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Ana Cristina Gomes

@anacrgomes.bsky.social
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PostDoc researcher at Uppsala University Behavioral ecology, phenotypes evolution, sexual selection, social behaviour, coloration, cognition, personality PhD (she/her)

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European Conference on Behavioural Biology @ecbb2026.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
#ECBB2026 Back to our symposium Health, Welfare & Fitness, Miguel Silva shares his work Elevated testosterone increases impulsivity in a social bird
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Paul Dufour @pauldufour80.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
🚨 Exciting news! The Swiss Ornithological Institute is starting a collaborative program that offers multi-sensor geolocators and analytical support for bird migration research, focusing on underrepresented species & regions. Interested? geopressure.org/GeoCollabForm/ Please share!
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Quentin Bacquelé @quentinbacquele.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
1/ The world's songbirds sing in just 8 basic sounds. And where a bird lives decides which ones it uses. My first PhD paper is out now in @science.org (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aee6239) Here is what we found:
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Ana Cristina Gomes @anacrgomes.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
📢 New paper alert! 📢 We found that sex-specific loss, rather than independent evolution, drive plumage pattern dimorphism in Estrildidae, with João Pacheco, Gonçalo Cardoso @mostlywaxbills.bsky.social , and Michael Sorenson, at Evolution academic.oup.com/evolut/artic... (1/7)
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Evolution of sexually dimorphic plumage patterns in estrildid finches
Abstract. Pigmentation patterns aid in camouflage and may also serve for communication. To understand the evolution of different types of within-feather pi
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Dieter Lukas @dieterlukas.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026
I compiled a list of 350 #funding opportunities for #postdoctoral research #fellowships: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J2M… I realized I should share this again after mentioning it to some folks at the #EFP2026
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Ana Cristina Gomes @anacrgomes.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
New Paper I'm co-author 🍾🍾 and I'm really happy it got to the cover page of NEE. Check it out 👇👇👇
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Behaviour 2027 @behaviour2027.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
We are excited to announce that #Behaviour2027 (XXXIX International Ethological Congress) will be taking place in Vienna, Austria! We are looking forward to having you all join us next year from August 23-27. Please follow and share!
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Ana Cristina Gomes @anacrgomes.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
New Paper! 👇👇 check it out 👀
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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
New role! 📢 We're looking for a dynamic and experienced Science Manager to join us at BTO. Apply now ➡️ www.bto.org/jobs #Ornithology 📆 Full time, Permanent. 📝 £46,344 per annum. 📍 Hybrid working. Deadline for applications: Monday 9 March.
A Cuckoo perches on a post. Wording over the image reads: We're hiring. Science Manager. www.bto.org/jobs. BTO logo top right of the image. Image credit bottom left reads: Cuckoo by Edmund Fellowes / BTO.
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Qvarnström Lab @qvarnstromlab.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Last week the annual @animecol-uu.bsky.social symposium, 'Revolution', counted with several presentations from the students and researchers in our lab! Yishu Zhu, Ana Gomes, Sophia Stratton, Michaëla Berdougo, and Anna Qvarnström presented the most recent updates on the flycatchers work!
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Ana Cristina Gomes @anacrgomes.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Master Projects available in the Qvarnström lab @qvarnstromlab.bsky.social studying climate adaptation and speciation using a natural flycatcher hybrid zone on Öland, Sweden! Check available projects here 👇👇 drive.google.com/file/d/1B69x...
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W. P. Mueller @wpmueller.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
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Margaret Atwood: Hope is The Legacy We Build Together for a Better World
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Evolution Letters @evolletters.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Check out our cover article by @timjanicke.bsky.social and colleagues about the role of sexual selection in animal speciation. academic.oup.com/evlett/artic.... The beautiful illustration is by Katharina Bóth.
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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨 #AnimalBehaviour #Ethology #Evolution "Morphological Evolution in Island Birds Is Associated With More Terrestrial Lifestyles and a Lower Number of Raptors and Intra-Family Competitors"
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Will Allen @wlallen.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
🚨Two funded PhDs on the evolutionary ecology of antipredator colouration 🦋 with myself and Iliana Medina. One in Swansea tinyurl.com/4thtbph6 deadline Jan 12th @crocus-dla.bsky.social The other in Melbourne - deadline Jan 1st Please share among potential students!
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Rachael Shaw @wild-minds.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
PhD scholarship alert! Are you interested in cognitive evolution? Do you want to know how development influences cognitive traits? Do you love hanging out with birds in the forest? If the answer to these questions is yes, please apply to work with us! 1/2 🧪 www.wgtn.ac.nz/scholarships...
