Cliodhna Quigley
@cvq.bsky.social
Scientist living in Vienna, enjoys arranging food into faces
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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
Since @mariasantaca.bsky.social joined @fusanilab.bsky.social , she's been doing amazing work measuring perception of visual illusions in our ring doves. Here are the first results: www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.... (and stay tuned for findings from a playback study on illusions and courtship...)
Can fish and birds be “fooled” by the same optical illusion? 🐟🐦
Our new study in Frontiers in Psychology compares guppies and ring doves in their perception of the Ebbinghaus illusion — with surprising results!
🔗 www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
@univie.ac.at @fusanilab.bsky.social
Our new study in Frontiers in Psychology compares guppies and ring doves in their perception of the Ebbinghaus illusion — with surprising results!
🔗 www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
@univie.ac.at @fusanilab.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Since @mariasantaca.bsky.social joined @fusanilab.bsky.social , she's been doing amazing work measuring perception of visual illusions in our ring doves. Here are the first results: www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.... (and stay tuned for findings from a playback study on illusions and courtship...)
Calling all Austrian academics who care about the situation in Gaza. researchers4palestine.org have an open letter you can sign (and a petition of support if you're a nonacademic). They also link to an EU letter calling for a stop to EU funding for Israeli institutions.
September 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Calling all Austrian academics who care about the situation in Gaza. researchers4palestine.org have an open letter you can sign (and a petition of support if you're a nonacademic). They also link to an EU letter calling for a stop to EU funding for Israeli institutions.
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🪶🤖 Someone stored an image in a Starling song!
“This little bird successfully learned and emulated the sound in the exact same frequency range that he heard it…transferring about 176 kilobytes of uncompressed information…” (!!!)
www.iflscience.com/i-saved-a-pn...
“This little bird successfully learned and emulated the sound in the exact same frequency range that he heard it…transferring about 176 kilobytes of uncompressed information…” (!!!)
www.iflscience.com/i-saved-a-pn...
"I Saved A PNG Image To A Bird": YouTuber Stores 176KB Drawing Of A Bird Inside A Bird's Song
According to Benn Jordan this effectively makes the birds capable of storing and transmitting image data.
www.iflscience.com
July 31, 2025 at 2:56 AM
🪶🤖 Someone stored an image in a Starling song!
“This little bird successfully learned and emulated the sound in the exact same frequency range that he heard it…transferring about 176 kilobytes of uncompressed information…” (!!!)
www.iflscience.com/i-saved-a-pn...
“This little bird successfully learned and emulated the sound in the exact same frequency range that he heard it…transferring about 176 kilobytes of uncompressed information…” (!!!)
www.iflscience.com/i-saved-a-pn...
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This is not the time to step back. It’s unquestionably the time to step forward. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
This is not the time to step back from diversity, equity, and inclusion
Recently, I exchanged views with a prominent Ivy League scientist who was complaining about the minority students and junior faculty applying to his program. He claimed that the university, through di...
www.science.org
July 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This is not the time to step back. It’s unquestionably the time to step forward. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Although my work has often involved brains, I haven't often talked about how my own unruly brain (migraine) affects my work. Thanks to @carodeimel.bsky.social for suggesting we and another colleague contribute to this inspiring TREE series on disability in EcoEvo: dlvr.it/TLShPk
July 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Although my work has often involved brains, I haven't often talked about how my own unruly brain (migraine) affects my work. Thanks to @carodeimel.bsky.social for suggesting we and another colleague contribute to this inspiring TREE series on disability in EcoEvo: dlvr.it/TLShPk
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Hello & HAPPY FRIDAY, as promised an open letter by my lovely colleagues and myself. Everybody, feel free to sign this even if you are not NL-based and ‼️ share ‼️ (anonymous signature is poss):
Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
June 27, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Hello & HAPPY FRIDAY, as promised an open letter by my lovely colleagues and myself. Everybody, feel free to sign this even if you are not NL-based and ‼️ share ‼️ (anonymous signature is poss):
Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
Hopefully of interest to @univie.ac.at people at UBB. More info here: wobio.univie.ac.at/events-netwo...
