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Euan Angus Young @euantheyoung.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Delighted to share that my final PhD chapter is now published in @molbioevol.bsky.social! 🤩 Read all about our study testing whether trade-offs can explain why genetic variants promoting breast cancer persist in populations: doi.org/10.1093/molb... 🧵

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SORTEE @sortee.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

🌟 Final month to nominate projects for the 2026 SORTEE Commendation Awards! Know a project promoting Open Science in ecology & evolution, such as workshops, tools, repositories, outreach & more? Projects can be local or global, team-based or individual. sortee.org/awards/

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Claire Tsui @clairetsui.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I did a thing :D First chapter of my PhD out now! 🌱 (first paper ever 🥳) Traits are historically hypothesized to age synchronously, but it is no longer the case. We quantified asynchronous ageing in Seychelles warblers and reviewed potential reasons for why this may be.

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Susan Johnston @susanjohnston.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

📣🧬 Postdoc Alert🧬📣 We are hiring a 2+ year NERC-funded postdoc at Edinburgh Uni investigating causes and consequences of sex differences in recombination in house sparrows in Norway. Informal enquiries welcome at Susan.Johnston@ed.ac.uk 🙂 Details here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

A female and male sparrow stand on a wooden post. Photo by Peter S. Ranke.

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Dugdale Research Group @hannahdugdale.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Congratulations @euantheyoung.bsky.social for winning the NLSEB Prize 2025 @nlseb.bsky.social for the paper that you can find a thread about 👇

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Dugdale Research Group @hannahdugdale.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Super interesting plenary by Marta Szulkin on Evoulion from the Anthropocene and differences between cavity and nest boxes @nlseb.bsky.social

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Euan Angus Young @euantheyoung.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

New preprint looking at the associations between maternal mortality and having sons in preindustrial Finland from work with León van Dorp during his master’s project. Also with Mirkka Lahdenpera, @lummaalab.bsky.social, and @hannahdugdale.bsky.social

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Chuen @chuenlee.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

🧵 New paper! How does the immune system shape the gut microbiome in wild animals? We studied the Seychelles warbler using shotgun metagenomics to test how variation in MHC genes (key immune genes) influences both the taxonomy and function of gut microbes. rdcu.be/e7Wxv Here’s what we found 👇

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Host immunogenetic variation and gut microbiome functionality in a wild vertebrate population

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Dugdale Research Group @hannahdugdale.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Congratulatiosn to MSc student Mariia Vlasova, PhD student @yuhengsun.bsky.social, and Janet Chik on their Mol Ecol paper ‘Parental Age Effects on Offspring Telomere Length Across Vertebrates: A Meta-Analysis’ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Dugdale Research Group @hannahdugdale.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Congratulations to Dr @euantheyoung.bsky.social who defended his PhD yesterday on 'Family matters: The role of trade-offs in shaping human life-histories and health' research.rug.nl/en/publicati... @rug.nl supervised with @erikpostma.bsky.social @lummaalab.bsky.social 🎉

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Erik Postma @erikpostma.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

A week before his defence @rug.nl, the publication of @euantheyoung.bsky.social's chapter on the lifespan cost of reproduction in @science.org Advances - with @hannahdugdale.bsky.social, @lummaalab.bsky.social and myself - couldn't have been better timed! 👍 🥳 🥂https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adz6422

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Dugdale Research Group @hannahdugdale.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Read all about @euantheyoung.bsky.social ’s fantastic work on lifespan costs of reproduction in the thread below 👇

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Dugdale Research Group @hannahdugdale.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Kai Kisand @unitartupress.bsky.social is now presenting on Aging, Covid-19 and autoantibiodies at the @react-enlight.bsky.social workshop @rug.nl

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Dugdale Research Group @hannahdugdale.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

So nice to meet @react-enlight.bsky.social members in person, at today’s workshop @rug.nl on Modern Perspectives on the Biology of Aging

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Dugdale Research Group @hannahdugdale.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Now the @unitartupress.bsky.social afternoon of the @react-enlight.bsky.social workshop on modern perspectives on the biology of aging by Pärt Peterson on the aging immune system

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REACT ENLIGHT @react-enlight.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

We’ve arrived in Groningen! Excited to connect and exchange ideas on ageing research from diverse perspectives. A big thank you to the organisers @rug.nl and #UniversityofTartu #AgeingResearch #ENLIGHTREACT #BiologyOfAging #Networking

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Marjon de Vos @lizscurious.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Hannah Dugdale on Evolutionary Medicine and Aging at the first ENLIGHT-REACT workshop 'Modern Perspectives on the Biology of Ageing' @react-enlight.bsky.social @rug.nl

Hannah Dugdale presenting at ENLIGHT-REACT workshop on Modern Perspectives on the Biology of Ageing

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REACT ENLIGHT @react-enlight.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Great talk from postdoc Natalia Ortí on Targeting neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative diseases! 🧠✨ #ENLIGHTREACT #AgeingResearch #Neurodegeneration @rug.nl

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Dugdale Research Group @hannahdugdale.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

And now @miles2708.bsky.social is talking about non-invasive neurophysiological and stimulation methods for a modern perspective on aging @react-enlight.bsky.social @rug.nl

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Dugdale Research Group @hannahdugdale.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

At the @react-enlight.bsky.social @rug.nl now Niki Gervais is giving a workshop on the neurobiology of menopause

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Dugdale Research Group @hannahdugdale.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

As part of @react-enlight.bsky.social we have a public lecture next Thursday on the evolution of ageing across the tree of life by @yagmurerten.bsky.social, come along! 👇

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E. Yağmur Erten @yagmurerten.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Applications for the MEME programme (www.evobio.eu ) are now open! MEME is a research- and mobility-oriented master’s in evolutionary biology (& I’m a proud alumna!), jointly run by the Unis of Groningen, Uppsala, Montpellier, and LMU Munich, with Harvard and Lausanne as partners. Spread the word!

