Hey @theguardian.com that isn’t a chameleon (and chameleons aren’t found in Phoenix). www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Dr. Elizabeth Carlen
@ecarlen.bsky.social
urban evolutionary ecology | squirrel chaser & pigeon stalker | she/her/hers | www.elizabethcarlen.com
Hey @gee-or-gia.bsky.social excited to see you at the Making Saint Louis the Nature City of the 21st Century Symposium with the #LivingEarthCollaborative on Friday!
Looking forward to speaking @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social in Berlin on Anthropocene Biology in Eastern Europe and Beyond. I will talk about the implications of #war on wildlife. Sadly, science meets reality when my departure to Berlin was delayed due a #drone attack in Poland.
Thrilled to share our Perspective published in 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴: 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻, #𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 #𝘄𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗻 #𝘂𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆. It also elevates Eastern European perspectives - underrepresented in #urban #evolution narratives. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Legacy effects of religion, politics and war on urban evolutionary biology - Nature Cities
Cities affect biological evolution, but traditionally researchers focus on the biophysical influence of urban environments. Instead, this Review explores how the social processes of religion, politics...
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Please share! I'm looking for a postdoc. The position is to lead one of the following projects: 1) regulation of plant specialized metabolism by cell fate, or 2) foliar embryogenesis in the succulent plant Kalanchoe. Learn more abt projects: cxli233.github.io/cxLi_lab/res...
Plant cells are totipotent, meaning individual cells have the potential to develop into a full organism, a property unique to the zygote for animals. However, in most species for most cells, plant cells are not spontaneously totipotent, since they must be treated with specific hormone combinations to unlock their totipotency. Species within the Kalanchoe genus is unique as they spontaneously develop foliar embryos that are fully realized plantlets with shoot and root from notches along the edges of leaves. We speculate that the progenitor cells that give rise to these foliar embryos are totipotent, and we are using single cell techniques to identify & characterize them. In addition to being a fundamental process for plant biology, we foresee unlocking totipotency has many biotechnological applications, such as faciliating genetic transformation and the development of synthetic organs of biomanufacturing.
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If it's pedestrian friendly, your city will be pigeon friendly. Pigeons luvvv an outdoor cafe. From "pigeon stalker" @ecarlen.bsky.social at the @livingearthcollab.bsky.social This is also an excellent example of an undergrad research project. artsci.washu.edu/ampersand/pi... #UrbanEcology #Birds 🧪
Pigeons of St. Louis: A new look at a cosmopolitan bird
Pigeons seem right at home in St. Louis. You can see flocks perching on rooftops and power lines, waiting for a chance to grab a stray scrap of food or dirty a windshield. Daisy Lewis Cities have push...
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This is likely my last year on the academic job market. I feel like academia doesn't see value in the work I'm doing (& I know our current administration doesn't see it's value). I LOVE my work, but we live in a capitalist society & I need to make a sustainable income.
New research from @moore-evo-eco.bsky.social & P. Cushing in #RESInsectConsDiv High & hardy: Cold-tolerant #generalists inhabit extreme elevations in Rocky Mountain #Pardosa #spiders doi.org/10.1111/icad.70011 @manusaunders.bsky.social @wiley.com Photo: Rocky Mountains, Colorado (credit M.Moore)
Brown lizards in New Orleans carry more lead in their blood than any other animal on record — levels that would kill humans — yet they seem unfazed, according to new Tulane study.
Lizards in New Orleans have highest blood-lead levels ever recorded, study finds
Brown lizards in New Orleans carry more lead in their blood than any other animal on record — levels that would kill humans — yet they seem unfazed, according to new Tulane study.
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I hope you’re all enjoying this descent into madness. The important thing to remember is what while I can’t sing, neither can eels, so this little jingle is very scientifically accurate. So please. Get an eel facts advent calendar. You don’t have to wait until Christmas for eels. EelFacts.Net
Hey everybody! @drjuliawester.bsky.social and I have a new paper! We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media. Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑 doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
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Studies of domestic pigeons have taught us lots about cognition, navigation, and genetics. If you’d like to learn why their wild cousins are also worthy of scientific attention, I’ve written a Rock Dove @currentbiology.bsky.social ‘quick guide’: doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.01.065
Ok, who is going to get this original drawing of a Steller Sea Lion as a tattoo? (image found by Dr. Sam Kreling)
Its that time again - the list of Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio Labs recruiting grad students for Fall 2026 is live! PIs enter your position info here: forms.gle/2XTHBP6CZGEn... Prospective students (and PIs not recruiting) share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share! 🧪
Ecology/Evolution/Marine Biology labs recruiting for Fall 2026
Please complete this form if you are a PI recruiting graduate students for a Fall 2026 start. If you are NOT recruiting, feel free to share the response sheet with prospective students looking for lab...
