Upama Aich
@upama.bsky.social
Forrest Research Fellow, Centre for Evolutionary Biology @ceb-uwa.bsky.social. Interested in sexual selection, ageing, behaviour, and evolutionary biology. Past @MonashBiol. PhD from Jennions Lab @EcoEvo_ANU 🇧🇩 🇦🇺 https://upamaaich.com
Classic study: male beetles that have big weapons for fighting with other males have small genitals.
Evolutionary trade-off between weapons and testes | PNAS
It has long been recognized that male mating competition is responsible for the evolution of weaponry for mate acquisition. However, when females m...
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PhD-position ALERT! Interested in the genomics of local adaptation and the evolution of niche breadth? 🪲🧬🪲🧬🪲🧬🪲🧬🪲🧬 Come join me and @gmkov.bsky.social at @animecol-uu.bsky.social, Uppsala University, by applying here: uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/... Deadline 1st of November!
PhD-student in Evolutionary and Ecological Genetics
Do you want to conduct frontier research in an outstanding environment within evolutionary biology at Sweden’s largest faculty of science and technology? The Department of Ecology and Genetics at Up
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We have a fully funded 3-year PhD position to study jumping spider navigation. Open to both domestic and international candidates. Details below. Join us! @animbehav.bsky.social @austentsoc.bsky.social @ausevosoc.bsky.social @neuroethology.org @asab.org
To make robust inferences about cognitive ability, performance in trials-to-criterion tasks should be repeatable. The catch? Trials-to-criterion may 𝙞𝙩𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 constrain repeatability… link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Thinking this could be you? Reach out if you have any questions about the position, the city of Mainz (e.g. where on earth is that), the lab group dynamics or just what it’s like to work with Hanna. We look forward to welcoming you!
Hanna Kokko@kokkonut.bsky.social · 2mo agoCome and work with us (the Kokkonuts) as a postdoc! Our research within (theory-evo-eco) is broad; let's say it's implicitly defined by the journal club papers we read. Which is why the application process includes a JC-related task, I hope it'll be a fun one for you! www.evoldir.net/brian/evoldi...
Great work 👏👏
Upama Aich@upama.bsky.social · 2mo agoOur paper is out in @conphysjournal.bsky.social! We tested how the androgenic agricultural pollutant 17β-trenbolone affects immunity and reproductive allocation in eastern mosquitofish. A thread below (1/6): doi.org/10.1093/conp... @ceb-uwa.bsky.social @monashbiol.bsky.social
Our paper is out in @conphysjournal.bsky.social! We tested how the androgenic agricultural pollutant 17β-trenbolone affects immunity and reproductive allocation in eastern mosquitofish. A thread below (1/6): doi.org/10.1093/conp... @ceb-uwa.bsky.social @monashbiol.bsky.social
Androgenic agricultural pollution suppresses immune function and alters reproductive allocation in eastern mosquitofish
Abstract. Anthropogenic pollution poses a serious threat to wildlife. Particularly concerning are endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) due to their abilit
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Conservation Physiology@conphysjournal.bsky.social · 2mo agoPollutants from agricultural runoff can disrupt freshwater fish physiology. This study shows some contaminants disrupt hormonal signalling in eastern mosquitofish, diverting energy to reproduction at the expense of immune function. Find out more ⬇️ academic.oup.com/conphys/arti...
Our new Nature Eco Evo paper documents range shifts in 1,758 butterfly species across 105 countries, primarily due to climate change. 🦋80% expanded 🦋27% contracted 🦋22% shifted elevation 🦋342 showed multiple shift types. doi.org/10.1038/s415... @monashbiol.bsky.social @monashscience.bsky.social
Trade-offs Between Intergenerational and Transgenerational Effects: experimental data and demographic simulation model of multigenerational trade-offs in evolution: academic.oup.com/evlett/advan...
Evolutionary trade-offs between intergenerational and transgenerational fitness effects
Abstract. Intergenerational and transgenerational fitness effects can shape evolutionary processes. Theoretically, however, intergenerational and transgene
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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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What a pleasure to attend the @isbe2026.bsky.social Hamilton Lecture by Emeritus Professor Leigh W Simmons. Bonus for @ceb-uwa.bsky.social people to enjoy it not once but twice!
Centre for Evolutionary Biology at UWA@ceb-uwa.bsky.social · 3mo agoOur director, Leigh W. Simmons, delivers the Hamilton Lecture at #ISBE2026 🇮🇹 @isbe2026.bsky.social @behavecol.bsky.social Highlighting contributions to the understanding of female agency in sexual selection over his career, we congratulate Leigh on being distinguished as 2026’s Hamilton Lecture.
