Martin How
@drmartinjhow.bsky.social
Trying to see the world through the eyes of crustaceans and cephalopods.
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JOB ALERT!
We are excited to announce that we are recruiting three new academics at lecturer level!
Click the link below for more info on how to apply, and don’t forget to explore our research themes too!
We look forward to receiving your applications!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
We are excited to announce that we are recruiting three new academics at lecturer level!
Click the link below for more info on how to apply, and don’t forget to explore our research themes too!
We look forward to receiving your applications!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
February 12, 2026 at 9:14 AM
JOB ALERT!
We are excited to announce that we are recruiting three new academics at lecturer level!
Click the link below for more info on how to apply, and don’t forget to explore our research themes too!
We look forward to receiving your applications!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
We are excited to announce that we are recruiting three new academics at lecturer level!
Click the link below for more info on how to apply, and don’t forget to explore our research themes too!
We look forward to receiving your applications!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
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Reminder that the abstract and travel grant deadlines for #ASABSpring2026 are due in less than 2 weeks!
This is an especially fantastic conference for students and ECRs 🌼 Hope you can join us in beautiful Bristol
asab-spring-conference2026.github.io
This is an especially fantastic conference for students and ECRs 🌼 Hope you can join us in beautiful Bristol
asab-spring-conference2026.github.io
Registration for #ASABSpring2026 is now open!
asab-spring-conference2026.github.io
Don't forget the travel grant AND abstract deadlines are Feb 1!
asab-spring-conference2026.github.io
Don't forget the travel grant AND abstract deadlines are Feb 1!
January 20, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Reminder that the abstract and travel grant deadlines for #ASABSpring2026 are due in less than 2 weeks!
This is an especially fantastic conference for students and ECRs 🌼 Hope you can join us in beautiful Bristol
asab-spring-conference2026.github.io
This is an especially fantastic conference for students and ECRs 🌼 Hope you can join us in beautiful Bristol
asab-spring-conference2026.github.io
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My collaborator at University of Copenhagen, Anders Garm, is looking for a 3 year postdoc to work on bioluminescence, neurobiology and ecology of ctenophores. More information here:
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
January 21, 2026 at 10:45 AM
My collaborator at University of Copenhagen, Anders Garm, is looking for a 3 year postdoc to work on bioluminescence, neurobiology and ecology of ctenophores. More information here:
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
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If you’re sad #ASABWinter2025 is over, have no fear! #ASABSpring2025 🌼 is coming soon, from March 23-25 at Bristol University. It’s an especially fantastic meeting for students and ECRs 🤠
Don’t forget travel grants are due Feb 1!
www.asab.org/conferences-...
Don’t forget travel grants are due Feb 1!
www.asab.org/conferences-...
December 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
If you’re sad #ASABWinter2025 is over, have no fear! #ASABSpring2025 🌼 is coming soon, from March 23-25 at Bristol University. It’s an especially fantastic meeting for students and ECRs 🤠
Don’t forget travel grants are due Feb 1!
www.asab.org/conferences-...
Don’t forget travel grants are due Feb 1!
www.asab.org/conferences-...
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🚨Two funded PhDs on the evolutionary ecology of antipredator colouration 🦋 with myself and Iliana Medina.
One in Swansea tinyurl.com/4thtbph6 deadline Jan 12th @crocus-dla.bsky.social
The other in Melbourne - deadline Jan 1st
Please share among potential students!
One in Swansea tinyurl.com/4thtbph6 deadline Jan 12th @crocus-dla.bsky.social
The other in Melbourne - deadline Jan 1st
Please share among potential students!
December 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🚨Two funded PhDs on the evolutionary ecology of antipredator colouration 🦋 with myself and Iliana Medina.
One in Swansea tinyurl.com/4thtbph6 deadline Jan 12th @crocus-dla.bsky.social
The other in Melbourne - deadline Jan 1st
Please share among potential students!
