Interested in a postdoc position? Olfaction in poison frog tadpoles! Based in Germany with some field work in Costa Rica (bilateral funding, 3 years). Please share with your froggie and neuro/behavior contacts 🐸 www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...

I compiled a list of 350 #funding opportunities for #postdoctoral research #fellowships: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J2M_tQgoqV4ivpfEClh9qs9f2KQN2O1G3Jpda2aoHfQ/edit?usp=sharing I realized I should share this again after mentioning it to some folks at the #efp2026

Prof Cock van Oosterhout, from @ueaenv.bsky.social, has proposed a new evolutionary theory suggesting some asexual parasites may temporarily be able to infect a wider range of hosts as harmful genetic mutations build up. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4eXcO5N #NewResearch

How do animals cooperate when they aren't even the same species? Our recent review paper dug deep into the literature... 1/ Read the full paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.an...

#ExE2026 So many animal microbiome talks that it has become a standing joke of the conference. 😅 Sorry on behalf of WAME and the workshop. We love these talks though! 😊

This made my day, such a lovely print! Thanks @royalsocietypublishing.org

Interested in the evolutionary genomics of host-pathogen interactions or the evolutionary ecology of senescence? 1 week left to apply for the two postdoc positions in our badger - bovine TB project🦡🦠🧪🧬👇

What principles govern the evolution of host-associated microbiomes? Are they the same for all microbial communities? The brilliant @markella-morait.bsky.social turns to #museums to study dental calculus oral microbiomes in #mammals with #aDNA #metagenomics www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Just updated *READMEBuilder*. Some key mentions: 1. It now produces a nice ASCII map of the directory structure which is added to the README. 2. Allows for data- and code-specific licenses to be specified. 3. Allows you to edit previously made READMEs from READMEBuilder. 4. Various bug fixes!

Proud to share my new paper, just published with @springernature.com in @heredityjournal.bsky.social! 🥳 We found phenotype-dependent inbreeding depression in male breeding success 🐤: it was present in small, but not in large males of the aquatic warbler. Read more here 👉 rdcu.be/fpyva 📷I. Arnaldos

A joy to co-lead this work, which brought together 58 authors from 21 countries, including 11 in the Global South. I like to think we learned a little about cooperation and communication from our study animals!

We are now recruiting for a 3 year NERC-funded postdoc to study the transmission dynamics of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in migratory birds. Based in the Wild Microbiome Lab @uniexecec.bsky.social in beautiful Cornwall.

🎉Out today: the labour of love that's our NEW paper showing dwarf #mongooses pre-emptively change #behaviour in anticipation of #intergroup #conflict... & this depends on relative group size (threat level). 👥Led by the brilliant @josharbon.bsky.social @natecoevo.nature.com doi.org/10.1038/s415...

🚨Job alert!!🚨 I'm recruiting a 3-year postdoc on amphibian host–microbiome interactions at @bangoruniversity.bsky.social - funded by BBSRC. Deadline: 8 July 2026 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRW850/p...

Do you study human microbiomes? Have you used the word "commensal"? Then this paper was written with you in mind! It was an absolute pleasure to write this with the incomparable @ginalewin.bsky.social journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

⚠️ Students looking for experience, opportunities, Masters, PhDs etc in Animal Behaviour: the @asab.org mailing list is an invaluable source with exciting posts every few days. Sign up here: www.asab.org/mailing-list 📩

🌿 We are hiring a new 2-yr postdoc in @econovoau.bsky.social at @aarhusuniint.bsky.social, on large-#herbivore ecology, trophic #rewilding & novel ecosystems- asking when alien & feral #ungulates enhance biodiversity & when they contribute to degradation🐪🐎🦓 Deadline: 28 June 2026. Details below 👇

We are advertising for a fixed-term Impact Lecturer in Microbiology @biouea.bsky.social I believe what this means is that you should have evidence for developing impact such as startups, policy influence etc rather than research excellence/publications. vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/20...

Job advert! There is microbiology lectureship at @biouea.bsky.social with a focus on non-academic impact: vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/20...

📣🧬 Postdoc Alert🧬📣 We are hiring a 2+ year NERC-funded postdoc at Edinburgh Uni investigating causes and consequences of sex differences in recombination in house sparrows in Norway. Informal enquiries welcome at [email protected] 🙂 Details here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Furthermore, the two translocated populations (Cousine and Aride) that were established the longest time ago, and with the fewest individuals, had reduced inter-individual gut microbiome variability compared to the source population.

🚨New paper 🚨“Gut Microbiome Communities Vary Across Translocated Populations of the Seychelles Warbler” 🐥🏝️💩http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.73750

We’re hiring for OrthoFinder! Great role for someone who enjoys scientific software development: Python, data analysis, workflows, Git, scalability, and making tools nicer to use. Comparative genomics or open-source bioinformatics experience would be a lovely bonus. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Utilizing longitudinal telomere data from captive zebra finches, we have shown that birds with shorter lifespans show faster telomere shortening, particularly among the longer telomeres in the genome. 🐦🧬⌛ academic.oup.com/jeb/advance-...

Forgive the title, but it's time we talk about it - 🐘🐣💩🦠 The elephant (bird) in the room: unknown mechanisms and unresolved impacts of low DNA yields in avian microbiome research link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Urban sensory pollutants, roads and risks for urban nocturnal avian predators. 🦉🌃🚦🚧 Very insightful new structured review out by Giuseppe Orlando, @dmdominoni.bsky.social and the @glasgowtawnyowlprj.bsky.social ! #owl #urban #conservation

Very excited about this. With @eivimeycook.bsky.social we have cooked up a course that has the perfect blend of supercharged AI tool use, while making sure we deliver clear, reproducibile code!

