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doi.org/10.1073/pnas... Olfaction in spiders. We found that the wall pore sensilla in spiders look similar from the outside to those of insects, but differ ultrastructurally in various ways. Independent evolution! 🧪

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📣 Don’t miss the travel grants for #ESEB2025 #Barcelona 📣 Conference travel award: eseb.org/prizes-funding… Congress attendance aid: eseb.org/prizes-funding�� ⏳DEADLINES: 30/01 (CTA) & 31/01 (CAA) ⏳

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Isabella Capellini, Domhnall Jennings, Karina Vanadzina, and I are advertising a funded PhD project on parental care macroevolution, based at Queen's University Belfast! Deadline to apply Feb. 7. Come join us! 🐦🐟🐒🦖🦎 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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In Folge 17 von Natur 2.0 - dem Biodiversitäts-Podcast begrüßen @janaisanta.bsky.social und ich unseren zweiten Gast: Dr. Matthias Schott, Akademischer Rat an der Universität in Bayreuth. Es geht u.A. um chemische Kommunikation und subletale Auswirkungen menschengemachter Stressoren bei Wirbellosen.

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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 🧪

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It is out! We evaluated olfactory lateralization in the bumblebee Bombus pauloensis through SEM and EAG. Unlike honeybees, our results show that there are not differences between right and left antennae. Congrats Florencia Palottini!! 👏 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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🧪📢💥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

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Still my favorite Christmas ornament!!

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Know anyone looking for a PhD? Like phylogenies and R programming? Think behaviour is really neat? Isabella Capellini, Domhnall Jennings, Karina Vanadzina, and I have a funded PhD project on parental care macroevolution, based at Queen's University Belfast! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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We are hiring a new entomological curator in Hamburg at the Leibniz institute for the analysis of biodiversity change… Please share and apply!!! 8101202752.karriereportal.cloud/job/2024-20-...

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Job alert: Prince Philip Professorship of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Dept of Zoology, University of Cambridge Applicants who are leaders in their field, have a track record of collegiality, & a distinctive well-funded research programme are encouraged to apply. jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/48966/

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📢 Job Alert in #ChemicalEcology at @UCRiverside @UCRentomology Assistant Professor in Chemical Ecology and Behavior of Insects aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01976

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📣 We are recruiting! Please spread the word! We look to hire an associate professor in animal ecology, specializing in evolutionary ecology. Apply by Feb 7 2025. Come join us in Uppsala, Sweden! Application page and contact info 🔗👇 #ecology #evolution #job www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

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Applications now open for the 2025 International Travel Stipends to attend #Evol2025! Funds cover registration, travel, food, and lodging. Can also be used to attend #ESEB2025! Apply by January 31: https://buff.ly/3ZEWUqe @evolmtg.bsky.social

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For a first 'real' post on Bluesky, I'm delighted to share my new paper that just came out in Insectes Sociaux: sex differences in parenting in burying beetles. 📸 @ashwhiffin.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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2 New #PhD positions in my institution to study #biodiversity and interactions #ants and #beetles in the tropics!

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Earwigs aren't the most-loved insects out there, but they live fascinating lives: - complex mating behavior - maternal care of young - living in community, but also... - cannibalism! - and more!! That little, scuttling creature has a lot going on! 🪲🪳🧪🌍 www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

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👩‍🔬 Diversität fördern, Talente gewinnen, Netzwerke stärken! Sie leiten eine Forschungsgruppe in Deutschland? Werden Sie Gastgeberin für die Humboldt-Stiftung und gewinnen Sie die Top-Talente von morgen für Ihre Gruppe! Wie? Das erfahren Sie in unserer ONLINE-INFOVERANSTALTUNG am 03.12. (14:00-15:30)

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Help us understand how conspicuous butterflies are by playing this game! mferickson.github.io/findbutterfly/

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📣 📣 📣 Still lots of TT jobs being advertised: The 2024-2025 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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How does pollution impact behavioural evolution? We're looking for an awesome PhD student to find out. Project spans behaviour, genetics + ecotox, working with cherry shrimp @exetercec.bsky.social. Cosupervised with @lauraakelley.bsky.social and Dave Spurgeon at CEH. App + info tinyurl.com/yvthn7xn

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🪲Beetles!🧑‍🍼Parental care! 🔇Acoustic signals! 🐛Larvae! Our November #ASABEditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: "The impact of acoustic signalling on offspring performance varies among three biparentally caring species" by Conrad et al. Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2024.08.014

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I haven't seen any starter packs made for behavioral ecology yet, so I decided to create one! If you are a behavioral ecologist (any career stage), please reply so I can add you to the list so we can more easily find each other. go.bsky.app/9mAuB6x

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Delighted to participate in this collaborative effort with @neddochtermann.bsky.social & Courtney Garrison to develop an ESS model of alternative mating tactics in crickets & test it. Thanks to daughter Hannah Sak for her help with the math. Link to free download authors.elsevier.com/c/1k5DcmjM6G8j

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🚨JOB 🚨Would a title "Professor of Life History Evolution" suit you? If yes... Become a colleague of us here in Mainz! I am happy to provide more information if this intrigues you. cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de/karriere/wp-...

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📢 We have just published a new study on maternal care and immunity in earwigs, and I am particularly excited about the results of this one! 👉 authors.elsevier.com/a/1k4DmmjM6G8v

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