What is the evolutionary origin of the organizer? New work from @kremnyovs.bsky.social, @tclebedeva.bsky.social & Hejnol Lab @uni-jena.de reports the blastopore lip of the #ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi, a member of the evolutionary sister group to all other metazoans, exhibits organizer activity.

Interested in miRNAs, early animal evolution, and RNA biology? We’re recruiting a BBSRC-funded Postdoctoral Research Associate @bristolbiosci.bsky.social #Postdoc #microRNA #RNAbiology Apply by 14 May 2026. 👉 www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find-in...

First home grown lobate!😍 Thanks @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social and @alexandrejan.bsky.social for sharing ctenophore larvae!

Happy #CtenophoreDay (10-04) for those in Europe, UK, Australia & others that use DD-MM-YYYY format! This bi-annual event celebrates these squishy globs of goodness 🤩 Go ahead: share your favorite #ctenophore images and videos using the hashtag #CtenophoreDay! Credit video to @oceana.bsky.social.

Work with #ctenophores or similar emerging models of evolutionary biology? Whether you research or take care of them, we want to follow you! Reach out if this describes you 😀 Please repost! 🙏

Introducing #CtenophoreCtuesday where we'll share cool #sciart & fun facts about your favorite #Ctenophore species! This first post shows the life cycle of Mnemiopsis leidyi, which can undergo REVERSE development when fed after periods of stress 🤯 Credit illustration to @beziostudio.bsky.social. 1/2

Welcome Kevin! I am sure the dive into the evolution of ctenophore neurons is gonna be adventurous!😄 This project is supported by a generous @leverhulme.ac.uk grant.

🚨 Thrilled to announce that I’ve been awarded a new project by Artsdatabanken, the Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre. Project ODIN will investigate Octocoral Diversity In Norway 🌊🪸, tackling it with a synergetic combination of imaging 🔬📽️ and sequencing 🧬💻 tools. Picture: Erling Svensen.

Lecturer jobs at Bristol -one week to go! Anyone is welcome to apply, but we definitely need some more female colleagues! Please don't hesitate to contact me to chat about how it is to work at our school 😊

Don't miss this awesome postdoc opportunity! A chance to dive into mechanisms of symbiosis!

3 lecturer jobs at School of Biological sciences at Bristol! Apply by March 8! www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... It turns out the first sponges didn't have a skeleton! New paper by Eleonora Rossi, Davide Pisani and co-authors.

Our latest: Independent origins of spicules reconcile paleontological and molecular evidence of sponge evolutionary history, led by @meleonora-rossi.bsky.social with help from friends @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social including @anariesgo.bsky.social @evopalaeo.bsky.social Davide Pisani and many others

Really happy to have been granted a #ERCCoG, grateful to the team who made this possible, and to the community who considered this work promising! If you (or someone you know) are/is interested in #chromatin evolution and #giantViruses, please do get in touch, there will be positions available.

Interested in a #PhD with neuroendocrine and bioimaging focus? Check out our @swbiodtp.bsky.social project 'Creating a functional map for brain-gut signalling in a simple worm', with @alexdcorbett.bsky.social and CASE partner Cairn Research Ltd. Application deadline Wednesday 3rd December.

🪸 Two weeks to go! Please apply for this Postdoc position! 🪸

Happy #worldjellyfishday, everyone 🪼🪼🪼! Jellyfish (and their blooms) are a fundamental part of marine ecosystems, significantly contributing to carbon transport and storage. An ocean without jellyfish would not be a healthy ocean. @universitetsmuseet.bsky.social @unibergen.bsky.social

Excited to share that we have just been awarded a NERC Pushing the Frontiers grant to work on between-group cooperation in the Shark Bay dolphins. We will soon advertise a 3 year post-doc to join the team - drop me an email if you might be interested! Pls share widely 🙏🏻

🪸 🪸 🪸 Postdoc position in my group at Bristol to study the role of venom in surviving environmental stress in corals! 🪸 Interested in venom biochemistry and coral ecology?Please apply by November 24! @bristolbiosci.bsky.social www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

The CRG PhD call is now open. Exciting opportunities across diverse topics and within a world-class scientific environment. Our group is offering one PhD position to study chromatin evolution. Consider applying or share with anyone who might be interested! www.crg.eu/en/content/t...

If you’re interested in joining our team as an Assistant Engineer, don’t hesitate to get in touch! Exciting projects, a friendly and dynamic team - all based in the beautiful French Riviera! @institutBiologieValrose - @cnrscotedazur.bsky.social

❓ Want to join us? 📢 Fully funded #PhD for UK-domiciled Black heritage candidates 🐵 Biological market monitoring & manipulation in social animals #mongooses #macaques #fieldwork 👥 With me, #LaurenBrent & #PatrickKennedy 🎓 @bristolbiosci.bsky.social ℹ️ www.findaphd.com/phds/project... 🙏Share widely

We are thrilled to announce the launch of the Michael Sars Visitors Program! ✨🧪 To spark new connections, we are opening our doors to visiting researchers who wish to conduct a project in #SunnyBergen. Applications are open, help us spread the word!

Exciting news to share! I have started my new role as a Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology / Director of MSc Bioinformatics program at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol @bristolbiosci.bsky.social

We have a postdoc opening for a protistologist with biophysics inclinations to join our @hfspo.bsky.social project! (focus will be on characterising the morphology, ultrastructure and behaviour of excavates) #protistsonsky Apply by Sept 17th (RTs appreciated!) jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

🚨 We’re recruiting PhD students! 🚨 Join the Stem Cell Biology and Evolution lab at @lsiexeter.bsky.social to study planarians, stem cells & evolution. 2 projects available - 1 week left to apply! Interested and no PhD yet? Apply now. Or help us spread the word! 🙌 www.exeter.ac.uk/research/ins...

My group is hiring a new Postdoc to work on gene regulation and chromatin in Nematostella. Please RT! For more information see here: gahanlab.com tinyurl.com/34xke35d

Job! 2-year postdoc position in EVElab, Bristol UK on nutrition and infections in pregnancy (FLF-funded) www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLV631/r... Apply if you are enthusiastic about: - experiments on insects which get pregnant - relevance of evolution to public health - a vibrant city & research environment

Sea anemones track the suns position?! 🤯 So thrilled to share our paper is finally published in @J_Exp_Biol! 🎉 Congrats to my student leads Eliska Lintnerova and Callum Shawn. Check it out: journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

Thrilled to see #choanoflagellates on the cover of Science Advances🤩. Our latest work "Electrical signaling and coordinated behavior in the closest relative of animals" out now. Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 👏 @jeffcolgren.bsky.social @msarscentre.bsky.social

1/3 I am very excited to tell you about our latest work where we looked not only into sea anemones but also 🪸 We find in #Nematostella that stress induces not immunity, but also viral replication, actually much faster than the immune response! 🧵 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

We've got a number of PhD projects up for grabs with competitive funding, but apply asap because they have Jan 13 and Jan 20 application deadlines!! Check out the list below...... www.bristol.ac.uk/earthscience...

We’ve extended the deadline to Jan 6 2025. Come join us in #SunnyBergen

We are seeking to appoint a Pathway 3 Lecturer as the operational lead of our highly successful Bioinformatics taught Masters programme! More info: bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/details/?nPostingId=185735&nPostingTargetId=368795&id=Q50FK026203F3VBQBV7V77V83&LG=UK&languageSelect=UK&mask=newuobext

Very exciting meeting next year bringing together multiple areas of expertise to discuss early animal evolution! cjm.sb-roscoff.fr/en/conferenc...

The mysterious comb jellies are the stars of the latest episode of Science Sessions, a podcast by @pnas.org 🤩🧪 Listen to @joanjsoto.bsky.social & @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social explain their fascinating ability to become young again. 🔊 www.pnas.org/post/podcast... 📖 tinyurl.com/yj2xjsx3

📢 18-month postdoc in my lab doing drought modelling with either the UK land surface model JULES or machine learning. Up to you which. Please share widely (thanks) www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de... Closes: 18th January

#Multicellularity enthusiasts! Mark your calendars! EMBO Workshop on "Evolution and Origins of Multicellularity Across the Tree of Life" 📅 October 9-11, 2025, Barcelona 🔗 Pre-register here: coming-soon.embo.org/w25-102 @csic.es @embopress.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxKj...

This Black Heritage PhD position is still available in our lab at @bristolbiosci.bsky.social if anyone is interested (or knows someone who might be). Please re-post #blackinStem 🐝

A few days left to apply 🙌🏻

Spread the word! Lots of exciting PhD studentships open under the SWBio scheme (doctoral landscape award) www.swbio.ac.uk Including this one with our group @lsiexeter.bsky.social on programming cyanobacteria motility www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Apply by 11 Dec 2024 (email/DM for details)!

🐝 We're currently advertising three PhD projects to study bees at Bristol University, UK. Two focus on foraging behaviour, ecology & nutrition, one on parasitic bees and their impact on indigenous stingless beekeeping in Peru. Feel free to share: www.socialinsect-research.com/opportunitie...

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. M. leidyi, or the sea walnut 💚can self-fertilize and produce 2,000 eggs daily 💚has a TRANSIENT ANUS (it appears only for 💩, then is gone) 💚belongs to the oldest taxon with a nervous system 💚is bioluminescent 💔is one of top 100 worst invasives (IUCN) 🧪🌏

My first independent review about ctenophores and the evolution of the nervous system 😎 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Many thanks @ferdix.bsky.social and Cedric Finet for the invitation!! And Joan Soto Angel for awesome ctenophore pictures!!

bioRxiv goes big on Bluesky: accounts for all subject categories now available (Please Reskeet) connect.biorxiv.org/news/2023/09...

Interested in the evolution of multicellularity and cell differentiation? Núria Ros-Rocher, James Gahan and I are organizing a symposium in Helsinki at @EED2024 next year! Abstract deadline at the end of January! tinyurl.com/EEDHelsinki

Please spread the word - one more PhD position at Bristol to study the effects of climate change and bleaching on the coral venom! Will be happy to discuss the project 🙂 Deadline: Midnight, 4 December. Funded by SWBio DTP www.swbio.ac.uk/advancing-th...

Please spread the word: a funded PhD position at Bristol for UK students of Black heritage to study effects of climate change on venom composition in local jellyfish and sea anemone species! Deadline - January 8. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Please spread the word: a PhD position at Bristol to dig into the origin of neurons by characterising ctenophore neuropeptides! Involves work with cool marine animals😉! Deadline - January 8. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...