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Professor and Behavioural Ecologist at Monash University
https://www.bobwonglab.org
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Christian Drerup
about 17 hours ago
On my way to
#ISBE2026
@isbe2026.bsky.social
๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ชฒ๐๐๐ชฑ๐ Is anyone else already in Turin today and up for a ๐บ or ๐ this evening?
#ISBE
#Behaviour
#Pizza
#Beer
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Jess Stephenson
about 16 hours ago
Hey
@isbe2026.bsky.social
- Iโll be in Turin from tomorrow, and looking to recruit PhD student and postdoc to my lab in Stockholm soonโฆ anyone interested in parasites, sexual selection, transgen effects, fish (guppy) tracking - letโs meet up!
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Hello Torino ๐ฅฐ
about 16 hours ago
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Fritz Francisco
1 day ago
Anyone @
#ISBE2026
๐ Turin - Munich 25/07/26?
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Bibiana Rojas
1 day ago
I just received over email the programme that
@isbe2026.bsky.social
has prepared for the children who will be using the daycare service during the conference! ๐คฉ BIG thanks to ISBE and the other scientific societies which have come this far to improve inclusivity at their scientific meetings ๐๐ฝ
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Had an awesome time in Padova at the International Conference of Poeciliid and Goodeid Biologists. A massive thanks to
@gilrosenthal.bsky.social
for leading the organisation of the meeting and trip down memory lane during the keynote intro ๐ฅฐ. Next stop: Torino for
#ISBE2026
!
1 day ago
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SORTEE
3 days ago
SORTEE is coming to
#ISBE2026
! ๐ ๐ข Learn about open science at our presentation (Monday, July 20, 14:00โ14:40) ๐ฒ Chat with our volunteers, test your knowledge with open science quizzes and games, and enter our prize draw at the SORTEE stall (all conference)
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Judith A.H. Smit
3 days ago
Soooo excited for
#ISBE2026
in Turino! Iโd love to connect to people working on communication (sounds/vibrations), plasticity, sexual selection, social interactions and/or urbanization! Shoot me a message or see you there! ๐
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Andy Radford
1 day ago
๐คDelighted our review on pre-emptive behaviour in a landscape of intergroup conflict is out now in
@cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social
๐Resulting from endless fascinating chats with
@josharbon.bsky.social
#warfare
#NERC
#conflict
#mammals
#birds
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
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Alexander Schlatmann
3 days ago
With the conference just a few days away, I thought it would be nice to create an
#ISBE2026
attendees Starter Pack to help us connect more easily. If youโre attending and would like to be included, send me a message or reply below!
go.bsky.app/CiXGqQ7
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Time of the night for making those big decisions ๐จ
2 days ago
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ASAB
2 days ago
Filling up faster than ever! So many folks excited for this extra special meeting of
#ASABWinter2026
๐ Better sign up now! โฌ๏ธ
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Andy Radford
2 days ago
Humans prepare for warfare in various ways, but we're not alone. Read how other species, from ants to apes, also exhibit behavioural flexibility in anticipation of encounters with rival groups in our NEW
@cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social
review. Led by
@josharbon.bsky.social
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2026.06.002
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Reunion of some current and former lab members in Padova ahead of the 12th International Conference of Poeciliid and Goodeid Biologists.
4 days ago
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Journal of Animal Ecology
5 days ago
๐๏ธ Native habitat affinities predict fish invasions with post-invasion habitat shifts ๐๏ธ ๐ Find out more:
buff.ly/ePh561L
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Marco Festa-Bianchet ๐จ๐ฆ
6 days ago
Very relevant for people involved in long-term studies. Always worried about self-plagiarism in describing study area and basic procedures - apparently it's kosher. ๐งช
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Hello Italy ๐ฎ๐น
5 days ago
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ASAB
10 days ago
It's official:
#Behaviour2027
is happening in Vienna next summer!
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Andy Radford
9 days ago
๐CONGRATULATIONS๐
#HarrySuter
on his first
#PhD
publication out now in
@royalsociety.org
#ProceedingsB
๐Optimal foraging
#modelling
to better understand
#self-control
in non-human animals
@bristoluni.bsky.social
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
#cognition
#ECRs
#evolution
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
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Self-control: changing our perspective on performance
Abstract. To measure self-control in non-human animals, subjects are typically tested on how long they will wait for a largerโlater food reward instead of
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2026.0488
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Behaviour 2027
10 days ago
We are excited to announce that
#Behaviour2027
(XXXIX International Ethological Congress) will be taking place in Vienna, Austria! We are looking forward to having you all join us next year from August 23-27. Please follow and share!
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Do you have a background in behavioural ecology and are you interested in doing a PhD in Australia? Iโm looking for new grad students so check out our website (
BobWongLab.org
) or come find me in Torino at
#ISBE2026
. ๐๐
9 days ago
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Jenny Stynoski
12 days ago
Interested in a postdoc position? Olfaction in poison frog tadpoles! Based in Germany with some field work in Costa Rica (bilateral funding, 3 years). Please share with your froggie and neuro/behavior contacts ๐ธ
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Happy Tartan Day ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
14 days ago
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Hanna Kokko
17 days ago
I've been to a lot of meetings where the timekeeping signals are bird calls, but it's special when the meeting's outing goes to that place where you can see & hear the birds! The scenery was OK too.
#ExE2026
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Royal Society Publishing
16 days ago
Transient marine species disproportionately expand the morphospace of North American continental freshwater fishes:
doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...
