Reposted by Eleanor BathRobin Hayward 🌳 🏳️⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/ 15596444
Reposted by Eleanor BathClara Howcroft Ferreira @clarahowcroft.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Really happy to share exciting news for the lab: @ukri.org has awarded us a ~£1M BBSRC New Investigator award over 5 years to investigate the neurobiological basis of 'safety in numbers'. 🧵 1/3ferreira-lab.weebly.comMY SITEMY SITE 52610
Reposted by Eleanor BathKrish Sanghvi @krishsanghvi11.bsky.social · 23/07/2026We refine & extend the Y-model heuristic (“mean invariance” hypothesis) to explain why resource limitation reveals tradeoffs + suggestions for what empiricists should measure (hint: it’s not average resource availability in a population, or solely variation in acquisition-allocation). Now in JEBacademic.oup.comInfluence of the resource acquisition–allocation Y-model’s parameters on the detection of phenotypic trade-offsAbstract. Phenotypic trade-offs, predicted to occur due to resource limitation, are not commonly detected. For this, the Y-model provides a powerful heuris 12210
Eleanor Bath @eleanorbath.bsky.social · 10/07/2026We have a new preprint up looking at how much variation there is in aggression in male and female fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster). Check it out here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.orgGenetic Variation in Drosophila melanogaster AggressionAnimals fight for resources to obtain fitness benefits; most contests are intrasexual, and males tend to fight more than females. Although the genetic basis of male aggression is well studied, we know... 0104
Reposted by Eleanor BathStu West @stuwest.bsky.social · 29/06/2026The University of Exeter have announced a programme of academic staff cuts, including all of www.exeter.ac.uk/research/gro... Sign the open letter of support at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @crab-exeter.bsky.socialexeter.ac.ukCentre for Research in Animal Behaviour (CRAB) | Research Groups | University of Exeter 33458
Reposted by Eleanor BathStuart Wigby @stuartwigby.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Our latest @ukri.org-funded work is out now in @pnas.org – Mating-dependent lifespan cost of sterol depletion in male Drosophila melanogaster. 4 years work from a terrific team of PDRAs, techs, students and collabs! @liverpooluni.bsky.social @livuniresearch.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...pnas.orgPNASProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans... 0133
Reposted by Eleanor BathBenjamin Jarrett @bjmjarrett.bsky.social · 18/05/2026I am hiring a postdoc for a project on herbivory of Rhododendron by insects in North Wales! Genomics expertise required, field experience preferred. Hoping to hire quickly! Bangor is awesome! Get in touch if you want any more details! jobs.bangor.ac.uk/details.php....jobs.bangor.ac.ukJob Details | Bangor University Jobs 23152
Reposted by Eleanor BathClara Howcroft Ferreira @clarahowcroft.bsky.social · 11/05/2026🎉 Exciting news for our lab: we will have open positions soon #PostdoctoralResearcher #ResearchTechnician! If you are interested in #SocialBehaviour, #FearResponses, and #DrosophilaMelanogaster, get in touch with a short CV and a statement of research interests. 187
Reposted by Eleanor BathBen Hopkins @brhopkins92.bsky.social · 13/04/2026I’m looking to hire a postdoc. We’re interested in the evolution of organs and cell types, and evolutionary and developmental genetics more broadly. Please reach out if you’re interested and please pass on to any folks that you know who might be! 🪰🧬 01211
Reposted by Eleanor BathKrish Sanghvi @krishsanghvi11.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Are current methods inaccurate in quantifying ageing & selective disappearance? We compare methods using simulations, analytical solutions, and empirical data, across life histories & methodologies (eg incomplete data). Surprising results & several recommendations. ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...ecoevorxiv.orgA comparison of methods to assess selective disappearance and quantify ageing 1179
Reposted by Eleanor BathGrant C. McDonald @gcmcdon.bsky.social · 27/01/2026🚨Postdoc opportunity🚨: The impact of global change on parental care systems Interested in Shorebirds? Global change? Parental care? Fieldwork? 🐣☀️ Come join us in Budapest! Interested candidates - get in touch! Deadline Feb 28 2026 098
Eleanor Bath @eleanorbath.bsky.social · 26/01/2026We're advertising a PhD project on how social isolation influences aggression in flies. Based at Durham, co-supervised by @clarahowcroft.bsky.social . Despite what the ad says, this is also open to international applicants! Any questions, shoot me a msg! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...findaphd.comAngry and Alone: How Social Experience Shapes Female Aggression in Flies at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.comPhD Project - Angry and Alone: How Social Experience Shapes Female Aggression in Flies at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com 01622