Do you want to bring your R skills to the next level? 📈 Join our online course with @philipleftwich.bsky.social & @eivimeycook.bsky.social Learn reproducible workflows, Quarto, GitHub, ggplot2, data.table, AI-assisted coding, and more through hands-on research-focused exercises shorturl.at/mymBy

🐒 Post-doc Opportunity 🐒 ... annndd we're now also advertising a 3-year Research Fellow position at NTU as part of our @leverhulme.ac.uk funded project. More info: jamiewhitehouse.github.io/mappingconne... Apply here: vacancies.ntu.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... Deadline: 19th June :) Please repost!

Postdoc Opportunity! 4-year @royalsociety.org funded post @uniexecec.bsky.social: “Understanding the role of individual cognitive variation in reintroduction biology”. Closes: 5 June 2026. More info & to apply: careers.exeter.ac.uk/vacancies/78... Wt: @paradiseparkhayle.bsky.social & Wildwood Trust

Got a #microbiome event coming up? If you are organising a seminar, workshop, conference session or public talk on the microbiome, you can submit it to World Microbiome Day for promotion. worldmicrobiomeday.com We help amplify microbiome research and engagement around the world. #worldmicrobiomeday

🚨🚨 Good news alert! 🚨🚨 We've rounded up five inspiring science stories – including the discovery of a new species, and a promising medical treatment for a fatal mitochondria disease. go.nature.com/4d0b1vG

Are you looking to sequence a bunch of samples from a wild population in low-coverage but don't have a reference panel? You might be surprised how well it can work. See for yourself in our new benchmark study: doi.org/10.1093/molb...

ABSTRACTS OPEN! We have an incredible line up for our Avian Disease Ecology conference next year. This is such an exciting field right now - if you’re working on avian pathogens, parasites, AMR, immunity, or non-infectious disease (pollutants, etc) then consider submitting an abstract!

🚨Deadline 30/04! PhD opportunity: 🐾 Mapping the Manor: How are the lives of meerkats shaped by their sleeping & breeding burrows? 🐾 💡 Big ecological Qs 📡 Geophysics tech + data 🌍 Fieldwork with me, @geophysics-adam.bsky.social & @aldinafranco.bsky.social APPLY NOW: www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-d...

Seeking a motivated postdoc (2+3 yrs) to study links between cognition, behavior, and fitness in lemurs at our long-term field site in Kirindy Forest, Madagascar. Join an interdisciplinary team working on wild populations. @primatenzentrum.bsky.social. Apply here: www.dpz.eu

A Seychelles warbler genomic toolkit https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.16.719046v1

📃New paper in Ecology letters 🐦 I’m delighted to share the publication of the first paper from my #postdoc with @samanthacpatrick.bsky.social looking at life-history trade-offs and #senescence in black-browed #albatrosses from Kerguelen and Bird Island doi.org/10.1111/ele.70384

Exciting work from our lab! @amberhall.bsky.social and Matthew Shackleton-Chavez validated the first 7SK Pol III promoter in a Tephritid fly, Ceratitis capitata. A new tool for gRNA expression in #CRISPR editing of this major agricultural pest. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #SynBio #Entomology

New paper out: Artificial selection for increased reproductive effort accelerates actuarial senescence and reduces lifespan in a precocial bird url: royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article... @uniexecec.bsky.social @erikpostma.bsky.social @joelpick.bsky.social y.social @oscarvedder.bsky.social

Remember this? Today in class something fascinating happened... We discussed this as an example of bad visual design because it distorts the impression of the height difference between countries. Then I set the task of making their own public engagement visuals on fresh data...

“The idea behind code review is not to judge people, but to check for errors and explain coding best practices.” Happy to be part of a recent piece that amongst other things, discusses code review: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Are you an ECR and working on wild microbiomes and wish to attend the microbiome workshop during the ExE conference? Funding to support attendance deets here:

🚨 Please share: PhD opportunity 🐾 Mapping the Manor: How are the lives of meerkats shaped by their sleeping & breeding burrows? 🐾 💡 Big ecological Qs 📡 Geophysical scanning 🌍 Field ecology & behaviour 📊 Big data & code with me & @geophysics-adam.bsky.social APPLY www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

How your housemates could be changing your gut bacteria The gut microbiome – which consists of bacteria, viruses and fungi – is shaped by our surroundings, including who we live with

How your housemates could be changing your gut bacteria: Scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have found that living with housemates, partners, or family can lead to the exchange of gut bacteria through daily interactions like hugging, kissing, and sharin… https://ranked.news/609591?u=b

Could your housemates be changing your #gut #bacteria? ... | #microbes | #birds | #microbiomes | #microbiota | By @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social via @eurekalert.bsky.social

Attention ECRs! WAME is offering support to attend the ExE conference in Falmouth (sites.exeter.ac.uk/exe/) & associated WAME microbiome workshop. For more information and the application form, see below! We hope to see you there! 🦠 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

The only time I answer the door

The answer might be 42, but what’s the question? I’ll be giving a talk at @pintofscience.uk in Norwich on May 20: “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Life in the Universe”. Come along if you’re around! #PintOfScience #Astrobiology pintofscience.co.uk/event/from-t...