Huge congratulations to Iapetus alumna Hazel Cooley on the award of the @newcastleuni.bsky.social Doctoral College Thesis Prize for her thesis on Chronic bee paralysis virus spillover and impacts. The award recognises outstanding research achievement and contribution to a research area/discipline.

A huge thanks to everyone at @sceneuog.bsky.social for hosting us - in particular Prof. Colin Adams for his phenomenal support, & Iain Geldard - we couldn’t have done it without both of you! Jodie Geldard did an amazing job organising the whole trip as part of her @iapetusdtp.bsky.social PhD

Some pictures from the last couple of weeks lake sediment coring on Loch Lomond with @iapetusdtp.bsky.social

That's all for Loch Lomond coring: 12 cores collected in 10 days, 2 gravel layers reached and lots of very fine grey clay in between! @iapetusdtp.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk

Postdoc Job offer for Arthropod Ecologists 🪲🕷️ Michael Staab @leuphana.bsky.social offers a 3 year postdoc starting in October latest. Arthropod diversity, interactions & functions in different research programs, e.g. @bexplo.bsky.social Apply by June 19th www.leuphana.de/en/universit...

great work by Nic Strowbridge in the PhD homestretch, bringing together a wide literature and range of species. How does methylation relate to colouration and what do we need to test next? @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @iapetusdtp.bsky.social

Invasive species cost Britain more than any other country https://www.byteseu.com/1046902/ Britain has topped a global list for damage caused by invasive species, with various types of moth, beetle, water hyacinth and wild boar causing more than £1 trillion of damage since 1960, up to eight …

Back from the IAPETUS Postgrad Conference 2025 — and honoured to be selected as the Best Poster! Grateful for the feedback and great ideas about my kelp forest & urchin barrens research! What do you think, BlueSky friends? @iapetusdtp.bsky.social @sciencesncl.bsky.social #PhDLife #ScienceComm

We have just sent out the latest of Iapetus DTP's periodic newsletters. If it fell foul of your institution’s junk filter, read it here: eocampaign1.com/web-version?...

Newcastle team representing nature & environmental research at IAPETUS postgraduate conference 2025! @iapetusdtp.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social

Today I spoke about systematic maps, abundance models & the achievement that presenting is in itself - to the wonderful @iapetusdtp.bsky.social students & co in sunny Scotland at @heriotwattuni.bsky.social 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌞

Final @iapetusdtp.bsky.social student conference of my PhD. Thanks to Heriot-Watt University for organising & hosting! A good @newcastleuni.bsky.social turn out! @sagencl.bsky.social

Finally heading home after what may be my last @iapetusdtp.bsky.social student conference! As always, fantastic to hear everyone’s research updates and catch-up with my cohort.

Another @iapetusdtp.bsky.social student conference complete! I feel so lucky to be a part of such a welcoming and fun cohort of incredible researchers who produce endlessly interesting work!

Edinburgh looking fine on the first day of the Iapetus student conference 2025, funded by @ukri.org.

Looking forward to seeing our students at next week's Iapetus DTP conference at @heriotwattuni.bsky.social! A great line-up of talks, including Prof. Colin Moffat (Scottish Govt's CSA, Marine) on how to have a positive influence on policy. Thanks in advance to organisers - and funders, @ukri.org!

Undergraduates: fancy a 6-8 wk paid placement in environmental sciences at an Iapetus institution? Check out NERC's REP scheme to support placements for those from groups underrepresented in this area More info: iapetus2.ac.uk/new-rep-sche... Deadline: noon 16/05/2025 #minoritiesinstem #environment

Undergraduates: fancy a 6-8 wk paid placement in environmental sciences at an Iapetus institution? Check out NERC's REP scheme to support placements for those from groups underrepresented in this area More info: iapetus2.ac.uk/new-rep-sche... Deadline: noon 16/05/2025 #minoritiesinstem #environment

We’re advertising an @iapetusdtp.bsky.social undergraduate summer research experience project on ‘Ecosystem Resilience in a Changing Climate’, with me, @blindmath.bsky.social, Denis Patterson & @tjohnwainwright.bsky.social. Please share with your undergrads! iapetus2.ac.uk/wp-content/u...

Join us for the new CASCADE webinar series! In our opening webinar on 21st March, we will be joined by Sarah Chaytor (CAPE) and Nils Bunnefeld (@eklipse-europe.bsky.social) to discuss how to improve linkages between academia and policy. Register here 👉 forms.office.com/e/Avv4aXfE4H

Thanks @canopyrobin.com for a great careers talk for @iapetusdtp.bsky.social this week - super to see someone a few years out of the PhD loving what they're doing and to think about how they got there and the variety of options open to us!

Enjoyed a talk from Jodie of @stir.ac.uk (funded by @iapetusdtp.bsky.social) this week on mapping the glaciology of Scotland during the Younger Dryas 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❄️ Not my area of expertise at all, but I love an opportunity to broaden my environmental understanding 😊

Earlier this year, we were lucky to attend an @iapetusdtp.bsky.social training session on project management from Dr Peter Whitton of @durham-university.bsky.social - it must have been especially timely for first years and I was introduced to the power/interest grid for the first time!

Congratulations to @biologistrachel.bsky.social‬ for a successful viva on "Investigating the impacts of urbanisation on blue tit diet and reproductive success via faecal DNA metabarcoding". Thanks to examiners @allyphillimore.bsky.social & @jonathanpdrury.bsky.social, and funders @ukri.org!

