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Suvi Ruuskanen @suviruuskanen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Our super team at #researchersnight @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social showing public our latest research, and fun bird & microbe-related tasks for kids! It feels like there is more people every year!

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Gesellschaft für Ökologie e.V. @gfoesoc.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

🎤 Keynote schedule! Here’s an overview of all our keynote talks at #NSOGfÖ2026! 🌱🔬 We’re excited to welcome our fantastic speakers to Odense & hear their perspectives on ecology and global change. Which keynote will you definitely not miss? 👀 Let us know in the comments! @nordicoikos.bsky.social

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Greenpeace Suomi @greenpeace.fi · 14/09/2026

Jos olet samaa mieltä, että.. ❌ Soidensuojelulakia ei saa muuttaa niin, että kaivostoiminta tuplasti suojellulla Viiankiaavalla sallitaan. ⚠️ Viiankiaavan suojelustatus on säilytettävä. 🚧 Valtioneuvoston ei tule myöntää poikkeuslupaa kaivokselle. Allekirjoita: www.greenpeace.org/finland/toim...

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Kaivos uhkaa Viiankiaapaa, toimi! - Greenpeace Suomi

Viiankiaapa on kaksinkertaisesti suojeltu harvinainen aapasuo Sodankylässä. Suojelusta huolimatta kansainvälinen kaivosjätti haluaa perustaa alueelle kaivoksen. Pelastetaan Viiankiaapa!

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Suvi Ruuskanen @suviruuskanen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

@nordicoikos.bsky.social 2026 conference has started! Excellent plenary from Matthias Rilling on complex environmental effects! Live music and delicious treats during coffee, what can be better ♥️ #NSO2026

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Suvi Ruuskanen @suviruuskanen.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

On my way to Nordic Oikos conference!@nordicoikos.bsky.social #NSO2026. My group presents:Attila Krall's poster K23 how farmscapes link to bird body condition, Clem Furic's (17.9 14:15) talk on nestling heat stress &my talk (17.9 14:30) on microbiome and developmental plasticity in thermal tolerance

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Suvi Ruuskanen @suviruuskanen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This week, fish experiments! Nice @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social @luke.fi UEF collaboration at @Konnevesi Station; collab led by Anssi Karvonen, Raine Kortet, Matti Janhunen & Jenni Prokkola, we work on landlocked salmon - anadromous salmon hybrids to understand capacity to tolerate warming climate

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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 04/09/2026

Insects could face an uphill battle adapting to climate change. A new review of research in @funecology.bsky.social found that lower oxygen levels and air pressure at higher elevations could pose a barrier to some insect species moving upslope to escape climate warming.

Damselfly clinging to a vertical green stem, large iridescent eyes visible, gripping and feeding on a small insect

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Hanna Kokko @kokkonut.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Are you into mathematical modelling of ecological and evolutionary systems? Look at this job ad for a senior lecturer in Lund. I've visited many times, splendid compact city, splendid department! lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

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Senior Lecturer in Computational Biology

Lund University welcomes applicants with different backgrounds and experiences. Gender equality, equal opportunities and diversity are fundamental principles in all parts of the University’s activit

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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 30/08/2026

Why do some #bacteria #evolve #antibiotic resistance more readily than others? This study shows that naturally occurring single nucleotide polymorphisms in the PhoQP system change how readily E. coli evolves trimethoprim resistance and which mutations enable it. 🧪 #AcademicSky plos.io/4qCDXQM

Proposed model for the contribution of polymorphisms towards evolvability of resistance, and the role of fitness cost of TMP resistance in determining the optimal level of PhoQ activity during evolution.
A: Polymorphisms influence evolvability under drug pressure if they have epistatic interactions with adaptive mutations. Positive epistasis between pre-existing polymorphisms and adaptive mutations promotes the evolution of resistance, i.e., enhances evolvability of resistance. In contrast, negative epistasis diminishes evolvability. In addition, polymorphisms with negative epistasis can also drive adaptation to antibiotics through novel mutational paths. B: PhoQP signalling pathway across different mutants from the present study. The impact of PhoQ activity on trimethoprim resistance due to DHFR expression is correlated with fitness cost due to RpoS cross-activation. Genetic variation in the pathway is brought about by naturally occurring polymorphisms or drug-selected adaptive mutations. These genetic changes in the pathway activate signalling to different extents at the molecular level, thereby altering global transcriptome to different extents. Scaling of trimethoprim resistance level and fitness cost leads to changes in the concentration of antibiotic required to select for different levels of PhoQ/PhoP pathway activity. The presence of a hypersensitising allele of DHFR drove E. coli towards a high activity, high cost PhoQ mutant demonstrating how polymorphisms can change the mutational landscape of adaptation to antibiotics

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Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Ostfeld: no evidence of links between abundance of WT deer or hot weather with BL tick nymphs. "abundance of nymphal ticks was correlated with prior abundance of white-footed mice, which in turn was driven by production of acorns by red oak trees." #LongTerm 🧪 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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The ecology of Lyme disease: Long-term data, surprises, and a synthesis | PNAS

Risk of human exposure to Lyme disease and other tick-borne zoonoses is affected by interactions between ticks, pathogens, vertebrate hosts for tic...

