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https://sites.google.com/view/gabriella-e-smith/home?authuser=1
pinned post!
✨Four years later, officially a Dr✨ 🇦🇹🏴
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Dr. Carly Kenkel
9 days ago
The list of Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio Labs recruiting grad students for Fall 2027 is live! PIs enter your position info here:
forms.gle/MAGd4ohyPeoY...
students (and PIs not recruiting) share the composite list:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Please share widely! 🧪
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Ecology/Evolution/Marine Biology labs recruiting for Fall 2027
Please complete this form if you are a PI recruiting graduate students for a Fall 2027 start. If you are NOT recruiting, feel free to share the response sheet with prospective students looking for lab...
https://forms.gle/MAGd4ohyPeoYmeUB8
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Neil Gilbert
8 days ago
recruiting a couple new grad students to start in january, please share!
www.gilbertecology.com/opportunities
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Dr. Susanne Hoffmann
13 days ago
Do you want to know if birds can use hair-like feathers as high-frequency sound receptors during echolocation? Join our team as PhD student or postdoc and find out! ⬇️
www.bi.mpg.de/2809383/job_...
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Camille Troisi
11 days ago
🚨We're hiring again, this time for a research assistant position 🚨 The position is to help with a project looking at learning and social behaviour in birds along an urban gradient Position at
@ceec-research.bsky.social
📆28th June deadline More info:
shorturl.at/vBxiW
#ringing
#fieldwork
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Blair Costelloe
16 days ago
We are offering a PhD position with the WildBotics project
@uni-konstanz.de
! Want to join an interdisciplinary research network and use drones and computer vision to study animal behavior, ecology and conservation in Kenya? 🇰🇪🐘 Please apply! Deadline June 21 🧪🌍🌿 Full details:
tinyurl.com/yn8jkzcf
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Anil Seth
17 days ago
Fully funded PhD position
@sussex.ac.uk
, at the Sussex Centre for Consciousness Science. Stipend plus fees for 3.5 years, kindly supported by the School of Engineering & informatics. Apply by May 31st. More details here:
www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
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The Sussex Centre for Consciousness Science (SCCS) 2026 Studentship : University of Sussex
https://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-funding/phd-funding/view/1953-The-Sussex-Centre-for-Consciousness-Science-(SCCS)-2026-Studentship
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LyrebirdLab
about 1 month ago
Funded
#PhD
scholarship: Vocal mimicry in toothbilled bowerbirds
@westsyduhie.bsky.social
with
@animalecolab.bsky.social
@drbackhouse.bsky.social
@pec-exeter.bsky.social
Closes: 31 May 2026 More info
tinyurl.com/2axjy7pn
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ARAA
23 days ago
Congrats to Dr. Gabriella Smith (
@explanimals.bsky.social
) for a successful PhD defensio at Vetmeduni Vienna! Read more about her thesis work on curiosity in parrots: 🦜
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
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Jamie Whitehouse
about 1 month ago
🐒 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!
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Beth Preston
about 1 month ago
Join the Wildlife Health team at the Royal Veterinary College as a Lecturer in Wildlife Conservation/Ecology. We're looking for a new colleague to join our group with interests in wildlife, conservation, ecology, one health and related fields. Deadline: 29th May
jobs.rvc.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
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Job Opportunity at the RVC: Lecturer in Wildlife Conservation / Ecology
We invite applications for a Lecturer position in either Wildlife Conservation or Ecology in the Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences (PPS). This is an exciting position within the Depar...
https://jobs.rvc.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=PPS-0108-26
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Ella Williamson
about 1 month ago
We’re running a short dog owner survey 🐶 examining dog social cognition & trainability - which could be used in future by assistance dog charities to help selection for breeding 🦮 £50 Amazon voucher if completed again in 1 week (eligibility UK residents only)
york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology
about 2 months ago
There's a mini jobs bonanza just now at BTO! 🐦 Apply to become our next Scottish Raptor Monitoring Coordinator, Biological Data Manager or Research Support Officer via
www.bto.org/jobs
Birds Science People; it is a powerful combination – will you be part of it?
