We are now recruiting for a 3 year NERC-funded postdoc to study the transmission dynamics of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in migratory birds. Based in the Wild Microbiome Lab @uniexecec.bsky.social in beautiful Cornwall.

Interested in the evolutionary genomics of host-pathogen interactions or the evolutionary ecology of senescence? 1 week left to apply for the two postdoc positions in our badger - bovine TB project🦡🦠🧪🧬👇

Barbara Tschirren@btschirren.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We are recruiting 🌟2 postdoctoral researchers🌟 for a NERC Large Grant project on the eco-evolutionary dynamics of badger - bovine tuberculosis (bTB) interactions.

#fieldwork time! This season, led by @mariaagc.bsky.social we study effects of gut #microbiota and its #metabolites, #SCFAs on earlylife #energetics & development of #thermoregulation. W @charlisdavies.bsky.social @antoinestier.bsky.social @lisandrinamari.bsky.social Stijn Kouwenberg, Mia Valome

‘Why is publishing so expensive?’ url: journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

‘Why is publishing so expensive?’

For many of us who work in scientific publishing, the title of this Editorial is a question we hear all the time when we're out talking to academics. And it's a perfectly reasonable one. After all, re...

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Some (old) but new research being finally published 8 years after conducting the experiment! @utu.fi @iphc-strasbourg.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/jav....

Warm and cool temperatures decrease early‐life telomere length in wild pied flycatchers

Climate change represents a major challenge for avian species. It is characterized by an increase in average ambient temperatures, but also by an increase of extreme weather events, such as heatwaves...

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📣 Only a few days left to secure your spot at ECOMITO: Bridging Cellular Performance to Ecophysiology! Dive into cutting-edge science and connect with leading experts. Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity! 👉 Book now: www.sebiology.org/resource/eco...

EcoMito: Bridging Cellular Performance to Ecophysiology : Only a few days left to book your place

Join us in Lyon from 19 to 20 February 2026

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Chuffed to have been invited to write for Annual Review of Physiology, describing our work on climate change impacts on terrestrial mammals. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

The Physiological Challenge of Climate Change for Free-Living Terrestrial Mammals

Most scenarios that seek to predict the responses of terrestrial mammals to climate change focus on the direct thermal effects of higher ambient temperatures. Measurements from free-living mammals rev...

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Consider joining us at the #SEB2026 in Florence. Abstract deadline: 6th March. With Monica Trondrud and Matt Noakes.

MSCA has supported many ECR and amazing research over the years. Yet, the increase in applicants (+64%) for MSCA postdoctoral fellowships (linked to ECR fleeing the US?) has not been met by an increased budget. Thus a score of 96.4/100 is not enough this year to have a project funded.

Jennifer Rittenhouse West, PhD@rittenhousewest.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The Marie Skoldowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships had the most applications ever in its history this season. ~17k this season vs. ~10k last season. It is brutal out here for we who love physics beyond measure. marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/news/msca-po...

Just starting to realize that double-blind reviewing (which is good) kind of conflicts with preprint publishing (which also is good). Has this been discussed? #ScientificPublishing

⚠️Paper out ⚠️ Here, we tested if extra feeding lesser kestrel nestlings during development (and under a heatwave) can help them deal with extreme heat. Spoiler: they really struggle. Extra food helps them grow when it’s just hot, but not under a heatwave. See 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Extra food buffers thermoregulatory costs during early development but does not reduce heatwave-induced mortality in nestlings of a cavity-nesting raptor

Global climate change is increasing both average temperatures and the occurrence of extreme weather events, such as heatwaves. These changes pose majo…

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!📃New paper📃! My 2nd PhD paper is out in @animalecology.bsky.social ky.social ! Using a unique 25-year #biologging and population monitoring🐧 dataset , we uncover how environmental changes 🧊 scale up from individual to population responses. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #move

Energetics link long‐term environmental variations to breeding success in a wild penguin population

Using a unique 25-year dataset, we uncover how environmental changes scale up from individual to population responses. We show that sea ice drives individual energetics, while parental foraging effor...

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In Crozet archipelago, we have one of the best toilet spot in the world, when conducting fieldwork on king 🐧. Yet, to be honest, this is not the main field site, where proper toilets were installed a few years ago ipev119.wixsite.com/econergie119... © IPEV - A Stier

Point of no return: academic #funding is at a tipping point. When the effort and money spent applying for grants equals or exceeds the funding awarded, the system stops serving science and starts draining it. Time to rethink how we fund #research. 🧪🌐🌍 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Point of no returns: researchers are crossing a threshold in the fight for funding

With so little money to go round, the costs of competing for grants can exceed what the grants are worth. When that happens, nobody wins.

