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Nicholas Wu

@nicholaswu.bsky.social

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Ecophysiology | herpetology | macroecology | meta-analysis | data viz. Lecturer and Head of the Wu Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology Lab | www.nicholaswulab.com

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Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

While we were out catching #bats in early spring, we saw plenty of #herps out and about! Lots of bobtails, small skinks, brown snakes, and tadpoles in temporary ponds #WA

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Fredrik Jutfelt 🐠 @jutfelt.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Come join us, PhD and postdoc positions! Please spread! Supervisor @patricepottier.bsky.social (patricepottierlab.com), me as co-supervisor. Impacts of climate change on different life-stages in fish.🐟🧪 PhD web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103... Postdoc web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...

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School of Biological Sciences, Monash @MonashBiol @monashbiol.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Are you a potential Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Ecology or Evolutionary Biology? The School of Biological Sciences at Monash University is recruiting careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...

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Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Are you an ecologist/evolutionary biologist looking for an ongoing academic position? Monash University’s School of Biological Sciences is hiring! Come join us in Melbourne, Australia! Details here: careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...

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Emily Roycroft @emilyroycroft.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Our school @monashbiol.bsky.social at @monashuniversity.bsky.social in Melbourne, Australia is recruiting an ongoing academic in Ecology or Evolutionary Biology. Monash is a wonderful, supportive place to work, and ranked #31 in the world (QS). Come join us! careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...

Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I have a PhD project to look at the impact of climate change on an endangered WA skink 🦎. Applicants interested in herpetology, thermal ecology and collaborating with First Nations are encouraged to apply. Apply now: www.murdoch.edu.au/study/schola... Lab website: www.nicholaswulab.com

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Biology Open @biologyopen.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Are you an early-career researcher based in the Global South? Apply by 20 November 2026 for BiO Global South Conference Travel Grants to attend an international biological or biomedical conference. More information at www.biologists.com/grants/bio-g...

BiO Global South Conference Travel Grants. Supporting ECRs in the Global South to attend international biological and biomedical science conferences. Application deadline: 20 November 2026.

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Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Do you have a background in behavioural ecology and are you interested in doing a PhD in Australia? I’m looking for new grad students so check out our website (BobWongLab.org) or come find me in Torino at #ISBE2026. 🐟🐠

Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Very proud supervisor 🥲. Both Jasmine and @tomasvillada.bsky.social winning runner up for both poster and talk #amsabs2026

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Australasian Evolution Society - AES @ausevosoc.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

✨Last Chance for Super Early Rego!✨ We’ve extended our super early bird rego until the 17th of July! Use code SUPEREARLY2026 to join us December for 🧬𝗘𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝗻𝗴🧬 Only 1 week left so register at this link: aes.corsizio.com/portal/aes

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Australasian Evolution Society — Conferences List

Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Obligatory photo of my 🦇 poster at the #amsabs2026 Paper is published here: doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Ruvi used virtual transplant experiments to show how animals are adapted to their local environments but also show which are most sensitive to climate change #amsabs2026

Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Robin used non-invasive faecal analysis for measuring hormone levels to look how roost and urbanisation influences stress levels #amsabs2026

Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Tomas presents his last PhD chapter on the torpor patterns of a critically endangered 🦇. Proud supervisor 🥲 #amsabs2026

Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Kelsey Graham illustrates how climate influences fur thickness in a globally widespread red fox through statistical and biophysical approaches #amsabs2026

Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Come check out @alangguth.bsky.social beautiful poster this afternoon at the #amsabs2026

Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Jasmin Annett proposed the spring mass model for why kangaroo gait dynamics does not scale with size #amsabs2026 🦘

Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Well done Sanjeev for an amazing work integrating free-ranging torpor patterns, respirometry & biophysical modelling to predict climate change impacts on wintering energetic of Aussie bats #amsabs2026

Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Melissa Walker representing the ecophysiology crowd at #amsabs2026 shows how heat waves impact the energetic and activity cost of flying foxes

Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Q&A story by @nature.com on how @biologyopen.bsky.social found that paying reviewers cut time to first decisions by 85% while maintaining or even improving review quality. Q&A 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/d41... Pre-print 🔗: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Fredrik Jutfelt 🐠 @jutfelt.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

We have a fully funded PhD position on European eel! Please spread! 🐟 🪱 Main supervisor Josefin Sundin @josefin-sundin.bsky.social at SLU Aqua Stockholm (scholar.google.com/citations?us...). Apply through the portal: www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

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Kinsey Brock @doc-brock.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Herpetology job! Research Scientist and Curator of Herpetology! Senckenberg – Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research 🐍 senckenberg.career.softgarden.de/jobs/6465299...

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Research Scientist and Curator of Herpetology (f/m/d) – Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung

We are looking for: Research Scientist and Curator of Herpetology (f/m/d), Full or Part Time, Frankfurt am Main

Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Postdoc position (level A/B) in feral cat management available at @murdoch.edu.au Due date: 13 Jun 2026 🔗 murdoch.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Murdoc...

Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

New @jexpbiol.bsky.social by @alangguth.bsky.social showing bent-winged bats emerging from torpor have elevated immune response 🦇 🔗 doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

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Kristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩‍🔬 @kristinamuise.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Come watch me talk about bats living at their thermal limits! 🦇❄️🔥 The talk is available FREE via Zoom on 06 May 2026 at 9 AM Eastern US Time, and will be made available for viewing afterwards on the GBatNet YouTube channel. Register for free here: www.gbatnet.org/events/therm... 🧪🌎

A poster announing the following details:

"My Field for Dummies Webinar Series. Kristina Muise, MSc. Living the the Thermal Limits: Bat Behaviour and Physiology in Extreme Temperatures. 6 May 2026, 9-10AM Eastern US Time. Live Seminar Via Zoom".

There is also a picture of a woman holding a bat, and a picture of a group of bats. There is also a QR code as well.

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Australian Society for Fish Biology @austsocfishbiol.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

The Australian Institute of Marine Science and Charles Darwin University are seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow. 🎣 Crimson Snapper Biology and Stock Structure 🗓️ 3 yrs 💰$100,862 to $110,957 p/a 🚨22 May 👀 careers.aims.gov.au/page.php?pag...

Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Abstracts for the 2026 Animal Physiology Conference, Jaboticabal, Brazil are now open. #APCIS Abstract submission 🔗: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Abstracts due: 30th April 2026 More info 🔗: drive.google.com/file/d/1HJUc...

Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

2x PhD projects available at @rennesuniv.bsky.social. 1. Why populations rise & fall: global demography of amphibians & reptiles sfecologie.org/offre/funded... 2. Demographic resilience & persistence of populations under climate warming sfecologie.org/offre/funded... Deadline: 30 May 2026

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Erin E. Saupe @eesaupe.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

‼️🚨 Job Alert ‼️ 🚨 Two Post Doc Opportunities: PDRA in Macroecology / Paleobiology my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... PDRA in Extinction & Conservation / Paleobiology my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... Any questions, please get in touch! Closing date May 1st.

Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

New study showing that the long-held belief that limitation on oxygen diffusion in insect respiratory system does not constrain the max body size of living or gigantic prehistoric insects 🪰 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Sammy Ball @sammyhareball.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

🦇We're Hiring! 🦢 Research Assistant position at ATU to determine the feasibility of establishing a radio receiver (Motus) network in Ireland for migrating bats and birds March 26th deadline! www.atu.ie/connect/jobs... @atu-ie.bsky.social @birdwatchireland.bsky.social @shrewgod.bsky.social

Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

New paper in @funecology.bsky.social, where we show how local climate and genetic relatedness influence torpor physiology in a widespread #bat species, demonstrating that phenotypic plasticity drives intraspecific variation. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

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Tomas Villada-Cadavid @tomasvillada.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Excited to share our new paper in Functional Ecology, led by @nicholaswu.bsky.social We found that torpor in eastern bent-wing bats is driven by local climate and phenotypic plasticity, rather than genetics. Read the full study here: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 📷 A. Lloyd

Researchers looking at a bat. Photo by A Lloyd.

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Tally Yoh @tallyyoh.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Three year postdoc fellowship working with bats in Mexico 🦇🦇(with fieldwork) Project title: Quantifying the socio-economic consequences of losing bat guano services Led by: Dr Veronica Zamora-Gutierrez www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/list...

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Research Fellow in Bat Ecosystem Services - Southampton, United Kingdom job with UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON | 407791

Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Southampton ...

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Dr. Glenn Tattersall @tattersallg.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

New Faculty Positions opening up at Wilfrid Laurier University! Integrative Organismal Zoologist: careers.wlu.ca/job/Waterloo... Microbial Systems: careers.wlu.ca/job/Waterloo... Computational Ecology/Modelling Biologist: careers.wlu.ca/job/Waterloo... Biochemistry: careers.wlu.ca/job/Waterloo...

Assistant Professor-Department of Biology (Zoologist)

Assistant Professor-Department of Biology (Zoologist)

Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

The due date for the PLNB #PhD project has been extended to 30th March. 🦇 Apply now: www.murdoch.edu.au/study/schola...

Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

New 2026 paper led by @patricepottier.bsky.social, @kruthsatz.bsky.social & I in @conphysjournal.bsky.social show studies on embryos make up <10% of conservation physiology studies, highlighting a major blind spot in predicting vulnerable life stages to climate change. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/conp...

Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Come join us in the School of Environmental & Conservation Sciences at @murdoch.edu.au as a Lecturer in Physical Oceanography! Experience in research & teaching in physical oceanography & marine pollution is highly encouraged. 🌊 🔗 murdoch.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/MurdochCaree...

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Lecturer – Physical Oceanography

About The Team The School of Environmental and Conservation Sciences (ECS), part of the College of Environmental and Life Sciences, is a multidisciplinary school offering three undergraduate majors, C...

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Linette Umbrello @planigale.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Curator Marine Invertebrate Zoology position advertised at the WA Museum, Perth. 🪸🪼🫙🔬 search.jobs.wa.gov.au/page.php?pag...

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WA Government Jobs | Curator Marine Invertebrate Zoology

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Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

I have two #PhD scholarships available on either the ecophysiology or movement ecology of the Pilbara leaf-nosed #bat at @murdoch.edu.au 🦇 Apply now: www.murdoch.edu.au/study/schola... Lab website: www.nicholaswulab.com

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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

2 RVC faculty jobs are advertised now! Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences Comparative Biomedical Sciences Department Location: Camden (King's Cross, London) Very broad search in the CBS department's remit jobs.rvc.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... EDI-friendly

Job Opportunity at the RVC: Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences

We have an exciting opening for up to two academics at Lecturer or Senior Lecturer level to join the Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences at our Camden campus. The posts are suitable for res...

Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

New paper by @westernsydneyu.bsky.social researchers, who used tiny radio tags to reveal arid birds using deep torpor to survive cold, food-poor nights Link: doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... @aunz.theconversation.com link: theconversation.com/tiny-radio-t...

Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

A new study shows how the handling of small ectotherms 🐸 can impact recordings of their body temperatures 🌡️. A modified Foerster forcep may help reduce heat transfer during handling & provide more accurate measurements of body temperature. doi.org/10.1016/j.jt...

Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

🚨 Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Terrestrial Ecology position at @jcuofficial.bsky.social. Candidates who combine field-based ecology with analytical, evolutionary, or monitoring approaches are highly encouraged. 📍 Townsville, AU Closes: Feb 15 2026 🔗 careers.jcu.edu.au/jobs/lecture...

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Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, Terrestrial Ecology - Townsville, QLD, Australia

College of Science and Engineering | James Cook UniversityAcademic Level B-C | Full-time, Continuing | Townsville (Bebegu Yumba campus) James Cook University is recognised globally for research and ed...

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Andrea Fuller @andreafuller.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Follow the Instagram page “apcis2026” for updates on this new animal physiology conference. 6-9 Dec, Brazil. Website coming soon.

Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

I have two #PhD scholarships available on either the ecophysiology or movement ecology of the Pilbara leaf-nosed #bat at @murdoch.edu.au 🦇 Apply now: www.murdoch.edu.au/study/schola... Lab website: www.nicholaswulab.com

Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

One more week before the due date! 26th January 2026 @batconservation.bsky.social @batcon.org @batlifeeurope.bsky.social @ibrc2025.bsky.social @sebiology.bsky.social @gbatnet.bsky.social

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Conservation Physiology @conphysjournal.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Welcome to our newest Associate Editor Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social! Nicholas aims to understand how species respond to environmental & anthropogenic change by studying their physiology, ecology & evolution.

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Oxford Academic @academic.oup.com · 09/01/2026

📣 Applications are open for the @conphysjournal.bsky.social Editorial Internship programme! Learn about the editorial process and gain valuable insights into manuscript handling and peer review. Apply by the end of January! oxford.ly/4p554lc

Call for Editorial Internship Applications at Conservation Physiology.

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Antoine Stier @antoinestier.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Please repost: 🚨Field assistant position 🐧 We offer a 14-months field assistant position through the French Polar Institute to work on king penguin ecophysiology and behavioral ecology. Requirements: EU citizen < 30yo having experience with harsh fieldwork & wild bird/mammal handling/sampling.