Juan A. Balbuena
@jabalbuena.bsky.social
Zoologist, ICBiBE, Univ. Valencia. Marine parasites, ecology, phylogeny & coevolution. Polyglot swimmer, R geek, dangerous dissenter.
China moves to attract top young talent doi.org/10.1038/d415...
China’s new scientist visa is a ‘serious bid’ for the world’s top talent
The country is easing migration for young researchers to boost its competitiveness in artificial intelligence, robotics and new materials.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:53 AM
China moves to attract top young talent doi.org/10.1038/d415...
Resulta especialmente indignante que a estas alturas (Nov. 2026) la Generalitat Valenciana empiece a elaborar un registro de expertos en I+D aplicada a emergencias. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Expertos en I+D+i aplicada a Emergencias en la Comunitat Valenciana
La Conselleria de Emergencias e Interior de la Generalitat Valenciana y la Red de Universidades Valencianas para el Fomento de la I+D+i (RUVID) están en proceso de elaboración de la Estrategia de Inve...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Resulta especialmente indignante que a estas alturas (Nov. 2026) la Generalitat Valenciana empiece a elaborar un registro de expertos en I+D aplicada a emergencias. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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I'll spare you my own comments, just two excerpts to entice you to read it
"typical sample size of an ecological correlation coefficient has decreased slowly since WW II"
"median sample size of ... 16 000+ correlation coefficients is just 30 observations"
doi.org/10.1002/oik....
"typical sample size of an ecological correlation coefficient has decreased slowly since WW II"
"median sample size of ... 16 000+ correlation coefficients is just 30 observations"
doi.org/10.1002/oik....
The sample size of the typical ecological correlation coefficient is small and slowly declining
Larger sample sizes are desirable because they minimize sampling error. However, they are not the only desideratum, and it is unknown if sample sizes in ecology trade off with other desiderata. Here ...
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October 23, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I'll spare you my own comments, just two excerpts to entice you to read it
"typical sample size of an ecological correlation coefficient has decreased slowly since WW II"
"median sample size of ... 16 000+ correlation coefficients is just 30 observations"
doi.org/10.1002/oik....
"typical sample size of an ecological correlation coefficient has decreased slowly since WW II"
"median sample size of ... 16 000+ correlation coefficients is just 30 observations"
doi.org/10.1002/oik....
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"Conserving the forgotten" - @jabalbuena.bsky.social shares why IMPACT is relevant to the Neotropics. #XIIICOPANEO
October 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
"Conserving the forgotten" - @jabalbuena.bsky.social shares why IMPACT is relevant to the Neotropics. #XIIICOPANEO
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ESTO ES IMPORTANTÍSIMO
Euskadi suspende la campaña de la pesca de la angula ante la situación crítica de la especie
Un paso crucial para lo conservación de la anguila, tomada en el territorio donde su consumo tiene más arraigo
@miteco.gob.es y otras CCAA, os toca
www.europapress.es/euskadi/noti...
Euskadi suspende la campaña de la pesca de la angula ante la situación crítica de la especie
Un paso crucial para lo conservación de la anguila, tomada en el territorio donde su consumo tiene más arraigo
@miteco.gob.es y otras CCAA, os toca
www.europapress.es/euskadi/noti...
Gobierno Vasco suspende la campaña de la pesca de la angula de 2025-2026 ante la situación "crítica" de la especie
El Departamento de Alimentación, Desarrollo Rural, Agricultura y Pesca del Gobierno Vasco se ha reunido...
www.europapress.es
October 3, 2025 at 9:34 AM
ESTO ES IMPORTANTÍSIMO
Euskadi suspende la campaña de la pesca de la angula ante la situación crítica de la especie
Un paso crucial para lo conservación de la anguila, tomada en el territorio donde su consumo tiene más arraigo
@miteco.gob.es y otras CCAA, os toca
www.europapress.es/euskadi/noti...
Euskadi suspende la campaña de la pesca de la angula ante la situación crítica de la especie
Un paso crucial para lo conservación de la anguila, tomada en el territorio donde su consumo tiene más arraigo
@miteco.gob.es y otras CCAA, os toca
www.europapress.es/euskadi/noti...
