Caro Deimel
@carodeimel.bsky.social
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Neopterin as a Tool for Primate Ecoimmunology: Current Knowledge, Practical Application, and New Directions From Captivity to the Wild
Neopterin is a sensitive and specific biomarker of intracellular pathogen infection and chronic inflammation, and affected by environmental, life-history, and sex-contextual factors. This review offe....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Neopterin is a neat marker for #cell-mediated #immunity in #primates. We think it has great potential for #ecoimmunology research in wild and captive settings!
Really happy that this review paper @verenab.bsky.social and I wrote is out!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Really happy that this review paper @verenab.bsky.social and I wrote is out!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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On 24 October, Barbara Fruth was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for her socio-environmental work in the Congo 🇩🇪 🇨🇩 🐵 💚 🏅. Around 350 people came to the Konzil in Konstanz to watch the Mayor pin the Cross of Merit to Barbara's jacket and present the certificate. 🧵 1/3
November 5, 2025 at 12:20 PM
On 24 October, Barbara Fruth was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for her socio-environmental work in the Congo 🇩🇪 🇨🇩 🐵 💚 🏅. Around 350 people came to the Konzil in Konstanz to watch the Mayor pin the Cross of Merit to Barbara's jacket and present the certificate. 🧵 1/3
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PhD studentship on antimicrobial resistance in wild baboons! Fully-funded by @swbiodtp.bsky.social Application deadline: Wed 3 Dec 2025. More details: bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo.... Apply here: www.swbio.ac.uk/programme/ho...
@inesfuertbauer.bsky.social @xavh.bsky.social
@inesfuertbauer.bsky.social @xavh.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 9:18 AM
PhD studentship on antimicrobial resistance in wild baboons! Fully-funded by @swbiodtp.bsky.social Application deadline: Wed 3 Dec 2025. More details: bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo.... Apply here: www.swbio.ac.uk/programme/ho...
@inesfuertbauer.bsky.social @xavh.bsky.social
@inesfuertbauer.bsky.social @xavh.bsky.social
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Richard Lynn was criticised for using a sample of children with intellectual impairment to calculate the "national IQ" of Equatorial Guinea in 2002. In 2019, he calculated the IQs of Native Americans from children referred for psychoeducational evaluations, including those with learning difficulties
November 3, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Richard Lynn was criticised for using a sample of children with intellectual impairment to calculate the "national IQ" of Equatorial Guinea in 2002. In 2019, he calculated the IQs of Native Americans from children referred for psychoeducational evaluations, including those with learning difficulties
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That’s because the purpose of biology for the right is naturalizing social hierarchy and defining a subaltern “other” to stand in contrast to the “normal”.
I think that an underreported key to understanding the contemporary evangelical right is that they hate Darwinism (performatively) but they fucking LOVE evopsych nonsense, especially when, as is so often the case, their thoughts turn to gender.
October 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM
That’s because the purpose of biology for the right is naturalizing social hierarchy and defining a subaltern “other” to stand in contrast to the “normal”.
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If you like genomics, speciation, and primates, this PhD position is for you! Unraveling the genomic architecture of speciation and gene flow in guenons, a diverse group of African monkeys. Funding through DTP. Do reach out with questions! #genomics #genome_assembly
evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
October 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
If you like genomics, speciation, and primates, this PhD position is for you! Unraveling the genomic architecture of speciation and gene flow in guenons, a diverse group of African monkeys. Funding through DTP. Do reach out with questions! #genomics #genome_assembly
evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
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This is interesting (if a bit gruesome) on power dynamics in bonobos: "eighty-five percent of violent coalitions are led by females seeking to keep males in check"
October 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
This is interesting (if a bit gruesome) on power dynamics in bonobos: "eighty-five percent of violent coalitions are led by females seeking to keep males in check"
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📢 #CFP: Wild Animal Initiative is accepting grant applications for projects studying wild animal welfare.
🗓️ Submit your EOI form by November 14 to be considered.
🧪 #wildlife #biology #zoology #ecoevo #animalbehavior #animalbehaviour #physiology #conservation #science
🗓️ Submit your EOI form by November 14 to be considered.
🧪 #wildlife #biology #zoology #ecoevo #animalbehavior #animalbehaviour #physiology #conservation #science
Grants — Wild Animal Initiative
We have an open call for proposals on all grant types. Learn how to apply.
