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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Our first halfway decent segmentation of a Schistocephalus solidus #tapeworm (the brown lump in the middle) in a #stickleback from microCT, thanks to @evodevodina.bsky.social for the microCT file and Vince Vacco for learning to use Slicer to visualize this

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Dr Christophe Patterson @christophe-patt.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The Rock Pool Project is having its first ever crowd funder! To keep building communities dedicated to discovering and recording intertidal wildlife we need to raise £40,000. Every donation up to £250 is match funded so anything helps! 🦐🐚🦀 communitiesfund.avivafoundation.org.uk/p/protecting...

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Our Shores, Our Future

We're raising £40,000 to help communities discover, monitor and care for the changing marine wildlife on their local coastline.

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Sam Yeaman @samyeaman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I'm looking to hire a postdoc to work on the RepAdapt + MacroMar projects, analysing genomic data from >130 species of plants, animals, and fungi (VCFs are processed, ready to go). Lots of potential for creativity and collaboration! yeamanlab.weebly.com/uploads/5/7/...

Picture shows fireweed in foreground and Mt. Lougheed in background

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Ben Longdon @blongdon.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Masters by Research at @uniexecec.bsky.social in beautiful Cornwall ecologyconservation.exeter.ac.uk/masteer-coho... these are *funded* - covering home tuition fees, a research/training support grant and a prog of cohort activities. Lots of projects available (including one w/ me!) - pls share!

Penryn campus - home of CEC - views across campus and Cornish coastline

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Behaviour, Ecology & Physiology at Bangor University @beps-bangor.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Great opportunity to join our group as a postdoc! Contact Ben ASAP for more info :)

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Seán Doran @theseaning.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

'Aqua Chroma' A meditative slow gaze at Earth's atmosphere, revealing the hidden depths of activity in the water-filled skies of planet Earth. 4K HDR 36m20s youtu.be/F2jsuJPU0Lo

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Dr Christophe Patterson @christophe-patt.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Back from two weeks of field work in the Outer Hebrides. Studying stickleback by trapping, wading, snorkeling, drones, and my first field experience of using @bento.bio lab. Normally we guess what the mitochondrial lineage of the crosses we're making but this year we got to know in the field!

A bento box in the field overlooking a beach

Underwater drone shot of seaweed and a transect

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European Society for Evolutionary Biology @eseb.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Safe to say that we are very excited about this here at ESEB! Huge thanks to Brian Golding for entrusting us with the fantastic service that you have created and curated for the years! Follow @evoldir.bsky.social

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Jo Hepworth @coolcabbage.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Please share widely: courtesy of the British Council, Durham University are offering FULL scholarships (visa fees, flights, etc) for MSc in STEM for women from a selection of countries. www.durham.ac.uk/study/schola... Including our Biotech and Plant Biotech MScs! www.durham.ac.uk/study/course...

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British Council Scholarships for Women in STEM - Durham University

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Dr Christophe Patterson @christophe-patt.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Citizen scientists are still gathering important records of non-native species in UK waters! Come and join us at our community events up and down the country with The Rock Pool Project! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Rare 'alien-like' sea creature found in Devon waters

The Rock Pool Project in Plymouth says the non-native sea hare looks

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Philip Stephens @ps-wildlife-res.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

📢 Competition funded PhD with @iapetusdtp.bsky.social: Occupancy, density & the ecology of terrestrial British mammals - what can years of systematic camera trapping tell us? Apply by 5th January 2026. 👇 iapetus.ac.uk/studentships... @mammalweb.bsky.social @ptes-org.bsky.social @durham.ac.uk #phd

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BES Community Science Group @bes-communitysci.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

We are recruiting for our committee! - Communications Rep - Events Officer Please get in touch by 12th January 2026 To apply please see more information here: www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/...

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Lesley Lancaster @lancasterlt.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

*Guaranteed funding* PhD opportunity in my group. Work with damselflies, UN global biodiversity targets, genetic data, and NatureScot policy groups; the project will advance comparative population genetics and provide evidence feeding directly to policy. www.findaphd.com/phds/project....

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QUARTILES DLA CASE: Genetic diversity and adaptation: Developing indicators for national and international policy at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - QUARTILES DLA CASE: Genetic diversity and adaptation: Developing indicators for national and international policy at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com

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Jonathan Drury @jonathanpdrury.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Looking for a PhD opportunity? I'm hoping to recruit someone to my group at Durham University to work on a project combining fieldwork and labwork to study speciation in rubyspot damselflies: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships... Get in touch if you want to chat!

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Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Wow! 😮🤩 There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓 itiner-e.org We might have to have a lie-down.

A map of part of Britiain and northern europe showing loads and loads of roman roads, picked out in red.

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Sarah Dalrymple @sarahdalgulls.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Wow! Tracking a butterfly with motus!

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Obsidian @obsidian.md · 18/08/2025

Introducing Bases, a new core plugin that lets you turn any set of notes into a powerful database. Now available to everyone with Obsidian 1.9!

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Rob Waterhouse @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Advances in computational methods for inferring networks from #genome-scale data and guidelines for deriving biological insights from #phylogenetic networks www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Phylogenetic networks empower biodiversity research | PNAS

Reticulate evolution has long been recognized as a key mechanism that contributes to genetic and trait diversity. With the widespread availability ...

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Jonathan Drury @jonathanpdrury.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

So excited to see this out! Check out what we've learned about smoky rubyspots 👇. Amazing work led by @christophe-patt.bsky.social

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Dr Christophe Patterson @christophe-patt.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Thrilled to share the 3rd and largest paper from my PhD!🎉: "Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Non-Ecological Speciation in Rubyspot Damselflies" is out now in Molecular Ecology! ⬇️Includes divergence times and an F1 hybrid Thanks to my fantastic co-authors & collaborators! 📖 doi.org/10.1111/mec.... 🧬🌎🧪

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Dr Christophe Patterson @christophe-patt.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Couldn't say anything on April fools day, but just got some really positive reviews back for a manuscript. So making minor revisions and it'll be out into the world! 🍻

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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 31/03/2025

📢New volunteering opportunity 📢 BES Macroecology Group is looking for a committee chair to join its team! As part of the group, you will coordinate the committee’s activities, including events and communications. This is a perfect opportunity if you are a macroecologist and an active researcher.

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Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org · 28/03/2025

Make like a nudibranch and slooow down in our latest installment of Krill Waves Radio! 🎧 Settle with spectacular sea slugs as they sway to soothing lo-fi beats: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOeQ...

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2 Hours of Nudibranchs to Relax/Study To! | Lofi Hip Hop | Monterey Bay Aquarium Krill Waves Radio

YouTube video by Monterey Bay Aquarium

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Dr Christophe Patterson @christophe-patt.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Starting my post-doc today @uniofnottingham.bsky.social. Had a great time over the last six months organising Marine Citizen Science Week for Natural England, but now back to full-time research! 🧪 Watch this space for sticklebacks! (Still a few damselfly papers in the pipeline don't worry)

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 14/03/2025

Planet Definitions xkcd.com/3063

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Dr Orly Razgour @orlyrazgour.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

1 week left to apply to do a PhD with me & APHA on the Virome of British #bats 🦇🧬🦠 ⚠️⚠️⚠️ #OneHealth

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Owen Osborne @owengosborne.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

We’re recruiting for a #PhD opportunity funded by NERC Envision DTP, investigating the impact of climate change on chytrid disease dynamics in Appalachian salamanders. Full details here: findaphd.com?pj=182328

Eastern newt (Notophthalmus viridescens)

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Nicky Lustenhouwer @nlustenhouwer.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Damselfly fieldwork is the best! 🇸🇪☀️

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Svenja Tidau @svenjatidau.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

🚨 #phdposition study the interplay between #globalchange & animal personality in #hermitcrabs 😍 with Mark Briffa, Pete Cotton (Plymouth) & myself Deadline: 8.1.2025 ▶️ shorturl.at/FGLec 🧪🦑🌊🌐🦀 #marineecology #marinebiology #marinelife #animalbehaviour #sensoryecology #lightpollution #noisepollution

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University of Exeter CEC @uniexecec.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

PhD Studentship Scholarship Opportunity! 🧑🏾‍🔬 This programme offers 4-year fully-funded PhD studentships to support Black British researchers. 💻 For more information and to apply, visit: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... #ExeterCEC 🧪

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Sal Keith (she/her) @salkeith.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

#PhD opportunity on "Decoding biological colour: leveraging AI to analyse big data on animal images in a changing world" with me, @chris-nemeth.bsky.social Chris Cooney (U Sheff) & David Roy (UKCEH) thru new @exageo-dla.bsky.social based at Lancaster Uni www.exageo.org/phd-student-...

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Jonathan Drury @jonathanpdrury.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Just over one week left for international applicants to get in touch for this PhD studentship opportunity. #damselflies

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Dr Christophe Patterson @christophe-patt.bsky.social · 05/09/2024

I am a #PhDone! Passed my viva... no corrections‽ Thanks to all who helped me get here! Especially my 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒆𝒓visors @jonathanpdrury.bsky.social & Adrian Brennan Had a fantastic time in me Viva thanks to Dr. Lesley Lancaster & Dr. Andreanna Welch Ace hat & cake from Laura Campbell & Ellie Ward

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Dr Christophe Patterson @christophe-patt.bsky.social · 10/04/2024

Our chromosome-level genome for smoky rubspots (Hetaerina titia) is now available on NCBI for all to use. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/genom… Also here's all the code needed to assemble a genome, please use and share! github.com/ChristophePatt #genomes #odonata 🧪🧬

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Dr Christophe Patterson @christophe-patt.bsky.social · 12/12/2023

Its been a long complicated day with cancellations but ive finally got to Belfast for #BES2023 Sad to miss the welcome drinks but will be up early for the mentor workshop in the morning! Looking forward to meeting old and new 🦡🦇🦔🦆🐋

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Dr Christophe Patterson @christophe-patt.bsky.social · 07/12/2023

New #genome published! A chromosome scale assembly for smoky rubyspot damselfly, Heataerina titia. 🧬 Thanks to NEOF for support and all co-authors! See below for a github repository for anyone interested in making there own assemblies doi.org/10.1093/jher... Github: github.com/ChristophePa...

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 06/12/2023

I'm reposting some of the things I made this past year that I'm proudest of. Here's an impassioned defense of Canada Geese.

A six-panel comic called The Canada Goose: A Role Model For Our Time. Panel 1 is labeled "assertive" with a Canada Goose hissing and sticking out its tongue like a terrifying cobra. Panel 2 is labeled "brave" with a Canada Goose standing up to a giant, terrifying Mute Swan. Panel 3 is labeled "good parent" and shows two Canada Geese parents with three chicks, standing up to a dog. Panel 4 is labeled "team player" and shows a v of geese. Panel 5 is labeled "crisp, modern aesthetic" and shows a gorgeous, smooth, fancy looking Canada Goose head. Panel 6 is labeled "high fiber diet" and shows a Canada Goose eating grass and, simultaneously, pooping.

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Kim Hu @kim-hu.com · 03/12/2023

There is! This one is manually curated and pretty up to date. The account OP mentioned got caught in it already.

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Dr Christophe Patterson @christophe-patt.bsky.social · 18/11/2023

"Everyone should be allowed to enjoy nature in the way that makes them feel like they belong". Some excellent talks and conversations happening at Kendal mountain festival about inclusivety in outdoor spaces. Very strong parallels to be learnt in the Ecology and Conservative sector.

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Jonathan Drury @jonathanpdrury.bsky.social · 10/11/2023

Looking to do a PhD? Interested in behavioural interactions between species? Join my group in Durham! For more details, and to get in touch (by Dec. 15th), visit: jonathanpdrury.com/opportunitie...

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Dr Christophe Patterson @christophe-patt.bsky.social · 08/11/2023

Two achievements today! Paper accepted following minor revisions and got all my travel and accommodation sorted for BES annual meeting. Looking forward to 4 intense days of ecology in a months time!

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Dr Christophe Patterson @christophe-patt.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

Hello Bluesky! Christophe here, PhD candidate at Durham. Ecologist with plenty experience in bioinformatics, population genetics and genomics. Please send post-docs my way! See my lastest paper: Interspecific behavioural interference and range dynamics onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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