Abstract submission is now open for the ASAB Spring Conference in Bristol.

Excited to be back in Edinburgh for the @britishecologicalsociety.org conference 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

*First preprint from our lab* !!!!! How does the brain learn to anchor its internal sense of direction to the outside world? 🧭 led by Mark Plitt @markplitt.bsky.social & Dan Turner-Evans, w/ Vivek Jayaraman: “Octopamine instructs head direction plasticity” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Thread ⬇️

Join us in Crete in May 2026 for the Mathematical and Computational Evolutionary Biology Meeting mceb2026.sciencesconf.org on the island's northern coastline near Heraklion. Abstract Deadline: January 31st

POSTDOC ALERT🚨 Two exciting social evolution postdoc positions live today! We're looking for two excellent field biologists. Join us to explore the evolution of sociality in wasps across Africa. Apply by 11th January. Collaboration with @dustinrubenstein.com @bristolbiosci.bsky.social

Are you heading to Edinburgh for #BES2025? Do come and find us at stand LT7 in the Lennox Suite! We’d love to connect, chat about all things entomology, and share what’s new at RES. See you there! 🪲 buff.ly/cF3NKTN @britishecologicalsociety.org

The Totem in Leuven’s central square is a hyper-realistic sculpture of a pinned jewel beetle by artist Jan Fabre. It’s now sitting right in the middle of the Christmas market. #Leuven #Art #Beetles

POSTDOC recruitment! We’re looking for a post-doc to join us to work on the (epi)genetic basis of inbreeding depression as part of the ANR-funded project FRIDA macrostomum.wordpress.com/the-genetic-... Please share!

Thrilled to announce a Postdoc opportunity in our group on the evolutionary genetics and ecology of colour. Wonderful system, great collaborators, and room to shape your own ideas. Apply by 7 Jan: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/13477181...

New paper out in @royalsocietypublishing.org Biology Letters. We show that variability in contest behaviour can emerge from plastic responses to modest size differences between focal males and their rivals. #Drosophila #Diptera royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article...

Fully funded #PhD studentships, start Sept 2026: 1. Weaponry and aggression in wild fiddler crabs, with me, Safi Darden, Martin How tinyurl.com/weaponsPhD 2. The emotional basis of behaviour, with me, Danny Williamson, Andy Higginson tinyurl.com/emotionsPhD #AnimalBehaviour @crab-exeter.bsky.social

Thrilled to see our "fighting" flies featured on the cover of Biology Letters! 🎉 🪰 Drosophila prolongata #Drosophila #Diptera royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/issue

Less than one week left to submit an abstract for ECE 2026 in Tours!

One-day meeting on insect behaviour research in Birmingham (and online).

One week left to submit an abstract for ISBE2026 in Turin 👇

Make sure you don’t miss our key dates for abstract submission and registration!

Registration and abstract submission are now open for next year’s ISBE Congress in Turin.

@asab.org Spring, aimed at ECRs, is coming to Bristol! Conference grant DEADLINE for Developing Country Applicants (<£2500) or anyone needing an early decision for visas (<£750) is in ONE WEEK, 1st December. www.asab.org/conference-g... Referee statement also needed by then! 🐝🐜🦟🦂🐠🐟🐬🦎🐸🦆🐿️🦓

Interested in how life history may shape the gut microbiome of a wild mammal? Keen on getting to work with an iconic long-term study system in Scotland? Check out this PhD opportunity with me, Josephine Pemberton and @gfalbery.bsky.social Reach out to chat more! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Jumping spiders can recognise one another. This ability to learn, remember and represent images is quite surprising for such a tiny-brained animal! buff.ly/dCkwPr0

Next European Congress of Entomology in the lovely city of Tours, France 👇

🚨 Uh-oh!!! A suuuper hot #PhD opportunity just dropped! My friend and collaborator Massimo De Agrò is looking for someone to explore jumping spider vision and neurophysiology! #psychophysics #jumpingspiders #greatPI - apply!!!! (Deadline December 17th) 🚨

📢4-year fully funded #PhD on seasonal timing of egg overwintering insects 🦋🦗🪳 🔬Identify universal mechanisms underlying #insect egg developmental time under #ClimateChange 📌@niooknaw.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social ℹ️ vacatures.knaw.nl/job-invite/2... ❗Application deadline: 7 December 2025

I'm v excited to be recruiting a PhD student to work on badger behaviour and ecology! Starting date is March 2026; see the ad here, or message me for more details: www.gregalbery.me/s/March-2026...

Myself and Alastair Wilson wrote an updated version of our 2016 primer to quantitative genetics in the wild: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... Happy to share a copy if interested. It is also on research gate

Abstract submission for ISBE2026 until 15 December 2025 👇

Interested in simulating the kind of data that you might commonly find in evolutionary and ecological studies? Then we have the R package for you - squidSim!! Check our new preprint: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

How do insects respond to changing climates? Our new review and analysis in @annualreviews.bsky.social suggests that phenological adaptation trumps thermal adaptation. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

ASAB @asab.org conference grants for the Winter meeting in Edinburgh, up to £500, close 1st October! @asab-meetings.bsky.social #ASABWinter2025 All the details needed are here: www.asab.org/conference-g... Don't forget I also need a referee statement emailed direct by the same deadline!

Worldwide patterns of selection on insect anti-predator coloration, published in the journal Science: www.science.org/doi/full/10....

We are delighted that our Winter Meeting 2025 in Leuven 🇧🇪 is approaching! Abstract submissions now open: www.iussi-nweurope.org/meetings Date: December 18-19 Abstract deadline: October 15 Host: Laboratory of Socioecology and Social Evolution at KU Leuven Plenary: Ido Pen & @rmash.bsky.social

Next year's European Congress of Entomology in Tours (France) 👇

🚨 PhD alert! IMPRS brain & behavior in Bonn just opened their calls for applications. Great PhD funding opportunities. Check it out! PS- I just joined their faculty, meaning you could do a rotation in my lab or even a PhD with me on spider sleep 🙃 Apply! 🚨

🚨 Postdoc opportunities! 🚨 We’re looking for postdocs in 🌿 biodiversity science, 🧬 genetic indicator assessment, and 📊 ecological statistics. Join us in unraveling the drivers & consequences of global change on biodiversity — and be part of a supportive & collaborative environment! DL 24 September

Job alert! We're looking for a Scientific Data Applications Specialist (m/w/d) 80-100% 📢 👉 Are you interested? Find all necessary information here: apply.refline.ch/673277/1287/...

3.5-year #Postdoc position on avian microbiomes and reproduction @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @niooknaw.bsky.social on a fully-funded ERC project focused on understanding the significance of reproductive microbiomes for host biology and fitness. Reach out for more info! nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...

Attention #Behaviour2025 ! Can’t wait for the next conference? Good news, the deadline for abstracts for #ASABWinter2025 has been extended !

📌North-West European IUSSI Winter Meeting 2025 We are happy to announce that our next meeting on the 18–19 December 2025 will be in Leuven, Belgium, hosted by @twenseleers.bsky.social and his team. Plenary speakers: Ido Pen & Rahia Mashoodh @rmash.bsky.social More details to follow 🐝🐜🪳🪲

The SORTEE Guidelines for Data and Code Quality Control in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology doi.org/10.32942/X24...

With #eseb2025 coming to a close, it is time to start making plans for 2026. Interested in the interface of evolution 🧬 and ecology 🌳? Come to our #ExE conference hosted by @uniexecec.bsky.social in beautiful #Cornwall. Leave your email address at tinyurl.com/EvolxEcol to join our mailing list!

Aurelien Tellier presenting the details of #eseb2027 which will be a hub meeting, with connected and local sessions in 4 hubs (Gothenburg, Munich, London, Istanbul) eseb2027.org #eseb2025

Interesting (moderne) discussion of E. O. Wilson's Sociobiology: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

📢 Don't miss out on this opportunity to join the @royentsoc in Glasgow this September for #Ento25 🪲 300+ insect scientists from across the globe are attending to celebrate the innovative research surrounding the little things that run the world 🔽 buff.ly/FiCiHj8 @unistrathclyde.bsky.social

We know it’s the middle of August ☀️ , but don’t forget to start thinking of winter and #ASABWinter2025 !! ❄️ ⛄️ ❄️☃️❄️

Continent-wide differentiation of fitness traits and patterns of climate adaptation among European populations of Drosophila melanogaster doi.org/10.1093/evle... Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by Esra Durmaz Mitchell et al. Drosophila melanogaster

Today, at #ESEB2025 👇

SORTEE Meet-up at @eseb2025.bsky.social – Barcelona Come connect with fellow ESEB attendees who share an interest in open, reliable, and transparent evolutionary biology. 📅 Wednesday, 20 August (tomorrow!) 🕜 1:30 PM 📍 Expo Area – look for @tomratz.bsky.social and @eivimeycook.bsky.social

**SORTEE Meet-up at #ESEB2025 – Barcelona** Come connect with @sortee.bsky.social members and fellow ESEB attendees who share an interest in open, reliable, and transparent evolutionary biology. 📅 Wednesday, 20 August 🕜 1:30 PM 📍 Entrance foyer, Expo Area – look for the SORTEE t-shirts!

For people going to ESEB - this will be Wednesday afternoon!

Applications for Winter 2025 conference attendance grants are trickling in, awarding up to £500 with a high success rate (if eligible). Deadline isn't until 1st October, but don't forget to get referee statements in by then too! All the info you need is here: www.asab.org/conference-g... @asab.org