One in Swansea tinyurl.com/4thtbph6 deadline Jan 12th @crocus-dla.bsky.social
The other in Melbourne - deadline Jan 1st
Please share among potential students!
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Why is hiking in a zebra onesie a smart move if you want to avoid being devoured by flies? And why are skunks more stripy in predator-rich forests? Find out this, and more, from @bristolbiosci.bsky.social experts @drmartinjhow.bsky.social & Tim Caro on BBC CrowdScience: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
BBC World Service - CrowdScience, Why are some animals black and white?
Why are zebras so stripy? Why do penguins wear tuxedos?
www.bbc.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Why is hiking in a zebra onesie a smart move if you want to avoid being devoured by flies? And why are skunks more stripy in predator-rich forests? Find out this, and more, from @bristolbiosci.bsky.social experts @drmartinjhow.bsky.social & Tim Caro on BBC CrowdScience: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
Prof Tim Caro and I both feature in this BBC World Service radio show about why zebra have stripes. Catch it at 8:30pm GMT on Fri 3rd Oct or replay on the link below. @bristolbiosci.bsky.social @ecologyofvision.bsky.social
BBC World Service - CrowdScience, Why are some animals black and white?
Why are zebras so stripy? Why do penguins wear tuxedos?
www.bbc.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Prof Tim Caro and I both feature in this BBC World Service radio show about why zebra have stripes. Catch it at 8:30pm GMT on Fri 3rd Oct or replay on the link below. @bristolbiosci.bsky.social @ecologyofvision.bsky.social
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So keen to read THE RADIANT SEA by @stevehaddock.bsky.social & Sönke Johnsen! In the introduction, @helenscales.bsky.social says it's like having the authors "looking over your shoulder and telling stories," an experience I've been lucky enough to get with Steve. Also, COVER CEPHALOPOD 🐙🦑🌊
October 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
So keen to read THE RADIANT SEA by @stevehaddock.bsky.social & Sönke Johnsen! In the introduction, @helenscales.bsky.social says it's like having the authors "looking over your shoulder and telling stories," an experience I've been lucky enough to get with Steve. Also, COVER CEPHALOPOD 🐙🦑🌊
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A huge thanks to my amazing co-authors @drmartinjhow.bsky.social and James Herbert-Read, as well as all members of the @marinebehavecol.bsky.social at @camzoology.bsky.social and @ecologyofvision.bsky.social for their help, and @thembauk.bsky.social for their brilliant logistical support! 🤝
August 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
A huge thanks to my amazing co-authors @drmartinjhow.bsky.social and James Herbert-Read, as well as all members of the @marinebehavecol.bsky.social at @camzoology.bsky.social and @ecologyofvision.bsky.social for their help, and @thembauk.bsky.social for their brilliant logistical support! 🤝
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It’s @drmartinjhow.bsky.social talking at #Visionarium2025 about communicating underwater using the polarization of light
September 27, 2025 at 12:47 PM
It’s @drmartinjhow.bsky.social talking at #Visionarium2025 about communicating underwater using the polarization of light
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Read the full research @lindseyswierk.bsky.social @alliemartin.bsky.social at journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
High dissolved oxygen extends dive duration and suggests physical gill use in a vertebrate
Highlighted Article: High levels of dissolved oxygen in water extend dive durations in a semi-aquatic Anolis lizard, suggesting that anoles may rebreathe bubbles to uptake oxygen from stream water.