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Ryan Norris
about 1 month ago
We’re hiring 4 field positions to help reintroduce and monitor the endangered Mottled Duskywing butterfly in southern Ontario. Great opportunity for early-career ecologists.
norrislab.ca/opportunities/
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Emily A. Aery Jones
about 1 month ago
The Aery Jones lab is recruiting another postdoc! If you're interested in neural mechanisms of spatial memory, high-density recordings, cool tasks (like cricket hunting), and/or aging and Alzheimer's, come check us out:
aeryjoneslab.github.io
. Please pass along to your friends :D
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Aery Jones Lab
https://aeryjoneslab.github.io/
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Elizabeth Hobson
about 1 month ago
Are you a current / soon-to-be / recently graduated Graduate Student, working in animal behavior, ecology, or evolution? Want to build your professional network, meet peers from around the world, & support your academic journey & wherever you go next? Join our SIGNAL workshop! signal-ab.weebly.com
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Marlen Fröhlich
about 1 month ago
📣 New funding opportunity for primate research & conservation 🐵👇 The MuT Foundation offers field research grants (up to €20K) for projects in primate behaviour, conservation & biodiversity. Supporting fieldwork and early-career researchers! Please share:
groups.google.com/a/g-groups.w...
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Primate-Jobs - Google Groups
https://groups.google.com/a/g-groups.wisc.edu/g/Primate-job/c/AecNGAtYEM4
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Dr Rachael Miller (Harrison)
about 1 month ago
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
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Anne Aulsebrook
about 1 month ago
📣
#PhDOpportunity
in Geelong, Australia Ever wondered how urbanisation affects sleep in birds? 🐦 Interested in
#behaviouralecology
and
#biologging
? Come and work with me and Kate Buchanan at
@deakinuniversity.bsky.social
! Applications close 31 May Details:
www.deakin.edu.au/study/fees-a...
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HDR Scholarship - Avian sleep in urban environments
Conduct research in in urban bird behaviour with Deakin's PhD scholarship.
https://www.deakin.edu.au/study/fees-and-scholarships/scholarships/find-a-scholarship/hdr-scholarship-avian-sleep-in-urban-environments
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ASSAB
about 1 month ago
🚨New PhD opportunity🚨 Understanding sheep foraging decisions under heat stress conditions Location: Adelaide University Contact:
[email protected]
Details:
stephanleu-ecology.com/phd-opportun...
Application deadline: 17 May 2026
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Sara Lipshutz (she/her)
about 1 month ago
Interested in a PhD working on sexual selection in tropical shorebirds? I'm recruiting a student for Fall 2027! I'm happy to support an applicant writing a Simons Graduate Fellowship in Ecology & Evolution:
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...
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Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution
The purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo...
https://www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons-graduate-fellowships-in-ecology-and-evolution/?utm_source=Simons+Foundation&utm_campaign=be8124a656-LS_FELLOWSHIPS_ECOLOGY_EVOLUTION+_2026&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-96108f0df1-746273690
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Jess Rose
about 1 month ago
This is the most specific job I have ever seen sharing it on the off chance one of you know someone who: - Is UK based - Looking for flexible, part time work - Has an academic/research background - Wants to build a research grants program - Loves hedgehogs 🦔🦔🦔
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Research Manager | British Hedgehog Preservation Society (BHPS) | Ecology Jobs
Location: Hybrid – Shropshire office, mostly remoteSalary: £30,000 – £40,000 pro rata (depending on experience)Contract: Permanent, 2–3 days per weekClosing date: 13 July 2026 Make a difference for one of the UK’s most loved species The British Hedgehog Preservation Society (BHPS) is a UK charity dedicated to protecting and conserving native hedgehogs. Through research, advocacy,
https://www.ecologyjobs.co.uk/job/research-manager-british-hedgehog-preservation-society-bhps/
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Jamie Whitehouse
about 1 month ago
🐒 PhD Opportunity 🐒 I'm excited to announce that we are now welcoming applications for a 3-year fully funded PhD position at Nottingham Trent University as part of our
@leverhulme.ac.uk
funded project. More info:
jamiewhitehouse.github.io/mappingconne...
Apply here:
tinyurl.com/PhDNTU
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Gabriella E. Smith, PhD
Jesse Popp
about 1 month ago
Come join our team! Apply now. Please share. 🫎
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Gabriella E. Smith, PhD
Alex Chan
about 2 months ago
My supervisor Kano is advertising multiple open positions! Check out the doc :) Open Positions @ Kyushu Univ (Kano Lab) Postdoc / Tech staff / PhD-MSc Eye-gaze & social cognition (exp + field + CV) 🎥
youtu.be/rXT-yjQzJxU
📁
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
@animalopps.bsky.social
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YouTube video by 狩野文浩
https://youtu.be/rXT-yjQzJxU
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Dom Cram
about 2 months ago
🚨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...
