Jen Perry
@jennyperry.bsky.social
Associate professor in Biology @stfxuniversity
evolutionary biologist. behavioural entomologist 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇨🇦
evolutionary biologist. behavioural entomologist 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇨🇦
We had fun talking to Alex Guye from the CBC about Yaseen's work on overwintering ladybugs 🐞
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ladybugs are critical critters in the garden, but warmer winters could wipe them out | CBC News
Researchers at St. Francis Xavier University are examining the impacts of warming winters on Nova Scotia’s lady beetle population and what a decline could mean for the wider ecosystem.
www.cbc.ca
December 30, 2025 at 8:11 PM
We had fun talking to Alex Guye from the CBC about Yaseen's work on overwintering ladybugs 🐞
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
New post doc funding opportunity:
Are you outside Canada & interested in a post doc on insects & environment/climate? Our lab studies insect evol & ecol, esp reproduction/sexual selection. Our university seeks a nominee. Let's chat!
nserc-crsng.canada.ca/en/news/laun...
Are you outside Canada & interested in a post doc on insects & environment/climate? Our lab studies insect evol & ecol, esp reproduction/sexual selection. Our university seeks a nominee. Let's chat!
nserc-crsng.canada.ca/en/news/laun...
Launch of new Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards
As announced in Budget 2025 -
nserc-crsng.canada.ca
December 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
New post doc funding opportunity:
Are you outside Canada & interested in a post doc on insects & environment/climate? Our lab studies insect evol & ecol, esp reproduction/sexual selection. Our university seeks a nominee. Let's chat!
nserc-crsng.canada.ca/en/news/laun...
Are you outside Canada & interested in a post doc on insects & environment/climate? Our lab studies insect evol & ecol, esp reproduction/sexual selection. Our university seeks a nominee. Let's chat!
nserc-crsng.canada.ca/en/news/laun...
Got my first student report with a fully hallucinated reference list! Just in time for the holidays 🎄
December 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Got my first student report with a fully hallucinated reference list! Just in time for the holidays 🎄
Shipping insect specimens in ethanol from Canada to Europe: has anyone found an easy solution? We're a 2 h drive from the nearest DHL service point
December 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Shipping insect specimens in ethanol from Canada to Europe: has anyone found an easy solution? We're a 2 h drive from the nearest DHL service point
The Entomological Society of Canada is a fantastic supporter of grad students. Congrats Yaseen 🎉 @canentomologist.bsky.social
www.stfx.ca/news/Yaseen-...
www.stfx.ca/news/Yaseen-...
Master’s student earns national scholarship for ladybug research
Research exploring how ladybugs cope with Nova Scotia’s warming winter climate has earned StFX master’s biology student Yaseen Ginnab a national scholarship.Mr. Ginnab, originally from Nashville, Tenn...
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December 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The Entomological Society of Canada is a fantastic supporter of grad students. Congrats Yaseen 🎉 @canentomologist.bsky.social
www.stfx.ca/news/Yaseen-...
www.stfx.ca/news/Yaseen-...
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We have a Postdoc position available here @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social to develop innovative genetic control strategies for insect agricultural pests in collaboration with @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/19...
We have a Postdoc position available here @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social to develop innovative genetic control strategies for insect agricultural pests in collaboration with @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/19...
December 15, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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We have a Postdoc position available here @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social to develop innovative genetic control strategies for insect agricultural pests in collaboration with @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/19...
We have a Postdoc position available here @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social to develop innovative genetic control strategies for insect agricultural pests in collaboration with @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/19...
Who wants to come to a bug conference on the east coast? Save the date for the Acadian Entomological Society's 2026 meeting, June 18-20, to be held right here in Antigonish @stfx-university.bsky.social @davidawde.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Who wants to come to a bug conference on the east coast? Save the date for the Acadian Entomological Society's 2026 meeting, June 18-20, to be held right here in Antigonish @stfx-university.bsky.social @davidawde.bsky.social
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Probably a long-shot, but is anyone aware of open-source image stacking software that would work with microscope images? Ideally to do 3D topology but even just high-res images with a wide depth of field would be useful.
December 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Probably a long-shot, but is anyone aware of open-source image stacking software that would work with microscope images? Ideally to do 3D topology but even just high-res images with a wide depth of field would be useful.
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Delighted to publish Forum Article by @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social et al:
"Journals run by learned societies or universities have more ethical policies while being cheaper and similarly cited"
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Thank you for choosing JEB - we encourage the support of #societyjournals
"Journals run by learned societies or universities have more ethical policies while being cheaper and similarly cited"
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Thank you for choosing JEB - we encourage the support of #societyjournals
Time to publish responsibly: DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly journals in ecology and evolutionary biology
Abstract. The current economics of scientific publishing reveal a profound imbalance: academia pays prices far exceeding the actual costs of publication. R
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December 9, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Delighted to publish Forum Article by @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social et al:
"Journals run by learned societies or universities have more ethical policies while being cheaper and similarly cited"
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Thank you for choosing JEB - we encourage the support of #societyjournals
"Journals run by learned societies or universities have more ethical policies while being cheaper and similarly cited"
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Thank you for choosing JEB - we encourage the support of #societyjournals
What better way to get into the festive season than with the Coleopterists Society’s 2025 Annual Virtual Symposium, happening Friday and FREE to all (incl non-members)
www.coleopsoc.org/society-info...
