@karendeepsidhu.bsky.social tells us about how monogamy/polygamy alters responses to heatwaves in burying beetles (well a 25oC Scottish heatwave anyway)

tinyurl.com/UoATransphobia ☝️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 im sure many of you are aware of hostility towards #trans staff & students in my department myself & other ECRs have published a desperate call for action on #transphobia from departmental and university management please read, share and SIGN IN SOLIDARITY ❤️

Right, you fucks, if you live in the UK sign this. If you don’t live in the UK share it as some of your followers might and they should sign this.

My latest article examines the #environmental impact of the #Gaza conflict. As @pmbigger.bsky.social from @cplusc.bsky.social noted: A substantial portion of land has now been destroyed, making it much harder to achieve any level of food sovereignty once the #genocide ends. More: shorturl.at/C1v1R

“It's amazing how pollution has dropped in #Paris in 15 years. @annehidalgo.bsky.social has filled the city with bike-lanes & not only has she reduced pollution by 40% but she’s also been re-elected.” Trading car space for green space, bike space, kid space…trading pollution for people. Good trade.

Postdoc @ evol-lab. A Leverhulme funded 3-year postdoc studying body shape evolution (through a sexual conflict lens) on Exeter's Penryn (UK) campus. Starts April 2025. Contact David Hosken @ U of Exeter for detail.

#BIPOC voices are often missing from autistic spaces, so here is a BIPOC starter pack! 😊 go.bsky.app/TtXfpAt #racialequality #antiracism The image of autism as “only white boys” leads to underdiagnosis, discrimination & isolation for many Our autistic community is much more diverse than that! ❤️

Final talks of #ASABWinter2024 by Kate Otter, @karendeepsidhu.bsky.social, @natacharossi.bsky.social / @animalbehaviour.live & Marina Paradopoulou Finishing with teaching queer & feminist perspectives in biology, addressing colonial bias, online outreach & gender ratios in academic publications.

It was amazing to get to give a talk on colonial legacies in Animal Behaviour, work has been ongoing for a long time behind the scenes, hopefully there will be more to come! #ASABWinter2024 #DecolonisingSBS

Amazing to hear more in depth about helicopter research/parachute science with some colonial context! #ASABWinter2024

Congratulations to the 2024 ASAB medal winner Rebbeca Kilner🏅 We award this medal annually for contributions to the science of animal behaviour, through teaching, writing, broadcasting, research or for work on behalf of the association. Any member can nominate candidates! #ASABWinter2024

Great to see @asab.org speakers promoting of the value of traditional indigenous skills, and how certification allows for a range of benefits (including better salaries for locals in grant applications). #ASABWinter2024

Final plenary by @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social concerning the language barriers in science. The hurdles for non-native English speakers are significant! #ASABWinter2024 Also, our congratulations to Tatsuya for winning the @britishecolsoc.bsky.social Equality and Diversity Champion award this week!

First talk session wrapped up at #ASABWinter2024 and my mind is racing with all these new understandings of biases! Can't wait for what's to come!

The sad truth is this isn't even everything, this department's transphobia and racism is completely out of control and continues to hurt so many people

When I try to explain how things are actually getting worse, people look at me like I'm crazy.This piece is spot on. #SIStem (senior #womeninSTEM)

reflecting on the past year of #queerphobia in my department (school of Biological sciences) at bsky.app/profile/unio... TW: #transphobia • posters torn down • posters defaced with penis stickers • transphobe invited by management to give #EDI workshop (1/5) #PhDSky #AcademicSky #QueerInSTEM

"Anyone who considers themselves a member of the STEMM community is welcome to sign. Please go to: forms.gle/oHqgSPGpiYte..., and provide your name, affiliation, and field of study."

I'm very happy to share with you the results of a collaborative experiment between the Catawba Indian Nation and faculty, staff, and students at Davidson College. Yield, growth, and labor demands of growing maize, beans, and squash in monoculture versus the Three Sisters🌽🫘🎃 A few take home points:

Leeds has a fully funded scholarship program for undergraduate and Masters study for Gaza students. **Tell Everyone** www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...

Really important and vital Runnymede Trust report on rising Islamophobia in the UK, and the intensification of racism, with a foreword by @nesrinemalik.bsky.social www.runnymedetrust.org//publication...

I had the pleasure of co-authoring with a large number of fellow queer and trans scientists a Perspective piece in PLoS Biology on conducting inclusive faculty searches for queer and trans scientists. The full commentary can be found here: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

Thank you @britishecolsoc.bsky.social for allowing me to write this for #TransgenderAwarenessWeek and for being such an important support system for me. As co-chair of EDGE and as a non-binary PhD student who has experienced a great deal of transphobia at my uni, I'd love it if you gave this a read!