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Conservation Physiology @conphysjournal.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Faecal glucocorticoid metabolites give a non-invasive view of wildlife stress. This study validated three FGMs in hedgehogs, pinpointing one as the best marker of health and welfare, which could be a promising new tool for conservation.🦔 Read more ⬇️ academic.oup.com/conphys/arti...

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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

New blog post!🚨 Antica Čulina tells the story of how a something that bugged them 15 years ago was finally formalised in a paper on a Risk of Bias assessment in ecological and evolutionary meta-analysis 🌍 🧪 Read the blog here 👇 buff.ly/si6MLJq

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Its never too late – Risk of Bias in ecology and evolutionary biology

Post provided by Antica Čulina Hi, I am Antica. I work as a senior researcher at the Ruđer Bošković Institute in Croatia. This is a story about how something that bugged me 15 years ago was finally…

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EcoEvoRxiv @ecoevorxiv.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

'Heat tolerance in bees: a meta-analysis of ecological, evolutionary, and methodological drivers' doi.org/10.32942/X25...

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Emma-Liina Marjakangas @emmamarjakangas.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

📢 Postdoc opportunity in interaction networks under global change @ University of Helsinki! The position includes leading fieldwork & analyses on seed dispersal networks & mentoring junior researchers. Apply by 30 Sept: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki... #Postdoc #Ecology #Conservation #AcademicJobs

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Postdoctoral Researcher in Ecological Networks and Biodiversity Conservation

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Fredrik Jutfelt 🐠 @jutfelt.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Tenure track professor in Rapid Marine Adaptation at the University of Vienna! Deadline: Sept. 15th jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...

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Alice Risely @alice-risely.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

⏰ A few more days left to submit a poster or Bluesky abstract for this conference. Deadline is 17th August ⏰

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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 14/08/2026

How do developing animals sense #nutrient shortages and adjust their #growth to match? Julia Cordero explores a new @PLOSBiology.org study showing that the developing intestine regulates signals coordinating growth during nutritional deficiency. 🧪 Article plos.io/4z9O8QG Primer plos.io/4g9DVva

A schematic diagram for how enteroendocrine-derived Limostatin regulates nutrient-dependent systemic growth in germ-free developing Drosophila melanogaster.
Protein scarcity sensed by the fat body, impairs dILP-2 production from the brain, and activates FoxO expression in enteroendocrine cells. Foxo induces Lst expression and secretion from enteroendocrine cells to further suppresses circulating dILP-2 and stall growth. Lst, Limostatin; EE, enteroendocrine cells; dILP-2, Drosophila insulin-like peptide 2. Created in BioRender. Cordero, J. (2026) https://BioRender.com/6ps04mj.

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EcoEvoRxiv @ecoevorxiv.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Reproduction is more sensitive to warming than adult lifespan across invertebrates DOI: doi.org/10.32942/X2W...

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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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Migration Ecology Group @migecol.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Free PhD positions!!! Cluster of Excellence NaviSense -> Sensory Basis, Mechanisms, and Impacts of Animal Navigation -> is looking for curious and motivated individuals from resource constrained countries to join NaviSense as Doctoral Researchers. #NaviSense #ornithology uol.de/en/job/docto...

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Michal Šulc @biosulc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Conference website for #EOU2027 is on! www.eou27.cz

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European Ornithologists' Union @eounion.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

🗓️ SAVE THE DATE! Join us for our 16th meeting in Brno, Czech Republic! #EOU2027 | 23 - 27 August 2027 | www.eou27.cz Stay tuned for more updates! #ornithology 🦅

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THE 16 th EOU Conference 2027! – THE 16 th EOU Conference 2027!

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Suvi Ruuskanen @suviruuskanen.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

#ExE2026 goodbye! What an excellent conference: great science, super well organized ( definitely not short of food!), beautiful venue, incl dinner. Now treveling back to @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social with a new ideas and a new book to read 🙂 see you in Edinburgh next year!

