A massive congratulations to @anelivb.bsky.social who successfully defended her PhD thesis titled “Effects of density on Antarctic fur seals“! 🥳🎓🦭🧪

Have you ever wondered about fine-scale predator-prey dynamics? 🧪 I used image data and a neural network to investigate this in Antarctic fur seals. Read more: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article... #Ecology #AntarcticResearch Giant petrel stalking Antarctic fur seal pup, watercolour, ALB.

Have you considered the role of epigenetic variation in niche individualization? We explored the interplay between interindividual phenotypic variation and epigenetic processes in a paper recently published in Trends of Ecology and Evolution 🧪 Read more here: www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

Have you considered whether animals differ in their perception of density? We explored how differences in our senses, interpretation and past experiences shapes density perception, causing behavioral differences and affecting fitness outcomes. 🧪 nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

What is responsible and rigorous science? @anelivb.bsky.social and @rebeccachen.bsky.social spent the last two days discussing this question at the #iScienceTBD workshop at @idiv-research.bsky.social. From EDI and science communication to HARKing, p-hacking, DAGs – lots of food for thought! 🌱🧠

And the full paper in Ecology and Evolution @ecol-evol.bsky.social here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #InclusiveAcademia #ConferenceEquity #DiversityInScience

Publication alert! ✨ Our recent paper in Ecology & Evolution addresses how to make conferences more inclusive. We collected observational and experimental data during Q&A sessions at the Behaviour 2023 congress hosted by Bielefeld University, and circulated a survey among conference attendees [1/4]

🧪 Lab plastic waste is a huge problem - but what can we do about it? 🥼 In our lab, we tested whether reusing and washing microtitre plates could help reduce waste. In some cases, it works! ♻️ 🌍 Read more here: buff.ly/XOGSX0q #greenlab #sustainability #openscience

I had the pleasure of presenting at my first European Cetacean Society's conference. The conference in Ponta Delgada, the Azores was extremely well executed and I had a great time connecting with peers and learning more about marine mammals. #ECS #ECSconference

Ever wondered if you could reduce the laboratory plastic waste? We tested the reusability of microtiter plates for PCR and fragment detection. Read more here: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

@anelivb.bsky.social & @rebeccachen.bsky.social emphasise the pre-publication error correction potential of open data in our latest #SORTEEjournal club post: https://sortee.org/blog/2025/01/23/2025_on_open_science_error_correction_and_the_imperfect_scientist/

25th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. With the theme 'fishing for change', SMM brought together scientists from near and far to share knowledge, experience and ideas. Take home message: if you take from Country, you must give back to Country. (life in balance with nature)

conservgenomics Paris take home messages: - How do we bridge the gap between scientists and conservation agents? - How do we communicate our results, so they are interpretable to those who must apply them? #conservgenomics #conservation #science