In March we put on an insect cabaret show I developed with Cap-A-Pie Theatre about insects and the threats they face. We've now uploaded the songs and everyone can now see how brilliant the actors and song-writer were. Thread of songs below 👇🧪 #Insects #cabaret #theatre #scicomm #songs

🚨Anyone want a job?🚨 We have two #postdocs up for grabs! 🧪 - cell developmental biology/#evodevo/#neuroevodevo - bioinformatics and molecular biology Both working on brain evolution in Heliconiini butterflies Details below! Please repost 🙏 1/n

Massive congratulations to Matthew Quinn for passing his PhD viva today!! And many thanks to the examiners @ebablab.bsky.social and Sean Twiss. Matt is the first student to graduate from the lab - very exciting! 👨‍🎓🎓📖🦟🦟

I'm thrilled to announce that I've started a Postdoctoral Research Associate position at @insectneurolab.bsky.social @durham-university.bsky.social this week, working with @lenariab.bsky.social on behavioural and physiological adaptations in mosquito pupae. In summary, I'll be working on 🦟🚱🦟👁️👃➡️💧?

Please spread the word - 2 new PhD positions, one fully funded and one self-funded, with us at Durham and @clarahowcroft.bsky.social at Northumbria Uni! We are looking for people with interdisciplinary experience (biology, computer vision, engineering) and interest to work across disciplines.

Folks looking for a PhD position to study chemical ecology, have a look at this excellent opportunity at the University of Eastern Finland. Application deadline 6 Feb. Position starting in March 2025. uef.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

@NatGeo just published an article about mound-building Formica wood ants, featuring a series of spectacular photographs by Ingo Arndt: www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti... Here is Ingo’s winning wood ant photo from @NHM_WPY last year:

We have competitively funded PhD projects on bees, mosquitoes,robotics and computer vision. Would suit candidates with interdisciplinary expertise. Please email us with your CV and Motivation letter by the 22nd of January.

Looking for a keen PhD student to investigate how experience shapes the brain, and/or mechanisms of central nervous system regeneration, plasticity and degeneration. Apply here: select "Biosciences", then my projects. Fully funded. Deadline 12 January. www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/act...

Today we received an email from Durham Uni, signed as below ("Gold Command"). I wish to believe this person's account was hacked, but something tells me it wasn't. Do other Universities also come up with this bizzarreness?

Could anyone please "sponsor" me for the SfN membership? I'd need to know your name and membership ID, please. Thank you!

In the spirit of this post - I've got a book out in India about why overconfidence persists and what it's doing to the world. You might be interested in giving it a read. I've got my first book event today (eep!) - come along if you're in Bangalore. Authors- any advice on what to expect?

A map made in ...Excel. This is the first one for me! @drosostalis.bsky.social I think you are personally responsible for this one 🤣

Science is hard and the progress is slow and often hard to register. So it's nice to have some fast and easy progress elsewhere :P Happy New Year everyone!

How do overconfidence and politics interact? Read here for a short version of the chapter from my book on overconfidence: scroll.in/article/1077... #BeyondDoubt #Overconfidence Book available in India: amazon.in/Beyond-Doubt...

UK students - still time to apply for this project! Please send me your enquiries by the 31st December. 🐝🧠

We're hiring! Please share! Exciting opportunities for #PhD students, #postdocs, and #research assistants to join our team in exploring how the brain prioritizes actions in conflict. #Neuroscience #Drosophila Interested? Reach out! rezavallab.org

We are searching for an Assoc. Professor in Plant Ecology! Join us at the Plant Ecology and Evolution program @UU_University in beautiful Sweden. We are looking for a highly motivated and friendly colleague with complementary expertise to us. Apply here: uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

🌟We are looking for a new member of our image analysis team at the Imaging Core Facility of the Biozentrum in Basel 🌟 Are you passionate about science and technology? Are you interested in bioimaging? Please check the job ad below #JobOpportunity #ImageAnalysis #DeepLearning @biozentrum.bsky.social

Interesting that the issues faced by ecologists at universities in the UK are very similar to Aotearoa NZ #theniche @britishecolsoc.bsky.social

as seen elsewhere... Visual Neuro Course in Woods Hole!!

These stats may create an impression that all native speakers understand papers well, write well and give good presentations. In my experience, none of this is true, and more often than not native speakers don't write well at all, and it's probably too late for them to learn, as it takes time.

