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Julia Nowack

@julianowack.bsky.social
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Ecophysiologist interested in thermal biology, climate change and evolution of endothermy, at Liverpool John Moores University

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Julia Nowack @julianowack.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Come join us at 11am for our session on „Adaptive responses of endotherms to short -term weather events and rapid environmental changes“ #sebconference #seb2026 sponsored by @thermal-biology.bsky.social, @staroddi.bsky.social,@sable systems
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Julia Nowack @julianowack.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Katie Crawford starting off day 2 of #sebconference #seb2026 talking about her data on how hedgehogs adapt to urban environments!
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Monica Trondrud @mtrondrud.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Join me, @julianowack.bsky.social and Matt Noakes at the @sebiology.bsky.social in Florence in July! We will discuss how mammals and birds cope physiologically with rapid and extreme environmental changes. Sponsored by @thermal-biology.bsky.social, @staroddi.bsky.social and @sablesys.bsky.social
Logo for symposium A13 "Adaptice responses of endotherms to short-term weather events and rapid environmental changes" to be held at the SEB annual conference in Florence, Italy, 2026. The image shows vertical colour bars of which the top half represents the global annual temperature increase (from light blue to dark red) and the bottom half shows the biodiversity index decline (from dark green to gray). Superimposed are four animal silhouettes, from top-left to bottom-right: a bat, songbird, a deer, and a rodent.
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Davina Hill @davinahill.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Our new paper by Katie Crawford @ljmuofficial.bsky.social is out! OA in @ecol-evol.bsky.social: From Leaves to Litter: Use of Anthropogenic #Nesting Materials in #Hibernation Nests of the European #Hedgehog onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @julianowack.bsky.social @cebeardsworth.bsky.social
Examples of anthropogenic materials within hedgehog nests observed during the study: (a) the nest of individual #366 primarily comprising a plastic bag, (b) stray miscellaneous plastic within the nest of #366, (c) duct tape within the nest of #366 (behind plastic bag), (d) location of the nest of #385 underneath a metal sheet, surrounded by rope and plastic, (e) anthropogenic material pulled from the nest of #385 (comprising foil, plastic wrappers and expanded polystyrene).
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Julia Nowack @julianowack.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Consider joining us at the #SEB2026 in Florence. Abstract deadline: 6th March. With Monica Trondrud and Matt Noakes.
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Davina Hill @davinahill.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Iapetus Diversifying Talent PhD Scholarship Scheme findaphd.com/phds/program... Applicants must be eligible for Home fees & from a UK Minoritized Ethnic group &/or a lower socio-economic background. PhD with me @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk & @julianowack.bsky.social: #hibernation #climate🦔 Deadline📅5th Jan
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FindAPhD : Iapetus Doctoral Training Partnership: Diversifying Talent Scholarship Scheme at Durham University
Apply for a PhD: Iapetus Doctoral Training Partnership: Diversifying Talent Scholarship Scheme at Durham University
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Davina Hill @davinahill.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Apply for @glasgow.ac.uk's James McCune Smith #PhD Scholarship on this and other topics: Indicators of #hibernation quality in #hedgehogs with me @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk & @julianowack.bsky.social @ljmuofficial.bsky.social Link to apply: www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships... 📅 Deadline: 31st Jan 2026
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Dr. Emily S Choy (she/her), FRCGS @emilyschoy.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
I’m excited to contribute to this session & share some of the research from the Middleton Island kittiwake heart rate project at my 1st @sebiology.bsky.social conference in Antwerp! Come & hear what my fantastic students @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social are doing to study seabird energetics!
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Monica Trondrud @mtrondrud.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Super excited to be part of this workshop and talk about my work from the Svalbard reindeer project! I will show examples from both multi-logging heart rate, temperature and activity, as well as insights from long-term biologging! See you in Antwerp at @sebiology.bsky.social
Four reindeer standing on a grassy slope, two adult females with one calf eachTwo reindeer standing on a snowy slope, snow-covered mountains in the backgroundA sedated reindeer with mask covering its eyes, a researcher kneeling beside the reindeer
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Andrea Fuller @andreafuller.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
If you’re an ECR at #SEBCONFERENCE in Antwerp and interested in writing for Conservation Physiology in Action, or getting involved in reviewing, come chat to our editorial team tomorrow @conphysjournal.bsky.social
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Laura Brannelly @labrannelly.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Some frogs are fighting a fungal disease - by breeding! This is a study that I’ve been working on for about 10 years - very exciting to see this in print - and to see my dogs officially thanked for their hard work! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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ASAB 2025 @asab-spring-2025.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
📢LAST CALL FOR ABSTRACTS📢 Tomorrow is the deadline to submit an abstract to our #ASABSpring2025 conference 😱 don't miss out on this opportunity to present your research! 🔗 Follow our registration guide here: tinyurl.com/y8vjzyzt
graphic stating the abstract deadline for ASAB Spring 2025 is tomorrow
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Heiko G. Rödel @heikorodel.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Fully funded PhD position on Paternities and spatial kinship structure in a population of South African bush Karoo rats. Field work in South Africa. Analysis of existing long-term data at LEEC / Univ. Sorbonne Paris Nord. Please RT! www-leec.univ-paris13.fr/documents/LE...
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Davina Hill @davinahill.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
One more week to apply for @uofglasgow.bsky.social's James McCune Smith #PhD Scholarship on this and other topics: Indicators of #hibernation quality in #hedgehogs with me @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social and @julianowack.bsky.social @ljmuofficial.bsky.social Link to apply: www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships...
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LJMU Biodiversity & Conservation @ljmubiocon.bsky.social · 02/04/2024
Deadline to show interest is 19th April - there will be a team of vols to help & it's a great way to showcase your research AND sci comm skills! @cebeardsworth.bsky.social @dannihinchy.bsky.social @sarahedalrymple.bsky.social @marianilab.bsky.social @julianowack.bsky.social @nicolakoyama.bsky.social
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RedPen/BlackPen @redpenblackpen.bsky.social · 24/02/2024
This feeling doesn't come along very often in one's career - but when it does... it's awesome! #sciart #scicomm
Cartoon of a scientist peering through a microscope saying "Whoaah!!!". Title says "The best part of Science is knowing, for a moment, something that nobody else in the world knows."
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Matthew Freeman @mjafreeman.bsky.social · 15/01/2024
Important so please help spread the word... Interested in postgrad research? Maybe do a PhD? Oxford runs a summer internship scheme for UK students from under-represented and disadvantaged backgrounds Stipend, free accommodation, mentoring... Deadline 21 Feb www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...
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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 14/01/2024
Nice graphic I'm seeing at the other place. Can't find an attribution.
Your periodic reminder that less ice at the Arctic is consistent with a weaker jet stream that allows cold air to drift down into the Great Plains. The frigid temps you're experiencing happen BECAUSE of a warming planet, not in spite of it.

