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Jason Newton
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Head of Stable Isotope Lab and EDI, SUERC; http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7594… http://researchgate.net/profile/Jason_…
http://stableisotopelab.com he/him
@JasonIsotopes@ecoevol.social
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PhDs being offered across the Iapetus DTP for an October 2026 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
December 16, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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hot off the press! Led by the mighty Marie Perga, including many members of the Fooδ-webs team, and kindly funded by the Foundation for Research on Biodiversity/CESAB

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A global estimator of C and N isotope baselines for fresh waters
Baselines are the pebbles in the shoes of isotope ecologists. The extreme variability of the isotope composition of resources at the base of food webs governs the spatial differences of consumers'...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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🔈 CALL FOR PAPERS

IBIS Special Issue

Collections-Based Ornithological Research in a Changing World

Submission deadline: 30 June 2026

onlinelibrary.wiley....

#ornithology 🪶
December 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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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
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Interested in applying for our JMS PhD Scholarships for Black UK Students?

We’re holding applicant information sessions so join us to find out more about PhD study and funding!

@glasgow.ac.uk
@uofgstem.bsky.social
@uofgmvls.bsky.social
@uofgartshums.bsky.social
@uofgsocsci.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Our H5 avian flu in marine bat story is in News from Science 🌊🦇🦠 thanks @martinenserink.bsky.social for covering it! Also excited to see my MSc lecturer @thijskuiken.bsky.social commented on it!

📰 News link
www.science.org/content/arti...

🔬Preprint
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Vampire bats may have contracted H5N1 bird flu in Peru, raising worries about further spread
Bats could form a bridge between marine and terrestrial mammals, scientists say
www.science.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
If you are an International Student, please contact me by no later than Monday 8th December 2025 at 12 midday (UK time) to be considered for the competition.
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
November 21, 2025 at 9:17 AM
ECOCHANGE Research Associate #foodwebs #offshorewind #stableisotopes For more info see www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
November 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The JMS scholarships fund Black UK domiciled students to undertake PhD research at the @uofglasgow.bsky.social in any research area. Anyone interested in projects involving stable isotopes - particularly ecological applications, please get in touch with me.
We’re excited to launch the 5th round of applications for the JMS Scholarship. 12 scholarships are available in any research area which can be supervised at the University.

Register your interest here: forms.office.com/e/k2bkPz4ekB

#PhDScholarship #Scholarships2026 #UKScholarships
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Thank you to everyone who has supported the Deep Time Trail so far, thanks to your help we've secured 40% of our target!

Help to get us all the way and make the Deep Time Trail a reality.

Donate today: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/siccar-point
November 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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What to know more about radiocarbon or chronological modelling? Our 2026 short course is now open for registration. 17th - 19th March in Oxford/online. @isotopesuk.bsky.social @philascough.bsky.social @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/shor...
Short Course in Radiocarbon Dating and Bayesian Chronological Analysis
Developed by the NERC Radiocarbon Facility, this course is aimed at researchers using radiocarbon and other techniques, including Quaternary geologists, palaeobiologists, archaeologists and marine geo...
lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk
October 30, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Our new paper led by Rafael Lima used carbon, nitrogen and sulphur isotope analyses to interrogate the origin of some biogeographically controversial Brazilian bird specimens - an #ornithology 🧵 1/10
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Stable isotope data indicate origins of mislabelled historical bird specimens
Natural history specimens provide valuable insights across diverse research fields, but those needing more accurate metadata have limited scientific value. We applied stable isotope analysis to inves...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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EARLY VIEW in IBIS

Stable isotope data indicate origins of mislabelled historical bird specimens | onlinelibrary.wiley....

Rafael Dantas Lima, Ana Beatriz Navarro, Jason Newton, Alexander Charles Lees, Luís Fábio Silveira | #ornithology 🪶
October 15, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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This is a really fantastic paper that benefits conservation, research and collections. With a super cool result too!
bou.org.uk BOU @bou.org.uk · Oct 15
EARLY VIEW in IBIS

Stable isotope data indicate origins of mislabelled historical bird specimens | onlinelibrary.wiley....

Rafael Dantas Lima, Ana Beatriz Navarro, Jason Newton, Alexander Charles Lees, Luís Fábio Silveira | #ornithology 🪶
October 15, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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
Angle Shades from last night's moth trap
September 27, 2025 at 9:51 AM
We're excited to announce the launch of the Stable Isotope Ecology course on the GAEA platform. Learn more and register for this and other courses at www.gaea.ac.uk @isotopesuk.bsky.social vimeo.com/757190807?fl...
Stable Isotopes in Ecology Intro
This is "Stable Isotopes in Ecology Intro" by GAEAcademy on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
vimeo.com
September 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
How does urbanisation affect isotopic niche in blue tit adults and nestlings? See the latest work by Ana Navarro, Davide Dominoni @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk and colleagues - doi.org/10.1080/1025... #stableisotopeecology
August 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
How does urbanisation affect isotopic niche in blue tit adults and nestlings? See the latest work by Ana Navarro, Davide Dominoni @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk and colleagues - doi.org/10.1080/1025... #stableisotopeecology
August 21, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Ana Navarro’s latest paper: Stable isotope ecology, shifting bird niches in the Atlantic Forest, and the indispensable role of museum collections. doi.org/10.1093/biol...
Community macroecological patterns and interspecific interactions in guild level regulate avian isotopic niche over time
Abstract. Understanding how ecological patterns shift across space and time is key to comprehend how biological communities respond to environmental change
doi.org
August 14, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Do you do moth trapping in the UK? We'd love your help! 💡

At @ukceh.bsky.social we're training & testing AI to detect multiple moths in a single image.

Send us top-down photos of multiple moths on egg trays to support this work.

More info & form: forms.gle/e3HzBPEd7RVV...

#mothsmatter #TeamMoth
August 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
For UK-based ecologists submitting a #stableisotopeecology application to the National Environmental Isotope Facility, please get in touch with your ideas - www.stableisotopelab.com/people The next deadline will be 8th October 2025. More details see www.isotopesuk.org/apply.html
August 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Least pygmy owl predating a spot-breasted antvireo. Legado das Águas
July 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM