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Debbie Leigh

@debbiemleigh.bsky.social
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Associate Professor Senckenberg and Goethe Conservation biologist and genomicist. Dyslexic so please forgive spelling mistakes! She/her 🌳🐐🪶🐧

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Debbie Leigh @debbiemleigh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#emails
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Pengu Pudgy Overwhelmed with Work
ALT: Pengu Pudgy Overwhelmed with Work
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Hanna Kokko @kokkonut.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
There is still time to apply! I'll start reading the applications this Friday.
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Debbie Leigh @debbiemleigh.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Andrew is great!
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Debbie Leigh @debbiemleigh.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Kakapo population boom! Lets all take a minute to celebrate the people who are the guardians of this amazing parrot and who bring us this amazing news. 🥳 As always lets also celebrate this very fancy parrot! 🦜 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Kākāpō rising: 90 chicks swell population of the world’s heaviest parrot
Critically endangered New Zealand bird enjoys record breeding season triggered by mass fruiting of native tree, pushing its numbers to 325
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Debbie Leigh @debbiemleigh.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Always the best conference
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Debbie Leigh @debbiemleigh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... New preprint! This is all from #ACORN and my time working with @christian-rellstab.bsky.social 🧪🧪
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Adaptive variation in drought-related traits across southern and central European white oak (Quercus sect. Quercus) populations
European white oaks grow from the Mediterranean coast to Southern Scandinavia, a huge environmental gradient that has likely fostered environmental adaptation. In the face of climate change, leveragin...
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fbm-unil.bsky.social @fbm-unil.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
📣 #Job alert Associate Professor in #behavioral #ecology and #cultural #evolution within the Department of Ecology and Evolution @dee-unil.bsky.social @fbm-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social Apply before September 30th, 2026 👉 wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...
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Michaela A. Dippold @michaeladippold.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
📢 #JobAlert: TERRA seeks a Group Leader for #biogeochemical modelling. Interested in C, N, P or any other #element #cycle ? You want to built up your first own research group within the insipiring @terra-cluster.org @unituebingen.bsky.social? Please apply (QR-code) - more info here: lnkd.in/e8MTaYVm
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
The Prime Minister of Spain: “This climate emergency is exceeding every threshold and scale that scientists have long warned all of Spain and Europe about.” This is the realistic climate discourse the world needs. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/w...
"These are difficult hours," Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said
Monday afternoon during a news conference in Castellón, on Spain's eastern coast, where a new fire raged and forced thousands of new evacuations.
In the face of what his government has called the largest fires in the country's history, and after a summer of record-breaking heat waves, he called for a national pact with all Spain's political parties to work together to prevent blazes that he attributed to climate change.
"This climate emergency is exceeding every threshold and scale that scientists have long warned all of Spain and Europe about," he said.
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Gernot Segelbacher 🪶 🧬 @gsegelbacher.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
drought is an ongoing problem in Europe and it will get worse - and yes - this is human induced ! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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European summer drying largely driven by atmospheric circulation changes since the 1980s - Nature Geoscience
Shifting atmospheric circulation patterns over Europe since the 1980s have been the major cause of increasingly severe droughts on the continent, according to nudged circulation climate model simulati...
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Debbie Leigh @debbiemleigh.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
A future with this every summer is not inevitable. We have knowledge, technology, and pathways that can be leveraged. We can reduce emissions. Yes lower your footprint, but also write your representative about your swampy summer and ask them to make a change so you don't have to buy that AC.
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Debbie Leigh @debbiemleigh.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Come work with me unlocking the secrets of island genetic diversity patterns! And exploring how the severely elevated genetic erosion we have previously shown on island systems might impact communities. #postdoc #job #germany senckenberg.softgarden.io/job/65352091...
senckenberg.softgarden.io
Postdoctoral Researcher in Macrogenetics (f/m/d) at Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung
We're looking for: Postdoctoral Researcher in Macrogenetics (f/m/d) (Full or Part Time) • Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland
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Debbie Leigh @debbiemleigh.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
This month I have discovered two super important meeting that I have apparently been skipping for the last two years, that I did not even know I was supposed to join. I think there needs to be some kind of cheatsheet or something handed to new faculty (or a greater use of calendar invites)
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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
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Volker Lipka @volkerlipka.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
We are currently recruiting an Independent Junior Research Group Leader in the field of biotic and/or abiotic stress biology in plants at the University of Göttingen (starting in January 2027). www.uni-goettingen.de/de/644546.ht... Best, Salma Balazadeh & Volker Lipka
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Stellenanzeigen - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Webseiten der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
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Matteo Anderle @mattande.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
📢 We're hiring! I'm looking for a **Junior Researcher** to join my team at @EuracResearch (Bolzano, Italy) and work on bird monitoring, bioacoustics, Passive Acoustic Monitoring, and biodiversity research. Apply here: eurac.onboard.org/jobs/dGXQ9qe... Please share! 🙏 🐦‍⬛🎙️ #Ecology #Ornithology
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Junior Researcher to conduct passive acoustic monitoring and point count of birds.