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October 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
📢 #CFP: Wild Animal Initiative is accepting grant applications for projects studying wild animal welfare.
🗓️ Submit your EOI form by November 14 to be considered.
🧪 #wildlife #biology #zoology #ecoevo #animalbehavior #animalbehaviour #physiology #conservation #science
🗓️ Submit your EOI form by November 14 to be considered.
🧪 #wildlife #biology #zoology #ecoevo #animalbehavior #animalbehaviour #physiology #conservation #science
Did some #scicom yesterday for Bonobo Alive and the LuiKotale Bonobo Project in Munich at the Long night of Museums @maxplanck.de
The visitors were interested and engaged and now know more about the why and how of #Bonobo research and conservation. We need more events like this!
The visitors were interested and engaged and now know more about the why and how of #Bonobo research and conservation. We need more events like this!
October 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Did some #scicom yesterday for Bonobo Alive and the LuiKotale Bonobo Project in Munich at the Long night of Museums @maxplanck.de
The visitors were interested and engaged and now know more about the why and how of #Bonobo research and conservation. We need more events like this!
The visitors were interested and engaged and now know more about the why and how of #Bonobo research and conservation. We need more events like this!
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🚨We have an open part-time paid position for an *Austria-based* master student in #ComputerScience (incl. adjacent fields) to help develop an automatic stress assessment in wild #GreatTits 🐦
More info in the job description below
Remote work is also possible for non-Viennese students🇦🇹
#AnimalWelfare
More info in the job description below
Remote work is also possible for non-Viennese students🇦🇹
#AnimalWelfare
yseulthb.github.io
October 16, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🚨We have an open part-time paid position for an *Austria-based* master student in #ComputerScience (incl. adjacent fields) to help develop an automatic stress assessment in wild #GreatTits 🐦
More info in the job description below
Remote work is also possible for non-Viennese students🇦🇹
#AnimalWelfare
More info in the job description below
Remote work is also possible for non-Viennese students🇦🇹
#AnimalWelfare
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Here's an issue from the Purdue Univ. student paper, The Exponent, dealing with the IU censorship of their student paper. Purdue put it in IU news boxes. (Purdue & IU are normally huge sports rivals.)
Download link: www.purdueexponent.org/frontpdf/lat...
Download link: www.purdueexponent.org/frontpdf/lat...
October 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Here's an issue from the Purdue Univ. student paper, The Exponent, dealing with the IU censorship of their student paper. Purdue put it in IU news boxes. (Purdue & IU are normally huge sports rivals.)
Download link: www.purdueexponent.org/frontpdf/lat...
Download link: www.purdueexponent.org/frontpdf/lat...
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In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.
Not a shitpost: #NoKings is feel-good performative activism for comfortable mostly upper and upper middle class white folks and that’s good, actually. Millions of people in the streets protesting a fascist regime is good. It is good for the normie baseline to be massive displays of public dissent.
October 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.
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“The Purdue student newspaper owns its own presses” is the sound of engines revving
Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
October 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
“The Purdue student newspaper owns its own presses” is the sound of engines revving
Neopterin is a neat marker for #cell-mediated #immunity in #primates. We think it has great potential for #ecoimmunology research in wild and captive settings!
Really happy that this review paper @verenab.bsky.social and I wrote is out!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Really happy that this review paper @verenab.bsky.social and I wrote is out!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Neopterin as a Tool for Primate Ecoimmunology: Current Knowledge, Practical Application, and New Directions From Captivity to the Wild
Neopterin is a sensitive and specific biomarker of intracellular pathogen infection and chronic inflammation, and affected by environmental, life-history, and sex-contextual factors. This review offe....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Neopterin is a neat marker for #cell-mediated #immunity in #primates. We think it has great potential for #ecoimmunology research in wild and captive settings!
Really happy that this review paper @verenab.bsky.social and I wrote is out!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Really happy that this review paper @verenab.bsky.social and I wrote is out!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Gleichstellung in der dt. Wissenschaft: Maßnahmen & Beratungsangebote zu ihren Gunsten gibt es durchaus. Aber: Sie reichen nicht -- und drohen den Status quo teils sogar zu stabilisieren. Warum? Und was braucht es, um Gleichstellungsziele effektiv zu erreichen? Wir haben dazu einiges aufgeschrieben:
@soziopolis.bsky.social hat ein sehr lesenswertes Dossier zum Thema Frauen in der Wissenschaft veröffentlicht. @amreibahr.bsky.social und ich sind mit einem Beitrag zu #IchBinHanna vertreten! www.soziopolis.de/ziel-erkannt...
