Marina Papadopoulou
@marinapapa.bsky.social
Computational biologist | Postdoctoral Researcher - Humboldt Fellow| Collective behaviour, self-organization, ABMs, heterogeneity, & complex systems | she/her
Based in: Florence, Italy
More at: marinapapadopoulou.com
Based in: Florence, Italy
More at: marinapapadopoulou.com
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Apply now to become a speaker at our Institute! We invite excellent postdocs in neuroscience, ecology and other fields related to our research to apply for our Emerging Scientist Talk Series. Apply by October 24: www.bi.mpg.de/ess
@chr-mayer.bsky.social @fleyes.bsky.social @michaelahau.bsky.social
@chr-mayer.bsky.social @fleyes.bsky.social @michaelahau.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Apply now to become a speaker at our Institute! We invite excellent postdocs in neuroscience, ecology and other fields related to our research to apply for our Emerging Scientist Talk Series. Apply by October 24: www.bi.mpg.de/ess
@chr-mayer.bsky.social @fleyes.bsky.social @michaelahau.bsky.social
@chr-mayer.bsky.social @fleyes.bsky.social @michaelahau.bsky.social
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Less than a week left to apply!
⭐PhD position available!⭐
Come join us @imprs-qbee.bsky.social to study communication and collective behavior in animal groups! We're looking for someone excited to use computational approaches to tackle biological questions, using our full-group tracking datasets
imprs-qbee.mpg.de/121465/analy...
Come join us @imprs-qbee.bsky.social to study communication and collective behavior in animal groups! We're looking for someone excited to use computational approaches to tackle biological questions, using our full-group tracking datasets
imprs-qbee.mpg.de/121465/analy...
Analysis of communication and collective behavior in animal groups
imprs-qbee.mpg.de
October 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Less than a week left to apply!
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Which processes underlie collective intelligence in naturalistic human groups?
In new work led by Valerii Chirkov, we show that payoff selectivity is key in transforming a group of individuals into an intelligent collective 🤝🧠
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY7n...
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
In new work led by Valerii Chirkov, we show that payoff selectivity is key in transforming a group of individuals into an intelligent collective 🤝🧠
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY7n...
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
First-Person Perspective of the Voluntary Payoff-Sharing (VP) Condition
YouTube video by Valerii Chirkov
www.youtube.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Which processes underlie collective intelligence in naturalistic human groups?
In new work led by Valerii Chirkov, we show that payoff selectivity is key in transforming a group of individuals into an intelligent collective 🤝🧠
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY7n...
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
In new work led by Valerii Chirkov, we show that payoff selectivity is key in transforming a group of individuals into an intelligent collective 🤝🧠
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY7n...
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Reposted by Marina Papadopoulou
🚨 PhD alert! IMPRS brain & behavior in Bonn just opened their calls for applications. Great PhD funding opportunities. Check it out! PS- I just joined their faculty, meaning you could do a rotation in my lab or even a PhD with me on spider sleep 🙃 Apply! 🚨
📢Apply now! Join our IMPRS for Brain&Behavior to pursue a #PhD in #neuroethology. Learn how brain circuits are linked to interesting animal behaviors!
📅 Deadline: October 31, 2025
🔗 imprs-brain-behavior.mpg.de
#neuroscience #Neuroskyence #neurojobs #sciencejobs #PhDsky #PhDOffers #FundedPhD
📅 Deadline: October 31, 2025
🔗 imprs-brain-behavior.mpg.de
#neuroscience #Neuroskyence #neurojobs #sciencejobs #PhDsky #PhDOffers #FundedPhD
September 6, 2025 at 8:48 AM
🚨 PhD alert! IMPRS brain & behavior in Bonn just opened their calls for applications. Great PhD funding opportunities. Check it out! PS- I just joined their faculty, meaning you could do a rotation in my lab or even a PhD with me on spider sleep 🙃 Apply! 🚨
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I have a job opening in my lab. If you are interested in bird behaviour and predator prey interactions please take a look! werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Vacancy — Postdoc Position in Decision Making in Birds
Are you an expert in animal behavior? Do you have experience working with birds? The Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED) is looking for a motivated researcher to investigate the ro...
werkenbij.uva.nl
September 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
I have a job opening in my lab. If you are interested in bird behaviour and predator prey interactions please take a look! werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Reposted by Marina Papadopoulou
Submit your session proposals for the SEB Annual Conference in Florence 2026 (July 7–9).