Well done to Sheena Davis for publishing the protocol for a systematic map of riparian restoration in the tropics to promote both biodiversity and human livelihoods! doi.org/10.1186/s137... #newcastleuniversity @ukri.org

Lots of positive feedback for this leadership training - www.hutchinsontraining.com

Can't escape it... Rhododendron ponticum spotted on our Hadrian's Wall walk at @iapetusdtp.bsky.social residential training 👎

Great outcome from a PhD placement: Iapetus student Dan Lewis's fellowship at the UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) yielded a coauthored policy briefing on Energy Security and AI - www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/... @ukri.org @durham-university.bsky.social

As the sun set on another great Iapetus residential training event @nlandnp.bsky.social, massive thanks to our hosts, our staff, our external trainers, our funders (@ukri.org) - and, of course, our fabulous students!

Another fab year leading the team building and presentation skills sessions for @iapetusdtp.bsky.social . The room was a buzz with creativity from the get go. @ruth-wright.bsky.social has shared some of the mascots, & here's a clip as the teams had 5min to recreate an emotional film scene!

Really enjoyed our @iapetusdtp.bsky.social training on storytelling for researchers by @mattdoesscience.bsky.social of @dyellowlees.bsky.social Training! Lots of interactive opportunities to connect the narrative techniques to our research specialisms ✍️

The dawn of Iapetus DTP's 2025 residential training course, as seen from The Sill youth hostel, Northumberland. Most auspicious! @nnprangers.bsky.social

And NG2507: The marine rewilding effect: Building a cost-effective framework for measuring Marine Net Gain. Led by @ldeclippele.bsky.social here at @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social Also see our @iapetusdtp.bsky.social PhDs on shark conservation, creel fishing, oyster restoration, and essential fish habitat

📣New Competition Funded @iapetusdtp.bsky.social PhD Opportunity Deadline: 3rd of January 2025 The project will be co-supervised by myself, @fredworrall.bsky.social and Jessica Elise (Natural England). Project Outline: tinyurl.com/7nvsmc53 How to apply: iapetus2.ac.uk/how-to-apply/

All the new BAS @bas.ac.uk.bsky.social Iapetus DTP PhD projects are summarised nicely in this Instagram link and here: @iapetusdtp.bsky.social www.instagram.com/p/DDaRfmUIRF...

Lots of PhD studentships available with @iapetusdtp.bsky.social See the link for projects with colleagues and myself! #findaphd #PhDposition zarahsinthefield.com/home/project...

How to peel a slab?!🧐 Join us at the UofG on a NERC #fullyfundedphd modelling slab weakening & slab-plume interactions to find out!! 🌍🔥 More info👇 iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships... 📢 Apply now👇 iapetus2.ac.uk/how-to-apply/ @iapetusdtp.bsky.social #Geodynamics #Geochemistry #slab-plumeInteractions

Final week for any international students to express interest in our @iapetusdtp.bsky.social project – full details here iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships...

one of many great #PhD projects in #evolution #biodiversity #ecosystems offered by @iapetusdtp.bsky.social two ways to apply www.findaphd.com/phds/program... www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

🚨 PhD opportunity with @iapetusdtp.bsky.social! Passionate about stats & conservation? Help tackle biodiversity loss by advancing statistical models! Develop methods to address data challenges like misidentification, leading to improved ecological insights and tools.

Our first DTP newsletter is out. Read it here: tinyurl.com/iapetus-news @ukri.org #NERC

Deadline for international students to contact me about the project is Monday 9th December 2024 at 12pm. Check iapetus2.ac.uk/how-to-apply/ for all deadlines. For more information about IAPETUS @iapetusdtp.bsky.social see www.findaphd.com/phds/program... and www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

We all know that for many years, many people with great ideas and potential have faced barriers to entering science (economic/class/ethnicity). If you are from a historically disadvantaged group, there is an @iapetusdtp.bsky.social scheme to support you too! www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

PhDs being offered across the Iapetus DTP for an October 2025 start: www.findaphd.com/phds/program... Please broadcast details of our Diversifying Talent Scholarship scheme too: www.findaphd.com/phds/program... @ukri.org #BlackAFinSTEM #firstgen

Come and do a PhD in beautiful St Andrews! I am looking for a PhD student to work on an Iapetus DTP-funded project, 'Understanding pathways to extreme heat using large ensembles', with co-supervision from @drmichaelbyrne.bsky.social, Chris Taylor and Nick Dunstone. iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships...

I'm sharing my #research highlights as I'm new on this platform: firstly my #PhD review paper "The benefits of #mountain #woodland restoration" published in @restorationecology.bsky.social. Celebrating montane biodiversity & nature-based solutions! Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Call for expressions of Interest: Coimbra Group Climate Symposium Student Secretariat Deadline 6th December

Massive thanks to all those who contributed to our inspiring non-academic careers showcase last week, including Jeremy Wilson, Claire Neil, Dave Walls, Sallie Bailey, Ramy Salemdeeb, Robin Whytock & Lynsey Bunnefeld. Great to see some of the varied careers that can benefit from an environmental PhD!

Very grateful to be part of the @iapetusdtp.bsky.social cohort 2024 at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social. In my PhD I will explore the response of oak growth to climate change and disturbance in Scotland.