SakalukLab
@sakaluklab.bsky.social
behavioral ecology, evolutionary biology, insects, birds
To find a host cricket, this parasitic fly listens to more than the beat | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release... #auditory #neuroethology #ormiaochracea
To find a host cricket, this parasitic fly listens to more than the beat
A study from St. Olaf College reveals a surprisingly sophisticated way that a tiny parasitoid fly recognizes the calling songs of its cricket hosts.
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We have a new position in Host-Microbe Interactions in our department. Come and join us! jobsearch.illinoisstate.edu/jobs/assista...
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN HOST-MICROBE INTERACTIONS (IMMUNOLOGY, MICROBIOLOGY) - Normal, Illinois, Illinois, United States
Title: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN HOST-MICROBE INTERACTIONS (IMMUNOLOGY, MICROBIOLOGY)Employee Classification: Asst ProfessorDivision Name: Academic AffairsCollege/Unit: College of Arts and SciencesDepart...
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🦗 New paper in Animal Behaviour. In European earwigs, females isolated too early were less likely to lay eggs, took longer to lay them, produced smaller clutches, and were more likely to fail completely. Such costs could help maintain prolonged social living. 📄 authors.elsevier.com/a/1nqcjmjMDuJ5
🚨New paper🚨 Garden #spiders are everywhere right now—big, beautiful ladies, still in the hub of their 🕸️ But they are not just waiting, at night they also 💤! We found behavioral signatures of sleep in the wild. Out in #AnimalBehaviour w/ @mherberstein.bsky.social tinyurl.com/uznvv58y 🧵1/5
My Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign invites applications from entomologists with research portfolios in which INSECT BIODIVERSITY LOSS is a key element (at the assistant professor level). illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
This is pretty cool 🥰 Delighted and honored and so so grateful for all the folks that helped get me through everything!
Retraction Watch@retractionwatch.com · 2mo agoThe Center for Scientific Integrity is proud to announce the inaugural winners of the 2026 Ctrl-Z Award. Named for the universal keyboard shortcut for “undo,” the Ctrl-Z Award this year honors @cetaceanneeded.bsky.social and @katelaskowski.bsky.social for choosing transparency over reputation.
Megan Head at ANU is advertising this amazing postdoc position on thermal tolerance in insects. Canberra is a great place to live and work. Don't listen to the haters! jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/postdoc...
Postdoctoral Fellow - Canberra / ACT, ACT, Australia
Classification: Academic Level ASalary package: $91,546 - $114,906 per annum plus 17% superannuation Terms: Full time, Fixed term (up to 2 years) (flexible arrangements, job share, or part time hour...
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Oregon State University's Department of Integrative Biology is currently hiring up to three tenure-track faculty members, with an emphasis on organismal biology. Note: Previous links are no longer active due to a change in our hiring system. oregonstate.wd501.myworkdayjobs.com/OSU_Careers_...
Assistant Professor
Department: Special Instructions to Applicants: To ensure full consideration, applications must be received by 10/1/26. Applications will continue to be accepted after the full consideration date, unt...
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Do you have a background in behavioural ecology and are you interested in doing a PhD in Australia? I’m looking for new grad students so check out our website (BobWongLab.org) or come find me in Torino at #ISBE2026. 🐟🐠
Congratulations, @prateek754 and the rest of the @SNLab2002 from @Psych_UAlberta on a fab new paper in @iScience_CP ! Sahu, P.K., et al. Vocal consistency is associated with auditory perceptual ability in a songbird. Manuscript to appear in iScience.
Cover robin pic and paginated article now published Ornithology by @skwinnicki.bsky.social and our team: academic.oup.com/auk/article/...
Laying order predicts avian maternal investment in egg yolk hormones and nutrients but not embryo size in the asynchronously hatching Turdus migratorius (American Robin)
Abstract. Parental investment can shape offspring growth, with consequences for sibling–sibling competition and survival. Altricial birds often face severe
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From collections to conservation: the indispensable role of natural history museums The IUCN Species Survival Commission has published a Position Statement on the vital role of biological collections in biodiversity conservation iucn.org/news/202607/...
From collections to conservation: the indispensable role of natural history museums
The IUCN Species Survival Commission has published a Position Statement on the vital role of biological collections in biodiversity conservation: a formal acknowledgement that natural history museums,...
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University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire Biology is searching for a tenure track assistant professor in Aquatic Ecology to start August 2027! Application deadline September 28 2026. I am searching chair, please reach out with any questions!! wisconsin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UW_Comprehen...
Biology: Assistant Professor in Aquatic Ecology
Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process. Position Title: Biology: Assistant Profes...
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Hard to see how these skills will translate in the real world. But delighted by your visit Max!