Ziel erkannt, Ziel verfehlt?
Warum wir allen Gleichstellungsmaßnahmen zur Förderung von Frauen in der Wissenschaft zum Trotz auf der Stelle treten
www.soziopolis.de
October 14, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Gleichstellung in der dt. Wissenschaft: Maßnahmen & Beratungsangebote zu ihren Gunsten gibt es durchaus. Aber: Sie reichen nicht -- und drohen den Status quo teils sogar zu stabilisieren. Warum? Und was braucht es, um Gleichstellungsziele effektiv zu erreichen? Wir haben dazu einiges aufgeschrieben:
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Wer am 23. Oktober abends noch nichts vor hat, sollte unbedingt bei unserer Podiumsdiskussion vorbeikommen!
Sexuelle und reproduktive Rechte: weltweit und für alle!
Gerne auch weitererzählen und RT. Ein paar Plätze gibt es noch 🌈
#kostenlos #Wien
Infos / Anmeldung:
www.therainworkers.org/blog/event
Sexuelle und reproduktive Rechte: weltweit und für alle!
Gerne auch weitererzählen und RT. Ein paar Plätze gibt es noch 🌈
#kostenlos #Wien
Infos / Anmeldung:
www.therainworkers.org/blog/event
Sexuelle und reproduktive Rechte: weltweit und für alle!
Sexuelle und reproduktive Gesundheit und Rechte (SRGR) sind ein Thema, das jeden Menschen weltweit betrifft. Jeder Mensch hat das Recht, über den eigenen Körper, die eigene Sexualität und Reproduktion...
www.therainworkers.org
October 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Wer am 23. Oktober abends noch nichts vor hat, sollte unbedingt bei unserer Podiumsdiskussion vorbeikommen!
Sexuelle und reproduktive Rechte: weltweit und für alle!
Gerne auch weitererzählen und RT. Ein paar Plätze gibt es noch 🌈
#kostenlos #Wien
Infos / Anmeldung:
www.therainworkers.org/blog/event
Sexuelle und reproduktive Rechte: weltweit und für alle!
Gerne auch weitererzählen und RT. Ein paar Plätze gibt es noch 🌈
#kostenlos #Wien
Infos / Anmeldung:
www.therainworkers.org/blog/event
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The “Great North American Eclipse” of April 2024 was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to study how birds and other wildlife respond to total solar eclipses
The Eclipse Turned Day to Night—And the Birds Went Quiet
The “Great North American Eclipse” of April 2024 was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to study how birds and other wildlife respond to total solar eclipses
www.scientificamerican.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The “Great North American Eclipse” of April 2024 was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to study how birds and other wildlife respond to total solar eclipses
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As a primatologist, Jane Goodall was a huge inspiration to me. I admired the way she describes chimpanzee behavior with such detail and empathy, and she’s inspired so many people and advocated for chimpanzee conservation and welfare.
However, I'm dismayed at what her narrative leaves out (1/10)
However, I'm dismayed at what her narrative leaves out (1/10)
October 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
As a primatologist, Jane Goodall was a huge inspiration to me. I admired the way she describes chimpanzee behavior with such detail and empathy, and she’s inspired so many people and advocated for chimpanzee conservation and welfare.
However, I'm dismayed at what her narrative leaves out (1/10)
However, I'm dismayed at what her narrative leaves out (1/10)
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Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment.
The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io
September 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment.
The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
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Friendly Reminder Frauengesundheit.
Schwangerschaftsabbrüche stehen in Ö noch immer im Strafgesetz. In manchen Bundesländern ist es geradezu unmöglich (Burgenland) jemanden zu finden, der/die Abbrüche durchführt. Zudem zahlt die Kasse nichts. In Kärnten zb kommt ein Abbruch schon mal auf 1000+ Euro.
Schwangerschaftsabbrüche stehen in Ö noch immer im Strafgesetz. In manchen Bundesländern ist es geradezu unmöglich (Burgenland) jemanden zu finden, der/die Abbrüche durchführt. Zudem zahlt die Kasse nichts. In Kärnten zb kommt ein Abbruch schon mal auf 1000+ Euro.
August 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Friendly Reminder Frauengesundheit.
