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What is the genetic basis of bird migration? 🐦 Director Institute of Avian Research | Prof Ornithology UOL | MPRG Behavioural Genomics MPI Evolutionary Biology

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Tim Lee @leetim.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My institute is hiring a group leader in Neuroethology! Bonn is a wonderful place to do neuroscience. Check it out! jobs.b-ite.com/jobposting/4...
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Max Planck Research Group Leader (W2) in Neuroethology (m/f/div)
limited contract
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Elizabeth Hobson @elizabethhobson.bsky.social · 10h
I am recruiting new parakeet postbacs to join my research team! If you are (or know of) someone who recently graduated undergrad & is looking to build research experience prior to applying to grad school or a career path (and you like animal sociality and cognition) apply here! tinyurl.com/59rf8jcy
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Recruiting parakeet research contractors
Recruiting parakeet research technicians!   The Hobson Lab at the University of Cincinnati is recruiting research contractors on our Monk Parakeet sociality and cognition project at our resear…
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Chris Smith @chriscrsmith.bsky.social · 15h
I'm hiring a postdoc in population and evolutionary genetics at Indiana University Bloomington! We're a computational lab working on spatial demographic inference using genomic data and machine learning. You can apply here: indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/34508
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Indiana University Academic Positions
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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Mark your calendar! So excited to organize “Frozen Accidents” with art historian Sefy Hendler! Join us Nov 20th at Galerie Colbert (INHA), Paris. Hosted by HiCSA, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Please share widely, especially outside your field. Be there or be frozen!!! (see poster & thread for details)
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Francesco Gobbo @franzgbb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Overall, our work shows the ability of our brain to flexibly allocate resources to solve memory based tasks!
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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Science Slam is my favourite of all NWDUG events we organize. And Wilhelmshaven agrees. For the 4th year in a row the event, kindly supported by @sfb1372.bsky.social, was sold out. Slamming it for the @ifv-whv.bsky.social were @sonamkulkarni.bsky.social & Phillipp. They were amazing!
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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Then and Now: The Rapid Evolution of Harmit Malik www.the-scientist.com/then-and-now...
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Harmit Malik Dives Into Viral Evolution and Speciation | The Scientist
Fascinated by evolution and driven by curiosity, Malik studies everything from viruses to Drosophila and, like his research subjects, is constantly reinventing himself.
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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Dream job for an #editor & nature lover! 🐦🌿Apply now ➡️ www.bto.org/jobs 📅 Full time, Permanent. 📝 £38,710.00 per annum. 📍 BTO HQ in Thetford, Norfolk (Hybrid working). Deadline for applications: 30 September 2026. #Ornithology
A Nightingale perches on a branch amongst the green foliage of a bush. Wording over the image reads: We're hiring! Science Communications Manager.
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Judith Mank @judithmank.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
So very, very happy to see this out @plosbiology.org : Ancient inversion polymorphisms associate with sexually selected traits across natural guppy populations. Beautiful work by two very clever and talented coauthors, Yuying Lin and @vdbijl.bsky.social . journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... 1/
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Ancient inversion polymorphisms associate with sexually selected traits across natural guppy populations
Genomic inversions spanning many genes can persist for millions of years. This study of Trinidadian guppy populations reveals how both ecological conditions and mate choice help maintain this hidden l...
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Animal behavior opportunities @animalopps.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🚨Master’s project position available 🚨 Train gibbons to use touch screens as part of comparative and affective neuroscience research
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Paul Doniol-Valcroze @pdvsky.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Here is the 2nd big piece of my postdoc at @cesco-lab.bsky.social, out now in @consletters.bsky.social 📖 doi.org/10.1111/con4...
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Multi‐Sensor Logger Tracking Reveals the Threats of Offshore Windfarms to Passerine‐Sized Birds
Offshore wind energy is a cornerstone of the transition to renewable energy, yet its rapid expansion raises concerns for wildlife. These concerns notably involve small migratory birds whose movements...
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RSPB Science @rspbscience.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
New job alert 🪶🧪 We are hiring a Conservation Scientist to work on links between hydrological restoration and Lesser Spotted Woodpecker conservation Deadline: 7/10/26 Apply here: app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car... #SpeciesRecoveryProgramme @naturalengland.bsky.social 📷Ben Andrew
A Lesser Spotted Woodpecker perched by its nest hole
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Yun S. Song @yun-s-song.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Please help spread the word! We are recruiting multiple Postdoctoral Fellows as part of the recently launched Bakar Computational Biomedicine Initiative (BCBI) at UC Berkeley and UCSF. BCBI website: bcbi.berkeley.edu Apply by Nov 1, 2026: berkeley.infoready4.com#freeformComp... (1/n)
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Bakar Computational Biomedicine Initiative | Bakar Computational Biomedicine Initiative
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Moi Expósito-Alonso (MOILAB) @mexpositoalonso.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
📣 We are looking for a PhD student in 2027! Interested in studying rapid evolutionary dynamics of species in changing climates? Apply to the MOI LAB by Nov 19! Flyer below & tinyurl.com/flyerphdmoilab @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @innovativegenomics.bsky.social @hhmi-science.bsky.social
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2027_PhD_RapidEvolutionGenomicsEcology-MoiLab_Berkeley-HHMI
PhD positions: Rapid evolutionary genomics in plants Moi Exposito-Alonso Lab — www.moilab.science Assistant Professor, Freeman Hrabowski Scholar HHMI · Department of Integrative Biology · Innovative G...
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Dmitri Petrov @petrovadmitri.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We are searching for an Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology! Looking for colleagues asking fundamental questions relating to evolutionary processes and drivers of evolutionary patterns. If you think it is you, please do apply! And please repost. facultypositions.stanford.edu/jobs/assista...
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Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology - Stanford University, California, United States
The Department of Biology at Stanford University seeks applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology. A successful candidate will conduct research that asks fundamental que...
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Daniel Kronauer @danielkronauer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
@vchandra.bsky.social is starting his lab at the Crick to work on the exciting question of how early brains evolved and how they work. Vikram is fantastic (I had the privilege to work with him for a while), and there’s good news: He’s hiring! Check out the ad below and consider applying.
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Kaiser Lab @clocksevolution.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We have a new #preprint on #lunar #reproductive #timing as a #magictrait in #speciation www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... with former PhD students Alexander Jacobsen 🧪💻 Runa Ekrem 🦟🌊 🙏 Big thanks to both for the great work! #EvoBio #barriers #Chronobiology #circadian #MarineEcology
Full moon and new moon strains from Roscoff differ in lunar reproductive timing (A). Genotyping of 11 divergent loci (B) in 797 field-caught individuals shows that thetwo timing strains are distinct genetic entities (C).
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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Coming up on the 25th: the NWDUG’s #scienceslam that will take place in #Wilhelmshaven. Kindly supported by Navisense and @sfb1372.bsky.social, there will be 6 youngsters presenting their science in the coolest of ways. Among them will be Phillipp & Sonam, two PhD students from @ifv-whv.bsky.social:
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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I can’t believe I am writing this, but chick T99 chose another route than his dad L43, and whereas dad seems to safely be hanging out in Spanish Laguna de Gallocanta, the GPS track of T99 suggests predation in Portugal. Here’s the position: maps.app.goo.gl/qHsMCT8HUzWm...
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liedvogel lab @genmig.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
sadly yet another fatality of a gull-billed tern youngster. this time #fontes area, please share widely again with your network #ornithology #conservation #terns
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Molly Schumer @mollyschumer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
If anyone looking for a postdoc with fantastic genomics/bioinformatics skills + strong intellect + great energy, please let me know! Preferably West Coast or remote/hybrid options & the candidate is open to a short (1 year) or longer term appointment
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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
On 25 Sep, science comes alive at the NWDUG #ScienceSlam in Wilhelmshaven! 🎤🧪Co-organised & moderated by our PostDoc Nathalie Kürten, the event puts researchers in the spotlight - with just 10 min to present their projects in creative & accessible ways. Tickets: www.nwdug.de/aktuelles/science-slam/
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liedvogel lab @genmig.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
hello wonderful network, especially all of you in the #Doñana region - we are looking for someone who could check the island specified in Sandra's thread for a GPS logger and gull-billed tern chick that has died on an island in this area. please share in your networks to multiply our chances
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Global Flyway Network @globalflyway.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Understanding the conservation importance of wetlands comes from understanding the variations in use and the causes of it. #GlobalFlywayNetwork maintained 19 years of vigilance in northern Bohai Bay, and shown its importance and key determining factors. www.globalflywaynetwork.org/publication/...
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Richard Merrill @dickmerrill.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Very excited to see this multi-faceted* study, led by Shane Wright and representing years of work on visual evolution and perception in Heliconius as part of our ERC Starting Grant, released into the world! 🦋*pun very much intended www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Patrick Lewin @plewin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Excited to share my second published PhD chapter out now in Current Biology! @cellpress.bsky.social 🧵 below but tldr: birds are known to use the magnetic field to navigate. But is magnetism the whole story? We find that an amazing avian navigator doesn’t seem to rely on magnetic cues at all.
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David Toews @davetoews.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
@stephszarmach.bsky.social in the Washington Post on using barometric tags to study warbler migrations! 🦉🧪 wapo.st/4hdsJz7
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Guest Column | I put a tiny backpack on a warbler. It revealed an epic migration.
Cutting-edge tracking is illuminating the migratory journeys of warblers and dozens of other species at a scale not previously possible for small birds.
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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
‘Counting cases, conserving species: addressing highly pathogenic #avianinfluenza in wildlife’ – officially out now, and open access, in Biological Reviews. #HPAI #H5N1 doi.org/10.1002/brv....
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Maria Moiron @mmoiron.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
📢 My colleague Daniela Perez (not on Bluesky) is looking for a postdoc! The position is for 2 years, working on cooperation, competition & collective decision-making in 🪱. More info: tinyurl.com/mr2vd57n 📅 Deadline: 25 September 2026 📩 Interested? Contact Daniela directly!
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Research Position (m/f/d) (Postdoc)
<div style="margin:0;">The Department of Evolutionary Biology explores how organisms' traits and behaviours evolve in response to envi...
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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
New paper alert: making use of 40 years of measurements of POPs and mercury in eggs of oystercatchers and terns breeding in the Wadden Sea, we investigated whether pollutant levels differed between the two species and 17 sampling locations, and how they changed over time: doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
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Philipp Brand @pbrand.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We are looking for a research assistant to join our team. brain.mpg.de/brand Apply using the link below if you are interested in doing research on the neural and genetic underpinnings of behavioral evolution. jobs.brain.mpg.de/jobposting/6...
Description of job ad for Research Assistant in the lab of Evolutionary Neuroscience and Behavior Lab at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research.Description of job ad for Research Assistant in the lab of Evolutionary Neuroscience and Behavior Lab at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research.
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liedvogel lab @genmig.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
please share widely and get in touch to help us recover this tag and learn about the cause of death #conservation #migration #redshank #GPS
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Corinna Langebrake @co-la.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
To the birding community: one of our GPS-tagged redshanks was predated during its migration in France. We would be very greatful if we could have the GPS tag back and get as much information as possible from the bird! This is the last position: maps.app.goo.gl/jCWDXDfhnJPT... @genmig.bsky.social
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Hanna Kokko @kokkonut.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Come and work with us (the Kokkonuts) as a postdoc! Our research within (theory-evo-eco) is broad; let's say it's implicitly defined by the journal club papers we read. Which is why the application process includes a JC-related task, I hope it'll be a fun one for you! www.evoldir.net/brian/evoldi...
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Luke Remage-Healey @healeylab.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Come be our colleague!!! TT position in Evolution careers.umass.edu/jobs/assista...
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Assistant Professor - Evolutionary Biology - Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
Title: Assistant Professor - Evolutionary Biology Executive Area: Academic Affairs College/School/MBU: College of Natural Sciences Department: Biology Work Location: Amherst Schedule: Full Time Work A...
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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
📣 📣 📣 UPDATE: The 2026-2027 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resource! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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ecoevojobs.net 2026-27
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Amy Leedale @amyleedale.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The 16th meeting of the European Ornithologist's Union is in Brno, Czech Republic! 🪶 📅 | 23 - 27 August 2027 | www.eou27.cz We have a fantastic programme taking shape, with plenary speakers and call for symposia to be announced soon. See you in Brno! #EOU27 #Ornithology #Ecology #Evolution
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THE 16 th EOU Conference 2027! – THE 16 th EOU Conference 2027!
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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Lab meetings can be the worst, or the best! :) Here are 22 tips for improving them (including mine) www.nature.com/articles/d41... @nature.com
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Twenty-two easy ways to power up your lab meetings
Scientists share help and advice on how they got their research discussions flowing.