Two globes with the US in view. One is stable polar vortex and shows a circular strong jet stream containing cold Arctic air. The other is wavy polar vortex and shows waves in the jet stream, allowing the arctic air to move further south.
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Reader of Entrails @haruspex.bsky.social · 12/01/2024
🧪 🦎 I just read a very serious paper about reproductive system imaging in chameleons, and I need you to know that this was Figure 1.
A foam block with a row of a dozen chameleons lying on their backs. They each have a little cutout into the foam to keep them in position. All their little legs are sticking up in the air, and their tails are hanging off the edge of the block, most of them coiled. Each chameleon has a little face-bag attached to a splitter off of clear medical tubing, providing anesthetic gas and oxygen. The whole block of lizards is set up to be analyzed via CT imaging.
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Lorna Richardson @lornarichardson.bsky.social · 18/12/2023
Evergreen
Image shows a cartoon of Batman slapping robin as Robin says my workload is unmanageable and Batman says here’s a wellbeing seminar
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Bob Ellis 🐟 @drfishcounter.bsky.social · 08/12/2023
Buckets, duct tape, and zip ties: the holy trinity of field biology.
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Jess Gifkins @jessgifkins.bsky.social · 16/11/2023
This is a really interesting trial that could make research funding more diverse 👏🏻
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Physghoul 👻 🎃 @physgal.bsky.social · 07/12/2023
34 years ago today, 14 women, most of whom were studying engineering, were killed by an anti-feminist gun man at École Polytechnique in Montreal. I was a young graduate student studying physics at the time and I will never forget. #MontrealMassacre #NeverForget #WomenInSTEM 🧪🌹
Photographs of the 14 young women who were killed in the Montreal Massacre:

