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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 · 04/09/2026

Eye people ➡️Bristol Mainz ⬅️Brain people 💛

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

Honestly can't believe how quickly you've got these job adverts out, you must be very good at your new job

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

They're getting younger all the time.. 🥲

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

Phacopids are definitely going to be central to the project! we're hoping to crack some more of the secrets of schizochroal eyes..

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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

Look closely and you'll get a glimpse of Steve's heartwarming message to the new occupant of his office 💛 those who know you won't be at all surprised. Thanks for being so welcoming, funny, and tall. @camzoology.bsky.social are lucky to have you (back)!

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

So many congratulations, Sam! Hope your bp returned to normal okay 🫠

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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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PNAS

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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Lauren Sumner-Rooney @laurensr.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

MASSIVE congratulations, Max!! So excited for you, and can't wait to see your group flourish 💛 Very well deserved, well done!!

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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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Lauren Sumner-Rooney @laurensr.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

They can change colour! And they seem to do it in response to the available background colours 🙌 (caveat: not my direct area of expertise, but here are some papers) journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Environmental and hormonal factors controlling reversible colour change in crab spiders

SUMMARYHabitat heterogeneity that occurs within an individual's lifetime may favour the evolution of reversible plasticity. Colour reversibility has many different functions in animals, such as thermo...

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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

Right?! It's such an interesting curveball from them! (Also please forgive my glacial pace at replying to your email, my life has dominated by moving chaos, I'm so sorry!!)

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

After WEX this morning I just might

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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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