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Christine W Miller

@cwmiller.bsky.social
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Behavioural ecologist @ U Cambridge 🇬🇧 | Formerly at the University of Florida | PhD from the University of Montana 🇺🇸🏔️🚵‍♀️ Obsessed with Yellowstone National Park 🦬🫎🐻🌲 | she/her | www.millerlab.net

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Christine W Miller @cwmiller.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Excited to share a new article written with fantastic co-authors Towards an Integrated Understanding of Animal Weapons www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Christine W Miller @cwmiller.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Happy to share that our new paper is out and open access - "Adult nutrition strongly affects insect cuticle thickness and injury resistance" This paper was a long-time coming! royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/article...
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Christine W Miller @cwmiller.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Rufous-backed dwarf kingfisher — such colour!
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Christine W Miller @cwmiller.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Gorgeous rainforest sunrise
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Christine W Miller @cwmiller.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
The little spiderhunter of Borneo
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Christine W Miller @cwmiller.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
2025 Tropical Biology Field Course in the Danum Valley of Borneo
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Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge @camzoology.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Are you a prospective postgrad looking for a research project? Check out our brand new list of postgrad projects for 2026-27. From animal weapons 💥and rewilding, to neuronal plasticity and invitro fertilisation 🧪 the breadth of topics is tremendous. Find out more: bit.ly/3VxHscv
Images: a diver collecting community data on soft corals in Japan; trophallaxis between ants; ashy mining bee visiting oilseed rape flowers. Credit: Steven Falk
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Joel McGlothlin @joelmcglothlin.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
@danielbolnick.bsky.social: "Keep doing science: the pursuit of knowledge is an act of resistance." #Evol2025
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Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
The three academic positions (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer) in the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University are now advertised. Details here: Ecology: careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo... Genomics: careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
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Christine W Miller @cwmiller.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Love this bumblebee action shot, photo taken by my daughter
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Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge @camzoology.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
🎉Congratulations! Dr Ellie Bladon on becoming the first Pathway to Independence Fellow in Ecology and Conservation Biology at Clare College Cambridge. She'll be working in the @cwmiller.bsky.social lab here in Zoology. Read more: bit.ly/4encSuX
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The Onion @theonion.com · 27/02/2025
RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore
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RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore
WASHINGTON—Addressing the ongoing outbreak in Texas that has infected at least 124 state residents and killed one child, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed Thursday to mak...
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Christine W Miller @cwmiller.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...
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The foundations of America’s prosperity are being dismantled
Federal scientists warn that Americans could feel the effects of the new administration's devastating cuts for decades to come.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 22/02/2025
Any talk you hear from the current administration about making the US more competitive in science and technology is utter bullshit. What they are doing is sabotaging our country for years if not decades to come.
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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
The most achingly beautiful explanation of what science is, from @edyong209.bsky.social: “the idea that much of the world is hidden from us, that we don’t perceive it and don’t understand it, and that it is worth understanding and it is necessary to understand.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...
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‘The Interview’: Ed Yong Wants to Show You the Hidden Reality of the World
The Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer talks about burnout from covering the pandemic and how bird-watching gave him a new sense of hope.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
I send an email to coordinate a project. I sign it: Best fishes, Sarah Artist replies. They sign it Worm-ly, Jean Things can still be good.
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Michael Baym @baym.lol · 17/02/2025
Please don’t stop sharing and posting your science because of the current attack on it, it is still valuable and reminds us what the fight is for
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Firings are happening right now at the National Science Foundation. Essential staff are being cut. This isn’t about the budget. If it was, they’d be going after the military (17%) or state appropriations (38%). NSF is 0.7% of the federal budget. All federal employees make up only 4% of the budget.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
This is an attack on US science. NSF staff provide critical support for scientific infrastructure and global excellence. These are valuable dedicated public servants. Please contact your reps, write letters, make noise! Are there any plans for rallies at NSF headquarters? Journalists: COVER THIS!
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Christine W Miller @cwmiller.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Lucky to work with such fabulous people
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Christine W Miller @cwmiller.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Back in Gainesville for a visit, my home for 17 years. Strange to now be an outsider. But, so nice to see the sunshine and smiling faces.
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Love Dalén @lovedalen.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
At Stockholm University, we are now starting a 2-year Master’s programme in Evolutionary Genomics! Topics include population genetics, phylogenetics, molecular & genome evolution, DNA sequencing, bioinformatics, and palaeogenetics. Please spread the word! www.su.se/english/sear...
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Daniel P. Moriarity @dpmoriarity.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
"A study of federally funded research projects in the United States estimated that principal investigators spend on average about 45% of their time on administrative activities related to applying for and managing projects rather than conducting active research" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Christine R. Lattin, PhD @clattin.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
The #SICB Division of Botany needs a new Student/Postdoc Representative to work with their Division & @sicb-spdac.bsky.social to coordinate student/postdoc events for the annual meeting & during the academic year. If you know any students or postdocs who might be interested, please let me know!
Award-winning SPDAC sticker design by SICB member and graduate student Joseph Wu.
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Dave Angelini @aphanotus.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
#SICB is looking for nominees to important society-wide positions: #SICBSecretary #SICBProgramOfficer #SICBMemberAtLarge. As one of this year's #NominationsCommittee I'm interested in your ideas! Please DM, email, or find me in Atlanta #SICB2025
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John Terry @johntrterry.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
just blurted out in class "yes, you have to cite where you got your info. in a world in which lying loudly is the only thing that seems to get rewarded, citing your sources is an act of resistance" and folks, I really believe that.
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Santa Fe Institute @sfiscience.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Applications open for SFI’s Summer 2025 residential Education programs in Santa Fe! santafe.edu/education Details below. In this photo, SFI Professor Sid Redner meets with summer students at the SFI Cowan Campus (image: Doug Merriam)
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Chris Jiggins @chrisjiggins.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Join us in Cambridge! This evolutionary genomics professorship (lecturer/reader level) has an emphasis on introgression and gene flow. If you study any aspect of evolutionary genomics then please apply! www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49389/
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Associate Professor / Professor of Evolutionary Genomics - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Associate Professor / Professor of Evolutionary Genomics in the Department of Genetics at the University of Cambridge.
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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Applications due January 20 for our Undergraduate Diversity at Evolution program! Are you an undergrad interested in ecology, evolution or related fields? This program provides funding, mentoring, and a presentation opportunity at #Evol2025. buff.ly/4eExoFL @evolmtg.bsky.social
Text: Society for the Study of Evolution Undergraduate Diversity at Evolution Program. Applications due January 20, 2025. Background is a blue and orange abstract painting.
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Leslie Rissler @ljrissler.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
This reality is why the NSF offers the Mid-Career Advancement Program - 3 yr grant with 6.5 months of salary (for protected time to learn new skills, think, etc.) and $100k to initiate innovative research that could spark new achievements from established PIs. new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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Mid-Career Advancement (MCA)
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Hannah Scharf @hannah-scharf.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
We are recruiting students interested in a thesis/internship in behavioral ecology to work with us this field season (Apr-July 2025) on breeding great & blue tits. We don't have internal funding, but we are happy to help students within the EU apply for Erasmus+ projects. erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Killer kitties: a reminder that cats play a major role in wiping out wildlife. How? By killing literally *billions* of native animals every year, driving numerous extinctions. 🌍 Cats are NOT 'part of nature'. If you must have one, keep it indoors. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Killer kitties: cats are eating 2,000 species, including hundreds that are at risk
The first study to quantify what our felines eat on a global scale finds they have a significant impact on wildlife
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Christine W Miller @cwmiller.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
In Minnesota for the week, and I heard my first loon! What a haunting sound.
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W. Chris Funk @fieldgenomics.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Postdoctoral position available on population and landscape genomics to inform host-pathogen co-evolution and conservation of wild 🦌and CWD as part of highly integrative, fun team!: drive.google.com/file/d/1qAyg.... Please RT!
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Kate Laskowski @katelaskowski.bsky.social · 01/11/2024
I'd been wondering if we were ever going to get a deeper dive into the Pruitt saga (from a journalistic perspectice). Well here it is. Weird to relive those crazy years. thewalrus.ca/a-rock-star-...
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A Rock-Star Researcher Spun a Web of Lies—and Nearly Got Away with It | The Walrus
Jonathan Pruitt was prolific, influential, and charming. Then academic sleuths started poking around
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Christine W Miller @cwmiller.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Spent the day talking to middle school students in Miami about our research! Love the questions these students came up with. Huge thanks to the #StreamingScience team.
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Christine W Miller @cwmiller.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Nutrition during early insect adulthood can have huge effects the development of their cuticle www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Adult diet strongly affects cuticle thickness and its injury resistance in the insect Narnia femorata (Hemiptera: Coreidae)
Arthropods are the most diverse phylum on earth, accounting for up to 90% of animal species. The cuticular exoskeleton has played a vital role in their evolutionary success, but we know surprisingly l...
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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Have you had part of your dissertation published in Evolution or Evolution Letters this year? You may be eligible for this award! Papers must have been included in a 2024 issue to be eligible. Submit your nomination by Jan. 31: shorturl.at/CnVo6 @journal-evo.bsky.social @evolletters.bsky.social
Text: Society for the Study of Evolution, SSE Presidents' Award for Outstanding Dissertation Paper, Deadline January 31. Recent covers of Evolution Letters and Evolution.
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Oliver Bossdorf @bossdorf.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Two amazing jobs at Uni Bern. Assistent professorships in conservation biology and computational ecology. Bern is a wonderful place to live and work in! www.iee.unibe.ch/about_us/job...
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