2 new interdisciplinary PhD projects on Insects, Robots and Computer Vision! Please re-post and email us with your CVs, Cover/Motivation letters and enquiries by the *22nd of January 2025* 🐝🦟🤖💻

🦟 Pestered by mosquitoes? Fear not—grapefruit might hold the key! 🍊In our latest paper in @currentbiology.bsky.social, led by Merybeth Triana and Felipe Andreazza, we explore how nootkatone, a compound derived from grapefruit, affects mosquitoes. authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

Does anyone have connections to soil scientists in India or experience sampling in India? I'm working on a Nutrient Network study and trying to negotiate the process of shipping soils back from India to the US for processing. Would love to connect with anyone who has done this before! #soil

[new paper] You probably suspected that loss of pollinator diversity consistently reduces reproductive success for wild and cultivated plants, but here we quantify it: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

and a lot, if not most, of the work we do is just a pointless busywork, box ticking exercises - yes they are easy to do, but they eat up the time and energy, and could be either done by someone else who doesn't also need to do research, or even better - noone, because...busywork, innit.

If talent and opportunity were equally distributed, the average #NobelPrize winner would come from a middle income background. The reality? The average laureate grew up in a household just below the top 10%. More than 50% come from the top 5%. 🧪🎩💰 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

ok, we all had emails from UG students that start with "Hi," , "Hi Ms X" or "Dear Your_Name_Terribly_Misspelt", but "Hi @your_email" is the first one for me... Are we at the point where we need to teach UGs how to write an email yet?

Pls RT: Interested in doing a PhD on the behaviour of #bees & other animals at CRAB Uni Exeter and Bristol Uni? Check out SWBio swbio.ac.uk www.swbio.ac.uk/programme/pr... (apply by 11.12.) & NERC GW4 www.nercgw4plus.ac.uk/projects-202... @seanrands.bsky.social @bethbees.bsky.social apply by 13.01.

I know this is not unique to Elsevier...but fuck me if that publisher, given it's size and resources, doesn't have the absolutely laziest copy-editing in the entire world. The number of grammatical errors, starting from the paper titles onwards in many cases, is so very poor.

We're delighted to host North-western Europe's premier meeting on ants, bees, wasps and termites on December 16th at QMUL. 🐜🐝🐜🐝🐜🐝🐜🐝🐜🐝🐜 Registration closes on the 8th: bit.ly/2024-iussi-q... Supported by QM's Centre for Biodiversity & Sustainability: bit.ly/QMUL-Biodive...

Please remember to attach your CV and a cover letter outlining: 1) why you are interested in this project specifically; 2) what relevant skills you have and what skills you want to learn; 3) what's in it for you? how will this PhD help you advance towards your goals?

The window for non- UK applicants is sadly closed now, but the *UK* applicants can still send me enquiries until the *31st of December*!

Here is a link to an exciting collection of 14 new review articles in Current Opinions in Insect Science on "Parasitoid Biology in the Anthropocene" edited by Editors: R.M. Borges, R. Venkatesan and S. van Nouhuys. www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu... Message me if you want PDFs you can't access.

colour matching STEM way🫶

One of the most alarming things about this study on the effect of pesticides on native bees is that some bumblebee queens (Bombus impatiens) preferred pesticide-contaminated soil when looking for a site to spend the winter. 🧪🪲🪳🌎 🚜🕳️🐝❄️ OA 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.sc... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Thrilled to be in Liverpool for the 6th UK VBD Conference - the UK’s largest ever meeting on vector-borne diseases! 🦟🌍 #UKVBD2024

Congratulations to @imanmuktar.bsky.social on winning a poster prize at the @ukvbd.bsky.social today!!! Well done Iman!

Reminder that there's one week left to apply for this job. Please pass on the information to anyone who might be interested!

Only a couple of days left for non-UK applicants to express interest in this project!

I made the Insect Sensory Neuro starter pack - let me know in the comments if you'd like to be added! (and also I'm sure I missed tons of people - tag them in!) go.bsky.app/JW7c5LN

Lots of great sounding PhD projects available from the NERC GW4+ DTP: www.nercgw4plus.ac.uk Including (a very flexible) one with us on the role of brain and behavioural adaptation, and hybrid disruption, in speciation: www.nercgw4plus.ac.uk/projects-202... 🧪 #evolution #behaviour

Submit your abstract for a poster or oral presentation at the Biologists @ 100 meeting #biologists100 24-27 March 2025 @ ACCLiverpool. Deadline: 13 December 100yearsconference.biologists.com/abstracts/ Please note, abstract submissions for Sensory perception in a changing world are poster only

I am amazed that some students who want to apply for a PhD apparently receive templates of a letter to the professor (and probably of other things) - this must make their life so much easier! If only they remembered to also edit those templates....🤦‍♀️

Why has it become fashionable to make EUROPASS (whatever this is )-formatted CVs? They are ugly and unreadable, and waste too much space... please, don't. Just don't.

We have a fully-funded PhD position to develop and test a mathematical model that can explain how metal ions influence microbial coexistence. Will suit candidates with a natural sciences, maths, ecology, or microbiology background who can imagine themselves doing some wet lab and some modelling.

📣 I'm recruiting PhD students for several projects: jonathanpdrury.com/opportunitie... #PleaseRepost

I have made the mosquito neurobiology and ecology starter pack - please add a comment if you want to be included! go.bsky.app/5BNKUSK