New issue of #PhilTransB: Ecological #epigenetics at the intersection of behaviour and life history variation in non-model animals. Read #OA: buff.ly/6v4pqCo
Adam Lendvai
@lendvaiaz.bsky.social
Associate professor at the University of Debrecen, interested in birds, hormones & behaviour, and mechanisms of life history evolution.
🌟🌟 Postdoc position in Disease Ecology & Nature-Based Solutions 🌟🌟 We are looking for a creative and highly motivated Postdoctoral Researcher to join the UKRI @netpositivecentre.bsky.social and the @uniexecec.bsky.social in beautiful Cornwall, UK. careers.exeter.ac.uk/vacancies/11... 🦠🌳🏙️🌍🗺️🐝 🦌🕷️
Postdoctoral Research Associate / Fellow in Cornwall | University of Exeter
View details and apply for this Postdoctoral Research Associate / Fellow vacancy in Cornwall. Postdoctoral Research Associate / Fellow This UKRI funded full-time post is available from 01/1...
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Wonderful new initiative at ESEB! If you have ideas how to make Evolutionary Biology Research more impactful: your ideas are wanted!!
European Society for Evolutionary Biology@eseb.bsky.social · 2w agoExcited to launch the first call for proposals focusing on policy and/or societal impact of evolutionary biology research. Activities might include: ✅ local meetings on policy and/or societal impact ✅ actions to influence policy 💰€500-2K available Read more here and apply: shorturl.at/ixlby
As 🇳🇴 takes on 🇧🇷 tonight, let's see if we'll get another Viking Row. I'm pretty sure it was inspired by our colleague from the Polish Academy of Sciences sprint-rowing an inflatable boat to catch a whiskered tern within the 3-minute sampling window. 😁
Melissa Nadia Viviana 🐸@resistrebelrevolt.net · last mo.As a rival viking 🇩🇰, I wholeheartedly approve of Norway's viking row. 🇳🇴 Ro! 🥁 Ro! 🥁 Ro! 🥁 Synchronized rowing, enchanting the fans the world over.
New leader of the National Academy of Sciences Neil Shubin warns: ‘a society that loses science loses the future’ go.nature.com/3SVNXI7
Incoming US science academy chief vows to ‘double down’ on research
Nature - New leader of the National Academy of Sciences Neil Shubin warns: ‘a society that loses science loses the future’.
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I learnt a lot last week during the Bayesian Population Analysis workshop organised by @zoltannemeth.bsky.social @evozoodeb.bsky.social and delivered by Marc Kéry & Michael Schaub @vogelwarte.bsky.social. Very powerful tools. Many thanks for making this happen! 👏
It was a pleasure to host Dr Flora Stephano in Debrecen @evozoodeb.bsky.social. As Head of the Dept. of Zoology and Wildlife Conservation @ University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, she gave an overview of their department - a lot of overlapping interests and opportunities for new collaborations!
Our work has been published in Phil Trans B. doi.org/10.1098/rstb...
Unpredictability and adaptive responses to dietary variability in Japanese quail
Abstract. Understanding animals’ molecular mechanisms of adaptation to unpredictable changes in dietary availability provides insights into how organisms o
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It’s fair to say I wouldn’t be a field biologist today without the influence of David Attenborough. I grew up on his books and films, and he continues to inspire me to this day. To celebrate his 100th birthday, we’ve organised a nature photography contest @evozoodeb.bsky.social. #Attenborough100
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Environmental Variability Shapes Life‐History Trade‐Offs Within and Between Populations of a Long‐Lived Seabird
Life-history theory predicts a trade-off between allocation of resources to reproduction or self-maintenance, yet how environmental variability shapes this trade-off remains poorly understood. We sho....