Ella holds a fluffy and sleepy looking toutouwai chick during banding and fits an orange band to its leg
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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
🎉 The 22nd Congress of the Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) took place 1 month ago at the University of Algarve. The congress highlighted recent research in animal behavior, cognition, and welfare. FishEthoGroup, @ccmar.bsky.social , SPE #Ethology #AnimalBehaviour #SPEmembers #SPEetologia
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Brendan Barrett @bjjbarrett.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Postdoc position in individual-level incentives, social learning, and payoff-biased imitation shape group-level accuracy in complex prediction and decision-making tasks in Konstanz files.newsletter2go.com/l3slzozn/s_i...
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Amy Leedale @amyleedale.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
📢 JOB ALERT! Interested in #Bioacoustics, #Linguistics and the #Evolution of #Language? We are seeking a #ResearchAssistant to join our project 'Convergent Evolution of Vocal Communication: Exploring the Parallels between #Birdsong and Human Speech'.👇 www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
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The University of Salford hiring Research Assistant in Bioacoustics in Manchester, England, United Kingdom | LinkedIn
Posted 10:02:26 AM. Research Assistant in BioacousticsUniversity of Salford, School of Science, Engineering &…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
📢Two fully-funded #PhD opportunities to work with us: Topic: Social monitoring & manipulation UK-domiciled black-heritage scheme: tinyurl.com/aja54nr6 NERC DLTP: tinyurl.com/4jfy47pp Cosupervisors: #PatrickKennedy @ljnbrent.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social #bioacoustics #mammals #fieldwork
Meerkat pups in the Kalahari, South AfricaRhesus macaques in Cayo Santiago
Dwarf mongoose staring at a camera, South Africa.
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EOU Fledglings @eoufledglings.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
We’re so excited to launch the website for the EOU Fledglings Meeting 2026 and to share that pre-registration is officially open! 🎉 👉 Scan the QR code or visit our website (eou-fledglings.github.io/2026/registr...) to pre-register now! Photo: Tom Koerner / USFWS (CC BY 2.0)
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Vladimir Pravosudov @cognitiveecol.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
I am looking for a postdoc to work in our long-term system of food-caching mountain chickadees in the Sierra Nevada mountains. The expected start is April 2026. Please see details here: chickadeecognition.com/positions If interested and qualified, please contact me directly (email on the website).
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International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE) @applied-ethology.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
#jobalert Postdoctoral position in Applied animal ethology and animal perception Department of Biosystems and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden More information: www.applied-ethology.org/Postdoctoral...
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Lukas Groschner @lukasgroschner.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Come join us in July 2026 for the 14th European Conference on Mathematical & Theoretical Biology in Graz, Austria! Registration opens now: ecmtb2026.org #ECMTB’26 @smbmathbiology.bsky.social
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European Conference on Mathematical & Theoretical Biology 2026
ECMTB is coming to Graz, Austria in July 2026. Registration and Call for Contributions are open!
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Ana Cristina Gomes @anacrgomes.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Really happy to have presented my work in this cognition session at #SPEetol2025 😁
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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 29/10/2025
📢 JOB VACANCY Marine Ornithologist - Scottish Government Application deadline: 7 Nov shorturl.at/tXeHn #ornithology
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Marine Ornithologist
Do you want to use your scientific and research expertise to play an important role in decisions made on the sustainable delivery of marine renewables and the marine environment?
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Ana Cristina Gomes @anacrgomes.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Ready for @spetologia.bsky.social conference #SPEetol2025 !
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Rob Heathcote @rjpheathcote.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
🐠💥2 year postdoc in fish sensory ecology!! 💥🐟 If you’re into animal colour, collective behaviour, predator-prey interactions, enjoy behavioural experiments and fieldwork, please apply! Based in Oxford with fieldwork in northwest Thailand (and elsewhere). Please repost! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNM294/p...
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Cornish Jackdaw Project @cornishjackdaws.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Part of the Phil Trans special issue "Selection Shapes Diverse Animal Minds", edited with @ellileadbeater.bsky.social. Thanks to co-authors Andoni Sergiou, @josharbon.bsky.social, @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social & @shoalgroup.bsky.social and all the special issue contributors. tinyurl.com/35mn84ty
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1929
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Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Postdoc job alert! We are hiring a NYU-based postdoc to work on our project on the social and environmental determinants of aging. The 3 year post will be based in James Higham's lab and will focus on endocrine, immune, and inflammatory aspects of aging. Please share! apply.interfolio.com/173938
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Steve Portugal @sjportugal.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
We're looking for a new postdoc on our new BBSCR grant (Graham Taylor/Tim Guilford/Cait Newport). See link below! my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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Behavioural Ecology Bielefeld @behavecobie.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
New paper! 🦎 Urbanization reshapes the social behaviour of wall lizards Now out in #BiologyLetters @royalsocietypublishing.org 🔗 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @averymaune.bsky.social
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MothProf @mothprof.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
I have a job opening in my lab. If you are interested in bird behaviour and predator prey interactions please take a look! werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
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Vacancy — Postdoc Position in Decision Making in Birds
Are you an expert in animal behavior? Do you have experience working with birds? The Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED) is looking for a motivated researcher to investigate the ro...
