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Barbara Tschirren @btschirren.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Two amazing weeks in the Swiss Alps with our @uniexecec.bsky.social 3rd year Zoology and Conservation & Ecology students.

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University of Exeter's Environment and Sustainability Institute @uniofexeteresi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Happy Postdoc Appreciation Week! 🪅 Celebrating one of our amazing postdocs this week – Dr Thomas O'Shea-Wheller, a Research Fellow from @uniexecec.bsky.social. #PostdocAppreciationWeek #LovePostdocs #NPAW2026 @cornwall.exeter.ac.uk @doctoralexeter.bsky.social @gsiexeter.bsky.social

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Erik Postma @erikpostma.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Delighted to see this mammoth effort led by @sevans.bsky.social, together with @mevisser.bsky.social, Arie van Noordwijk and Henri Bouwmeester out in @plosbiology.org.

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Edward Grey Institute @egioxford.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Remember the summer heatwaves in the UK in 2026? The late May heatwave was exceptional: an event +4.3 sd above mean - likely to occur only once every few decades under normal conditions. It was also unusual in being early and coinciding with tit breeding season. What consequences did it have? 🧵1/n

Temperature fluctuations in Wytham Woods between 15 May and June 15 for 2023-2026. Orange and green lines represent mean hourly temperatures from 218 temperature loggers in 2026 (orange) and 2023-2025 (green). The grey line and ribbon represent the mean daily temperature ± mean daily temperature range from the Central England Temperature dataset (CET; 1772-2025)

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Sarah Jose (JoseSci) @sarahjose.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

My #ExE2026 conference post is now live! It was great chatting with attendees about their research and learning more about the field. Thanks again to the organisers @erikpostma.bsky.social, @btschirren.bsky.social, @blongdon.bsky.social, @ali--wilson.bsky.social, and @hansonmark.bsky.social!

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Erik Postma @erikpostma.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

📣 Spread the news to any recent graduates who dare to dream big: Only 10 days left to apply to join #Mast-EER, a cohort of MbyRes students based at the @uniexecec.bsky.social in #Cornwall funded by @aria-research.bsky.social. Places are limited, so apply now!

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BES Evolutionary Ecology Group @bes-evolecol.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

We’re very excited to confirm that Rosemary Grant will be giving our inaugural online webinar in September. It’s free to all, so please look out for details of how to sign up for tickets.

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Kees van Oers @keesvanoers.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

This was such an amazing conference!! So well-organized and amazing speakers and venue! Looking forward to the next edition in Edinburgh!

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Emily Gilford @emilygilford.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I had a great time at the 1st #ExE2026 conference! Lots of amazing talks spanning genetics, behaviour, ecology and evolution 🐤 I presented a poster about the effects of sublethal pesticide exposure on cricket behaviour. The paper is in the final stages of review, so hopefully more to share soon 🦗🤞

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Antigoni Samourdani @antisamourdani.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Back to Switzerland after the blast that was #ExE2026! Fantastic talks and posters, lovely people, biggest gulls I’ve seen in my life! Very pleased to present our cool time-machine eyes to this lovely crowd 🧿 See you all in Edinburgh 🍺

Me standing next to my poster at a conference hall

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Katie Abson @katieabson.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Our paper is out! 📣 we find that molecular measures of genetic variation do not predict heritable genetic variation across species - important implications for the application of genomic data for conservation! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Nucleotide diversity is a poor predictor of short-term adaptive potential | PNAS

The capacity to adapt is essential for a population to avoid extinction in a changing world and is recognized as a global conservation priority. Ad...

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Suvi Ruuskanen @suviruuskanen.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

#ExE2026 goodbye! What an excellent conference: great science, super well organized ( definitely not short of food!), beautiful venue, incl dinner. Now treveling back to @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social with a new ideas and a new book to read 🙂 see you in Edinburgh next year!

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Eloise Newman @eloisenewman.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Sad that #ExE2026 is over - it was fantastic to visit Falmouth! Thank you so much to all the organisers. From the @egioxford.bsky.social we had a range of talks from @rona-learmonth.bsky.social @davididiaquez.bsky.social @celestineadelmant.bsky.social and Lucy Morley

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

The evolutionary ecology #ExE2026 conference in Cornwall had a very similar vibe to the American Society of Naturalists @asn-amnat.bsky.social stand alone meetings. It would be great to have more European participation in ASN and coordinate future meetings, maybe alternating sides of the Atlantic.

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Sarah Jose (JoseSci) @sarahjose.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

The sun is setting on another day of #ExE2026. Thanks to the organisers @erikpostma.bsky.social @btschirren.bsky.social @blongdon.bsky.social @ali--wilson.bsky.social and @hansonmark.bsky.social for a fantastic meeting!