Eurac Research · Bozen/Bolzano
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Dr. Arun Sethuraman @arunsethuraman.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Hey team - it’s looking very likely that I’ll be hiring not one but two four year postdocs! We’re a fun lab with tons of theoretical and applied pop gen projects - broadly in polyploid, conservation, and human evo. Competitive salary, sunny San Diego! Do share with your about to defend grads!
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Debbie Leigh @debbiemleigh.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Working hard at #SMBE
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Paige Byerly, PhD @paigebyerly.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Excited to be here at #SMBE2026! I’ll be talking Wednesday afternoon about our @sgn.one #conservationgenomics #popgen research investigating genetic diversity erosion & mutational load in the endangered Great Bustard using museum genomics 🧬
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Debbie Leigh @debbiemleigh.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
If anyone is working on using genomics for conservation focused goals and at #SMBE please reach out! I want to hear about all your work :)
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Debbie Leigh @debbiemleigh.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I am heading up to Copenhagen from Frankfurt for #SMBE, while theoretically a very simple 10 hour trip, the [catastrophic] heat wave caused by man made climate change is making this very challenging. Today we have already had fires on the line, signal failures, and I am not even in Hamburg yet!
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Marc Robinson-Rechavi @marcrr.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
If you're going to #SMBE2026 @official-smbe.bsky.social Copenhagen by train, share your plans and experience on #NoFlySMBE. Let's make #NoFlyAcademics normal and visible! I'm going Lausanne-Basel, night train 😴 Basel-Hamburg, and finally Hamburg-Copenhagen. Easy! (I hope 🤞)
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Gernot Segelbacher 🪶 🧬 @gsegelbacher.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
protecting populations in conservations is important - we here present a framework which can help you to identify populations for conservation prioritisation #consgen 🦤#IUCN #SSC a long term project by @cgsg.bsky.social led by @jgeue.bsky.social and @debbiemleigh.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/bios...
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A practical framework for identifying genetic subpopulations and ESUs: Insights for IUCN assessments and broader management
Abstract. Species conservation assessments evaluate extinction risk, and recovery potential, advancing species persistence through guiding resource priorit
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Debbie Leigh @debbiemleigh.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
For those of us who have lost family to this cancer, this is amazing!!
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Debbie Leigh @debbiemleigh.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Come work with me unlocking the secrets of island genetic diversity patterns! And exploring how the severely elevated genetic erosion we have previously shown on island systems might impact communities. #postdoc #job #germany senckenberg.softgarden.io/job/65352091...
senckenberg.softgarden.io
Postdoctoral Researcher in Macrogenetics (f/m/d) at Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung
We're looking for: Postdoctoral Researcher in Macrogenetics (f/m/d) (Full or Part Time) • Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland
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Debbie Leigh @debbiemleigh.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
🧪 Big things are happening 🧪 after nearly two years at Senckenberg, the GBM team are moving into our wet lab space. This is a huge step for us as it means we now have a place to generate all the amazing molecular data we need to answer cool conservation questions. 🦁🦜🐈 #newPI #womeninSTEM
Two women standing in a molecular wet lab as it is being furnished
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Debbie Leigh @debbiemleigh.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Yay! The Leigh group made it out of the lab to test our skills and bowling.
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Mozes Blom @moosblom.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
⏰⏰⏰ 6 days more to apply!! Don't be shy if you feel like you don't fit all criteria; motivation, curiosity and fun to work with, are the most important traits that we are looking for! ⏰⏰⏰
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Gernot Segelbacher 🪶 🧬 @gsegelbacher.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
#consgen bubble, please note: abstrakt deadline has been extended. Looking forward to see many of you there.
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Leon Hilgers @leonhilgers.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Good morning from Vienna☀️! Sampling #historical 100+ year old #eels for the #flexibEEL project in the fantastic #collection of the NHM Wien @nhmwien.bsky.social 🙂🐟 #eels #evolution #museomics
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Tábita Hünemeier @hunemeier.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Our new paper is out in @nature.com! By exploring the rich genetic diversity of Indigenous peoples across America, we show how large-scale genomic data reveal far more complex evolutionary history, shaped by multiple dispersals, long-term regional continuity, and adaptation to diverse environments.
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Conservation Genetics Specialist Group (IUCN) @cgsg.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
we are live now #consgen , an overview on the different projects the Conservation Genetics Specialist Group is involved can be found on our new website - check it out #IUCN #SSC
screenshot of website of the conservation genetics specialist group with two pictures of animals and text about the vision and mission
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Debbie Leigh @debbiemleigh.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Please vote for the white slug and help us bring conservation genomic assessments to the 'creepy crawlies' too
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Debbie Leigh @debbiemleigh.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
There is a special sadness in arriving in a new city, getting excited that you might be able to order a gluten free pizza and realising the restaurant is no longer open 😿 #berlin
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Virginia Schutte @vgwschutte.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
For the bird 🧪 people: Viking Cruises is constantly looking for ornithologists to be paid to go on their cruises I've not sailed with them but know someone who has and enjoyed it www.vikingcareers.com/us/en/c/expe...
