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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026

We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/

a cartoon of three fieldworkers. One has a small trans flag. The logos of the university of leeds, research england, and canopy robin are shown, as well as the URL: InclusiveFieldwork (dot) Leeds (dot) AC (dot) UK (slash) trans

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Natural History Collections and Museomics @nhcm.pensoft.net · 28/09/2026

🕷️ A remarkable collection of approximately 15,000 spider and scorpion specimens has been made freely available to researchers worldwide, demonstrating how regional museums and open-access initiatives can democratise biodiversity knowledge across Brazil: doi.org/10.3897/nhcm.3.197964

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University of Bristol Biological Sciences @bristolbiosci.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

We are hiring a new lecturer in Bioinformatics! Hit the link below to find out more and apply: www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de... #bristoluni #wearebristoluni #biologicalsciences

Job Alert! Lecturer in Bioinformatics. Come and join use in the world class Life Sciences Building at the University of Bristol! Closing date: Sunday 27 September.

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Lauren Sumner-Rooney @laurensr.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Work with Max! Look at brains! Live in Mainz! Get your PhD/decent length postdoc!

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Casey Dunn @caseywdunn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

My new book, Phylogenetic Biology, is now published. Available online for free at dunnlab.org/phylogenetic... . Physical copies can be purchased at shop.lightningsource.com/b/085?params... or your favorite bookstore.

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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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Lauren Sumner-Rooney @laurensr.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Just SIX DAYS left to apply for our postdoc unravelling the secrets of trilobite eyes! Come and join @multipleye-lab.bsky.social in @bristolbiosci.bsky.social if you're interested in vision, functional morphology, and 3D models 👀 📆Deadline 23.59 BST, 26th Aug 📢Contact me with any questions!

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Ok, time for a thread about what I saw yesterday at #CrystalPalace. As you can see, just about everything has been repaired and re-painted, and in places (like the previously misidentified Xiphodon) re-positioned. It looks fantastic and you have to check it out, even if you've visited before...

View of some of Crystal Palace models from top of the hill.

3D print of pterosaur head being held in front of actual models way back in the distance, Iguanodon at left.

Local mural on side of building celebrating Crystal Palace prehistoric animals. Art by Nacho Welles.

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MultiplEye Lab @multipleye-lab.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Just over two weeks left to apply! Come and join us @bristolbiosci.bsky.social for a 2.5-year trilobite extravaganza! If you're interested in 3D models, functional morphology, and visual ecology, get in touch with us via @laurensr.bsky.social with any questions and for more details on the project!

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Lauren Sumner-Rooney @laurensr.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Two weeks left to apply for our postdoc position on vision in trilobites! Come and explore the exciting world of reconstructing vision in the fossil record, using some of the most iconic extinct animals to grace our oceans! Please reach out + RT! (*Deadline in fact 23.59 BST on the 26th August!*)

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RobertoFeuda @robertofeuda.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

We're hiring 4 postdocs at @unibo.it to study nervous system evolution. Seeking expertise in single-cell genomics, molecular or developmental biology in ctenophores, cnidarians, echinoderms, flies or human stem cells. 2+2 yrs contract. Deadline: 26 Aug. Please share! bandi.unibo.it/s/apos7/proc...

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Procedura di valutazione comparativa per titoli e colloquio per il conferimento di n. 4 contratti di ricerca presso il Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali - SSD BIOS-04/A - GSD...

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Lauren Sumner-Rooney @laurensr.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

📢 JOB ALERT! 📢 I am recruiting a 30-month postdoc to work on modelling the vision of trilobites @hfspo.bsky.social ! If you like 3D data, fossils, and functional morphology, this is the one for you! 📆Deadline 27. Aug Pls contact me with any Qs and share widely! www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

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Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol

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Vicky & The Sleight Lab @vs-marine.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Please share, I am hiring an evo devo postdoctoral research fellow! 📍: The Sleight Lab, University of Aberdeen, Scotland (5th oldest University in UK & English-speaking world) 📅: start after 1st December 2026 🐌: Evolution and Development (molluscs) ⌛: 3 year contract sleightlab.com/vacancies/

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Rosa Fernández @rosafernandez.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

New paper from the lab out! How did animals move repeteadly from water to land? We compared ca. 1,000 animal genomes across the animal kingdom to ask whether evolution reused the same genomic solutions. The answer: same challenge, but many genomic routes 🧵1/n www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Convergent genomic trajectories shape adaptation to life on land across animal lineages - Nature Communications

Animals have moved from water to land many times, but whether they used the same genetic routes has remained unclear. This study shows that independent land transitions relied mostly on ancient, conse...

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Lauren Sumner-Rooney @laurensr.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

When I thought nothing could further increase my FOMO for #ICN2026 @neuroethology.org 🥲 well done Sam! You can now safely enjoy a resting heartrate for the rest of the conference... Sidenote: is the location for #ICN2028 known yet??

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Lochlan W @lochlanw.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

🚨🦋 Thrilled to share my first PhD paper published in PNAS this week, in collaboration with Sören Kannegieser and @anna-stoeckl.bsky.social @insect-vision.bsky.social: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... We found hawkmoths use a convergent visual control strategy for appendage guidance. 👁️🫳 🧵 below.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

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Max Farnworth @maxfarnworth.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

🚨 I am very happy (and relieved!) to announce that I secured Emmy Noether funding by the @dfg.de to start my own group at @unimainz.bsky.social , hosted by Marion Silies & Jakob von Engelhardt in August! 🚨 Website coming soon - open for name/logo suggestions. They better be funny tho!

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Sophia Petrillo with Megaphone in Golden Girls

ALT: Sophia Petrillo with Megaphone in Golden Girls

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Lauren Sumner-Rooney @laurensr.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Congratulations to @samjakeengland.bsky.social for his @currentbiology.bsky.social cover😍after @atal-pande.bsky.social's new paper! This leggy fren is a wolf spider (Pardosa) featuring in several projects in @multipleye-lab.bsky.social, so it's lovely to see her getting the limelight she deserves 💃

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Royal Entomological Society @royentsoc.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

🌿📚 Have your say on the proposed Natural History GCSE. The Government is consulting on the content for a new Natural History GCSE, which would give students opportunities to study biodiversity, conservation, ecology & wildlife through classroom learning & fieldwork. 🔗 Take part:

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Natural History GCSE - Share your views!

⏰ The consultation is open until 4 September 2026.

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Russell Garwood @russellgarwood.co.uk · 16/07/2026

If you like trilobite eyes, now is your time to shine - new job on the way with @laurensr.bsky.social 🧪⚒️

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Lauren Sumner-Rooney @laurensr.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

📢 Heads-up: I'm currently finalising the job description for a 30-month postdoc modelling visual abilities in these very gorgeous and very dead creatures! If you're interested, please get in touch - anticipated start is late 2026/early 2027 and the project combines great colleagues in UK + S Korea!

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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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Christos C. Ioannou @ccioannou.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

📢 @asab.org Conference Attendance Grants for developing country applicants: deadline 1st AUGUST 📢 Up to £2500!!! Joint Winter Conference of ASAB and PSGB: “Social Learning and Culture” @asabpsgb2026.bsky.social #ASABWinter2026 @asab-meetings.bsky.social Full details: www.asab.org/conference-g...

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iNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

We're looking for a CV/ML Engineer to help us improve the machine learning systems that power iNaturalist's species identification and geographic range modeling. If you're excited to help build tools that help millions of people engage with nature, we'd love to hear from you! Apply: buff.ly/YZqaW6c

Image of flowers with text overlaid saying: "iNaturalist: We're hiring! Computer vision/machine learning engineer. Full time, remote in the United States."

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Peter T. Rühr @peter-t-ruehr.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Congratulations, @atal-pande.bsky.social!!! This is amazing research on spider vision and morphology! 🎉🥳 Maybe the first time I'm saying it: I'm proud of you and the way you've been going since our first visit to Earwig Visual Systems some years ago! 🥰

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Atal Pande @atal-pande.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Really excited to share that my first PhD chapter is now out in @currentbiology.bsky.social! 🕷️👀 We show that visually hunting spiders have repeatedly evolved forward-facing eyes, highlighting the remarkable evolutionary flexibility of their modular visual system. doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

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Hunting ecology predicts eye arrangements in the modular visual system of spiders

Pande et al. show that visually hunting spiders have convergently evolved forward-facing eyes. The positions and orientations of the eyes show the greatest morphological disparity and fastest evolutio...

