Loving the support amongst colleagues and collabs at #ISBE2026 ❤️

Centre for Evolutionary Biology at UWA@ceb-uwa.bsky.social · 2w ago

Developing our understanding of pebble mice evolution in WA 🇦🇺 An overview of evolutionary history of rodents endemic to WA by @pebblemouse.bsky.social at #ISBE2026 🇮🇹 alongside evidence that pebble mice DO live in social groups past breeding seasons 🐁

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

Recent papers from MSc work in my lab: 🐀 Greater stick-nest rat’s struggle for survival at a semi-arid reserve - led by the wonderful Izzy Bannerman (AWC collab) 🐢 UVB exposure and shell hardness in the WST - stemming from Stella Jones’ important project (Perth Zoo collab) Click on the 🔗 to read

So great having Dr Keaghan Yaxley visit UWA this week! Highlight: Keaghan’s research seminar and many discussions with CEB people. Thanks to the Forrest Research Foundation for bringing him over to WA!

Long time since I’ve been on a WA island. Took me back to my own PhD days … all those centuries ago! 🫣😝😂 Looking boodie-ish on Barrow Is.

Loved seeing three of our Master's students present their research proposals. From the deserts 🏜️ to the wetlands💦 and the treetops 🌳 between. Great work happening, and we're excited to see how it goes. More below! (1/4)

Formal presentation in flow🌊 SBS seminar late post: Harry Mortimer presented his PhD proposal on the effect of combined environmental stressors on the Western Rainbowfish🌈🐟. We were graced with great visuals and a visit from a 3D printed perch. @jenkelley01.bsky.social @pebblemouse.bsky.social

🐟Harry Mortimer🐟 opened the conference with a fish-tastic presentation on the effect of combined environmental stressors 🌡️🌊 on the Western Rainbowfish 🌈 @jenkelley01.bsky.social @pebblemouse.bsky.social

ECR/Postdoc position - 2 years. ARC Discovery Project - Transgenerational implications of microplastic toxicity. Field and mammal handling experience preferred. Microplastic analysis experience ideal. Scope to support a PhD student. Please email Renée (renee.firman@uwa.edu.au) for more details!

**FUNDING SUCCES!** We got the band back together for another tour! 🤣..ok, it’s for an ARC Discovery Project..yay! So chuffed to be exploring “The transgenerational nature of microplastic toxicity” with Paco Garcia-Gonzalez and Leigh Simmons. Postdoc/PhD positions advertised early 2026.

@zoekeansci.bsky.social thank you so much for your workshop at #AES2025! Thank you for imparting your media wisdom!

@avantikadeep.bsky.social presenting her published MSc work in a flash talk at #AES2025!! @ceb-uwa.bsky.social

Great flash talk by Jackson Randell at #AES2025! @ceb-uwa.bsky.social

Exciting spider sex talk from Andrea Piccinini at #AES2025. The videos were pure class! @ceb-uwa.bsky.social @austevolsoc.bsky.social

Avantika Sharma showcasing her plans for her PhD on intrasexual selection in magpies at #AES2025. Great work Avantika! @mandyridley.bsky.social @ceb-uwa.bsky.social

Great talk by Kim Wong at #AES2025 … this talk never gets old! @brainiants.bsky.social @ceb-uwa.bsky.social

Great start to #AES2025 with an excellent ECR plenary by Jamiema Philip! Mapping flagella motility! @jamiema16.bsky.social

Excited to be involved with this project with Harry and @jenkelley01.bsky.social ! 🐟

Centre for Evolutionary Biology at UWA@ceb-uwa.bsky.social · 11mo ago

📊 Flow Fighters Harry Mortimer studies how fish adapt to multiple stressors — combining behaviour, morphology, and physiology to understand resilience to changing water flow and temperature 🐟 🌊🌡️ 7/11 @jenkelley01.bsky.social @pebblemouse.bsky.social

📊 Flow Fighters Harry Mortimer studies how fish adapt to multiple stressors — combining behaviour, morphology, and physiology to understand resilience to changing water flow and temperature 🐟 🌊🌡️ 7/11 @jenkelley01.bsky.social @pebblemouse.bsky.social

Last call! Final registration for AES 2025 in Brisbane closes 29 Sept aes.corsizio.com/event/685405... Don’t miss your chance to join three days of cutting-edge evolutionary science + community! #AES2025 #Evolution #AusSci

The HYPOCRITES OF AUSTRALIA MARCH is on today. Do these people ever self reflect about how they became Australians in the first place and why?

Calling all evolutionary biologists! 🧬 AES 2025 | UQ Brisbane | 1–3 Oct Early-bird registration close 1 Sept aes.corsizio.com/event/685405... #AES2025 #Evolution #ECR #AusSci

New p-p-p-pebble mouse p-p-p-paper out this week!! Very happy to publish this with some young and inspiring ecologists, Rachelle and Will, and of course Dustin (a more seasoned, but also inspiring, behavioural ecologist). www.publish.csiro.au/WR/fulltext/...

Calling all evolutionary biologists! **AES 2025 Conference** 📍 UQ Brisbane | 🗓 1–3 Oct **Talks close 1 Sept** Don’t miss out — submit & join us for three days of cutting-edge science + community! aes.corsizio.com/event/685405... #AES2025 #Evolution #ECR #SciComm #AusSci

Great grab by Bec and Holly! A tiny Pilbara ningaui turning up on a pebble mound. This species is the most common captured on the mounds (after pebble mice!). Great timing for my MSc marsupial biol students and their lecture on burrowers as habitat advocates. Banjima Country giving out the goods.

This wee rascal has gone untrappable for 2 years!! Well done to @rebeccajquah.bsky.social and Holly (MSc student) who caught her this morning. Aptly named Mojo Jojo, she is a very special mouse. MJ is allowing us to monitor the build a new mound-burrow system - literally from the ground up!

High drama on the mounds … dingo tries for a pebble mouse! @rebeccajquah.bsky.social

The Local Organizing Commitee welcomes behavioral ecologists from across the world and of all career stages to enjoy a five-day meeting rich in top-notch science and ample networking opportunities in Turin (Italy), 20-24 July 2026.

A fat Mumma heading home ❤️🐭 @rebeccajquah.bsky.social

Lucky enough to have @rebeccajquah.bsky.social working on the pebble mouse project this year! Nice first morning with a beautiful newly caught female.