#BiologyLetters
#EcoEvo
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Damien Farine
17 days ago
Awesome *postdoc* opportunity with Megan Head at
@biologyanu.bsky.social
on thermal ecology of beetles. Great place to work, great project, amazing supervisor and really good pay. Don't miss out!
jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/postdoc...
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Postdoctoral Fellow - Canberra / ACT, ACT, Australia
Classification: ย Academic Level ASalary package: $91,546 - $114,906 per annum plus 17% superannuation Terms: ย Full time, Fixed term (up to 2 years) (flexible arrangements, job share, or part time hour...
https://jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/postdoctoral-fellow-canberra-act-act-australia-c926aef3-782b-438a-b1e3-0596faea593e?lApplicationSubSourceID=
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ASAB
18 days ago
It's official! You can now register for
#ASABWinter2026
โ๏ธ It's nice to look forward to cooler times.๐ฎโ๐จ Deadline Aug 15
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Melbourne now. Torino in a few weeks.
#ISBE2026
17 days ago
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Michael Kearney
19 days ago
I'm looking for a postdoc to work on an Australian Research Council Laureate Project on climate change responses, applying a Julia implementation of the NicheMapR package. The work could go in control theory, DEB theory or population process directions
unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/UoM_External...
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Research Fellow in Biophysical Ecology
Role type: Full Time (1.0 FTE); Fixed term for 2 years Faculty: Faculty of Science Department/ School: School of BioSciences Salary: Level A: $87,266 - $118,416 p.a. plus 17% super ARC-funded climate ...
https://unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/UoM_External_Career/job/Parkville/Research-Fellow-in-Biophysical-Ecology_JR-014939
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Finishing up my 2.5 year term as Director of Monash's Master of Environment and Sustainability at the end of June. It's been an amazing role getting to work with inspiring students from around the world. A massive thanks to them as well as the wonderful team of Monash educators ๐
20 days ago
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Finishing off the
#ASSAB2026
conference in Adelaide on an extreme (sugar) high. Not eating again until
#ISBE2026
in Turin.
23 days ago
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ASSAB
24 days ago
We got to watch some awesome footage of slow motion spider jumps because Noelia Calderon and her talk "Scaling the Jump: Sexual Dimorphism in Jump Kinematics in Peacock spiders"
#ASSAB2026
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Chrissie Painting
24 days ago
It's been a fabulous few days at Flinders Uni in Adelaide for
#ASSAB2026
One of the final talks of the conference by Caitlin Dwyer shows some of the amazing diversity of study animals presented on by Australasian animal behaviourists during the conference ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ ๐ท
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ASSAB
24 days ago
Fantastic talk and asking the hard hitting questions about future climate conditions by Caity Dwyer and her talk "Hot Summers, Cold Deaths: Moult Conditions and Winter Mortality in Superb Fairywrens"
#ASSAB2026
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ASSAB
24 days ago
Special thanks to Pablo Recio for doing the last talk at
#ASSAB2026
about "Hormonal mechanisms of pair bonding in long-term monogamous reptiles"
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ASSAB
24 days ago
Best Student Full Length Talk Prize first place Oakleigh Wilson!! Congrats for asking us "how fast does an Impala run !!"
#ASSAB2026
unfortunately she had already left and missed it ๐ซฃ
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ASSAB
24 days ago
Best Student Full Length Talk Prizes second place goes to Rob Boddington. He really is leading the way in fish behavior!
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ASSAB
24 days ago
Best Student full Length talk Prize for third place goes to .... Anuja Josep for teaching us the flight paths of bees!!
#ASSAB2026
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ASSAB
24 days ago
Congrats Noah Tan for winning the best student lighting talk prize!!
#ASSAB2026
thanks for keeping it brief for us at the end of a long day
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ASSAB
24 days ago
And the best student poster prize first place poster goes to ... Charlotte Sutton!! Her poster about keeping finches up all hours of the night had so much work on it!! Good work!!
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ASSAB
24 days ago
Great job Panduka Amarasekara for his amazing poster about spiders and winning second prize for best student poster
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ASSAB
24 days ago
And the best art display was really Jaws dropping! Good work Brendan Ebner
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ASSAB
24 days ago
Great work Caitlin Dwyer for winning the People Choice Award and making us imagine what fairy tern looks like naked
#ASSAB2026
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ASSAB
24 days ago
Great work Maddison C. Randall won the prize for the best pollinator full length talk prize. Unfortunately they weren't here to collect the prize, so please pretend that Aubrey Keirnan collecting the prize on their behalf is Maddison
#ASSAB2026
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ASSAB
24 days ago
And here comes Patricia Slattery winning the best pollinator full length talk prize second place. Congrats!! I think she cheated by adding so many bee species
#ASSAB2026
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ASSAB
24 days ago
And the last prize goes to Kai Ting Ng for the best Pollinator poster prize. Congrats!! You deserve it !!!
#ASSAB2026
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ASSAB
24 days ago
A fantastic look at the lives of birds of prey by Mick Wakefield with "Nest camera insights and factors impacting the best success of Square-tailed Mites and Little Eagles "
#ASSAB2026
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ASSAB
24 days ago
Getting some steamy talks about mites by Anastasia Shavrova with "Sex conflict in bulb mites mediated by polymorphisms?
#ASSAB2026
and be sure to check out her podcast "Convos with Chordates"
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ASSAB
24 days ago
Another great talk about mites and sexual selection by Sneha Kumar with "High risk, high reward? Male mate choice in weapon used mites"
#ASSAB2026
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