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Melanie Brien

@melbrien.bsky.social
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Research Fellow at University of Helsinki ~ Evolution, genomics, lepidoptera, all things colour🦋 PI helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/colourful-insect-genomics

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Melanie Brien @melbrien.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
A few summers ago, we individually reared 1200 wood tiger moth caterpillars with the aim to understand the associations and genetic basis of different traits; colour, chemical defences, behaviour, pheromones and more. The results are here!
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Melanie Brien @melbrien.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
The groups first field trip is underway! @paulinea73.bsky.social got the first caterpillar of her PhD 🥳 @michalbartak.bsky.social
Two people in the forest, one holding a caterpillar in a jar
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Lene Liebe Delsett @leneliebedelsett.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Arctic plants, ichthyosaurs and more! We received funding from Nordforsk for a Nordic network for convergent evolution #NCEN! It is led by @siribirkeland.bsky.social and me, hosted at the Natural History Museum @uio.no and include researchers with amazing work🥳 www.nordforsk.org/projects/nor...
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Johanna Mappes @jmappes.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
And here is the working link: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Evolutionary Genetics & Ecology of Colour and Performance
Postdoctoral Researcher in Evolutionary Genetics & Ecology of Colour and Performance
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Gloria Murari @gloriamurari.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Are you a bachelor's / master's student looking for a thesis project or Erasmus Internship? We’re looking for someone to come and help us collecting data! If you’re interested, feel free to contact me! :)
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Melanie Brien @melbrien.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Exciting biophysics PhD and supervisor dream team 🦋
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Melanie Brien @melbrien.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
10 days left to apply! 👀
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Melanie Brien @melbrien.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Funded PhD position available 🎉 Come and work with me in Helsinki to uncover the pathways producing colourful tiger moth wings. Lots of options for genomics, CRISPR, fieldwork, behaviour experiments… Email with questions! jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
Wood tiger moth on leaf. Photo: Juhani Maamela.
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Ecology and Evolution of Interactions - EEI Group @aplantaginis.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
We are looking for Erasmus interns to help with our bird projects at Lammi Biological Station: www.helsinki.fi/en/research-... Apply here and specify that you are interested in the great tit project: www.lyyti.in/Application_...
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Melanie Brien @melbrien.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Excited to soon start my new role as Academy of Finland Research Fellow 🦋🐛I’ll later be advertising a PhD position on tiger moth colour and genomics, and will be speaking at #ESEB2025 this week if you want an idea of what’s going on!
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Melanie Brien @melbrien.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Happy to play a small role in this nice paper, and hope to visit this region one day!
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Richard Merrill @dickmerrill.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Interested in a PhD connecting sensory ecology and evolutionary genetics? Applications are now open for a project on the Speciation Genomics of Eye Size Variation in Heliconius Butterflies in our lab at LMU Munich: www.evol.bio.lmu.de/research/mer... Please repost!
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Michal Barták @michalbartak.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
🚨New paper on tropical moth pollination 🧵1/8 - What happens in tropical ecosystems when the day ends?🌔🦋 Our new review that @robtrop.bsky.social and I wrote highlights moths’ vital role in pollination and outlines research gaps, challenges and biases. Sharing valued! Link: doi.org/10.1017/S026...
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When the day ends: Review on the importance of nocturnal moths as pollinators in tropical ecosystems | Journal of Tropical Ecology | Cambridge Core
When the day ends: Review on the importance of nocturnal moths as pollinators in tropical ecosystems - Volume 41
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Melanie Brien @melbrien.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Lovely to be back in Sheffield for the Population Genetics group conference. First day full of colour, butterflies and tea #pgg58
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Johanna Mappes @jmappes.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
🧪Why does warning signal variability persist in #aposematic species? Our new @sse-evolution.bsky.social paper explores this using data from 64,741 🤯 A.plantaginis, raised over 25 generations. Spoiler: no evidence that life-history traits constrain warning colours! academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
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Evolutionary potential and constraints in an aposematic species: Genetic correlations between warning coloration and fitness components in wood tiger moths
Abstract. Variability in warning signals is common but remains puzzling since deviations from the most common form should result in a higher number of pred
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Joe Hanly @hanliconius.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Hey Lepidoptera folks, here’s a Starter Pack of Lepidopterologists! If you want to be added (or removed), just @ me with your favourite: #buttetflies? #moths? go.bsky.app/U3HPgpW
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Johanna Mappes @jmappes.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
Please re-post: I have a postdoc position open! Helsinki is great and working environment is fantastic! #colours #polymorphism #behavior #experiments #lepidoptera jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Postdoctoral Researcher in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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Melanie Brien @melbrien.bsky.social · 01/10/2024
Very happy to be at my first ISBE and my first visit to Australia! Will be around tonight with my poster (that printed the wrong colour 🙈) #ISBE2024
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Sandra Winters @sandrawinters.bsky.social · 13/12/2023
Interested in planning and conducting research related to wild animal resilience (broadly defined)? We're recruiting a Research Coordinator or Planner in wild animal experimentation here in Biological & Environmental Sciences at the University of Helsinki! Applications due Jan 19.
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Research coordinator/Planner in wild animal experimentation
Research coordinator/Planner in wild animal experimentation
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Melanie Brien @melbrien.bsky.social · 05/12/2023
For my first post I'll share our recent paper (& accompanying doodle) on the genetics of polymorphic colour in male wood tiger moths 🦋🧬✂️ elifesciences.org/articles/80116
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