Schwangerschaftsabbrüche stehen in Ö noch immer im Strafgesetz. In manchen Bundesländern ist es geradezu unmöglich (Burgenland) jemanden zu finden, der/die Abbrüche durchführt. Zudem zahlt die Kasse nichts. In Kärnten zb kommt ein Abbruch schon mal auf 1000+ Euro.
Schwangerschaftsabbrüche stehen in Ö noch immer im Strafgesetz. In manchen Bundesländern ist es geradezu unmöglich (Burgenland) jemanden zu finden, der/die Abbrüche durchführt. Zudem zahlt die Kasse nichts. In Kärnten zb kommt ein Abbruch schon mal auf 1000+ Euro.
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Standing up for science is one way to push back against political attacks on the university sector 👇 Experts in biology and anthropology have put together this statement to counter misinformation about race. Please consider signing and sharing
Trump's very first example of the Smithsonian's "corrosive ideology" was an exhibit that correctly stated "Race is a human invention." How is scientific consensus (that biological races don't exist in humans) corrosive? We are asking scientists to co-sign our statement: forms.gle/kqKQF9CZ3jPB...
September 27, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Standing up for science is one way to push back against political attacks on the university sector 👇 Experts in biology and anthropology have put together this statement to counter misinformation about race. Please consider signing and sharing
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Franziska Schutzbach: «Viele Männer sind mittlerweile feministisch geprägt, ob es ihnen gefällt oder nicht.»
Danke @fschutzbach.bsky.social 💜✊🏽
#Feminismus
direkt-magazin.ch/meinung/glst...
Danke @fschutzbach.bsky.social 💜✊🏽
#Feminismus
direkt-magazin.ch/meinung/glst...
Franziska Schutzbach: «Viele Männer sind mittlerweile feministisch geprägt, ob es ihnen gefällt oder nicht.»
Hat der Feminismus ein Marketingproblem? Das fragt sich Geschlechterforscherin Franziska Schutzbach nach einem Gespräch bei einem Apéro. In ihrem Essay für «direkt» erklärt sie, warum es notwendig ist...
direkt-magazin.ch
September 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Franziska Schutzbach: «Viele Männer sind mittlerweile feministisch geprägt, ob es ihnen gefällt oder nicht.»
Danke @fschutzbach.bsky.social 💜✊🏽
#Feminismus
direkt-magazin.ch/meinung/glst...
Danke @fschutzbach.bsky.social 💜✊🏽
#Feminismus
direkt-magazin.ch/meinung/glst...
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I had a great conversation with Abby. If you have 1-2 hours of your time to talk about/reflect on your story as a female PhD holder in STEM, and whether you're still in or no longer in academia, you should definitely reach out to her!
Please share her call around you #WomenInSTEM
Please share her call around you #WomenInSTEM
August 30, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I had a great conversation with Abby. If you have 1-2 hours of your time to talk about/reflect on your story as a female PhD holder in STEM, and whether you're still in or no longer in academia, you should definitely reach out to her!
Please share her call around you #WomenInSTEM
Please share her call around you #WomenInSTEM
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#AdriftLab's newest article isn't about islands or plastics (well, maybe a little). It's about the challenges of being a scientist while having a #disability. Please take a moment to consider what your lab can do to make life a little more inclusive www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
Disability in ecology and evolution
In this TrendsTalk series 'Disability in ecology and evolution' in Trends in Ecology
and Evolution, we will be hearing from people about their experiences being disabled
in ecology and evolution. We a...
www.cell.com
July 17, 2025 at 12:48 AM
#AdriftLab's newest article isn't about islands or plastics (well, maybe a little). It's about the challenges of being a scientist while having a #disability. Please take a moment to consider what your lab can do to make life a little more inclusive www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
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"academic culture, which prioritises and celebrates relentless productivity and competitiveness, creates barriers that prevent full participation of those who cannot consistently adhere to these narrow standards"
@cvq.bsky.social, another colleague and I contributed to this great series by TREE. We talk about our experiences with neurological disorders, the effects on our careers, and give some suggestions on structural changes that would help researchers with invisible disabilities like ours in EcoEvo.
Online now: Disability in ecology and evolution
July 18, 2025 at 9:33 AM
"academic culture, which prioritises and celebrates relentless productivity and competitiveness, creates barriers that prevent full participation of those who cannot consistently adhere to these narrow standards"