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BES Evolutionary Ecology Group @bes-evolecol.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

A reminder for everyone at #Ex2026: if you’d like to get involved in keeping our new community thriving and growing, come along to an open conversation about future plans at 9:30 on Friday. We’ll meet outside the campus bar.

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Erik Postma @erikpostma.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

You know you’re at the right conference when the last session of the day on #quantitativegenetics is standing room only 🤩 #ExE2026

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Hanna Kokko @kokkonut.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I've been to a lot of meetings where the timekeeping signals are bird calls, but it's special when the meeting's outing goes to that place where you can see & hear the birds! The scenery was OK too. #ExE2026

Habitat of red-billed choughs (who were there but not in this photo) during the half day outing of the ExE conference

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Elin Videvall @elinvidevall.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

What a fabulous excursion we had yesterday to Lizard peninsula! Perfect weather and gorgeous views. Seals, choughs, and a kestrel. 🦭🐦☀️ Lovely break in the middle of the conference week. #ExE2026 Special thanks to @erikpostma.bsky.social for herding the big group.

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Simon Evans @sevans.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Fifteen minutes into @danielbolnick.bsky.social plenary at #ExE2026 and it’s already clear this is a fabulous presentation. A great start to day 3.

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Erik Postma @erikpostma.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

After one and a half days of amazing talks at #ExE2026, it was time to show off some of the best coastline #Cornwall has on offer ☀️🌊⛰️ Lizard Point to Kynance Cove, with seals, choughs and ice cream. What a day!

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BES Evolutionary Ecology Group @bes-evolecol.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

@erikpostma.bsky.social opening the #ExE2026 conference, having explained it’s the “Goldilocks Conference”, with the winning recipe combining ecology and ecologyl

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Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Kicking off #ExE2026, @erikpostma.bsky.social introduces the room to the "weaponisation of sea shanties" as a VERY STRICT timekeeping measure to ensure speakers keep to time. Will we all be cursing or singing "Wellerman" by the end of it? We shall see!

A conference speaker is addressing the room with a slide showing housekeeping

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Elin Videvall @elinvidevall.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The #ExE2026 conference is officially starting today! @erikpostma.bsky.social introduces ExE with the analogy of the goldilocks fairy tale, with it being 'just right', or "lagom" as we say in Swedish. 😄

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Suvi Ruuskanen @suviruuskanen.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

#ExE2026 Simon Evans showing convincing evidence on genotypic correlation between survival and clutch size in wild in NL and GB. This is what was missing!

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Sarah Jose (JoseSci) @sarahjose.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Excellent plenary on the evolutionary ecology of senescence in animals from Dan Nussey this morning at #ExE2026! If you liked that, you might enjoy his recent Essay on the evolutionary genetic and physiological theories of aging in @plosbiology.org: doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002513

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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

A great start to #ExE2026 this morning! We’ll be at our stand if you want to chat about anything MEE or BES (or if you just want to draw your study organism!)

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Ben Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Half a dozen talks & posters by members of my group at the inaugural #ExE2026 conference this week - sorry to be missing this new meeting as looks excellent

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Sarah Jose (JoseSci) @sarahjose.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Looking forward to a brilliant week of Evolution and Ecology at #ExE2026, hosted by @uniexecec.bsky.social! I'm here from @plos.org (@plosone.org) so please feel free to come chat about publishing with us, or just to show off your research! 🦔🌱🧬🦊🦠🌲

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Antigoni Samourdani @antisamourdani.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

My poster and I on our way to #ExE2026 in #Cornwall! If you want to learn about peeling eyes (yes, you read it right) & what insights we get about individuals’ dietary history come say hi! 🧿

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Gerardo Fracasso @gfracasso.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

It’s game on at #ExE2026 in Penryn @uniexecec.bsky.social. The first symposium on wild animals microbiome just kicked off!⚽️

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Thomas Ray Haaland @trhaaland.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

En route to #Cornwall and #ExE2026! 🌿🚄 Looking forward to a great conference, and to presenting tomorrow at 16:00 in the Ecological Genetics session - Come hear about the weird #QuantGen of threshold traits under fluctuating selection☀️🌧️☀️🌧️

Title slide over a photo of a European shag on sea cliffs at the Isle of May in Scotland. Slide reads "Non-intuitive evolutionary impacts of fluctuating selection on dichotomous phenotypic traits" - Thomas Haaland & Jane Reid - Evo X Eco - Cornwall 2026

Slide featuring illustrated examples of discrete dichotomous traits: Disease incidence, reproduce or not, inducible defenses, sex determination, migration vs. residence, alternative mating tactics, survive or die.

