Andreas Nord
@cyanistesnord.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Lund University, science policy spokesperson of the Young Academy of Sweden, and #scicomm enthusiast. I like comparative physiology, #temperature, #thermoregulation, #metabolism, #mitochondria, #birds, #bees, science policy.
There is still time (until 25 Nov) to apply for this #postdoc position 🐦. Get in touch if you have questions. Details 👇 @erc.europa.eu @evoldir.bsky.social @biologylu.bsky.social
I am recruting a #postdoc for a project investigating the evolution of avian heat tolerance in @erc.europa.eu project #HotLife. Fieldwork over broad latitudinal gradients, common-garden experiments, and more. Read more and apply👇
shorturl.at/WA1Qa
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@evoldir.bsky.social
shorturl.at/WA1Qa
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@evoldir.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 7:43 AM
There is still time (until 25 Nov) to apply for this #postdoc position 🐦. Get in touch if you have questions. Details 👇 @erc.europa.eu @evoldir.bsky.social @biologylu.bsky.social
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New amazing open Postdoc position, w/t opportunities to 1) get closely involved in our next @themanybirds.bsky.social study on innovation and problem-solving; 2) work with @ecobird.bsky.social on avian innovation, cognition & invasiveness. Advert: www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...
November 14, 2025 at 6:20 AM
New amazing open Postdoc position, w/t opportunities to 1) get closely involved in our next @themanybirds.bsky.social study on innovation and problem-solving; 2) work with @ecobird.bsky.social on avian innovation, cognition & invasiveness. Advert: www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...
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1/ Evolutionary trade-offs between intergenerational and transgenerational fitness effects
Transgenerational / intergeneration fitness effects can be adaptive, but they can also trade-off with each other:
New work led by Isaac Harris, preprint:
tinyurl.com/yp2b6tjm
Transgenerational / intergeneration fitness effects can be adaptive, but they can also trade-off with each other:
New work led by Isaac Harris, preprint:
tinyurl.com/yp2b6tjm
November 5, 2025 at 12:18 PM
1/ Evolutionary trade-offs between intergenerational and transgenerational fitness effects
Transgenerational / intergeneration fitness effects can be adaptive, but they can also trade-off with each other:
New work led by Isaac Harris, preprint:
tinyurl.com/yp2b6tjm
Transgenerational / intergeneration fitness effects can be adaptive, but they can also trade-off with each other:
New work led by Isaac Harris, preprint:
tinyurl.com/yp2b6tjm
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Oxygen supersaturation has been reported to protect aquatic animals from heat waves. We tested this in a large collaborative experiment on many species of fish and crustaceans. Our new paper in @plosbiology.org shows that the effect of hyperoxia on thermal tolerance is negligible. Unfortunately.
November 5, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Oxygen supersaturation has been reported to protect aquatic animals from heat waves. We tested this in a large collaborative experiment on many species of fish and crustaceans. Our new paper in @plosbiology.org shows that the effect of hyperoxia on thermal tolerance is negligible. Unfortunately.
I am recruting a #postdoc for a project investigating the evolution of avian heat tolerance in @erc.europa.eu project #HotLife. Fieldwork over broad latitudinal gradients, common-garden experiments, and more. Read more and apply👇
shorturl.at/WA1Qa
Would appreciate a re-post!
@evoldir.bsky.social
shorturl.at/WA1Qa
Would appreciate a re-post!
@evoldir.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I am recruting a #postdoc for a project investigating the evolution of avian heat tolerance in @erc.europa.eu project #HotLife. Fieldwork over broad latitudinal gradients, common-garden experiments, and more. Read more and apply👇
shorturl.at/WA1Qa
Would appreciate a re-post!
@evoldir.bsky.social
shorturl.at/WA1Qa
Would appreciate a re-post!
@evoldir.bsky.social
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New article published in Ornis Fennica! Matejka et al. Winter site fidelity of the Great Tit (Parus major) revealed by recaptures of individuals roosting in nest-boxes ornisfennica.journal.fi/article/view... #ornithology #OpenAccess
Winter site fidelity of the Great Tit (Parus major) revealed by recaptures of individuals roosting in nest-boxes
Birds often return to the same locations where they have previously bred successfully or survived the winter, demonstrating site fidelity. This behaviour extends beyond breeding sites to include roost...
ornisfennica.journal.fi
September 25, 2025 at 6:23 AM
New article published in Ornis Fennica! Matejka et al. Winter site fidelity of the Great Tit (Parus major) revealed by recaptures of individuals roosting in nest-boxes ornisfennica.journal.fi/article/view... #ornithology #OpenAccess
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The woods are growing quieter. On 23 Oct, join us in partnership with @britornitholclub.bsky.social for an evening lecture at our building with @richardkbroughton.bsky.social, exploring the dramatic decline of Marsh and Willow Tits - key voices in Britain's woodland soundscape: buff.ly/k6h5bit
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
The woods are growing quieter. On 23 Oct, join us in partnership with @britornitholclub.bsky.social for an evening lecture at our building with @richardkbroughton.bsky.social, exploring the dramatic decline of Marsh and Willow Tits - key voices in Britain's woodland soundscape: buff.ly/k6h5bit
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**PhD POSITIONS** I am recruiting 1-2 PhD students to work on sociality and cognition in Monk Parakeets, starting Fall 2026. Full ad is here: hobsonresearch.com/index.php/20... (please help spread the word!)
