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Christoph Grüter

@chrisleduck.bsky.social
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Associate Professor in Animal Behaviour & Ecology @University of Bristol🇬🇧 |🐝 🐜| immigrant 🇨🇭| he/him | www.socialinsect-research.com

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Maisie Brett @maisiebrett.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Excited to announce our new paper in Journal of Applied Ecology! @jappliedecology.bsky.social 'Heathland pollinator communities are more strongly influenced by land management than by honey bee competition' 🐝🐑🪰 Open access 👉 tinyurl.com/heathlandpol... #scotland #pollinators #ecology
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Insectes Sociaux @insectessociaux.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New research article! 📰 @chrisleduck.bsky.social, @molamelipona.bsky.social, @fsnascim.bsky.social et al. show that nesting in buildings comes with smaller colonies but a more stable environment 🏙️ 🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s000... #SocialInsects #StinglessBees #UrbanEcology #Urbanisation #Meliponini
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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 15/08/2026
We are writing to the Prime Minister, and the Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy, calling for an immediate public inquiry into the British press, following the tragic death of Jason Arday. Sign here 👇
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Jason Arday Letter | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Anonymous Potato @anonymouspotato.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
EcoEvoJobs 2026-27 just opened for business and we've already got 79 faculty / permanent jobs listed. Please repost! ecoevojobs.net
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ecoevojobs.net 2026-27
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Ana Paula Cipriano @anapcipriano.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Our preprint on drifting in the Brazilian stingless bee Melipona quadrifasciata is out! 🐝 Hive layout and position shape drifting, which is important for honey production and disease spread among hives (and this is my favourite PhD work 💛) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... @chrisleduck.bsky.social
Photo of an RFID-tagged M. quadrifasciata forager carrying mud back to the hive. Thanks to my amazing co-supervisor and talented photographer, Cristiano Menezes!
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Patrick Kennedy @patrick-kennedy.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
🐝 Are you advertising a job or PhD in social insect biology? Get the word out by adding it to the PhDs/jobs noticeboard on the main IUSSI website! www.socialinsects.org/positions @iussi-nwes.bsky.social @ceiussi.bsky.social @iussi-nas.bsky.social #IUSSI2026 #IUSSI
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Student and Postdoc Positions in Social Insect Biology
PhD, masters, and postdoc positions in social insect biology.
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Stephen Montgomery @ebablab.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
@crab-exeter.bsky.social are a fantastic group of researchers, and a real beacon of excellence for Exeter. What a huge and deeply sad act of self sabotage this would be. Please consider signing their open letter👇🏻
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Sinead English @englishse.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
So much fun to take 20 @bristolbiosci.bsky.social undergraduate students to Adelboden CH for the 2026 Alpine Interactions field course with @chrisleduck.bsky.social & 2 fantastic PhD demonstrators (Mini Graydon & Kath Leon). Lots of cool insects & larger critters, beautiful views and enthusiasm!
Group of students walking up a road towards a (slightly) snow covered mountain
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Ecology of Animal Societies @livingingroups.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
3-year Independent Post-doc in Animal Behavior based at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama! Three positions, each including salary & a research budget. Applications due April, 15th. DM if you are interesting in developing a project with us! stri.si.edu/academic-pro...
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3 Year Postdoctoral Fellowships in Animal Behavior
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Floria Mora-Kepfer Uy @avispatica.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
🌟🌟Looking for a postdoc? Want to work with an amazing PI? 🐝
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Derek Hennen, Ph.D. @derekhennen.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Good article, but the framing is wrong. There is not a dearth of interest in taxonomy. There is a scarcity of funding and positions, which is a deliberate choice by funding agencies and institutions. The youth love taxonomy! It's the olds that are failing to meet their passion!
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Adria LeBoeuf @adriatica.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
I'm hiring a technician! www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc... An 80% role in a 4-yr BBSRC project and hopefully beyond. Looking for someone to support the @socialfluids.bsky.social 🧪our ants 🐜 and our projects. Looking for someone kind + conscientious + reliable who takes pride in a job well done.