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EXTENDED! Apply by August 8th! We are now seeking new grad students to serve in the 2026 cohort! GSAC represents student and postdoc interests to SSE Council and facilitates interaction among students, postdocs, and mentors at #Evol2025 and throughout the year.
Nosso artigo *Legacy effects of religion, politics and war on urban evolutionary biology*, recentemente publicado na NATURE CITIES, é tema de uma interessante peça de divulgação, em português, no site The Conversation Brasil‼️ theconversation.com/guerra-polit... @ecarlen.bsky.social
Guerra, política e religião moldam a evolução da vida selvagem nas cidades
Os seres humanos mudam a paisagem urbana com atividades religiosas, culturais e políticas, que, por sua vez, podem influenciar a evolução de animais e plantas urbanos
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Was just asked to speak at a public school. While researching the community, I found their mascot is a slur for people of short stature. How is this still acceptable?! Needless to say, I will absolutely NOT be speaking there. Here is the school website for those interested: www.fchs77.org
I was on @stlpublicradio.bsky.social last week talking about some of my work on how human social & cultural factors influence wildlife and the comments on the Instagram post are BONKERS. Full STLPR interview here: www.stlpr.org/show/st-loui... Instagram post here: www.instagram.com/p/DMYpQJ3gxk...
New research by a local scientist explains the ways politics have shaped the genealogy — and even evolution — of St. Louis squirrels.
Segregation runs so deep in St. Louis, it may even affect squirrel DNA
The St. Louis socioeconomic and racial dividing line known as the Delmar Divide separates people, and new research suggests it also segregates wildlife.
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LEC postdoc Elizabeth Carlen (@ecarlen.bsky.social) joins St Louis on the Air to explore how STL's built environment shapes not just neighborhoods — but wildlife. It's a must-listen for anyone interested in urban ecology and STL history. 🎧 Tap the link in our bio to listen.
St. Louis Public Radio@stlpublicradio.bsky.social · last yr.New research by a local scientist explains the ways politics have shaped the genealogy — and even evolution — of St. Louis squirrels.
`A loaf of bread, a carton of milk and a stick of butter.' I lived in NZ and our butter didn't come in sticks, or milk in cartons then, but I still remember every second of that segment, and the beautiful art.
I always look both ways and then again when crossing the street because of Sesame Street
Dr. Elizabeth Carlen@ecarlen.bsky.social · last yr.There are segments from Sesame Street that I still think about daily 35+ years later
Talk about The Wire, Sopranos, Game of Thrones all you want, but the greatest US television program ever made is Sesame Street. It's not even close. 50+ years of treating kids across class, ethnicity, religion not as mini-consumers...but as citizens with a stake in this world.
Thanks @latimes.com for covering my latest paper! (this time with a So Cal focus) www.latimes.com/environment/...
I’m recruiting a PhD student in macrogenetics at Dalhousie University 🇨🇦! Focus will be on the biogeography of vertebrate genetic diversity or urban evolutionary ecology. Full ad: www.schmidt-biodiversity-lab.org/macrogenetic... If the ad is up, applications are still open. Please share widely! 🧬🧬
Macrogenetics PhD position | schmidt-biodiversity-lab
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Will you be in Baltimore next month? I’ll be there Aug 9-15 @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social’s annual mtg @ the Convention Center. Looking forward to reconnecting with folks at #ESA2025, and phaps also some other friends while in the area. Lemme know if you’re going to be around and want to meet up!
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Apply for the 2026 UCLA La Kretz Center Postdoctoral Fellowship, focusing on innovative conservation science. Deadline: Sept 15, 2025. More info: https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/lakretz/ #postdoc
La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science — Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA
“SCIENCE THAT CONSERVES CALIFORNIA BIODIVERSITY” Mission At the UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science we conserve California’s biodiversity and ecosystems through research…
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