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Doctoral Training Programme funded by @UKRI.org. Delivering
excellence in interdisciplinary PhD training for future leaders across the full spectrum of environmental science.
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Iapetus DTP @iapetusdtp.bsky.social · Nov 29
PhDs being offered across the Iapetus DTP for an October 2025 start:
www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

Please broadcast details of our Diversifying Talent Scholarship scheme too:
www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

@ukri.org #BlackAFinSTEM #firstgen
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biologicalrecording.co.uk
Want to get better at reviewing & classifying camera trap footage? 📹

Join our webinar on 19 Mar 2026 (£12.50) with Dr Sammy Mason ( @mammalweb.bsky.social ) covering species ID, using MammalWeb, data processing + sharing results.

Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1818786642...
Classifying Camera Trap Footage
Learn to review, identify and classify footage, manage data, and share camera trap findings through MammalWeb.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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ruedinager.bsky.social
How are movement patterns affected by energy expenditure & gain, and what does it mean for fitness? This @iapetusdtp.bsky.social PhD opportunity will use data on movement & demography of kittiwakes & spatio-temporal food abundance across their range

iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...

#ornithology
November 4, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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tjohnwainwright.bsky.social
Anyone interested in a PhD project modelling resilience of dryland ecosystems in a changing climate, led by @ecogeo.bsky.social and with @blindmath.bsky.social, Denis Patterson and Roy Sanderson, please apply to our
@iapetusdtp.bsky.social PhD position iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
A composite image of vegetation change at the Sevilleta LTER site in New Mexico USA, illustrating how grass landscapes on the left of the image are progressively invaded by shrubs, leading to a shrub-dominated landscape on the right. Image by John Wainwright
November 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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egu-ssp.bsky.social
#PhD #Job Alert!
Interested in #sedimentary processes & #turbidity currents? ..then consider applying for this exciting post as a part of @iapetusdtp.bsky.social, based in @newcastleuni.bsky.social.

For more details visit - iapetus.ac.uk/studentships... or Dr Sanem Acikalin
November 3, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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ruth-wright.bsky.social
Super interesting talks by Sonam Rinzin and Mark Pitt at this week's @iapetusdtp.bsky.social seminar! Lovely to hear from colleagues about completely different environmental topics :)
November 2, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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blindmath.bsky.social
We're advertising an @iapetusdtp.bsky.social PhD position on modelling ecosystem resilience/vegetation patterning with @ecogeo.bsky.social, Denis Patterson, Roy Sanderson, and John Wainright! Keen to chat with anyone trained in geography/maths/ecology/physics etc.

iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Mathematical modelling of Ecosystem Resilience in a Changing Climate
iapetus.ac.uk
October 31, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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palaeoisotopes.bsky.social
A new @iapetusdtp.bsky.social funded PhD opportunity based at @newcastleuni.bsky.social @ncl-geography.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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rspbscience.bsky.social
New PhD opportunity:

Balancing the trade-offs between conservation and restoration in woodland creation and wader protection

Details here: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...

@chrissuthy.bsky.social
@ps-wildlife-res.bsky.social
@naturescot.bsky.social
@rspbscience.bsky.social

📷Ben Andrew
A solitary Lapwing stands in the grass.
October 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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drstevenmwhite.bsky.social
Are you interested in doing a PhD in modelling Aedes-borne disease control? We are offering a fully funded studentship at @ukceh.bsky.social , with @uofglasgow.bsky.social and ALTOPICTUS, via @iapetusdtp.bsky.social. Open to UK nationals and overseas students.

iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Modelling vector control for Aedes-borne arboviruses
iapetus.ac.uk
October 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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iceybethan.bsky.social
Delighted to be advertising an exciting PhD opportunity on South Georgia's glaciers through @iapetusdtp.bsky.social. Please get in touch if you want to discuss and forward to any interested parties! iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
The glaciers of South Georgia from the 1950s to 2100 CE
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October 27, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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mattdoesscience.bsky.social
Returning home from a lovely trip to Durham (where I was a student back in the olden days). Had a fab time as always with @iapetusdtp.bsky.social doing Presentation 101. A very informal session in a very fancy building!
Matt pulling a funny face in front of the beautiful red brickwork of Old Shire Hall, Durham. The tiled interior of Old Shire Hall The fancy staircase in Old Shire Hall.
October 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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durhamglaciology.bsky.social
📣 We are advertising a range of glaciology/polar PhD projects at @geogdurham.bsky.social funded by @iapetusdtp.bsky.social. ❄️ For more information on these projects, and info on eligibility, support for under-represented groups, and how to apply, visit durhamglaciology.wordpress.com/opportunities/
Opportunities
PhD scholarships We are currently advertising a range of glaciology/polar-related projects (listed below) funded by the 2026/27 IAPETUS DTP studentship competition. For information on funding, elig…
durhamglaciology.wordpress.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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cosmokeir.bsky.social
Applications are now open for a Glasgow-based Iapetus DTP project centred on using in situ 14C to study glacier histories in East Antarctica! tinyurl.com/3ddvynn2 @stever60.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social @iapetusdtp.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk
A person standing on a moraine which is in front of a mountain. The mountain is in East Antarctica, with a small glacier between the mountain and moraine. The person is using a saw to collect a rock sample from the surface of a boulder on top of the moraine. A photo taken from a mountain in East Antarctica, with moraines and blue ice in the foreground, and the vast East Antarctic Ice Sheet extending to the horizon. Some small mountains (nunataks) are poking out above the surface of the ice sheet at varying distances.
October 9, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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stever60.bsky.social
Applications are now open for this years’ BAS Iapetus PhD projects … including one working on our Big Thaw project investigating extreme precipitation in Nepal from sediment core and climate data - more details in this link @iapetusdtp.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk

iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Photo of Lake Tilicio in Nepal with an inset core showing our team collecting sediment cores from the lake
October 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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jasonisotopes.bsky.social
Feathered Witnesses: Unravelling the Impact of Habitat Loss on Neotropical Avifauna with Stable Isotope Analysis - an @iapetusdtp.bsky.social PhD Opportunity: with me, @dmevans.bsky.social, Elisa Fuentes-Montemayor and Luis Fabio Silveiro. iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Feathered Witnesses: Unravelling the Impact of Habitat Loss on Neotropical Avifauna with Stable Isotope Analysis
iapetus.ac.uk
October 8, 2025 at 8:52 AM
iapetusdtp.bsky.social
Great paper by Sandeep Tegar and colleagues. Thanks to @ukri.org for funding!
October 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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stever60.bsky.social
New exciting new global lake sediment temperature calibration paper and dataset by @geochemem.bsky.social, including the first 5- and 6-methyl brGDGTs measured in lake sediments from Antarctica - eg Fan Lake. See link for details:
doi.org/10.1016/j.qu...

@bas.ac.uk @iapetusdtp.bsky.social
A map of the world showing the locations of over 400 lakes whose surface sediments were analysed for biomarker compounds called branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) are a group of temperature-sensitive membrane lipids found in bacteria that have been widely used in palaeo-temperature reconstruction. The paper expands existing calibration datasets, and evaluates calibration models constructed using a range of statistical modelling approaches A slide showing Fan Lake on Annenkov Island near South Georgia - sediments from the surface of a core taken from the bottom of the lake were analysed along with sediments from over 400 lakes around the world the construct a new global calibration model which can be used to reconstruct past changes in lake sediments over thousands of years
September 19, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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ruth-wright.bsky.social
Fantastic @iapetusdtp.bsky.social training and induction session last week - lovely to meet the new cohort and explore #Durham and its many bookshops!
October 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
iapetusdtp.bsky.social
Huge congratulations to Iapetus alumna Hazel Cooley on the award of the @newcastleuni.bsky.social Doctoral College Thesis Prize for her thesis on Chronic bee paralysis virus spillover and impacts. The award recognises outstanding research achievement and contribution to a research area/discipline.
Hazel doing fieldwork in Argentina
June 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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stever60.bsky.social
A huge thanks to everyone at @sceneuog.bsky.social for hosting us - in particular Prof. Colin Adams for his phenomenal support, & Iain Geldard - we couldn’t have done it without both of you! Jodie Geldard did an amazing job organising the whole trip as part of her @iapetusdtp.bsky.social PhD
SCENE University of Glasgow research centre where we were based - photo shows the road leading up to the wooden building through the forest Collection of sediment cores taken from Loch Lomond over the last 2 weeks strapped into the van for transport to BAS and Southampton for analysis as part of Jodie Geldard’s Iapetus DTP PhD with University of Stirling Final day lunch at the oldest pub in Scotland, the Clachan with Colin Adams, Iain Geldard, Tom Bradwell, and Jodie Geldard (not in photo) Selfie With Tom Bradwell outside the sign for the Clachan in Drymen, the oldest pub in Scotland (apparently)
June 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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stever60.bsky.social
Some pictures from the last couple of weeks lake sediment coring on Loch Lomond with @iapetusdtp.bsky.social
Loch Lomond at sunset with coring rig moored in sheltered bay at SCENE university of Glasgow research centre Loch Lomond view from the southern basin across to Ben Lomond Collecting cores in the middle of Loch Lomond - 4 people capping a surface core retrieved for potential fish eDNA analysis Early morning calm on Loch Lomond
June 27, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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stever60.bsky.social
That's all for Loch Lomond coring: 12 cores collected in 10 days, 2 gravel layers reached and lots of very fine grey clay in between! @iapetusdtp.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk
June 27, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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bmwildermuth.bsky.social
Postdoc Job offer for Arthropod Ecologists 🪲🕷️

Michael Staab @leuphana.bsky.social offers a 3 year postdoc starting in October latest.
Arthropod diversity, interactions & functions in different research programs, e.g. @bexplo.bsky.social

Apply by June 19th

www.leuphana.de/en/universit...
June 8, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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profkathrynelmer.bsky.social
great work by Nic Strowbridge in the PhD homestretch, bringing together a wide literature and range of species. How does methylation relate to colouration and what do we need to test next? @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @iapetusdtp.bsky.social
cp-trendsgenetics.bsky.social Trends in Genetics @cp-trendsgenetics.bsky.social · May 28
Online Now! A new Review:

Contributions of epigenomic and epitranscriptomic methylation to animal colouration
by Nicholas Strowbridge, David R. Vieites, Michael G. Ritchie, & Kathryn R. Elmer (@profkathrynelmer.bsky.social)

authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
Figure 1. Example of the effect of region-specific methylation in DNA and RNA.
May 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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byteseu.bsky.social
Invasive species cost Britain more than any other country

https://www.byteseu.com/1046902/

Britain has topped a global list for damage caused by invasive species, with various types of moth, beetle, water hyacinth and wild boar causing more than £1 trillion of damage since 1960, up to eight …
Invasive species cost Britain more than any other country - Bytes Europe
Britain has topped a global list for damage caused by invasive species, with various types of moth, beetle, water hyacinth and wild boar causing more than £1
www.byteseu.com
May 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM