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Dr. Catie Ivy @catieivy.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Do you like songbirds? Are you concerned about how wildfire smoke may impact their physiology? I'm searching for graduate students who are interested in looking at the effect of wildfire smoke on songbird physiology! Come join my lab @usaskartsci.bsky.social! research-groups.usask.ca/ivy-lab/

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The Ivy Lab! - Welcome to the Ivy Lab!

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Caryn Vaughn @lovemussels.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Coming your way in early 2026 from Johns Hopkins Press. Stay tuned!

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Caroline Cummings @carolinecummings.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Hi! I'm new to blue sky, and I have a new preprint out! 🥳🥳 This work is the first chapter of my dissertation: biorxiv.org/content/10.1... The study was completed with the @viralemergence.org with support from @danjbecker.bsky.social, @colincarlson.bsky.social, and Amanda Vicente-Santos ☺️🦇⚕️🦠👩‍🔬 (1/5)

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 27/12/2024

Researchers challenged longhorn crazy ants and humans with the same task: maneuvering a T-shaped object through two consecutive open doorways. Single humans always outperformed single ants, but ant groups could beat human groups. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

A group of longhorn crazy ants (top) and a group of people (bottom) tackling scaled versions of the same geometrical maneuvering puzzle.

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Bill Nihilist @wmkenkel.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

This is a great opportunity to repost Nicole Baran's excellent piece on the history of our field nautil.us/how-women-ca...

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How Women Came to Dominate Neuroendocrinology

A scientific field founded by men is now mostly female.

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Alex Bentz @bentzlab.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

I’m recruiting a PhD student to start August 2025 at the University of Oklahoma to work on a project focused on hormones, neurogenomics, and behavior in birds! If you’re interested in applying or want more information, please see here: tinyurl.com/5758784p.

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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Three must read papers for PhD students. #scisky #PhD #science #research #academicsky 1. The importance of stupidity in scientific research Open Access journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

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Rachael French @drrachaelf.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Academic job applicants, some advice: spend your research statement telling me what you PLAN to do and how it can be done at the place you're applying to. Your past research I can see in your CV. Don't waste your limited space telling me again.

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Gavin Woodruff @weirdworms.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Transcriptomic sexual conflict at two evolutionary timescales revealed by experimental evolution in Caenorhabditis elegans doi.org/10.1093/gbe/...

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Dr. Liz Kirby @thekirbylab.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Announcing a new open access textbook for entry level behavioral neuro. Funded by NSF. Written by a collection of 26 neuro experts. Method demonstration videos and author interviews too. Consider using it in your courses to reduce financial barriers to education. openstax.org/details/book...

Picture of textbook cover with title "Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience"

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Santiago Claramunt @sclaramunt.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

I'm recruiting a PhD student to join my lab at the University of New Orleans starting in Fall 2025. Research topics will focus on building and using phylogenies to study the diversification of birds, with an emphasis on Neotropical bird radiations. Contact me if interested.

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Dr. Susie Brummelte @drsbrummelte.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

I am also looking for 1-2 new graduate students for next Fall: more info on program here: clas.wayne.edu/psychology/g...

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Nikon Tom @nikontom.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

First post on Bluesky. Let's do some Macro photography and see how thos works 📸😊 #photography

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Naguib Mechawar @naguibmechawar.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

If you’re wondering whether or not new neurons are generated in the adult human brain, this is your lucky day. Here’s my lab’s most recent paper, precisely on this topic. Kudos to PhD student Sophie Simard and to collaborators Corina Nagy and @nataliematosin.bsky.social. www.jpn.ca/content/49/5...

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Spatial transcriptomic analysis of adult hippocampal neurogenesis in the human brain

Background Adult hippocampal neurogenesis has been extensively characterized in rodent models, but its existence in humans remains controversial. We sought to assess the phenomenon in postmortem human...

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Kirk Lohmueller @klohmueller.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Hi all! I'm excited to announce a tenure track faculty position in conservation genomics in EEB at UCLA! We're looking for candidates who use genomic tools to study evolutionary processes related to conservation. Note, the actual application deadline is Nov 29. recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09875

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Conservation Genomics Faculty Position

University of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now!

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Rich Meisel @richmeisel.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Are you or someone you know interested in research in evolutionary genetics and genomics, but not quite ready to apply to graduate school this cycle? Then you should apply to our post-baccalaureate research program! More information below... 🧵

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STEGG-INTERACT Research and Mentoring for Post-Baccalaureates (RaMP) Program

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georgia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @blahttodea.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

hey everyone! i made a list of some useful starter packs (primarily biology/earth sciences with a few bonus things thrown in) to share with friends who have joined bsky in the last week and thought it may be useful for some people here too! 🌍🧪 #SciSky #BioSky docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Starter packs

BIOLOGY Ecology Macroecology https://go.bsky.app/GBn9pNZ Global ecology https://go.bsky.app/V6tN4cv Trait based ecology and evolution https://go.bsky.app/PThMXeX Invasion biology https://go.b...

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Dustin Marshall @djmmeeg.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

I wrote (ranted) on experimental design as I was frustrated as an editor at how little guidance students were getting. I underestimated the interest in the issue: it has been downloaded 10,000+ times! Clearly it’s something we need to be talking about more. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Principles of experimental design for ecology and evolution

Here I argue that we do not discuss experimental design, often until it is too late. This editorial seeks to begin a conversation about how and where to replicate appropriately.

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