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Dr Rachael Miller (Harrison)
about 1 month ago
PhD Opportunity! 4-year funded PhD
@uniexecec.bsky.social
: “From cognition to conservation: using cognitive and behavioural research to enhance animal reintroductions”. Closes: 5 June 2026. Funding:
@royalsociety.org
(UK/Home students only). More info & to apply:
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
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From cognition to conservation: using cognitive and behavioural research to enhance animal reintroductions, PhD (Funded) | University of Exeter
The University of Exeter’s Centre for Ecology and Conservation, Penryn Campus, Cornwall, is inviting applications for a 4-year PhD studentship (UK fees), ideally commencing Sept 2026.
https://www.exeter.ac.uk/study/funding/award/?id=5860
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Chris Krupenye
about 1 month ago
Job Alert 🚨 - please share! My brilliant friend and collaborator, Fumihiro Kano, is launching a new Ecological & Collective Cognition lab at Kyushu University, and has postdoc, grad, and tech openings! Lab video:
youtu.be/rXT-yjQzJxU
More details:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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YouTube video by 狩野文浩
https://youtu.be/rXT-yjQzJxU
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Gema Trigos-Peral
about 2 months ago
📢Are you searching for a postdoc possition? Have a look to this very interesting opportunity to work with red wood ants in an amazing team! 🐜
@elvarobinson.bsky.social
#postdoc
#research
#science
#redwoodants
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Guillaume Souchay
about 2 months ago
We are looking for a postdoc fellow to work with us on the
#diet
of small and medium-size
#carnivores
to better understand
#predatorprey
relationship
#ecology
supervised by Seb Devillard
@lbbe-lyon.bsky.social
and myself
#job
🌍🧪fill free to spread more info 👉
emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
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Portail Emploi CNRS - Job offer - Post-doctoral fellow (M/F) Genomic Analysis of the Fox Diet
https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/UMR5558-NATARB-112/Default.aspx?lang=EN
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Gabriella E. Smith, PhD
Victor Ajuwon
2 months ago
Looking forward to co-chairing a symposium on 'Methods to study curiosity-like behaviours in animals' with
@monteirotiago.bsky.social
at the European Conference for Behavioural Biology (
@ecbb2026.bsky.social
). Consider applying by 30th April if your work is curiosity/information-seeking related!
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Gabriella E. Smith, PhD
Fichtel-Kappeler-Lab
3 months ago
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
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Malte Friese
about 2 months ago
🚨JOB ALERT! 🚨 PLEASE RT! 🚨 7 four-year PhD positions (75%) in DFG-funded Research Training Group “Flexibility and Balance as Characteristics of Adaptive Self-Regulation” in Saarbrucken, Germany. Starting date October 01, 2026. Official job ad:
tinyurl.com/3v8b4chm
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Bridget Waller
about 2 months ago
Research Assistant position working on eye-tracking and parenting cognition in macaques, linked to Yuri Kawaguchi's BBSRC Fellowship. Join us at NTU!
@yurikawaguchi.bsky.social
vacancies.ntu.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Research Assistant in Primate Cognition:Hybrid
Research Assistant in Primate Cognition working with captive rhesus macaques to improve animal welfare.
https://vacancies.ntu.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=2303
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Gabriella E. Smith, PhD
Kathelijne Koops
about 2 months ago
📣ATTENTION!!! Postdoc position on Creativity in Wild Chimpanzees and Bonobos 🤩 With the APE Group & Wildminds Lab
@nakedprimate.bsky.social
Come join us!!! ✨Please RT✨
@efprimatology.bsky.social
@ips-primatenews.bsky.social
@primatesocietygb.bsky.social
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Gabriella E. Smith, PhD
Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
about 2 months ago
PLS RT📣 Two Postdoc jobs at
#mpaib
with Serena Ding on collective behavior of worms (Never seen a "wormuration"? That's them in green) 🪱 social dynamics of collective dispersal:
bewerbermanagement.net/jobposting/2...
🪱 sensory ecology of worm towers:
bewerbermanagement.net/jobposting/7...
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Sofia Forss
about 2 months ago
We have an open MSc Project Position at the Urban Vervet Project, and are currently looking for a motivated teammate to discover species interactions in a human altered environment 👇🏼 For more INFO👇🏼
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Camille Troisi
about 2 months ago
📢Fully-funded
#PhD
opportunity with us: 🐦 Quantifying (social) learning and social behaviour in an urbanised world 🐦 Position at
@ceec-research.bsky.social
📆29th May deadline More info:
tinyurl.com/yz28s96x
Apply:
tinyurl.com/2wpkb64y
#cognition
#socialbehaviour
#fieldwork
#birds
🙏Please Share
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Gabriella E. Smith, PhD
Matthew Sims
about 2 months ago
Applications are now open for the 2026 International Graduate Summer School: The Agents of Evolution, to be held at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, from August 17–22, 2026 (check-in on August 15–16)!
sapolsn.com/event/2026-s...
