Jacintha Ellers
@jellers.bsky.social
Professor of Evolutionary Ecology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Interested in why species lose traits, genome evolution, urban adaptation, global change ecology.
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RIP Jane Goodall. You'll live through the inspiration you instilled in all of us.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91
Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:43 PM
RIP Jane Goodall. You'll live through the inspiration you instilled in all of us.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Hi #eseb2025 folks
Are you an evolutionary biologist from Dutch origin or
working in the Netherlands?
Come join the NLSEB networking event on Tuesday at 19.00 for a drink in Bar Estrella, Av Diagonal 10
Are you an evolutionary biologist from Dutch origin or
working in the Netherlands?
Come join the NLSEB networking event on Tuesday at 19.00 for a drink in Bar Estrella, Av Diagonal 10
August 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Hi #eseb2025 folks
Are you an evolutionary biologist from Dutch origin or
working in the Netherlands?
Come join the NLSEB networking event on Tuesday at 19.00 for a drink in Bar Estrella, Av Diagonal 10
Are you an evolutionary biologist from Dutch origin or
working in the Netherlands?
Come join the NLSEB networking event on Tuesday at 19.00 for a drink in Bar Estrella, Av Diagonal 10
Don't miss out on this networking event:
All evolutionary biologists working in, or originating from the Netherlands are joining up for drinks!
All evolutionary biologists working in, or originating from the Netherlands are joining up for drinks!
Are you at #ESEB2025 in Barcelona?
Join the Netherlands Society for Evolutionary Biology (NLSEB) for a community meetup!
📅 Tuesday, 19:00
📍 Bar Estrella, Av. Diagonal 10, Saint Marti, Barcelona
(Re)connect with the Dutch evolutionary biology community!
Join the Netherlands Society for Evolutionary Biology (NLSEB) for a community meetup!
📅 Tuesday, 19:00
📍 Bar Estrella, Av. Diagonal 10, Saint Marti, Barcelona
(Re)connect with the Dutch evolutionary biology community!
August 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Don't miss out on this networking event:
All evolutionary biologists working in, or originating from the Netherlands are joining up for drinks!
All evolutionary biologists working in, or originating from the Netherlands are joining up for drinks!
Reposted by Jacintha Ellers
Are you at #ESEB2025 in Barcelona?
Join the Netherlands Society for Evolutionary Biology (NLSEB) for a community meetup!
📅 Tuesday, 19:00
📍 Bar Estrella, Av. Diagonal 10, Saint Marti, Barcelona
(Re)connect with the Dutch evolutionary biology community!
Join the Netherlands Society for Evolutionary Biology (NLSEB) for a community meetup!
📅 Tuesday, 19:00
📍 Bar Estrella, Av. Diagonal 10, Saint Marti, Barcelona
(Re)connect with the Dutch evolutionary biology community!
August 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Are you at #ESEB2025 in Barcelona?
Join the Netherlands Society for Evolutionary Biology (NLSEB) for a community meetup!
📅 Tuesday, 19:00
📍 Bar Estrella, Av. Diagonal 10, Saint Marti, Barcelona
(Re)connect with the Dutch evolutionary biology community!
Join the Netherlands Society for Evolutionary Biology (NLSEB) for a community meetup!
📅 Tuesday, 19:00
📍 Bar Estrella, Av. Diagonal 10, Saint Marti, Barcelona
(Re)connect with the Dutch evolutionary biology community!
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3 prof positions open in Helsinki!
🧬Human genetics and genomics (open rank, DL 10.10)
🧬Cellular physiology (TT, DL 17.8)
🏙️ Ecological restoration of urban environments (open rank, DL 17.8)
www.helsinki.fi/en/about-us/...
Come and join us in the happiest country in the world 5 years running!
🧬Human genetics and genomics (open rank, DL 10.10)
🧬Cellular physiology (TT, DL 17.8)
🏙️ Ecological restoration of urban environments (open rank, DL 17.8)
www.helsinki.fi/en/about-us/...
Come and join us in the happiest country in the world 5 years running!
Open positions | University of Helsinki
Read about our range of career options and apply now. Application processes ends on the date indicated in the job ad at 23.59 local Helsinki time (EEST).
www.helsinki.fi
August 16, 2025 at 7:24 AM
3 prof positions open in Helsinki!
🧬Human genetics and genomics (open rank, DL 10.10)
🧬Cellular physiology (TT, DL 17.8)
🏙️ Ecological restoration of urban environments (open rank, DL 17.8)
www.helsinki.fi/en/about-us/...
