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PhD student👩‍🎓,Aquatic ecologist💧🌊,Freshwater ecology, Invasive species 🦐, Food web dynamics

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Ben Tumolo @bbtumolo.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Are you interested in an MS position and stream ecosystems? My lab (www.benjamintumolo.com) @bionmu.bsky.social is recruiting an MS student to join a collaborative NSF-funded project to study positive species interactions in streams. Apply by Nov 2, 2026 See here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Open Knowledge Maps @okmaps.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🚀 Our first geo map is live! 🌍 The map enables you to explore aquatic mesocosm facilities. It gives you an overview of available facilities and lets you filter by research topics, controlled parameters, equipment and more. See the geo map in action ▶️ mesocosm.org/facilities/ #openscience
A searchable geo map shows research facilities and their related metadata, such as research topics, facility description, grand challenges.
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SIL | International Society of Limnology @sil-limnology.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Call for Donations | Supporting the Colombian Limnological Network SIL invites the scientific community to support the Colombian Limnological Network through donations of equipment, scientific instruments, or financial contributions. Scan the QR code on the poster for donation information.
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SEBiology @sebiology.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
📢 We’re hiring! SEB is looking for an Assistant Editor to join the editorial team of the @jxbotany.bsky.social on a 12-month fixed-term contract. 📍 Lancaster, UK 📅 Deadline: 23 October 2026 www.sebiology.org/job/seb-assi... #PlantScience #AcademicJobs #ScientificPublishing
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AQUACOSM ECR Network @aquacosm-ecr.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Grab a coffee and join us for a candid conversation about academic life. ☕ Dr. Simone Jaqueline Cardoso reflects on her academic journey in Brazil and the Global South with the AQUACOSM Early-Career Researchers Network. 📅 18 Sept 2026, 14:00–15:00 CET 🔗 shorturl.at/8WPtV #AQUACOSM #ECR #AcademicLife
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SEBiology @sebiology.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Are you an ECR looking to build confidence in communicating your science? Join @senseaboutsci.bsky.social's free online Standing up for Science Workshop on 11 September, 10:00–13:30 UK time. Free priority places for SEB researchers 👇 www.sebiology.org/resource/boo...
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AQUACOSM ECR Network @aquacosm-ecr.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Join us for AQUACOSM-plus ECR Network’s next Ecology Toolbox event with Cem Hasşerbetçi on Suitch, an AI-based job service for researchers, followed by a general discussion on AI tools for research. 📅 21 August, 2026 at 16:00 CEST 🔗 Register here: forms.gle/f7XA3eLFopbW...
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Elena Litchman @elenalitchman.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Interested in doing a postdoc in plankton ecology, on topics of community assembly, trait-based ecological resilience, stressor interactions, harmful algal blooms and others? Contact me to discuss developing a proposal for MSU's EEB Presidential Postdoc Fellowship (Nov 1 application deadline).
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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 30/07/2026
🦋🏔️🌡️ Lack of variation in thermoregulatory capacity in #butterflies across an elevational gradient suggests limited adaptive capacity. Poorer thermoregulators had stronger upwards range shifts in response to #climate change. @esme-ashe.bsky.social @globalchangeeco.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s420...
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Butterflies with low thermoregulatory capacity show greatest upwards range shifts along an elevational gradient - Communications Biology
Lack of variation in thermoregulatory capacity or thermal tolerance in butterflies across an elevational gradient suggests limited adaptive capacity. Poorer thermoregulators had stronger upwards range...
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AQUACOSM ECR Network @aquacosm-ecr.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
📢 Our latest Newsletter is out! Catch up on network updates, upcoming events, research opportunities, conferences, and recent publications from our Early Career Researcher community. 📄 Read the newsletter here: aquacosm-ecr.github.io/newsletter.h... #AquaticEcology #ECR #Mesocosms
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Newsletters – AQUACOSM ECR Network
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AQUACOSM ECR Network @aquacosm-ecr.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
🌊 What controls oxygen levels in the Levantine Sea? 🐚 How might quagga mussels respond to warming lakes? Join the next AQUACOSM-plus ECR Talks on 23 July 2026, 14:30–15:30 CET, for two aquatic ecosystem modelling talks. Register here: forms.gle/ATxQeAqipqjE... #AQUACOSM #ECR #EcosystemModelling
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Charlotte Grossiord @charlottegrossiord.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Excited to share our new paper on leaf scorching. 🔥Early leaf browning during heat and drought is often interpreted as premature leaf senescence - but it may reflect rapid heat damage. Separating these processes is essential. www.nature.com/articles/s41... @wslresearch.bsky.social
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Nadine Ruehr @nadineruehr.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
🌲🌳 PhD opportunity: Forest Vulnerability to Hotter Droughts Interested in forest ecosystems, climate extremes & tree stress resilience? 🎓 Dual PhD (KIT 🇩🇪 + Melbourne 🇦🇺) 🔬 Plant Ecophysiology Lab, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 🇩🇪 🌍 +1-year research stay 🇦🇺 👉 Apply here: t1p.de/g39co
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Debbie Leigh @debbiemleigh.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Come work with me unlocking the secrets of island genetic diversity patterns! And exploring how the severely elevated genetic erosion we have previously shown on island systems might impact communities. #postdoc #job #germany senckenberg.softgarden.io/job/65352091...
