I'm never going to be okay with the idea that I'm supposed to sit politely while people talk about using ChatGPT to do their research! I actually do this science stuff because I enjoy it, and I think if you hate writing your own papers or parsing your own data THAT much you should do something else!

Just to simplify what we think happens: Blue light hits pigments in the retina of migratory birds that become 'little magnets' that respond to magnetic fields as light & dark patterns on their visual field. In gamer terms, it's a 'compass on their HUD', merged in with visual data.

Repetitive Hibernation-Like State Suppresses the Progression of Amyloid Pathology https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.26.694269v1

Photoperiodic time measurement in birds relies on deep brain photoreceptors. VAopsin has been suggested to be important, but in the arctic svalbard ptarmigan VAopsin is non functional in the hypothalamus: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Check out my perspective piece on tanycytes and hibernation

Choosing which models best explain photoperiodic time measurement mechanisms in plants by Takato Imaizumi doi.org/10.1038/s443... via npj Biol Timing Sleep #PlantScience

Interested in a Graduate Assistantship? The Energetics Lab (Giroud) at Northern Michigan University is now accepting applications for a motivated individual to obtain a Master in Biology and work on seasonal changes of the cardiac proteome & heart function in hibernating species.

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

The International Hibernation Society is happy to release the Seasonal Hibernation Highlights for the Fall 2025. Enjoy reading the latest research on Torpor & Hibernation as Seasonal Adaptative Strategies and as Biomimicry Inspiration! @sicbjournals.bsky.social @sebiology.bsky.social

The International Hibernation Society starts to release quaterly Seasonal Highlights on the Topic "Torpor & Hibernation as Seasonal Adaptative Strategies". Here are the first Hibernation Highlights for the Summer 2025. Enjoy reading the latest research from the Torpor & Hibernation field!

Check out the last IHS research seminar by Dr Julia Nowack from Liverpool John Moores University. Great insights on adaptive thermoregulation in endotherms facing rapid environmental change. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkIJ... @julianowack.bsky.social @sicbjournals.bsky.social @sebiology.bsky.social

Something that I have been thinking about with attribution of "PhD level intelligence" or "PhD level expertise" to a machine is that it reflects an increasing trend among these AI bros and their sycophants to want the products of highly skilled training without actually doing any of the work.

I am looking for a postdoc wanting to use functional genomics to understand why birds 🐦 struggle with climate warming in @erc.europa.eu project #HotLife. Ideal candidate is a molecular evolutionarybiologist. Join us at @biologylu.bsky.social. Details 👇 shorturl.at/wijEq Would appreciate a re-post!

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The second paper from my PhD thesis is out in Frontiers in Neuroanatomy!🤩🤩 I can finally stop having nightmares on primary cell cultures 😅 🧫 www.frontiersin.org/journals/neu...

What a pleasure to expertise Vebjorn Melum’s PhD work « Rheostasis & Timing: A Tanycyte-Mediated Process » at the Arctic University of Norway Trøms (UiT). Congratulations Dr Melum, & thanks to his supervisors: Shona Wood, David Hazelrigg (UiT), & Valérie Simonneaux (CNRS) for the great opportunity!

New PhD and Postdoc Roles in #chronobiology! Areas of Research include: The Biological Clock in Diabetic Retinopathy, Plant Proteomics, Bioinformatics See the forum for new roles available: www.bioclocks.uk/forum/_jobs #AcademicSky

Want to write an MSCA fellowship with support to study hibernation with me? Apply by 16th February. See this link euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/309304

Thank you @rebeccadumbell.bsky.social for giving me a chance to explain why JNE and other society-based journals are so important for the advancement of science and the careers of scientists! And thanks to former JNE EiC, Gareth Leng, for the quote! @bsneuroendo.bsky.social @infneuroendo.bsky.social

We are searching broadly for a PhD candidate interested in the evolvability of heat tolerance and the interaction between evolution and plasticity in 🐦🐣, based at @biologylu.bsky.social. Be great if you could re-post. Details 👇 #ERC #HotLife @ercresearch.bsky.social

Interested in Chronobiology and olfactory imprinting? UiT has a scheme to help you write a MSCA fellowship to work with us in Tromsø euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/309754

