes a team effort." @elisabethbik.bsky.social establishes a $200,000 endowment to support fraud investigations. www.science.org/content/arti... (story by @jeffreybrainard.bsky.social)

Global Ecology 🌐 starter pack vol 1 & 2 are full and curated !! ✨💚 Please share so they will fly into the blue sky 🦋🌈 Vol1 👉 bsky.app/starter-pack... Vol2 👉 bsky.app/starter-pack... Will start a Vol. 3 soon, please reply if you want to be in ! 🌐🧪🌍🦤🍁🦑🪴🦉🐍🌾

The first many-analysts study in ecology is finally published! 🥳🙌 300+ coauthors and 5+ years, this was a massive effort by @elliotgould.bsky.social Hannah Fraser Tim Parker and co. Open access 👉 bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

I have a new article published, with 300+ coauthors! There were dozens of researchers analysing the same two datasets + dozens of researchers reviewing the analyses. Lots of variability in the results. This was the first many-analysts study in ecology. bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

It's an honour to have received an ACS Environmental Au Rising Stars Award! A big congrats to the other awardees. 🥳 👉 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... @pubs.acs.org @acs.org

New paper led by Losia Lagisz out today in @royalsocietypublishing.org! 'We recommend tangible actions towards making learned societies more affordable and accessible.' tinyurl.com/2jww44j2

Excited to share our new paper, led by @danielwanoble.bsky.social, in @royalsocietypublishing.org! ‘We believe that the future of preprints is bright, and community-driven initiatives, such as EcoEvoRxiv, will play a crucial role in the future of scientific publishing.’ tinyurl.com/4tpbj859

Two cool post-doc positions available at Umeå Uni to work on David Wardle's unique long-term experiments on lake islands in N-Sweden! One position focuses on microbial communities, the other on above-belowground linkages. Please, share! 🧬🦠🌲🍂 www.umu.se/en/work-with... www.umu.se/en/work-with...

Noble et al. The promise of community-driven preprints in ecology and evolution royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #OpenScience

Excited to see this published in @royalsociety.org Proc B led by the excellent @danielwanoble.bsky.social. If you want to know more about EcoEvoRxiv, this is the paper for you! Also, stay tuned for some journal preprint policy work by @marijapurgar.bsky.social - coming soon!

@science.org is looking for its next 6-month science writing intern! Details here: recruiting.ultipro.com/AME1123ASEM/...

Water industry strategies to manufacture doubt and deflect blame for sewage pollution in England www.nature.com/articles/s44...

We strongly recommend you read our board member Alex Ford's latest publication on the tactics of the water industry in England.

I'm delighted to share our opinion on #papermills published in Nature. Science is flooded with papers from paper mills.Certain steps can be taken, but this is a challenge that neither universities nor journals are ready to face.Some use paper mills to their advantage. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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...

New post out.  Priorities for ecological synthesis research to address pressing global issues. Accelerating environmental challenges requires a strategic vision for synthesis in ecology and environmental science. predirections.substack.com/p/priorities...

Lovely city & department where I spent 5 formative years

Hot off the press. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

We are delighted to announce that the Evidence Synthesis Hackathon will be taking place at UCL in London from 6th to 8th May 2025! We’re incredibly thankful to our partners at UCL and @eppicentre.bsky.social for supporting the event. Apply to join ESH2025 now! www.eshackathon.org/events/2025-...

Very excited this paper is now out in Ecology Letters onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... #causalsky

🎉🎉New Preprint!!🎉🎉 "From Policy to Practice: Progress towards Data- and Code-Sharing in Ecology and Evolution" doi.org/10.32942/X24... Myself and a whole bunch of awesome coauthors reviewed data- and code-sharing policies across 275 journals that publish ecology and evolution studies.

🚨JOB alert 🚨 We are looking for a technician at full time 100% and permanent position 🙌🏽 The job is in the Behavioural Physiology lab @unineuchatel Please see detailed description (in French) 👉🏼 recruitingapp-3040.umantis.com/Vacancies/60... Deadline end of February Spread the word 🙏🏽🧪

Please circulate: Postdoc position on responses of Australian mammal pests to climate change. Part of my ARC Laureate Fellowship research. Lots of hands-on fieldwork. Learn about biophysical models. Remote locations. Collaboration with #EcologicalHorizons and #AWC jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/91880...

