I am amazed by the thoughtful process behind those changes, worth a read! 🚨Important updates: From 2027 on, eligibility for Starting Grants will be from post-PhD to 10 years post-PhD. Consolidator Grant: between 5 and 15 years after defending one's PhD. Max 1 grant of each type/researcher. #ERC

🚨 Reminder! The deadline to submit for #EvoKE25 is September 25th 🗓️ Don’t miss the chance to be part of this! 👉 More info & dates: evokeproject.org/important-da... @eseb.bsky.social @evolletters.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social @natecoevo.nature.com @jevbio.bsky.social

A quick reminder to all those who care about open research to consider joining us for the FOR2026 Conference in the Future of Open Research at the Technical University of Munich in May 4-6, 2026! Deadline for paper and poster proposals: 30 September opensciencestudies.eu/for-2026-con...

#FridayReads Highly recommend this thorough review on the impacts (+/-) of #OpenScience in academia. Beyond merely assessing whether citations increase with OA, it offers a ~comprehensive view of OS outcomes and current gaps. It also provides *many* refs on the topic. ➡️ We need more of those papers!

We’ve just opened up applications to serve as an instructor for the CV4Ecology Program 2026! CV4Ecology (cv4ecology.caltech.edu) is an interdisciplinary AI education program focused on building AI expertise in the ecological community.

I had a great conversation with Abby. If you have 1-2 hours of your time to talk about/reflect on your story as a female PhD holder in STEM, and whether you're still in or no longer in academia, you should definitely reach out to her! Please share her call around you #WomenInSTEM

I had a great conversation with Abby. If you have 1-2 hours of your time to talk about/reflect on your story as a female PhD holder in STEM, and whether you're still in or no longer in academia, you should definitely reach out to her! Please share her call around you #WomenInSTEM

✨ We’re #hiring Theory Fellows!✨ Janelia is recruiting early-career scientists to join our collaborative research environment and use #computation & #theory to tackle bold questions in #biology. 🔗 Apply by Nov. 3 👉 janelia.link/theoryfellow... @hhmi.org

🌟 You’re invited! 🌟 Join us for #ABL2025, a FREE online conference on 13–14 November! Connect with scientists worldwide, share your work in a friendly, inclusive place and enjoy talks, posters, and plenaries, all streamed live on YouTube 📅 Submit your abstract by 7 Sep 🔗 ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org

1 To predict the behaviour of a primate, would you rather base your guess on a closely related species or one with a similar brain shape? We looked at brains & behaviours of 70 species, you’ll be surprised! 🧵Thread on our new preprint with @r3rt0.bsky.social , doi.org/10.1101/2025...

"Columbia’s capitulation has turned a university that was once a site of free inquiry and learning into a shadow of its former self, an-anti university" I spent decades at Columbia. I’m withdrawing my fall course due to its deal with Trump www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Very happy to share that this work that I took part in via @forrt.bsky.social is receiving the 2025 Commendation of @improvingpsych.org !

Check our new preprint! Our systematic review of 206 reversal learning studies shows that behavioural flexibility research is heavily biased towards birds, rodents, and humans, with most animal diversity virtually untested. #Manymanys #BigTeamScience #ComparativeCognition

@cvq.bsky.social, another colleague and I contributed to this great series by TREE. We talk about our experiences with neurological disorders, the effects on our careers, and give some suggestions on structural changes that would help researchers with invisible disabilities like ours in EcoEvo.

Last night at #ABS2025 I had a blast presenting our work on the Victoria’s riflebird done with @thomasmacgillavry.bsky.social Tonight, I'll be talking about SORTEE @sortee.bsky.social Come to poster #257 learn more about what the initiative is doing!

The amazing @marentierra.bsky.social @irisvanrooij.bsky.social Barbara M. & I build towards (sadly not obv to all): "Universities are not spokespersons for the AI industry. On the contrary, we need to resist being coopted and corrupted by the industries’ agendas." rcsc.substack.com/p/critical-a...

My latest for American Scientist Magazine helps give scientists the tools to fight back against politicized charges that our research is silly or pointless- tools that will work whether you’re asked “why are we funding this” from your asshole uncle at Thanksgiving or an asshole US Senator. 🧪🌎

The Best Postdoc Mentor Award is back! 🎓 Nominate your postdoc, recognizing their guidance, support and inspiration. The winner receives a $1,000 research grant. Learn more and submit your nomination: ow.ly/ukHZ50W7GHN (T&Cs apply) #PostdocMentor #LabLife

A new open-access Springer journal brand Discover, has absolute resemblance to MDPI and its strategy. A shocking new analysis by @paolocrosetto.bsky.social and other members of the Strain Team the-strain-on-scientific-publishing.github.io/website/post... HT: @deevybee.bsky.social

Reasonable, minimal collective action for a better scholarly publishing ecosystem

This week in my Science Communication course for grad students, we are starting our unit on communicating technical subjects to the interested public. Does anyone have any tips on *writing* about science or other technical subjects for the public that you'd like to share? Op-eds, blog posts, etc.

🚨BREAKING: 300+ NIH employees call out the harm of censorship & politicized science in scathing email to Bhattacharya, demanding an end to political interference, a lift on funding freezes, & rehiring of fired staff whose work saves lives. This is historic - insiders are blowing the whistle. 🧵(1/5)

People are confusing online only vs hybrid. I helped design and implement a hybrid meeting that I thought (& post surveys confirmed) went really well & could have been a template for other hybrid meetings, but resistance was too great. We host a "main" small meeting, invite only, in one location. 🧵

We were hoping that this letter to @bsky.app could first be shared by a Gazan, but we were too worried that doing so would get their account deleted so we are sharing first. You can sign on to the letter about the unfair treatment of Gazans on Bluesky here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

The call for applications has just been released for #CV4Ecology2026!! This three-week intensive program trains ecologists and conservation practitioners to develop their own AI tools for their own data. When: Jan 12-30, 2026 Where: SCBI @smconservation.bsky.social

Postdoc job alert! I'm hiring a 3-yr postdoc to work on our Social Modifiers of Primate Lifespans grant. Job info and how to apply below. Deadline June 1. Pls share! jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

💡Interested in improving feedback practices across #research? @forrt.bsky.social aims to create accessible recommendations for all researchers. Please share your best practices in their survey! The final output will be an e-book with actionable recommendations for researchers.

new preprint: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/view/9055 Code used in research is key to the methods and scientific output and we should ensure it’s not just "available" but easy to verify and build on. We present a practical tool to code review for scientists 🧪 work with @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social

Meet 10 neuroscientists bringing model diversity back with the funky animals they study. By @callimcflurry.bsky.social, @avaskham.bsky.social, @claudia-lopez.bsky.social, @shaena.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/animal-model...

Happened this week in retaliation for academics' support for students led protests against the government: "Serbia limits academics’ research time to just one hour a day" www.chemistryworld.com/news/serbia-... #science #Serbia #policies

"Reflections of a Conceptualist" by Till Roenneberg A short piece worth reading on the importance of formal and conceptual thinking 🧠💡 #science #paper

Very excited to announce the publication of our new article on evolutionary biology, cognitive sciences and beauty, with @tamramendelson.bsky.social Dave Shuker and @gilrosenthal.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

💡Interested in improving feedback practices across #research? @forrt.bsky.social aims to create accessible recommendations for all researchers. Please share your best practices in their survey! The final output will be an e-book with actionable recommendations for researchers.

New blog post on overcoming academic impostor syndrome. This arose from great discussions during our group retreat, and I decided to make it publicly available in the hope of providing some utility to #academia. #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter bastian.rieck.me/blog/2025/im...

