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Dr. Lauren E. Fuess @laurenfuess.bsky.social · 7h

Reminder, we’re hiring 2 PhD students for next year!! I’m extending the deadline to Nov 1, but please get your app in soon if you’re interested in joining us! More info is on our webpage. 🦠🦑

Please share with ECRs you know as well and check out our other open positio. (Postdoc!)

Dr. Lauren E. Fuess @laurenfuess.bsky.social · Aug 15

🚨🚨We’re hiring graduate students!🚨🚨

We are hiring 1-2 PhD students to start sometime in 2026 (Fall start dates preferred). Opportunities to work on a diversity of eco-evo-immuno and symbiosis projects!

Deadline Oct 15! Please share broadly!

Info here: tinyurl.com/y2abjsem

opportunities – Symbiommunity Lab

tinyurl.com

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Christopher Dutton @cldutton.bsky.social · 15h

Pretty tickled to see our little guy on the big screen during the keynote address of the UF School of Natural Resources and Environment Research Symposium.

Picture of our robotic bunny used as a python lure in the Everglades.

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Christopher Dutton @cldutton.bsky.social · 1d

It's all good! We have a spare land rover...and my hopes and dreams are highly adaptable.

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Christopher Dutton @cldutton.bsky.social · 1d

If you look closely, you can see my hopes and dreams under the oil cooler to the left.

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Christopher Dutton @cldutton.bsky.social · 1d

Just finished a first draft of an ecological power analyzer app. Been watching students struggle to figure out sample sizes. Hope this helps. Fork it, steal it, use it. Mostly accurate. Work in progress. ufduttonlab.github.io/peep-power/

PEEP - Power Estimator for Ecological Planning | Statistical Power Calculator

PEEP: Your friendly companion for sample size calculations and power analysis in ecological research. Professional tools for field studies, experimental design, and grant proposals.

ufduttonlab.github.io

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Oliver Bossdorf @bossdorf.bsky.social · 8d

JOB ALERT! Do you also love large ecological experiments? Become coordinator of our big new geo-biosphere experiment in @terra-cluster.org. 7-year position! Follow link for details.
@gfoesoc.bsky.social
@britishecologicalsociety.org
@ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
@uslter.bsky.social

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Stellenangebote: Universität Hohenheim

Aktuelle Stellenangebote der Universität Hohenheim.

www.uni-hohenheim.de

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Mike Wiser @drmikewiser.bsky.social · 20d

OK, this is amazing.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time

One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

www.bbc.com

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Victoria Inman @victoriainman.bsky.social · 23d

New article published looking at the behaviour of hippos in Botswana and how it varies throughout the day, seasonally, and in different areas. Very little known about hippo behaviour, so feeling happy to have this out there 🥰🦛

academic.oup.com/jmammal/arti...

Sleeping giants: temporal, seasonal, and spatial variations in the 24-h activity budget of Hippopotamus amphibius

This study provides the first observational 24-h activity budget of hippos and the first behavioral data from Botswana. Behavior varied by time of day, sea

academic.oup.com

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Seth Bordenstein @symbionticism.bsky.social · Aug 12

Microbiomes are the foundation of the biosphere. Hosts such as humans, bees, and plants have never been just hosts. They are complex units of biological organization upon which various forces act to shape composition, form, and function. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The disciplinary matrix of holobiont biology

Uniting life’s seen and unseen realms guides a conceptual advance in research

www.science.org

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Christopher Dutton @cldutton.bsky.social · 23d

I've been teaching General Ecology at UF Biology and experimenting with ways to help make learning fun. One way I've found particularly useful, is through web apps (games and simulations). Feel free to use them, fork them or steal them. A work in progress.
ufduttonlab.github.io/teaching/

Teaching

Join me for one of my courses at the University of Florida! - Research Skills with Arduino and R (Spring 2019) - Data Collection with Open Technologies for Reproducible Research (Fall 2020) - Animal a...

ufduttonlab.github.io

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Christopher Dutton @cldutton.bsky.social · Sep 6

Just learned about the book, Absolution.

