Ben Sonnenberg (he/him)
@sonnenbird.bsky.social
Postdoc at Oregon State University
I'm a behavioral ecologist interested in spatial cognition, development, hormones, and all things avian
Website: www.bensonnenberg.com
I'm a behavioral ecologist interested in spatial cognition, development, hormones, and all things avian
Website: www.bensonnenberg.com
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New paper from the lab - the overview of our long-term work on selection on spatial cognition in chickadees.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Living on the edge: the evolution of spatial cognition in food-caching chickadees | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
There is a tremendous amount of intra- and inter-specific variation in animal cognitive
abilities, and understanding the evolutionary mechanisms generating such variation
is an important issue in evol...
royalsocietypublishing.org
Amazing summary of the work from the Pravosudov lab!
#birds
#birds
Just a Lil chipmunk
November 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Just a Lil chipmunk
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👩🔬🧪 #AcademicSky
We're hiring!
Tenure-track Asst. Prof. in Cell/Molec Biology or Genetics!
JMU is an R2, primarily undergrad university with faculty who are passionate about research and student mentoring/teaching. Feel free to DM with questions!
jobs.jmu.edu/jobs/tenure-...
Tenure-track Asst. Prof. in Cell/Molec Biology or Genetics!
JMU is an R2, primarily undergrad university with faculty who are passionate about research and student mentoring/teaching. Feel free to DM with questions!
jobs.jmu.edu/jobs/tenure-...
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Cellular and Molecular Biology or Genetics - Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States
Working Title: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Cellular and Molecular Biology or Genetics
State Role Title: N/A
Position Type: Instructional / Teaching Faculty
Position Status: Full-Time
FLSA Status...
jobs.jmu.edu
September 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
👩🔬🧪 #AcademicSky
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UC Davis is hiring! A tenure-track assistant professor of psychology, in human cognition or cognitive neuroscience #psychjobs recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07300
Assistant Professor of Psychology - Human Cognition or Cognitive Neuroscience
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucdavis.edu
September 8, 2025 at 7:57 PM
UC Davis is hiring! A tenure-track assistant professor of psychology, in human cognition or cognitive neuroscience #psychjobs recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07300
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I am really excited to see this article on basic experimental design principles published. Definitely will be mandatory reading for incoming graduate students in my lab. Maggie Wagner who led this article did an amazing job with the illustrations of basic principles www.nature.com/articles/s41...
How thoughtful experimental design can empower biologists in the omics era - Nature Communications
Here, the authors discuss principles of experimental design that are relevant for all biology research, along with special considerations for projects using -omics approaches, highlighting common expe...
www.nature.com
August 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I am really excited to see this article on basic experimental design principles published. Definitely will be mandatory reading for incoming graduate students in my lab. Maggie Wagner who led this article did an amazing job with the illustrations of basic principles www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Fun news: I'm hiring a postdoc in ichthyology!
Please spread the word #TeamFish, and message me if you have questions.
(Job requisition id is R00107333 if LSU link below takes you elsewhere.)
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Please spread the word #TeamFish, and message me if you have questions.
(Job requisition id is R00107333 if LSU link below takes you elsewhere.)
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Postdoctoral Researcher
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August 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Fun news: I'm hiring a postdoc in ichthyology!
Please spread the word #TeamFish, and message me if you have questions.
(Job requisition id is R00107333 if LSU link below takes you elsewhere.)
lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LSU/de...
Please spread the word #TeamFish, and message me if you have questions.
(Job requisition id is R00107333 if LSU link below takes you elsewhere.)
lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LSU/de...
Therapy #birds pic for this Friday.
Very productive breeding year for red crossbills in the Cascades this year.
Here are a few grumpy babies.
Very productive breeding year for red crossbills in the Cascades this year.
Here are a few grumpy babies.
August 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Therapy #birds pic for this Friday.
Very productive breeding year for red crossbills in the Cascades this year.
Here are a few grumpy babies.
Very productive breeding year for red crossbills in the Cascades this year.