September 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
**PhD POSITIONS** I am recruiting 1-2 PhD students to work on sociality and cognition in Monk Parakeets, starting Fall 2026. Full ad is here: hobsonresearch.com/index.php/20... (please help spread the word!)
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🚨 PhD Oportunity in Avian Behavioural Ecology in Spain
The BirdBond Project (MNCN & IREC) studies how pair bonds form, change & affect reproduction/survival in the spotless starling 🐦
🚨 PhD Oportunity in Avian Behavioural Ecology in Spain
The BirdBond Project (MNCN & IREC) studies how pair bonds form, change & affect reproduction/survival in the spotless starling 🐦
September 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Please share!🙏
🚨 PhD Oportunity in Avian Behavioural Ecology in Spain
The BirdBond Project (MNCN & IREC) studies how pair bonds form, change & affect reproduction/survival in the spotless starling 🐦
🚨 PhD Oportunity in Avian Behavioural Ecology in Spain
The BirdBond Project (MNCN & IREC) studies how pair bonds form, change & affect reproduction/survival in the spotless starling 🐦
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PhD Alert! 😍 Our lab is hiring a PhD student to study how shrews shrink in winter and grow in spring. Yes, you read that right!
tinyurl.com/shrinkingshr...
Join us at the @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social, study a super cool animal, and join the @imprs-qbee.bsky.social community!
DM me for questions!
tinyurl.com/shrinkingshr...
Join us at the @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social, study a super cool animal, and join the @imprs-qbee.bsky.social community!
DM me for questions!
Seasonal size change and aging in shrews
imprs-qbee.mpg.de
September 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
PhD Alert! 😍 Our lab is hiring a PhD student to study how shrews shrink in winter and grow in spring. Yes, you read that right!
tinyurl.com/shrinkingshr...
Join us at the @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social, study a super cool animal, and join the @imprs-qbee.bsky.social community!
DM me for questions!
tinyurl.com/shrinkingshr...
Join us at the @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social, study a super cool animal, and join the @imprs-qbee.bsky.social community!
DM me for questions!
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We’re offering a fully funded 4 yr PhD position to work on Sexual selection in complex environments at the @uv.es. Co-supervised by @dbergerbiol.bsky.social. Find details below 👇
September 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM
We’re offering a fully funded 4 yr PhD position to work on Sexual selection in complex environments at the @uv.es. Co-supervised by @dbergerbiol.bsky.social. Find details below 👇
New out in @royalsocietypublishing.org - Does🌡-dependent development in 🐦 have a mitochondrial basis? Cold-incubated chicks reduced growth+mito volume+respiration, but ATP-efficiency was higher and thermal sensitivity less. At hatching, 🥶 chicks compensated by upping mito volume.
shorturl.at/icOne
shorturl.at/icOne
Incubation temperature shapes growth and mitochondrial metabolism across embryonic development in Japanese quail | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Incubation temperature affects both growth and energy metabolism in birds after hatching.
Changes in cellular mechanisms, including mitochondrial function, are a likely but
unexplored explanation for ...
shorturl.at
September 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
New out in @royalsocietypublishing.org - Does🌡-dependent development in 🐦 have a mitochondrial basis? Cold-incubated chicks reduced growth+mito volume+respiration, but ATP-efficiency was higher and thermal sensitivity less. At hatching, 🥶 chicks compensated by upping mito volume.
shorturl.at/icOne
shorturl.at/icOne
How do our own biases impact the way we design and interpret research in #AnimalBehaviour and beyond? In our new @ethoges.bsky.social paper tirelessly led by @lucywinder.bsky.social, we discuss where #bias comes from and how we should approach it going forward. Check it out 👇
shorturl.at/Kocly
shorturl.at/Kocly
Known and Unknown Biases: A Framework for Contextualising and Identifying Bias in Animal Behaviour Research
As scientists, we are prone to biases. These biases can influence our ideas, how we conduct our research and how we interpret our findings. Individual researchers can take active steps to locate and ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
How do our own biases impact the way we design and interpret research in #AnimalBehaviour and beyond? In our new @ethoges.bsky.social paper tirelessly led by @lucywinder.bsky.social, we discuss where #bias comes from and how we should approach it going forward. Check it out 👇
shorturl.at/Kocly
shorturl.at/Kocly
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Klimatförändringar drabbar allt och alla. En ny studie från Lunds universitet visar att fåglar inte klarar extremvärmen. @cyanistesnord.bsky.social förklarar för TV4 Nyheter att det kan innebära ett hot mot flera fågelarter i takt med att jordens klimat värms upp och blir mindre stabilt.