Can confirm they have a camera, but will have to move it to the bunny's back for version 2. Great idea! 😂

Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · Aug 7

I'm glad they did or did not read Absolution...

wakkobro3.bsky.social @wakkobro3.bsky.social · Aug 6

Going to leave this here www.iotworldtoday.com/robotics/rob...

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Alex Loy @loyteam.bsky.social · Aug 27

📢 New paper in @nature.com

Microbes rock 🎸🤘 with sulfide and iron minerals

I am very excited to share our recent study, which describes a previously unknown microbial energy metabolism ⚡⚡⚡🦠🧫⚡⚡⚡

🆕 Microbial iron oxide respiration coupled to sulfide oxidation - MISO

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Microbial iron oxide respiration coupled to sulfide oxidation - Nature

Genomic and biochemical analyses of prokaryotic sulfur metabolism identify diverse microorganisms with the capacity to oxidize sulfide using iron(iii).

www.nature.com

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · Aug 1

Director at Max Planck - a unique position! The Open Call for Expressions of Interest in Max Planck Directorships is open now and can be submitted by the 31st of October 2025. ➡️ mpg.de/directors - Please share the Open Call among potential candidates.

Open Call for Expressions of Interest in Max Planck Directorships:
Expressions of interest can be submitted until 31 October 2025.

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Ed Yong @edyong209.bsky.social · May 30

I urge everyone to read Unbreaking’s new page on everything the govt is doing to destroy & diminish medical research funding.

It’s the best thing I’ve read on this topic: @lizneeley.bsky.social & co have such done an incredible job.

unbreaking.org/issues/medic...

Medical Research Funding — Unbreaking

How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.

unbreaking.org

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Christopher Dutton @cldutton.bsky.social · Jul 20

Whoa! Been waiting yrs for these...

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Christopher Dutton @cldutton.bsky.social · Jul 19

lab side project.... www.usatoday.com/story/news/2...

UF researchers deploy robotic rabbits across South Florida to fight Burmese python explosion

Version 2.0 of the study will add bunny scent to the stuffed rabbits if motion and heat aren’t enough to fool the pythons in Florida.

www.usatoday.com

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Christopher Dutton @cldutton.bsky.social · Jul 6

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Christopher Dutton @cldutton.bsky.social · Mar 6

An undergrad in my lab just made this @nanoporetech.com library of several metagenomes. All future libraries will now be judged based on this one. 🎉💯

image of the pore occupancy on a nanopore minion, super excellent library prep and loading....a sea of green.

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Christopher Dutton @cldutton.bsky.social · Mar 6

I've never seen Amanda more excited than when she just received @bengoldfarb.bsky.social 's book in the mail along with a chewed up beaver stick! 🎉🥳

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Christopher Dutton @cldutton.bsky.social · Feb 28

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Epigenetic signatures of intergenerational exposure to violence in three generations of Syrian refugees - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Epigenetic signatures of intergenerational exposure to violence in three generations of Syrian refugees

www.nature.com

Christopher Dutton @cldutton.bsky.social · Feb 28

Great coverage by @science.org

www.science.org/content/arti...

Children of war refugees may inherit their parents’ trauma

Genetic analysis of women who fled war-torn Syria and their descendants reveals potential genetic stress markers

www.science.org

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Christopher Dutton @cldutton.bsky.social · Feb 28

Very proud to have been a part of this research. Grateful to the coauthors and participants for sharing their stories. 🙏

news.ufl.edu/2025/02/syri...

Violence alters human genes for generations, researchers discover

<p>Children of Syrian refugees inherit the stress of civil war.</p>

news.ufl.edu

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Ed Yong @edyong209.bsky.social · Feb 22

On the cutting room floor is the bit where the host introduced their interview series, The Interview, and I asked how long it took to come up with the name. Anyway, here’s me talking about birds and science and burnout and moving through the world. The photo’s nice! www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...

‘The Interview’: Ed Yong Wants to Show You the Hidden Reality of the World

The Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer talks about burnout from covering the pandemic and how bird-watching gave him a new sense of hope.

www.nytimes.com

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Carolyn Ibberson @cbibberson.bsky.social · Feb 22

I created a brief spreadsheet of reductions I've heard of so far. Any additions you know of (especially if you have the links/receipts) would be great: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Graduate Reductions Across Biomedical Sciences (2025)

docs.google.com

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