Reposted by Veronika N. Laine🦇🪲🐠🐦🌈Craig Primmer @fishcongen.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Thanks to a couple of recent Ws on the funding front, we have 3 open postdoc positions in Helsinki, Finland in the field of salmonid fish ecological and evolutionary genomics. DL 7.8. More details in advert: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki... 03343 0
Veronika N. Laine🦇🪲🐠🐦🌈 @veronikanlaine.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Anyone going to SMBE? Haven’t been in big conferences since 2019 🫣 I’m pretty sure PAG was the last big conference I attended in person… good times there 😃 000 0
Reposted by Veronika N. Laine🦇🪲🐠🐦🌈Rob Waterhouse @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · 25/01/2026From the @ergabiodiv.bsky.social Sampling & Sample Processing Committee: recommendations to support both small-scale #biogenome projects & large initiatives onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #European Reference #Genome Atlas (ERGA)onlinelibrary.wiley.comFrom Permits to Samples: Addressing Key Challenges for High‐Quality Reference Genome Generation in EuropeHigh-quality reference genome assemblies have become essential for deepening our understanding of biodiversity, yet obtaining them for many species remains surprisingly challenging. Drawing on experi... 01611 0
Reposted by Veronika N. Laine🦇🪲🐠🐦🌈Will Smith @willjsmith.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Studies of domestic pigeons have taught us lots about cognition, navigation, and genetics. If you’d like to learn why their wild cousins are also worthy of scientific attention, I’ve written a Rock Dove @currentbiology.bsky.social ‘quick guide’: doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.01.065 16418 0
Reposted by Veronika N. Laine🦇🪲🐠🐦🌈Cecilia Nilsson @cnilsson.science · 05/03/2025Weather radars continuously register the movements of billions of animals in the air! We have now published datasets covering large parts of Europe, providing an overview of the aerial habitat in a way no other method can. Data is available on Alofdata.eu , see our blogpost: go.nature.com/3F0wQ0Lgo.nature.comEuropean data on animals aloft now publicly availableWeather radars detect more than weather, they also continuously register the movements of billions of animals (birds, bats, insects) in the air. Those data are now publicly available for large parts o... 212261 0
Veronika N. Laine🦇🪲🐠🐦🌈 @veronikanlaine.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Luomuksen huuhkajat muuttavat! (Ja vähän muutakin myös 😉) @nathist.bsky.social www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-...is.fiOsa luonnontieteellisen keskusmuseon kokoelmista muuttaa Helsingistä VantaalleLuonnontieteellisen keskusmuseon laaja kokoelma on muuton keskellä. Muun muassa yksi maailman suurimmista huuhkajakokoelmista muuttaa Helsingin Luonnontieteellisen museon tiloista varastoon Vantaalle. 010 0
Reposted by Veronika N. Laine🦇🪲🐠🐦🌈Aleksi Lehikoinen @aksulehikoinen.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Kerran vuodessa @nathist.bsky.social näyttelyt korjataan ja siivotaan sekä pölyt imuroidaan tai pyyhitään eläimistä. Ohessa #YLE juttu huoltoviikosta. yle.fi/a/74-20136793 @helsinkiuni.bsky.socialyle.fiSeurasimme suljettujen ovien takana, miten Luonnontieteellinen museo siivoaa korvaamatonta kokoelmaansaLuonnontieteellisen museon huoltoviikolla dinosaurukset pääsevät pesulle kellariin ja täytetyt eläimet imuroidaan. Seurasimme suursiivousta suljettujen ovien takana. 2212 0
Reposted by Veronika N. Laine🦇🪲🐠🐦🌈Katarina Meramo @katameramo.bsky.social · 14/01/2025#Urbanization changes also our boreal landscapes—but how does it affect #bats? 🦇 Thrilled to share part of my PhD research that highlights the importance of old forests for bats and the challenges land-use changes create. Curious? Read it in Landscape Ecology: tinyurl.com/batsinboreal 🦇🌲<3 1132 0
Veronika N. Laine🦇🪲🐠🐦🌈 @veronikanlaine.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Year 2024 ended in good news for me, I got a permanent curator position at the Finnish Museum of Natural History!! @nathist.bsky.social 🥳🙌 So happy to continue working here with amazing people and collections. 690 0
Veronika N. Laine🦇🪲🐠🐦🌈 @veronikanlaine.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Throwback Thursday! academic.oup.com/gbe/article/... I have been talking about this paper recently for many reasons. If you haven’t seen it, check it out 😊🦇academic.oup.comWhole-genome Analysis Reveals Contrasting Relationships Among Nuclear and Mitochondrial Genomes Between Three Sympatric Bat SpeciesAbstract. Understanding mechanisms involved in speciation can be challenging, especially when hybridization or introgression blurs species boundaries. In b 030 0
Reposted by Veronika N. Laine🦇🪲🐠🐦🌈Aapo Salmela @aasalmela.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Kiinnostaako vesilintujen hyvinvointi? Tule meille vesilintuasiantuntijaksi kehittämään vapaaehtoisia syyslevähdysalueita. Lue lisää: www.birdlife.fi/rekry/ Kuvan jouhisorsa ei liity tapaukseen. Kuva: Micha Fager. 0106 0