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Luís M. Silva @luismsilva.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

On my way to #ExE2026 in #Cornwall! ☀️ Into transmission heterogeneity? 🦠 🪱 🌎 Then come check my talk this Thursday, July 2nd at 16:30 in the Host-Pathogen Session 3 :)

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Eloise Newman @eloisenewman.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Very timely! Giving a talk next week at #ExE2026 in Cornwall!

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Tomos Potter @tomospotter.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Getting excited for #ExE2026 ! Come check out my talk at 11am on Tuesday in Lecture Theatre B:

The title slide from my talk: Are relatives their own worst enemies? Competition among kin drives balancing and diversifying selection in an IBM. Featuring soe sketchy illustrations of birds pecking at seeds, and a bird with a medium-length beak "diversifying" into a bird with a long beak and a bird with a short beak.

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Barbara Tschirren @btschirren.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Interested in the evolutionary genomics of host-pathogen interactions or the evolutionary ecology of senescence? 1 week left to apply for the two postdoc positions in our badger - bovine TB project🦡🦠🧪🧬👇

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Erik Postma @erikpostma.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

A few more days until the start of #ExE2026, the new evolutionary ecology 🧬✖️🌳 conference hosted @uniexecec.bsky.social in #Cornwall: 230 participants, 25 countries, 3 plenaries, 10 keynotes, 70 talks and over 100 posters. Also excursions, workshops, dinner, great swag and sea shanties 🎶 🤩 evoxeco.uk

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Barbara Tschirren @btschirren.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Exiting new MbyRes programme @uniexecec.bsky.social 👇 I am offering multiple One Health projects - get in touch if interested. 🦡🦌🐭🧪🦠🔬🧬

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Erik Postma @erikpostma.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Spread the word! 📢 Funded by @aria-research.bsky.social, @uniexecec.bsky.social in beautiful #Cornwall is creating a cohort of 20 (!) MbyRes students that will tackle some of the biggest questions in order to bring about a step-change for ecosystem resilience. For more information, see 👇!

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Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Interested in a Masters by Research? Incredible opportunity from @aria-research.bsky.social and @uniexecec.bsky.social. The Mast-EER programme offers tuition for UK 🇬🇧 home students to take on an exciting project in Engineering Ecosystem Resilience. ecologyconservation.exeter.ac.uk/masteer-coho...

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Mast-EER Cohort | Ecology and Conservation | University of Exeter

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Sarah Jose (JoseSci) @sarahjose.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Please do feel free to stop me to chat about all things science and publishing at #ExE2026! As a Cornwall native, I'm also happy to recommend places to visit or the best places to buy a pasty!

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Erik Postma @erikpostma.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

And if you want to read more about the survival cost of reproduction in our own species 👩‍🍼, @euantheyoung.bsky.social's @nlseb.bsky.social 2025 Prize-winning 🏆 paper is a must-read. doi.org/10.1126/scia...

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Mothers facing greater environmental adversity experience increased costs of reproduction

Mothers with more children during a famine had shorter lives, suggesting that harsh conditions increase costs of reproduction.

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Barbara Tschirren @btschirren.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

New paper out: Artificial selection for increased reproductive effort accelerates actuarial senescence and reduces lifespan in a precocial bird url: royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article... @uniexecec.bsky.social @erikpostma.bsky.social @joelpick.bsky.social y.social @oscarvedder.bsky.social

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Alex Mesoudi @alexmesoudi.com · 06/04/2026

New paper out in Evolutionary Human Sciences (unformatted early access): Testing Evolutionary Theories of Human Cooperation via Meta-Analysis of Microfinance Repayment with Dougie Foster, Shakti Lamba & @erikpostma.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Testing Evolutionary Theories of Human Cooperation via Meta-Analysis of Microfinance Repayment | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core

Testing Evolutionary Theories of Human Cooperation via Meta-Analysis of Microfinance Repayment

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Marcel E. Visser @mevisser.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

The breeding season 2026 has started, our 72nd breeding season!

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Erik Postma @erikpostma.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Do you need another reason to come to #ExE2026 this summer? There are still spaces available on some of our fantastic #ExE2026 excursions, so do make sure to sign up for one at evoxeco.uk.

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Simon Evans @sevans.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

2026 is an exciting time for evolutionary ecology: a dedicated conference AND a dedicated Special Interest Group, with plans to make the ExE meeting an annual event, regular workshops and more to support our community! bsky.app/profile/bes-...

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BES Evolutionary Ecology Group @bes-evolecol.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

This will be the first conference where we'll have a presence! We're very keen to learn what the evolutionary ecology community would like to see from an organisation representing it so please come along to our discussion session to tell us.

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