Come and join us in the happiest country in the world 5 years running!
🧬Human genetics and genomics (open rank, DL 10.10)
🧬Cellular physiology (TT, DL 17.8)
🏙️ Ecological restoration of urban environments (open rank, DL 17.8)
www.helsinki.fi/en/about-us/...
Come and join us in the happiest country in the world 5 years running!
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August 15, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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A fourth starter pack for #ESEB2025!
A few slots left in it (there's a 150-account limit)
I have gone through the whole program now 😅. Still missing people who are attending without presenting (and accounts I missed).
You can use Clearsky clearsky.app/eseb2025.bsk... to see the pack(s) you are in
A few slots left in it (there's a 150-account limit)
I have gone through the whole program now 😅. Still missing people who are attending without presenting (and accounts I missed).
You can use Clearsky clearsky.app/eseb2025.bsk... to see the pack(s) you are in
August 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
A fourth starter pack for #ESEB2025!
A few slots left in it (there's a 150-account limit)
I have gone through the whole program now 😅. Still missing people who are attending without presenting (and accounts I missed).
You can use Clearsky clearsky.app/eseb2025.bsk... to see the pack(s) you are in
A few slots left in it (there's a 150-account limit)
I have gone through the whole program now 😅. Still missing people who are attending without presenting (and accounts I missed).
You can use Clearsky clearsky.app/eseb2025.bsk... to see the pack(s) you are in
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Folks going to #ESEB2025 : To help people connect on Bluesky, I've started making starter packs. Here is a first one with the names that were available when I started.
Ping me if you want to be included in the next one!
Ping me if you want to be included in the next one!
August 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Folks going to #ESEB2025 : To help people connect on Bluesky, I've started making starter packs. Here is a first one with the names that were available when I started.
Ping me if you want to be included in the next one!
Ping me if you want to be included in the next one!
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August 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Check out the latest episode of the Big Biology podcast substack.com/home/post/p-... - where I talk with @jellers.bsky.social , Wilco Verberk, and Enrico Rezende about thermal biology and predictive ecology.
Feel the heat (Ep 132)
How do scientists measure thermal tolerance and predict organismal responses in the wild?
substack.com
March 28, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Check out the latest episode of the Big Biology podcast substack.com/home/post/p-... - where I talk with @jellers.bsky.social , Wilco Verberk, and Enrico Rezende about thermal biology and predictive ecology.
@cam-g.bsky.social is kicking of the 2nd day of the Predictive ecology in a warming world symposium. Ready for another set of interesting talks!
February 4, 2025 at 8:52 AM
@cam-g.bsky.social is kicking of the 2nd day of the Predictive ecology in a warming world symposium. Ready for another set of interesting talks!
Attending this fantastic conference on 'Predictive ecology in a warming world' organised by Ignacio Peralta-Maraver at Univ Granada
February 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Attending this fantastic conference on 'Predictive ecology in a warming world' organised by Ignacio Peralta-Maraver at Univ Granada
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Thank you so much to whoever put this very comprehensive list of #science Bsky starter packs together. This is just amazing: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Starter packs
BIOLOGY General Science community https://go.bsky.app/HVYAMEA Research Institutions in Life Sciences https://go.bsky.app/LxXpcvJ LGBTQIA+ in STEM https://go.bsky.app/BFc4wgf LGBTQIA+ in STEM 2 h...
docs.google.com
November 26, 2024 at 2:47 AM
Thank you so much to whoever put this very comprehensive list of #science Bsky starter packs together. This is just amazing: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
This paper is a great example of the power of the trait approach in ecology!
🔥 in Ecology Letters 🔥
#Traits describing hydraulic strategies and deciduousness explain the occurrence trends of almost 300 #rainforest #tree species across a steep rainfall gradient in Australia. #FunctionalTraits
dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele....
#Traits describing hydraulic strategies and deciduousness explain the occurrence trends of almost 300 #rainforest #tree species across a steep rainfall gradient in Australia. #FunctionalTraits
dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele....
A Functional Basis for the Assembly of Australian Subtropical Rainforest Tree Communities
We surveyed rainforest tree communities across the Australian subtropics (spanning 600 to 2500 mm rainfall year−1) and measured functional traits on 285 (91%) of all recorded species. Hydraulic strat....
dx.doi.org
December 3, 2024 at 11:02 AM
This paper is a great example of the power of the trait approach in ecology!