Fåglar klarar inte extremvärme - enligt Lundastudie
Fåglar anpassar sig inte till värme enligt Lunds universitet – ökad risk för arter vid klimatförändringar
www.tv4.se
September 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Klimatförändringar drabbar allt och alla. En ny studie från Lunds universitet visar att fåglar inte klarar extremvärmen. @cyanistesnord.bsky.social förklarar för TV4 Nyheter att det kan innebära ett hot mot flera fågelarter i takt med att jordens klimat värms upp och blir mindre stabilt.
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Supernice editor dinner with 12 @avianbiology.bsky.social editors and 1 @oikosjournal.bsky.social editor at #EOU2025 ! Amazing food & great company, discussing research, publishing and conferencing.
@nordicoikos.bsky.social is lucky to have you on the editorial boards!
@nordicoikos.bsky.social is lucky to have you on the editorial boards!
August 20, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Supernice editor dinner with 12 @avianbiology.bsky.social editors and 1 @oikosjournal.bsky.social editor at #EOU2025 ! Amazing food & great company, discussing research, publishing and conferencing.
@nordicoikos.bsky.social is lucky to have you on the editorial boards!
@nordicoikos.bsky.social is lucky to have you on the editorial boards!
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Stijn Kouwenberg doing great presenting his first PhD poster at #EOU2025 collaboration @cyanistesnord.bsky.social @keesvanoers.bsky.social Cool work on #microbiome #heritability #physiology coming up
August 20, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Stijn Kouwenberg doing great presenting his first PhD poster at #EOU2025 collaboration @cyanistesnord.bsky.social @keesvanoers.bsky.social Cool work on #microbiome #heritability #physiology coming up
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Unveiling Clutch Investment Strategies in Birds: A Case Study on Great Tits Using Generalized Additive Models | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶
July 4, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Unveiling Clutch Investment Strategies in Birds: A Case Study on Great Tits Using Generalized Additive Models | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶
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New preprint: Using pedigree data + genomics from 2,684 great tits in Wytham Woods, we explore spatial genetic structure and the role of dispersal, population turnover and immigration 🐦 With @sheldonbirds.bsky.social @nilomr.bsky.social @jon-slate.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
July 2, 2025 at 2:06 PM
New preprint: Using pedigree data + genomics from 2,684 great tits in Wytham Woods, we explore spatial genetic structure and the role of dispersal, population turnover and immigration 🐦 With @sheldonbirds.bsky.social @nilomr.bsky.social @jon-slate.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
New out @animalecology.bsky.social: Reproductive effort shapes response to infection in blue tits. High-effort birds avoid costs of infection by hypothermia and downregulated immune response. Normal-effort birds fight costs by fever and upregulated response @biologylu.bsky.social
shorturl.at/MX95Y
shorturl.at/MX95Y
Current reproductive effort shapes the response to infection in a passerine bird
Our study fills a much-needed gap and connects the body temperature response to infection with the framework of reproductive investment and trade-offs between current reproduction and self-maintenanc...
shorturl.at
July 3, 2025 at 8:19 AM
New out @animalecology.bsky.social: Reproductive effort shapes response to infection in blue tits. High-effort birds avoid costs of infection by hypothermia and downregulated immune response. Normal-effort birds fight costs by fever and upregulated response @biologylu.bsky.social
shorturl.at/MX95Y
shorturl.at/MX95Y
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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New paper from the lab - the overview of our long-term work on selection on spatial cognition in chickadees.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Living on the edge: the evolution of spatial cognition in food-caching chickadees | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
There is a tremendous amount of intra- and inter-specific variation in animal cognitive
abilities, and understanding the evolutionary mechanisms generating such variation
is an important issue in evol...
royalsocietypublishing.org
June 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
New paper from the lab - the overview of our long-term work on selection on spatial cognition in chickadees.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
There is still time to apply for this post. DL extended until 15 June. Read more and apply 👇 @biologylu.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu #HotLife
I am looking for a postdoc wanting to use functional genomics to understand why birds 🐦 struggle with climate warming in @erc.europa.eu project #HotLife. Ideal candidate is a molecular evolutionarybiologist. Join us at @biologylu.bsky.social. Details 👇
shorturl.at/wijEq
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shorturl.at/wijEq
Would appreciate a re-post!
Post-doctoral fellow in functional genomics and ecophysiology
Subject description The goal of the project is to uncover the mechanisms explaining why global warming and heatwaves reduce reproductive success and cause excess mortality in wild and domesticated war
lu.varbi.com
June 2, 2025 at 11:06 AM
There is still time to apply for this post. DL extended until 15 June. Read more and apply 👇 @biologylu.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu #HotLife
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Postdoc opportunity in gene editing to study birds' responses to climate warming. Ideal for molecular biologists interested in evolution. Apply here: [link]. Contact Dr. Andreas Nord for details. #postdoc
May 29, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Postdoc opportunity in gene editing to study birds' responses to climate warming. Ideal for molecular biologists interested in evolution. Apply here: [link]. Contact Dr. Andreas Nord for details. #postdoc