Blanca Jimeno
@bjimeno.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher working on ecophysiology, developmental effects and phenotypic plasticity.
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Blanca Jimeno
@bjimeno.bsky.social
· Oct 23
Epigenetic Potential and Dispersal Propensity in a Free‐Living Songbird: A Spatial and Temporal Approach
Natal dispersal is a key life history trait determining fitness and driving population dynamics, genetic structure, and species distributions. Despite existing evidence that not all phenotypes are eq...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Very excited about this work now out in
@molecology! We test whether🐦with ⬆️dispersal propensity differ in the nº CpGs across the genome, with the hypothesis that⬆️CpGs allow for⬆️epigenetically-driven plasticity facilitating environmental coping
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@molecology! We test whether🐦with ⬆️dispersal propensity differ in the nº CpGs across the genome, with the hypothesis that⬆️CpGs allow for⬆️epigenetically-driven plasticity facilitating environmental coping
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Do you work on #Passer #sparrows ? We want to bring together all sparrow researchers in a diverse array of fields. If you're interested then please join us for the Oslo Sparrow meeting in May! See here: www.mn.uio.no/cees/english... - sign up deadline fast approaching. Please share!
February 17, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Do you work on #Passer #sparrows ? We want to bring together all sparrow researchers in a diverse array of fields. If you're interested then please join us for the Oslo Sparrow meeting in May! See here: www.mn.uio.no/cees/english... - sign up deadline fast approaching. Please share!
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We have published a new pre-print showing a decline in great tit adult and nestling mass of around 1 gram in 47 y. [rate of approx. -0.040 Hadanes] With @ellafcole.bsky.social, @devisatarkar.bsky.social, Sam. Crofts, @mcmahok.bsky.social & @sheldonbirds.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
February 15, 2026 at 5:07 PM
We have published a new pre-print showing a decline in great tit adult and nestling mass of around 1 gram in 47 y. [rate of approx. -0.040 Hadanes] With @ellafcole.bsky.social, @devisatarkar.bsky.social, Sam. Crofts, @mcmahok.bsky.social & @sheldonbirds.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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EARLY VIEW in IBIS
Reproductive consequences of mate retention and divorce in a short-lived migratory passerine | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Daniel R. Rodríguez-Solís, Iraida Redondo, Jesús Martínez-Padilla, Carlos Camacho, Jaime Potti, David Canal | #ornithology 🪶
Reproductive consequences of mate retention and divorce in a short-lived migratory passerine | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Daniel R. Rodríguez-Solís, Iraida Redondo, Jesús Martínez-Padilla, Carlos Camacho, Jaime Potti, David Canal | #ornithology 🪶
February 11, 2026 at 4:58 PM
EARLY VIEW in IBIS
Reproductive consequences of mate retention and divorce in a short-lived migratory passerine | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Daniel R. Rodríguez-Solís, Iraida Redondo, Jesús Martínez-Padilla, Carlos Camacho, Jaime Potti, David Canal | #ornithology 🪶
Reproductive consequences of mate retention and divorce in a short-lived migratory passerine | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Daniel R. Rodríguez-Solís, Iraida Redondo, Jesús Martínez-Padilla, Carlos Camacho, Jaime Potti, David Canal | #ornithology 🪶
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the "medieval people didn't know how to draw animals" crowd has been real quiet ever since john siferwas dropped the Perfect Woodcock
January 26, 2026 at 3:53 PM
the "medieval people didn't know how to draw animals" crowd has been real quiet ever since john siferwas dropped the Perfect Woodcock
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Aquatic Warblers on the Move (AWOM) is a multi-country LIFE project that aims to restore Aquatic Warbler staging and wintering areas, including Doñana.
From @ebdonana.bsky.social, researchers will assess its habitat use with highly innovative technology, among other studies.
www.awomconference.com
From @ebdonana.bsky.social, researchers will assess its habitat use with highly innovative technology, among other studies.
www.awomconference.com
Discover the LIFE Aquatic Warblers on the Move project (LIFE AWOM)
YouTube video by Wetlands International Europe
youtu.be
January 26, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Aquatic Warblers on the Move (AWOM) is a multi-country LIFE project that aims to restore Aquatic Warbler staging and wintering areas, including Doñana.
