van Klink et al 2020 receives an expression of concern in @science.org @retractionwatch.com also cites our technical comment on this paper published in WIRES Water in 2021 🧪

If you haven't already done so, do fill out this EU public consultation about the future of the European Research Area. Everything that matters to us is in there - funding, employment stability, AI regulations, open science, etc. ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...

Apply for Sepkoski Grants $1000 USD if you are a paleontologist from Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Central and South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia www.paleosoc.org/sepkoski-gra... deadline March 1 @paleosoc.bsky.social

🌿SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS🌿 #AppsPlantSci invites proposals for “Plant genome skimming: Special uses and future potential,” led by Quentin Cronk, Nolan Kane & Kyle Keepers. Proposals due by 16 March 2026 More info at botany.org/home/publica... #botany #phylogenetics #genomics #plantscience

One of my concerns with AI-assisted research in biology is that we're already looking only in the lamplight and AI incentivizes us to narrow the beam. Seems like it's happening... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Please help spread the word on this, especially to those who may be feeling cold winds towards their research. We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...

🦋🧬 A milestone for biodiversity genomics. Project Psyche is building chromosome-level genomes for ~11,000 European butterflies & moths — 1,000 sequenced, 3,000+ collected, across 34 countries. 🔗 Read the publication: bit.ly/ProjectPsyche @projectpsyche.bsky.social #BiodiversityGenomics 🧬🌍

Anatomy promotes neutral coexistence of strains in the human skin microbiome Take home: each pore is dominated by a single genotype due to neutral bottlenecking (priority effects) I absolutely love this paper. It's very clearly written and fun to use when teaching. 👏🧪 www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

Wow! This is probably the closest we are ever going to get to finding something equivalent to Excalibur!

The most comprehensive, multifaceted study to date shows it is hard to measure social and economic impacts of open science. www.science.org/content/arti...

Reformation of Science Publishing – Join the Call to Action – Co-Sign the Stockholm Declaration sciii-it.org/stockholm-de...

[3/3] 3) free butterfly taxonomy course: The Pollinator Academy has launched a free, online butterfly identification course. With flexible lessons taking just 10–30 minutes, you can master European butterfly characteristics at your own pace 🦋 pollinatoracademy.eu/training/eu-... #PollinatorAcademy

Our first exhibit for visually impaired visitors at the Natural History Museum in Sofia. Feeling so privileged and humbled, it was a great learning experience too! Looking forward to setting up more projects like this in 2026 🐕‍🦺👩‍🦯💙 #Inclusivity #Accessibility #NaturalHistoryMuseums

An accessible, easily understandable description of the Earth BioGenome Project @ebpgenome.bsky.social - a worldwide effort aiming to read the complete set of genetic instructions (genomes) for every known eukaryotic species on Earth kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.... #biodiversity #genomics

The @ergabiodiv.bsky.social December newsletter ⏩ www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/erga-ne... ⏩ Wishing you all a wonderful holiday season! #biodiversity #genomics

Our friends at the University of Florence have been looking into the aesthetic appeal of European butterflies and does this bias the species we choose to protect. You can help their research by completing a simple online survey. Many thanks in advance www.unveiling.eu?fbclid=IwZXh...

ICC rejects Israeli bid to halt Gaza investigation - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/international-criminal-court-rejects-israeli-bid-halt-gaza-investigation

📢 #PhD opportunity! Interested in #eDNA and protecting our #rivers? We are recruiting a PhD researcher to tackle a very topical challenge: Empowering citizen scientists with an eDNA toolbox to safeguard #freshwater fishes. Deadline: January 16th 2026. #PhDPosition #CardiffUniversity bit.ly/49bl4gO

Unrecognised DNA Degradation in Flash-Frozen Genetic Samples in Natural History Collections. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Babies born downstream of PFAS-contaminated sites in New Hampshire had a 168% higher chance of extremely premature birth and a 191% higher chance of dying in their first year, compared with babies whose mothers drank from uncontaminated wells. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

The traditional pipeline view of academia no longer reflects the reality of scientific #careers. In this Perspective, Alexandra A-T Weber @eawag.bsky.social reframes success as a network of paths that recognizes excellence in its many forms 🧪 #AcademicSky plos.io/4pSgzx5

The fall of STOTEN explained. Meanwhile, publisher @elsevierconnect.bsky.social realised a 38% profit margin, reachibg $1.5 billion in 2024. english.elpais.com/science-tech...

"Rediscovery of the greater chestnut #weevil highlights the power of digital platforms in biodiversity research and conservation" spkl.io/63326Ad07u#weevil @Michael A. Charles & colleagues @currentbiology.bsky.social

#veilleESR « Le CNRS s’émancipe du Web of Science » www.cnrs.fr/fr/actualite... #WoS #CNRS @cnrs.fr

National Emergency Briefing by ten of the UK’s leading experts about the climate and nature crisis www.newscientist.com/article/2506...

The Centre for Advanced Study Sofia is offering several quite attractive fellowship schemes for postdoctoral researchers from the social sciences and the humanities, including one specifically dedicated to Ukranian scholars. Check it out! Application deadline: 31 March 2026. cas.bg/en/cas-sofia...

To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.

The #eDNA and #DNAmetabarcoding school was a success! All the credit goes to the tireless @magnen.bsky.social! 🐭 Many thanks to #IRSAE & @uniinnlandet.bsky.social for the generous support, as well as to #UiO for providing access to the beautiful marine station in #Drøbak 💙

Second call for our #STSM is already open!!!!!!

Last days of the #eDNA and #DNAmetabarcoding school in #Drøbak. Great lectures by Ella Thoen, @christinalynggaard.bsky.social & @gbif.org Dag Endresen 🪱🪰🍄🧬 #IRSAE @magnen.bsky.social @uniinnlandet.bsky.social

Stellar team of presenters so far at the #eDNA and #DNAmetabarcoding school in #Drøbak. Eeva Soininen, Helena Wirta and @quentinmauvisseau.bsky.social sharing about their eDNA research on small mammals, pollinators and marine life. #IRSAE @magnen.bsky.social @uniinnlandet.bsky.social 🐋🐀🐝🧬

A PhD project on historical genomics in the declining red squirrel in Britain is available in my group, through the @aries-dtp.bsky.social. Use historical genomes to track the effects of decline and genetic rescue in this charismatic species. aries-dtp.ac.uk/studentships...

Come to do a PhD with me, @bfraser.bsky.social and @batconservation.bsky.social at the University of Exeter on using genomics to understand bat population declines under global environmental change 🦇🧬🌍🌐🧪 Application deadline 8 January 2026 ⚠️⚠️⚠️ www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Pierre Taberlet kicking off the #eDNA and #DNAmetabarcoding school in beautiful #Drøbak. Youngsters from 16 countries, including faraway places such as Hong Kong and Nepal! @uniinnlandet.bsky.social #IRSAE @ugrenoblealpes.bsky.social @unioslo-cees.bsky.social @eric.coissac.eu @magnen.bsky.social

📣 Online seminar open to all: The impact of philosophy and theoretical thinking on ecology. More details 👇 philinbiomed.cnrs.fr/event/philin...

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The Bulgarian Barcode of Life has a Bluesky profile! Please consider followig us 🇧🇬🧬🦋 @iboleurope.bsky.social @biogeneurope.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/bgbo...

Close encounters of the Salamander Type #bulgaria #firesalamander

Published today: One of the biggest #science #communication studies to date. We asked 71,922 people in 68 countries how they #engage with information about #science and combined the data with several country-level factors: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #OpenAccess

A very special encounter in the Bulgarian woods 🐍

The new European Butterfly Red List is published today, with worrying findings. Over 1/4 (28%) of Europe’s 442 species are threatened with extinction or are close to being so. The situation is far worse for our 148 endemic species, 40% are now threatened or nearly so www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?...