Max Körner@max-evolbio.bsky.social · 2mo agoGotta catch em all! Some glances of catching Nicrophorus pustulatus (and friends like Necrophila americana) in wilderness preserves amongst the vast agricultural desert of the midwest in Normal, IL. Good times. Super grateful to @sakaluklab.bsky.social for hosting, and Anne for mentoring!!
We offer a highly supportive, inquiry-driven training environment focused on helping graduate researchers publish impactful science and launch successful scientific careers.
Jan is an incredible advisor and mentor. Apply!
Jan-Ulrik Dahl (Dahl lab, ISU)@janulrikdahl.bsky.social · 2mo agoAre you passionate about understanding how bacterial pathogens survive host immune defenses and oxidative stress? My lab @illinoisstateu.bsky.social is looking for a highly driven and scientifically curious PhD student! Information about us can be found here: about.illinoisstate.edu/jdahl1/
I am recruiting a PhD student interested in the disease ecology of cavity nesting birds to start Fall 2027! Interested applicants can contact me by filling out the linked form. I will also be at ESA 2026 and am happy to meet! More info on my website: sauerlab.com Please share!
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The issues in this article are, to me, some of the more root sources of the current, pervasive rot of academia. Collectively, academics hold much more agency than we have exercised to remedy these issues. The time for platitudes is over.
Ricard Solé@ricardsole.bsky.social · 3mo agoAcademic renewal needs pressure from below and responsibility from above www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/academ...
Just after presenting our work about how different patterns of parental care can affect immunity in #nicrophorus offspring at the @ece2026tours.bsky.social, it's now published by @insect-science.bsky.social and you can (open) access it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Males are worse mothers: Comparing care patterns in a facultatively caring beetle
Why should biparental care exist if offspring fare just as well when only one parent is present? In the facultatively dependent burying beetle, Nicrophorus vespilloides, manipulating environmental qu...
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Still some time to apply to our postdoc position - deadline 3rd July. I'll be at #SMBE2026 if anyone would like to chat about it 😊
Susan Johnston@susanjohnston.bsky.social · 4mo ago📣🧬 Postdoc Alert🧬📣 We are hiring a 2+ year NERC-funded postdoc at Edinburgh Uni investigating causes and consequences of sex differences in recombination in house sparrows in Norway. Informal enquiries welcome at Susan.Johnston@ed.ac.uk 🙂 Details here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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 · 4mo agoWe are recruiting 🌟2 postdoctoral researchers🌟 for a NERC Large Grant project on the eco-evolutionary dynamics of badger - bovine tuberculosis (bTB) interactions.
Should the term 'personality trait' be really used in animal personality studies? With Sasha Dall and @dingemanselab.bsky.social we don't think so. We explain why in this commentary published in Animal Behaviour. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Happy #flyday! An ideal day to share the 1st chapter from my PhD, now published in Animal Behavior! We did a deep dive into courtship in the apple maggot fly, famous for sympatric speciation and spider mimicry @animbehsociety.bsky.social #evosky 🧪 1/2 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Mutual visual displays and female signals underpin mating success in Rhagoletis pomonella flies
Courtship is an interactive process that serves multiple functions and often involves signals and responses from both sexes. To understand how sexual …
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We (me and @njdowdy.bsky.social) are hiring a PhD student! Come work with us! We seek a PhD student to investigate the evolution of acoustic behavior in Lepidoptera within a comparative evolutionary framework... Job closes this week! Apply ASAP! njdowdy.gitlab.io/balogh-fello...
Kenneth F. Balogh Graduate Student Fellowship
A PhD position investigating the evolution of acoustic behavior in Lepidoptera, co-advised by Dr. Nicolas J. Dowdy (Milwaukee Public Museum) and Dr. Chelsea Cook (Marquette University). Apply by June ...
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🚨 TWERK ALERT 🚨 New publication from @sleeblab.bsky.social ! This was a very fun project to write up, co-lead by @nadjageiger.bsky.social and Chiara Hirschkorn. If you are interested why these spiders might bob their abdomen: link.springer.com/article/10.1... (Short thread following soon)
Spiders wriggling their butt - What more could you ask for???
Daniela Rößler@roesslerdaniela.bsky.social · 4mo ago🚨 TWERK ALERT 🚨 New publication from @sleeblab.bsky.social ! This was a very fun project to write up, co-lead by @nadjageiger.bsky.social and Chiara Hirschkorn. If you are interested why these spiders might bob their abdomen: link.springer.com/article/10.1... (Short thread following soon)
If you have an idea for a research project involving our wonderful collections at the Museum and are planning to apply for a @leverhulmetrust.bsky.social Early Career Fellowship in 2027, the deadline is 30 June 2026. https://glam.web.ox.ac.uk/postdoctoral-research-opportunities#widget-id-5750236