From @ebdonana.bsky.social, researchers will assess its habitat use with highly innovative technology, among other studies.
www.awomconference.com
From @ebdonana.bsky.social, researchers will assess its habitat use with highly innovative technology, among other studies.
www.awomconference.com
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Hit me up if you'd like to apply to a Data-driven postdoc fellowship with me in Sweden. 2 year salary, excellent community. Deadline March 31. I have a project idea on reference bias vs pangenome, but keen on hearing ideas. Please share broadly.
www.scilifelab.se/data-driven/...
www.scilifelab.se/data-driven/...
DDLS Research School Postdoc call 2026
Call for Academic and Industrial Postdoctoral Fellowships in Data-Driven Life Science 2026 Generic Description of the DDLS Postdoc Program The SciLifeLab and Wallenberg National Program for Data-Drive...
www.scilifelab.se
January 14, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Hit me up if you'd like to apply to a Data-driven postdoc fellowship with me in Sweden. 2 year salary, excellent community. Deadline March 31. I have a project idea on reference bias vs pangenome, but keen on hearing ideas. Please share broadly.
www.scilifelab.se/data-driven/...
www.scilifelab.se/data-driven/...
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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.
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.
January 5, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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.
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.
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Up to 10 doctoral positions at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology now open for application!
Start date September 2026.
More info here: www.evolbio.mpg.de/imprs
Start date September 2026.
More info here: www.evolbio.mpg.de/imprs
December 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Up to 10 doctoral positions at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology now open for application!
Start date September 2026.
More info here: www.evolbio.mpg.de/imprs
Start date September 2026.
More info here: www.evolbio.mpg.de/imprs
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We are looking for a PhD student to join the Animal ECO Urban group (University of Granada).
November 26, 2025 at 8:25 AM
We are looking for a PhD student to join the Animal ECO Urban group (University of Granada).
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Fully funded NERC GW4+ PhD Opportunity - *Understanding The Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance by Migratory Birds*
Supervised by me, @stubearhop.bsky.social (Exeter) & Patricia Brekke (ZSL). Application deadline 8th January. Please get in touch for more info
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Supervised by me, @stubearhop.bsky.social (Exeter) & Patricia Brekke (ZSL). Application deadline 8th January. Please get in touch for more info
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
November 17, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Fully funded NERC GW4+ PhD Opportunity - *Understanding The Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance by Migratory Birds*
Supervised by me, @stubearhop.bsky.social (Exeter) & Patricia Brekke (ZSL). Application deadline 8th January. Please get in touch for more info
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Supervised by me, @stubearhop.bsky.social (Exeter) & Patricia Brekke (ZSL). Application deadline 8th January. Please get in touch for more info
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Anyone looking for a Australia-based postdoc? Like animal behaviour / coding / birds? My fantastic collaborator, Iliana Medina, is advertising a position researching bird nests:
unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/UoM_Ex...
unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/UoM_Ex...
Research Fellow in Behaviour and Ecology
Role type: Full Time; Fixed Term for 2 years Faculty: Faculty of Science Department/ School: School of Biosciences Salary: Level A: $87,266 - $118,416 (PhD Entry Level - $110,319) plus 17% super Colla...
unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Anyone looking for a Australia-based postdoc? Like animal behaviour / coding / birds? My fantastic collaborator, Iliana Medina, is advertising a position researching bird nests:
unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/UoM_Ex...
unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/UoM_Ex...
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Nace articulosparatodos.unizar.es un #proyectoFECYT para ofrecer recursos científicos adaptados a docentes.
Dirigido por @orogenia.bsky.social del #IUCA y con la participación de investigadores como nuestra compañera @amorenocab.bsky.social
@articulosparatodos.bsky.social
@ipe-csic.bsky.social
Dirigido por @orogenia.bsky.social del #IUCA y con la participación de investigadores como nuestra compañera @amorenocab.bsky.social
@articulosparatodos.bsky.social
@ipe-csic.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Nace articulosparatodos.unizar.es un #proyectoFECYT para ofrecer recursos científicos adaptados a docentes.
Dirigido por @orogenia.bsky.social del #IUCA y con la participación de investigadores como nuestra compañera @amorenocab.bsky.social
@articulosparatodos.bsky.social
@ipe-csic.bsky.social
Dirigido por @orogenia.bsky.social del #IUCA y con la participación de investigadores como nuestra compañera @amorenocab.bsky.social
@articulosparatodos.bsky.social
@ipe-csic.bsky.social
Great opportunity to get involved in a beautiful project merging archaeology and avian ecology! For avian ecologist/modellers. Deadline 30th October!
archaeobiomics.com/aviarch-avif...
archaeobiomics.com/aviarch-avif...