Deadline: October 1, 2025.
Don't miss your chance to shape the future of experimental biology.
More information:
www.sebiology.org/resource/onl...
#SEBconference #ExperimentalBiology #FlorenceConference
Deadline: October 1, 2025.
Don't miss your chance to shape the future of experimental biology.
More information:
www.sebiology.org/resource/onl...
#SEBconference #ExperimentalBiology #FlorenceConference
Only one week left to submit session proposals for the SEB Florence 2026 Annual Conference
🚨 Deadline: 1 October 2025 🚨
www.sebiology.org
September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Submit your session proposals for the SEB Annual Conference in Florence 2026 (July 7–9).
Deadline: October 1, 2025.
Don't miss your chance to shape the future of experimental biology.
More information:
www.sebiology.org/resource/onl...
#SEBconference #ExperimentalBiology #FlorenceConference
Deadline: October 1, 2025.
Don't miss your chance to shape the future of experimental biology.
More information:
www.sebiology.org/resource/onl...
#SEBconference #ExperimentalBiology #FlorenceConference
Reposted by Marina Papadopoulou
We are hiring - PDRA position exploring how information access shapes social dynamics in killer whales. Collaboration with @samellisq.bsky.social @drwhale.bsky.social Prof Dan Franks (York) start 1st Nov (or ASAP) end 31st Oct 2028. Apps close on 19th Oct.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT336/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT336/p...
September 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
We are hiring - PDRA position exploring how information access shapes social dynamics in killer whales. Collaboration with @samellisq.bsky.social @drwhale.bsky.social Prof Dan Franks (York) start 1st Nov (or ASAP) end 31st Oct 2028. Apps close on 19th Oct.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT336/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT336/p...
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We're looking for a new postdoc on our new BBSCR grant (Graham Taylor/Tim Guilford/Cait Newport). See link below!
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
September 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
We're looking for a new postdoc on our new BBSCR grant (Graham Taylor/Tim Guilford/Cait Newport). See link below!
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
After a very fun summer (👇), some personal updates: I am moving to @mpib-berlin.bsky.social @arc-mpib.bsky.social in Berlin next month with a Humboldt Fellowship @humboldt-foundation.de to join @ralfkurvers.bsky.social for some exciting collective decision-making work😁🐟🚶♀️
Any Berlin/DE tips welcome!
Any Berlin/DE tips welcome!
September 12, 2025 at 7:30 AM
After a very fun summer (👇), some personal updates: I am moving to @mpib-berlin.bsky.social @arc-mpib.bsky.social in Berlin next month with a Humboldt Fellowship @humboldt-foundation.de to join @ralfkurvers.bsky.social for some exciting collective decision-making work😁🐟🚶♀️
Any Berlin/DE tips welcome!
Any Berlin/DE tips welcome!
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Primate Society of Great Britain (PSGB) Meeting
National Museum Cardiff, 27-28 November
www.psgb.org/pages/14-mee...
Registration and abstract submission coming soon! Please share!
@mckinneymonkey.bsky.social @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social @willallennz.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social
National Museum Cardiff, 27-28 November
www.psgb.org/pages/14-mee...
Registration and abstract submission coming soon! Please share!
@mckinneymonkey.bsky.social @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social @willallennz.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Primate Society of Great Britain (PSGB) Meeting
National Museum Cardiff, 27-28 November
www.psgb.org/pages/14-mee...
Registration and abstract submission coming soon! Please share!
@mckinneymonkey.bsky.social @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social @willallennz.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social
National Museum Cardiff, 27-28 November
www.psgb.org/pages/14-mee...
Registration and abstract submission coming soon! Please share!
@mckinneymonkey.bsky.social @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social @willallennz.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social
📢Coming up, workshop at #Behaviour2025 on our swaRmverse package!
