Huge congratulations to @matteobeccardi.bsky.social on successfully defending his PhD thesis "Intrinsic and extrinsic factors shaping individual quality in birds"!!!🐦🥚🐣🤔🎓 🎉 Cheers to the next chapter!!!🍾🍾🍾

A few days after successfully defending my PhD, another chapter of my thesis is out in Environmental Toxicology!🥳 Here, we show that bird embryos actively mobilize Hg from eggshells, key for better understanding Hg impact on wildlife. More information can be found here👇 doi.org/10.1002/tox....

Experimental Evidence for Mobilization of Mercury From the Eggshell by the Developing Embryo in an Avian Model Organism

Of the many pollutants wildlife is exposed to, mercury ranks among the most toxic. In birds, mercury does not only accumulate within generations, but also is transferred across generations via matern...

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First opportunity to present my PhD results at #SIBM2026. A rewarding experience filled with insightful discussions, valuable feedback, and new ideas to bring back to my research.🦈🌊

Happy to share our latest publication out now in @funecology.bsky.social. 🥳 Here, we studied the effects of mate desertion on offspring survival, development and physiology in one of the most interesting bird species, the Rock sparrow! Check out the paper for more info👇 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Mate desertion affects offspring survival, development and physiology in a songbird with multiple parental strategies

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Are you interested in PFAS and OCPs contamination in birds? In our latest publication, we studied the levels of these contaminants in Great tit eggs from areas with different anthropogenic pressures. Read the paper here for more details👇 doi.org/10.1007/s113...

Evaluation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and organochlorine pesticides in great tit eggs from areas with different anthropogenic pressures in Padova, Italy - Environmental Science and Polluti...

This study investigates the contamination of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in eggs of great tits (Parus major) from urban, agricultural, and woodland ...

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I'm happy to share with you our new paper out now in Environmental Pollution! Here, we experimentally studied the maternal offloading of mercury pollution via reproduction in an avian model species. Read the paper here for more details👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

Are you interested in the effects of mercury contamination on seabirds? Check out the latest @commonternproject.bsky.social paper pubblished in Environmental Research!👇 "Mercury levels in chicks of a long-lived seabird – parental effects and links with growth and survival". doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

Just back from the #ECSconference2025 in the beautiful Azores — my first scientific conference! I presented a poster on striped dolphins distribution in the Aeolian Archipelago. So inspiring to meet researchers passionate about marine mammals, like me!🐬 #ECS2025 #MarineBiology #Cetaceans #Azores