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Research Laboratory Technician (Part Time, Fixed Term)
An 80% FTE Research Technician position is available in the Social Fluids Laboratory, led by Dr Adria LeBoeuf, in the Department of Zoology at the University of Cambridge. This position is part of a
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Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
🚨JOB alert🚨 We have three (yes, THREE) 🌟lectureships🌟 advertised in the School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol. Broad remit, including #AnimalBehaviour & #GlobalChangeBiology ⏱️Deadline: 8th March 2026 🙏Please circulate widely 😊Come join us! Full #job details: tinyurl.com/y3us95rc
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Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol
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Bumblebee Conservation Trust @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
We are looking for a Senior Project Officer – Save Our Shrills (SOS): Somerset 🐝 🕒 Full-time, fixed term until March 2029 📍 Working from home with regular travel in and around the project area Full details: ow.ly/TOzl50Yf0K1
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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 06/02/2026
Review in #ProcB - Flower constancy in #pollinators: a bouquet of agendas shapes interactions among mutualistic partners #OpenAccess @chrisleduck.bsky.social royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
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Christoph Grüter @chrisleduck.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I'm pleased to share this new #openaccess review article on 🌻 flower constancy🌻 and how it shapes plant-pollinator interactions. I hope you'll find it useful 🐝🦋 🌺: tinyurl.com/mrx59pt3
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Flower constancy in pollinators: a bouquet of agendas shapes interactions among mutualistic partners
Abstract. Plant–pollinator interactions have become a major research area because of their impact on key ecosystem services. One pollinator behaviour of pa
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Animal Behaviour Collective @abcmicrogrants.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Attention - the first round of microgrants for 2026 is running! Apply and read terms and conditions here : opencollective.com/animal-behav...
The first round of microgrants for 2026 is open! Apply here : https://opencollective.com/animal-behaviour-collective.
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Vivek Nityananda @viveknityananda.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
New #PhD on #bees (BeeHd?)! Despite the ad saying "UK Students only", a limited number of scholarships are available for international candidates. So please apply!
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Mario Vallejo-Marin @nicrodemo.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Join us at the Evolutionary Biology Centre at Uppsala University. We’re searching for an Assistant Professor in Biology. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
Uppsala in late autumn
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EcoEvoRxiv @ecoevorxiv.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
"The missing branches of the bee Tree of Life: addressing global Darwinian shortfalls and their drivers" doi.org/10.32942/X2P...
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British Beekeepers Association @bbka.org.uk · 27/01/2026
The findings found that managed stingless bees can “markedly enhance coffee production” www.gcrmag.com/brazilian-be...
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Konrad Lorenz Research Center @klf-univienna.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
📣 Interested in a 4-year postdoc in the movement ecology group? @univie.ac.at is recruiting outstanding female researchers through the E-STEEM programme. @pesumas.bsky.social is a registered host and welcomes applications from potential candidates. careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...
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Olivia Bernauer, PhD @oliviabernauer.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
PhD opportunity in Prague, Czech Republic, to study reproductive skew in Xylocopine bees!
PhD position posting: "Reproductive division of labor without castes in simple social Hymenoptera"PhD position posting: "Reproductive division of labor without castes in simple social Hymenoptera" qualifications and contact details.
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Christoph Grüter @chrisleduck.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Lovely town and region too 👇
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Patrick Kennedy @patrick-kennedy.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Four days left to apply for two postdocs in social evolution with me and @dustinrubenstein.com Based at the University of Bristol (UK), conducting fieldwork with wasps in Cameroon, Kenya, and South Africa.
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Birds on the Move @birdsmove.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
📢📢PhD opportunity! We are looking for enthusiastic researchers to develop a project looking at the ontogeny of migratory behaviour! Deadline for expression of interest: 8 February 2026 👉Check details here: drive.google.com/file/d/1wow2... #migration #ornithology #GPStracking
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Dr Katrina Siddiqi-Davies @katrina-siddiqi.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
We are looking to hire a Seabird Field Assistant for 2026 for our Manx Shearwater research project. Please share this to anyone who'd like to get out in the field this summer and learn about biotelemetry, bird handling and research into animal behaviour. drive.google.com/file/d/1SGZt...
Last years field assistant holding a Manx Shearwater on the isle of Rum (under a towel), retrieving a GPS device after a bird has returned from a foraging trip!
