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Dustin Marshall
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Biologist at Monash University interested in size, energy and life history

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Dustin Marshall @djmmeeg.bsky.social · Oct 24
please repost: We have funded places for ECRs interested in cell size for a meeting we are having in the UK next year. Apply here. www.biologists.com/workshops/ju...
Why Are Cells the Size They Are?
Why Are Cells the Size They Are? Organisers: Dustin Marshall and Craig White Date: 13 – 16 July 2025 Location: Buxted Park, East Sussex, UK Size determines function – larger organisms are very differe...
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Lars Gamfeldt @gamfeldt.bsky.social · 1d
Opportunity!
Anybody knows of young marine ecologists (within 7 years from earned PhD) that would like to come to Gothenburg, Sweden, for a nationally funded Assistant Professorship? It is highly competitive but well funded. (1) of (3)

Reposted by Håvard Kauserud, Dustin J. Marshall, Stephen D. Murphy , and 2 more

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Katie Field @katiefield4.bsky.social · 2d
🌿🍄‍🟫🌱🍄We’re recruiting!!🌿🍄‍🟫🌱🍄

I’m looking for two postdocs and a technician to join my group @sheffielduni.bsky.social @sheffieldpps.bsky.social to work with me on my exciting @royalsociety.org Faraday Discovery Fellowship project, details for each post as follows:

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Dylan Childs @dzchilds.bsky.social · 5d
🦜 New PhD project with @ACCE_DTP and project partners Macaw Recovery Network and Longleat — using bioacoustics data to help conserve one of the Neotropics’ most charismatic parrots, the Critically Endangered Great Green Macaw.

Find out more about ACCE+ DLA and how to apply 👉 accedtp.ac.uk
ACCE+ DLA programme: Landscape-scale drivers and limits of endangered species spatial and temporal distribution at University of Sheffield on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - ACCE+ DLA programme: Landscape-scale drivers and limits of endangered species spatial and temporal distribution at University of Sheffield, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 26d
Thank you to everyone for their support over the past 100 years, and for helping us celebrate this year. You can catch up with all our 100-year content on our special anniversary page bit.ly/4naj8Jr
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Dustin Marshall @djmmeeg.bsky.social · Aug 20
Very kind of you to say thanks

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Dustin Marshall @djmmeeg.bsky.social · Aug 19
That’s great to hear!

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Chris Catano @chriscatano.bsky.social · Aug 19
I use your paper in a grad course on experimetal design and analysis. The students find it super helpful!

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José Cerca @naturalselection.bsky.social · Aug 19
The 2025-26 Eco-Evo job list is out. Good luck to those applying!

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
ecoevojobs.net 2025-26
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Dustin Marshall @djmmeeg.bsky.social · Aug 19
Personally, I think we should ditch the term pseudoreplication for a bunch of reasons, some of which I rant about in the paper.

Reposted by Dustin J. Marshall, Naomi Priest, John Wilkins , and 2 more

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · Aug 19
"Australia has the second-lowest public expenditure on tertiary education institutions in the OECD…This has resulted in an endless chase for dollars (international students & “the next big thing”) rather than thinking about what an educated Australia should look like” www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Universities such as mine are making poor decisions, and we’re not allowed to know why
UTS has announced a “pause” on enrolments in 100 courses. Vacating these critically important areas diminishes not only the brand of UTS but the state it was designed to benefit.
www.smh.com.au

Reposted by Ian J. Wright, Dustin J. Marshall, Andrew L. Jackson

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Craig White @craig-white.bsky.social · Jul 28
An ongoing Academic (Research and Teaching) position in Genomics, here at Monash University in Melbourne. Closing in a little over a week! Please share widely! Lecturer/Senior Lecturer level (similar to Assistant Professor). careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
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Craig White @craig-white.bsky.social · Jul 28
Two (!) ongoing Academic (Research and Teaching) positions in Ecology, here at Monash University in Melbourne. Closing in a little over a week! Please share widely! Both at Lecturer/Senior Lecturer level (similar to Assistant Professor) careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
Job Search
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Dustin Marshall @djmmeeg.bsky.social · Jan 9
Out today , our paper on estimating selection on metabolic rate. We use simulations to identify some common pitfalls and solutions
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10....
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Dustin Marshall @djmmeeg.bsky.social · Jan 20
1st. Body size & reproduction. Larger fish have higher reproductive outputs than smaller fish and that this matters for fisheries management and the design of protected areas.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Fish reproductive-energy output increases disproportionately with body size
Reproduction does not scale linearly with body size in fish—bigger females produce many more offspring.
www.science.org

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Dustin Marshall @djmmeeg.bsky.social · Sep 13
Our paper out today showing that larval crowding occurs in urban mosquito habitats and this crowding makes adult mosquitoes carry higher dengue viral loads. journals.plos.org/plosntds/art...
Larval crowding enhances dengue virus loads in Aedes aegypti, a relationship that might increase transmission in urban environments
Author summary The mosquito Aedes aegypti is responsible for transmitting several viruses to humans, including Zika, yellow fever, chikungunya, and dengue. The geographic distribution of this tropical...
journals.plos.org

