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Shan Huang

@msshanhuang.bsky.social
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Hybrid of paleo and neo biologist, macroecology & macroevolution, biodiversity in space and time, mammals, clams, symbionts…all over the place. Mostly in Birmingham, sometimes in Berlin. She/her but it doesn’t matter if you speak Chinese.

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Shan Huang @msshanhuang.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Please vote for this funky bivalve species to be the Mollusc of the Year 🥳. It's among a super-rich yet much understudied clade, Galeommatida, showing repeated evolution of parasitism (or free-livings 🤔) - a perfect system for understanding the ecology and evolution of symbiosis/parasitism 🤓.
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Senckenberg Ocean Species Alliance (SOSA) @oceanspecies.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
🌙 Mysterious Moon clam for #IMOY 𝙀𝙥𝙝𝙞𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙖 𝙡𝙪𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙖 traded traditional shells for crescent-shaped "wings." It lives inside sponge galleries and shrimp burrows. Vote for the moon clam for International Mollusc of the Year: sgn.one/moty2026 @gotoryu.bsky.social @msshanhuang.bsky.social @sgn.one
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Katie Collins @spissatella.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Galeommatoids are one of the most diverse and yet least known groups of clams. They can be free-living, commensal or parasitic, they can filter feed and some are carnivores that suck the bodily fluids of their prey! Many are brightly coloured and very active, like little nudibranchs
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Shan Huang @msshanhuang.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
New paper out with a combo of empirical patterns and theoretical models to propose a new ecological mechanism undelying body size evolution rdcu.be/e06Vt
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Diverging selection on body size in specialist terrestrial mammals
Nature Ecology & Evolution - A comparative analysis of trait data combined with a mathematical model suggests that dietary specialization drives selection towards the smallest and largest body...
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Phil Mannion @pdmannion.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
We'll be hosting a joint Crossing the Palaeontological–Ecological Gap (CPEG) meeting & Conservation Paleobiology Symposium @ucl.ac.uk in London in August 2027, which aims to bridge spatial and temporal gradients between palaeontology, ecology, and conservation: www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...
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Matthew Warke @matthewwarke.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
I'll be at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology's annual meeting in Birmingham (UK) next week. 🦖 We have an exciting itinerary planned including several Meet the Editor sessions. Come say hi and bring your questions to any of our editors at our booth! 🤝 #SVP2025 #2025SVP #paleontology
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Ferhat Kaya @paleolife.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
🔹 Post-doctoral Researcher (3 years): to lead interdisciplinary work integrating paleontology, geology, geochemistry and modelling. Application deadline: 12 Nov 2025. • Post-doctoral: oulunyliopisto.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Paleobiology, Faculty of Humanities
We are now seeking to recruit a Postdoctoral Researcher in Mammal Paleobiology / Earth System Evolution to join the Department of Archaeology at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Oulu. The posi
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Shan Huang @msshanhuang.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Such an interesting (though also hard) project led by Andrew (Thank you!) - specialisation/generalisation trade-offs are really fun to think about in general, and parasites just provide a very good lens to potential mechanisms.
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Shan Huang @msshanhuang.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
A PhD opportunity to work with me, @spissatella.bsky.social and our friends through CENTA - biogeography and vulnerability of exploited bivalves, with possible spin-offs about fishery sustainability and environmental economics: centa.ac.uk/studentship/...
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2026-B19 Marine biodiversity and its future under environmental changes and exploitation – CENTA
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Richard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Super excited to see the #SVP2025 #2025SVP abstract book out! Remember that all abstracts are under embargo ahead of the meeting.
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CENTA @centa.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
🎓 Fully funded PhD in Earth & Environmental Sciences starting Autumn 2026! CENTA Scholarships for Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) UK applicants now open. Stipend, fees & research support included. Apply now 👉 centa.ac.uk/apply/ #PhD #Scholarship #EnvironmentalScience
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Apply – CENTA
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CENTA @centa.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
🎓 Looking for a fully funded PhD in Earth & Environmental Sciences starting Autumn 2026? CENTA DTP has projects across the NERC remit, with stipend, fees & research support. Explore projects and apply now: centa.ac.uk/apply/ #PhD #EnvironmentalScience #CENTA
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Apply – CENTA
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Davide Foffa @davfoff.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
‪[1/n] New paper co-lead by @emmadnn.bsky.social‬ @macroecoevoale.bsky.social‬ and I: we combined fossil occurrences, biogeography and climate modelling to investigate the origins and early evolution of pterosaurs 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The lagerpetid Scleromochlus, one of the closest relatives of pterosaurs. Artowrk by Gabriel Ugueto
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Davide Foffa @davfoff.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
📚 Also on The Conversation for a #scicomm breakdown: theconversation.com/how-pterosau...
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How pterosaurs learned to fly: scientists have been looking in the wrong place to solve this mystery
New findings may have solved the debate around why scientists have never found the missing link between dinosaurs and pterosaurs.
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Erin E. Saupe @eesaupe.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
🚨🚨🚨!Post doc opportunity! 🚨🚨🚨 35 month post doc on niche modelling of migratory whales in my lab with Katrina Jones. Job advert below: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... Please get in touch with questions!
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Natalie Cooper @nhcooper123.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
YouTube: m.youtube.com/watch?v=yGcF... Note we were still faffing with the cameras in this one, it gets better I think…
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Josh has questions about waxy whale earplugs... | The 'Perfect' Specimen Ep1
YouTube video by Natural History Museum
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Shan Huang @msshanhuang.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Excited to see this inspiring work (by @spissatella.bsky.social and others) on the ecological consequences of (end-Cretaceous) mass extinction, also highlighting an excellent model system: doi.org/10.1126/scia...
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The end-Cretaceous mass extinction restructured functional diversity but failed to configure the modern marine biota
The end-Cretaceous mass extinction permanently disrupted the distribution of biodiversity among ecological functions.
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Physalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
🌍 Happy World #BiodiversityDay! What better way to celebrate than by exploring biodiversity through data? 📊 Join our course "Biodiversity in Time and Space Using R" this June with @msshanhuang.bsky.social & @joeflansan.bsky.social www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...
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Analysing Biodiversity through Time and Space Using R
ONLINE, 9-13 June 2025
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Shan Huang @msshanhuang.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Public (hybrid) lecture on fossil insights of climate impact on biodiversity (please register here: billetto.co.uk/e/climate-an...)
Poster about the lecture series Climate & Ecology: Off the Trails, Birmingham
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Natalie Cooper @nhcooper123.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
For anyone looking for PhDs in the UK starting October 2025 in ecology, evolution, environment etc. The new Doctoral Landscape Awards (DLAs) recently got announced so lots of people will be adverting PhDs with January deadlines. Check out findaphd.com to search for ones that interest you!
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PhD Programmes, Research Projects & Studentships in the UK & Europe
FindAPhD is a comprehensive guide to PhD studentships and postgraduate research degrees
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Shan Huang @msshanhuang.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
I have a 6-mo postdoc position open, which has to end by July 31st. The specific project could be determined by shared interests (macroevolution, biogeography, biodiversity dynamics in space and time) and I'm seeking further funding to extend the position. edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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Research Fellow - School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences - 104815 - Grade 7
To contribute to the research on biodiversity in space and time by analysing large, interdisciplinary datasets of fossil and modern biodiversity in relation to environmental changes within the broad r...
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Shan Huang @msshanhuang.bsky.social · 18/03/2024
I will be discussing some interesting patterns (e.g. LDG, extinction, etc.) and popular theories as motivations for the practicals, which will be full of elegant tricks for data analyses thanks to Joe!
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Shan Huang @msshanhuang.bsky.social · 07/03/2024
(Prepping) teaching is humbling. However, confidence was boosted 100% by Wordle 992 2/6 🤣 🟩⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Shan Huang @msshanhuang.bsky.social · 13/12/2023
I plan to submit something, not that I could say anything as grand as the session title 😅
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Shan Huang @msshanhuang.bsky.social · 11/12/2023
Already overwhelmed by social media AND a conference app before the conference starts 😳
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