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I rarely think much about the Acknowledgments section. This time I do. It reflects how much collective effort went into this paper and our dedication to Ela Hau, who tragically passed away while we were finalizing this work. J Anim Ecol – heritable glucocorticoid plasticity bit.ly/4anJXqc
Researchers report creating RNAs that can generate a sort of mirror image of themselves and use that template to generate the original. Learn more: https://scim.ag/46F2BHN
💥Ignite: Caloric restriction-mediated reproductive lifespan extension across multiple strains of the clonal aquatic plant Lemna turionifera 📷 © Robert A. Laird vist.ly/4q3f9 #Aging #CaloricRestriction #IntraSpecificVariation #Lemnacea #Lemnoideae #Longevity
Proud to present: Suitcase Science, a new outreach format containing 6 assignments to take on a journey to schools in the region, to teach kids about terns, how to study them, their fascinating behaviour and some of the things that threaten them. Wanna book us? Drop me a line. :-)
I am looking for a PhD student to join my new Socio-Eco-Evo group, hosted in Katie Peichel's Evolutionary Ecology Division @ University of Bern. We're offering a fully funded 4-year position, studying social plasticity and behavioral adaptation among stickleback in Greenland. Please share around!
Co-authorship 'rules' are tricky and often unfair. Isn't it crazy that Franz X. Süssmayr, who wrote about half of the so-called "Mozart Requiem" and Franco Alfano, who wrote a third of Turandot, didn't even make it to the Acknowledgements...? 🤔
I've seen these animations here and there on the net, but I just found their source: this amazing YouTube channel by @drewberry.bsky.social , which is a goldmine. From malaria lifecycle to signal transduction - full of super cool stuff! youtu.be/Xe-83tBcxhs?...
DNA Break Repair by Homologous Recombination (2024) Drew Berry wehi.tv
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Furic et al. Warm and cool temperatures decrease early‐life telomere length in wild pied flycatchers nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #ornithology
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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Field excursion to Hortobágy after the PhD Conference on Evolution and Biodiversity at the University of Debrecen in Hungary.
From modern tools for ecological monitoring to smart ways to make sense of messy real-world data - including occupancy & N-mixture models - this presentation showed how quantitative ecology can help tackle the biodiversity crisis. A stimulating talk by Brett Sandercock @bksandercock.bsky.social
🚨 Last call for abstracts! 🚨 Only 7 days left to submit your abstract for the EOU Fledglings Meeting 2026 🐣 🗓 Deadline: 16 January 2026 🎤 Oral & poster presentations welcome 🌍 Conference for early-career ornithologists 👉https://eounion.org/fledglings Don’t miss out — we’d love to see your work! ✨🦉
Tamas Szekely (l) introducing Robert Thomson (r) from @africanornithology.bsky.social. Robert gave a fascinating talk about how Sociable Weavers act as ecosystem engineers in the Kalahari. Their massive nests drive biodiversity & species interactions, featuring the remarkable African Pygmy Falcons.
Eva B. Thorstad @evathorstad.bsky.social from @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social talks about conservation issues in the Atlantic coast and beyond, at the Evolution & Biodiversity PhD conference in Debrecen
Jacint Tökölyi from @evozoodeb.bsky.social explains that freshwater hydra die in sterilized water: they need bacteria for a healthy microbiome. Evolution & Biodiversity PhD conference in Debrecen
Oliver Krüger talking about how eagle owl population recovery affects biodiversity and community structure at the Evolution & Biodiversity PhD conference in Debrecen, @evozoodeb.bsky.social
Nowadays snow became rare in Hungary, so it's a refreshing setting for the Evolution & Biodiversity PhD conference taking place these days (Jan 8-11) in Debrecen, coorganised by @evozoodeb.bsky.social I'll post some highlights from the meeting.
Are peer reviewers influenced by their work being cited?
Coercive citations
Reviewer citation requests can turn peer review into a transaction rather than an objective critique of the article.
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A free, open-access library of high-quality organism illustrations for science communication
A free, open-access library of high-quality organism illustrations for science communication
We create vector graphics of model organisms and emerging biological research organisms to enhance our publications. We’re sharing these editable graphics under a CC0 license for other scientists to...
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