Emma Whittington
@emmawhit.bsky.social
Leverhulme early career research fellow studying male-female postmating interactions and speciation at the Univeristy of St Andrews, UK. She/Her
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We are looking for a postdoc to join our group to work on an ERC funded project on avian reproductive microbiomes. nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
Please RT! #microbes #microbiomes #sparrows #postdoc
Please RT! #microbes #microbiomes #sparrows #postdoc
Postdoctoral researcher: avian microbiomes and reproduction
We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our team working on avian reproductive microbiomes at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) in the group of Dr. Melissah Rowe. The postd...
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July 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
We are looking for a postdoc to join our group to work on an ERC funded project on avian reproductive microbiomes. nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
Please RT! #microbes #microbiomes #sparrows #postdoc
Please RT! #microbes #microbiomes #sparrows #postdoc
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Looking for a PhD project on sexual selection? Join us at UZH!
Application deadline: 9 June 2025.
jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
Application deadline: 9 June 2025.
jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
May 27, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Looking for a PhD project on sexual selection? Join us at UZH!
Application deadline: 9 June 2025.
jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
Application deadline: 9 June 2025.
jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
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Come postdoc in Oslo! 3 years. You design the project! Get in touch with me or others at our museum! Deadline 23 june www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... share and repost !
Postdoctoral Fellow: Self-Developed Project (280531) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow: Self-Developed Project (280531), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, June 23, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
May 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Come postdoc in Oslo! 3 years. You design the project! Get in touch with me or others at our museum! Deadline 23 june www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... share and repost !
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PhD position alert! Fully-funded PhD in my group to work on avian reproductive microbiomes and immunity. Please RT! Deadline June 29th, reach out for more information. #microbiomes #sparrows #spermbiology
April 30, 2025 at 7:06 AM
PhD position alert! Fully-funded PhD in my group to work on avian reproductive microbiomes and immunity. Please RT! Deadline June 29th, reach out for more information. #microbiomes #sparrows #spermbiology
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I have 2️⃣ postdoc positions advertised at the Swedish Museum of Natural History:
Postdoc on "Theory of adaptive radiation"
recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a...
Postdoc on "Homoploid Hybrid Plant Genome Evolution"
recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a...
I have 2️⃣ postdoc positions advertised at the Swedish Museum of Natural History:
Postdoc on "Theory of adaptive radiation"
recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a...
Postdoc on "Homoploid Hybrid Plant Genome Evolution"
recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a...
April 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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I have 2️⃣ postdoc positions advertised at the Swedish Museum of Natural History:
Postdoc on "Theory of adaptive radiation"
recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a...
Postdoc on "Homoploid Hybrid Plant Genome Evolution"
recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a...
I have 2️⃣ postdoc positions advertised at the Swedish Museum of Natural History:
Postdoc on "Theory of adaptive radiation"
recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a...
Postdoc on "Homoploid Hybrid Plant Genome Evolution"
recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a...
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Today is International Transgender Day of Visibility.
There’s much to do everywhere so that trans and non-binary people can live without fear.
Our single point of reflection is this:
what’s your organisation doing to support trans+ people?
There’s much to do everywhere so that trans and non-binary people can live without fear.
Our single point of reflection is this:
what’s your organisation doing to support trans+ people?
March 31, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Today is International Transgender Day of Visibility.
There’s much to do everywhere so that trans and non-binary people can live without fear.
Our single point of reflection is this:
what’s your organisation doing to support trans+ people?
There’s much to do everywhere so that trans and non-binary people can live without fear.
Our single point of reflection is this:
what’s your organisation doing to support trans+ people?
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Pleased to say that @asn-amnat.bsky.social The American Society of Naturalists (and its journal, The American Naturalist) are closing their X account down. If you aren't already following @asn-amnat.bsky.social for great science in evolution, ecology, and organismal biology, do so.
March 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Pleased to say that @asn-amnat.bsky.social The American Society of Naturalists (and its journal, The American Naturalist) are closing their X account down. If you aren't already following @asn-amnat.bsky.social for great science in evolution, ecology, and organismal biology, do so.
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PAPER ALERT: Inbreeding can be detrimental causing inbreeding depression resulting in lower fitness. Here, we track its consequences on sperm, testes, body, lifespan in a 🪲 doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
#mattgage @jevbio.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @uniofexeteresi.bsky.social
#mattgage @jevbio.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @uniofexeteresi.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 8:36 PM
PAPER ALERT: Inbreeding can be detrimental causing inbreeding depression resulting in lower fitness. Here, we track its consequences on sperm, testes, body, lifespan in a 🪲 doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
#mattgage @jevbio.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @uniofexeteresi.bsky.social
#mattgage @jevbio.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @uniofexeteresi.bsky.social
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The Biology Anti-racism Committee hosted the first Decolonising Science Public Lecture at St Andrews yesterday. Prof. Joseph Graves spoke about the science of 'race' and racism, with a focus on how racism, not 'race', causes medical disparities. Thanks @gravesjl55.bsky.social for a great talk!