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Pável Matos @pavelmatosm.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Please share: Last week to apply for a PhD position on butterfly evolution at high elevations in our lab 🦋
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Adria LeBoeuf @adriatica.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
The deadline to apply for PhD positions with me (or anyone in my department!) are coming up: Jan 7th. www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/study/postgr...
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Introduction to Postgraduate Courses | Department of Zoology
Postgraduate study in the Department of Zoology We have about 100 postgraduate students working on an MPhil or PhD in Zoology at any one time and they form a strong and lively community.
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Erik Svensson @evolodonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/12/2025
Come and join me and my colleagues at the Department of Biology, #LundUniversity in #sweden! We have am open position as Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Biodiversity. Apply here no later than February 11 2026: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:8487…
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Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Biodiversity
The Department of Biology was established in 2010 through the merger of the Departments of Ecology, Cell and Organism Biology, Biological Undergraduate Education, and the Biological Museums. The depar
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Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
🚨Roll up, roll up, fully-funded #PhD deadlines approaching... 6th Jan: tinyurl.com/aja54nr6 8th Jan: tinyurl.com/4jfy47pp Social monitoring & manipulation #meerkats #mongooses #macaques #fieldwork #long-termdata @patrick-kennedy.bsky.social @ljnbrent.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
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Mark Brown @markjfbrown.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Legal rights for stingless bees! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Stingless bees from the Amazon granted legal rights in world first
Planet’s oldest bee species and primary pollinators were under threat from deforestation and competition from ‘killer bees’
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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Experimental evidence that students are more likely to contest grades when they are delivered by an evaluator with a female-sounding name. "These findings suggest that women in evaluative positions face disproportionate resistance when delivering negative assessments."
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Sharmi Sen @sharmisen.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Are you an animal behavior researcher? 🐸🦜🐒🪲🦋🦇🐍🐏Consider supporting @abcmicrogrants.bsky.social this holiday season ❄️🐝 It takes less than a minute and your money goes directly towards supporting #AnimalBehavior students!! 🎄🎄🎄 opencollective.com/animal-behav...
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Animal Behaviour Collective - Open Collective
We are a collective of animal behaviour researchers organising microgrants and mentorship for undergraduate & graduate students in animal behaviour.
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Christoph Grüter @chrisleduck.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Got my hands on this amazing social insects trump card game, developed by @elvarobinson.bsky.social & her team to support inclusion bursaries for IUSSI conferences. It even has my favourite bee 😍🐝! If you want your own, for fun, outreach or teaching: www.iussi-nweurope.org/edi
Trump cards game showing an image of a social insect and biological information
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Tom Wenseleers @twenseleers.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Congrats also to Dylan Thatcher and Alexis Gkantiragas for winning the prize for best student talks and to Cassandra Uthoff and Annie Joseph for the being awarded with the best poster prizes.
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Christoph Grüter @chrisleduck.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
🚨 Tenure-track professorship at Goethe University of Frankfurt, Germany, with a focus on evolutionary ecology of social hymenoptera 🐝🐜 Initially for 6 years: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/pr...
