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David S Richardson @david-s-richardson.bsky.social · 1d

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Genetic load, fitness and conservation in the Seychelles warbler. A wonderful PhD opportunity - spanning important evolutionary and conservation-relevant concepts. Come work with us. david… | david r...

Genetic load, fitness and conservation in the Seychelles warbler. A wonderful PhD opportunity - spanning important evolutionary and conservation-relevant concepts. Come work with us. david richardson...

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Marcela Hernández @matehg.bsky.social · 1d

PhD opportunity in my lab! We’re looking for a proactive student to join our project on how CO dehydrogenase is regulated in response to atmospheric mercury.

Investigating genetic markers and mechanisms of CO dehydrogenase regulation in response to atmospheric mercury FindAPhD.com

PhD Programmes, Research Projects & Studentships in the UK & Europe

FindAPhD is a comprehensive guide to PhD studentships and postgraduate research degrees

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Gabrielle Davidson @drgdavidson.bsky.social · 5d

🚨🔊 Fully funded PhD!! 🚨🔊

Are you interested in wildlife gut microbiomes? Love birds, fieldwork and bioinformatics? Want to join a collaborative and supportive team? Looking for training to become an independent scientist?

Please apply!

Informal enquiries welcome!

www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-d...

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Ed Ivimey-Cook @eivimeycook.bsky.social · 5d

Couldn’t agree more!! Code is so so important to share.

One of the main reasons we wrote TADA! was to make it easier to share code for researchers of all levels.

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Vito Latorre, PhD @vlatorre.bsky.social · 7d

Reattempting to share this tiny piece of news article I wrote for The Microbiologist: How an alien life would survive in some of the weirdest atmospheres?

Applied Microbiology International @amiposts.bsky.social · 13d

Among the most promising indicators of extraterrestrial life are volatile organic compounds produced by life forms. Metabolites such as dimethyl sulphide and related compounds may hint at extraterrestrial biology. Read more: www.the-microbiologist.com/features/bre...

Breathing alien air: the search for biosignatures on exoplanets

Among the most promising indicators of biogenic elements are volatile organic compounds produced by life forms. The detection of specific metabolites such as dimethyl sulphide (DMS) and related compou...

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Adrian Cazares @cazares-adr.bsky.social · 9d

Imagine we could travel back in time ⏪⌛️to explore the world of bacterial pathogens before humans discovered and industrialised antibiotics

We just did that to study the history of #AMR spread @science.org
doi.org/10.1126/scie...

If you like time travel & biology, this 🧵is for you👇

Pre- and postantibiotic epoch: The historical spread of antimicrobial resistance

Plasmids are now the primary vectors of antimicrobial resistance, but our understanding of how human industrialisation of antibiotics influenced their evolution is limited by a paucity of data predati...

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Juan Carlos Illera @andalgalornis.bsky.social · 11d

Magnífico tema para hacer una tesis doctoral. ¡Y el equipo es increíblemente bueno! 🙂

Ferran Sayol @ferransayol.bsky.social · 20d

🚨PhD offer 👩‍🎓:
Fascinated by island biodiversity, palaeoecology & human impacts on ecosystems? 🌴🦜🌍 Join @creaf.cat to explore how island life changed over the last 11,700 years.
Deadline: 27 Oct 2025
Selection: ~November
Starting: ~January 2026
Supervision: @sandranogue.bsky.social & me
More info👇

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Hall Lab @halllab.bsky.social · 14d

📢🚨 Check out @drgdavidson.bsky.social's 3-year senior PDRA role below @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social!
Super exciting project exploring wildlife ecology 🐾 and gut microbiome bioinformatics 🧬!
👉 Apply: vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/18...
💬 Informal enquiries to Gabrielle welcome!

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Gabrielle Davidson @drgdavidson.bsky.social · 15d

📢🚨Please share! We’re hiring! 📢🚨Have a strong interests in wildlife ecology and gut microbiome bioinformatics? 3 year Senior Research Associate for NERC Pushing the Frontiers grant. Apply here: vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/18.... Informal enquiries welcome! drgldavidson.github.io/ACMEresearch

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Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 16d

Only a few days to go… please share!!!

Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 26d

Fully funded PhD working on insectivorous bird declines with a broad range of stakeholders. Starting ASAP #ornithology #zoology #biodiversity #science #ecology
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

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David S Richardson @david-s-richardson.bsky.social · 26d

An excellent PhD opportunity - at a great place - with a great system .....and with a great group! Should be fun....as well as very scientifically rewarding😀

Dugdale Research Group @hannahdugdale.bsky.social · 26d

Come & work with us - fully funded 4 year PhD on Social Ageing: Social environment effects on senescence, using an epigenetic clock www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor... @rug.nl @david-s-richardson.bsky.social @keesvanoers.bsky.social @seychelleswarbler.bsky.social photo: @charlisdavies.bsky.social

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Dugdale Research Group @hannahdugdale.bsky.social · 26d

Come & work with us - fully funded 4 year PhD on Social Ageing: Social environment effects on senescence, using an epigenetic clock www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor... @rug.nl @david-s-richardson.bsky.social @keesvanoers.bsky.social @seychelleswarbler.bsky.social photo: @charlisdavies.bsky.social

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Seth Bordenstein @symbionticism.bsky.social · 28d

A salient experiment that elegantly examines how context dependent is hologenome evolution in response to selection on diet quality? The short answer. It is resilient, even when faced with abiotic and biotic disruptors such as post-selection socialization and diet. Brilliant evaluation; a must read

KevinDKohl @kevindkohl.bsky.social · Sep 12

Pleased to share new work tinkering with and testing the concept of the holobiont
@isme-microbes.bsky.social

"Experimental evolution of a mammalian holobiont: bank voles selected for herbivorous capability evolved distinct and robust gut bacterial communities"
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Experimental evolution of a mammalian holobiont: bank voles selected for herbivorous capability evolved distinct and robust gut bacterial communities

Abstract. According to the “hologenome” theory of evolution natural selection and evolution can act through a conglomerate biological unit, the “holobiont”

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Alice Godden @alicegodden.bsky.social · 29d

Our new paper is out in Dev Biol! 🎉 🐸🧬
We show #miR-196a directs #neural crest fate in #Xenopus by repressing immature neural #ectoderm — evidence #miRNAs can potentially drive, not just fine-tune, early patterning
👉 Read more here: doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
@devbiol.bsky.social @biouea.bsky.social

Schematic overview of our project. Dissection of Xenopus neural crest following morpholino knockdown of miRNA, then extraction of RNA for RNA-seq

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KevinDKohl @kevindkohl.bsky.social · Sep 12

Pleased to share new work tinkering with and testing the concept of the holobiont
@isme-microbes.bsky.social

"Experimental evolution of a mammalian holobiont: bank voles selected for herbivorous capability evolved distinct and robust gut bacterial communities"
🌾🐭🦠

academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...

Experimental evolution of a mammalian holobiont: bank voles selected for herbivorous capability evolved distinct and robust gut bacterial communities

Abstract. According to the “hologenome” theory of evolution natural selection and evolution can act through a conglomerate biological unit, the “holobiont”

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Karl Grieshop @karlgrieshop.bsky.social · Jul 9

Out now in @molbioevol.bsky.social with Michelle Liu (co-first), Ryan Frost, Matthew Lindsay, Malak Bayoumi, Martin Brengdahl, @ruxmolnar.bsky.social and @aneil-agrawal.bsky.social, we evolved ~40% of the D. melanogaster genome under male-limited inheritance, ...

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Expression Divergence in Response to Sex-biased Selection

Abstract. It remains debated whether greater degrees of sexual dimorphism would evolve if not for intersexual genetic constraints. Here, we used experiment

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Alexander Schlatmann @aaschlatmann.bsky.social · Aug 27

Check out our new paper led by Gaoyang Yu!

Territorial aggression in blue tits is repeatable in both sexes, but females were the fiercer defenders. How does this challenge long-held assumptions about sex roles in territorial behaviour?

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧪

Intrasexual and intersexual territorial aggressive responses are repeatable and correlated in blue tits of both sexes

Aggressive behaviours are commonly expressed in the competition for limited resources and influence the survival and reproduction of individuals. Howe…

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Chuen @chuenlee.bsky.social · Aug 27

‪@sarahfworsley.bsky.social‬

Chuen @chuenlee.bsky.social · Aug 27

New paper out now! 🥳📄
Massive shoutout to Sarah Worsley, who did the heavy lifting 💪 – absolute star! 🌟

Dugdale Research Group @hannahdugdale.bsky.social · Aug 25

Congrats 🎉 Sarah Worsley "Gut microbiome communities demonstrate fine-scale spatial variation in a closed, island bird population" ISME Communications doi.org/10.1093/isme... @chuenlee.bsky.social @terryburke.bsky.social @david-s-richardson.bsky.social

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Dugdale Research Group @hannahdugdale.bsky.social · Aug 25

Congrats 🎉 Sarah Worsley "Gut microbiome communities demonstrate fine-scale spatial variation in a closed, island bird population" ISME Communications doi.org/10.1093/isme... @chuenlee.bsky.social @terryburke.bsky.social @david-s-richardson.bsky.social

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EcoEvoRxiv @ecoevorxiv.bsky.social · Aug 17

The SORTEE Guidelines for Data and Code Quality Control in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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ESEB 2025 Congress @eseb2025.bsky.social · Aug 20

Evolution never looked so inspiring 🌍 #ESEB2025

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ESEB 2025 Congress @eseb2025.bsky.social · Aug 22

✨ Day 5 of #ESEB2025 wrapped! Thanks for an inspiring week: safe travels home, and see some of you tonight 🎉

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Chuen @chuenlee.bsky.social · Aug 22

What a fantastic week at #ESEB2025! I'm still buzzing from all the incredible science and amazing connections.

A huge thank you to the organizers for putting together such a seamless and inspiring event.

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Elin Videvall @elinvidevall.bsky.social · Aug 22

Thanks #ESEB2025 for a great conference!

Our group had a lot of fun meeting people, learning new things, and talking about our research!

@madeleinebergstrom.bsky.social
@estermart.bsky.social
@cenkvist.bsky.social
@matiasbeck.bsky.social

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