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2026 Summer School | SAPoLSN
The Agents of Evolution
https://sapolsn.com/event/2026-summer-school/
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wimpouw
2 months ago
Research position at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). The position focuses on research on social interactions and emergent properties in group dynamics. The deadline for applications is June 1, 2026.
www.iimas.unam.mx/wp-content/u...
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Dr Alex Bond
2 months ago
Roll up, roll up! Looking for a postdoc? Want somewhere that's academia adjacent? Interested in seabirds, plastics, and conservation? Come work with me and
@adriftlab.bsky.social
! If you want to help develop an application, get in touch!
#ornithology
#seabirds
#PhDjobs
#PostdocJobs
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Dr Keith Wilson 🏳️🌈
2 months ago
I’m also excited to introduce students to our redesigned Philosophy of Mind MA (
www.ucd.ie/philosophy/s...
) and Cognitive Science MSc programmes (
www.ucd.ie/philosophy/s...
). Both include a wide range of philosophy and interdisciplinary options and intro modules.
#PhilMind
#PhilCogSci
#CogSci
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MA in Philosophy of Mind and Embodied Cognition
https://www.ucd.ie/philosophy/study/postgraduate/ma/mind/
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Gabriella E. Smith, PhD
Evolutionary Cognition Group
2 months ago
We are offering two 4-year PhD positions in our new SNF project "The Evolutionary Roots of Altercentrism"
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Danijela Popović
2 months ago
🚨PhD opportunity! Study brown bears in the Balkans using ancient DNA 🧬🐻 Interested in paleogenomics & conservation? Apply!
@lpcg.bsky.social
🔗 Details here:
www.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/u...
#PhD
#AncientDNA
#Paleogenomics
#ConservationGenomics
#WildlifeConservation
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ASSAB
2 months ago
🚨PhD opportunity🚨 🪲Deep-red vision and infrared sensing in jewel beetles 🪲 Understand how jewel beetles detect and integrate deep-red light and heat information to drive behaviour. Location: La Trobe University, Bundoora Contact:
[email protected]
;
www.amanda-franklin.com
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Dr Amanda Franklin | Visual ecologist
Research website for Dr Amanda Franklin. Dr Franklin researches animal sensory systems, animal colouration, and behavioral ecology at La Trobe University.
https://www.amanda-franklin.com/
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Dr Sarah Myers
2 months ago
New masters programme in Evolutionary Anthropology - University of Leipzig & Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, teaching in English
www.uni-leipzig.de/en/studying/...
#EHBEA
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Evolutionary Anthropology MSc
The programme aims to provide in-depth knowledge of the latest research into human evolution and development. The focus is on the genetic, paleoanthropological and cognitive aspects of human behaviour and the mind. Particular emphasis is placed on engaging with the complexities of research processes, and on developing skills in designing, implementing and evaluating studies. Students will gain professional expertise in handling and rigorously analysing and effectively presenting data, preparing them for doctoral research.
https://www.uni-leipzig.de/en/studying/prospective-students/courses-of-study/degree-programme/course/show/evolutionary-anthropology-m-sc-1
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Gabriella E. Smith, PhD
EvolDir
2 months ago
Apply for a fully funded PhD in evolutionary biology at Ruđer Bošković Institute, Croatia. Focus on cavefish adaptation. Info:
https://bilandzija.irb.hr/Projects-and-Funding
. Deadline: April 10, 2026.
#phd
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Bilandzija Group
Bilandzija Group
https://bilandzija.irb.hr/Projects-and-Funding
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Gabriella E. Smith, PhD
Vivek Nityananda
2 months ago
Fascinating PhD project on the match between insect sperm and eggs across different insects. Great team too!
#PhDAlert
#insects
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Insect eggs and sperm: evolutionary and biophysical interactions at University of Lincoln on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Insect eggs and sperm: evolutionary and biophysical interactions at University of Lincoln, listed on FindAPhD.com
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/insect-eggs-and-sperm-evolutionary-and-biophysical-interactions/?p196022
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Gabriella E. Smith, PhD
Colin Beale
2 months ago
Are you looking for a Post-doc related to biodiversity? We might have just the role for you!
@anthropocenebio.bsky.social
are curently advertising 10 (yes!) post-docs covering natural & social science of biodivesity. Come work with us & share with anyone appropriate!
sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/l...
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LCAB Postdoctoral recruitment
The Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity (LCAB) is a major research centre funded by the Leverhulme Trust to increase knowledge of how the relationship between humanity and the natural worl...
https://sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/lcab-postdoc-recruitment/currently-recruiting
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