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Dr Helen Currie @helenalcurrie.bsky.social · 17d

Exciting news! 🎉 FSBI 2026 Annual Symposium website is live: fsbi.org.uk/symposium-20...

📆 27–31 July 2026 | University of Southampton
Theme: Breaking Siloes in Fish Biology 🐟
#FSBI2026 #FishBiology #Conference @thefsbi.bsky.social

Symposium 2026 - Fisheries Society of the British Isles

Symposium 2026

fsbi.org.uk

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The FSBI @thefsbi.bsky.social · 21d

Following the Titanic theme, with #FSBI2025 being held in Belfast, #FSBI2026 will be taking place in 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗻! Be sure to get 𝟮𝟳𝘁𝗵-𝟯𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 in your diary, with the exciting theme of "Breaking Siloes in Fish Biology"! fsbi.org.uk/symposium-2026/

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Jukka-Pekka Verta @jpverta.bsky.social · 27d

One week to apply for our fully funded PhD position in Norway! This is a really exciting project in collab. with University of Helsinki and Benchmark Genetics.

Samples are ready - you do (read: learn) everything - functional genomics, bioinformatics, genotype-phenotype associations 🤩

Please RT!

Jukka-Pekka Verta @jpverta.bsky.social · Aug 21

How do regulatory genes control alternative life histories? We have an open PhD position to answer this question using functional genomics in Atlantic salmon.

Apply by October 15th through www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Please share widely! 🧬🦑🖥️

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Mat Cobain @cobainmat.bsky.social · 28d

Taken in Jyväskylä, central Finland

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Mat Cobain @cobainmat.bsky.social · 28d

The other night I managed to snap the beautiful aurora or "revontulet" in finnish. The literal translation means "fox's fire" as it was believed that they came from the reflection of moon and starlight on glistening snow that is cast into the sky by the tail of a dashing fox. Enjoy 😀

Green swirling aurora borealis reflected in a still lake, with twinkling street lights on the far shore.

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Mat Cobain @cobainmat.bsky.social · Oct 4

For something more nature based from Osaka, i'd recommend a local train to Mino-o and from there walk up the valley to Minoh falls! There is a cool insect museum and butterfly house on the way up!

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Teppo Hiltunen @teppo-h.bsky.social · Oct 4

Open position: Professor or Assistant / Associate (tenure track) Professor in Plant Ecology (U. Turku Finland) Please share

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Professor or Assistant / Associate (tenure track) Professor in Plant Ecology

The Faculty of Science is looking for a full professor or assistant/associate professor (tenure track) in Plant Ecology. The aim of the professorship is to strengthen scientific research and education...

ats.talentadore.com

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Pavel Kratina @kratina.bsky.social · Sep 15

Job Alert
@qmulsbbs.bsky.social is advertising a position:

Environmental Analytical Facility Technician.

Join our team #ecology, #stable #isotopes, #Mass-spectrometer

Environmental Analytical Facility Technician - QMUL Jobs

ID: 7383. Title: Environmental Analytical Facility Technician. Application Deadline:

qmul-jobs.tal.net

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Chris Harrod @profchrisharrod.bsky.social · Sep 15

Calling all isotope ecologists.
IsoEcol 2026 will be held between October 12-17th, 2026 at the University of Hong Kong
See www.isoecol.com/2026/ for more

IsoEcol 2026 – 14th International Conference on the Application of Stable Isotope Techniques in Ecological Studies

www.isoecol.com

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Mat Cobain @cobainmat.bsky.social · Sep 12

That is pretty ridiculous. Isn't that the whole point of editorial checks before sending it out to review?!?!?

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Mountain Research Initiative @mtnresearchmri.bsky.social · Sep 11

📢 @ecologybasel.bsky.social at @unibas.ch is hiring a 5-yr Postdoc (70–90%) for an ERC project on global plant invasions in mountain ecosystems! 🌍🌱 Join fieldwork in the Alps + global #macroecology research! See this job + more on the MRI website ➡️ buff.ly/PWTUag1 #OurChangingMountains

Universität Basel: Postdoc position in mountain macroecology

The research group Ecology at the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Basel in Switzerland invites applications for a postdoc position within the ERC project 'Global status,…

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Mat Cobain @cobainmat.bsky.social · Sep 2

The way i remember is r for REPRODUCE!!! And k for 'it's okkaaaayyy...' bit goofy but its stuck since my bachelor's 😅

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Fredrik Jutfelt 🐠 @jutfelt.bsky.social · Aug 18

Associate Professor position in animal physiology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology
(to replace me basically). An amazing permanent position at a great university!

Please spread widely 🙏

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

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

www.jobbnorge.no

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Steve Thackeray @thackers.bsky.social · Aug 18

Hi all - still time to book for our exciting aquatic ecology conference in London, next month. We would love to see you there!

#BESAG2025 #marine #freshwater #ecology

BES-aquaticgroup @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · Aug 2

there is still time to book a ticket for our #BESAG2025! 1 or 2 days, student discounts and prices.. we have something for everyone! #aquatic #marine #freshwater #ECR London, 15/16th Sept, ZSL. Details and tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/besag2025-...

BES-aquaticgroup @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · Jul 11

⏰ 🌊 Countdown to submit your abstracts to speak at the BESAG2025 annual meeting: 21 days (deadline 1st Aug 2025)!

📍 ZSL London
📅 15 & 16 September 2025
🥇 2 x ECR prizes available
💻 2 x Workshops

🔗 Full details: shorturl.at/Otya6

#Marine #Freshwater #Ecology #Research #AcademicConference

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Mat Cobain @cobainmat.bsky.social · Aug 6

Congratulations Rhiannon! Awesome stuff 😁 and yay for more sulphur isotopes!!!

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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · Jul 31

We are doing a Hackathon! 💻 Together with senior editor @nhcooper123.bsky.social , we'll be discussing and testing a protocol to check whether published data/code is actually reproducible... (1/2)

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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · Jul 31

ONE Lectureship in genomics + TWO in ecology are advertised right now in my 'hood. Applications close 7th August. It'd be brilliant to have these filled with plant people. #PlantSciJobs #MonashBiol #plantecology #plantgenomics 🪴🧪🌱🌿🌾 This links to both : www.ecolsoc.org.au/opportunitie...

Three positions at Monash University (Melbourne, Australia): Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Ecology (2 positions) or Genomics (1 position) - VIC - Ecological Society of Australia

Closing 7 August 2025 The School of Biological Sciences at Monash University is seeking three academics to join our team as a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer (tenured-equivalent position under the Austral...

www.ecolsoc.org.au

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BES-aquaticgroup @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · Jul 29

there is still time to join us for our annual #BESAG conference! in London (ZSL), 15/16 Sept! Check out our amazing prices for #ECRs! #aquatic #marine #freshwater 🌍🧪💧🌊

BES-aquaticgroup @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · Jul 11

⏰ 🌊 Countdown to submit your abstracts to speak at the BESAG2025 annual meeting: 21 days (deadline 1st Aug 2025)!

📍 ZSL London
📅 15 & 16 September 2025
🥇 2 x ECR prizes available
💻 2 x Workshops

🔗 Full details: shorturl.at/Otya6

#Marine #Freshwater #Ecology #Research #AcademicConference

#BESAG2025: Aquatic Ecology Group Annual Meeting 2025

Get together with the freshwater and marine research community to hear the latest research, share skills, and build your network!

shorturl.at

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Steve Thackeray @thackers.bsky.social · Jul 28

Check out this exciting job opportunity, for a Senior Freshwater Ecologist at @ukceh.bsky.social...take a look and please repost!

ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca...

#freshwater #ecology #job #career 🧪🐟🦠🌊🚣‍♀️

A group of people collecting water samples from a riverbank

A group of people, wearing lifejackets, in rowing boats

A member of our team in a boat, on a polar fieldtrip, wearing yellow waterproofs and a lifejacket

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Melissah Rowe @melissahrowe.bsky.social · Jul 24

We are looking for a postdoc to join our group to work on an ERC funded project on avian reproductive microbiomes. nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
Please RT! #microbes #microbiomes #sparrows #postdoc

Postdoctoral researcher: avian microbiomes and reproduction

We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our team working on avian reproductive microbiomes at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) in the group of Dr. Melissah Rowe. The postd...

nioo.knaw.nl

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Functional Ecology @funecology.bsky.social · Jul 15

📰Published📰Nutritional dynamics in fungus-growing termites: integration of biological nitrogen fixation and microbial amino acids🐜

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Nutritional dynamics in fungus-growing termites: integration of biological nitrogen fixation and microbial amino acids

Risto Vesala, Sambit Ghosh, Robert Murphy, Michael Poulsen, Suzanne Schmidt, Lucas Mwangala, Matthew J. Wooller, Jouko Rikkinen, Laura Arppe This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology…

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Mat Cobain @cobainmat.bsky.social · Jul 14

Do you know what would be nice in #AcademicReview? Having the opportunity in manuscript portal to provide feedback to the editor as to the reason if you decline... It would make me feel less like an arsehole at least 😅

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Wojciech Uszko @wojciechuszko.bsky.social · Jul 13

Open postdoc position in a great research group in Uppsala, Sweden!
www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

Post-doctoral researcher Fish community dynamics under Climate Change | slu.se

SLU - Science and Education for Sustainable Life

www.slu.se

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Steve Thackeray @thackers.bsky.social · Jul 10

📢 Job alert!

UKCEH are looking for a Senior Freshwater Ecologist to join their Aquatic Ecosystems Group, based at their Edinburgh site!

💦🧪 @ukceh.bsky.social #UKCEH_AquaEco

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Senior Freshwater Ecologist

Salary - £48,414 - £51,377 Hybrid working (50/50) Permanent We reserve the right to close this advert early if we find the right candidate, so we encourage you to apply early. We are seeking a highly ...

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Mat Cobain @cobainmat.bsky.social · Jul 8

Sorry to hear Jon, hope things pick up soon!

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