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Lauren Sumner-Rooney @laurensr.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

With @lucillejmrose.bsky.social @samjakeengland.bsky.social at the heart of our wonderful team @multipleye-lab.bsky.social 💛 our very patient and generous colleagues at @diamondlightsource.bsky.social and @psi.ch 🙏🏼 and to everyone who has given feedback on this study at conferences etc!

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Lauren Sumner-Rooney @laurensr.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

There are MANY people who deserve my thanks (this paper began life in deepest, darkest March 2020..). Especially those who introduced me to/helped me through my 1st beamtimes @imranrahman.bsky.social, Ricardo Pérez-de la Fuente, @jackjamesmatthews.bsky.social (and many others since!) 🙏🏼1/n

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Lauren Sumner-Rooney @laurensr.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Beyond proud of @atal-pande.bsky.social, whose first PhD chapter is out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social! Atal shows that spiders that use their vision to hunt have convergently evolved similar eye arrangements, which imply lots of resampling of frontal space www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Hunting ecology predicts eye arrangements in the modular visual system of spiders

Vision is one of the most important senses used by animals and contributes to fundamental behaviors, including foraging, navigation, and mate detectio…

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Sam England @samjakeengland.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Out today in @royalsocietypublishing.org - we show that crab spiders (the ones you usually see ambushing pollinators on flowers 🕷️🌸) get worse at hunting if their eyes are covered!🫣 Sounds obvious? It's actually quite surprising, here's why... 👀 (1/8) royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...

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Michael Bok @mikebok.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I am hiring a PhD student to join our group in Lund, Sweden working on an ERC-funded project to untangle color and polarization vision in some amazing crustaceans – minute water fleas and pugnacious mantis shrimp! Please forward this to promising students. Apply here: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

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Stephen Montgomery @ebablab.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

🚨Job claxon🚨 4-year #Postdoc available in our lab in @camzoology.bsky.social developing molecular and anatomical approaches to mapping evolutionary changes in the brain, using #Heliconiini butterflies. Come join us, we are nice. 🧪 www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

An immunostaining section through a Heliconius brain. Staining and imaging by Dr Max Farnworth.

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Lauren Sumner-Rooney @laurensr.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Beautiful new preprint from Antonio and Andres on the evolution of eye loss in spiders! Find the full thread below for details on unequal losses across parallel visual systems, possible regains of eyes, 1000s of surveyed species, ecological and developmental clues, and a gratuitous dinosaur emoji 🦕

Ancestral state estimations showing the evolutionary history of eye losses in spiders. Only the principal eyes are lost deep in the phylogeny, with a peak in the Triassic and Jurassic. In the clade Synspermiata, we also see some evolutionary regains!

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Vengamanaidu Modepalli @venky-vnm.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Interested in miRNAs, early animal evolution, and RNA biology? We’re recruiting a BBSRC-funded Postdoctoral Research Associate @bristolbiosci.bsky.social #Postdoc #microRNA #RNAbiology Apply by 14 May 2026. 👉 www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find-in...

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Einstein Foundation Berlin @einsteinberlin.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

PhD in Berlin? The city offers a broad spectrum of doctoral programs w/ funding opportunities & collaborations w/ research institutions. www.doctoral-programs.de/welcome/ @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social, @humboldtuni.bsky.social, @tuberlin.bsky.social, @unipotsdam.bsky.social, @udkberlin.bsky.social

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Natalie Cooper @nhcooper123.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Hi all. I am very excited that after 6 years I finally got my phylogenetic comparative methods book and online exercises online. Feel free to use and share. The book is here: nhcooper123.github.io/pcm-primer/. Note that it is not finished, we had to abandon it before the sunk costs fallacy broke us

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Phylogenetic Comparative Methods

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Svenja Tidau @svenjatidau.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Have you ever wondered what #wildlife does at #night? How prevalent night-time activity/ nocturnality is? 🦇 🦉 🦗 How night-time conditions differ from daytime and between nights? 🌃 🌟 🌑 🌕️🌘 We, Almut Kelber & myself, just published a Quick Guide on Nocturnality @Currentbiology 🧵 ➡️ shorturl.at/TpA13

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Lauren Sumner-Rooney @laurensr.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

So excited to have received an #HFSPResearchGrant to study trilobite eyes with Luke Parry @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social and Gil Ju Lee (Pusan National University)!🥳 I'll be recruiting a postdoc @bristolbiosci.bsky.social - if 3D data, optical modelling, and fossils tickle your interest, stay tuned!

Close-up photograph of the trilobite Erbenochile, with visible schizochroal eyes. Image: Luke Parry

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University of Bristol Biological Sciences @bristolbiosci.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

JOB ALERT! We are excited to announce that we are recruiting three new academics at lecturer level! Click the link below for more info on how to apply, and don’t forget to explore our research themes too! We look forward to receiving your applications! www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

JOB ALERT!

Lecturer in Biological Sciences

Come and join us in the world class Life Sciences Building at the University of Bristol!

Closing date: Sunday 8 March

JOB ALERT!

Lecturer in Biological Sciences

Interested in our research areas? Click the link in our bio to discover more!

Closing date: Sunday 8 March

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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · 03/03/2026

In unserer Vortragsreihe #PROSPECTS stellt das Team Karriereförderung diesmal alle Fördermöglichkeiten für Postdocs vor: Mitarbeit in Projekten, Sachbeihilfe mit Eigener Stelle, Walter Benjamin-, Emmy Noether- u. Heisenberg-Programm. Inkl. Tipps zur Antragsvorbereitung. Teilnahme über: sohub.io/5o09

Förderangebot für Postdocs: Mittwoch, 11. März, 10:30 Uhr - 12 Uhr

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Jerome Beetz @beetzjerome.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Have you ever asked yourself, how insect brains represent places? And whether insects do have place cells? Then move to Germany this summer and start your PhD in my lab. We conduct tetrode recordings from bumblebees that freely forage laboratory mazes. 🧠🐝#BeeSpace @erc.europa.eu @neuroethology.org

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Michael Bok @mikebok.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

From our new paper out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social: www.cell.com/current-biol... w/ @neurofishh.bsky.social @gkafetzis.bsky.social @denilsson.bsky.social Looking across animals, the vertebrate eye is an obvious outlier. Why is it so different that other highly visual animals?

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 04/02/2026

A new systematic review has found that trans women on HRT have the same level of fitness as cis women and don't retain any advantage in sports. www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

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Trans athletes may not have fitness advantage in women’s sport, landmark study finds

Findings suggest physical performance in trans women converges toward that of cis women over time

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Christoph Scherber @cscherber.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

JOB ALERT! Come work with us as a PhD student for 4 years if you are interested in biodiversity monitoring, technology development, insects and agriculture.

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Tadashi Fukami @fukamit.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Lecturer in Ecology and Evolution position available in Biology Department at Stanford University. Apply by April 1, 2026. (Photo by Rick Morris) academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31606

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Stephen Montgomery @ebablab.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

New from Jessie Foley! #Heliconius have elongated lives and excellent memory, but do they have excellent memory across their elongated lives? Find out now!* Featuring learning and memory assays in 330 butterflies, and an absolute pig of an experiment to do. *the title is a spoiler 🧪

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Travis Longcore @travislongcore.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Environmental assessments need to account for spectrum and brightness of light affecting sensitive species. 🌙 We map impact zones using "moonlight equivalent" measures accounting for species visual sensitivity, then apply spectral tuning and shielding. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/

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Assessing and mapping taxon-specific effects of ecological light pollution for environmental impact analysis

Predicting the adverse effects of light at night is necessary to ensure compliance with laws and regulations that protect species. Using two case stud…

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Daniela Rößler @roesslerdaniela.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

🕸️ The #silk of this gorgeous little cribellator is not your standard silk - read @evoimec.bsky.social new study here: doi.org/10.1073/pnas... 🕸️

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