Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14/02/2025One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight! 7568334825831
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallNelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 14/02/2025It’s official. My university who told me for all of the years I have been a faculty person they it valued diversity all of a sudden decided it no longer does without even attempting to resist a legally questionable executive order. www.thedp.com/article/2025...thedp.comPenn to introduce changes to University discrimination policies, remove term ‘diversity’The changes include the renaming of several statements, offices, and policies, and the elimination of terms including “diversity.” 813942
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallExeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · 14/02/2025NEW RESEARCH: Seamounts are a HUB for sharks! New research on seamounts off Ascension Island has found that there are 41 TIMES the amount of sharks there than in the open ocean, despite no increase in primary productivity. Read the full paper here - doi.org/10.1371/jour... 🦑🌊🦤🌍🌐🧪 #AcademicSky 25315
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallAndy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · 12/02/2025🎉CONGRATULATIONS🥂 to Lucy Westover on publishing her 🥇 paper in @royalsocietypublishing.org. Celebrating #ECR success is GREAT. @bristolbiosci.bsky.social #fieldwork #experiment #predation #noise #mongooses #vigilance #behaviour #ECR #Masters #OpenAccess so please share: doi.org/10.1098/rsbl... 0224
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallASAB @asab.org · 11/02/2025An amazing resource from @asabeducation.bsky.social ! These worksheets are fantastic way to acknowledge and celebrate #WomenAndGirlsInScience #WomenInSTEM 👩🔬 0113
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallASAB @asab.org · 11/02/2025It’s never been more important to celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 👩🔬 Here’s a collection of posts from last year about some of the remarkable historical #WomenInSTEM in the animal field: 14412
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallBen Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social · 12/02/2025100% endorse this. Also true at conferences etc 0124
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallOliver Poole @ollypoole.bsky.social · 12/02/2025New paper out today from our lab. doi.org/10.1098/rsob... We unpick the morphological 🧑🧒, physiological 🔬, behavioural 📟 and transcriptomic 🧬 differences contributing to female sex bias in migrating #hoverflies. See my work on flight performance in this paper 🪰💪🪽 @uniexecec.bsky.socialdoi.orgMultiple factors contribute to female dominance in migratory bioflows | Open BiologyMigration is a widely observed phenomenon supported by morphological, physiological and behavioural traits that vary with season and sex in many species. Recently, the genetic components underpinning migration in the marmalade hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae)... 085
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallBen Longdon @blongdon.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Now with an @evolletters.bsky.social blog post about the work from study lead Ryan Imrie evolutionletters.net/examining-pa... @uniexecec.bsky.socialevolutionletters.netExamining patterns of susceptibility across virus and host species - Evolution Letters | Editor's Blog 01910
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallPLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 17/01/2025Pericentromeric #heterochromatin clusters into chromocenters. @skrutlnize.bsky.social &co use quantitative mass spec to characterize the chromocenter proteome in multiple tissues, identifying a link between satellite DNA-binding proteins & #transposon repression🧪 @plosbiology.org plos.io/4akuNAi 31089
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallAllen J Moore @ajmoore.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Ecology and Evolution (the journal) is here! 0102
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallASAB @asab.org · 17/01/2025There’s a lot of important dates coming up for #ASABSpring2025 & #Behaviour2025 ASAB Grants: asab.org/grant-overview ASAB Spring: asabspring2025.github.io Behaviour: behaviourindia2025.in Make sure you also follow @asab-spring-2025.bsky.social & @behaviour2025.bsky.social for updates 😄 01415
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallProf Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 13/01/2025🌍 Droughts to Worsen in the Arabian Peninsula A study projects severe droughts in the Arabian Peninsula by 2100, driven by evaporation rising 5x faster than rainfall. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #SciComm 🧪 #ClimateChangenature.comProjected increase in droughts over the Arabian Peninsula and associated uncertainties - Scientific ReportsScientific Reports - Projected increase in droughts over the Arabian Peninsula and associated uncertainties 1103
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallJournal of Evolutionary Biology @jevbio.bsky.social · 10/01/2025We are hiring! Looking for new editorial board members - 📚 Associate Editors x c.10 📚 Handling Editor x 1 📚 Commissioning Editor x1 More information and application procedure: jevbio.net/call-for-edi... 02221
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallAnna Bowland @acbowland.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Thrilled to see our work covering the evolutionary ecology of ethanol on the cover of the January TREE issue 🎉. Stunning photo by Cyril Ruoso. @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social @kjhockings.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social @exetergses.bsky.social @evol-lab-ex.bsky.social www.cell.com/trends/ecolo... 0108
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallASAB @asab.org · 09/01/2025Congratulations to our #ASABWinter2024 video contest winner Snata Chakraborty 🏆🎥 See her video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTJ-...youtube.comAnchoring Bias in Web-shaking Behaviour of Spiders - by Snata ChakrabortyYouTube video by Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour 291
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallNed Dochtermann @neddochtermann.bsky.social · 02/01/2025I have a PhD position open to start fall semester 2025! The position will include investigations of the structure of both phenotypic (behavioral) plasticity and genetic variation in behavior as well as lots of opportunity to develop your own project. #Evolution #evobio #evolsky #Ecology 🧪 14352
