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Alena Lemazina

@alenalem.bsky.social

Animal communication, neuroethology Postdoc @Max Plank Brain research Naked-mole rat research 🍠 Scientific illustrator: behance.net/alem3

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Elizabeth Hobson@elizabethhobson.bsky.social · 2d ago

I am recruiting another postbac for this research project, ideally for someone to start in Aug/Sept 2026 (soon!!). Please share with anyone who might be interested! tinyurl.com/59rf8jcy

Elizabeth Hobson@elizabethhobson.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Are you (or do you know someone) recently graduated from undergrad looking to beef up your skills and experience prior to starting grad school/career? Do you like social drama and parakeets? Come join my team! I'm looking for two people to start very soon!! tinyurl.com/59rf8jcy

Graphical ad for Hobson Lab Parakeet sociality & cognition Postbac Research Technician, with a graphic showing a flock of monk parakeets flying towards a social network, two unmarked monk parakeets perched, and examples of our individually color-marked birds showing their dye marks and color codes
Dan Stowell@danstowell.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 7d ago

New paper: "Twelve quick tips for applying deep learning to animal sounds" https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1014604 - led by Burooj Ghani and Leonie Baier, distilling lots of tips & handy links based on our computational #bioacoustics recent experience

Twelve quick tips for applying deep learning to animal sounds

Deep learning is transforming the study of animal sound, enabling the automated identification of species, individuals, behaviors, and ecological patterns from large collections of recordings. While bioacoustic machine-learning models are growing more powerful, many biologists—ecologists, behavioral scientists, conservationists—and others working with acoustic data feel unprepared to navigate the computational workflows required to implement them. This article presents practical guidelines covering the full lifecycle of bioacoustic machine learning, including problem definition, data sourcing and annotation, model training, evaluation, deployment, reproducibility, and ethical considerations. Rather than providing a linear checklist, the guidelines outline an iterative framework for building science-led workflows, leveraging transfer learning and open-source tools, evaluating models based on the real-world cost of errors, and addressing domain shift under variable field conditions. Ultimately, this workflow demystifies the software-engineering process, providing a low-barrier and reproducible pathway for researchers applying machine learning to animal sound.

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Jessie C. Tanner@jessiectanner.bsky.social · 6d ago

We have a new review in the upcoming volume of the Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics. 👀 doi.org/10.1146/annu... #animalcommunication #animalbehavior

Exploding the Dyad: Animal Communication in Multiple Dimensions

Animal communication behaviors are complex, dynamic, conspicuous, and often critically important for individual fitness as well as sociality. For these reasons, animal communication has been of intere...

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Simone (she/her)@simonerencken.bsky.social · last wk.

Check out this fun project we started at @nsb-mbl.bsky.social @mblscience.bsky.social this summer 🤩

Ann Clemens@annmclemens.bsky.social · last wk.

preprint🚨 ✨A Stickiness Response System in Rats tinyurl.com/4wnu88v9 What underlies that sticky, icky feeling? Sticky sensing is surprisingly underexplored. we investigated its neural and behavioural basis Congrats to Sandra, @simonerencken.bsky.social @jasmine-stone.bsky.social Adam, Tom & Pam! 👏

International Society for Neuroethology@neuroethology.org · last wk.

Check out this new resource from the Jarvis lab! Zebra finches have been a traditional model for neuroethology, and the genome will be very useful to study the evolution of communication and behavior. 🐧 🧬 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

The complete genome of a songbird

A phased diploid telomere-to-telomere reference genome for the zebra finch fully resolves its complete somatic chromosome set, recovering 2,710 previously missing or unannotated genes. The assembly al...

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Kai Caspar@nomascus.bsky.social · 2w ago

Excellent sketch of a naked mole-rat from Weber's "Die Säugetiere"(2nd edition, 1928), showing why the name is actually a misnomer: The body is covered in sensory hairs, crucial for picking up tactile cues for orientation. 🧪

Stylized sketch of a naked mole-rat highlighting the many sensory hairs covering the whole body
International Bioacoustics Society IBAC@ibacsocial.bsky.social · 2w ago

Get hands-on experience in applied bioacoustics with this field course in Kruger National Park, South Africa 🎙️ Field recording & acoustic monitoring 💻 Acoustic analysis & machine learning 🌿 Conservation applications 📅 4–17 Oct | Apply by 4 Sept tropicalstudies.org/course/appli... #Bioacoustics

Applied Bioacoustics for Conservation in Theory and Practice - Organization for Tropical Studies

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Elodie Mandel-Briefer@ebriefer.bsky.social · 2w ago

Mason, Nielsen and Mendl’s great textbook on animal emotions is out, with a chapter on vocal indicators by former postdoc A. Villain & me. We follow the book’s format, exploring responsiveness & selectivity of vocalisations as indicators (3 years In press but hopefully still up to date).

Vocal Signals

This chapter analyses if, based on current evidence, vocalisations have construct validity as indicators of emotional valence across species. It then explores the responsiveness and selectivity of vo...

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Drew Schreiner@schreinerdrew.bsky.social · 2w ago

He also has one of my favorite quotes: If one wishes to understand the behavior of animals, one must take account of their individuality, annoying as this may be for those who prefer the tidiness of physics, chemistry, and mathematical formulations. -Donald Griffin

Greg Priest@gregpriest.bsky.social · 2w ago

Donald Griffin, discoverer of bat echolocation, was born OTD 1915. I imagine “small mammals enough like ourselves to feel that I could understand what their lives would be like, and yet different enough to make it a sort of adventure and exploration to see what they were doing.” 🐋🌱🧪 #HistSTM

Fig. 11 from Griffin, Echoes of Bats and Men (1959). “The frequency and wave length of a bat's sound vary during each chirp. This diagram, which is approximately to scale, illustrates the small amount of sound reflected by one insect.”I
Claudia Wascher@wascherclaudia.bsky.social · 2w ago

I'm delighted and honoured to share that I've taken on the role of Editor-in-Chief of Animal Cognition! This journal has shaped how we think about cognition across species. Huge thanks to Debbie Kelly for 10 years of vision and leadership, and for all her guidance during my time as associate editor.

Jon Aguiñaga@jon-aguinaga.bsky.social · 2w ago

🚨 Behavioral ecologists 🚨 I am about ready to submit a review paper on animal contest behavior. If you have any high quality photos of your study system engaging in a dyadic interaction (fight), DM me. I am revising a figure that has photos of different study systems. Photo creds will be provided!