Amanda Bretman
@amandabretman.bsky.social
Professor of Behavioural Ecology, University of Leeds, UK. The biology of sex and social environments, and Thermal Fertility Limits, mainly of fruit flies.
Incredible presentation from Sophia EO prize winner #eseb2025. Let’s hear her call for our evolutionary biology community to support trans colleagues facing such challenges.
August 22, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Incredible presentation from Sophia EO prize winner #eseb2025. Let’s hear her call for our evolutionary biology community to support trans colleagues facing such challenges.
And Mabel Sydney on social environments affecting diet and egg laying choices.
August 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
And Mabel Sydney on social environments affecting diet and egg laying choices.
Emily Fowler on the enigmatic egg clustering decisions based on social environments, food hardness and touch sensing…
August 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Emily Fowler on the enigmatic egg clustering decisions based on social environments, food hardness and touch sensing…
Cracking posters from the team #eseb2025 …@emilyrosech.bsky.social on nutrient sensing mediating lifespan effects of the social environment…
August 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Cracking posters from the team #eseb2025 …@emilyrosech.bsky.social on nutrient sensing mediating lifespan effects of the social environment…
Tracey Chapman giving a taste of our work on Drosophila social environments, here that mothers somehow transmit social plasticity to daughters, led by Emily Fowler 🪰 #eseb2025
August 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Tracey Chapman giving a taste of our work on Drosophila social environments, here that mothers somehow transmit social plasticity to daughters, led by Emily Fowler 🪰 #eseb2025
And rounding off the symposium, Monika Gronowska tells us about the impact of heatwaves on collared flycatcher reproductive success 🐦⬛
August 21, 2025 at 10:07 AM
And rounding off the symposium, Monika Gronowska tells us about the impact of heatwaves on collared flycatcher reproductive success 🐦⬛
Our own @rhondasnook.bsky.social steps in as one of our speakers unfortunately couldn’t make it to Barcelona. Yes more flies 🪰! Here the potential for facultative polyandry to overcome heat damaged ejaculates
August 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Our own @rhondasnook.bsky.social steps in as one of our speakers unfortunately couldn’t make it to Barcelona. Yes more flies 🪰! Here the potential for facultative polyandry to overcome heat damaged ejaculates
@lauuragon.bsky.social tells us about temperature and recombination rates in reptile spermatocytes🦎(check out her recent publication in PLoS Genetics)
August 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
@lauuragon.bsky.social tells us about temperature and recombination rates in reptile spermatocytes🦎(check out her recent publication in PLoS Genetics)
More Drosophila 🪰 from India Sutherland showing newly eclosed males are less sensitive to high temperatures than 7 day old males
August 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
More Drosophila 🪰 from India Sutherland showing newly eclosed males are less sensitive to high temperatures than 7 day old males
Now @alicegodden.bsky.social tells us about sex specific activity of TEs, miRNAs and gene expression in the germline under heat stress in zebra fish 🐟
August 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Now @alicegodden.bsky.social tells us about sex specific activity of TEs, miRNAs and gene expression in the germline under heat stress in zebra fish 🐟
Our second #eseb2025 symposium session is off to a flying start with @bvanheerwaarden.bsky.social exploring the potential for plasticity in Thermal Fertility Limits in Drosophila 🪰
August 21, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Our second #eseb2025 symposium session is off to a flying start with @bvanheerwaarden.bsky.social exploring the potential for plasticity in Thermal Fertility Limits in Drosophila 🪰
Rounding up today @cristinatuni.bsky.social talks about heatwaves and cricket reproductive behaviour 🦗 (thanks for the STN shoutout). Cristina has a new grant starting with post doc opportunities coming up…
August 20, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Rounding up today @cristinatuni.bsky.social talks about heatwaves and cricket reproductive behaviour 🦗 (thanks for the STN shoutout). Cristina has a new grant starting with post doc opportunities coming up…
Amelie Crespel explores the capacity for stickleback reproduction to evolve to cope with hypoxia 🐟
August 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Amelie Crespel explores the capacity for stickleback reproduction to evolve to cope with hypoxia 🐟
@annekep.bsky.social shows us a super impressive long term study in Antarctica fur seals to explore interactions between inbreeding and climate change 🦭
August 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
@annekep.bsky.social shows us a super impressive long term study in Antarctica fur seals to explore interactions between inbreeding and climate change 🦭
Now to ants with Romain Libbrecht where heat stress impacts colony foundation 🐜
August 20, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Now to ants with Romain Libbrecht where heat stress impacts colony foundation 🐜
Ivan De La Cruz tells us about local adaptation to drought in wild strawberries 🍓
August 20, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Ivan De La Cruz tells us about local adaptation to drought in wild strawberries 🍓
@abhishek11.bsky.social shows us life stage and sex specific effects of heatwaves of different durations in Drosophila 🪰
August 20, 2025 at 9:23 AM
@abhishek11.bsky.social shows us life stage and sex specific effects of heatwaves of different durations in Drosophila 🪰
@karendeepsidhu.bsky.social tells us about how monogamy/polygamy alters responses to heatwaves in burying beetles (well a 25oC Scottish heatwave anyway)
August 20, 2025 at 9:06 AM
@karendeepsidhu.bsky.social tells us about how monogamy/polygamy alters responses to heatwaves in burying beetles (well a 25oC Scottish heatwave anyway)
Now our first invited speaker @mattkoski.bsky.social tells us about flower thermal performance local adaptation for gametogenesis (complete with cheerleader moves to show us thermoregulating petals)
August 20, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Now our first invited speaker @mattkoski.bsky.social tells us about flower thermal performance local adaptation for gametogenesis (complete with cheerleader moves to show us thermoregulating petals)
And @rhondasnook.bsky.social starts us off highlighting the ESEB TFL STN…#eseb2025
August 20, 2025 at 8:33 AM
And @rhondasnook.bsky.social starts us off highlighting the ESEB TFL STN…#eseb2025
Plot twist from @obarker.bsky.social, starting at diet choice and finding parental age effects, nice work Oonagh! #eseb2025
August 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Plot twist from @obarker.bsky.social, starting at diet choice and finding parental age effects, nice work Oonagh! #eseb2025
A change to our symposium line up for @eseb2025.bsky.social, Belinda van Heerwaarden @bvanheerwaarden.bsky.social is now joined by Matthew Koski. Abstract deadline in 25th April. @rhondasnook.bsky.social, @liamdougherty.bsky.social and I would love to see you there! #🧪
April 11, 2025 at 9:08 AM
A change to our symposium line up for @eseb2025.bsky.social, Belinda van Heerwaarden @bvanheerwaarden.bsky.social is now joined by Matthew Koski. Abstract deadline in 25th April. @rhondasnook.bsky.social, @liamdougherty.bsky.social and I would love to see you there! #🧪
Had the pleasure of attending the @universityofleeds.bsky.social research impact awards this evening, and heard inspiring stories of colleagues using their research to make a positive difference. Congrats to all the winners and nominees!
November 20, 2024 at 7:40 PM
Had the pleasure of attending the @universityofleeds.bsky.social research impact awards this evening, and heard inspiring stories of colleagues using their research to make a positive difference. Congrats to all the winners and nominees!