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Biennial Meeting of the Spanish Society of Evolutionary Biology
21-23 January 2026, Valencia, @sesbe-org.bsky.social
sesbe2026.es
🧪 #ecoevo #evosky #evolbio
@uv.es @ucciuv.bsky.social @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social @ibmcp.bsky.social @dicv.csic.es @sibecol.bsky.social @raciencias.bsky.social
21-23 January 2026, Valencia, @sesbe-org.bsky.social
sesbe2026.es
🧪 #ecoevo #evosky #evolbio
@uv.es @ucciuv.bsky.social @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social @ibmcp.bsky.social @dicv.csic.es @sibecol.bsky.social @raciencias.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Biennial Meeting of the Spanish Society of Evolutionary Biology
21-23 January 2026, Valencia, @sesbe-org.bsky.social
sesbe2026.es
🧪 #ecoevo #evosky #evolbio
@uv.es @ucciuv.bsky.social @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social @ibmcp.bsky.social @dicv.csic.es @sibecol.bsky.social @raciencias.bsky.social
21-23 January 2026, Valencia, @sesbe-org.bsky.social
sesbe2026.es
🧪 #ecoevo #evosky #evolbio
@uv.es @ucciuv.bsky.social @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social @ibmcp.bsky.social @dicv.csic.es @sibecol.bsky.social @raciencias.bsky.social
Are there left-handed octopuses? Read to find out www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/s... 🧪
Building an Octopus Dictionary, One Arm Movement at a Time
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September 16, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Are there left-handed octopuses? Read to find out www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/s... 🧪
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Cover of the new issue of Evolution Letters @evolletters.bsky.social featuring our stickleback-tapeworm paper. academic.oup.com/evlett
What happens to immunity and infection prevalence in the 50 years after a host invades a new location
What happens to immunity and infection prevalence in the 50 years after a host invades a new location
September 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Cover of the new issue of Evolution Letters @evolletters.bsky.social featuring our stickleback-tapeworm paper. academic.oup.com/evlett
What happens to immunity and infection prevalence in the 50 years after a host invades a new location
What happens to immunity and infection prevalence in the 50 years after a host invades a new location
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Very happy to announce our latest paper examining the role of small omnivorous-detritivorous invasive fish. Extremely fruitful collaboration with 🇧🇷 colleagues 🧪
doi.org/10.1007/s105...
doi.org/10.1007/s105...
Community and species-level responses to two invasive small cichlids in neotropical reservoirs - Biological Invasions
Disruptions caused by omnivorous-detritivorous invasive species can be significant and impact on key ecological services, but they are often less studied than those caused by predator species. In Neot...
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September 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Very happy to announce our latest paper examining the role of small omnivorous-detritivorous invasive fish. Extremely fruitful collaboration with 🇧🇷 colleagues 🧪
doi.org/10.1007/s105...
doi.org/10.1007/s105...
If I had read this in a science fiction book, I would have thought it was too far-fetched: Ants of different species share a mother. 😮https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-02807-0 🧪
‘Almost unimaginable’: these ants are different species but share a mother
Ant queens of one species clone ants of another to create hybrid workers that do their bidding.
doi.org
September 5, 2025 at 7:30 AM
If I had read this in a science fiction book, I would have thought it was too far-fetched: Ants of different species share a mother. 😮https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-02807-0 🧪
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Very pleased to announce our latest study on cryptic diversity within Monogenea lead by 🇧🇷 colleagues 🧪
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Unveiling hidden diversity in Cosmetocleithrum (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae) from thorny catfishes (Doradidae) endemic to South America: Two new species, morphological variation, and molecular phylog...
The Cosmetocleithrum represents the most diverse group of monogenoids parasitizing Neotropical doradid catfishes. In this study, based on morphologica…
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September 5, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Very pleased to announce our latest study on cryptic diversity within Monogenea lead by 🇧🇷 colleagues 🧪
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
European Commission consultation on whether EU environmental laws should be simplified. Presenting simplification as a technical objective makes it easier to reduce the ambition and effectiveness of regulations. Support the Spanish Society of Ornithology's #SEO initiative 👇
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No permitas que la UE derribe la protección de la naturaleza - SEO/BirdLife
No permitas que se derriben en la UE las normas de protección de la naturaleza. Haz que tu voz esté presente participando con nosotros.