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Dugdale Research Group @hannahdugdale.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Great thread by @yuhengsun.bsky.social on her early-life environment effects paper 👇

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Dugdale Research Group @hannahdugdale.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Congratulations to Dr @friggspeelman.bsky.social who was awarded a PhD yesterday 🎉 @rug.nl on 'Socially monogamous partnerships in birds: Causes, consequences, and pair-bond strength' research.rug.nl/en/publicati... A fantastic achievement!

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David S Richardson @david-s-richardson.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Genetic load, fitness and conservation in the Seychelles warbler. A wonderful PhD opportunity - spanning important evolutionary and conservation-relevant concepts. Come work with us lnkd.in/dtGaEJV2

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Dugdale Research Group @hannahdugdale.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Thanks to everyone who helped make our ‘Draw A Scientist’ day at Zpannend Zernike @rug.nl so much fun www.rug.nl/about-ug/lat...

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Dugdale Research Group @hannahdugdale.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Come & work with us - fully funded 4 year PhD on Social Ageing: Social environment effects on senescence, using an epigenetic clock www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor... @rug.nl @david-s-richardson.bsky.social @keesvanoers.bsky.social @seychelleswarbler.bsky.social photo: @charlisdavies.bsky.social

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Dugdale Research Group @hannahdugdale.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

1st PhD paper from @yuhengsun.bsky.social 🎉 Long-term fitness effects of the early-life environment in a wild bird population @jj255.bsky.social @terryburke.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/behe...

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Dugdale Research Group @hannahdugdale.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Congrats 🎉 Sarah Worsley "Gut microbiome communities demonstrate fine-scale spatial variation in a closed, island bird population" ISME Communications doi.org/10.1093/isme... @chuenlee.bsky.social @terryburke.bsky.social @david-s-richardson.bsky.social

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Dugdale Research Group @hannahdugdale.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Telomere length declines with mean blood lead concentration in an urban passerine' doi.org/10.1016/j.en... 👏 Janet Chik!

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Dugdale Research Group @hannahdugdale.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Apply for a PhD with us!: 'Multi-dimensional population projections and management of wild bird populations' @seychelleswarbler.bsky.social Deadline 29th June. www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor... @vvenhorst.bsky.social @rug.nl @david-s-richardson.bsky.social @terryburke.bsky.social

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SORTEE @sortee.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Do you have a project that exemplifies open science in ecology and evolution? If so nominate the project for a SORTEE Commendation Award! More details about the SORTEE Commendation Award:

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SORTEE awards

Awards of Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary biology (SORTEE)

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Frigg Speelman @friggspeelman.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Broken families can have huge effects on children, even later in life. But is that the case in species other than humans? Read my latest article in the ‪@aunz.theconversation.com‬ on mate switching effects in offspring of the ‪@seychelleswarbler.bsky.social‬ 👇 theconversation.com/the-chicks-a...

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The chicks are alright: what songbirds can teach us about divorce and moving on

Parental separation in humans can deeply affect children. But in another monogamous pair-bonding species, it has no such effect.

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Dugdale Research Group @hannahdugdale.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

What an honour to receive the NWO Athena Award on Wednesday at NWO Life. Congratulations to NoGutsNoGlory @umcgroningen.bsky.social for the NWO Communication Award. Thanks to the organisers for a fantastic event!

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Dugdale Research Group @hannahdugdale.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Ever wondered how divorce affects offspring fitness? @seychelleswarbler.bsky.social Check out our new paper: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @friggspeelman.bsky.social @terryburke.bsky.social @david-s-richardson.bsky.social

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David S Richardson @david-s-richardson.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Some excellent facts and fun relating to this wonderful bird. An iconic example of how science and conservation can work hand in hand! Delivered by those doing the work! @chuenlee.bsky.social @clairetsui.bsky.social Alessandro Pinto pintofscience.co.uk/event/the-fa...

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The fall and rise of the Seychelles Warbler

This night explores the incredible story of the Seychelles warbler, a bird saved from extinction, and research on inbreeding, the microbiome, and ageing. J…

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Dugdale Research Group @hannahdugdale.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Check out @yuhengsun.bsky.social first pre-print from PhD 🎉: Long-term fitness effects of the early-life environment in a wild bird population doi.org/10.32942/X2Z... @terryburke.bsky.social @jj255.bsky.social

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Long-term fitness effects of the early-life environment in a wild bird population

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Dugdale Research Group @hannahdugdale.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

We're recruiting - funded PhD "Adaptive social flexibility – a powerful mechanism to cope with a rapidly changing world" @seychelleswarbler.bsky.social @unigroningen.bsky.social @david-s-richardson.bsky.social @terryburke.bsky.social Deadline 20th April www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...

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Jeffrey Townsend @jeffreytownsend.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

"Many, and perhaps most, members of our academic community do not understand [the benefits of publishing] in society-based journals ... compared with for-profit journals from companies like Springer Nature, Frontiers, Wiley, and Elsevier." 🧪 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...

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Clare Buckley Lab @buckleylab.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Happy to share our new paper about working part-time in academia. We hope it can help to get the conversation going about this important aspect of EDI and research culture elifesciences.org/articles/106... @elife.bsky.social @emiliapsantos.bsky.social @englishse.bsky.social @hammofish.bsky.social

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Point of View: To be, or not to be, part-time in academia

Part-time working can be beneficial for individual academics, and also for academia as a whole.

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