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SFB 1528 - Cognition of Interaction @sfb1528.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Job Alert! Come and join our team at our field site CRP Simenti in Senegal. Julia Fischer @julxf.bsky.social (@primatenzentrum.bsky.social) is recruiting a #Research_Manager. Work with the wonderful lovely Guinea baboons and manage our long-term data collection. 👉 www.dpz.eu/karriere/ste...
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Helen Mylne @helephantmylne.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
3yr PDRA at @exeter.ac.uk with @york.ac.uk and Centre for Whale Research, studying how killer whale social relationships change with prey availability, partner loss and social info. A fantastic team & unique longterm dataset. Deadline 19 Oct! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT336/postdoctoral-research-associate
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Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Exeter
Apply for the Postdoctoral Research Associate role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.
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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Another #SPEmebers paper as #ASABEditorsChoice João Pacheco Patrícia Beltrão @trigosandra.bsky.social @mostlywaxbills.bsky.social Check out the work 👇👇👇👇👇
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Smith Bee Lab @smithbeelab.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
The Smith Bee Lab is HIRING! 🐝🐝🐝 - Postdoc (2-4yrs, flexible start-date) - 1-2 Graduate Students (to start Fall 2026) No prior experience with honey bees needed, we encourage people from diverse research areas to apply! (no jerks, plz)
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Jonathan A. Green @jon-seabirds.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Delighted to be cosupervising this funded PhD with @joewynnbirds.bsky.social on #migration in #birds #seabirds @liverpooluni.bsky.social. Start in early 2026! Register for our online briefing session. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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To lead or to follow: disentangling the genetic and cultural contributions to long-distance seabird migration at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - To lead or to follow: disentangling the genetic and cultural contributions to long-distance seabird migration at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
with SPE members João Pacheco, Patrícia Beltrão, Sandra Trigo @trigosandra.bsky.social , and Gonçalo Cardoso @mostlywaxbills.bsky.social @ Animal Behaviour
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Christina Hansen Wheat @chansenwheat.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
🚨 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...
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Diego Gil @diegogil.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
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Ana Cristina Gomes @anacrgomes.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Excited to share that I've joined Anna Qvarnström lab @qvarnstromlab.bsky.social at Uppsala University 😁 Looking forward for the 2 years ahead and to share the cool things I'll be doing with the flycatchers at Öland and its long-term data 🤩
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MostlyWaxbills @mostlywaxbills.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
João Pacheco's new paper - doi.org/10.1016/j.an... - continues a story of fear, reputation, show-off and aggression in waxbills. Here are all chapters: doi.org/10.1016/j.an... doi.org/10.1098/rspb... doi.org/10.1093/behe... doi.org/10.1016/j.an... doi.org/10.1016/j.an... doi.org/10.1111/eth....
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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
👇👇👇👇👇 etologia.pt/ for more information! #AnimalBehaviour #spemembers #speetologia #ethology #animalbehaviour #science #evolution #animalwelfare #cognition
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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Comunicado da SPE | Reforma do Ministério da Educação, Ciência e Inovação ------ SPE statement | Change of the Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation
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Ana Cristina Gomes @anacrgomes.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Yesterday was my last day as PostDoc at Stockholm University! I'm so grateful for what I learned and developed at John Fitzpatrick lab! Many cool research will come soon 😀 For now the colleagues and collaborations stay, and a very well deserved time off is ahead. But not for long! more news soon 😁
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ASAB @asab.org · 29/07/2025
Join us for #ASABWinter2025 in Edinburgh Dec 15-16 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Abstracts for posters/talks due Aug 29 More details here: asabwinter.github.io/2025/
Winter ASAB 2025
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How sensory information affects behaviour

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Frontiers in Social Evolution Seminar FINE @fine-seminar.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Last week season 10 of Fine finished. You can watch each of the exciting talks we had in this and all previous seasons on our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/@seminaronfr...
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Seminar on Frontiers in Social Evolution
International Remote Seminar on Frontiers in Social Evolution (FINE) • Meet weekly with people worldwide who are fascinated by social evolution. • Hear talks about sociality of naturally occurring p...
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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
When registering in the congress, consider becoming a SPE member and access reduced fees to register in the congress More info here 👇👇👇👇 etologia.pt/members-en/ #AnimalBehaviour #Ethology #EthologicalResearch #BehavioralEcology #BehavioralScience #cognition #societymembership
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