Reposted by Veronika N. Laine🦇🪲🐠🐦🌈David Smyth 🦇🌳 @david-smyth-eco.bsky.social · 13/12/2024One animal unexpectedly predating/eating another animal is one of my favourite genres of papers to read Here's an otter eating Lesser Horseshoe Bats; www.researchgate.net/publication/...researchgate.net(PDF) Evidence of lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros) predation by otter (Lutra lutra) in a Welsh cave systemPDF | On Jun 1, 2007, Dan Forman published Evidence of lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros) predation by otter (Lutra lutra) in a Welsh cave system | Find, read and cite all the research yo... 185 0
Reposted by Veronika N. Laine🦇🪲🐠🐦🌈Johanna Mappes @jmappes.bsky.social · 07/12/2024Still time to apply! My lab has a postdoc position open! Helsinki is great and working environment is fantastic! join us! #colours #polymorphism #behavior #experiments #lepidoptera predatorpreyinteractions.com/opportunities/predatorpreyinteractions.comOpportunitiesNew opportunities Undergraduate opportunities Postdoctoral Research New opportunities Postdoctoral Researcher in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology on Colour Polymorphism We are seeking a passionate … 04339 0
Veronika N. Laine🦇🪲🐠🐦🌈 @veronikanlaine.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Whaaaa!??? Epigenetics keeps surprising! 272 0
Reposted by Veronika N. Laine🦇🪲🐠🐦🌈Arctic Seasonal Timekeeping Initiative @arcticseasonal.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Want to work in the field with great tits? We have a 3yr technical position available with @babimt.bsky.social : www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...jobbnorge.noStaff Engineer affiliated with the project EvoLight (270892) | UiT The Arctic University of NorwayJob title: Staff Engineer affiliated with the project EvoLight (270892), Employer: UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Deadline: Sunday, January 12, 2025 088 0
Reposted by Veronika N. Laine🦇🪲🐠🐦🌈Luonnontieteellinen keskusmuseo @nathist.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Luonnontieteellisen museon 100-vuotisjuhlanäyttely on auki vielä tämän kuukauden. Sen jälkeen on luvassa jotain uutta. www.helsinki.fi/fi/luomus/ju... 0122 0
Reposted by Veronika N. Laine🦇🪲🐠🐦🌈Craig Primmer @fishcongen.bsky.social · 28/11/2024A permanent molecular ecology lab coordinator position in Helsinki! Come and work with a bunch of groups (including mine) working on various topics in ecology and evolution. English is the working language of the lab. Finland is the happiest country in the world 😀 jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...jobs.helsinki.fiLaboratory Coordinator for the Laboratory of Molecular Ecology and SystematicsLaboratory Coordinator for the Laboratory of Molecular Ecology and Systematics 04856 0
Veronika N. Laine🦇🪲🐠🐦🌈 @veronikanlaine.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Today was a seminar day for all the Biomon-projects. Really interesting projects, different methods, lots of ideas for monitoring. Our DEADMON-project is also coming to an end, sort of. Data analysis will continue and also a deadwood monitoring handbook will also be published next year. 🪵 020 0
Reposted by Veronika N. Laine🦇🪲🐠🐦🌈Luonnontieteellinen keskusmuseo @nathist.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Katse ihmiseen: miten ornitologit parveutuvat? Ornitologiparvien koko näyttäisi määräytyvän paljolti tarkkailtavan linnun harvinaisuuden ja paikallaan pysyvyyden mukaan. Jo parissa kolmessa päivässä raripaikalle voi lehahtaa satapäinen ornitologiparvi. www.researchgate.net/figure/Birdw...researchgate.netBirdwatchers gathered to observe rare bird species in Poland. (1)...Download scientific diagram | Birdwatchers gathered to observe rare bird species in Poland. (1) greater short‐toed lark Calandrella brachydactyla (Hel, N Poland, June 2021), (2) azure tit Cyanistes cy... 1326 0
Reposted by Veronika N. Laine🦇🪲🐠🐦🌈Jon Norberg @jonnorberg.bsky.social · 22/11/2024The Faculty of Science at Stockholm University is recruiting up to three Assistant Professors in Biodiversity to tackle the critical global issue of biodiversity loss caused by human-driven factors such as climate change, habitat alteration and pollution. www.su.se/department-o...su.seFaculty of Science is recruiting Assistant Professors in Biodiversity - Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant SciencesFaculty of Science is recruiting Assistant Professors in Biodiversity - Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences 15150 0
Reposted by Veronika N. Laine🦇🪲🐠🐦🌈Luonnontieteellinen keskusmuseo @nathist.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Lintujen ruokintapaikat vähenevät, mikä saattaa pienentää lehtimetsätiaisten populaatioita. www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/en...mtvuutiset.fiEntistä harvempi ruokkii lintuja – ruokintapaikkojen määrä vähentynytSuurimmat syyt ruokinnan vähenemiseen ovat havainnot rotista ja taloyhtiöiden tiukentuneet säännöt. 1128 0
Veronika N. Laine🦇🪲🐠🐦🌈 @veronikanlaine.bsky.social · 19/11/2024I hope the sky here will remain blue. 030 0