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Erik Postma @erikpostma.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

You know you’re at the right conference when the last session of the day on #quantitativegenetics is standing room only 🤩 #ExE2026

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Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Day 3 of #ExE2026 we have a stellar plenary by @danielbolnick.bsky.social "Parasites Lost" Eco-Evo-Immuno species interactions and trait evolution through natural selection. Andnof course, amazing pictures of stickleback with tapeworms nearly the same size as they are!

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BES Evolutionary Ecology Group @bes-evolecol.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

We’re now looking for evolutionary ecologists to join our committee to build #ExE2026 into the start of something great, not just a one-off. Details here: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/evol...

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

The evolutionary ecology #ExE2026 conference in Cornwall had a very similar vibe to the American Society of Naturalists @asn-amnat.bsky.social stand alone meetings. It would be great to have more European participation in ASN and coordinate future meetings, maybe alternating sides of the Atlantic.

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Suvi Ruuskanen @suviruuskanen.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

#ExE2026 Eloise Newman showing cool analysis on social networks across taxa

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Suvi Ruuskanen @suviruuskanen.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

#ExE2026 another excellent conference day! Great talks, people, excursion and food

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Suvi Ruuskanen @suviruuskanen.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

#ExE2026 An excellent plenary by Trine Bilde on evolution of sociality. Seems to be a dead end!

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Suvi Ruuskanen @suviruuskanen.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

#ExE2026 Mark Pitt showing how parental age affects offspring traits, potentially pace of life?

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Suvi Ruuskanen @suviruuskanen.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

#ExE2026 Katja Räsänen giving great keynote on eco-evolutionary dynamics

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Suvi Ruuskanen @suviruuskanen.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

#ExE2026 @jennifer-morinay.bsky.social showing how for example kinship and predation affect helping behavior in long-tailed tits but in different spatial scale 🙂

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Suvi Ruuskanen @suviruuskanen.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

#ExE2026 Ellis Wiersma showing no adaptive plasticity in Stay sheep breeding time. Another cool project from long term data

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Suvi Ruuskanen @suviruuskanen.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

#ExE2026 Simon Evans showing convincing evidence on genotypic correlation between survival and clutch size in wild in NL and GB. This is what was missing!

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Suvi Ruuskanen @suviruuskanen.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

#ExE2026 excellent plenary on #senescence and ageing clocks in wild population

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Suvi Ruuskanen @suviruuskanen.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Excellent discussions at #wame workshop at #ExE2026 to define 20 most important questions in wild animal #microbiome research

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Suvi Ruuskanen @suviruuskanen.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

We are just about to finish a project on swallows for this summer so had to choose a drink based on label 🙂

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Suvi Ruuskanen @suviruuskanen.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

If you are interested in #host-microbiome, #ecophysiology, #molecularecology, #avianecology, contributions from my group: (1) @charlisdavies.bsky.social Wed 11:30 "Born to cope: can early-life thermal environment and microbiome predict adult thermal physiology in wild birds"

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Tomos Potter @tomospotter.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Getting excited for #ExE2026 ! Come check out my talk at 11am on Tuesday in Lecture Theatre B:

The title slide from my talk: Are relatives their own worst enemies? Competition among kin drives balancing and diversifying selection in an IBM. Featuring soe sketchy illustrations of birds pecking at seeds, and a bird with a medium-length beak "diversifying" into a bird with a long beak and a bird with a short beak.

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Suvi Ruuskanen @suviruuskanen.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Excited to join #ExE2026 conference in Penryn! The walk to the campus was impressive, like huge botanical garden! Excellent program and #WAME #microbiome workshop tomorrow

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Stephen Turner @stephenturner.us · 24/06/2026

How to give a bad talk www.nature.com/articles/s41...

How to give a bad talk https://www.nature.com/articles/s41568-026-00954-8

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Suvi Ruuskanen @suviruuskanen.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Can't complain about the views of our nestbox sites 🙂 (though they are very rocky and hilly - the areas close to city that are difficult to use for building)

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Suvi Ruuskanen @suviruuskanen.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Woohoo! My summer friends have arrived! I can be the crazy chicken lady again ♥️🐔♥️

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Science Magazine @science.org · 15/05/2026

New research finds that nursing carpenter ants apply their venom to their brood to prevent fungal infections, highlighting peptides’ role in colony hygiene and social immunity. Learn more in this week’s issue of #ScienceAdvances: scim.ag/3PfGh24

The 15 May 2026 cover of Science Advances showing carpenter ant workers tending to pupae within their nest.
Credit: Lukas Koch

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 16/05/2026

I have read 33 of these, and several of them are on my list of 'if I was on a desert island with only this book, I would teach myself origami using the pages, rather than ever read it again'.

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The 100 best novels of all time

The top 100 novels of all time published in English, as voted for by authors, critics and academics worldwide. How many have you read?

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