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September 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Read the full research @lindseyswierk.bsky.social @alliemartin.bsky.social at journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
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🚨Our new paper is out NOW in @ecol-evol.bsky.social 👀 Here we show that prior exposure to dynamic illumination can have a persisting effect on the visual perception of 🦀, reducing their ability to detect predators even after the dynamic illumination has ended.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Motion After‐Effects Induced by Dynamic Illumination in Crab Vision
While in humans, background motion can disrupt the detection of visual cues even after the moving background component has ceased, it remains unknown whether natural forms of background motion might ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 12, 2025 at 9:59 AM
🚨Our new paper is out NOW in @ecol-evol.bsky.social 👀 Here we show that prior exposure to dynamic illumination can have a persisting effect on the visual perception of 🦀, reducing their ability to detect predators even after the dynamic illumination has ended.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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🤝 A HUGE thanks to @ecologyofvision.bsky.social group for inviting me to their lab at @bristolbiosci.bsky.social to conduct these experiments, and to my wonderful co-authors (and former PhD supervisors) James Herbert-Read (@marinebehavecol.bsky.social) and @drmartinjhow.bsky.social 🥳🎉💪
May 12, 2025 at 9:59 AM
🤝 A HUGE thanks to @ecologyofvision.bsky.social group for inviting me to their lab at @bristolbiosci.bsky.social to conduct these experiments, and to my wonderful co-authors (and former PhD supervisors) James Herbert-Read (@marinebehavecol.bsky.social) and @drmartinjhow.bsky.social 🥳🎉💪
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With its UFO-like display, the cuttlefish may look like it’s trying to get attention—but its intent is anything but.
The undulating black stripes confuse prey, making the creatures all but invisible to crabs and other victims: scim.ag/3FVL43z
The undulating black stripes confuse prey, making the creatures all but invisible to crabs and other victims: scim.ag/3FVL43z
April 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
With its UFO-like display, the cuttlefish may look like it’s trying to get attention—but its intent is anything but.
The undulating black stripes confuse prey, making the creatures all but invisible to crabs and other victims: scim.ag/3FVL43z
The undulating black stripes confuse prey, making the creatures all but invisible to crabs and other victims: scim.ag/3FVL43z
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Science magazine on our latest work!
With its UFO-like display, the cuttlefish may look like it’s trying to get attention—but its intent is anything but.
The undulating black stripes confuse prey, making the creatures all but invisible to crabs and other victims: scim.ag/3FVL43z
The undulating black stripes confuse prey, making the creatures all but invisible to crabs and other victims: scim.ag/3FVL43z
April 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Science magazine on our latest work!
In Other Journals | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
In Other Journals
Editors’ selections from the current scientific literature
www.science.org
April 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
In Other Journals | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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In our latest paper, we describe how the passing-stripe hunting display of the broadclub cuttlefish camouflages the hunting predator during the final moments of the attack.
Read more here www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@drmartinjhow.bsky.social @jtroscianko.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
Read more here www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@drmartinjhow.bsky.social @jtroscianko.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
In our latest paper, we describe how the passing-stripe hunting display of the broadclub cuttlefish camouflages the hunting predator during the final moments of the attack.
Read more here www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@drmartinjhow.bsky.social @jtroscianko.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
Read more here www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@drmartinjhow.bsky.social @jtroscianko.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
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Absolutely buzzing that my paper with Daniel, describing our discovery of electroreception in caterpillars, has been awarded the @pnas.org Cozzarelli Prize for the best paper in its field published last year! I should make little medals for the caterpillars and wasps 🥇🐛🐝
www.pnas.org/post/update/...
www.pnas.org/post/update/...
2024 Cozzarelli Prize Recipients
The annual Cozzarelli Prize acknowledges papers that reflect scientific excellence and originality. The 2024 awardees will be recognized at an awards ceremony during the NAS Annual Meeting in April 20...
www.pnas.org
March 24, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Absolutely buzzing that my paper with Daniel, describing our discovery of electroreception in caterpillars, has been awarded the @pnas.org Cozzarelli Prize for the best paper in its field published last year! I should make little medals for the caterpillars and wasps 🥇🐛🐝
www.pnas.org/post/update/...
www.pnas.org/post/update/...
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Great @nytimes.com article on our latest cuttlefish study. Watch this space for more cuttlefish science soon!