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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
NaviSense, the Cluster of Excellence on Animal Navigation at the University of Oldenburg, is looking for motivated doctoral researchers to join their interdisciplinary team! Find more details here: 🔗 uol.de/job1191en #DoctoralResearcher #AnimalNavigation #Oldenburg
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Petr Procházka @rytikerttunen.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
🐦 Job offer: Research Data Analyst – Wildlife Telemetry 📊 GPS • R • ecology • habitat selection 📍 Paris 📅 Apply by 29 Aug 2026 Join the #HABITRACK team at CESCO @mnhn.fr and help uncover how European birds use their habitats! 👉 recrutement.mnhn.fr/front-jobs-d... #EcologyJobs #ornithology #RStats
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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Question: do I know anyone near Nantes who would be willing to pick up a dead gull-billed tern and its logger? L49 has sadly been killed near a road. I’d be very grateful for a picture and the logger and would of course reimburse postage.
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Anna Gruzdeva @annagru.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Happy to share our preprint! We show that hypothalamic hunger-promoting AgRP neurons reflect proximity to food across different mazes in hungry mice. After mice discover food, AgRP activity decreases as they approach the food and increases as they move away.
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Barbara Tschirren @btschirren.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
🌟🌟 Postdoc position in Disease Ecology & Nature-Based Solutions 🌟🌟 We are looking for a creative and highly motivated Postdoctoral Researcher to join the UKRI @netpositivecentre.bsky.social and the @uniexecec.bsky.social in beautiful Cornwall, UK. careers.exeter.ac.uk/vacancies/11... 🦠🌳🏙️🌍🗺️🐝 🦌🕷️
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Postdoctoral Research Associate / Fellow in Cornwall | University of Exeter
View details and apply for this Postdoctoral Research Associate / Fellow vacancy in Cornwall. Postdoctoral Research Associate / Fellow This UKRI funded full-time post is available from 01/1...
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Santa Fe Institute @sfiscience.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Applications are open for SFI's 2027 Complexity Postdoctoral Fellowships. SFI is looking for recent Ph.D. graduates with strong quantitative and computational skills who want to pursue independent, transdisciplinary research. Deadline: September 30, 2026 Apply: santafe.edu/sfifellowship
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liedvogel lab @genmig.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
how does seasonal migration evolve? this question is to the heart of our focus and here we use common garden approach to characterise the amount of seasonal change in chromatin accessibility in ancestral migratory and derived resident populations of the Eurasian blackcap doi.org/10.1098/rstb...
Spanisch blackcap male sitting on a rocky structure, curiously looking to the left in front of a green background (c) Benehar Rodrigues
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Jun Ishigohoka @junishigohoka.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
New paper out in Phil. Trans. B! We set out to understand how seasonal migration evolves by combining a common garden experiment and scATAC-seq of the hypothalamus in ancestral migratory and derived resident populations of the Eurasian blackcap. 1/n
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Differential epigenetic regulation underlies evolutionary transition of seasonal migration
Abstract. Seasonal migratory animals can evolve residency through adaptation. The threshold model of quantitative genetics predicts that residency evolves
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Petr Procházka @rytikerttunen.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
🐦 A new paper out! GPS tracking of 85 Common Redshanks revealed how breeding phenology and habitat use vary across the species' breeding range, highlighting the value of protected grasslands, AES and tailored conservation. 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.ge... #ornithology #waders #shorebirds #HABITRACK
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liedvogel lab @genmig.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
⛰️+🏃‍♂️=💛 four days of running the beautiful trails in Pitztal. it was AMAZING! 75 km and 4500 hm full of happyness, gratitude and lots of fun. mountains are just my happy place, for me there is no better place to refuel.
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Petr Procházka @rytikerttunen.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Most scientists learn peer review by trial and error. Check out this practical guide for both first-time and experienced reviewers. It covers the entire review process, with useful tips and common pitfalls. 👉 doi.org/10.25225/jvb... #JVertBiol #PeerReview #PhDChat @fishecoevo.bsky.social
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Violeta Caballero-Lopez @viocablop.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
📢 happy to share our new paper in @molecology.bsky.social Common chiffchaff subspecies diverge in the same migration-related region as willow warblers (see thread): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Common Chiffchaffs (<fi>Phylloscopus collybita</fi>) Diverge in a Genomic Region Associated With Migration Differences in Willow Warblers (<fi>Phylloscopus trochilus</fi>)
Despite technological advances in both tracking and sequencing technologies, finding the genetic mechanisms behind migratory traits remains a challenge. Recent studies have shown that migratory direc...
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