ES&T, ES&T Letters and the ENVR Division of @acs.org are excited to announce the winners of the 2025 Outstanding Achievements in Environmental Science & Technology Award. Congratulations to Profs David Sedlak and Frank Wania! @pubs.acs.org pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

We are hiring! Looking for new editorial board members - 📚 Associate Editors x c.10 📚 Handling Editor x 1 📚 Commissioning Editor x1 More information and application procedure: jevbio.net/call-for-edi...

🚨 we're looking for a Senior Editor to join our editorial board! 📝 details can be found here: buff.ly/3PxptAb ⌚ closing date is 13th February 2025, 23:59 GMT

@asab.org has grants to attend #behaviour2025, boosted for applicants (ALL SENIORITIES!) from developed countries up to £2000. Plus the usual £2500 for those from developing countries, and £800 if you're based in India. But get your abstracts in soon - deadline 31st January!

A widespread transition to low-pesticide farming is needed to protect our pollinators. #nativebees Guzman and colleagues report that neonicotinoid and pyrethroid insecticide use is significantly associated with lower wild bee population density. 🧪 🌍 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

It was an honour to write a chapter on chemical pollution for the new book Behavioral Responses to a Changing World: Challenges and Applications, by @bbmwong.bsky.social & @ulrikacandolin.bsky.social! Big thanks also to Tomas Brodin & @marleneagerstrand.bsky.social 👏 global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Excited to share our new editorial on the key remaining challenges in developing greener drugs 💊🌍 A great collaboration with @bbmwong.bsky.social, Klaus Kümmerer, and Manuela Jörg! Free access👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Post-doc position available! Join us in this exciting project where we will use more than 100 years of data to investigate habitat choice and availability of the elusive European eel. The position will be based at SLU Aqua in Stockholm. Apply before January 7. Please repost!

I have a PhD position open to start fall semester 2025! The position will include investigations of the structure of both phenotypic (behavioral) plasticity and genetic variation in behavior as well as lots of opportunity to develop your own project. #Evolution #evobio #evolsky #Ecology 🧪

Exciting PhD opportunity with @neeltjeboogert.bsky.social , @padpadpadpad.bsky.social (Exeter) and myself (Bristol) on gulls, their microbiomes, and role in transmitting disease. Details below - deadline 13 January!

Postdoc position at Rutgers (New Jersey, USA) studying interactions between offshore wind and commercial fisheries jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/241...

🌟JOB ALERT🌟 We're hiring lecturers/senior lecturers @bristolbiosci.bsky.social Themes: ‘Evolution of life’, ‘Anthropogenic change’, ‘Reversing the biodiversity crisis’ & ‘Sustainable food production’ That very much includes #AnimalBehaviour Deadline: 24th Jan 2025 bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

Time to renew your @sortee.bsky.social's membership. Let's continue walking together towards Open, Reliable, and Transparent Science: Link: app.joinit.com/o/sortee/

We will be providing an update of progress on our ECOMIX project (which is looking at chemical pollution in Yorkshire's rivers) at the next Freshwater Quality Programme webinar at 1200 GMT on 20 Jan. If you are interested, you can register here: universityofleeds.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

COVID‐19: An unplanned experiment to assess the effect of tourism on ungulates in a world heritage site. 2024 zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

New year, new paper. We discuss key challenges to the development of biodegradable drugs to lessen environmental impacts of pharmaceutical pollution. Check out the paper co-authored with @michaelgbertram.bsky.social, Klaus Kummerer & Manuela Jorg👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #BobWongLab

Do you have a project that exemplifies open science in ecology and evolution? If so nominate the project for a SORTEE Commendation Award: More details about the SORTEE Commendation Award:

🧵1/4. New book finally coming out on 26 December 2024. This has been a monumental effort and I take the opportunity to thank my co-editor @ulrikacandolin.bsky.social, all of the amazing contributors, chapter reviewers and the team at Oxford Academic. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Our paper “Conflicts of Interest in the Assessment of Chemicals, Waste, and Pollution” has received a Best Paper Award. Yay! The paper has been recognized by the journal Environmental Science & Technology as a second joint runner-up in its category. lnkd.in/dG5wkQV8