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallMark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Deadline approaching for PhD studentship with @kofanchen.drosophila.social.ap.brid.gy & I (cosupervisor). Neat study done on immune genes affecting neural processes. Our goal is to look at sleep X immunity using wild & mutant flies with immune diffs! #Drosophila www.kofanchenlab.net/drosophila-s...kofanchenlab.netDrosophila speciesIndividuals of a species need to allocate and perform vital behaviours such as searching for mate and food, and escaping from environmental threats along the 24 hours of a day. Locomotion serves as a ... 053
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallFlo Débarre @flodebarre.eurosky.social · 08/01/2025If I get the times correctly, the WSJ announcement followed a meeting of China's National Health Commission (NHC), during which it was confirmed that the new virus was causing the pneumonia. The meeting is reported in @daliyang.bsky.social's book, Wuhan. ▫️2/ books.google.fr/books?id=3wD... 071
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallRebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Humans are not 'drinking alone': alcohol consumption is not unique to humans and may have benefits - including nutritional, medicinal or cognitive - in other species www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comThe evolutionary ecology of ethanolThe consumption of ethanol has frequently been seen as largely restricted to humans. Here, we take a broad eco-evolutionary approach to understanding … 0177
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallStu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Good morning from Kenya. Day 3 begins as University of Exeter MSc Conservation and Biodiversity students up at sunrise to strike camp in Naivasha. @brendangodley.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social @exetergses.bsky.social @kjhockings.bsky.social @aimee-mcintosh.bsky.social 0314
Hosken Lab Cornwall @evol-lab-ex.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Postdoc in Hosken lab (UoExeter, UK) closing soon (evolution of body shape) get in touch if you are interested. Please repost. jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...jobs.exeter.ac.ukPowered by MHR 035
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallTrish Moore @trishjmoore.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Join us at UGA Entomology! We are searching for an assistant professor in quantitative insect ecology. Applications due January 31. www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/406...ugajobsearch.comAssistant Professor: Quantitative Insect EcologistThe Department of Entomology at the University of Georgia (UGA) invites applications for a tenure-track position (9 months) in quantitative insect ecology at the Assistant Professor rank.The position ... 03036
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallKrish Sanghvi @krishsanghvi11.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Is low fecundity of old males a consequence of seminal fluid or sperm declines, or female post-mating responses? Our new paper in evolution letters finds some surprising answers! academic.oup.com/evlett/advan...academic.oup.comReproductive output of old males is limited by seminal fluid, not sperm numberWhat causes an old male to reproductively fail? Is it his sperm or seminal fluid? In fruit flies, old males produce fewer offspring than young males. But s 11913
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallJames Robinson @james-robinson.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Marine heatwaves are getting hotter and more frequent. This incredible underwater time-series from Seychelles has taught us how coral reefs can respond to bleaching - including regime shifts, boom-bust cycles, and now, a regime reversal from algae -> coral. Out now in Ecology Letters! 🦑 🧪 🌊 🌍 0227
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallTim Janicke @timjanicke.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Hey BlueSkyers, we’re finalizing a #meta-analysis 📚 on comparative studies examining the link between #SexualSelection and #Speciation. If you have unpublished data or know of studies that might not surface in a systematic search, please reach out - we’d love to include them! Please share! 14732
Hosken Lab Cornwall @evol-lab-ex.bsky.social · 19/12/2024This looks interesting: academic.oup.com/jeb/article/...academic.oup.comThree modes of evolution? Remarks on rates of evolution and time scalingAbstract. Rates of evolution get smaller when they are measured over longer time intervals. As first shown by Gingerich, rates of morphological change meas 020
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallUniversity of Exeter's Environment and Sustainability Institute @uniofexeteresi.bsky.social · 18/12/2024The Resilience of Coastal Communities (ROCC) project bit.ly/3DicIGC, which includes ESI academics Dr Rachel Turner and Dr Tomas Chaigneau, has an exhibition at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall exploring the resilience of Cornwall’s coastal communities. nmmc.co.uk/2024/02/exhi... 142
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallBrendan Godley @brendangodley.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Top paper! 🦭🦑🌎 #biologging #seals #telemetry @exetermarine.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social 0354
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallJoel Pick @joelpick.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Excited to announce a new preprint with Craig Walling and Loeske Kruuk!!! ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v... If you are interested in estimating genetic variation and maternal effects read on...ecoevorxiv.orgSimple maternal effect animal models provide biased estimates of additive genetic and maternal variation 1259
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallKen Norris @drunkennorris.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Wild and exciting PhD available. #birds, #ornithology, #museums, #science 042