🚨 #Internship alert in #MachineLearning I am recruiting a BSc (or MSc) student in #ComputerScience #DataScience for an internship this Spring On-site @univie.ac.at or remotely Possibility to develop a BSc/MSc thesis project Please share around & reach out if you have any questions! More details 🔽

The DEI Reading Circle is meeting again this summer semester to read and talk about Sexgender Diversity in Biology, starting next week! Join us for the first session on 25. 03. from 16:45-18:00 h in the UBB mensa! ✨️Why biologists need to talk about sex and gender?✨️

🚨 #Internship alert in #MachineLearning I am recruiting a BSc (or MSc) student in #ComputerScience #DataScience for an internship this Spring On-site @univie.ac.at or remotely Possibility to develop a BSc/MSc thesis project Please share around & reach out if you have any questions! More details 🔽

🧵Follow this thread to learn more about #GenderInequalities in R&I, the topic of our next Seminar "Addressing Gender-Based Violence in Academia" 📆Monday, 10th March 2025 🕐1pm GMT / 2pm CET 📍Online 🔗Free Registration: shorturl.at/PLeZt Hosts: WiCS-E & @rhulpsychology.bsky.social 🧵1/5

With @eliamascolo.bsky.social we developed an interactive class on biological evolution (focusing on mutations 👾) for science #teacher through a card game 🎲 We crash-tested it with #HighSchool students from Milan and made it available online for broader use: replicards.netlify.app #SciCom #EvoBio

Can humans discriminate individual birds of the spotted bowerbird from photographs?🪶 Students from the @fusanilab.bsky.social @univie.ac.at need you to answer that question! You can test your visual discrimination skills with their online experiment (~15 min long): sosci.univie.ac.at/bowerbird_di...

To be, or not to be, part-time in academia? This is a tricky question that has faced many of us and in @elife.bsky.social we discuss the benefits and challenges of being part-time. With @emiliapsantos.bsky.social and a fantastic, interdisciplinary team! elifesciences.org/articles/106...

We have a fully funded International 4-year position (combined Master of Research+PhD) to study visual navigation in jumping spiders. Project will be supervised by @pipilika.bsky.social, @mherberstein.bsky.social, @dinrao.bsky.social & Ximena Nelson. At Macquarie University, Sydney. Details below

Two studies published yesterday in Nature Climate Change find that Earth has effectively already warmed 1.5°C. Yes, this seems to be happening silently, but to be clear: over 1.5C of heating some places become uninhabitable and the risk of tipping points rises enormously. 1/n

Happy #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience Today we highlight dynamic women in #DataScience and their contributions to the scientific community to inspire the next generation #GirlsInSTEM #WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience #DiversityEquityInclusion #DSHQ datascience.univie.ac.at/events/women...

🚨 Call for people in eco/evo who identified as disabled, have chronic conditions and/or are neurodiverse. TEE is starting a series of TrendsTalk articles hearing from people about their experiences being disabled in eco/evo. #EcoECRcareer #evobio 🌍 #DisabledInSTEM @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social

Made a video showcasing resolve.pub which is like "google docs" for technical (ipynb/qmd) documents. The Video walk through how you can share any notebook on github with people who never code.. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBmB...

OH, GOOD. More people calling out the recycled Suppressed Memory/Satanic Panic bullshit known as The Body Keeps the Score. Let’s do this more. A lot. It’s a trash book that retraumatizes victims, victim blames, and valorizes violence against women and children. And he’s a sexual harasser.

New paper! 🧵 Exploring Neurodiversity: An Annotated Reading List 🧵 We annotate 9 themes for readers interested in neurodiversity, including the history of neurodiversity, embracing neurodivergent voices, and shifting perspectives on autism, ADHD, and more. Paper is here: doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

📖 Excited to share our new article, out now in @elife.bsky.social: elifesciences.org/articles/102... Our annotated readling list on neurodiversity is a result of the collaborative efforts of a fantastic, multidisciplinary & neurodiverse team

Chance often plays a major role in important scientific discoveries. For @timeshighered.bsky.social, Matthew Reisz spoke with Professor Telmo Pievani about his new book, "Serendipity: The Unexpected in Science," and the case for slower, smaller research: www.timeshighereducation.com/news/expect-...