@coleopsoc.bsky.social
www.coleopsoc.org/society-info...
@coleopsoc.bsky.social
Annual Meeting - The Coleopterists Society
We meet annually for a keynote and a social during the Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America.
www.coleopsoc.org
December 9, 2025 at 11:51 AM
What better way to get into the festive season than with the Coleopterists Society’s 2025 Annual Virtual Symposium, happening Friday and FREE to all (incl non-members)
www.coleopsoc.org/society-info...
@coleopsoc.bsky.social
www.coleopsoc.org/society-info...
@coleopsoc.bsky.social
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Anyone know what this is? Popped out of a water strider in Nova Scotia. Observation by @jennyperry.bsky.social. 🌿🪱 #gerridae #hemiptera #parasite #inaturalist www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Animals (Kingdom Animalia)
Animals from East Gore, NS B2S 3C9, Canada on June 23, 2025 by Jen Perry. Emerged from an adult male water strider, Gerris insperatus, collected June 4, 2025. Emerged back...
www.inaturalist.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Anyone know what this is? Popped out of a water strider in Nova Scotia. Observation by @jennyperry.bsky.social. 🌿🪱 #gerridae #hemiptera #parasite #inaturalist www.inaturalist.org/observations...
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If you have a student, anywhere in the world, who would like and entomological society membership please have them come on over to our entopoc.org website to sign up for up to three free memberships per student!
December 3, 2025 at 10:59 AM
If you have a student, anywhere in the world, who would like and entomological society membership please have them come on over to our entopoc.org website to sign up for up to three free memberships per student!
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EEB Postdoctoral Fellowship @ U.Toronto app deadline Jan 15 2026. Opportunity for independent research, encourages collab across labs/disciplines. Lots of great folks to interact with, Come join us!
eeb.utoronto.ca/employment-2/
eeb.utoronto.ca/employment-2/
Employment - Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
eeb.utoronto.ca
December 2, 2025 at 9:09 PM
EEB Postdoctoral Fellowship @ U.Toronto app deadline Jan 15 2026. Opportunity for independent research, encourages collab across labs/disciplines. Lots of great folks to interact with, Come join us!
eeb.utoronto.ca/employment-2/
eeb.utoronto.ca/employment-2/
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So. . .will Canadian universities change their reliance on MS Teams?
Microsoft admits it can—and will—hand over Canadian citizens’ data, as well as sensitive government and defence information stored on its servers, to the US government upon request. Even worse? They aren’t required to notify anyone when it happens. 👀
#cdnpoli #DataSovereignty #PrivacyMatters
#cdnpoli #DataSovereignty #PrivacyMatters
Microsoft says U.S. law takes precedence over Canadian data sovereignty
Microsoft representative says US CLOUD Act comes before other country's sovereignty.
www.digitaljournal.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:36 PM
So. . .will Canadian universities change their reliance on MS Teams?
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@asab.org Spring, aimed at ECRs, is coming to Bristol!
Conference grant DEADLINE for Developing Country Applicants (<£2500) or anyone needing an early decision for visas (<£750) is in ONE WEEK, 1st December.
www.asab.org/conference-g...
Referee statement also needed by then! 🐝🐜🦟🦂🐠🐟🐬🦎🐸🦆🐿️🦓
Conference grant DEADLINE for Developing Country Applicants (<£2500) or anyone needing an early decision for visas (<£750) is in ONE WEEK, 1st December.
www.asab.org/conference-g...
Referee statement also needed by then! 🐝🐜🦟🦂🐠🐟🐬🦎🐸🦆🐿️🦓
November 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
@asab.org Spring, aimed at ECRs, is coming to Bristol!
Conference grant DEADLINE for Developing Country Applicants (<£2500) or anyone needing an early decision for visas (<£750) is in ONE WEEK, 1st December.
www.asab.org/conference-g...
Referee statement also needed by then! 🐝🐜🦟🦂🐠🐟🐬🦎🐸🦆🐿️🦓
Conference grant DEADLINE for Developing Country Applicants (<£2500) or anyone needing an early decision for visas (<£750) is in ONE WEEK, 1st December.
www.asab.org/conference-g...
Referee statement also needed by then! 🐝🐜🦟🦂🐠🐟🐬🦎🐸🦆🐿️🦓
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Join us! 🧬🪰🎉🔬
We are currently advertising two #PhD projects to study the #evolution, #development and #genomics of sexual traits in stalk-eyed flies.
