Nishant Kumar
@nishantkumar.bsky.social
DBT/Wellcome Trust UK - India Alliance Fellow @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social and @Biology.ox.ac.uk | Human animal coexistence on an urban planet: Science communication, Science for all, Live to Love
#ECBB2026 had a special situation where a friend needed help with his prosthetic equipment. Since the spares were not available, we had to resort to being "tool makers" and innovators. Marvelous organisers ensured our fren was home, safely. @angliaruskin.bsky.social @ecbb2026.bsky.social @asab.org
Life is good when you meet your crew, again and again You are what your people are. So grateful for company at #ECBB2026 @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social @raccoonologist.bsky.social @fhillemann.bsky.social @krishsubramaniam.bsky.social @wascherclaudia.bsky.social @jacobcdunn.bsky.social @asab.org et al.
ICYMI at #ECBB2026... it has been announced that #ECBB2028 will be in Dublin Ireland🇮🇪 and the conference dinner will be at the Guinness Storehouse!🤩🤯 What about 2027? ECBB alternates every other year with Behaviour (which will be next summer in Vienna, follow @behaviour2027.bsky.social for details)
Thanks for the shout out at #ECBB2026 ! We’re looking forward to having everyone join us next summer for #Behaviour2027 in Vienna 🤗 Our call for symposia is now open: behaviour2027.eventsairsite.com
The European Conference for Behavioural Biology #ECBB2026 always goes so fast! This was an exceptional conference at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge. The organizers and volunteers did a fantastic job (with a special shout out to @jacobcdunn.bsky.social and @wascherclaudia.bsky.social) 🙌
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Nishant Kumar@nishantkumar.bsky.social · 2w agoJAWS of SAWS!!! When the conference draws to its end, our lovely organising committee has had it.... now, every help is bartered with a pound sawed off. Watch out, if you are near LAB 005 at @angliaruskin.bsky.social, during #ECBB2026 (just for pun!).
"...contemporary scientific systems progressively constrain high-risk and conceptually innovative research while being increasingly structured around short funding cycles, productivity-based evaluation criteria and risk-averse frameworks..." www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@raccoonologist.bsky.social ... maybe yes if you have frens by the side. Like they say, I could go through hell with you. Wink wink ... @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social , @kaustabhbaruah.bsky.social and I shall oblige, alwayyyyyyys ;)
Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈@raccoonologist.bsky.social · 2w agoJust over a year later, reunion with my saviours @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social and @nishantkumar.bsky.social at #ECBB2026 (sadly no @kaustabhbaruah.bsky.social). Don’t drink ice coffee in Kolkata, friends.
Just over a year later, reunion with my saviours @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social and @nishantkumar.bsky.social at #ECBB2026 (sadly no @kaustabhbaruah.bsky.social). Don’t drink ice coffee in Kolkata, friends.
Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️🌈@raccoonologist.bsky.social · last yr.Discharged from hospital, forever grateful to @nishantkumar.bsky.social @kaustabhbaruah.bsky.social and @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social for getting me there. I don’t know what I would have done without them. Also Indian healthcare is way better than Canada or the UK! They got me in so quick.
JAWS of SAWS!!! When the conference draws to its end, our lovely organising committee has had it.... now, every help is bartered with a pound sawed off. Watch out, if you are near LAB 005 at @angliaruskin.bsky.social, during #ECBB2026 (just for pun!).
@Malay.Panday from UK, is delivering a talk in the UK... #ECBB2026 The pun is UK = Uttarakhand in India
There are unfortunate aspects of culturally entrenched livelihood practices that link very distant lands: India and Brazil. Fantastic keynote in the Primate Symposium #ECBB2026. मदारी
The @asab.org dream team rocking up for the final day at #ECBB2026 @raccoonologist.bsky.social and @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social for all your social media and communication happenings 💚
If you're wearing anything with an animal on it then we want to see you!! Come and visit the @asabeducation.bsky.social @asab.org desk in the Science Centre by the revolving door! We'd 💚 to be able to fill this board before the end of the conference! 🦊🐟🐺🦜🐼🐻🦀🪲🐙🕷️🪸🐛🐵 #ECBB2026
#ECBB2026 Christian Rutz in his talk Using animal-tracking data to investigate human–wildlife interactions and promote sustainable coexistence asking the crucial question, "Why do humans find it so difficult to coexist with wildlife?"
#ECBB2026 @nishantkumar.bsky.social with some amazing works on black-eared kites and rapid environmental change to close our symposium From minds to populations: functional links in coexistence in the Anthropocene
Dogs are having tough time @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social (at @ecbb2026.bsky.social) defending their food bounties, while humans and dogs settle their street scores since Aug 2025... Topsy turvy ;)
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Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison@sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 2w agoBlack-eared kites 🐦⬛ appear to prefer snatching meat from the jaws of a dog 🐕 rather than off a polythene sheet on the ground... What's up with that?! 😂 @nishantkumar.bsky.social @asab.org #ECBB2026
Great to present recent results on the mechanisms that enable changes in migratory behaviour in a long-lived species #ecbb2026. Thanks @nishantkumar.bsky.social for organising this interesting symposium
If you're at #ECBB2026 and want to learn more about our work with Goffin's cockatoos, check out my session today (Weds) at the Communication & Cognition 1 session (LAB026) later this afternoon. My labmate @annaek.bsky.social also has a talk tomorrow afternoon at Communication & Cognition 2 (LAB026)!
Honoured to have been trusted with the opening #plenary at #ECBB2026 in Cambridge. A chance to showcase the fantastic work of many #ECRs and colleagues who make research & academia so fun. Thank you! Looking forward to enjoying the rest of a great conference. @asab.org @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
Super thanks for the support @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social and @raccoonologist.bsky.social ! It was cool to see the works of @aldinafranco.bsky.social and Christian Rutz get such good attendance. Attaching the video of a dog responding to conch shell sound with a howl!
Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison@sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 2w agoNot only was he chairing the session, but he also gave a great final talk about his long-term research on black-eared kites 🐦⬛and how anthropogenic influences are impacting their behaviour @nishantkumar.bsky.social @asab.org #ECBB2026
Black-eared kites 🐦⬛ appear to prefer snatching meat from the jaws of a dog 🐕 rather than off a polythene sheet on the ground... What's up with that?! 😂 @nishantkumar.bsky.social @asab.org #ECBB2026
I really love @nishantkumar.bsky.social's work on urban kites. It’s remarkable to think of human culture shaping 90% of the diet of an animal … and what 500 truckloads of waste can do to shape migration and congregation … #ECBB2026
Not only was he chairing the session, but he also gave a great final talk about his long-term research on black-eared kites 🐦⬛and how anthropogenic influences are impacting their behaviour @nishantkumar.bsky.social @asab.org #ECBB2026
Happening at 1030 hrs LAB 026 in #ECBB2026
Nishant Kumar@nishantkumar.bsky.social · 3w agoHave you been curious about animal decision making ? how it links with population processes? Then join us tomorrow (3.9.26) for Symposium at #ECBB2026 (@Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge 11 am LAB026). We have cool keynotes from @aldinafranco.bsky.social and @Chriatian Rutz. And a panel discussion
