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David Peris

@davidperis.bsky.social
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Paleontologist. Amber and beetle lover (better if mixed 💛🪲). Ramón y Cajal #RyC researcher at the Institut Botànic de Barcelona (Spain). PI of #PaleoecologyLab, Interested in #insect #evolution, insect-plant #interactions and #pollination ecology

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David Peris @davidperis.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🚨Publication Alert🚨 Our new publication in Sci Rep demonstrates that #DNA is not better preserved in #insects embedded in #resin than in those preserved outside 🦟🧬 Jurassic Park will remain always fiction 👉 rdcu.be/Np9Xk5q5kgYa @ibb-botanic.bsky.social @csicdivulga.bsky.social #LabPaleoecology
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Jules Ferreira @jules2701.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
A new genus and species of Trechinae discovered from the ~100 Ma French Charentese amber! Dedicated to the famous English rock band MUSE, Cydonius musei helps refining the age of the subfamily in a TED framework. doi.org/10.1093/isd/... @ibb-botanic.bsky.social @davidperis.bsky.social
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Institut Botànic de Barcelona (IBB) @ibb-botanic.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Ens fa molta il·lusió compartir que Josefa González (@gonzalezlabbcn.bsky.social), investigadora de l’IBB, ha estat elegida membre d’@embo.org! 🧬 Un reconeixement a una trajectòria científica d’excel·lència. 🔗 Notícia aquí: www.ibb.csic.es/2026/06/30/j...
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The Palaeontological Association @thepalass.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
A deep dive into the fossil record of diving beetles (Dytiscidae): origins & pulsed diversification onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @datadryad.bsky.social @jules2701.bsky.social @cocomacro.bsky.social @davidperis.bsky.social @ibb-botanic.bsky.social @paleodb.bsky.social
Main photograph is of a large, round, diving beetle with stems of water plants in the background. This is the extant species Cybister lateralimarginalis.
There are smaller photographs of two fossil diving beetles overlapping this image: top right is Liadytiscus latus (in a brown matrix) and bottom left is Sinoporus lineatus (in a yellow matrix).
Each photograph has a 1 mm scale bar in the lower right corner.
Plot at bottom right shows the origination rate of new genera on the vertical axis and geological time on the horizontal axis.
Blue rectangle at top left is a cover image from the journal Palaeontology.
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David Peris @davidperis.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
🚨PAPER ALERT🚨 A new work led by @jules2701.bsky.social explains the evolutionary dispersion of bark beetles (Scolytinae) and the angiosperms to gymnosperm host shifts during the Cretaceous. @ibb-botanic.bsky.social #LabPaleoecology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Gondwanan Origin of Bark and Ambrosia Beetles and Their Rapid Worldwide Diversification During the Cretaceous
Aim It is not trivial to estimate the relative contributions of dispersal, vicariance, and range contraction in explaining the present-day distribution of ancient clades. In this study, we aim to in...
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David Peris @davidperis.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
🚨PAPER ALERT🚨 This is the (great!) first paper from @jules2701.bsky.social PhD project. Three different dating methods using fossil record point to the same results: Scolytinae predated the Angiosperm Terrestrial Revolution. @ibb-botanic.bsky.social #LabPaleoecology academic.oup.com/sysbio/artic...
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Multiple Dating Methods and Insights from the Fossil Record Reveal that Bark Beetles Predate the Angiosperm Terrestrial Revolution
Abstract. Estimating the age of a given clade is not trivial. Most dating studies rely on a node dating approach, which is highly sensitive to fossil place
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David Peris @davidperis.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
🚨New publication🚨 Beetles are not only neglected pollinators! The Evolution of Flower Beetles as Visitors and Pollinators - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... #LabPaleoecology @ibb-botanic.bsky.social
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The Evolution of Flower Beetles as Visitors and Pollinators
An estimated 20% of about 400,000 species of beetles (Coleoptera) are flower visitors. Despite this huge taxonomic and natural history diversity, beetle–flower interactions have historically been over...
