New out in Molecular Ecology! In which we show that small males try harder when it comes to seminal fluid proteins. w/ @ju-morimoto.bsky.social @iremsepil.bsky.social @becks-seascience.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

We’re offering a fully funded 4 yr PhD position to work on Sexual selection in complex environments at the @uv.es. Co-supervised by @dbergerbiol.bsky.social. Find details below 👇

🚨 PhD position in behavioural evolution 🚨 Come do your PhD with me in Linköping, Sweden, using the domestic dog (and some wolves) to answer fun questions on how complex behaviours develop and evolve. Application deadline September 24 2025 🧪 🌍 🦊 #AcademicSky #ScienceJobs liu.se/en/work-at-l...

Interested in evolutionary ecology and genetics? Check out this PhD position in Pau Carazo's lab in Valencia - we look forward to your application!

We’re offering a fully funded 4 yr PhD position to work on Sexual selection in complex environments at the @uv.es. Co-supervised by @dbergerbiol.bsky.social. Find details below 👇

Here is "AI Consciousness: A Centrist Manifesto". I've been working on this feverishly because the issue seems to me so urgent - and I'm worried extreme positions on both sides are becoming locked in, when the best way forward is in the centre. Please read it! philpapers.org/rec/BIRACA-4

For more discussion of the "profoundly alien forms of consciousness" alluded to by @birchlse.bsky.social see here: arxiv.org/abs/2503.16348

An immense effort with contributions from many authors: @gonzalezlabbcn.bsky.social @geneticament.bsky.social @petrovadmitri.bsky.social @mgda76.bsky.social @rawwiberg.bsky.social @juliabeets.bsky.social @paucarazo.bsky.social ...and many others... ⬇️ Please tag yourself or other authors below

@jcbnunez.bsky.social et al. present an expanded release of the community-generated resource Drosophila Evolution over Space and Time (DEST 2.0), and showcase it by studying the species' demographic history and signatures of adaptation. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf132 #evobio #molbio #drosophila

Ahead of Print in AmNat: Sexual Conflict in Resident Species Can Facilitate Establishment of a Maladapted Invader by Gómez-Llano et al. Read now! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

📢 Do you have a project that exemplifies open science in ecology and evolution? If so nominate the project for a SORTEE Commendation Award 🏆 More details about the SORTEE Commendation Award:

Become our colleague! Tenure-track Assistant Professor position at The Center for Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. unil.ch/cig/en/home.... More details for how to apply are here: www.nature.com/naturecareer...

'Horrendous incident' Dem. senator on Sen. Padilla's forced removal from DHS Sec. Noem's press conference.

¿Eres estudiante y quieres asistir al congreso de la @eseb2025? ¡Solicita una de las ayudas de viaje que ofrece la @sesbe_org! Más info aquí: sesbe.org/solicita-tu-...

Los cursos de verano en #olavidecarmona son 🔝 Nuestras compañeras @anafminan.bsky.social , Sol Sotillos y @proteolaura.bsky.social organizan el curso ‘Modelos genéticos en investigación, de la bacteria al ratón’ dividido en dos partes! Info ⤵️ www.upo.es/formacionper... www.upo.es/formacionper...

The latest issue of eVOLUCIÓN @sesbe-org.bsky.social includes me pontificating on all manner of topics evolutionary. sesbe.org/revista-evol...

Preocupante que a los niños se les presente el creacionismo como alternativa equivalente a la evolución. En 2025! Queda mucho por hacer @sesbe-org.bsky.social #evolucion

Happy to share our Slow cooked work together with @mcgregorlab.bsky.social, @posnienlab.bsky.social , @nuneslab.bsky.social sky.social and Saad Arif and the collaboration of @maikekittelmann.bsky.social, Fernando Casares & @laurensr.bsky.social and many other friends rdcu.be/d8whP

#editorbio @paucarazo.bsky.social

La @sesbe-org.bsky.social lanza una beca de divulgación en redes orientada hacia estudiantes de doctorado o postdocs junior interesados en la divulgación. Solicitudes hasta el 30 de junio. 👇👇👇

El monogràfic, coordinat per @paucarazo.bsky.social i Enrique Font, reuneix experts de l'àmbit de la bioètica i els drets pels animals per a reflexionar sobre qüestions com: Senten els animals dolor, plaer i alegria? I tot acompanyat de la proposta artística de Pol Coronado. 🖌️

El que veiem 👀, olorem 👃, oïm 👂, toquem 🖐️ i sentim ❤️‍🩹 no és més que una porció diminuta del complex univers en el qual vivim. ✨ ✍️ @paucarazo.bsky.social i Guillem Pérez i de Lanuza metode.cat/revistes-met...

Lo que vemos 👀 , olemos 👃, oímos 👂, tocamos 🖐️ y sentimos ❤️‍🩹 no es más que una porción diminuta del complejo universo en el que vivimos. ✨ ✍️ @paucarazo.bsky.social y Guillem Pérez y de Lanuza metode.es/revistas-met...