March 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Hopefully of interest to @univie.ac.at people at UBB. More info here: wobio.univie.ac.at/events-netwo...
Excellent thread about an important resource. Entertaining and relevant - do read to the end. 🤗
THREAD
The Wonderful World of Wikipedia (WWW)
If you are of a certain age, Wikipedia has been a constant in your life. It was not always so.
Here is a pre-history, a history and potential future of the world's great shared book that we all read and write. Also why is it called "Wikipedia"?
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The Wonderful World of Wikipedia (WWW)
If you are of a certain age, Wikipedia has been a constant in your life. It was not always so.
Here is a pre-history, a history and potential future of the world's great shared book that we all read and write. Also why is it called "Wikipedia"?
1/30
March 6, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Excellent thread about an important resource. Entertaining and relevant - do read to the end. 🤗
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We’re standing up for science ! 🤝
On March 7 at 1 pm, the #MarchforScience will start in front of the University of Vienna - an initiative of scientists raising their voices worldwide for free science.
The University of Vienna shares this important cause.‼️🏛️ #standupforscience2025 #scienceforall
On March 7 at 1 pm, the #MarchforScience will start in front of the University of Vienna - an initiative of scientists raising their voices worldwide for free science.
The University of Vienna shares this important cause.‼️🏛️ #standupforscience2025 #scienceforall
TWO WEEKS UNTIL #STANDUPFORSCIENCE2025! 📣☀️🌎
March 5, 2025 at 7:21 AM
We’re standing up for science ! 🤝
On March 7 at 1 pm, the #MarchforScience will start in front of the University of Vienna - an initiative of scientists raising their voices worldwide for free science.
The University of Vienna shares this important cause.‼️🏛️ #standupforscience2025 #scienceforall
On March 7 at 1 pm, the #MarchforScience will start in front of the University of Vienna - an initiative of scientists raising their voices worldwide for free science.
The University of Vienna shares this important cause.‼️🏛️ #standupforscience2025 #scienceforall
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Zotero is great and I think that anyone who needs to organise and cite more than a handful of references should be using it. Here's an intro to Zotero that I made for my undergrad students (but the info is relevant for anyone new to Zotero).
Full vid [13 mins]: youtu.be/SlUHjOqVCyU
Preview ⬇️
Full vid [13 mins]: youtu.be/SlUHjOqVCyU
Preview ⬇️
November 15, 2024 at 7:49 AM
Zotero is great and I think that anyone who needs to organise and cite more than a handful of references should be using it. Here's an intro to Zotero that I made for my undergrad students (but the info is relevant for anyone new to Zotero).
Full vid [13 mins]: youtu.be/SlUHjOqVCyU
Preview ⬇️
Full vid [13 mins]: youtu.be/SlUHjOqVCyU
Preview ⬇️
Caught our regular balcony visitor politely asking for a drink...
February 26, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Caught our regular balcony visitor politely asking for a drink...
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Can humans discriminate individual birds of the spotted bowerbird from photographs?🪶
Students from the @fusanilab.bsky.social @univie.ac.at need you to answer that question! You can test your visual discrimination skills with their online experiment (~15 min long): sosci.univie.ac.at/bowerbird_di...
Students from the @fusanilab.bsky.social @univie.ac.at need you to answer that question! You can test your visual discrimination skills with their online experiment (~15 min long): sosci.univie.ac.at/bowerbird_di...
February 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Can humans discriminate individual birds of the spotted bowerbird from photographs?🪶
Students from the @fusanilab.bsky.social @univie.ac.at need you to answer that question! You can test your visual discrimination skills with their online experiment (~15 min long): sosci.univie.ac.at/bowerbird_di...
Students from the @fusanilab.bsky.social @univie.ac.at need you to answer that question! You can test your visual discrimination skills with their online experiment (~15 min long): sosci.univie.ac.at/bowerbird_di...