Here are a few grumpy babies.
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🦜Animal loss is stalling tropical forest recovery
A new study shows that when seed-dispersing animals decline, tropical forests regrow slower, cutting carbon gains by over 50%.
Biodiversity loss is a climate issue.
🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
#SciComm #Biodiversity #ClimateCrisis 🧪
A new study shows that when seed-dispersing animals decline, tropical forests regrow slower, cutting carbon gains by over 50%.
Biodiversity loss is a climate issue.
🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
#SciComm #Biodiversity #ClimateCrisis 🧪
Seed dispersal disruption limits tropical forest regrowth | PNAS
Identifying linkages between biodiversity loss and climate change is required for
understanding the scope of these interconnected challenges and de...
www.pnas.org
August 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
🦜Animal loss is stalling tropical forest recovery
A new study shows that when seed-dispersing animals decline, tropical forests regrow slower, cutting carbon gains by over 50%.
Biodiversity loss is a climate issue.
🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
#SciComm #Biodiversity #ClimateCrisis 🧪
A new study shows that when seed-dispersing animals decline, tropical forests regrow slower, cutting carbon gains by over 50%.
Biodiversity loss is a climate issue.
🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
#SciComm #Biodiversity #ClimateCrisis 🧪
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Are you an early-career biologist or ecologist who would benefit from an invited seminar? Would you like to come to UMaine next fall or spring to give a talk? Leave a brief comment with some info about what you do. I'm co-hosting our seminar series again, and am filling out our rosters.
July 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Are you an early-career biologist or ecologist who would benefit from an invited seminar? Would you like to come to UMaine next fall or spring to give a talk? Leave a brief comment with some info about what you do. I'm co-hosting our seminar series again, and am filling out our rosters.
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Please repost. For those who might have missed it, our School has three ongoing positions advertised. The work environment here at Monash is top notch: supportive, collegiate and inclusive. And Melbourne is an awesome city to live in. Deadline fast approaching. Get cracking on those applications!
The three academic positions (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer) in the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University are now advertised. Details here:
Ecology:
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Genomics:
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Ecology:
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Genomics:
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July 20, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Please repost. For those who might have missed it, our School has three ongoing positions advertised. The work environment here at Monash is top notch: supportive, collegiate and inclusive. And Melbourne is an awesome city to live in. Deadline fast approaching. Get cracking on those applications!
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A winter flashback with Dr. Jamie M. Cornelius, researching how animals respond to unpredictable environments by employing heart rate transmitters in nomadic red crossbills (Loxia curvirostra), allowing for live physiological monitoring under field conditions! Photos by @sonnenbird.bsky.social
July 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
A winter flashback with Dr. Jamie M. Cornelius, researching how animals respond to unpredictable environments by employing heart rate transmitters in nomadic red crossbills (Loxia curvirostra), allowing for live physiological monitoring under field conditions! Photos by @sonnenbird.bsky.social
Amazing summary of the work from the Pravosudov lab!
#birds
#birds
New paper from the lab - the overview of our long-term work on selection on spatial cognition in chickadees.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Living on the edge: the evolution of spatial cognition in food-caching chickadees | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
There is a tremendous amount of intra- and inter-specific variation in animal cognitive
abilities, and understanding the evolutionary mechanisms generating such variation
is an important issue in evol...
royalsocietypublishing.org
July 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Amazing summary of the work from the Pravosudov lab!
#birds
#birds
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Next up is co-organizer Alex Thornton @cornishjackdaws.bsky.social talking about social drivers of cognitive evolution @royalsocietypublishing.org. youtu.be/yb4iSyPPaaI?...
Social drivers of cognitive evolution: the importance of strategic decisions
YouTube video by Selection shapes diverse animal minds
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July 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Next up is co-organizer Alex Thornton @cornishjackdaws.bsky.social talking about social drivers of cognitive evolution @royalsocietypublishing.org. youtu.be/yb4iSyPPaaI?...
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Selection shapes diverse animal minds: We recorded the talks at our @royalsocietypublishing.org discussion meeting last year to share with those who couldn’t be there. Our first speaker is Stephen Montgomery (Bristol University) @ebablab.bsky.social. youtu.be/BzmRZlhTcrc?...
A circuit view of evolving cognition by Dr Stephen Montgomery
YouTube video by Selection shapes diverse animal minds
youtu.be
June 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Selection shapes diverse animal minds: We recorded the talks at our @royalsocietypublishing.org discussion meeting last year to share with those who couldn’t be there. Our first speaker is Stephen Montgomery (Bristol University) @ebablab.bsky.social. youtu.be/BzmRZlhTcrc?...
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The "misinformation" in question here is that gender-affirming care reduces suicides among youth. It merely reduces depression, anxiety, self-harm and suicidal ideation.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
June 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The "misinformation" in question here is that gender-affirming care reduces suicides among youth. It merely reduces depression, anxiety, self-harm and suicidal ideation.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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A Review in Nature Reviews Biodiversity assesses the geographical and taxonomic distribution of Critically Endangered species, their threats, current and required conservation actions, and strategies to facilitate effective, coordinated conservation. go.nature.com/46e8JY6 🧪
June 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
A Review in Nature Reviews Biodiversity assesses the geographical and taxonomic distribution of Critically Endangered species, their threats, current and required conservation actions, and strategies to facilitate effective, coordinated conservation. go.nature.com/46e8JY6 🧪
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Reproductive #aging is associated with declining #fertility and increasing #inflammation. @spangas.bsky.social &co explore a @plosbiology.org study that uses cutting-edge tech to characterize the role of multinucleated giant cells in #ovarian aging 🧪 Paper: plos.io/3T84WE0 Primer: plos.io/3HXKN1b
June 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Reproductive #aging is associated with declining #fertility and increasing #inflammation. @spangas.bsky.social &co explore a @plosbiology.org study that uses cutting-edge tech to characterize the role of multinucleated giant cells in #ovarian aging 🧪 Paper: plos.io/3T84WE0 Primer: plos.io/3HXKN1b
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reposting this job as part of the MIND platform. Work with my colleague @neuroak.bsky.social and our large group in this new @braincanada.bsky.social funded platform at @westernu.ca @schulichmeddent.bsky.social with a 15.2T MRI and lightsheet microscopy 🧪 in 🐭
🤔 Interested in examining brain structure and function in unparalleled resolution?
🧠 🔬 The Mesoscopic Integrated Neuroimaging Data (MIND) Platform is searching for a postdoc to assist in the initiative that combines 15.2T MRI and light sheet microscopy.
👇 See the attachment below for details.
🧠 🔬 The Mesoscopic Integrated Neuroimaging Data (MIND) Platform is searching for a postdoc to assist in the initiative that combines 15.2T MRI and light sheet microscopy.
👇 See the attachment below for details.
June 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
reposting this job as part of the MIND platform. Work with my colleague @neuroak.bsky.social and our large group in this new @braincanada.bsky.social funded platform at @westernu.ca @schulichmeddent.bsky.social with a 15.2T MRI and lightsheet microscopy 🧪 in 🐭
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🧪 Attention those with terminated grants, including for NSF, NASA, EPA, NIH, etc:
Let Congress know about the impact of terminations via this form: democrats-science.house.gov/grantcancela...
Only Dem staff on the House Science Committee will have access (unless if you explicitly state otherwise).
Let Congress know about the impact of terminations via this form: democrats-science.house.gov/grantcancela...
Only Dem staff on the House Science Committee will have access (unless if you explicitly state otherwise).
May 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🧪 Attention those with terminated grants, including for NSF, NASA, EPA, NIH, etc:
Let Congress know about the impact of terminations via this form: democrats-science.house.gov/grantcancela...
Only Dem staff on the House Science Committee will have access (unless if you explicitly state otherwise).
Let Congress know about the impact of terminations via this form: democrats-science.house.gov/grantcancela...
Only Dem staff on the House Science Committee will have access (unless if you explicitly state otherwise).