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David Peris @davidperis.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
#LabPaleoecology from the @ibb-botanic.bsky.social visited ALBA synchrotron for the first time to scan fossil insects embedded in amber. Results are very promising!
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FJI-PRECARIAS @fjiprecarios.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
2️⃣punto del #PactoXLaCiencia 💆‍♀️Simplificación y eficiencia burocrática 👇🧵Vamos con el hilo para que también les quede bien explicado a @cienciagob.bsky.social @ageinves.bsky.social @crueuniversidades.bsky.social @dianamorantr.bsky.social
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David Peris @davidperis.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
📢TWO JOB VACANCIES!! Interested in Paleoecology, fossil insects or plants? 🪲🌸 These temporary research assistant positions may be for you! Join the #LabPaleoecology at the @ibb-botanic.bsky.social Botanical Institute of Barcelona (Spain). Check details here👇
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David Peris @davidperis.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Congratulations to Laura Pajot, PhD candidate in #PaleoecologyGroup, at @ibb-botanic.bsky.social, for the prize Fairon-Demaret to the best poster at Agora Palebotanica (Paris, France). Title: Cretaceous–Paleogene angiosperm woodiness
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FJI-PRECARIAS @fjiprecarios.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
🔴La convocatoria “Consolidación Investigadora” de este año vuelve a sufrir un recorte 📉Es un 50% menos que 2024, que a su vez ya fue recortada otro 50% respecto a 2023 👉¿Consecuencia? Aún más problemas para la estabilización @cienciagob.bsky.social @ageinves.bsky.social @dianamorantr.bsky.social 🧵
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Gael Kergoat @gkergoat.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
some recent changes for #Systematic_Entomology @royentsoc.bsky.social ! We welcome new people on our board of EiCs ( #Ligia_Benavides, #Christopher_Owen and #Emmanuel_Toussaint) and expand our scope to include most non-terrestrial arthropods 🕷️ resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Developing Systematic Entomology and expanding its scope
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Carlos M Herrera @cmhmaliani.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Minúscula hembra de Sphaerophoria scripta (~7 mm) comiendo granos de polen en una flor de Petrorhagia nanteuilii (Caryophyllaceae). En su vida anterior como larva se buscó la vida devorando pulgones entre las hierbas. Ahora en su vida adulta sigue ayudando a las plantas, pero ahora como polinizador
Pequeña mosca de rayas amarillas y marrón oscuras sobre una florecita de color rosa
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Paco Palazón @fpalazon.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Tip si estás buscando un #postdoc por Europa: Hace poco salieron los últimos resultados de las #ERC Advanced: erc.europa.eu/sites/defaul... así que si estáis buscando grupos que puedan tener bastante financiación ahora, potencialmente ahí están ;) Yo conseguí mi 1er postdoc así hace 10 años.
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Benjamin Wildermuth @bmwildermuth.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Postdoc Job offer for Arthropod Ecologists 🪲🕷️ Michael Staab @leuphana.bsky.social offers a 3 year postdoc starting in October latest. Arthropod diversity, interactions & functions in different research programs, e.g. @bexplo.bsky.social Apply by June 19th www.leuphana.de/en/universit...
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Prof. Jeff Ollerton @jeffollerton.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
In a new study just published, I teamed up with some Brazilian colleagues to explore how the different features of garden flowers help sustain #pollinators throughout the year in a subtropical urban garden. Read more about it here: jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/05/30/a... #biodiversity #ecology #bees
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A new study shows how garden flowers keep city pollinators flying all year round
When we think of cities, gardens might not be the first thing that comes to mind. But these green patches — whether in private yards, parks, or balconies — play a surprisingly important role in sup…
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Erin E. Saupe @eesaupe.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
🚨🚨🚨!Post doc opportunity! 🚨🚨🚨 35 month post doc on niche modelling of migratory whales in my lab with Katrina Jones. Job advert below: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... Please get in touch with questions!
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FJI-PRECARIAS @fjiprecarios.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
💸¿Cuánto cobra un postdoc en España en 2025? 📉 Spoiler: muy poco, seguimos perdiendo poder adquisitivo desde 2008 @cienciagob.bsky.social 📢Un año más, llega uno de nuestros informes estrella. ¡Acompáñanos en este hilo!🧵 🔗 fji.precarios.org/cuanto-cobra...
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Peter Wagner (a Real Dr., not a surgeon-barber/body-tech/golfer) @peterjwagner3.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Any young paleo workers will be hard pressed to find a better opportunity than this.
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David Peris @davidperis.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Insects and #pollination will have room at @pintofscience.es in Barcelona 🪲🪷 🗓️ 19th of May ⏰ 19:00 h 📍Bocca di Bonifacio Tetuan - Ausiàs March, 43, Barcelona Science & Beer 🍻 @ibb-botanic.bsky.social #LabPaleoecology
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Alexandra Klein @naturealexk.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
We are #hiring a lecturer and #researcher: - Teaching in ecology and nature conservation - Research on plant-pollinator interactions - Supervision of students - Contribution to our major collaborative projects Start 01.09.2025 Salary according to TV-L E13, 100% 🔗 uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...
bumblebee on flower by Felix Fornoff
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Institut Botànic de Barcelona (IBB) @ibb-botanic.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
🦋🌿 Convidem a les famílies a venir a la propera Jornada “Plantes i petits animals”! Ciència i art convergiran en tallers, jocs i activitats per a infants de 3 a 12 anys.✨ 📍Institut Botànic de Barcelona 🗓️Dissabte 24 de maig, d’11h a 17h 👉Les places són limitades! Inscriu-te aquí: bit.ly/4k5rSz0
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FJI-PRECARIAS @fjiprecarios.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Hace dos meses denunciábamos la violencia burocrática y pedíamos un CV unificado: bsky.app/profile/fjip... Pero la violencia burocrática también es papeles y más papeles para justificaciones mínimas. Como dice @fpalazon.bsky.social, ¡queremos tiempo para hacer ciencia!
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Institut Botànic de Barcelona (IBB) @ibb-botanic.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
• Botànica funerària al Cementiri de Montjuïc (27/04) bit.ly/42a89s7 • Visites al papilionari per a escoles • V Biomarató de Flora: sortida al Jardí Botànic (17/05) i a Collserola (19/05) • Jornada Art i Ciència per famílies (24/05) Anirem donant més informació
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Ruta de la Botánica Funeraria | Cementiris de Barcelona CBSA
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David Peris @davidperis.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
🚨New publication in @cp-iscience.bsky.social 🚨 Peñalver et al. describe diverse Mesozoic thrips carrying pollen during the gymnosperm to angiosperm plant-host ecological shift doi.org/10.1016/j.is... @ibb-botanic.bsky.social @amberia-team.bsky.social #LabPaleoecology
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David Peris @davidperis.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Amazing #beetle
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Mario Coiro @lepidodendron.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Do you love #fossil plants? Are you searching for a #PhD position? I am recruiting a doctoral student to join my group at the Senckenberg Research Institute in Frankfurt/M! Deadline on the 11th of May #paleobotany #paleontology #plants #botany www.senckenberg.de/en/career/sc...
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Jobs for Scientists | Senckenberg Society for Nature Research
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Institut Botànic de Barcelona (IBB) @ibb-botanic.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
📢 Buscamos candidato/a para beca JAE Intro Conexión GENOMA-02 "Papel de los elementos transponibles en la diversificación del sistema nervioso" Estudiantes de grado/máster 800 €/mes (20h) Grupo: @gonzalezlabbcn.bsky.social ⏳ Deadline: 16 de abril 👉 bit.ly/3QPrBDW
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Philip Donoghue @phil-donoghue.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
This interesting article on reviewer fatigue prompts me to publicize my most over-used web resource: JANE - the Journal Author Name Estimator jane.biosemantics.org which, based on an abstract, can help authors find a home for their manuscripts and help editors to find reviewers for submissions
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On improving the sustainability of peer review
The term “reviewer fatigue” has become only too familiar in scientific publishing. This editorial discusses how we can ease the burden on reviewers to make the peer review system more sustainable, whi...