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Macrogenetics (f/m/d) at Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung
We're looking for: Postdoctoral Researcher in Macrogenetics (f/m/d) (Full or Part Time) • Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland
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SORTEE @sortee.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Would you like to join a welcoming community that is passionate about improving transparency, rigour, and equity in science? 👀 Check out SORTEE! You can join for free, if you like. Your support goes a long way in growing our impact 💚 👉 sortee.org/join/ #openscience #SORTEE
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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
🚨We're recruiting for a Commissioning Editor 🌱Join us in playing a vital role in bringing new ideas to Applied Ecology 🌏Commission new Reviews, Perspectives, Practitioner's Perspectives and Policy Directions as part of a global team 🔎Find out more below: apply.workable.com/britishecolo...
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varsharani.bsky.social @varsharani.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
🌊 Our new paper is out now! What happens when an invasive omnivore gets warmer? We found that the mysid Limnomysis benedeni shifts toward a more ‘herbivorous’ diet. 🦐🌡️ More here: aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @csabavad.bsky.social @zsofiahorvath.bsky.social @kratina.bsky.social
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Temperature‐driven diet shift in an invasive omnivorous crustacean feeding on plankton
Global warming alters the physiology of ectotherm consumers, potentially making their diets more herbivorous. However, the relevance and generality of these changes remain poorly understood in a mult...
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AQUACOSM ECR Network @aquacosm-ecr.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
💻Don't miss our next event hosted by Dr. Sierra Cagle from Texas A&M University on the use of phytoplankton r/k trait-gradient in aquatic ecosystem modeling! 📆 Wednesday, June 24th 🕒 15-16 CET 🧾 Registration: forms.gle/51w43bPPo8NQ... Zoom link will be sent out to all registrants one day prior.
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Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Another #PlantScience job opening here at @kwsgroup.bsky.social! We are looking for a #Phytopathology Scientist at our station in Murcia, Spain. As I have already written in one of last posts: Our vegetable division is expanding & it's a good time to get on board! #PlantSciJobs #PlantScienceJobs
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Research Scientist Phytopathology (m/f/d)
Research Scientist Phytopathology (m/f/d)
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Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography @aslo.org · 14/05/2026
Exciting opportunity for early career scientists to publish open access at no cost in #ASLO journals! Read more here: www.aslo.org/2026-james-e... #ASLOSIL26 #ASLO_LO #ASLO_Methods #ASLO_Letters
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Field Studies Council @fieldstudiesc.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
We're excited to announce that applications for our 2026 Young Darwin Scholarship are open! This unique opportunity offers 16-25-year-olds a 90% subsidised, Darwin-inspired scholarship, combining environmental education and ongoing support. Apply now 👉 buff.ly/sDcR3AM #YoungDarwinScholarship
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BTO Scotland @btoscotland.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Job alert 📢 Last chance to apply to join the team ➡️ www.bto.org/jobs We're looking for a raptor enthusiast and great people person to take a coordinating role within the raptor monitoring scheme on behalf of all its partners. 📝 Deadline: Sunday 17 May. #BirdingScotland #RaptorResearch
A Buzzard perches on a stump of wood on the ground. Wording alongside reads: We're hiring! Scottish Raptor Monitoring Coordinator.
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AQUACOSM ECR Network @aquacosm-ecr.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Registration link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Registration form for AQ+ ECR Futuring Session Feb 11th 2026 15-16:30h CET
Please fill out this form to receive a zoom link to this event!
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Mine Doğucu @minedogucu.com · 14/01/2026
📖 Big news! We just released the first five chapters of our new book, Hello Data Science. It is a fully open-access resource written for beginners. Please help us spread the word! A few points about the book are below 👇 🔗 www.hellodata.science #rstats #datascience #tidyverse
A hex sticker with a text that reads Hello Data Science with green, yellow and pink scatterplot points in the background. There is a web address www.hellodata.science
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AQUACOSM ECR Network @aquacosm-ecr.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
#Workshop #Mesocosm Automation and High-Frequency Monitoring On 22 January 2026 Talks will feature Smart EcoLake, AQUABOX, and high-resolution chlorophyll-a sensors. Everyone is welcome. Register: forms.office.com/r/tTQLqUP8Mp #AquaticScience #SensorTechnology #EcoTech #WaterQuality #Aquacosm
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Meghie Rodrigues @meghier.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Thank you so much to whoever put this very comprehensive list of #science Bsky starter packs together. This is just amazing: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Starter packs
BIOLOGY General Science community https://go.bsky.app/HVYAMEA Research Institutions in Life Sciences https://go.bsky.app/LxXpcvJ LGBTQIA+ in STEM https://go.bsky.app/BFc4wgf LGBTQIA+ in STEM 2 h...