🗓️Tue 26/8, 13:10–14:40
💻Theory & R practical (feel free to bring your data)
🎯Discussion on comparative analysis & metrics
🙏Come & recommend features for version 2.0!
👉RSVP on the app
More info: behaviourindia2025.in/workshops.html
🗓️Tue 26/8, 13:10–14:40
💻Theory & R practical (feel free to bring your data)
🎯Discussion on comparative analysis & metrics
🙏Come & recommend features for version 2.0!
👉RSVP on the app
More info: behaviourindia2025.in/workshops.html
August 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
📢Coming up, workshop at #Behaviour2025 on our swaRmverse package!
🗓️Tue 26/8, 13:10–14:40
💻Theory & R practical (feel free to bring your data)
🎯Discussion on comparative analysis & metrics
🙏Come & recommend features for version 2.0!
👉RSVP on the app
More info: behaviourindia2025.in/workshops.html
🗓️Tue 26/8, 13:10–14:40
💻Theory & R practical (feel free to bring your data)
🎯Discussion on comparative analysis & metrics
🙏Come & recommend features for version 2.0!
👉RSVP on the app
More info: behaviourindia2025.in/workshops.html
Reposted by Marina Papadopoulou
Only two weeks to get your abstracts in for #ASABWinter2025 ⏰
Come join us in Edinburgh this December! 🏰 ❄️ 🏴
More info here:
asabwinter.github.io/2025/
Come join us in Edinburgh this December! 🏰 ❄️ 🏴
More info here:
asabwinter.github.io/2025/
August 15, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Only two weeks to get your abstracts in for #ASABWinter2025 ⏰
Come join us in Edinburgh this December! 🏰 ❄️ 🏴
More info here:
asabwinter.github.io/2025/
Come join us in Edinburgh this December! 🏰 ❄️ 🏴
More info here:
asabwinter.github.io/2025/
Reposted by Marina Papadopoulou
We now have ONE new ASAB account completely dedicated to the Winter and Spring meetings. Rather than having to find and follow a new account for each conference, you can now follow @asab-meetings.bsky.social for all of the continuous up-to-date info and conference posting you crave 😀
ICYMI : #ASABWinter2025 will take place from December 15-16, once again in lovely Edinburgh!
Registration is now open 🎉 Abstract submission deadline for posters and talks is August 29 🏃♀️🏃🏃♂️
More information here: asabwinter.github.io/2025/
Registration is now open 🎉 Abstract submission deadline for posters and talks is August 29 🏃♀️🏃🏃♂️
More information here: asabwinter.github.io/2025/
August 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
We now have ONE new ASAB account completely dedicated to the Winter and Spring meetings. Rather than having to find and follow a new account for each conference, you can now follow @asab-meetings.bsky.social for all of the continuous up-to-date info and conference posting you crave 😀
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Winter ASAB @asab.org on *Sensory Ecology* register and submit your abstracts now (abstract deadline just a month away)!
I'm organising the conference this year with @lauraakelley.bsky.social and Innes Cuthill
Register & get more info here: asabwinter.github.io/2025/
I'm organising the conference this year with @lauraakelley.bsky.social and Innes Cuthill
Register & get more info here: asabwinter.github.io/2025/
July 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Winter ASAB @asab.org on *Sensory Ecology* register and submit your abstracts now (abstract deadline just a month away)!
I'm organising the conference this year with @lauraakelley.bsky.social and Innes Cuthill
Register & get more info here: asabwinter.github.io/2025/
I'm organising the conference this year with @lauraakelley.bsky.social and Innes Cuthill
Register & get more info here: asabwinter.github.io/2025/
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Excited to share that we have just been awarded a NERC Pushing the Frontiers grant to work on between-group cooperation in the Shark Bay dolphins. We will soon advertise a 3 year post-doc to join the team - drop me an email if you might be interested! Pls share widely 🙏🏻
July 31, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Excited to share that we have just been awarded a NERC Pushing the Frontiers grant to work on between-group cooperation in the Shark Bay dolphins. We will soon advertise a 3 year post-doc to join the team - drop me an email if you might be interested! Pls share widely 🙏🏻
I ll be giving a workshop on our new swaRmverse package at #Behaviour2025, come to learn more about quantifying spatiotemporal patterns of animal groups, practical tips on analysis, and discussion on next new features 😁 💻
Package info👇
doi.org/10.1111/2041...
& 🙏 to @asab.org for the travel grant🥰
Package info👇
doi.org/10.1111/2041...
& 🙏 to @asab.org for the travel grant🥰
July 27, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I ll be giving a workshop on our new swaRmverse package at #Behaviour2025, come to learn more about quantifying spatiotemporal patterns of animal groups, practical tips on analysis, and discussion on next new features 😁 💻
Package info👇
doi.org/10.1111/2041...
& 🙏 to @asab.org for the travel grant🥰
Package info👇
doi.org/10.1111/2041...
& 🙏 to @asab.org for the travel grant🥰
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🚨JOB alert🚨 Full-time Managing Editor role for @asab.org journal Animal Behaviour. Applicants must have animal #behaviour background; previous editorial experience would be ideal.
Apply by 31st July 2025.
#publishing #editor #job
More details: www.asab.org/opportunities
PLEASE share widely.
Apply by 31st July 2025.
#publishing #editor #job
More details: www.asab.org/opportunities
PLEASE share widely.
Opportunities — ASAB
www.asab.org
July 7, 2025 at 7:03 AM
🚨JOB alert🚨 Full-time Managing Editor role for @asab.org journal Animal Behaviour. Applicants must have animal #behaviour background; previous editorial experience would be ideal.
Apply by 31st July 2025.
#publishing #editor #job
More details: www.asab.org/opportunities
PLEASE share widely.
Apply by 31st July 2025.
#publishing #editor #job
More details: www.asab.org/opportunities
PLEASE share widely.
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The Local Organizing Commitee welcomes behavioral ecologists from across the world and of all career stages to enjoy a five-day meeting rich in top-notch science and ample networking opportunities in Turin (Italy), 20-24 July 2026.
June 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The Local Organizing Commitee welcomes behavioral ecologists from across the world and of all career stages to enjoy a five-day meeting rich in top-notch science and ample networking opportunities in Turin (Italy), 20-24 July 2026.
1/3 An incredible story from the #wildlife #rehabilitation center I was part of in Greece, Action for Wildlife:
"A male stork, who had passed through the Centre back in 2021 when he was just one year old, has chosen to build his nest on the Roof of our Building this year! "
fb.watch/AqCoeFpDSh/
"A male stork, who had passed through the Centre back in 2021 when he was just one year old, has chosen to build his nest on the Roof of our Building this year! "
fb.watch/AqCoeFpDSh/
fb.watch
June 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
1/3 An incredible story from the #wildlife #rehabilitation center I was part of in Greece, Action for Wildlife:
"A male stork, who had passed through the Centre back in 2021 when he was just one year old, has chosen to build his nest on the Roof of our Building this year! "
fb.watch/AqCoeFpDSh/
"A male stork, who had passed through the Centre back in 2021 when he was just one year old, has chosen to build his nest on the Roof of our Building this year! "
fb.watch/AqCoeFpDSh/
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New paper in @behavecol.bsky.social (link: academic.oup.com/beheco/advan...)
led by PhD student @marcofele.bsky.social using hard-won data from our amazing baboon team. Our @swanseauni.bsky.social press release:
www.swansea.ac.uk/press-office...
We introduce the idea of a "social spandrel".....
led by PhD student @marcofele.bsky.social using hard-won data from our amazing baboon team. Our @swanseauni.bsky.social press release:
www.swansea.ac.uk/press-office...
We introduce the idea of a "social spandrel".....
Baboons walk in line for friendship, not survival, new study finds
Researchers at Swansea University have discovered that baboons walk in lines, not for safety or strategy, but simply to stay close to their friends.
www.swansea.ac.uk
June 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
New paper in @behavecol.bsky.social (link: academic.oup.com/beheco/advan...)
led by PhD student @marcofele.bsky.social using hard-won data from our amazing baboon team. Our @swanseauni.bsky.social press release:
www.swansea.ac.uk/press-office...