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · Jan 9
🧪 Deadline is 10 January 2025 to apply for a funded early-career researcher place at our Workshop 'Why Are Cells the Size They Are?' organised by
Dustin Marshall
@djmmeeg.bsky.social
and Craig White. Find out more and apply at
bit.ly/4gVDROh

#BiologistsWorkshops

#ECR
A banner with the text: "Workshop Why Are Cells the Size They Are? Organisers: Dustin Marshall and Craig White Early-career researchers apply for funded places 13-16 July 2025 Buxted Park, East Sussex, UK" with The Company of Biologists logo to the left.

Reposted by Dustin J. Marshall, Dominique C. Bergmann

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · Jan 13
🧪 Deadline to apply for a funded early-career researcher place at our Workshop 'Why Are Cells the Size They Are?' organised by Dustin Marshall
@djmmeeg.bsky.social and Craig White has been extended to 31 January 2025.

Find out more and apply at
bit.ly/4gVDROh

#BiologistsWorkshops

#ECR
A banner with the text: "Workshop Why Are Cells the Size They Are? Organisers: Dustin Marshall and Craig White Early-career researchers apply for funded places 13-16 July 2025 Buxted Park, East Sussex, UK" with The Company of Biologists logo to the left.

Reposted by Dustin J. Marshall, Julen Astigarraga

Andrew Gelman et al. @statmodeling.bsky.social · May 28
Ecologists’ endless quest for automatic inference
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/05/28/e...
Ecologists’ endless quest for automatic inference | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
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Dustin Marshall @djmmeeg.bsky.social · Jul 16
Our “Why are cells the size they are?” workshop was an inspiring delight. Thanks to all the participants and @biologists.bsky.social, I’m so grateful to everyone.

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Dustin Marshall @djmmeeg.bsky.social · Jul 16
Thank you for creating a wonderful workshop!!

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Daniel Padfield @padpadpadpad.bsky.social · Jul 16
The Why Are Cells The Size They Are workshop by @biologists.bsky.social was superb. The attendee list was exceptional and whole thing was inspiring. Chose a special conference to be my first for nearly three years.

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · Jul 16
The Company of Biologists Workshop: Why Are Cells the Size They Are?

Thank you to Workshop organisers Dustin Marshall and Craig White.

#Workshop #Biology #CellBiology #Cells #Community #Collaboration #Research #Researchers #Academia #Academics
Workshop attendees standing on the steps in front of the event venue. The individuals are dressed in casual to semi-formal attire. Image text: Why Are Cells the Size They Are? Buxted Park, East Sussex, UK 13-16 July 2025

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Craig White @craig-white.bsky.social · Jun 24
In about a week we (Biological Sciences @ Monash Uni in Melbourne, Australia) will be opening a search for 3 (!!!) permanent academic positions (40% research, 40% teaching, 20% service) at Lecturer/Senior Lecturer. 1 Genomics, 2 Ecology. Please share, email me, DM, follow, send carrier pigeons…

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Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · Jun 26
The three academic positions (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer) in the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University are now advertised. Details here:

Ecology:
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...

Genomics:
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...

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Dustin Marshall @djmmeeg.bsky.social · May 28
The author argues ecologists are drawn to this approach because its automation makes it seem defensible. I agree but would add that to some, indecipherable complexity appears more robust, more science-y than honest simplicity. The opposite is usually but that’s human nature for you.

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Dustin Marshall @djmmeeg.bsky.social · May 28
Why throwing all potential predictors into your model and letting it decide has, and always will, be bad for inference.

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Dustin Marshall @djmmeeg.bsky.social · May 3
Voting in Oz, <15 mins from arriving to democracy sausage

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Chris Sutherland @chrissuthy.bsky.social · Apr 22
We are hiring a chair/professor in our Ecology and Environmental Modelling group at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social. Scotland is a lovely place to work, and my colleagues are fantastic! Reach out if you are interested in joining the CREEM family ☺️

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a kid in a knight costume is asking who will join us
ALT: a kid in a knight costume is asking who will join us
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Helmut Hillebrand @hillebr1.bsky.social · Apr 15
We offer a 5-year research position in the #PlanktonEcology lab in Wilhelmshaven. Are you interested in empirically testing ecological concepts? We offer a stimulating scientific environment, experimental facilities & support to establish an independent research profile
uol.de/en/job/postd...
Postdoctoral researcher in Plankton Ecology // University of Oldenburg
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Dylan Childs @dzchilds.bsky.social · Apr 10
The next call for the MSCA postdoctoral fellowships scheme opens soon. Come work with me if you're interested in anything related to biodemography and population ecology. And if you're not, consider coming to work with one of my many fine colleagues instead.