@ecologyofvision.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social @drmartinjhow.bsky.social @vancedberg.bsky.social
@ecologyofvision.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social @drmartinjhow.bsky.social @vancedberg.bsky.social
What a Crab Sees Before It Gets Eaten by a Cuttlefish (Gift Article)
Cuttlefish use visual tricks to avoid being eaten. New research shows how they deploy similar camouflage to bamboozle their prey.
www.nytimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Great @nytimes.com article on our latest cuttlefish study. Watch this space for more cuttlefish science soon!
@ecologyofvision.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social @drmartinjhow.bsky.social @vancedberg.bsky.social
@ecologyofvision.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social @drmartinjhow.bsky.social @vancedberg.bsky.social
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New issue of Ecology chose one of my pictures as cover image. Amazing to see hunting broadclub on the cover!!
@drmartinjhow.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social @ecologyofvision.bsky.social
@drmartinjhow.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social @ecologyofvision.bsky.social
Cover Image
COVER PHOTO: A broadclub cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus) passes dark stripes downward over its head while approaching prey in the waters off Kri Island (Raja Ampat, Indonesia). By observing this species...
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March 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
New issue of Ecology chose one of my pictures as cover image. Amazing to see hunting broadclub on the cover!!
@drmartinjhow.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social @ecologyofvision.bsky.social
@drmartinjhow.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social @ecologyofvision.bsky.social
New Scientist video about our recent cuttlefish paper. @ecologyofvision.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social @matteosanton.bsky.social
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February 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
New Scientist video about our recent cuttlefish paper. @ecologyofvision.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social @matteosanton.bsky.social
Check out these amazing cuttlefish. Stealth hunting taken to the extreme!!!
First paper out on this incredible study system! We describe the remarkably different hunting displays used by the broadclub cuttlefish in the wild.
Paper: dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
Stay tuned for more!!
@drmartinjhow.bsky.social @vancedberg.bsky.social @ecologyofvision.bsky.social
Paper: dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
Stay tuned for more!!
@drmartinjhow.bsky.social @vancedberg.bsky.social @ecologyofvision.bsky.social
February 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Check out these amazing cuttlefish. Stealth hunting taken to the extreme!!!
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First paper out on this incredible study system! We describe the remarkably different hunting displays used by the broadclub cuttlefish in the wild.
Paper: dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
Stay tuned for more!!
@drmartinjhow.bsky.social @vancedberg.bsky.social @ecologyofvision.bsky.social
Paper: dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
Stay tuned for more!!
@drmartinjhow.bsky.social @vancedberg.bsky.social @ecologyofvision.bsky.social
February 19, 2025 at 9:16 AM
First paper out on this incredible study system! We describe the remarkably different hunting displays used by the broadclub cuttlefish in the wild.
Paper: dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
Stay tuned for more!!
@drmartinjhow.bsky.social @vancedberg.bsky.social @ecologyofvision.bsky.social
Paper: dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
Stay tuned for more!!
@drmartinjhow.bsky.social @vancedberg.bsky.social @ecologyofvision.bsky.social
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Job alert!
We seek to appoint a new Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology in the School of Biological Sciences, find out more at the link below!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
We seek to appoint a new Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology in the School of Biological Sciences, find out more at the link below!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
January 31, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Job alert!
We seek to appoint a new Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology in the School of Biological Sciences, find out more at the link below!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
We seek to appoint a new Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology in the School of Biological Sciences, find out more at the link below!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
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One week left to apply for these amazing TT positions at Stockholm University! Deadline Jan 20, 2025.
Come be my colleague! Three tenure track positions open at Stockholm University. Great start-up packages & environment for evolution and biodiversity research!
Anyone looking for an assistant professor position in biodiversity research? Not one but three positions available at Stockholm U:
www.su.se/department-o...
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January 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
One week left to apply for these amazing TT positions at Stockholm University! Deadline Jan 20, 2025.