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallPLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 17/12/2024#Bioremediation using synthetic #microbiomes offers significant advantages over traditional single‐strain‐based approaches 🧫🦠. This Perspective outlines 5 important considerations for the rational design of pollutant‐degrading microbiomes for enhanced bioremediation: plos.io/3ZZbBEA 13311
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallJulie Bremner @wormbotherer.bsky.social · 17/12/2024About 5 years in the making: (there really is) limited evidence on the impacts of #windfarms on #fisheries species. Wind is a solution to the climate crisis, but we also need food security. These are tough, complex choices and we need evidence to support them. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14672979... 0167
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallDr Will Leo Hawkes @willleohawkes.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Harmonic radar tags on fruitflies!! It won't be long until we're able to track flies on their longer distance migration routes! 2298
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallMax Reuter @maxreuter.bsky.social · 06/12/2024We have a PhD opportunity through @treesdla.bsky.social to work on adaptive constraints and the evolution of sexual dimorphism. The project can include experimentation and/or population genomics and is co-supervised by @aidaandres.bsky.social Details here: www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/lim...trees-dla.ac.ukThe limits of sexual dimorphism: studying sexually antagonistic genetic variation in fruit flies | UCL TreesMales and females of the same species often differ in their morphology, physiology and behaviour, reflecting the sexes’ reproductive roles. But while sexual dimorphism is ubiquitous, recent work has h... 1311
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallBrendan Godley @brendangodley.bsky.social · 17/12/2024PLEASE REPOST: The fantastic conservation journal Endangered Species Research with all articles fully #openaccess has just arrived @esr-ir.bsky.social on @bsky.app Please give it a follow. You wont regret it! www.int-res.com/journals/esr... #conservation #academicsky 🐢🌍🧪🦑 🌐🦤 🦈🐟🐠🐡 12010
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallKristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩🔬 @kristinamuise.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Day 8 of #BatMas: The Hammer-headed bat (Hypsignathus monstrosus)🦇🌎🧪 These bats are the largest bat in continental Africa, with wingspans up to 1 meter. Despite their size, they eat only fruit (mangoes, figs). Uniquely, the males produce loud honking vocalizations to attract females 📸: Sarah Olson 1518936
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallKristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩🔬 @kristinamuise.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Day 10 of #BatMas: The Spectral bat (Vampyrum spectrum) 🦇🌎🧪 Unlike most bat species, this species is monogamous and both parents are thought to be involved in raising their offspring. They are carnivorous and eat birds, rodents, insects and sometimes and other bat species. 📸: Michael B. Kowalski 58412
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallKristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩🔬 @kristinamuise.bsky.social · 14/12/2024Day 14 of #BatMas: Hairless bat (Cheiromeles torquatus)🦇🌎🧪 A very unique species to the order of Chiroptera, this species almost has no hairs on its body, except for some short, bristly hairs around its neck, front toes, and around the throat sac (of which produces a strong smell) 📸: Chi'en Lee 613125
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallChiara Benvenuto @cbenvenuto.bsky.social · 18/12/2024This is fabulous! Have a look @lobsterlucy.bsky.social @vitaustin.bsky.social! 052
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallUniversity of Exeter CEC @uniexecec.bsky.social · 16/12/2024A highlight of studying with us is the fieldwork! In the second year students visit the Isles of Scilly, a group of islands a 2-hour sailing journey from the Cornish coast, renowned for their extraordinary climate that borders on the subtropical. youtu.be/xI1phDwZlKc?... #ExeterCEC 🌍🦤youtu.beEcology and Conservation Isles of Scilly field courseYouTube video by University of Exeter 065
Hosken Lab Cornwall @evol-lab-ex.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Postdoc @ evol-lab. A Leverhulme funded 3-year postdoc studying body shape evolution (through a sexual conflict lens) on Exeter's Penryn (UK) campus. Starts April 2025. Contact David Hosken @ U of Exeter for detail. 01932
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallASAB @asab.org · 13/12/2024Have you been enjoying ASAB Winter? Don't want it to end? Well don't worry, the fun can continue this spring! Registration is open now. Come join us in Liverpool! #ASABWinter2024 043
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallDr. Sarah Signor @signor-molevol.bsky.social · 12/12/2024My graduate student shashank and I wrote this cool review on the evolution of transposon defense. Come for pirna cluster evolution stay for wild theories!sciencedirect.comEvolution of piRNA-guided defense against transposable elementsTransposable elements (TEs) shape every aspect of genome biology, influencing genome stability, size, and organismal fitness. Following the 2007 disco… 0158
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallASAB @asab.org · 13/12/2024ASAB will also be at #Behaviour2025 in Kolkata, India, this summer (Aug 25-30). Abstract submission is currently open! #ASABWinter2024 02217
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallBrendan Godley @brendangodley.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Please share widely! 053
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallAlice Trevail @alicetrevail.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Postdoc opportunity to study tropical seabird connectivity & population genetics in the Indian Ocean! With @malcnicoll.bsky.social & collaborators as part of the @iomarinescience.bsky.social seabird project 📍University of La Reunion Apply by Jan 15th #jobopportunity #seabird #ornithology 02624
Reposted by Hosken Lab CornwallExeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · 13/12/2024New paper from Exeter Marine researchers finds that Montserrat's nesting sea turtles migrate and feed in multiple countries, highlighting the need for conservation without borders! 🐢 Well done team! Read in full: doi.org/10.3354/esr0... 🦑🦤🧪🌐🌍 #AcademiaSky #ExeterCEC @mcsuk.bsky.social 14015