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September 5, 2025 at 7:02 AM
European Commission consultation on whether EU environmental laws should be simplified. Presenting simplification as a technical objective makes it easier to reduce the ambition and effectiveness of regulations. Support the Spanish Society of Ornithology's #SEO initiative 👇
seo.org/no-permitas-...
seo.org/no-permitas-...
Consulta de la Comisión Europea para preguntar si las leyes ambientales de la UE deberían simplificarse. Presentar la simplificación como un objetivo técnico facilita la reducción de la ambición y la eficacia de las normativas. Apoya la iniciativa de la #SEO 👇
seo.org/no-permitas-...
seo.org/no-permitas-...
No permitas que la UE derribe la protección de la naturaleza - SEO/BirdLife
No permitas que se derriben en la UE las normas de protección de la naturaleza. Haz que tu voz esté presente participando con nosotros.
seo.org
September 5, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Consulta de la Comisión Europea para preguntar si las leyes ambientales de la UE deberían simplificarse. Presentar la simplificación como un objetivo técnico facilita la reducción de la ambición y la eficacia de las normativas. Apoya la iniciativa de la #SEO 👇
seo.org/no-permitas-...
seo.org/no-permitas-...
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*Postdoc in Evolutionary genomics at Stockholm University*
We are recruiting a postdoc for a large interdisciplinary project to investigate evolutionary drivers and genomic consequences of pollen evolution in response to pollination mode shifts in flowering plants. 1/5
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We are recruiting a postdoc for a large interdisciplinary project to investigate evolutionary drivers and genomic consequences of pollen evolution in response to pollination mode shifts in flowering plants. 1/5
su.varbi.com/what:job/job...
September 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
*Postdoc in Evolutionary genomics at Stockholm University*
We are recruiting a postdoc for a large interdisciplinary project to investigate evolutionary drivers and genomic consequences of pollen evolution in response to pollination mode shifts in flowering plants. 1/5
su.varbi.com/what:job/job...
We are recruiting a postdoc for a large interdisciplinary project to investigate evolutionary drivers and genomic consequences of pollen evolution in response to pollination mode shifts in flowering plants. 1/5
su.varbi.com/what:job/job...
Research seems to do better on Bluesky doi.org/10.1038/d415... 🧪
Research posts on Bluesky are more original — and get better engagement
Bluesky posts about science garner more likes and reposts than similar ones on X.
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September 1, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Research seems to do better on Bluesky doi.org/10.1038/d415... 🧪
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Museums aren’t just collections — they’re classrooms. 🦋🏛️
@corriemoreau.bsky.social's #Scopes100 talk shows how exhibits make #evolution accessible & engaging.
https://loom.ly/vFnwcRo
@ncse.bsky.social
@corriemoreau.bsky.social's #Scopes100 talk shows how exhibits make #evolution accessible & engaging.
https://loom.ly/vFnwcRo
@ncse.bsky.social
August 27, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Museums aren’t just collections — they’re classrooms. 🦋🏛️
@corriemoreau.bsky.social's #Scopes100 talk shows how exhibits make #evolution accessible & engaging.
https://loom.ly/vFnwcRo
@ncse.bsky.social
@corriemoreau.bsky.social's #Scopes100 talk shows how exhibits make #evolution accessible & engaging.
https://loom.ly/vFnwcRo
@ncse.bsky.social
Bricks help save frogs from the brink of extinction. doi.org/10.1038/d415... 🧪
A sit in the sauna can save endangered frogs
Anthony Waddle’s unconventional approach resulted in a stunningly practical solution to fight a deadly fungal infection.
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August 21, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Bricks help save frogs from the brink of extinction. doi.org/10.1038/d415... 🧪
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Doctoral position on genomic basis of Fucus (brown algal) local adaptation - join our exciting #Fubluc team! Fully funded for 3.5 years & we also consider candidates with strong molecular or bioinformatic skillls but no marine / algal experience, see www.geomar.de/en/karriere/...