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We are looking to hire a Seabird Field Assistant for 2026 for our Manx Shearwater research project. Please share this to anyone who'd like to get out in the field this summer and learn about biotelemetry, bird handling and research into animal behaviour. drive.google.com/file/d/1SGZt...

Today, we are welcoming Elsa Marçon at @iphc-strasbourg.bsky.social, who starts a joint PhD between our team 'Physiological and behavioral adaptations to changing environments' and Akongo, a private research company specialized in using science to improve the welfare of animals in zoos. @unistra.fr

Please repost: 🚨Field assistant position 🐧 We offer a 14-months field assistant position through the French Polar Institute to work on king penguin ecophysiology and behavioral ecology. Requirements: EU citizen < 30yo having experience with harsh fieldwork & wild bird/mammal handling/sampling.

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Hotter weather thickens the blood of wild mammals: in a world first we traced this in African striped mice using 12 years’ worth of blood samples

African striped mice are used to desert conditions but are showing dehydration as climate change heats up their environment.

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Excited to share our new paper! 🎉 we explored foraging behavior, contaminant exposure ( #Hg & #PFAS), and mitochondrial bioenergetics, revealing how #pollution can affect cellular energy in an apex marine predator @stefi-casagrande.bsky.social #mitochondria pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

Pollutant Exposure Shapes Mitochondrial Bioenergetics in a Wild Seabird

Laboratory studies show that mercury (Hg) and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) can impair mitochondrial bioenergetics, which is a vital process for cellular energy production. However, their...

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For the love of mammoths, if you're not going to review a manuscript please decline right away. Don't just ignore the reminders and then let the system auto-decline after two weeks. Happy holidays to all who say "no" in a timely manner, and may those who suggest alternatives have a happy New Year.

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Anthony Ricciardi@ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 8mo ago

No paper from me or my lab will ever be submitted to an MDPI journal - including any of their superfluous "special issues". I will very rarely (if ever) cite MDPI papers. And I will never review for them. deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/08/gues... The same goes for FrontiersIn journals, among others.

Interested in applying for a postdoc on wildlife #microbiomes in my lab at Uppsala University, Sweden? The local Birgitta Sintring Foundation gives out generous 2-year postdoc scholarships to early-career researchers who apply with a PI at the department. Deadline Feb 9. www.uu.se/en/departmen...

The Birgitta Sintring Foundation – Department of Ecology and Genetics – Uppsala University

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Here we show - using long-term data of 12 years - that serum osmolality increases in striped mice in the dry season, and the harsher the dry season, the stronger the increase, indicating dehydration. @antoinestier.bsky.social @iphc-strasbourg.bsky.social journals.biologists.com/jeb/article-...

Seasonal increase in blood serum osmolality reflects environmental harshness in the striped mouse: a decade-long field study

Highlighted Article: Osmolality is a biomarker for dehydration in mammals: data from 12 years show that striped mice have increased blood osmolality during the dry season, especially when food availab...

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I am recruting a #postdoc for a project investigating the evolution of avian heat tolerance in @erc.europa.eu project #HotLife. Fieldwork over broad latitudinal gradients, common-garden experiments, and more. Read more and apply👇 shorturl.at/WA1Qa Would appreciate a re-post! @evoldir.bsky.social

@constantperry.bsky.social presenting his work about thermoregulation of diurnal lizards during sleep @cebc-chizelab.bsky.social @univ-larochelle.fr

Want to join a global 🌎 initiative to test the thermal limits of 🐟 using standardised approach? Led by @patricepottier.bsky.social, we are planning a globally distributed experiment to collect data on fish embryonic heat tolerance 🌡️. Make this experiment global! 🔗: www.thermalecologyalliance.org

Post-doc position at CEBC to work on quantitative genetics of albatross populations using pedigree and genomic data. Info and application at emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U... Contact Timothée Bonnet for more details #postdoc #seabirds #Genomics

Just back from the SEEEE 2025 conference 🐦 xixcongresoetoecoevo.wordpress.com 🎙️Talk on maternal hormone-mediated effects and their impact on offspring survival, ageing, and pathogen susceptibility #marie-skłosowska-curie #MSCA @ec.europa.eu #Ethology #Ecology #EvolutionaryEcology #LifeHistory

With my colleague Christophe Guinet we offer a 6-months position for a master student about sexual selection in southern elephant seals. Here for more details: www.linkedin.com/posts/corali... @predateursmarins.bsky.social @ecophycebc.bsky.social @cebc-chizelab.bsky.social @univ-larochelle.fr

6-monts internship proposal | Coraline Bichet

With my colleague Christophe GUINET we offer a 6-months internship position for a master student about sexual selection in southern elephant seals 🦭. Check the attached file (in French) for more detai...

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