Reposted by Eleanor BathClara Howcroft Ferreira @clarahowcroft.bsky.social · 22/11/2025Interested in the neurobiological basis of social behaviour and its dysfunction? Join the Ferreira and @wolfhuette.bsky.social groups at Northumbria University for a fully funded PhD opportunity studying group behaviour in flies. Further details are available here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...findaphd.comNeuronal circuit-level action of genes underlying social behaviour dysfunction in Drosophila melanogaster (Ref: RDF26/SE/GNS/FERREIRA) at Northumbria University on FindAPhD.comPhD Project - Neuronal circuit-level action of genes underlying social behaviour dysfunction in Drosophila melanogaster (Ref: RDF26/SE/GNS/FERREIRA) at Northumbria University, listed on FindAPhD.com 147
Reposted by Eleanor BathPhilip Leftwich @philipleftwich.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Please share 📢 We have a Postdoc position available here @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social to develop innovative genetic control strategies for insect agricultural pests in collaboration with @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/19... 02227
Reposted by Eleanor BathFlo Camus @fcamus.bsky.social · 25/11/2025We are looking for PhD applicants! ‼️Interested in genomics, ecophysiology and adaptation? Look at our TREES DLA project: www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/und... We also offer more projects via ROUTE2. Get in touch and let’s have a chat 💬trees-dla.ac.ukUnderstanding the role of metabolism in adaptation & evolution | TREES DLAIn an era of rapid environmental change, understanding how species adapt to shifting conditions is critical for conservation biology. At the heart of adaptation lies metabolism, the process that fuels... 035
Reposted by Eleanor BathCatherine Sheard @sheardcat.bsky.social · 24/11/2025ICYMI: David Burslem (Aberdeen), Daniel Pincheira-Donoso (QUB), Zoe Goodwin (RBGE), and I are advertising a fully funded PhD project on plant traits, to be based in my lab. Open to international applicants, deadline January 14, please contact me with any questions. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...findaphd.comQUARTILES DLA CASE: Trait-based drivers of the ornamental plant trade at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.comPhD Project - QUARTILES DLA CASE: Trait-based drivers of the ornamental plant trade at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com 104
Reposted by Eleanor BathCatherine Sheard @sheardcat.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Anyone looking for a Australia-based postdoc? Like animal behaviour / coding / birds? My fantastic collaborator, Iliana Medina, is advertising a position researching bird nests: unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/UoM_Ex...unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.comResearch Fellow in Behaviour and EcologyRole type: Full Time; Fixed Term for 2 years Faculty: Faculty of Science Department/ School: School of Biosciences Salary: Level A: $87,266 - $118,416 (PhD Entry Level - $110,319) plus 17% super Colla... 04135
Eleanor Bath @eleanorbath.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Interested in fighting, flies, and evolution? I've got a project at Durham investigating the ecology, evolution, and genetics of aggression in fruit flies (Drosophila): iapetus.ac.uk/studentships.... All questions welcome - just shoot me a message or email!iapetus.ac.ukWhat drives aggression? Linking Ecology, Evolution, and Genes 053
Reposted by Eleanor BathBen Hopkins @brhopkins92.bsky.social · 15/10/2025The Hopkins Lab (hopkins-lab.com) at the University of Florida is looking to recruit a postdoc to work on the genetics of organ function and evolution across Drosophila and beyond. Please visit tinyurl.com/vcsjpmzz or email me for more info. And please RT or send to anyone who might be interested! 33842
Reposted by Eleanor BathKrish Sanghvi @krishsanghvi11.bsky.social · 07/10/2025How should ejaculate ejection behaviour by females be measured? And does it correlate with female pre-mating preference? Find out in our new paper! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comEjaculate Ejection by Female Fruit Flies Does Not Correlate With Mating Latency or Male Presence, Irrespective of How Ejection Is MeasuredHow to measure female ejaculate ejection, is it related to pre-mating sexual selection, or influenced by post-mating sexual environment? We explore these questions in fruit flies. 164
Reposted by Eleanor BathJen Perry @jennyperry.bsky.social · 13/09/2025MSc position in my lab. Come study the evolutionary & behavioural ecology of insects! @stfx-university.bsky.social 02024
Reposted by Eleanor BathPau Carazo @paucarazo.bsky.social · 01/09/2025We’re offering a fully funded 4 yr PhD position to work on Sexual selection in complex environments at the @uv.es. Co-supervised by @dbergerbiol.bsky.social. Find details below 👇 03257