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AQUACOSM ECR Network @aquacosm-ecr.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Don't miss our ECR event: featuring new diatom index research and a model selection for ecological data Q&A. 🗓️ Tuesday, Nov 25th 🕐 13:00 CET 🔗 Registration form: forms.gle/6YwSLVAyNmem... 📩 Zoom link will be sent to registrants before the event.
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HigherJobz @higherjobz.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
📢PhD in #Palaeoenvironmental & #Archaeological Studies – Loughborough University, UK Fully funded research on Arctic environmental change. Deadline: 7 Jan 2026 Details: higherjobz.com/phd-palaeoen... #PhDPosition #Archaeology #UKJobs #AcademicJobs #ResearchJobs @lborouniversity.bsky.social
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PhD in Palaeoenvironmental Studies | Loughborough University | HigherJobz
Apply for a fully funded PhD in Palaeoenvironmental and Archaeological Studies at Loughborough University. Deadline: 7 January 2026.
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AQUACOSM ECR Network @aquacosm-ecr.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
🎓Join our AQUACOSM ECR Event! 🗨️We invite you to our Panel Discussion: “Building Bridges for Career Success – How to Create Opportunities Through Networking.” 🗓️ October 27|🕑14-15:30 CET 🔗Register here: shorturl.at/z6RQh 📩The Zoom link will be sent to all registered participants before the event.
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AQUACOSM ECR Network @aquacosm-ecr.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
One of our core members @sarahhasnain.bsky.social is co-hosting a session at the ASLO-SIL 2026 Joint Meeting. Please consider submitting an abstract to her session: SS031: Emerging ideas and technologies transforming aquatic trait-based ecology www.aslo.org/aslo-sil-202...
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Session List - ASLO
Session List Jump to: Education and Policy Sessions | Amplifying Voices | Contributed Sessions Scientific Sessions SS001 Ecology, management, and conservation of temporary aquatic ecosystems Possible ...
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AQUACOSM ECR Network @aquacosm-ecr.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
We invite you to submit abstracts from your mesocosm-based research to the Session SS082: Mesocosm-based approaches to tackling grand challenges in aquatic ecosystems Possible Formats: Standard Oral, Lightning Talk, Poster www.aslo.org/aslo-sil-202...
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Session List - ASLO
Session List Please see the session formats page for details on possible presentation formats. Jump to: Education and Policy Sessions | Amplifying Voices | Contributed Sessions Scientific Sessions SS0...
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AQUACOSM ECR Network @aquacosm-ecr.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
One of our members @majailiczg.bsky.social is co-hosting two sessions at the ASLO-SIL 2026 in Montreal. Please consider submitting abstracts to: Session SS078 and SS088. You can find session descriptions here: www.aslo.org/aslo-sil-202... Abstract preparation guide: www.aslo.org/aslo-sil-202...
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Session List - ASLO
Session List Please see the session formats page for details on possible presentation formats. Jump to: Education and Policy Sessions | Amplifying Voices | Contributed Sessions Scientific Sessions SS0...
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AQUACOSM ECR Network @aquacosm-ecr.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Share your research with us! If you would like to promote your recently published (in the last year) paper or pre-print with us, we invite you to contact us so that we can advertise these in our upcoming newsletter (mesocosm based-research, aquatic science, R package/Python library).
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International Association for Great Lakes Research @iaglr.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Each year, IAGLR gives out several scholarships to students showing great promise early in their research careers, including the David M. Dolan Scholarship. Don't miss the November 1 deadline, apply today: bit.ly/47ekTPK
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Dax Kellie @daxkellie.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Still want to make cleaning biodiversity data shrimp-ler? 🦐 Good news: We just updated our Cleaning Biodiversity Data in R book, so you still can! We've updated data for 2025, added new content & fixed lots of silly typos 😀 Live the shrimp-le life: cleaning-data-r.ala.org.au #rstats #ecology 🧪🌏
The cover of the Cleaning Biodiversity Data in R book. It has an illustration of an Pacific Cleaner Shrimp in the middle of a navy background. The shrimp has a bright red-orange shell, pale-yellow body and white whiskers.