August 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Doctoral position on genomic basis of Fucus (brown algal) local adaptation - join our exciting #Fubluc team! Fully funded for 3.5 years & we also consider candidates with strong molecular or bioinformatic skillls but no marine / algal experience, see www.geomar.de/en/karriere/...
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Horizon Europe budget to double, but €68B will remain in Competitiveness Fund
🧪 #AcademicSky
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🧪 #AcademicSky
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Horizon Europe budget to double, but €68B will remain in Competitiveness Fund
The proposal for the next Horizon Europe is in, with funding increases all round, including a tripling of the budget for the EU’s innovation scheme, the European Innovation Council (EIC).The European ...
sciencebusiness.net
July 18, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Horizon Europe budget to double, but €68B will remain in Competitiveness Fund
🧪 #AcademicSky
sciencebusiness.net/news/plannin...
🧪 #AcademicSky
sciencebusiness.net/news/plannin...
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🌍🪱 Biological invasions shake ecosystems—and parasites play a key role. Our chapter dives into invasive parasites, their mechanisms (e.g. spillover, enemy release) & their impact on aquatic hosts. @davidwthieltges.bsky.social Rosa Jolma & Daki Diaz-Morales📘 doi.org/10.1007/978-... #Parasites
July 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
🌍🪱 Biological invasions shake ecosystems—and parasites play a key role. Our chapter dives into invasive parasites, their mechanisms (e.g. spillover, enemy release) & their impact on aquatic hosts. @davidwthieltges.bsky.social Rosa Jolma & Daki Diaz-Morales📘 doi.org/10.1007/978-... #Parasites
Excited to announce the publication of the 2nd chapter of Mar Llaberia-Robledillo's thesis in Mol Ecol! Countless hrs. of bioinformatics work paid-off: Inferred demografic history of parasites correlate with postglacial environmental changes. We are entering the age of parasite genomics! 🧪
New paper in the lab. doi.org/10.1111/mec....
July 17, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Excited to announce the publication of the 2nd chapter of Mar Llaberia-Robledillo's thesis in Mol Ecol! Countless hrs. of bioinformatics work paid-off: Inferred demografic history of parasites correlate with postglacial environmental changes. We are entering the age of parasite genomics! 🧪
...Trump NIH priorities, such as for example, the healing power of orange maggots? doi.org/10.1038/d415...
Exclusive: NIH to dismiss dozens of grant reviewers to align with Trump priorities
The move would undo years of work, leaving advisory councils understaffed, and without the full expertise needed for reviews.
doi.org
July 17, 2025 at 7:35 AM
...Trump NIH priorities, such as for example, the healing power of orange maggots? doi.org/10.1038/d415...
Integrity has been at the core throughout my career. Well, that's explains why I'm a nobody, right? doi.org/10.1038/d415...
Scientists hide messages in papers to game AI peer review
Some studies containing instructions in white text or small font — visible only to machines — will be withdrawn from preprint servers.
doi.org
July 15, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Integrity has been at the core throughout my career. Well, that's explains why I'm a nobody, right? doi.org/10.1038/d415...
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In an unconscionable decision, the Smithsonian Institute has decided to no longer support the Biodiversity Heritage Library from 1 Jan 2026. Please someone step up and take it over.
Foundations: please step up and take over the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL). This is an absolutely essential scanned archive of all of the old journals and books from the 1500s to about 1920. Has been indispensable for my research.
about.biodiversitylibrary.org/call-for-sup...
about.biodiversitylibrary.org/call-for-sup...
Call for Support: – About BHL
about.biodiversitylibrary.org
July 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
In an unconscionable decision, the Smithsonian Institute has decided to no longer support the Biodiversity Heritage Library from 1 Jan 2026. Please someone step up and take it over.
It's an incredible joy to see former mentees evolve into scientists who surpass me by far. There's no greater pride. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧪
Tangled communities: links between predation and parasitism through trophically transmitted digeneans in aquatic communities
Many trophically transmitted digeneans (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) benefit from prey–predator interactions to complete the last step of their life cy…
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July 2, 2025 at 8:04 AM
It's an incredible joy to see former mentees evolve into scientists who surpass me by far. There's no greater pride. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧪