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Judith A.H. Smit

@judithsmit.bsky.social
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NOMIS-STRI postdoc | Animal communication in changing environments | Treehoppers & Frogs | #AnimalBehavior #Ecology #Evolution | 🇳🇱 in 🇵🇦 | she/her

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Judith A.H. Smit @judithsmit.bsky.social · 10h
Most people think of animal communication as sounds, dances or smells. But many insects communicate through vibrations that travel through plants. I'm very excited to share this interview about my research on vibrationally duetting #treehoppers at STRI in Panama! stri.si.edu/story/judith...
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Judith A.H. Smit @judithsmit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hola! Interested in doing a 3-month research #internship on treehopper vibrational communication with me at STRI in Panama? 🤩 More info: stri.si.edu/academic-pro... Application deadline Oct 15. Also many other cool projects! #AnimalBehavior
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Ivan Gomez-Mestre @igmestre.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
We offer a fully funded 4-yr contract for a PhD candidate in Evolutionary Biology to join our group (www.eco-evo-devo.com). The project will combine genomics and ecophysiology to understand the evolution of developmental plasticity in spadefoot toads. For requisites and contact info please check 👇
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Judith A.H. Smit @judithsmit.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Notocera treehoppers, aren't they fantastic? 😍 Saw these ones in National Park Altos de Campana in Panamá. #insects #membracids #treehoppers
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Natalie E. van Dis @disnatalie.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New paper out 📣✨ We show that not only the availability of high-quality habitat is important for population persistence under climate change: variation in vegetation productivity within and between habitat patches can buffer populations during extreme years. 📽️ youtube.com/shorts/4LmqY...
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How do insects survive extreme summers?
YouTube video by REC - Research Centre for Ecological Change
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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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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology @sicb.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
#SICB Pittsburgh Abstract submission is open for SICB 2027! www.xcdsystem.com/sicb/abstrac... Come share your research and learn about the most exciting areas of integrative, comparative, & organismal #biology in Pittsburgh, PA on January 3-7, 2027. The deadline is August 28 at 11:59 PM HST.
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Judith A.H. Smit @judithsmit.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Caterpillars eat plants, right? 🌿 Not always, some are carnivorous! 🥩🐛 Our new paper documents the life history, behavior, and vibrations of Juditha odites. It feeds on treehoppers, then moves into ant nests to consume ant brood! 🐜🐛🦋 link.springer.com/article/10.1... @insectessociaux.bsky.social
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An insect-eating caterpillar associated with arboreal ants: life cycle, diet, social integration and substrate-borne vibrations - Insectes Sociaux
Herbivory is the predominant feeding strategy in Lepidoptera, whereas carnivory has evolved rarely. The life cycles of carnivorous species, however, remain poorly documented. Here, we confirm that Jud...
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Joris M. Koene @joriskoene.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Are you a biologist with experience in and enthusiasm for imaging and -omics techniques? Apply for working in Amsterdam (@vuamsterdam.bsky.social) on the exciting topic of socially transferred materials! 🐌 🐸 🐜🧬🔬 workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/po...
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Vacancy — Post doc on socially transferred materials
Are you a biologist with experience in and enthusiasm for imaging and -omics techniques? Apply for working on the exciting topic of socially transferred materials!
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Michael Reichert @reichertfroglab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
We are hiring a #postdoc to work on our NSF funded project on metabolic rate as a driver of individual variation in treefrog acoustic communication. Please spread the word to potentially interested candidates (or apply if you are one of them): jobs.okstate.edu/jobs/postdoc...
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Dr. Valentina Alaasam @vale-alaasam.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I am looking for PhD students and postdocs to join my lab at the University of Pittsburgh in Fall 2027. Anyone excited about urban evolution, hummingbirds, & community engagement, please reach out! And/or find me at #AOS2026 this week! More info here: www.valentina-alaasam.com
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Judith A.H. Smit @judithsmit.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Had such a great and inspiring time at #ISBE2026 in Torino! Thanks to the organizers for the amazing conference. Ciao for now!