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Goethe University Frankfurt hiring Professur (W1 mit Tenure Track) für Evolutionäre Ökologie der Hymenopteren in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany | LinkedIn
Posted 11:13:19 PM. Die Professur wird zunächst auf sechs Jahre befristet besetzt, nach erfolgreicher Evaluation…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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Christoph Grüter @chrisleduck.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Love this news, my time at Università Roma Tre as an Erasmus student was an amazing and transformational experience 🇮🇹
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Christoph Grüter @chrisleduck.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
I had a chance to see some Melipona seminigra stingless bees at INPA in Manaus recently, their honey's amazing! I was surprised by how polymorphic they are. The last two photos show different colour morphs, one with an orange abdomen (merrillae type), the other is black (pernigra type, Belém) 🐝
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Patrick Kennedy @patrick-kennedy.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
POSTDOC ALERT🚨 Two exciting social evolution postdoc positions live today! We're looking for two excellent field biologists. Join us to explore the evolution of sociality in wasps across Africa. Apply by 11th January. Collaboration with @dustinrubenstein.com @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
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Elli Leadbeater @ellileadbeater.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
New PhD position available! For applicants keen to combine evolutionary ecology, neuroscience and animal cognition. Based at UCL with me, @maxreuter.bsky.social, @fcamus.bsky.social and Tamara Boto (Bristol). Directly funded, see here for details and eligibility: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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How Memory Evolves: Integrating Cognitive Ecology, Neuroscience, and Experimental Evolution in Drosophila at University College London on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - How Memory Evolves: Integrating Cognitive Ecology, Neuroscience, and Experimental Evolution in Drosophila at University College London, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Mark Brown @markjfbrown.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Biggest stingless bee nest entrance I’ve ever seen! [normal-sized adult male hand for scale]
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Matthias Schleuning @mschleuning.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Seed dispersal by 🦜🦇 underpins rainforest recovery. We want to understand more about its timing + traits driving recovery through obs, exp + genomic data. Ready to join the @reassemblynet.bsky.social team working in Ecuadorian Chocó? Pls apply to our 4-yr PhD position @sgn.one: tinyurl.com/2pkryc99
A recovering patch of rainforest in Ecuadorian Chocó, picture by Eike Lena Neuschulz
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British Beekeepers Association @bbka.org.uk · 03/12/2025
This study demonstrates that egg size may be linked to nutritional conditions in rural and urban habitats, and increased egg size was associated with increased foraging. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Honeybee egg size is linked to land use and predicts worker foraging performance - Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
Humans have changed the nutritional landscape available to bees, increasing the risk of nutritional stress and health challenges. Honey bee (Apis mellifera) queens are known to increase worker egg siz...
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Royal Society of Biology @rsb.org.uk · 20/11/2025
In our latest A-Z of the Biosciences video, Dr David Lawson talks about his role as a senior lecturer inc his research into the interactions between flowering plants and their pollinators, particularly bumblebees 🐝. Watch the full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QMQ... Supported by BBSRC
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Letter P | Pollinator Interaction Researcher Dr Dave Lawson | A to Z of the Biosciences
YouTube video by Royal Society of Biology
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Stephen Montgomery @ebablab.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
🚨RA/PhD position available in evolutionary neurobiology 🚨 Working on a deep dive into circuit changes during mushroom body expansion in Heliconius butterflies @camzoology.bsky.social - employment benefits - 4 years funding - 1000% fun Deadline: 14/1/2026 Details: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
Shades of blue and red in a slice through an immuno stained brain showing some deliciously lovely looking mushroom body lobes - ripe for investigation during a funded PhD - and the central complex. Image credit: Dr Max Farnworth
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IUSSI-NWES @iussi-nwes.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
One week left to register for our Winter meeting in Leuven 🐝 🐜 🪳 🕷️ 🌺 👇👇👇
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IUSSI-NWES @iussi-nwes.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Bumbling around over what to get your loved ones for Christmas? Look no further! Your answer to fun, learning & festive family competition is here. Social insects trump cards, available at the Winter Meeting. Order today: www.iussi-nweurope.org/edi All proceeds go to funding inclusion bursaries.
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IUSSI-NWES @iussi-nwes.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Still 2 weeks left to register for our Winter Meeting 2025 in Leuven 🇧🇪! Register here: www.iussi-nweurope.org/meetings Date: 18-19 Dec Host: Laboratory of Socioecology and Social Evolution @KU Leuven (@twenseleers.bsky.social) We have an exciting programme, incl. Ido Pen & @rmash.bsky.social
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Barbara Tschirren @btschirren.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
**PhD opportunity at @uniexecec.bsky.social** How does host microbiome dynamics affect wildlife disease? Combine molecular techniques, statistical modelling, and field sampling to understand how microbiome dynamics in 🦡 affects their susceptibility to bTB. 🔬🦠🧪 Please repost! shorturl.at/q3OxV
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Investigating the Role of Host Microbiome Dynamics as Drivers of Wildlife Disease Using a One Health Framework at University of Exeter on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Investigating the Role of Host Microbiome Dynamics as Drivers of Wildlife Disease Using a One Health Framework at University of Exeter, listed on FindAPhD.com
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