AviArch News – Archaeobiomics.com
archaeobiomics.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Great opportunity to get involved in a beautiful project merging archaeology and avian ecology! For avian ecologist/modellers. Deadline 30th October!
archaeobiomics.com/aviarch-avif...
archaeobiomics.com/aviarch-avif...
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Two weeks left to apply for our graduate school IMPRS-BI and join us as a PhD student! Find out more: imprs-bi.mpg.de
We are recruiting PhD students! Join us in exploring the multiple dimensions of biological intelligence at our international and fully funded graduate program IMPRS-BI in the Munich area, Germany!
🔔 Application period: 1 October to 10 November
🧪 Apply here: imprs-bi.mpg.de
🔔 Application period: 1 October to 10 November
🧪 Apply here: imprs-bi.mpg.de
October 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Two weeks left to apply for our graduate school IMPRS-BI and join us as a PhD student! Find out more: imprs-bi.mpg.de
Very excited about this work now out in
@molecology! We test whether🐦with ⬆️dispersal propensity differ in the nº CpGs across the genome, with the hypothesis that⬆️CpGs allow for⬆️epigenetically-driven plasticity facilitating environmental coping
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@molecology! We test whether🐦with ⬆️dispersal propensity differ in the nº CpGs across the genome, with the hypothesis that⬆️CpGs allow for⬆️epigenetically-driven plasticity facilitating environmental coping
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Epigenetic Potential and Dispersal Propensity in a Free‐Living Songbird: A Spatial and Temporal Approach
Natal dispersal is a key life history trait determining fitness and driving population dynamics, genetic structure, and species distributions. Despite existing evidence that not all phenotypes are eq...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Very excited about this work now out in
@molecology! We test whether🐦with ⬆️dispersal propensity differ in the nº CpGs across the genome, with the hypothesis that⬆️CpGs allow for⬆️epigenetically-driven plasticity facilitating environmental coping
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@molecology! We test whether🐦with ⬆️dispersal propensity differ in the nº CpGs across the genome, with the hypothesis that⬆️CpGs allow for⬆️epigenetically-driven plasticity facilitating environmental coping
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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How does the brain maintain dormant core abilities even when they're not used? A new study in female canaries shows that their neural circuit for song learning remains intact throughout life, even though the females usually never sing.
Read more: www.bi.mpg.de/news/2025-10...
Read more: www.bi.mpg.de/news/2025-10...
October 21, 2025 at 8:48 AM
How does the brain maintain dormant core abilities even when they're not used? A new study in female canaries shows that their neural circuit for song learning remains intact throughout life, even though the females usually never sing.
Read more: www.bi.mpg.de/news/2025-10...
Read more: www.bi.mpg.de/news/2025-10...
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Interested in a PhD in ornithology? Funding available for projects at the interface of ecology, behaviour & evolution from Oct '26 working on long-term population studies of tits at Wytham, based in @biology.ox.ac.uk in the new Life & Mind Building in Oxford
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
October 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Interested in a PhD in ornithology? Funding available for projects at the interface of ecology, behaviour & evolution from Oct '26 working on long-term population studies of tits at Wytham, based in @biology.ox.ac.uk in the new Life & Mind Building in Oxford
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Fully funded PhD working on insectivorous bird declines with a broad range of stakeholders. Starting ASAP #ornithology #zoology #biodiversity #science #ecology
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
September 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Fully funded PhD working on insectivorous bird declines with a broad range of stakeholders. Starting ASAP #ornithology #zoology #biodiversity #science #ecology
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
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Come & work with us - fully funded 4 year PhD on Social Ageing: Social environment effects on senescence, using an epigenetic clock www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor... @rug.nl @david-s-richardson.bsky.social @keesvanoers.bsky.social @seychelleswarbler.bsky.social photo: @charlisdavies.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Come & work with us - fully funded 4 year PhD on Social Ageing: Social environment effects on senescence, using an epigenetic clock www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor... @rug.nl @david-s-richardson.bsky.social @keesvanoers.bsky.social @seychelleswarbler.bsky.social photo: @charlisdavies.bsky.social
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We offer a fully funded 4-yr contract for a PhD candidate in Evolutionary Biology to join our group (www.eco-evo-devo.com). The project will combine genomics and ecophysiology to understand the evolution of developmental plasticity in spadefoot toads. For requisites and contact info please check 👇
September 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
We offer a fully funded 4-yr contract for a PhD candidate in Evolutionary Biology to join our group (www.eco-evo-devo.com). The project will combine genomics and ecophysiology to understand the evolution of developmental plasticity in spadefoot toads. For requisites and contact info please check 👇
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With #eseb2025 coming to a close, it is time to start making plans for 2026. Interested in the interface of evolution 🧬 and ecology 🌳? Come to our #ExE conference hosted by @uniexecec.bsky.social in beautiful #Cornwall. Leave your email address at tinyurl.com/EvolxEcol to join our mailing list!
August 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
With #eseb2025 coming to a close, it is time to start making plans for 2026. Interested in the interface of evolution 🧬 and ecology 🌳? Come to our #ExE conference hosted by @uniexecec.bsky.social in beautiful #Cornwall. Leave your email address at tinyurl.com/EvolxEcol to join our mailing list!
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New out @royalsocietypublishing.org PRSB: Birds developing in cold snap-like conditions downregulated mitochondrial heat tolerance. Alarmingly, this response was asymmetrical: growing up in a heatwave did not protect your mitos from overheating 😱 🐣🌡️@biologylu.bsky.social #OroborosI
shorturl.at/QN52A
shorturl.at/QN52A
Postnatal development in the cold render bird mitochondria more susceptible to heat stress | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Research on birds suggests that extreme weather events during development may have
long-lasting consequences on form and function. The underlying cellular mechanisms
mediating such phenotypic effects ...
royalsocietypublishing.org
July 1, 2025 at 8:28 AM
New out @royalsocietypublishing.org PRSB: Birds developing in cold snap-like conditions downregulated mitochondrial heat tolerance. Alarmingly, this response was asymmetrical: growing up in a heatwave did not protect your mitos from overheating 😱 🐣🌡️@biologylu.bsky.social #OroborosI
shorturl.at/QN52A
shorturl.at/QN52A
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II Bioblitz #URJC 🐦🦇🦎🐸🦋🐞🌷🌳🍄
El 30 de abril se celebrará la 3ª edición del Maratón de Biodiversidad en el Campus de Móstoles. Se tratará de identificar el mayor número de especies posibles
¡Y con premios a los participantes!
A las 10h frente al Aulario II para dar comienzo a la jornada. ¡¡Apuntaos!!
El 30 de abril se celebrará la 3ª edición del Maratón de Biodiversidad en el Campus de Móstoles. Se tratará de identificar el mayor número de especies posibles
¡Y con premios a los participantes!
A las 10h frente al Aulario II para dar comienzo a la jornada. ¡¡Apuntaos!!
April 22, 2025 at 1:14 PM
II Bioblitz #URJC 🐦🦇🦎🐸🦋🐞🌷🌳🍄
El 30 de abril se celebrará la 3ª edición del Maratón de Biodiversidad en el Campus de Móstoles. Se tratará de identificar el mayor número de especies posibles
¡Y con premios a los participantes!
A las 10h frente al Aulario II para dar comienzo a la jornada. ¡¡Apuntaos!!
El 30 de abril se celebrará la 3ª edición del Maratón de Biodiversidad en el Campus de Móstoles. Se tratará de identificar el mayor número de especies posibles
¡Y con premios a los participantes!
A las 10h frente al Aulario II para dar comienzo a la jornada. ¡¡Apuntaos!!
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Our next seminar @EvoZooDeb :
A Unified Model of Ageing
James Wordsworth, Newcastle University
The seminar will take place in the Life Sciences Building of the University of Debrecen, room F.201, 24 April 2025 at 12:00 CEST
Live on Youtube:
youtube.com/cha.../UCIeGGr…
A Unified Model of Ageing
James Wordsworth, Newcastle University
The seminar will take place in the Life Sciences Building of the University of Debrecen, room F.201, 24 April 2025 at 12:00 CEST
Live on Youtube:
youtube.com/cha.../UCIeGGr…
April 22, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Our next seminar @EvoZooDeb :
A Unified Model of Ageing
James Wordsworth, Newcastle University
The seminar will take place in the Life Sciences Building of the University of Debrecen, room F.201, 24 April 2025 at 12:00 CEST
Live on Youtube:
youtube.com/cha.../UCIeGGr…
A Unified Model of Ageing
James Wordsworth, Newcastle University
The seminar will take place in the Life Sciences Building of the University of Debrecen, room F.201, 24 April 2025 at 12:00 CEST
Live on Youtube:
youtube.com/cha.../UCIeGGr…