Geneviève Bergeron

Hélène Colgan

Nathalie Croteau

Barbara Daigneault

Anne-Marie Edward

Maud Haviernick

Maryse Laganière

Maryse Leclair

Anne-Marie Lemay

Sonia Pelletier

Michèle Richard

Annie St-Arneault

Annie Turcotte

Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
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Julia Nowack @julianowack.bsky.social · 01/12/2023
Fully-funded PhD position available at LJMU! Details below. shorturl.at/hAKOQ
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Integrating thermal imaging, bird behaviour and Habitat to Population (HTP) models to predict densit...
PhD Project - Integrating thermal imaging, bird behaviour and Habitat to Population (HTP) models to predict density dependence of welfare and population dynamics in wild animals at Liverpool John Moor...
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Izzy Jayasinghe @ijayas.bsky.social · 03/11/2023
A few things that I've needed to get off my chest for some time now. 🧪 🌋
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Remembering the role of luck and privilege in academic achievement
This week I woke up to the announcement by my alma mater — The University of Auckland — of its 2023 cohort of ’40 under 40’ that listed me…
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 03/11/2023
More ‘Bloop’ (platypus content) is what we all need right now www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11...
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Rare white platypus named Bloop stuns researchers as genetic abnormality found
A scientist was scouring the waterways of the Northern Tablelands for turtles when she instead made what is believed to be only the 13th sighting of a white platypus in 187 years.
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Agnes Mack @agnessmack.bsky.social · 30/10/2023
Megan Herbert takes out the inaugural Climate Cartoon Of The Year by Climate Council at the 39th Annual Stanley Awards @climatecouncil
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Sarah B. Bassing, PhD @sbassing.bsky.social · 28/10/2023
This is spot on
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Jenni Prokkola @jmprok.bsky.social · 27/10/2023
Our institute is hiring a research professor in large carnivore ecology🐻🐺👀 Based in Finland 🇫🇮 Apply by 11-30 www.valtiolle.fi/en-US/Vacanc...
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Research Professor in Large Carnivore Ecology
Vacancy
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Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · 24/10/2023
Are you aged 16-25? Want to take action to protect nature, learn about conservation & meet like-minded people? Be part of The Deneway's Wild Future in Brighton! 1 Nov 10-3pm. Free but booking essential. sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-on/202...
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Robert Francis @birdhistory.bsky.social · 22/10/2023
My favorite UK bird fact is that in the 15th century they gave people names to a bunch of birds (Tom Tit, Jenny Wren), but some of them became permanent. Jack Daw became Jackdaw, Maggie Pie became Magpie, and Robert Redbreast turned into Robin Redbreast, then just Robin. 🪶🗃️
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How Robins Got Their Name
Growing up in eastern South Dakota, winters were harsh, dark, and long, often lasting until deep into April. Sometimes it would snow in May. While the first snow day was always a treat, by the time Fe...
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 21/10/2023
For every time the invitation e-mail refers to me as Ms and the male panelist as Dr, my speaking fee doubles
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Jenni Prokkola @jmprok.bsky.social · 16/10/2023
So excited to see work on food web changes and shrinking body size in fishes. This is a prime example in sardine, showing that ”warmer waters with smaller prey dramatically increase energy expenditure.” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 14/10/2023
🧪🦑
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You are what you eat—and for orcas, that’s bad news
Killer whales have toxic chemicals in their bodies. A surprising new study shows that their diet seems to be the culprit.
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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 15/10/2023
Dear The Future: We did not ask for wifi in our appliances. We do not need it. It does not improve our lives. We do not want to have to connect to apps and passwords before we can just turn on our goddamned new ovens. We want buttons and knobs and things that work. Please oblige. Love, Us.
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Romain Tartese @romiche29.bsky.social · 14/10/2023
Depressing 🥺 www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Australia rejects proposal to recognise Aboriginal people in constitution
Voice to parliament referendum fails in defeat that Indigenous advocates will see as a blow to progress towards reconciliation
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Robert Mahon @bedform.org · 13/10/2023
As grad prospective email season hits its peak, remember Inigo's guide to a solid email intro:
Inigo Montoya quote "Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die"

