Anne Peters
@annempeters.bsky.social
Studies behaviour, ecology, conservation, Fairywrens,
Loves longterm studies in the wild, She/Her/Mum
https://petersresearchgroup.org
Professor at School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Australia
Loves longterm studies in the wild, She/Her/Mum
https://petersresearchgroup.org
Professor at School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Australia
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“CSIRO has announced it will slash up to 350 jobs as the national science agency grapples with long-term financial challenges … with current funding failing to keep pace with the rising costs of running a modern science agency.”
Not “challenges”. They’re choices. 😡
Not “challenges”. They’re choices. 😡
CSIRO to cut up to 350 research jobs in major overhaul
After 440 positions were slashed last year, the CSIRO has announced more staff cuts across the country in a bid to remain financially viable.
www.abc.net.au
November 18, 2025 at 6:15 AM
“CSIRO has announced it will slash up to 350 jobs as the national science agency grapples with long-term financial challenges … with current funding failing to keep pace with the rising costs of running a modern science agency.”
Not “challenges”. They’re choices. 😡
Not “challenges”. They’re choices. 😡
Reposted by Anne Peters
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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June 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The three academic positions (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer) in the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University are now advertised. Details here:
Ecology:
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
Genomics:
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
Ecology:
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
Genomics:
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
Come join us @monashbiol.bsky.social. Join a collegiate School that is dedicated to great science, quality education, in an inclusive, supportive environment! Contact @craig-white.bsky.social, or myself.
In about a week we (Biological Sciences @ Monash Uni in Melbourne, Australia) will be opening a search for 3 (!!!) permanent academic positions (40% research, 40% teaching, 20% service) at Lecturer/Senior Lecturer. 1 Genomics, 2 Ecology. Please share, email me, DM, follow, send carrier pigeons…
June 24, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Come join us @monashbiol.bsky.social. Join a collegiate School that is dedicated to great science, quality education, in an inclusive, supportive environment! Contact @craig-white.bsky.social, or myself.
Insights from #longtermstudies, #wildliferesearch. Farewell GBB. Our oldest #purplecrowned #fairwren female is now 14, the oldest male is 15.5!
June 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Insights from #longtermstudies, #wildliferesearch. Farewell GBB. Our oldest #purplecrowned #fairwren female is now 14, the oldest male is 15.5!
Reposted by Anne Peters
Please share. We are hiring domestic/international #PhD students to work on citizen science, insect migration/conservation at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. If interested, please email me. You can find more about our research interests here. shawanchowdhury.com.
April 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Please share. We are hiring domestic/international #PhD students to work on citizen science, insect migration/conservation at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. If interested, please email me. You can find more about our research interests here. shawanchowdhury.com.
Congratulations @emilyroycroft.bsky.social , you rock!
Congratulations to this year’s Dobzhansky Prize recipient, Dr. Emily Roycroft! She will give the Dobzhansky Prize talk at #Evol2025 in Athens, GA in June. Learn more about her work here: www.evolutionsociety.org/news/display... @emilyroycroft.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Congratulations @emilyroycroft.bsky.social , you rock!
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🐦 We are recruiting two field managers to work with us in South Africa on the fantastic sociable weaver system 🐦
Tasks include breeding monitoring and overseeing the field team activities 🪶
Deadline for applications: 20/04/2025
For more information:
sociableweaverproject.com/recruitment/...
Tasks include breeding monitoring and overseeing the field team activities 🪶
Deadline for applications: 20/04/2025
For more information:
sociableweaverproject.com/recruitment/...
Field managers
applications ARE OPEN estimated Closing date : 2025-04-20 Every year, the Sociable Weaver Project hires 2 field managers to oversee different aspects of the project’s fieldwork and monitor re…
sociableweaverproject.com
April 1, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🐦 We are recruiting two field managers to work with us in South Africa on the fantastic sociable weaver system 🐦
Tasks include breeding monitoring and overseeing the field team activities 🪶
Deadline for applications: 20/04/2025
For more information:
sociableweaverproject.com/recruitment/...
Tasks include breeding monitoring and overseeing the field team activities 🪶
Deadline for applications: 20/04/2025
For more information:
sociableweaverproject.com/recruitment/...
Read the OA paper here: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
March 28, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Read the OA paper here: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Climate change may disrupt natal dispersal in fragmented habitat 🐦🌏🧪
Purple-crowned #fairy-wrens born in low quality habitat travel further to settle & breed, but the ability to do so is threatened by population decline and climatic change
#Conservation #ClimateAction
www.monash.edu/news/article...
Purple-crowned #fairy-wrens born in low quality habitat travel further to settle & breed, but the ability to do so is threatened by population decline and climatic change
#Conservation #ClimateAction
www.monash.edu/news/article...
Study shows climate change threatens movement of birds through northern Australia
Habitat degradation and erratic rainfall conditions are impacting the movement of birds through northern Australia’s fragmented landscape, a new study by Monash University has found.
www.monash.edu
March 28, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Climate change may disrupt natal dispersal in fragmented habitat 🐦🌏🧪
Purple-crowned #fairy-wrens born in low quality habitat travel further to settle & breed, but the ability to do so is threatened by population decline and climatic change
#Conservation #ClimateAction
www.monash.edu/news/article...
Purple-crowned #fairy-wrens born in low quality habitat travel further to settle & breed, but the ability to do so is threatened by population decline and climatic change
#Conservation #ClimateAction
www.monash.edu/news/article...
Reposted by Anne Peters
Australian Researchers,
If you want to support @arc-tracker.bsky.social being awarded a Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science, sign this letter of support.
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Q: "Are they eligible?",
A: "Let's find out"
Sign, repost & send the link to colleagues. Word of mouth. Do it!
If you want to support @arc-tracker.bsky.social being awarded a Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science, sign this letter of support.
forms.gle/WxfVjk9JaGpn...
Q: "Are they eligible?",
A: "Let's find out"
Sign, repost & send the link to colleagues. Word of mouth. Do it!
Letter of Support for nomination of @ARC_Tracker for a Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science
In signing this form you endorse the proposal to nominate @ARC_Tracker for a Eureka Prize in the category 'Leadership in Science'. The list of signatories will be appended to the nomination form. I wi...
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February 13, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Australian Researchers,
If you want to support @arc-tracker.bsky.social being awarded a Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science, sign this letter of support.
forms.gle/WxfVjk9JaGpn...
Q: "Are they eligible?",
A: "Let's find out"
Sign, repost & send the link to colleagues. Word of mouth. Do it!
If you want to support @arc-tracker.bsky.social being awarded a Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science, sign this letter of support.
forms.gle/WxfVjk9JaGpn...
Q: "Are they eligible?",
A: "Let's find out"
Sign, repost & send the link to colleagues. Word of mouth. Do it!
A Layson albatross (moli) lays her 60+ egg at 74. Go girl!
USFWS Pacific isn't on Bluesky (yet). But I'm so, so, SO excited that Wisdom (74 years old!) has laid an egg!!!
Best news in a long time.
Best news in a long time.
February 14, 2025 at 1:47 AM
A Layson albatross (moli) lays her 60+ egg at 74. Go girl!
New here, still warming up. Came across from @AP_BirdBehavEco at the now musked-bird-place, testing out the butterfly-place
November 29, 2024 at 12:58 AM
New here, still warming up. Came across from @AP_BirdBehavEco at the now musked-bird-place, testing out the butterfly-place