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Judith A.H. Smit @judithsmit.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Soooo excited for #ISBE2026 in Turino! I’d love to connect to people working on communication (sounds/vibrations), plasticity, sexual selection, social interactions and/or urbanization! Shoot me a message or see you there! 😁
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Alexander Schlatmann @aaschlatmann.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
With the conference just a few days away, I thought it would be nice to create an #ISBE2026 attendees Starter Pack to help us connect more easily. If you’re attending and would like to be included, send me a message or reply below! go.bsky.app/CiXGqQ7
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Dieter Lukas @dieterlukas.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026
I compiled a list of 350 #funding opportunities for #postdoctoral research #fellowships: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J2M… I realized I should share this again after mentioning it to some folks at the #EFP2026
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Judith A.H. Smit @judithsmit.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Very proud of María Paz Rueda Rodriguez and Omar Morosse!! They gave amazing presentations about our treehopper research at the STRI fellows symposium last week!
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Biology Open @biologyopen.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Are you an early-career researcher based in the Global South? Apply by 20 November 2026 for BiO Global South Conference Travel Grants to attend an international biological or biomedical conference. More information at www.biologists.com/grants/bio-g...
BiO Global South Conference Travel Grants. Supporting ECRs in the Global South to attend international biological and biomedical science conferences. Application deadline: 20 November 2026.
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Digital Naturalism Laboratories @dinalab.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Rate animal artworks for science!
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Noah Whiteman @nkwhiteman.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
So excited to announce our search for 4 postdocs (funded by the Simons Foundation) who will use genomics to "test how ecological interactions, natural selection, natural enemies, hybridization & environmental gradients shape...tropical tree communities" in Panama: stri.si.edu/story/bci-ev... ...1
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animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
PhD position open 🚨 We are seeking a talented, enthusiastic, and collaborative PhD candidate to investigate how seasonal environmental change influences population vulnerability and to develop new indicators of demographic risk and resilience in wild bird populations. nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
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PhD position: Indicators of demographic risk and resilience in wild birds
We are seeking a talented, enthusiastic, and collaborative PhD candidate to investigate how seasonal environmental change influences population vulnerability and to develop new indicators of demograph...
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Justin Stewart @thecrobe.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
~1 billion times the distance from Earth to the Sun. That is approx the total length of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal hyphae in topsoils. These microscopic fungal networks form one of Earth’s circulatory systems moving carbon and nutrients. Out now in @science.org : lnkd.in/eKAsVN_Z
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Benito Wainwright @benitoexplains.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Leaf-mimicking katydids don’t just use their funky camouflage to survive, they’re using it to find love too! 🥰🍃💘 New paper out now in #ProcB @royalsocietypublishing.org (Photo cred: Christian Ziegler): doi.org/10.1098/rspb... 1/n
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Camille Troisi @camilletroisi.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
🚨We're hiring again, this time for a research assistant position 🚨 The position is to help with a project looking at learning and social behaviour in birds along an urban gradient Position at @ceec-research.bsky.social 📆28th June deadline More info: shorturl.at/vBxiW #ringing #fieldwork
Great tit standing on a branch. 
Photo credit: Alizée Vernouillet
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Tracy Tran Burkhard @ttburk.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Urban animals behave differently than those living in more natural environments -- possibly because urban environments select for certain behavioral types or because they act as environmental "filters". Fantastic co-authors: @neddochtermann.bsky.social @annecharmantier.bsky.social
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Camille Troisi @camilletroisi.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
📢Fully-funded #PhD opportunity with us: 🐦 Quantifying (social) learning and social behaviour in an urbanised world 🐦 Position at @ceec-research.bsky.social 📆29th May deadline More info: tinyurl.com/yz28s96x Apply: tinyurl.com/2wpkb64y #cognition #socialbehaviour #fieldwork #birds 🙏Please Share
Great tit perched on a branch, with beak slightly open. 
Photo credit: Alizée Vernouillet
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Judith A.H. Smit @judithsmit.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Great opportunity! 🤩 If anyone has questions about this fellowship or about STRI more generally I’d be happy to answer!
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Judith A.H. Smit @judithsmit.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Treehoppers have such interesting shapes... For instance, look at this Cladonota treehopper we saw in Altos De Campana National Park in Panamá! 🤩 #insects #membracids #treehoppers
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Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
📢Fully-funded #PhD opportunity with us ❓Quantifying animal #movement patterns & behavioural #interactions in a changing world 👥Joint position in @bristolbiosci.bsky.social & #MacquarieUniversity 📆19th April deadline tinyurl.com/343acaev #maths #modelling #data #fieldwork #Australia 🙏PLEASE SHARE
Zebra finches in Australia; one of the study organisms for the PhDDwarf mongoose staring at a camera in South Africa; one of the PhD study organisms
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Logan James @loganjames.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Super excited about this new paper! and eternally grateful to the amazing coauthors, the wonderful network of colleagues who gave us stimuli, and all of the thousands of people that listened to animal sounds for us!
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Judith A.H. Smit @judithsmit.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Applications for the next NOMIS-STRI cohort of postdoctoral fellows are open now! Come join us in Panama! #animalbehavior STRI.si.edu/nomis
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Benito Wainwright @benitoexplains.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Introducing the campest katydid of all time. 🦄💅🏽👸💞 Why would this animal (Arota festae) have evolved this way, other than to look utterly fabulous? We have unleashed some (slightly whacky) thoughts, now out in @esajournals.bsky.social. Photo credit: @zekerowe.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... 1/n
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Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
🚨JOB alert🚨 We have three (yes, THREE) 🌟lectureships🌟 advertised in the School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol. Broad remit, including #AnimalBehaviour & #GlobalChangeBiology ⏱️Deadline: 8th March 2026 🙏Please circulate widely 😊Come join us! Full #job details: tinyurl.com/y3us95rc
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Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol
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Kristin Winchell @kmwinchell.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Excited to share our new review in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com, coauthored w/allstar postdocs @vale-alaasam.bsky.social @annainthefield.bsky.social @anthonysnead.bsky.social Bridging island biogeography & evolutionary processes, we explore how eco-evo dynamics play out in the urban mosaic rdcu.be/e4tcj
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Eco-evolutionary dynamics shaping biodiversity in the urban mosaic
Nature Reviews Biodiversity - The urban mosaic is a complex assimilation of habitats, biotic and abiotic factors with eco-evolutionary influence on local and regional biodiversity. In this Review,...
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Judith A.H. Smit @judithsmit.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Had our first treehopper station at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's Batnight! Lots of fun telling people about these amazing insects!! #treehoppers #membracids #outreach
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Kate Laskowski @katelaskowski.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
How do we know our research results are REAL? We replicate them! Most folks agree but lament on how hard it is to publish these replications. My dearest gentle reader, lament no more! Delighted to unveil: Replication Studies, a new section of Behavioral Ecology 1/ academic.oup.com/beheco/artic...
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Replication studies: a win-win for early-career training and behavioral ecology
Replicating previous research builds confidence that results are real and meaningful. But close replications are rare due to limitations in resources and d
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Richa Singh @irichasingh.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Applicants in all marine fields are encouraged to apply. This includes marine behavioral ecology, sensory biology, bioacoustics, movement ecology… ⏰ Deadline is Feb 15, 2026 📣 Please help us spread the word!