Guide to networking success:
1. Polite greeting
2. Name
3. Relevant personal link
4. Manage expectations
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Academic Chatter @academic-chatter.bsky.social · 07/10/2023
It's not okay to offer funding where the recipient uses their own money first and is reimbursed later. This barrier puts serious pressure on those in less privileged positions. Many struggle (silently) or lose out completely. Reduce inequity by offering resources up front.
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Veeloxxy Bites @the-episiarch.bsky.social · 26/09/2023
The males of crickets on two Hawaiian islands have evolved to be silent - the reason? Parasitoid flies that hunt by sound www.abc.net.au/local/audio/... #Invertebrate 🧪
4 panel comic.
Left side features a cricket singing away, followed below by a parasitoid fly attack that alarms the cricket.
Right side features a cricket staying quiet as a parasitoid fly flies by, followed below by the cricket breathing a sigh of relief.
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DEI Virologist @kyt-thatsme.bsky.social · 04/10/2023
I feel like I’m the only person that finds Dr. Kariko’s story extremely depressing and discouraging? Like how many scientists were treated the same way and didn’t get justice/revenge/ vindication via a Nobel Prize? How long are things going to happen like that ? Cuz nothing has changed.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 04/10/2023
SICB is here! 🧪
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 02/10/2023
🧪🦑🌎🐡
theguardian.com
Thousands of salmon escaped an Icelandic fish farm. The impact could be deadly
Aquaculture is bringing jobs and money to rural regions, but a huge escape of farmed fish in August could devastate local salmon populations
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Christopher Lauer @schmidtlepp.bsky.social · 29/09/2023
Plot Twist: German Foreign Ministry Quote Tweets. What a time to be alive.
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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 29/09/2023
i just started donating mine bc i have no bandwidth to go back to The Other Site and try to figure out who still needs them, maybe you'd like to do the same?
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 22/09/2023
Most academics know that MDPI is not the most reputable publisher but this is particularly grim: a special issue in which 27th of the 28th papers are authored by the two guest editors. www.mdpi.com/journal/processes/spec…
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Alex Morss 🦇🏴‍☠️ @alexmorss.bsky.social · 22/09/2023
Shared from Dr Charlie Gardner (I don’t think he is on here).
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Sylvain Giroud @sgiroud.bsky.social · 23/09/2023
The Biology Department at NMU is hiring a new Tenure-Track Professor in Animal Physiology! @NorthernMichU @HibernationR @FIWIvienna @KLIVVWien @ICCPB2019 @SEBiology @APSPhysiology @scandPhys @ThePhySoc Interested to apply? Check the advert below👇 workatnmu.nmu.edu/mob/en-us/jo...
workatnmu.nmu.edu
Assistant Professor
The assignment will include teaching a range of undergraduate and graduate courses in human anatomy & physiology, animal physiology, introductory biology, and courses in their specialty. The successfu...
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Max Liboiron @maxliboiron.bsky.social · 23/09/2023
Join us for ‘Queering Science: A view from the bench’ where @thelabandfield.bsky.social & I discuss how we use a sense & ethic of Queering to guide our methods. London, UCL, Nov 29. Zing zing! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/queering-s...
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Queering Science: A view from the bench
Drs. Max Liboiron and Alex Bond will discuss theorizing and practicing queering science from two different but overlapping perspectives.
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Tatiana Pandora Saternus🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @cosmicfavoreq.bsky.social · 22/09/2023
A great science feed!
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