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Our December issue is now online! A special issue Guest Edited by @masahitotsuboi.bsky.social, Theo Gaboriau and Thibault Latreille:
Inferring macroevolutionary patterns and processes from microevolutionary mechanisms
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Artwork by Alberto Garcia Jimenez
Inferring macroevolutionary patterns and processes from microevolutionary mechanisms
ow.ly/LHol50UjJql
Artwork by Alberto Garcia Jimenez
Volume 37 Issue 12 | Journal of Evolutionary Biology | Oxford Academic
Journal of Evolutionary Biology
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December 3, 2024 at 9:45 AM
Our December issue is now online! A special issue Guest Edited by @masahitotsuboi.bsky.social, Theo Gaboriau and Thibault Latreille:
Inferring macroevolutionary patterns and processes from microevolutionary mechanisms
ow.ly/LHol50UjJql
Artwork by Alberto Garcia Jimenez
Inferring macroevolutionary patterns and processes from microevolutionary mechanisms
ow.ly/LHol50UjJql
Artwork by Alberto Garcia Jimenez
Proud of this new paper led by @judithsmith.bsky.social!
Noise and light pollution reduce interaction length between rival male frogs from forest and urban environments. Now out in Behavioural Ecology.
academic.oup.com/beheco/artic...
#urban #evolution #behaviour
Noise and light pollution reduce interaction length between rival male frogs from forest and urban environments. Now out in Behavioural Ecology.
academic.oup.com/beheco/artic...
#urban #evolution #behaviour
December 2, 2024 at 6:49 PM
Proud of this new paper led by @judithsmith.bsky.social!
Noise and light pollution reduce interaction length between rival male frogs from forest and urban environments. Now out in Behavioural Ecology.
academic.oup.com/beheco/artic...
#urban #evolution #behaviour
Noise and light pollution reduce interaction length between rival male frogs from forest and urban environments. Now out in Behavioural Ecology.
academic.oup.com/beheco/artic...
#urban #evolution #behaviour
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Reminder: There is a venue for microPublications in Ecology and Evolution!
Don't bury results in a supplemental file. Publish them as a micropub!
#Evolution #PlantScience 🌍 🧪 #Conservation
Don't bury results in a supplemental file. Publish them as a micropub!
#Evolution #PlantScience 🌍 🧪 #Conservation
📣 Introducing 📣
microPublications in Ecology and Evolution!
Please help support this effort by spreading the word and submitting and reviewing papers!
#evolution 🌎 🌍 🌏 🧪 #PlantScience #conservation
microPublications in Ecology and Evolution!
Please help support this effort by spreading the word and submitting and reviewing papers!
#evolution 🌎 🌍 🌏 🧪 #PlantScience #conservation
November 13, 2024 at 2:30 AM
Reminder: There is a venue for microPublications in Ecology and Evolution!
Don't bury results in a supplemental file. Publish them as a micropub!
#Evolution #PlantScience 🌍 🧪 #Conservation
Don't bury results in a supplemental file. Publish them as a micropub!
#Evolution #PlantScience 🌍 🧪 #Conservation
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Data Paper in ESA Ecology with native range maps for 10,000+ butterfly species 🦋 worldwide by Barnabas H. Daru
👉 doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
🌐
👉 doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
🌐
November 26, 2024 at 6:26 AM
Data Paper in ESA Ecology with native range maps for 10,000+ butterfly species 🦋 worldwide by Barnabas H. Daru
👉 doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
🌐
👉 doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
🌐
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Dorothy Bishop explains why Elon Musk’s membership in the Royal Society devalues the entire organization.
November 25, 2024 at 10:51 AM
Dorothy Bishop explains why Elon Musk’s membership in the Royal Society devalues the entire organization.
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5 #Entomology #StarterPacks are full
go.bsky.app/Fq2CQNw
go.bsky.app/7CaCbMC
go.bsky.app/JVRwhS1
go.bsky.app/2nEuqKX
go.bsky.app/VDorcVS
Six?
Nominate: grad students, early career, colleagues around the world, equity deserving
#entomología
#entomologie
#Invertebrate
#Arthropod
🪲🐞🐜🐛🦟🪳🦋🐝🦗🪰🕸️
go.bsky.app/Fq2CQNw
go.bsky.app/7CaCbMC
go.bsky.app/JVRwhS1
go.bsky.app/2nEuqKX
go.bsky.app/VDorcVS
Six?
