Christine W Miller @cwmiller.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Excited to share a new article written with fantastic co-authors Towards an Integrated Understanding of Animal Weapons www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 0279
Christine W Miller @cwmiller.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Happy 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... 184
Christine W Miller @cwmiller.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Rufous-backed dwarf kingfisher — such colour! 250
Christine W Miller @cwmiller.bsky.social · 26/09/20252025 Tropical Biology Field Course in the Danum Valley of Borneo 020
Reposted by Christine W MillerDepartment of Zoology, University of Cambridge @camzoology.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Are 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 099
Reposted by Christine W MillerJoel McGlothlin @joelmcglothlin.bsky.social · 21/06/2025@danielbolnick.bsky.social: "Keep doing science: the pursuit of knowledge is an act of resistance." #Evol2025 05715
Reposted by Christine W MillerBob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 26/06/2025The 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...careers.pageuppeople.comJob Search 03853
Christine W Miller @cwmiller.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Love this bumblebee action shot, photo taken by my daughter 070
Reposted by Christine W MillerDepartment 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 0123
Reposted by Christine W MillerThe Onion @theonion.com · 27/02/2025RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymoretheonion.comRFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting AnymoreWASHINGTON—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... 460227094767
Christine W Miller @cwmiller.bsky.social · 23/02/2025www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...technologyreview.comThe foundations of America’s prosperity are being dismantledFederal scientists warn that Americans could feel the effects of the new administration's devastating cuts for decades to come. 020
Reposted by Christine W MillerCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 22/02/2025Any 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. 351895562
Reposted by Christine W MillerLiz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 22/02/2025The 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...nytimes.com‘The Interview’: Ed Yong Wants to Show You the Hidden Reality of the WorldThe Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer talks about burnout from covering the pandemic and how bird-watching gave him a new sense of hope. 9462128
Reposted by Christine W MillerSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 17/02/2025I 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. 969636
Reposted by Christine W MillerMichael Baym @baym.lol · 17/02/2025Please 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 333988
Reposted by Christine W MillerJacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Firings 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. 9541551592
Reposted by Christine W MillerJacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 18/02/2025This 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! 2249113
Christine W Miller @cwmiller.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Back 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. 040
Reposted by Christine W MillerLove Dalén @lovedalen.bsky.social · 07/01/2025At 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... 012688
Reposted by Christine W MillerDaniel 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/... 33996462
Reposted by Christine W MillerChristine R. Lattin, PhD @clattin.bsky.social · 02/01/2025The #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! 22521
Reposted by Christine W MillerDave 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 01610
Reposted by Christine W MillerJohn Terry @johntrterry.bsky.social · 19/12/2024just 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. 205149092427
Reposted by Christine W MillerSanta Fe Institute @sfiscience.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Applications 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) 1128
Reposted by Christine W MillerChris Jiggins @chrisjiggins.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Join 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/jobs.cam.ac.ukAssociate Professor / Professor of Evolutionary Genomics - Job Opportunities - University of CambridgeAssociate Professor / Professor of Evolutionary Genomics in the Department of Genetics at the University of Cambridge. 16259
Reposted by Christine W MillerSociety for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Applications 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 01926
Reposted by Christine W MillerLeslie Rissler @ljrissler.bsky.social · 24/11/2024This 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...new.nsf.govMid-Career Advancement (MCA) 2234
Reposted by Christine W MillerHannah Scharf @hannah-scharf.bsky.social · 22/11/2024We 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 12215
Reposted by Christine W MillerEoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Killer 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/...theguardian.comKiller kitties: cats are eating 2,000 species, including hundreds that are at riskThe first study to quantify what our felines eat on a global scale finds they have a significant impact on wildlife 38610245
Christine W Miller @cwmiller.bsky.social · 18/11/2024In Minnesota for the week, and I heard my first loon! What a haunting sound. 120
Reposted by Christine W MillerW. Chris Funk @fieldgenomics.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Postdoctoral 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! 06649
Reposted by Christine W MillerKate Laskowski @katelaskowski.bsky.social · 01/11/2024I'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-...thewalrus.caA Rock-Star Researcher Spun a Web of Lies—and Nearly Got Away with It | The WalrusJonathan Pruitt was prolific, influential, and charming. Then academic sleuths started poking around 06127
Christine W Miller @cwmiller.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Spent 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. 020
Christine W Miller @cwmiller.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Nutrition during early insect adulthood can have huge effects the development of their cuticle www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgAdult 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... 000
Reposted by Christine W MillerSociety for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Have 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 01214
Reposted by Christine W MillerOliver Bossdorf @bossdorf.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Two 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... 4195147