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Wonderful Etho2025 conference in Tutzing! It was really nice to be able to present some previous works 🐟 and my current project 🐦 at @univie.ac.at with the @fusanilab.bsky.social
February 22, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Wonderful Etho2025 conference in Tutzing! It was really nice to be able to present some previous works 🐟 and my current project 🐦 at @univie.ac.at with the @fusanilab.bsky.social
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For my plant-loving friends in Vienna: the city makes excellent soil out of organic waste and it's on sale again at municipal trash centres. Very reasonably priced too!
Die Blumenerde „Guter Grund“ aus hochwertigem Kompost aus der Wiener Biotonne ist zurück! 🌿 Jetzt auf allen Wiener Mistplätzen. Torffrei, nachhaltig & perfekt für euren Garten oder euren Balkon! 🌍♻️ Mehr Infos: https://www.wien.gv.at/umwelt/ma48/beratung/muelltrennung/biogener-abfall/blumenerde.html
February 16, 2025 at 10:55 AM
For my plant-loving friends in Vienna: the city makes excellent soil out of organic waste and it's on sale again at municipal trash centres. Very reasonably priced too!
Happy Valentine's day from the Dove Lab @fusanilab.bsky.social @univie.ac.at We're preparing Maria Santacà's new experiment investigating the possible role of visual illusions during courtship. Female birds will watch videos of courting males in different illusion-inducing configurations ♥️🕊️♥️
February 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Happy Valentine's day from the Dove Lab @fusanilab.bsky.social @univie.ac.at We're preparing Maria Santacà's new experiment investigating the possible role of visual illusions during courtship. Female birds will watch videos of courting males in different illusion-inducing configurations ♥️🕊️♥️
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A beautiful insightful video about urban wildlife during new year’s eve in Berlin (sadly, representative of any German city) by @distrustful-dinos.bsky.social
If you are tempted to light even just 1 explosive for your pleasure, this video is for you
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCfH...
If you are tempted to light even just 1 explosive for your pleasure, this video is for you
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCfH...
Harder! Faster! Louder! – Crows! Fireworks! Berlin! (Krähen in der Silvesternacht)
YouTube video by distrustful dinosaurs
www.youtube.com
February 13, 2025 at 5:59 AM
A beautiful insightful video about urban wildlife during new year’s eve in Berlin (sadly, representative of any German city) by @distrustful-dinos.bsky.social
If you are tempted to light even just 1 explosive for your pleasure, this video is for you
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCfH...
If you are tempted to light even just 1 explosive for your pleasure, this video is for you
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCfH...
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Happy #Lawyercat Anniversary for all who celebrate! It's been four years since the kitten appeared in my Zoom courtroom, and I released the 48 second video that made the whole world laugh. Here is the full video showing the big reveal at the end (in two parts because Blue sky). Enjoy!
February 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Happy #Lawyercat Anniversary for all who celebrate! It's been four years since the kitten appeared in my Zoom courtroom, and I released the 48 second video that made the whole world laugh. Here is the full video showing the big reveal at the end (in two parts because Blue sky). Enjoy!
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🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨
Don't miss the chance to apply for the interdisciplinary graduate conference "From Minds to Movements - Foresight in Cognition and Activism" in Vienna!
Don't miss the chance to apply for the interdisciplinary graduate conference "From Minds to Movements - Foresight in Cognition and Activism" in Vienna!
CFP: The interdisciplinary graduate conference "From Minds to Movements: Foresight in Cognition and Activism"
Date: May 8–10, 2025
Venue: University of Vienna
Application deadline: March 10, 2025
#cogsci #philsky
mindstomovements.carrd.co
Date: May 8–10, 2025
Venue: University of Vienna
Application deadline: March 10, 2025
#cogsci #philsky
mindstomovements.carrd.co
From Minds to Movements
Interdisciplinary graduate conference
mindstomovements.carrd.co
February 4, 2025 at 11:04 AM
🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨
Don't miss the chance to apply for the interdisciplinary graduate conference "From Minds to Movements - Foresight in Cognition and Activism" in Vienna!
Don't miss the chance to apply for the interdisciplinary graduate conference "From Minds to Movements - Foresight in Cognition and Activism" in Vienna!