Thanks to Joseph Graves for giving a terrific talk on race and racism, in the inaugural Decolonizing Science public lecture at St Andrews today.
Thanks too to everyone who attended, either in person or online.
Picture shows Kalyani Twyman introducing Joe
Thanks too to everyone who attended, either in person or online.
Picture shows Kalyani Twyman introducing Joe
March 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The Biology Anti-racism Committee hosted the first Decolonising Science Public Lecture at St Andrews yesterday. Prof. Joseph Graves spoke about the science of 'race' and racism, with a focus on how racism, not 'race', causes medical disparities. Thanks @gravesjl55.bsky.social for a great talk!
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Sperm mtDNA Copy Number Is Not Associated With Midpiece Size Among Songbirds | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶
March 4, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Sperm mtDNA Copy Number Is Not Associated With Midpiece Size Among Songbirds | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶
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Briefly putting on my hat as @asn-amnat.bsky.social President: The ASN Council has just distributed an updated message to the American Society of Naturalists members with information about actions that can be undertaken to advocate for science, and scientists, within the US:
February 26, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Briefly putting on my hat as @asn-amnat.bsky.social President: The ASN Council has just distributed an updated message to the American Society of Naturalists members with information about actions that can be undertaken to advocate for science, and scientists, within the US:
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Excited for a day of talks and posters at the Scottish Fly Meeting! Held in a beautiful old anatomy lecture hall, and the bathrooms are “past the elephant skeletons”. Thanks Jenny and Barry for organising!
February 21, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Excited for a day of talks and posters at the Scottish Fly Meeting! Held in a beautiful old anatomy lecture hall, and the bathrooms are “past the elephant skeletons”. Thanks Jenny and Barry for organising!
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SSE is pleased to offer free virtual #Evol2025 registration to all SSE members residing in 152 countries and territories around the world including India, Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia. Sign up for your free registration code today! https://buff.ly/4hK08PZ @evolmtg.bsky.social
February 20, 2025 at 8:22 AM
SSE is pleased to offer free virtual #Evol2025 registration to all SSE members residing in 152 countries and territories around the world including India, Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia. Sign up for your free registration code today! https://buff.ly/4hK08PZ @evolmtg.bsky.social
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Letter from the SSE/SSB/ASN councils on the scientific understanding of sex and gender, pls RT
Letter to the US President and Congress on the Scientific Understanding of Sex and Gender
President Donald J Trump Washington, DC Members of the US Congress Washington, DC February 5, 2025 RE: Scientific Understanding of Sex and Gender Dear President Trump and Members of the US Congr...
www.evolutionsociety.org
February 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Letter from the SSE/SSB/ASN councils on the scientific understanding of sex and gender, pls RT
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The Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) is looking for a research assistant. You will work in a group primarily focused on understanding the ecological and evolutionary causes and effects of variation in avian microbiomes. Read more and apply by 24 February: nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
February 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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@asn-amnat.bsky.social has an open call for proposals for a symposium in the Virtual Evolution meeting. It would be especially nice to get proposals that go against current US political trends: on climate, education, underrepresented voices, etc. give someone a lift up.
February 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
@asn-amnat.bsky.social has an open call for proposals for a symposium in the Virtual Evolution meeting. It would be especially nice to get proposals that go against current US political trends: on climate, education, underrepresented voices, etc. give someone a lift up.
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Looking for recommendations for PhD level courses (in Europe/UK) on microbiomes and shotgun metagenomics for animal microbiomes. Have you or your PhD done a course and would recommend it? Then I would love to hear about it!
January 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Looking for recommendations for PhD level courses (in Europe/UK) on microbiomes and shotgun metagenomics for animal microbiomes. Have you or your PhD done a course and would recommend it? Then I would love to hear about it!
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Hey BlueSkyers, we’re finalizing a #meta-analysis 📚 on comparative studies examining the link between #SexualSelection and #Speciation. If you have unpublished data or know of studies that might not surface in a systematic search, please reach out - we’d love to include them!
Please share!
Please share!
December 20, 2024 at 8:55 AM
Hey BlueSkyers, we’re finalizing a #meta-analysis 📚 on comparative studies examining the link between #SexualSelection and #Speciation. If you have unpublished data or know of studies that might not surface in a systematic search, please reach out - we’d love to include them!
Please share!
Please share!
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The life of each of us began when a sperm and an egg came together. But what happens at a molecular level?
Our latest work in Cell led by @vdeneke.bsky.social & Andreas Blaha reveals a conserved fertilization complex that bridges sperm and egg in vertebrates! (1/11)
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Our latest work in Cell led by @vdeneke.bsky.social & Andreas Blaha reveals a conserved fertilization complex that bridges sperm and egg in vertebrates! (1/11)
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
December 13, 2024 at 7:43 PM
The life of each of us began when a sperm and an egg came together. But what happens at a molecular level?
Our latest work in Cell led by @vdeneke.bsky.social & Andreas Blaha reveals a conserved fertilization complex that bridges sperm and egg in vertebrates! (1/11)
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Our latest work in Cell led by @vdeneke.bsky.social & Andreas Blaha reveals a conserved fertilization complex that bridges sperm and egg in vertebrates! (1/11)
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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PhD opportunity in St Andrews on plasmids, antibiotics and defence systems, in collaboration with Helen Alexander in Edinburgh. Funding via BBSRC EastBio, please share & pass on to anyone interested! #microsky🦠🧫🧬
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
December 11, 2024 at 5:00 PM
PhD opportunity in St Andrews on plasmids, antibiotics and defence systems, in collaboration with Helen Alexander in Edinburgh. Funding via BBSRC EastBio, please share & pass on to anyone interested! #microsky🦠🧫🧬
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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🎉Early Career Researcher Symposium🎉
We're looking for papers from across the field that speak to any aspects of the history of natural history by doctoral and early-career researchers across the globe.
🗓️ Deadline: 16 December
Find out more & how to submit a proposal 👇
shnh.org.uk/news/call-fo...
We're looking for papers from across the field that speak to any aspects of the history of natural history by doctoral and early-career researchers across the globe.
🗓️ Deadline: 16 December
Find out more & how to submit a proposal 👇
shnh.org.uk/news/call-fo...
December 9, 2024 at 7:59 PM
🎉Early Career Researcher Symposium🎉
We're looking for papers from across the field that speak to any aspects of the history of natural history by doctoral and early-career researchers across the globe.
🗓️ Deadline: 16 December
Find out more & how to submit a proposal 👇
shnh.org.uk/news/call-fo...
We're looking for papers from across the field that speak to any aspects of the history of natural history by doctoral and early-career researchers across the globe.
🗓️ Deadline: 16 December
Find out more & how to submit a proposal 👇
shnh.org.uk/news/call-fo...
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We have a postdoc position available in the lab on post-copulatory barriers in hybridizing crickets. We have genomic data ready to be analyzed and crickets ready for experiments. This is a great collaborative group and a study system with a lot of potential for new projects. Join us!
November 20, 2024 at 3:14 PM
We have a postdoc position available in the lab on post-copulatory barriers in hybridizing crickets. We have genomic data ready to be analyzed and crickets ready for experiments. This is a great collaborative group and a study system with a lot of potential for new projects. Join us!
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Science takes time - a lot of time. Time that is more and more difficult to make available because of increased workloads. Time that exceeds the temporary contracts of postdocs and PhDs.
I'll illustrate this using our paper published in Nature yesterday. 🧵 (1/x)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I'll illustrate this using our paper published in Nature yesterday. 🧵 (1/x)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events - Nature
Soils from 30 grasslands across Europe were subjected to 4 contrasting extreme climatic events under drought, flood, freezing and heat conditions, with the results suggesting that soil microbiomes fro...
www.nature.com
November 28, 2024 at 11:32 AM
Science takes time - a lot of time. Time that is more and more difficult to make available because of increased workloads. Time that exceeds the temporary contracts of postdocs and PhDs.
I'll illustrate this using our paper published in Nature yesterday. 🧵 (1/x)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I'll illustrate this using our paper published in Nature yesterday. 🧵 (1/x)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Looking to upgrade my microscope camera! I currently have a 1.5MP camera designed for sperm tracking, which isn't great for taking nice images of sperm. I'd like to get one with better resolution (maybe >5MP) and at least 30fps. Any favorite models? Ones to avoid?
March 28, 2024 at 6:37 PM
Looking to upgrade my microscope camera! I currently have a 1.5MP camera designed for sperm tracking, which isn't great for taking nice images of sperm. I'd like to get one with better resolution (maybe >5MP) and at least 30fps. Any favorite models? Ones to avoid?