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iBartomeus @ibartomeus.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Amigos y amigas abejologas, estos cursos van a ser top y creo que pueden estar financiados por la EU, así que si os interesa la taxonomía, hacer una expresión de interés: pollinatoracademy.eu/training/eu-...
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Pollinator Academy
The Pollinator Academy is a learning platform with integrated taxonomic tools and information on European pollinators.
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RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
In a new #RESSystematicEnt article, whole-genome data shed light on #speciation & within-species differentiation of the #PapilioMachaon complex around the Mediterranean Basin🦋 See the #OpenAccess article🔽 doi.org/10.1111/syen.12675 @gkergoat.bsky.social @lepidochrysops.bsky.social @wiley.com
Graphical abstract of: Whole-genome data shed light on speciation and within-species differentiation of the Papilio machaon complex around the Mediterranean Basin
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Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat @irbio-ub.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
📢 Defensa de tesi doctoral 🔬 Aquest dimecres Constanza Peña Kairath presenta la seva recerca sobre la pol·linització en el Cretaci, analitzant evidències en ambre de fa milions d’anys! Si t’interessen els fòssils i la relació insecte-planta al llarg de l’evolució, aquesta defensa és per a tu!
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Carlos M Herrera @cmhmaliani.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Mañana seré investido Doctor Honoris Causa por la Univ Jaén. El acto se retransmitirá por streaming www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4lo... En mi discurso desarrollaré la idea de que la primera víctima de los cambios ecológicos globales fue la ciencia ecológica misma. Haré diagnóstico y también propuestas.
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Solemne Acto de Investidura de Carlos Manuel Herrera Maliani, como Doctor Honoris Causa por la Universidad de Jaén
El Solemne Acto de Investidura de Carlos Manuel Herrera Maliani, como Doctor Honoris Causa por la Universidad de Jaén, se celebrará el martes 18 de marzo, a las 12 horas, en el Aula Magna del Campus L...
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Hervé Sauquet @hsauquet.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Excited to see this out!! In this thought-provoking review led by @davidperis.bsky.social and Ricardo Pérez-de la Fuente we further demonstrate that insect #pollination was once widespread among #gymnosperms and existed long before the origin of #angiosperms onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Prof. Jeff Ollerton @jeffollerton.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
In a review led by Spanish researchers David Peris and Ricardo Pérez-de la Fuente, we explored why a deep time perspective on insect pollination is relevant to our current understanding of plant-pollinator relationships. Read more here: jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/03/12/e... #pollinators #biodiversity
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Evolutionary implications of a deep-time perspective on insect pollination – a new review just published
When we think of pollination, we often picture bees buzzing around flowers or butterflies flitting from bloom to bloom. This relationship between plants and pollinators is one of the most well-know…
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Hervé Sauquet @hsauquet.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
We’re hiring again! Our new Leader Systematic Botany role at Botanic Gardens of Sydney is an exciting opportunity to join a vibrant, diverse, and inclusive team of 15 scientists working on systematics, phylogenomics, and macroevolution of the Australian flora. iworkfor.nsw.gov.au/job/leader-s...
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David Peris @davidperis.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Almost there! 👉Plant pollination by insects from the Cretaceous ambers. PhD dissertation by Constanza Peña-Kairath in one week! @irbio-ub.bsky.social @amberia-team.bsky.social 📅 19th of March ⏰ 15:00 hours 📍Facultat Ciències de la Terra, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
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David Peris @davidperis.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
📢Paper alert! Fossil record is fundamental to elucidating the origin and evolution of insect pollination, as well as informing on present-day plant–pollinator interactions. Check it out in: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @ibb-botanic.bsky.social @csicdivulga.bsky.social #LabPaleoecology
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Evolutionary implications of a deep‐time perspective on insect pollination
Plant pollination by insects represents one of the most transformative and iconic ecological relationships in the natural world. Despite tens of thousands of papers, as well as numerous books, on pol...
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David Peris @davidperis.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Laura is about to start her PhD project about macroevolution of angiosperms at the #LabPaleoecology, at the @ibb-botanic.bsky.social from @csic.es Welcome Laura!!
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David Peris @davidperis.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
📢Exciting Opportunity!! 🙌 We are hiring a reseach assistant! Do you have experience in computerized tomography of insects and 3D segmentation? Come to work with us! @ibb-botanic.bsky.social #LabPaleoecology
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Dave Goulson @davegoulson.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Our new paper, based on data from 1,705 studies, shows that pesticides are toxic to organisms they are not intended to harm, including fungi, microbes, plants, insects, & vertebrates such as ourselves. Questions the wisdom of applying over 3 million tonnes of them every year...
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David Peris @davidperis.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
📢NEW PROJECT FUNDED!! The project HIPI (#Pollinator #beetles: An extensive history of remarkable insect-plant interactions) will be funded by @ageinves.bsky.social for the next two years. New opportunities to continue growing in the #PaleoecologyLab at @ibb-botanic.bsky.social 🪲🪷🌴
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
One perk of being curator of a natural history collection is that our volunteers and staff bring me little treasures. Here's an Oiceoptoma carrion beetle that John Carroll found on a deer carcass in south Austin. Life- and death- goes on. #insects
macro photograph form near top view of a large, flattened black beetle walking on a gray stone substrate. The beetle is covered in gross brownish crud.
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
A gallery of parasites and parasitoids.
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Parasites & Parasitoids - Alex Wild
Life on earth is so abundant that a surprising proportion of our planet's diversity thrives as parasites, deriving sustenance from the bodies of other species, or from the shared resources of social s...
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David Peris @davidperis.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
🚨Paper alert🚨 New paper on fossil #thrips preserved in #amber swarming during the Cretaceous. Thrips were gymnosperm #pollinators! doi.org/10.11646/pal... @ibb-botanic.bsky.social #LabPaleoecology
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Swarming behaviour and pollination by Cretaceous thrips (Insecta: Thysanoptera) | Palaeoentomology
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FJI-PRECARIAS @fjiprecarios.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
🌲Para amenizar estas fechas navideñas ¡La @ageinves.bsky.social nos brinda nuevas convocatorias!🎁 📢Como llevamos denunciando desde hace ya demasiado tiempo ¡es URGENTE establecer un calendario estable de convocatorias, excluyendo el periodo de vacaciones! www.aei.gob.es/notic...
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La Agencia Estatal de Investigación destina 189,4 millones de euros para varias convocatorias de ayudas del año 2024 del Programa Estatal de Recursos Humanos del Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica, Técnica y de Innovación para el período 2024-2027 | Agencia Estatal de Investigación
La Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI), organismo dependiente del Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, ha lanzado varias convocatorias de ayudas en el marco del Programa Estatal de Recursos Humanos, del Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica, Técnica y de Innovación para el período 2024- 2027., con un presupuesto total de 189,4 millones de euros.
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Stefano Gaburro @stefanogaburro.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
271 MDPI and Frontiers Journals Downgraded to Level 0 in Finland It means all the papers published in such journals will not be counted for grants or other applications julkaisufoorumi.fi/en/news/chan...
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Changes to the classification
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Sònia Garcia @sphaeromeria.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
🚨 Exciting Opportunity: Juan de la Cierva Postdoctoral Call will open soon! 🚨 Are you a talented young researcher interested in invasive plant genomics and chromosomics? Join our team and contribute to cutting-edge research in this dynamic field! 🗓 Application Deadline: 17 January 2025, 14:00
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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
SSE is sponsoring three symposia at the 2025 Evolution meeting! Applicants can submit proposals for a virtual or in-person symposium. Check out previously funded symposia and learn how to apply on our website. Deadline January 6! buff.ly/3V0mh34 @evolmtg.bsky.social
The Evolution 2025 meeting logo.
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