Nominate: grad students, early career, colleagues around the world, equity deserving
#entomología
#entomologie
#Invertebrate
#Arthropod
🪲🐞🐜🐛🦟🪳🦋🐝🦗🪰🕸️
November 23, 2024 at 12:23 PM
5 #Entomology #StarterPacks are full
go.bsky.app/Fq2CQNw
go.bsky.app/7CaCbMC
go.bsky.app/JVRwhS1
go.bsky.app/2nEuqKX
go.bsky.app/VDorcVS
Six?
Nominate: grad students, early career, colleagues around the world, equity deserving
#entomología
#entomologie
#Invertebrate
#Arthropod
🪲🐞🐜🐛🦟🪳🦋🐝🦗🪰🕸️
go.bsky.app/Fq2CQNw
go.bsky.app/7CaCbMC
go.bsky.app/JVRwhS1
go.bsky.app/2nEuqKX
go.bsky.app/VDorcVS
Six?
Nominate: grad students, early career, colleagues around the world, equity deserving
#entomología
#entomologie
#Invertebrate
#Arthropod
🪲🐞🐜🐛🦟🪳🦋🐝🦗🪰🕸️
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(29/30) Let's continue! Here's an excellent starter pack for journals in ecology and evolution, compiled by @hilaryrosed.bsky.social
#ecology #evolution
#ecology #evolution
September 15, 2024 at 2:27 PM
(29/30) Let's continue! Here's an excellent starter pack for journals in ecology and evolution, compiled by @hilaryrosed.bsky.social
#ecology #evolution
#ecology #evolution
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Hi all, new to Blue Sky, so let me start with sharing a #PhD position @w-u-r.bsky.social that is still open for a few days (2 Dec). Come join our Behavioural Ecology Group! #Birds #Social #Behaviour search.app?link=https%3...
PhD position: Behavioural and ecological determinants of social strategies in great tits
search.app
November 24, 2024 at 2:07 PM
Hi all, new to Blue Sky, so let me start with sharing a #PhD position @w-u-r.bsky.social that is still open for a few days (2 Dec). Come join our Behavioural Ecology Group! #Birds #Social #Behaviour search.app?link=https%3...
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We are now just two days away from the second Lund Thermal Biology Symposium @ Lund University - all talks live streamed on Zoom and no registration needed. Join us and check out the program 👇
We are just 10 days away from the Lund Thermal Biology meeting, covering everything temperature in across the tree of life 🌞❄️🐸🐦🐟.
ALL talks will be live-streamed on Zoom and registration is not needed. Check out the conference website for the final program 👉
shorturl.at/rKqeY
ALL talks will be live-streamed on Zoom and registration is not needed. Check out the conference website for the final program 👉
shorturl.at/rKqeY
Changing animals in a changing world 25–27 November 2024
Lund University.
shorturl.at
November 23, 2024 at 6:55 AM
We are now just two days away from the second Lund Thermal Biology Symposium @ Lund University - all talks live streamed on Zoom and no registration needed. Join us and check out the program 👇
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On Monday a large demonstration to stop higher education and research cuts will take place 🇳🇱
On Monday the Dutch government will revisit its shortsighted plans.
A failure to do this creates a real setback that neither this nor next generations deserve.
@woinactie.bsky.social #highered #academicsky
On Monday the Dutch government will revisit its shortsighted plans.
A failure to do this creates a real setback that neither this nor next generations deserve.
@woinactie.bsky.social #highered #academicsky
November 24, 2024 at 9:47 AM
On Monday a large demonstration to stop higher education and research cuts will take place 🇳🇱
On Monday the Dutch government will revisit its shortsighted plans.
A failure to do this creates a real setback that neither this nor next generations deserve.
@woinactie.bsky.social #highered #academicsky
On Monday the Dutch government will revisit its shortsighted plans.
A failure to do this creates a real setback that neither this nor next generations deserve.
@woinactie.bsky.social #highered #academicsky
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I created a feed for trait-based ecology & evolution to capture posts with the hashtag(s) #trait, #traits, #FunctionalTraits or the emojis for 'measure' 🧮➕📏 For discussion and research by scientists advancing trait-based approaches in ecology and evolution 🧮➕📏 🌎🧪🌾 bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 12, 2024 at 1:18 PM
I created a feed for trait-based ecology & evolution to capture posts with the hashtag(s) #trait, #traits, #FunctionalTraits or the emojis for 'measure' 🧮➕📏 For discussion and research by scientists advancing trait-based approaches in ecology and evolution 🧮➕📏 🌎🧪🌾 bsky.app/profile/did:...