Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences
@gelifes.bsky.social
GELIFES | A research institute in the Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen | Leveraging scientific insights for the betterment of the world
www.rug.nl/research/gelifes
www.rug.nl/research/gelifes
🧪Open #Postdoc position: Facilitating and monitoring agroecological living labs in the North of the Netherlands
🌱Contribute to #SoilHealth, facilitate innovation & science-based solutions
🌿PhD in #Agronomy, Agroecology, #EnvironmentalSciences, or Socio-Economic disciplines needed
📅Deadline: Feb 1st
🌱Contribute to #SoilHealth, facilitate innovation & science-based solutions
🌿PhD in #Agronomy, Agroecology, #EnvironmentalSciences, or Socio-Economic disciplines needed
📅Deadline: Feb 1st
Postdoc Facilitating and monitoring agroecological living labs in the North of The Netherlands - Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
werkenbij.rug.nl
January 23, 2026 at 11:52 AM
🧪Open #Postdoc position: Facilitating and monitoring agroecological living labs in the North of the Netherlands
🌱Contribute to #SoilHealth, facilitate innovation & science-based solutions
🌿PhD in #Agronomy, Agroecology, #EnvironmentalSciences, or Socio-Economic disciplines needed
📅Deadline: Feb 1st
🌱Contribute to #SoilHealth, facilitate innovation & science-based solutions
🌿PhD in #Agronomy, Agroecology, #EnvironmentalSciences, or Socio-Economic disciplines needed
📅Deadline: Feb 1st
📢Hiring a #Postdoc: Agroecological assessment of farm business models in bird conservation areas
🐤Are #BirdConservation and #NatureConservation your thing? Do you have a PhD in #Agronomy, #Agroecology, #EnvironmentalSciences, or Socio-Economic disciplines?🌾
Waste no time, apply before Feb 1st! ⬇️⬇️
🐤Are #BirdConservation and #NatureConservation your thing? Do you have a PhD in #Agronomy, #Agroecology, #EnvironmentalSciences, or Socio-Economic disciplines?🌾
Waste no time, apply before Feb 1st! ⬇️⬇️
Postdoc Agroecological assessment of farm business models in bird conservation areas - Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
werkenbij.rug.nl
January 22, 2026 at 3:00 PM
📢Hiring a #Postdoc: Agroecological assessment of farm business models in bird conservation areas
🐤Are #BirdConservation and #NatureConservation your thing? Do you have a PhD in #Agronomy, #Agroecology, #EnvironmentalSciences, or Socio-Economic disciplines?🌾
Waste no time, apply before Feb 1st! ⬇️⬇️
🐤Are #BirdConservation and #NatureConservation your thing? Do you have a PhD in #Agronomy, #Agroecology, #EnvironmentalSciences, or Socio-Economic disciplines?🌾
Waste no time, apply before Feb 1st! ⬇️⬇️
🙌 New project on #BiomarkerResearch featuring our #GELIFES researcher and funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social – will #Biomarkers finally be considered in #Psychiatry?
See the press release: www.ecnp.eu/news/press-o...
#MentalHealth #MentalDisorders #Depression #Psychosis #Anxiety #Neuroscience 🧪
See the press release: www.ecnp.eu/news/press-o...
#MentalHealth #MentalDisorders #Depression #Psychosis #Anxiety #Neuroscience 🧪
Where are the biomarkers in psychiatry?
16 January 2026
AMSTERDAM: Psychiatrists and neuroscientists are taking a major step toward objective mental health diagnosis by launching a central reference database for the classification and commu...
www.ecnp.eu
January 22, 2026 at 10:55 AM
🙌 New project on #BiomarkerResearch featuring our #GELIFES researcher and funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social – will #Biomarkers finally be considered in #Psychiatry?
See the press release: www.ecnp.eu/news/press-o...
#MentalHealth #MentalDisorders #Depression #Psychosis #Anxiety #Neuroscience 🧪
See the press release: www.ecnp.eu/news/press-o...
#MentalHealth #MentalDisorders #Depression #Psychosis #Anxiety #Neuroscience 🧪
🔔 Update: A new #PhDPosition at the University of Groningen (@rug.nl)! If you:
🧪 have a Master's in #Biology
🌱 are interested in #PlantBiology, #Physiology, and/or #MolecularBiology
Then this is a perfect opportunity! We at #GELIFES are looking forward to working with you 😉
#PhD #PhDLife
🧪 have a Master's in #Biology
🌱 are interested in #PlantBiology, #Physiology, and/or #MolecularBiology
Then this is a perfect opportunity! We at #GELIFES are looking forward to working with you 😉
#PhD #PhDLife
Are you, or do you know someone that is excited to do a PhD in plant biology. We are happy to offer a position to explore physiology, gene regulatory networks and wild species. Come join our team in a stimulating scientific environment at the University of Groningen!
werkenbij.rug.nl/vacature/phd...
werkenbij.rug.nl/vacature/phd...
PhD position Growth-resilience trade-offs in plants - Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
werkenbij.rug.nl
January 21, 2026 at 1:35 PM
🔔 Update: A new #PhDPosition at the University of Groningen (@rug.nl)! If you:
🧪 have a Master's in #Biology
🌱 are interested in #PlantBiology, #Physiology, and/or #MolecularBiology
Then this is a perfect opportunity! We at #GELIFES are looking forward to working with you 😉
#PhD #PhDLife
🧪 have a Master's in #Biology
🌱 are interested in #PlantBiology, #Physiology, and/or #MolecularBiology
Then this is a perfect opportunity! We at #GELIFES are looking forward to working with you 😉
#PhD #PhDLife
📢 Upcoming PhD Defence alert!
Bird’s-eye views: tracking landscape change through remote sensing imagery and movements of Black-tailed Godwits.
📍 De Beurs, Leeuwarden | 💻 Join online at video.rug.nl/media/Promot...
🕒 22 Jan, 11:00
#PhDDefense #PhD #PhDLife #Ecology
Bird’s-eye views: tracking landscape change through remote sensing imagery and movements of Black-tailed Godwits.
📍 De Beurs, Leeuwarden | 💻 Join online at video.rug.nl/media/Promot...
🕒 22 Jan, 11:00
#PhDDefense #PhD #PhDLife #Ecology
January 19, 2026 at 3:34 PM
📢 Upcoming PhD Defence alert!
Bird’s-eye views: tracking landscape change through remote sensing imagery and movements of Black-tailed Godwits.
📍 De Beurs, Leeuwarden | 💻 Join online at video.rug.nl/media/Promot...
🕒 22 Jan, 11:00
#PhDDefense #PhD #PhDLife #Ecology
Bird’s-eye views: tracking landscape change through remote sensing imagery and movements of Black-tailed Godwits.
📍 De Beurs, Leeuwarden | 💻 Join online at video.rug.nl/media/Promot...
🕒 22 Jan, 11:00
#PhDDefense #PhD #PhDLife #Ecology
🧪Did you know that #beetles 🐞 can compensate for a poor #NutritionalEnvironment experienced during sexual maturation? 🤔
Read this #publication to know all about this ➡️ doi.org/10.1002/ece3.72210
#LifeHistory #BuryingBeetle #NutritionalStatus #EvolutionaryEcology #Ecology #SciComm
Read this #publication to know all about this ➡️ doi.org/10.1002/ece3.72210
#LifeHistory #BuryingBeetle #NutritionalStatus #EvolutionaryEcology #Ecology #SciComm
January 19, 2026 at 12:00 PM
🧪Did you know that #beetles 🐞 can compensate for a poor #NutritionalEnvironment experienced during sexual maturation? 🤔
Read this #publication to know all about this ➡️ doi.org/10.1002/ece3.72210
#LifeHistory #BuryingBeetle #NutritionalStatus #EvolutionaryEcology #Ecology #SciComm
Read this #publication to know all about this ➡️ doi.org/10.1002/ece3.72210
#LifeHistory #BuryingBeetle #NutritionalStatus #EvolutionaryEcology #Ecology #SciComm
#Coralreefs are dying off rapidly: we have reached the first #climate tipping point. 🧪
“Humans are changing the world so quickly that #corals can’t keep up anymore.” Sancia van der Meij, a marine biologist from #GELIFES, expresses her concern: rug.nl/research/gelifes/_news/2025/20251017-coral-reefs
“Humans are changing the world so quickly that #corals can’t keep up anymore.” Sancia van der Meij, a marine biologist from #GELIFES, expresses her concern: rug.nl/research/gelifes/_news/2025/20251017-coral-reefs
Koraalriffen sterven af – en dat heeft grote gevolgen voor mens en dier
Wereldwijd sterven koraalriffen dermate snel af, dat we inmiddels het eerste klimaat-kantelpunt hebben bereikt, rapporteerden wetenschappers afgelopen...
rug.nl
December 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
#Coralreefs are dying off rapidly: we have reached the first #climate tipping point. 🧪
“Humans are changing the world so quickly that #corals can’t keep up anymore.” Sancia van der Meij, a marine biologist from #GELIFES, expresses her concern: rug.nl/research/gelifes/_news/2025/20251017-coral-reefs
“Humans are changing the world so quickly that #corals can’t keep up anymore.” Sancia van der Meij, a marine biologist from #GELIFES, expresses her concern: rug.nl/research/gelifes/_news/2025/20251017-coral-reefs
Having older #siblings decreases a chance of survival? 😨
Sometimes!
🧪Historical data show: girls with older #brothers had lower survival rates, while people with older #sisters had higher ones. Share this publication with your sibling!
doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.1525
#SciComm
Sometimes!
🧪Historical data show: girls with older #brothers had lower survival rates, while people with older #sisters had higher ones. Share this publication with your sibling!
doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.1525
#SciComm
December 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Having older #siblings decreases a chance of survival? 😨
Sometimes!
🧪Historical data show: girls with older #brothers had lower survival rates, while people with older #sisters had higher ones. Share this publication with your sibling!
doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.1525
#SciComm
Sometimes!
🧪Historical data show: girls with older #brothers had lower survival rates, while people with older #sisters had higher ones. Share this publication with your sibling!
doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.1525
#SciComm
Are #mustelids disappearing from the Netherlands? 🤔
The common #weasel, #stoat, and the European #polecat are very elusive #animals, which makes them difficult to study.
🧪Our researchers from #GELIFES and others have written a #publication about monitoring them:
doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.70120
The common #weasel, #stoat, and the European #polecat are very elusive #animals, which makes them difficult to study.
🧪Our researchers from #GELIFES and others have written a #publication about monitoring them:
doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.70120
December 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Are #mustelids disappearing from the Netherlands? 🤔
The common #weasel, #stoat, and the European #polecat are very elusive #animals, which makes them difficult to study.
🧪Our researchers from #GELIFES and others have written a #publication about monitoring them:
doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.70120
The common #weasel, #stoat, and the European #polecat are very elusive #animals, which makes them difficult to study.
🧪Our researchers from #GELIFES and others have written a #publication about monitoring them:
doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.70120
✨Why are some #colors in #nature shiny?✨
🐝 #Bumblebees help our researcher from #GELIFES determine why some organisms are glossy, while others are not! Read the #publication at doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adz9010 🐝
🐝 #Bumblebees help our researcher from #GELIFES determine why some organisms are glossy, while others are not! Read the #publication at doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adz9010 🐝
December 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
✨Why are some #colors in #nature shiny?✨
🐝 #Bumblebees help our researcher from #GELIFES determine why some organisms are glossy, while others are not! Read the #publication at doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adz9010 🐝
🐝 #Bumblebees help our researcher from #GELIFES determine why some organisms are glossy, while others are not! Read the #publication at doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adz9010 🐝
🧪The #research vessel #Polarstern will soon embark on an #expedition to #Antarctica! Two of #GELIFES’ researchers on board, along with a larger crew of scientists, want to make the #WeddellSea a marine protected area ⬇️⬇️
rug.nl/research/gelifes/_news/2025/20251204-stefels
rug.nl/research/gelifes/_news/2025/20251204-stefels
December 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🧪The #research vessel #Polarstern will soon embark on an #expedition to #Antarctica! Two of #GELIFES’ researchers on board, along with a larger crew of scientists, want to make the #WeddellSea a marine protected area ⬇️⬇️
rug.nl/research/gelifes/_news/2025/20251204-stefels
rug.nl/research/gelifes/_news/2025/20251204-stefels
💃DaNCES with #carnivores – interested in studying predator-prey interactions? Read more about the DaNCES framework by @marinapapa.bsky.social and others, simulating #collectivebehavior of #predators and #prey below ⬇️
doi.org/10.1177/1059...
#Biology #Science #Research #AdaptiveBehavior
doi.org/10.1177/1059...
#Biology #Science #Research #AdaptiveBehavior
A Data-Inspired Framework to Simulate Collective Behaviour of Predator-Prey Systems - Marina Papadopoulou, Hanno Hildenbrandt, Charlotte K. Hemelrijk, 2025
The collective escape of prey from predators is a classic example of adaptive behavior in animal groups. Across species, individual prey have evolved a large re...
doi.org
December 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
💃DaNCES with #carnivores – interested in studying predator-prey interactions? Read more about the DaNCES framework by @marinapapa.bsky.social and others, simulating #collectivebehavior of #predators and #prey below ⬇️
doi.org/10.1177/1059...
#Biology #Science #Research #AdaptiveBehavior
doi.org/10.1177/1059...
#Biology #Science #Research #AdaptiveBehavior
🎉GELIFES is now on Bluesky!🎉
It took us some time, but Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences is now on Bluesky! Follow us here if you want to keep up with our newest scientific developments 😉
It took us some time, but Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences is now on Bluesky! Follow us here if you want to keep up with our newest scientific developments 😉
December 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
🎉GELIFES is now on Bluesky!🎉
It took us some time, but Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences is now on Bluesky! Follow us here if you want to keep up with our newest scientific developments 😉
It took us some time, but Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences is now on Bluesky! Follow us here if you want to keep up with our newest scientific developments 😉