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Expedition: Search open jobs at Viking Cruises
Search results for Expedition open jobs at the world's #1 cruise line in River & Oceans. Find the job that matches with your skills and apply today!
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Bert van der Veen @vdveenb.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
The new Master's programme in Ecological Forecasting at UBT and JMU Würzburg is looking to employ six lecturers and a program coordinator! For more information, please contact Prof. Steven Higgins (www.pfloek.uni-bayreuth.de/en/team/higg...).
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Debbie Leigh @debbiemleigh.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Please vote for the Seychelles white slug :)
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Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung @sgn.one · 13/04/2026
🐚 5 Arten. 1 Titel. 🧬 Die Wahl zum Internationalen Weichtier des Jahres 2026 beginnt heute! Hilf uns dabei, zu entscheiden, welcher dieser unglaublichen Finalisten sein gesamtes Genom sequenziert bekommt. Gib hier deine Stimme ab: sgn.one/moty2026 🗳️
Nahaufnahme der Vampirschnecke Cumia intertexta mit braunem, spiralförmigem Gehäuse und langem Saugrüssel.Zwei durchsichtige, ovale Exemplare von Ephippodonta lunata mit sichtbaren inneren Strukturen vor schwarzem Hintergrund.Zwei milchig weiße Exemplare der Schnecke ​Filicaulis seychellensis kriechen auf einem dunklen Baumstamm mit kleinen gelben Blüten.Riesige rote Meeresschnecke Triplofusus giganteus verschlingt eine Muschel am Meeresstrand
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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
1/ Forget tales of escapees from the film set of The African Queen. Ignore rumours of Jimi Hendrix’s supposed liberation of a pair on Carnaby Street. Newly declassified documents from the Ministry Of Defence reveal how Ring-necked Parakeets colonised the UK through Operation Norwegian Blue! 😮 🪶
A close up image of the head of a Ring-necked Parakeet showing its bright green plumage and red bill. Wording alongside reads: Origin of the UK’s Ring-necked Parakeets finally revealed!
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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Job opening! Asst/Assoc Prof (TT) in Forest Ecology at McGill University in Canada. mcusercontent.com/1319f832ffab...
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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · 01/04/2026
Vierter #CallForProposals für weitere Emmy Noether-Gruppen, die zu "Methoden der Künstlichen Intelligenz" forschen. Ziel: Analyse und Bewertung dieser Methoden vorantreiben und hoch qualifizierten Wissenschaftler*innen frühzeitig Karriereoptionen mit hoher Eigenständigkeit zu eröffnen. sohub.io/oa53
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Emmy Noether-Gruppen „Methoden der Künstlichen Intelligenz“
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Hernán E. Morales @hernmoral.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
🚨 Postdoc in conservation genomics & experimental evolution (Copenhagen) Join us explore questions on gene editing for biodiversity conservation 🔬 Required: exp in experimental evolution (ideally C. elegans) 📅 1-year pos ⏰ Dline: April 6 employment.ku.dk/faculty?show... @hologenomics.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral position in conservation genomics and experimental evolution at Hologenomics Section, Globe Institute
The Hologenomics Section, Globe Institute, University at Copenhagen, is looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic postdoctoral researcher to join our team. This position is part of the research project “Back from the Brink: experimental de-extinction in a model-organism to restore lost diversity”, funded under the Villum Experiment Programme. The project explores the potential of gene editing technologies for conservation using an experimental setting, the risks and consequences for the management of genetically vulnerable populations. Duration: one year.
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Robert Mahon @bedform.org · 19/03/2026
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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · 19/03/2026
Here it is again, as the time was incorrect in the first announcement. 🙃 #ECR, now get out your diaries and make a note for the info session about the DFG's Emmy Noether Programme, its eligibility requirements and your funding opportunities. Full Details:▶️ sohub.io/3kx2
Titel "Emmy Nether Programme" and the following details:
in English
Thursday
02 April 2026
1:30-3:00 p.m. CET
Shortlink: www.dfg.de/prospects
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Hanna Kokko @kokkonut.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
We've had so much fun teaching in this program already. Looking forward to welcoming the next cohort! Might it include you?
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Oliver Bossdorf @bossdorf.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Dream Job Alert! @unituebingen.bsky.social is hiring a FULL PROFESSOR (W3) for EXPERIMENTAL BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH! You work on soil fauna/fungi/food webs and their relations with environment, plants, ecosystem processes? Come and join the @terra-cluster.org and our institute! Please re-post!
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Debbie Leigh @debbiemleigh.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Not going to lie, when I first read this I thought the scientists were motion capture dinosaurs. Might need to get a bit more sleep 😆
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Vincent J Lynch 🐘🦣🦥 🦇🐋🐢🐍 @devoevomed.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Now this is how #DeExtinction is done. These are "Lazarus species" in my taxonomy of the dead.
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Andrew Digby @digs.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Exciting times on Anchor Island as we check #kakapo nests for hatching. We’re letting eggs hatch in nests to reduce management intensity. Last night I found these two newly-hatched chicks in Konini’s nest, along with a fertile egg I carried back under a lunar eclipse. #kakapo2026 #conservation
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