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📣 Ever considered applying for a ERC Starting Grant? The 2026 Call for proposals is now open! Application portal 👉 lnkd.in/dcsPAwqJ Information for Applicants 👉 lnkd.in/dsE6B8eE Deadline to apply for #ERCStG is 14 October 2025.

Ten more days to apply! Join us in Bayreuth to study how burying beetles use social behaviors to control harmful and beneficial microbial communities during family life!

An important publication from John Endler on the fundamentals of behavioural ecology: " We need to make a lot more use of Natural History. Natural History is the ultimate source of all hypotheses, so neglecting it could result in stagnation of our field " academic.oup.com/beheco/artic... 🧪🪶

A new project aims to enhance the support that our National Contact Points (NCPs) offer to researchers who are applying for ERC grants. Find out more 👉 europa.eu/!DTwpkB

Hello friends, I am excited to host the seminar “Introduction to R for Beginners” on the instats.org platform on the 5-6th May 2025 (11am - 5pm EDT). This is a good opportunity, if you want to get started with R and use it for data analysis. Kindly share. instats.org/seminar/intr...

ISME congratulates Tess Brewer, Hans Bernstein, and @rkmicrobes.bsky.social for winning the Outstanding Editorial Board Member Awards for their contributions to The ISME Journal. 🔗 isme-microbes.org/editorial-bo... #MicrobialEcology #microbes

🎓 #PhD in Evolutionary Ecology @UniBayreuth 🇩🇪 Parental care vs microbe communities in burying beetles 🪲🧫 ERC-funded | 3 years | behavioral ecology & metabarcoding Details: tinyurl.com/CareVsMicrobes Apply by May 16, start in September #AcademicSky #Microbiome #SocialEvolution #Insects

👋 Hi Bluesky! I'm an evolutionary ecologist and about to launch my own research group at the University of Bayreuth (DE). 🔬 I will study the socioecology of animal-microbe interactions, asking how social behaviors in burying beetles shape - and are shaped by - interactions with microbes. (1/2)