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Lennart Winkler @lennartwinkler.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Come join us in beautiful Stockholm! A fun project using a cool system in a great place with an amazing supervisor - so many reasons to apply 🐟 🇸🇪
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Judith A.H. Smit @judithsmit.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Enchophyllum treehoppers, caught in the process of molting. The adult is initially very pale and will turn black with two spots in a matter of hours! #insects #membracids #treehopper
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Bri Johns @briannaljohns.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
We're bringing back Open Science Shop + Mothbox meetings in 2026! Interested in manufacturing Mothboxes locally? Then these meetings are perfect for you! New meeting times: 1am and 3pm UTC. @dinalab.bsky.social
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George Matsumoto @georgeimatsumoto.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
🧪📍🌊 🦑🍎 Marine Scientist Position – Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), full-time, permanent Marine Scientist position based in Panama. Application review begins February 15, 2026 (open until filled). Early-career researchers are strongly encouraged to apply. www.stri.si.edu
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Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute was founded with the purpose of increasing and sharing knowledge about the past, present and future of tropical ecosystems and their relevance to human welf...
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Darren Croft @darrencroft.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
We are hiring – postdoc position exploring how kinship shapes social ageing in killer whales. Collaboration with @samellisq.bsky.social @drwhale.bsky.social and Prof Rufus Johnstone (Cambridge) starts 1st April 2026 and ends 31st March 2029. Apps close 2nd Feb. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPZ788/p...
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Menno Schilthuizen @schilthuizen.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
The inaugural Gordon Research Conference in Urban Evolution and Ecology, which will be held Jan 31-Feb 5, 2027, in Ventura, California. You can watch for updates at www.grc.org/urban-ecolog.... You can also sign up to receive email updates here: forms.gle/XJWskPTEgWmX....
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
A gallery of treehoppers, a delightful lineage of sap-feeding, singing insects with a bizarre assortment of body ornaments.
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Treehoppers: Membracidae & Aetalionidae - Alex Wild
A gallery of treehoppers, a specialized lineage of leafhoppers with highly modified pronota.
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Panamá Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project @amphibianrescue.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Thanks to @dinograndoni.bsky.social and photographer Melina Mara @washingtonpost.com for this great piece supported by the Pulitzer Center covering our efforts to mend broken tropical frog populations and their importance to human health #amphibianresilience #anfibioresiliente bit.ly/4r1hblm
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First, the frogs died. Then people got sick.
An emerging area of research is uncovering hidden links between nature and human health.
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Bibiana Rojas @biobiiana.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Don’t miss this opportunity to attend #ISBE2026 next year!
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Barbara J. King @bjking.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
"The project that was terminated was on this hummingbird, the white-necked jacobin....I suspect that it has something to do with studying a species that doesn’t fit the binary." Researcher @jjinsing.bsky.social interviewed by @carlzimmer.com #birds #nature #science #fundscience #nonbinary 🧪
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He Studied Why Some Female Birds Look Like Males
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Python Software Foundation @python.org · 28/10/2025
Hearts at the PSF are full today from the responses about the recent grant turn down news we shared. All of your kind words of support & solidarity, as well as your donations & new memberships, mean the world to us. We're so grateful to be in community with each of you 💛🐍💙
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Natalie E. van Dis @disnatalie.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
📢4-year fully funded #PhD on seasonal timing of egg overwintering insects 🦋🦗🪳 🔬Identify universal mechanisms underlying #insect egg developmental time under #ClimateChange 📌@niooknaw.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social ℹ️ vacatures.knaw.nl/job-invite/2... ❗Application deadline: 7 December 2025
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PhD Seasonal Timing of Egg Overwintering Insects under Climate Change - NIOO-KNAW - Wageningen
PhD Seasonal Timing of Egg Overwintering Insects under Climate Change - NIOO-KNAW - Wageningen
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Andrew D. Cronin @andrewdcronin.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Very excited and honored to have my photo featured in the latest issue of the Journal of Evolutionary Biology! 🐸 @eseb.bsky.social @jevbio.bsky.social If you'd like to read more about the research: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
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