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Facundo Luna
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Biologist interested in Physiological Ecology of animals - Researcher at CONICET - Professor at UNMdP.
It was a pleasure working on this chapter with such great colleagues. Andean lizards, energetics and distribution ranges...
doi.org/10.1007/978-...
Drivers of Physiological Responses and Range Distribution in the Context of Rapaport’s Rule: The Case of East Andean Liolaemidae Lizard Species
The functioning and distribution of ectothermic organisms result from the interaction of various factors, both intrinsic and extrinsic. Intrinsic factors include body or organ size, thermal biology, a...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Interested in a Graduate Assistantship?

The Energetics Lab (Giroud) at Northern Michigan University is now accepting applications for a motivated individual to obtain a Master in Biology and work on seasonal changes of the cardiac proteome & heart function in hibernating species.
November 1, 2025 at 12:42 AM
How do fossorial rodents manage their digging adaptations while running? Happy to share new research on the energetics of running in tuco-tucos.
doi.org/10.1007/s133...
Energetics of running and post-exercise oxygen consumption in Ctenomys talarum: digging adaptations have an effect? - Mammal Research
The fossorial rodent Ctenomys talarum faces conflicting mechanical and energetic demands due to its digging-specialized morphology and reliance on surface foraging. To evaluate how these demands affec...
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November 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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📣CALL FOR APPLICATIONS!!

The next deadline for the #GodfreyHewitt mobility award is 31st January 2026. Open to ECRS in support of research trips or lab visits.

For more information, eligibility and how to apply: eseb.org/prizes-fundi...
November 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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🚨 The climelab.net lab is seeking a postdoc in ecophysiology for 2-years to work on drivers of animal thermoregulation in a phylogenetic and global context. #ecophys

📷 Stellenbosch, South Africa
Closes: 26th Nov 2025
Submit app directly to Prof Clusella-Trullas.
November 9, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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Want to join a global 🌎 initiative to test the thermal limits of 🐟 using standardised approach? Led by @patricepottier.bsky.social, we are planning a globally distributed experiment to collect data on fish embryonic heat tolerance 🌡️. Make this experiment global!

🔗: www.thermalecologyalliance.org
October 28, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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Job Alert! The University of Tübingen is hiring a FULL PROFESSOR (W3) in FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY! Come and join our institute, and maybe our new excellence clusters @terra-cluster.org and @greenrobust.de. @gfoesoc.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Please repost!
September 10, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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🚨 Associate Professor in animal physiology position
at NTNU. Candidates with a strong ecological and evolutionary physiology background are encouraged.
📷 Trondheim, Norway
Closes: 1st September 2025

🔗 jobbnorge.no//en/availabl...
Associate Professor in molecular/cellular animal physiology (281754) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Job title: Associate Professor in molecular/cellular animal physiology (281754), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Monday, September 1, 2025
jobbnorge.no
August 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Almost 48k people are watching the live stream from the seafloor (2400 m deep) at the Mar del Plata Canyon. In these dark days for Argentinean science, this is a small glimmer of hope.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa-i...
Lance 39.1 Mar Del Plata Canyon | SOI Divestream 818 PART 2
YouTube video by Schmidt Ocean
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August 1, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Quedan tres semanas para aplicar al Taller Suraméricano de Biología Evolutiva en Uruguay (nov 23-29) Todos los gastos pagos para estudiantes, gracias a la financiación del @sse-evolution.bsky.social @eseb.bsky.social @asn-amnat.bsky.social #CienciaCriolla Info aquí: sites.google.com/view/evosur2...
July 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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✨ The Bernhardt Lab at the University of Guelph is recruiting graduate students for 2026! Join us! We have several fully funded grad positions available ✨

Please spread the word!

www.bernhardtlab.org/join-us

#CSEE2025
July 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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I am looking for a postdoc wanting to use functional genomics to understand why birds 🐦 struggle with climate warming in @erc.europa.eu project #HotLife. Ideal candidate is a molecular evolutionarybiologist. Join us at @biologylu.bsky.social. Details 👇
shorturl.at/wijEq

Would appreciate a re-post!
Post-doctoral fellow in functional genomics and ecophysiology
Subject description The goal of the project is to uncover the mechanisms explaining why global warming and heatwaves reduce reproductive success and cause excess mortality in wild and domesticated war
lu.varbi.com
May 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Dead or alive? 🤪 The cat and the box
May 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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The Scott Lab at McMaster is currently recruiting graduate students to examine the physiological and molecular mechanisms of high-altitude adaptation in small mammals. Details at scottlab.ca/opportunities/
Opportunities
Interested in Joining the Scott Lab? The Scott Lab is currently recruiting graduate students to examine the physiological and molecular mechanisms of high-altitude adaptation in small mammals. Pote…
scottlab.ca
March 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Please share: (competitive) PhD funding in Strasbourg (France) to work on 🐧🔥:

Physiological and reproductive consequences of ‘warm’ environmental conditions on land in a sub-polar penguin species

Fieldwork in Crozet 🇹🇫 is forecasted (pending on HPAI situation)

amethis3.unistra.fr/amethis-clie...
April 30, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Second day at the 6th Workshop of physiological and behavioral ecology in Chascomús, Argentina. Great talks, great people.
@biologists.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
At a time when the Argentine government is cutting funding for scientific research, I am thrilled to share that our latest paper has been accepted for publication in @jexpbiol.bsky.social !
February 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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We are searching broadly for a PhD candidate interested in the evolvability of heat tolerance and the interaction between evolution and plasticity in 🐦🐣, based at @biologylu.bsky.social. Be great if you could re-post. Details 👇 #ERC #HotLife @ercresearch.bsky.social
Join us as a Doctoral student in Biology w/focus in ecological physiology. A PhD project with @cyanistesnord.bsky.social “HotLife – Pathways to survival in a hotter world” supported by @ercresearch.bsky.social. #lunduniversity

Please apply no later than 18 February!
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
January 30, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Recently accepted in the @jexpbiol.bsky.social... Interestingly work made with Celina Carrizo, Roxana Zenuto and Ana Paula Cutrera on the effect of temperature on the immune response in the tuco-tucos. doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
February 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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The JTB is currently accepting paper submissions for our upcoming special issue: Ontogenetic variation in thermal biology: assessing life stage-specific adaptations and sensitivity in animals. 🦉🦫☀️❄️

📝Submit your papers now!

www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
January 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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JEB Research Partnership Kickstart Travel Grants & ECR Visiting Fellowships from @biologists.bsky.social are aimed at supporting junior faculty as they embark on their independent careers.

The next application deadline is 1 December!

Don't miss this chance! biologists.com/grants/#jeb
November 26, 2024 at 3:18 PM
A few years ago, some colleagues and I organized the first workshop on Ecological and Behavioral Physiology in Argentina. With a lot of effort, the 6th workshop will be held in March 2025. There are only a few days left to submit abstracts. For more information visit iimyc.gob.ar/fisioclim/.
November 19, 2024 at 1:09 PM