Nouvel article dans "Peer Community Journal" Date(s) : le 7 novembre 2025 Cheutin,M.-C.;Honorio,R.; @jmeunierearwig.bsky.social. Family life and cadmium ingestion independently shape offspring microbiomes in a subsocial insect. Peer Community Journal doi.org/10.24072/pcj...

Join our Student Course in Behavioral Biology in Paris. 5 invited talks on exciting topics in animal behavior, and round table discussion on AI. Free of charge, registration before 31 Oct (in person) and 12 Nov (online participation). Please RT. www-leec.univ-paris13.fr/pages/IFE.20...

Ever wondered how pollution affects insect parenting? 👀 Our new paper in Current Opinion in Insect Science digs into this question, highlights what we don’t know (yet), and lays out five priorities to push the field forward. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @

⚠️ ⚠️ New paper out! 🚨 🚨

We are delighted that our Winter Meeting 2025 in Leuven 🇧🇪 is approaching! Abstract submissions now open: www.iussi-nweurope.org/meetings Date: December 18-19 Abstract deadline: October 15 Host: Laboratory of Socioecology and Social Evolution at KU Leuven Plenary: Ido Pen & @rmash.bsky.social

🪲 Stage M2 – Évolution de la vie de famille chez les insectes IRBI (Université de Tours / CNRS) | Janv. 2026 La vie de famille est partout dans la nature… mais comment et pourquoi est-elle apparue ? Viens étudier cette question fascinante avec nous! Info 👉 joelmeunier.wixsite.com/researchpage...

🇫🇷 Nous recrutons un IE en biologie cellulaire, sur un modèle d'étude fascinant : le blob ! N'hésitez pas à partager ! 🇬🇧 We are recruiting a research engineer in cell biology, working on an exciting model: the blob! Feel free to share! 👉 emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

8ème International Entomophagous Insects Conference (IEIC) Date(s) : du 1 juillet 2025 au 4 juillet 2025 IEIC2025 : ieic2025.sciencesconf.org 1-4 juillet 2025 Tours (France)

Yesterday, JC Sandoz gave the perfect opening speech at the IUSSI French-speaking section conference 🤩 talking about olfaction in honey bees from an evolutionary neuroethology perspective 🐝

New paper out: "Alternative reproductive strategies in two cryptic species of the European earwig complex" rdcu.be/eqfpM F. dentata invests before egg-laying, F. auricularia after. Same egg number, different trade-offs -> hidden paths to reproductive success. @irbi-tours.bsky.social

Derniers jours pour s’inscrire !

Plus que quelques jours pour s'inscrire : iussi-sf-2025.sciencesconf.org

Du 4 au 6 juin le congrès de la Société pour l’Histoire des médias ! Au @campuscondorcet.bsky.social !

Special Issue 🦋 A glimpse into a little-known world: Organisms associated with social arthropods Deadline for submission: 31 March 2026 link.springer.com/journal/40/u...

🚨 Save the date! 🚨 Symposium on "INSECT PARENTAL CARE" at the next European Congress of Entomology #ECE2026 (29 June–2 July, Tours 🇫🇷) 🐞🪲🪰 Our goal? To lay the foundation for a recurring meeting on this fascinating topic. Interested? Feel free to reach out—and stay tuned for more! 👀

Editorial ✒️ Sociable arthropods: broadening conceptions about social insects link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Ten more days to apply! Join us in Bayreuth to study how burying beetles use social behaviors to control harmful and beneficial microbial communities during family life!

🎓 #PhD in Evolutionary Ecology @UniBayreuth 🇩🇪 Parental care vs microbe communities in burying beetles 🪲🧫 ERC-funded | 3 years | behavioral ecology & metabarcoding Details: tinyurl.com/CareVsMicrobes Apply by May 16, start in September #AcademicSky #Microbiome #SocialEvolution #Insects

PhD opportunity on Oxytocin and social interactions across sexual systems in annelids. Research on the evolutionary conserved role of the “love hormone” at Univ. Sorbonne Paris Nord and Vienna University. Please RT! www-leec.univ-paris13.fr/documents/LE...

If you win a fight, you're more likely to win the next one. But why? We show that using Bayesian updating to update your assessment of your own fighting abilities does a pretty good job of reflecting how animals typically behave in real life social contest!

PhD project offer: Molecular mechanisms of membrane proteins underlying social insect behavior Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Ute Hellmich, FSU; Dr. Yuko Ulrich, MPI for Chemical Ecology More information: www.ice.mpg.de/319512/Proje... Apply now: jobs.ice.mpg.de/.../cb945467...

New Postdoc position! 🐵🐵🐵🐵 On the socioecology of cognition in primates, based in Paris @mnhn.fr @cnrs.fr, with field work It has it all: - the best science - the best macaques - the best beaches - the best people - the best office view #Eiffeltower Join us!

Thèse ! Recherche candidat.e, avec master en SHS pour doctorat financé en hist. des médias et des ind. culturelles, intitulé “Le Salon des Arts Ménagers : les médiations de la comm. industrielle pour le développement de la consommation”, sous dir de Claire Blandin et Alexie Geers, LabSIC/USPN.