We introduce the idea of a "social spandrel".....
led by PhD student @marcofele.bsky.social using hard-won data from our amazing baboon team. Our @swanseauni.bsky.social press release:
www.swansea.ac.uk/press-office...
We introduce the idea of a "social spandrel".....
Reposted by Marina Papadopoulou
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www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...
PhD studentship! Comparative Analysis and Modelling of Collective Behaviour in Natural and Artificial Systems.
**this scholarship for UK residents only, as defined by UKCISA regulations**
Details below! Please RT
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www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...
PhD studentship! Comparative Analysis and Modelling of Collective Behaviour in Natural and Artificial Systems.
**this scholarship for UK residents only, as defined by UKCISA regulations**
Details below! Please RT
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June 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...
PhD studentship! Comparative Analysis and Modelling of Collective Behaviour in Natural and Artificial Systems.
**this scholarship for UK residents only, as defined by UKCISA regulations**
Details below! Please RT
(AI-generated image)
www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...
PhD studentship! Comparative Analysis and Modelling of Collective Behaviour in Natural and Artificial Systems.
**this scholarship for UK residents only, as defined by UKCISA regulations**
Details below! Please RT
(AI-generated image)
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I enjoyed being invited to attend AAMAS last week in Detroit to receive the 2025 IFAAMAS Influential Paper Award for my 1987 SIGGRAPH paper “Flocks, Herds and Schools: A Distributed Behavioral Model.”
aamas2025.org/index.php/co...
#autonomous #agents #multiagent #boids #flocks
aamas2025.org/index.php/co...
#autonomous #agents #multiagent #boids #flocks
May 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I enjoyed being invited to attend AAMAS last week in Detroit to receive the 2025 IFAAMAS Influential Paper Award for my 1987 SIGGRAPH paper “Flocks, Herds and Schools: A Distributed Behavioral Model.”
aamas2025.org/index.php/co...
#autonomous #agents #multiagent #boids #flocks
aamas2025.org/index.php/co...
#autonomous #agents #multiagent #boids #flocks
I ll talk about the project that brought me to Italy for a year, join us for some RobotFalcon and 🕊flocks updates 😁
#heterogeneity #collectives
#heterogeneity #collectives
Next Collective Behaviour Online Seminar #CollBehavSeminar
Marina Papadopoulou: "Dynamics of collective motion and escape in heterogeneous flocks of homing pigeons"
17th June 2025, @2pm UK time
Subscribe to lnkd.in/eCWT2dvF to keep up to date and for information on how to access our seminars!
Marina Papadopoulou: "Dynamics of collective motion and escape in heterogeneous flocks of homing pigeons"
17th June 2025, @2pm UK time
Subscribe to lnkd.in/eCWT2dvF to keep up to date and for information on how to access our seminars!
June 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I ll talk about the project that brought me to Italy for a year, join us for some RobotFalcon and 🕊flocks updates 😁
#heterogeneity #collectives
#heterogeneity #collectives
Reposted by Marina Papadopoulou
🐠💥2 year postdoc in fish sensory ecology!! 💥🐟
If you’re into animal colour, collective behaviour, predator-prey interactions, enjoy behavioural experiments and fieldwork, please apply! Based in Oxford with fieldwork in northwest Thailand (and elsewhere). Please repost! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNM294/p...
If you’re into animal colour, collective behaviour, predator-prey interactions, enjoy behavioural experiments and fieldwork, please apply! Based in Oxford with fieldwork in northwest Thailand (and elsewhere). Please repost! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNM294/p...
June 13, 2025 at 6:50 AM
🐠💥2 year postdoc in fish sensory ecology!! 💥🐟
If you’re into animal colour, collective behaviour, predator-prey interactions, enjoy behavioural experiments and fieldwork, please apply! Based in Oxford with fieldwork in northwest Thailand (and elsewhere). Please repost! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNM294/p...
If you’re into animal colour, collective behaviour, predator-prey interactions, enjoy behavioural experiments and fieldwork, please apply! Based in Oxford with fieldwork in northwest Thailand (and elsewhere). Please repost! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNM294/p...