Interested in Arctic Chronobiology? UiT has a scheme to help you write a MSCA fellowship to work with us in Tromsø euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/309746

This is interesting not least because it points to another potential route through which obstructive sleep apnoea can cause mischief. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Why not apply to write a MSCA fellowship with me on hibernation, tanycytes and seasonality: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/309304

Here a short reminder that the closing date is approaching (30 January) - for this pretty exciting position (!) to work as a PostDoc on the B. subtilis circadian clock. shorturl.at/LKjWz

Just bumping this up for those who may have missed earlier announcements-- we have a new PI position in the Neuroscience & Mental Health program here at SickKids. Neural and glial mechanisms in cognition.

Great opportunity! First post doc position within ERC Synergy “MicroClock” open for applications! Join our vision to understand the Bacillus subtilis #circadian clock. More opportunities soon at LMU, Leiden University and the John Innes Centre @microclockerc.bsky.social #chronobiology

Hello everyone (and sorry for the low activity here). We are looking for a technician to help us with the tit project. So if you are a bird fanatic, and maybe also have some skills to work with devices in the field and/or with field experiments, please consider applying. 🥰

The deadline to apply for a Group Leader position at the Centre is extended, send your application by January 6, 2025 🌊 An incredible opportunity to lead innovative marine science in beautiful Bergen! 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬🧪 Reposts appreciated 🙏 tinyurl.com/4bwn8u3n

Can you explain your doctoral research through interpretive dance? The 17th annual #DanceYourPhD competition is open! Submit by 28 March for a chance to win $2000: scim.ag/3BcKi0e

Karen Bales, Ph.D. will give the IBNS Presidential Lecture: Comparative and developmental neurobiology of pair-bonding. June 24-29, 2025 in Tromsø, Norway.

Want to work in the field with great tits? We have a 3yr technical position available with @babimt.bsky.social : www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

#Immunosky #neuroskyence our team is expanding and we’re recruiting a colleague with a strong background in neuroscience (PhD level) to conduct curiosity-driven research into the role of adaptive immunity in controlling sleep. Details & how to apply here: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

I had the pleasure of co-supervising this talented student on a project involving seals, diving, hypoxia, astrocytes, neurons and the circadian clock!

ASTI's Chiara Ciccone successfully defended her PhD today! We are so proud 👏 Find her thesis here: munin.uit.no/handle/10037...

Took the plunge and deleted the twitter/X account....all in with bluesky

We are just 10 days away from the Lund Thermal Biology meeting, covering everything temperature in across the tree of life 🌞❄️🐸🐦🐟. ALL talks will be live-streamed on Zoom and registration is not needed. Check out the conference website for the final program 👉 shorturl.at/rKqeY

Interested in chronobiology and biological rhythm research? Here’s some folks to follow! Want to be added? Reply here go.bsky.app/Sw8L4aS 🧪 🌍 🦑 #EvoBio

I am lucky enough to feature in a popular science article about the future of hibernation research: www.thetransmitter.org/physiology/r...

Guess what? Reindeer do have a functional molecular circadian clock! It's just the coupling that isn't great. Check out ASTI's latest work in JBR: tinyurl.com/4ks4sac3

Time to consider joining IBNS in June 2025. Besides the exotic location in Norway above the polar circle, and thus the experience of midnight sun, we also have a wonderful program with exciting keynote speakers! 👇#neuroskyence #Tromsø

Our latest work on the earliest events in the brain of an hibernator: journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

I am talking at #BOU2024 about biological rhythms and clocks of urban and forest birds. I show that city birds may be less sensitive to ALAN than forest birds. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1... But our new common garden results suggest this is not related to genetic clock differences.

Inside JEB feature on our work: In hooded seals, the circadian clock tells them when to wake up & when to sleep. Ciccone &co show that the clock also tells their mitochondria when to be more efficient at making energy, allowing for deeper dives during the day. journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

Original paper here: journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

First post intro: I work on seasonal rhythms. Working and living above the arctic circle I have a strong appreciation of seasonality! Currently I have an ERC consolidator award to research hibernation in the golden hamster. I also work with hooded seals, reindeer and ptarmigan!