C'est parti ! Les inscriptions sont ouvertes pour le colloque de la SFECA @uparisnanterre.bsky.social par le LECD 🥳 Venez nombreux et nombreuses ! 🐝🦭🦜🐈🐒🐑 sfeca2025.sciencesconf.org?lang=fr

The dream post-doc: do whatever you want to do for two years! An open-topic post-doctoral position in the Czaczkes work group www.animal-economics.com/dreampostdoc

Finally found a nest of Polyrhachis semiaurata, definitely one of the most beautiful ant species. It's really hard to take good photos of them because of their iridescence and general body shape. #ants #fourmis #myrmecology #entomology

Nous lançons "Chroniques Sauvages", une collection chez Tana dédiée au comportement animal 🐾 Dans le premier opus, Mathieu nous embarque dans le monde des insectes 🐝🪳et nous fait voyager de son rucher toulousain aux terres irradiées de Fukushima 😱 #Science #Ecologie

Le site pour le colloque 2025 de l'Union Internationale pour l'Etude des Insectes Sociaux est en ligne : iussi-sf-2025.sciencesconf.org Au plaisir de vous retrouver à Condorcet du 18 au 20 juin !! 😃

👉🏻 New paper out! To discover our experiment with 3D-printed dummy eggs 🪺 and genetics 🧬, follow this link: doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...

🚨SAVE THE DATE 🚨 The 17th Ecology & Behaviour is back at the CEFE! Join us from August 11-15, 2025. Don't miss out! Sign up here for updates: listes.services.cnrs.fr/wws/subscrib... And, of course, follow us here! #ecobhvr2025

#standeup4science #esr Le rassemblement à Paris est à 13h30 à Jussieu. à Lyon : Rassemblement à 16h Place des Terreaux. La liste des initiatives est en ligne ici : standupforscience.fr/tous-les-eve...

Visuel officiel avec itinéraire et programme de la journée à Paris 2/n

See our new article on ant personality.

🇫🇷🌳🐛 Offre de thèse : Venez étudiez l'écologie et le comportement du forficule européen dans les vergers ! 🍑🍏 Financement CIFRE - Collaboration entre l'IRBI (CNRS / Université de Tours) et l'AOP Pêches et Abricots de France. Date limite : 14 avril 2025 #Recherche #Écologie #Agriculture

Fully funded PhD position on Paternities and spatial kinship structure in a population of South African bush Karoo rats. Field work in South Africa. Analysis of existing long-term data at LEEC / Univ. Sorbonne Paris Nord. Please RT! www-leec.univ-paris13.fr/documents/LE...

700€ to register for the conference. Guys, seriously???

🐝 3-year Postdoc position 🐝 Join us @bristolbiosci.bsky.social to study the impacts of parasitic bees on tropical bee communities using eDNA, SNPs & field-based surveys. 📅 Deadline: 23 Feb 2025 💃Vibrant city 🌎 Collaboration with USP 🇧🇷 🐝 Details here: tinyurl.com/586u7vau @leverhulme.bsky.social

A la une du club de Mediapart Comprendre la réforme des KeyLabs contre laquelle 5500 chercheuses et chercheurs sont déjà mobilisés. Il faut dire qu'en plus de supprimer des moyens à trois quarts des laboratoires, il s'agit d'un prélude au démantèlement du CNRS. blogs.mediapart.fr/pascal-maill...

Nettoyer le nid, aller chercher à manger, se défendre contre les prédateurs.... Mais comment font les fourmis pour se partager le boulot ? Et pour les humains, c'est pareil ? "Peut-on travailler comme des fourmis ? 🐜 🐜 🐜", c'est le titre de ma nouvelle vidéo : youtu.be/P-n_PrTKIbQ Bon visionnage !

"A study of federally funded research projects in the United States estimated that principal investigators spend on average about 45% of their time on administrative activities related to applying for and managing projects rather than conducting active research" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

If you search a postdoc and would like to work on crispr-cas9 technologies, genomics and ants, consider to apply to this position for the ERC Starting Grant RoyalMess : emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/UMR…

Le CRCA – @cbitoulouse.bsky.social Recrute un.e Ingénieur.e d’Etude en Techniques Biologiques Campagne MOBILITE 2024-2025 CNRS (Modèles étudiés : souris, fourmis, araignées, abeilles, blob !) Déposer votre candidature jusqu’au 16 janvier 2025 mobiliteinterne.cnrs.fr emploi.cnrs.fr

Interested in Social Insects? There’s still a week left to register for this hybrid meeting in London, December 16th: www.iussi.org/NWEurope/mee...

Ho fatche ! Le site de @franceuniversites.bsky.social ressemble à un tract de SUD !!! C'est que l'heure est vraiment grave... franceuniversites.fr/actualite/un...

📣 📣 📣 Still lots of TT jobs being advertised: The 2024-2025 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

📢 We have just published a new study on maternal care and immunity in earwigs, and I am particularly excited about the results of this one! 👉 authors.elsevier.com/a/1k4DmmjM6G8v

🐝 We're currently advertising three PhD projects to study bees at Bristol University, UK. Two focus on foraging behaviour, ecology & nutrition, one on parasitic bees and their impact on indigenous stingless beekeeping in Peru. Feel free to share: www.socialinsect-research.com/opportunitie...