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...