El monográfico, coordinado por @paucarazo.bsky.social y Enrique Font, reúne especialistas del ámbito de la bioética y los derechos por los animales para reflexionar sobre cuestiones como: ¿Sienten los animales dolor, placer y alegría? Y todo acompañado de la propuesta artística de Pol Coronado. 🖌️

🐦 Calling all Early Birds! ​ ​ Hurry up and seize the opportunity to participate in the upcoming ESEB Congress, set in the vibrant city of Barcelona 🌟​ ​ 🎟️ Secure now your place at the best possible price 👉🏻 eseb2025.com/registration... ​ #ESEB2025 #Biology #Evolution #Genomics

REGISTER NOW: Register now: eseb2025.com/registration/

Your research matters! Contribute to the future of #EvolutionaryBiology by submitting your Abstract to #ESEB2025. 🔬 Explore over 50 topics, including: ✅ #Evolution in all its aspects ✅ #Genetics & #Genomics ✅ New Frontiers and more! 📩 Submit now: eseb2025.com/call-for-abs...

A change to our symposium line up for @eseb2025.bsky.social, Belinda van Heerwaarden @bvanheerwaarden.bsky.social is now joined by Matthew Koski. Abstract deadline in 25th April. @rhondasnook.bsky.social, @liamdougherty.bsky.social and I would love to see you there! #🧪

ÚLTIMA HORA | La Universitat de València responde a la jueza que cerró durante la DANA porque estaba “atenta” a los “avisos” que ignoró Mazón eldiario.es/comunitat-va...

This is super important. I volunteer with a local riding association. A big part of election success is getting out the vote. Volunteers make that happen. You can make a real difference!

The ASN Distinguished Achievement in the Conceptual Unification of the Biological Sciences is for a senior (but still active) investigator who has made major contributions that relate to the goals of ASN. This year’s awardee is Stuart West (Oxford) www.biology.ox.ac.uk/people/stuar... 11/N

So pleased to see this award for my colleague Stu who, more than anyone I know, epitomises the aim of this award

El profesor que impulsa la primera ley que pretende acabar con el sinhogarismo: “Es urgente dotarles de dignidad”

We are looking for two local South African research assistants to join our baboon projects ASAP. Please see flyer attached and drop us an email (see attached) if you're interested. Please also share with any one who might be interested!

For years I’ve contrasted the way that US science allocates cognitive effort from the bottom up via individual scientists responding to career incentives with the way things were done in the Soviet Union, from the top down, by the Party setting rear b priorities. I can’t do that anymore.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

Everything this fucking guy does [and everything he makes his apparatchiks do] benefits Putin.

Mazón dimissio

1/8 Different types of social learning in ants Tandem running is a form of learning in these insects, whereby an ant follows a guide who takes it to a place of interest. The two run close together, learning from one another. It seems that they do not all learn in the same way

Goosebump producing news this week out of Oregon Health and Science University in the diagnosis of pancreatic CA. They developed a groundbreaking blood test, called PAC-MANN. This new test can find pancreatic cancer in just 45 minutes, even in its earliest stages.

I've written a free and accessible guide to Cephalopod Sentience with Alex Schnell, Piero Amodio and Peter Morse, stunningly illustrated by Roksolana Tkach. Please download and share! It's worth it for the illustrations alone! 🐙 thebrooksinstitute.org/sites/defaul...

Consent means actively agreeing to be sexual with someone. It ✅ Must be freely given ✅ Must be explicit in words or actions ✅ Must be specific to each act ✅ Can be withdrawn at any time Respect boundaries.

Our Evolution of Evolvability work is finally* out! *technically it has been out for a bit, but all of ~this~ bullshit was happening www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Is low fecundity of old males a consequence of seminal fluid or sperm declines, or female post-mating responses? Our new paper in evolution letters finds some surprising answers! academic.oup.com/evlett/advan...

NERC Fellowships are open! We (Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, at the @liverpooluni.bsky.social) have a policy to provide a PERMANENT JOB to successful candidates at the end of the fellowship. Please in touch if you're interested!

BBSRC fellowships are open: 3yrs of funding, ECRs worldwide are eligible (including the US 👀). Deadline 7th May. If you've a some postdoc experience (but no prior independent fellowships) and fancy coming to my Dept/ Institute in @liverpooluni.bsky.social, drop me a message.

Thinking of applying for a fellowship? Fancy doing it Uni of Liverpool, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences? The fellowship group help applicants through the process from idea to interview. See liverpool.ac.uk/health-and-l... and get in contact👍

As democracy is being dismantled and the economic and political status of the US is being trashed, people who get their info from Fox News have no idea.

Esto, sobre nuestro reciente artículo (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...). Calimas sin riesgo radiactivo y con un origen distinto al que se suele escuchar.