Brain morphology mediates cognitive impacts of neuroactive pollution on fish. @monashbiol.bsky.social PhD student @el-moore.bsky.social discusses the results of a project carried out in collaboration with colleagues from @stockholm-uni.bsky.social at #ISBE2026. #BobWongLab
Great talk by @brainiants.bsky.social on the first day of @isbe2026.bsky.social on intraspecific variation in Oz ants 🐜
Kimberley Wong@brainiants.bsky.social · 3mo agoI’ve been busy at #ISBE2026 🇮🇹 presenting the results of the 1st chapter of my PhD thesis 🐜 If you missed my talk on intraspecific variation in an ant endemic to Australia, come chat at tonight’s social event or reach out! @ceb-uwa.bsky.social @mandyridley.bsky.social @notthebestsam.bsky.social
What a lovely opportunity to present Gabe’s work @isbe2026.bsky.social We missed you at the conference @gabrielmelhado.bsky.social
Bob Wong@bbmwong.bsky.social · 3mo agoPhD student @gabrielmelhado.bsky.social couldn‘t make it to #ISBE2026 so the wonderful @upama.bsky.social stepped in (🙏) to share the results of Gabe’s work looking at effects of pharmaceutical pollution on sickness behaviour & immunity in Australian rainbowfish. @monashbiol.bsky.social #BobWongLab
Watch this space! The paper in @conphysjournal.bsky.social should come out very soon. 🐟💉🐂
Bob Wong@bbmwong.bsky.social · 3mo agoHow does endocrine disrupting pollution impact immunity and reproduction in fish? @upama.bsky.social sharing results from our latest research paper at #ISBE2026. #BobWongLab
Insights into sexual selection of trapdoor spiders 🕷️ Another talk by @naminganame.bsky.social at #ISBE2026 🇮🇹 covering novel mate guarding behaviour and evolution of sexual structures in Mygalomorphs in WA 🇦🇺 Read the Nature Note here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Definitely go here!! Not only because it is such an important topic, but also because @katelaskowski.bsky.social initiated a new section in our own @isbe2026.bsky.social journal where you can publish these results!!! 🥳👍🏻💪🏻
Kate Laskowski@katelaskowski.bsky.social · 3mo agoAre you jazzed about rigorous research and want to figure out how to incorporate more practices in your group? Come to my talk today (Tues) @isbe2026.bsky.social at 2pm in the Londra room! I'll be spreading the gospel about the new Replication Studies section in Behavioral Ecology!
The effects of androgenic pollution on immune-reproductive trade-offs 💉 A great talk delivered by @upama.bsky.social on day 2 of #ISBE2026 🇮🇹 on the immune responses of mosquito fish in relation to agricultural pollutants. Watch this space for the upcoming paper in Conservation Physiology!
The Art of Ant War 🛡️ @invertebrateissy.bsky.social presenting her work on battlefield complexity on any warfare outcomes in native and introduced 🐜 in WA. #ISBE2026
It begins! @isbe2026.bsky.social is officially on! I'll attempt to skeet from most talks I attend o follow this thread to increase your FOMO levels if you're not already here 😀
We’re here at #ISBE2026 in Torino! 🇮🇹✨ Come connect with us and watch some great talks over the coming week 🥂 @pebblemouse.bsky.social @upama.bsky.social @1jonevans.bsky.social @naminganame.bsky.social @invertebrateissy.bsky.social @brainiants.bsky.social
Reunion of some current and former lab members in Padova ahead of the 12th International Conference of Poeciliid and Goodeid Biologists.
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. 🐟🐠
What a great honour and privilege to give an ECR plenary at #ASSAB2026! Great line of excellent speakers throughout the day. Thanks ASSAB for an amazing day 1 of the conference 🐟💊🐟🙏🏽
ASSAB@animbehav.bsky.social · 4mo agoFantastic first talk by @upama.bsky.social and their talk about "Sex and stress In a changing world". Make sure to check out their paper. #ASSAB2026
👀Behind the Paper!👀 @upama.bsky.social shares how fluctuating salinity can leave reproductive signatures in mosquitofish, the challenges of conducting biochemical assays with tiny sample volumes, and how birding and butterflying sparked her interest in ecology!🐟️ Read it here buff.ly/Jk4J26g 🧪🌍️
Upama Aich | Salty ups and downs: fluctuating salinity affects egg and ejaculate investments
In this ‘Behind the Paper’ blog post, author Upama Aich – a Forrest Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia – discusses her paper “Developmental environ…
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📣🧬 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...
Check out Raiko Rafeeq's first PhD paper in @royalsocietypublishing.org Biology Letters looking at effects of antidepressant exposure on boldness and individuality across social contexts in southern pygmy perch. royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article... 📸 David Paul/Museums Victoria
Postdoc position (level A/B) in feral cat management available at @murdoch.edu.au Due date: 13 Jun 2026 🔗 murdoch.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Murdoc...
New paper alert! In this Current Biology paper led by Hassan Al Razi, we show that chimpanzees in Rwanda adjust nest construction with weather conditions. @ox.ac.uk @oxford-anthro.bsky.social @oxfordhumsci.bsky.social @ceb-uwa.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