Deadline for applying is Wednesday, January 7, 2026. Get in touch for more info!
We are currently advertising two #PhD projects to study the #evolution, #development and #genomics of sexual traits in stalk-eyed flies.
Deadline for applying is Wednesday, January 7, 2026. Get in touch for more info!
November 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Join us! 🧬🪰🎉🔬
We are currently advertising two #PhD projects to study the #evolution, #development and #genomics of sexual traits in stalk-eyed flies.
Deadline for applying is Wednesday, January 7, 2026. Get in touch for more info!
We are currently advertising two #PhD projects to study the #evolution, #development and #genomics of sexual traits in stalk-eyed flies.
Deadline for applying is Wednesday, January 7, 2026. Get in touch for more info!
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Are you an early-stage graduate student (2nd or 3rd year) or early-stage postdoc based in the US or Canada, working primarily in Drosophila? Would you like to help improve the experience of all trainees working in Drosophila research? If so, read on.
(Please repost to reach a broad audience.)
(Please repost to reach a broad audience.)
November 12, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Are you an early-stage graduate student (2nd or 3rd year) or early-stage postdoc based in the US or Canada, working primarily in Drosophila? Would you like to help improve the experience of all trainees working in Drosophila research? If so, read on.
(Please repost to reach a broad audience.)
(Please repost to reach a broad audience.)
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Looking for a PhD opportunity? I'm hoping to recruit someone to my group at Durham University to work on a project combining fieldwork and labwork to study speciation in rubyspot damselflies: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Get in touch if you want to chat!
Get in touch if you want to chat!
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Looking for a PhD opportunity? I'm hoping to recruit someone to my group at Durham University to work on a project combining fieldwork and labwork to study speciation in rubyspot damselflies: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Get in touch if you want to chat!
Get in touch if you want to chat!
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#StFX is coming to Halifax! 🌟 Join us on Nov 27 for an exclusive event for future Xaverians. Learn about programs, scholarships, and campus life — plus a chance to win great prizes!
📍 Diman Lebanese Centre | 🕕 Nov. 27, 6:30–9 PM
📍 Diman Lebanese Centre | 🕕 Nov. 27, 6:30–9 PM
November 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
#StFX is coming to Halifax! 🌟 Join us on Nov 27 for an exclusive event for future Xaverians. Learn about programs, scholarships, and campus life — plus a chance to win great prizes!
📍 Diman Lebanese Centre | 🕕 Nov. 27, 6:30–9 PM
📍 Diman Lebanese Centre | 🕕 Nov. 27, 6:30–9 PM
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The Canadian government has seemingly never read a single one of its own commissioned reports on what Canadian science needs. (It's not more people.)
Globe & Mail reports “the budget is expected to include up to $1-billion to attract high-quality talent and researchers from the United States and elsewhere”
So far hospitals and universities have been going it alone….
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
@ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social
So far hospitals and universities have been going it alone….
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
@ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The Canadian government has seemingly never read a single one of its own commissioned reports on what Canadian science needs. (It's not more people.)
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We should be paying more attention to this situation. An online letter has been put together and is being circulated to stop this data from being disclosed. Please sign the online letter here, if you are comfortable: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
We should be paying more attention to this situation. An online letter has been put together and is being circulated to stop this data from being disclosed. Please sign the online letter here, if you are comfortable: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Has anyone had students write a project report/essay during class time? Thinking of switching to this with my 4th year class so I don't get a pile of AI from them
October 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Has anyone had students write a project report/essay during class time? Thinking of switching to this with my 4th year class so I don't get a pile of AI from them
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The Hopkins Lab (hopkins-lab.com) at the University of Florida is looking to recruit a postdoc to work on the genetics of organ function and evolution across Drosophila and beyond. Please visit tinyurl.com/vcsjpmzz or email me for more info. And please RT or send to anyone who might be interested!
October 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The Hopkins Lab (hopkins-lab.com) at the University of Florida is looking to recruit a postdoc to work on the genetics of organ function and evolution across Drosophila and beyond. Please visit tinyurl.com/vcsjpmzz or email me for more info. And please RT or send to anyone who might be interested!
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Out now - female fruit flies cluster their eggs together depending on their social environment 🪰🧪 Just wish they'd let us know why... led by @emilyrosech.bsky.social Emily Fowler, Lucy Friend and Tracey Chapman. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Female fruit flies use social cues to make egg-clustering decisions - BMC Biology
Background The ability to respond plastically to environmental variation is a key determinant of fitness. Females may use cues to strategically place their eggs, for example adjusting the number or lo...
link.springer.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Out now - female fruit flies cluster their eggs together depending on their social environment 🪰🧪 Just wish they'd let us know why... led by @emilyrosech.bsky.social Emily Fowler, Lucy Friend and Tracey Chapman. link.springer.com/article/10.1...