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AQUACOSM ECR Network @aquacosm-ecr.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Attending a conference next year and looking for funding? Consider applying to the following 🤩: waqua.nl/Scholarships www.mdpi.com/journal/wate... fems-microbiology.org/about_fems/n... @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/trai... @britishecologicalsociety.org
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AQUACOSM ECR Network @aquacosm-ecr.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
🎙️ Sign up for our next free online workshop with Dr. Cristina Charette to learn the basics of #SEM and how to apply it to #mesocosm studies. 🗓️ Sept 26, 16:00 - 17:30 CET 🔗Register: forms.gle/rQgwamMaUvmL... 📩 Zoom link sent to registrants before the event.
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AQUACOSM ECR Network @aquacosm-ecr.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
🎙 Sign up for our next free online event with Dr. Luca Schenone to learn and discuss about how #Bayesian Inference can advance our insights from #mesocosm experiments! 🗓 Aug 21 | 🕓 10:00–11:00 CET 🔗 Register: forms.gle/XExbghHcgnFL... 📩 Zoom link sent to registrants before the event.
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PopBio on the Dark Side @pop-bio.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Save the dates! We have an excellent line up of speakers for the next three months (last Thursday of each month). These online seminars are open to all and the time of day is set for attendees in the Asia-Pacific. Sign up to this google form to receive announcements: forms.gle/2vn885K3uLC1...
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Jonathan Tonkin @jdtonkin.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Fast fashion doing its thing.
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Discarded clothes from UK brands dumped in protected Ghana wetlands
Garments thrown out by consumers from Next, George, M&S and others found in or near conservation areas
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Dariia Mykhailyshyna @dariia.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
❗️Our next workshop will be on June 5th, 6 pm CEST, on Shinyscholar – a template for producing reproducible analytic apps in R by @simonsmart.bsky.social! Register or sponsor a student by donating to support Ukraine! Details: bit.ly/3wBeY4S Please share! #AcademicSky #EconSky #RStats
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Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis @essexsummerschool.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
The Essex Summer School's Second Session runs July 21-August 1, online and in person. Courses include Python, machine learning, spatial econometrics, IRT, causal inference, Bayesian analysis, ethnographic methods, and more! Learn more: essexsummerschool.com/summer-schoo... #polisky #academicsky
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Friends, I am teaching a virtual professional development workshop through the Association of Science Communicators, focusing on how to measure the impact of your social media communications. Register here: aosc41.wildapricot.org/event-6121762 #SciComm 🧪
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easystats @easystats.github.io · 27/05/2025
🆕 Introducing check_group_variation() in the {performance} #Rstats package! 🎉 This function makes it easy to checks if variables vary within or between levels of grouping variables. Perfect for understanding and designing mixed models 🚀 easystats.github.io/performance/... #stats #easystats
mlmRev::egsingle |>
  performance::check_group_variation(
    select = c("female", "grade", "math"),
    by = c("schoolid", "childid"),
    include_by = TRUE
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#> Variable | Variation |  Design
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#> childid  |      both |  nested
#> female   |    within | crossed
#> grade    |      both |
#> math     |      both |
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#> Check childid variation
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#> Variable | Variation | Design
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#> schoolid |   between |
#> female   |   between |
#> grade    |      both |
#> math     |      both |
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AQUACOSM ECR Network @aquacosm-ecr.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
🎙 Our next event, "Diversity in Science: Women in Science", will broaden your horizons on diversity-related issues and challenges faced by women in sciences (open to everybody!) 🗓 June 12 | 🕓 16:00–17:30 CET 🔗 Register: forms.gle/aFktByB14RjH... 📩 Zoom link sent to registrants before the event.
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CIIMAR @ciimar.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
#CIIMARtraining Introduction to Ecological Modelling with a Focus on Food Web Models (IEM2025) 📅 16–20 June | 📍Hybrid 👉 Learn more: www.ciimar.up.pt/events/intro...
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Franciska de Vries 🟥 @frantecol.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
🚨 Job alert 🚨 Two very exciting senior researcher positions in community ecology & biodiversity in a changing world @niooknaw.bsky.social I can also tell you that you'll have a great head of department 😊 vacatures.knaw.nl/job/Wagening...
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Two senior researchers: community ecology & biodiversity in a changing world NIOO-KNAW - Wageningen
Two senior researchers: community ecology & biodiversity in a changing world NIOO-KNAW - Wageningen
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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Job Opportunity: Lecturer in Ecology and Global Change at University of Leeds. We welcome dynamic applicants from across the world to join our team of tropical ecology and global change scientists. jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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John Jackson @johnjacksonnathist.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
FREE COURSE: Field workshop on the taxonomy and natural history of freshwater and limno-terrestrial meiofauna Apply now for a free place on the NHM NERC-funded upcoming short training course 27 Aug - 11 Sept. Applications close 31 May. www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/...
Meiofauna - from https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/study/postgraduate/phd-opportunities/projects/meiofaunal-molecular-systematics.html
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