Martin Genner
@mgenner.bsky.social
Ecology and evolutionary biology, mainly fishes, climate change, conservation
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One more way in which the neoliberal university model is failing us
Plant taxonomy is disappearing - and so is our ability to protect species 🍂
Nearly half of countries have fewer than 10 plant taxonomists. Kew is working to close the gap, but we need more experts fast.
Read the study’s key findings and what we're doing about it 👇
https://ow.ly/XhJo50XyGAa
Nearly half of countries have fewer than 10 plant taxonomists. Kew is working to close the gap, but we need more experts fast.
Read the study’s key findings and what we're doing about it 👇
https://ow.ly/XhJo50XyGAa
December 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
One more way in which the neoliberal university model is failing us
JOB OPPORTUNITY! Senior Researcher in Freshwater Environmental Genetics to work with us on the ERC REFRESH Programme studying the role of dissolved organic matter in freshwater ecosystems shorturl.at/zOajg @pennyjohnes.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @ercrefresh.bsky.social @danread.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
JOB OPPORTUNITY! Senior Researcher in Freshwater Environmental Genetics to work with us on the ERC REFRESH Programme studying the role of dissolved organic matter in freshwater ecosystems shorturl.at/zOajg @pennyjohnes.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @ercrefresh.bsky.social @danread.bsky.social
The Rift Valley soda lakes of Tanzania are warm and alkaline. The Manyara tilapia is one of the few fish species able to live here. New research suggests this one species may be two. One is found in Lake Manyara itself, the other is in neighbouring soda lakes. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
September 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The Rift Valley soda lakes of Tanzania are warm and alkaline. The Manyara tilapia is one of the few fish species able to live here. New research suggests this one species may be two. One is found in Lake Manyara itself, the other is in neighbouring soda lakes. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
In crater Lake Masoko one fish species is splitting into shallow and deep-living ecotypes occupying different light environments. New research shows their visual systems are diverging, and how colours of male eggspots have changed to maximise their visibility. doi.org/10.1093/molb...
August 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
In crater Lake Masoko one fish species is splitting into shallow and deep-living ecotypes occupying different light environments. New research shows their visual systems are diverging, and how colours of male eggspots have changed to maximise their visibility. doi.org/10.1093/molb...
New research in Molecular Ecology shining light on the riverine ancestors of the Lake Malawi cichlid fish adaptive radiation, led by Sophie Gresham and Hannes Svardal doi.org/10.1111/mec....
June 11, 2025 at 8:42 PM
New research in Molecular Ecology shining light on the riverine ancestors of the Lake Malawi cichlid fish adaptive radiation, led by Sophie Gresham and Hannes Svardal doi.org/10.1111/mec....
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🔎👀 TropEco Lab is hiring, please share! 🚨
🌍🌴 Position: Senior Research Associate / Research Associate in Field and Molecular Ecology.
🪲🐝🦋 Task: You will use iDNA & eDNA to build bee-plant and dung beetle-mammal networks in the Brazilian Amazonia, Ghana, & Malaysia.
Further details -> bit.ly/4lurR9z
🌍🌴 Position: Senior Research Associate / Research Associate in Field and Molecular Ecology.
🪲🐝🦋 Task: You will use iDNA & eDNA to build bee-plant and dung beetle-mammal networks in the Brazilian Amazonia, Ghana, & Malaysia.
Further details -> bit.ly/4lurR9z
April 14, 2025 at 8:11 AM
🔎👀 TropEco Lab is hiring, please share! 🚨
🌍🌴 Position: Senior Research Associate / Research Associate in Field and Molecular Ecology.
🪲🐝🦋 Task: You will use iDNA & eDNA to build bee-plant and dung beetle-mammal networks in the Brazilian Amazonia, Ghana, & Malaysia.
Further details -> bit.ly/4lurR9z
🌍🌴 Position: Senior Research Associate / Research Associate in Field and Molecular Ecology.
🪲🐝🦋 Task: You will use iDNA & eDNA to build bee-plant and dung beetle-mammal networks in the Brazilian Amazonia, Ghana, & Malaysia.
Further details -> bit.ly/4lurR9z
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Reposted by Martin Genner
Sea ice in the Arctic and around Antarctica cool our climate, drive ocean circulation across the planet, and provide a unique habitat for polar ecosystems.
Sea ice amounts have now fallen to their lowest since we started measuring them. This is not good.
🌊🥼❄️🧪
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sea ice amounts have now fallen to their lowest since we started measuring them. This is not good.
🌊🥼❄️🧪
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
World's sea-ice falls to record low
The world's frozen oceans keep the planet cool, but they currently have less ice than ever recorded before.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 15, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Sea ice in the Arctic and around Antarctica cool our climate, drive ocean circulation across the planet, and provide a unique habitat for polar ecosystems.
Sea ice amounts have now fallen to their lowest since we started measuring them. This is not good.
🌊🥼❄️🧪
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sea ice amounts have now fallen to their lowest since we started measuring them. This is not good.
🌊🥼❄️🧪
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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We are seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher (PDRA) in Freshwater Ecosystem Ecology researching the role of organic matter as a nutrient resource in freshwater ecosystems. A 4.5 year role with great training opportunites in isotope ecology and mesocosm experimental science www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLU610/p...
February 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
We are seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher (PDRA) in Freshwater Ecosystem Ecology researching the role of organic matter as a nutrient resource in freshwater ecosystems. A 4.5 year role with great training opportunites in isotope ecology and mesocosm experimental science www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLU610/p...
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This #WomenInScience Day, we are so proud to see so many female scientists currently working on RRS Sir David Attenborough!
The @biopole.bsky.social team are investigating how nutrients drive the global carbon cycle and ocean ecosystems, and the impact of climate change.
📸 Maddy De Marchis
The @biopole.bsky.social team are investigating how nutrients drive the global carbon cycle and ocean ecosystems, and the impact of climate change.
📸 Maddy De Marchis
February 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This #WomenInScience Day, we are so proud to see so many female scientists currently working on RRS Sir David Attenborough!
The @biopole.bsky.social team are investigating how nutrients drive the global carbon cycle and ocean ecosystems, and the impact of climate change.
📸 Maddy De Marchis
The @biopole.bsky.social team are investigating how nutrients drive the global carbon cycle and ocean ecosystems, and the impact of climate change.
📸 Maddy De Marchis
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🔮 What does the future hold for our oceans and their ability to soak up carbon from the atmosphere?
That's what a team of scientists are hoping to learn more about, as they embark on a 51 day voyage around the Southern Ocean. 🌊
It's time for a thread 🧵
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That's what a team of scientists are hoping to learn more about, as they embark on a 51 day voyage around the Southern Ocean. 🌊
It's time for a thread 🧵
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February 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
🔮 What does the future hold for our oceans and their ability to soak up carbon from the atmosphere?
That's what a team of scientists are hoping to learn more about, as they embark on a 51 day voyage around the Southern Ocean. 🌊
It's time for a thread 🧵
/1
That's what a team of scientists are hoping to learn more about, as they embark on a 51 day voyage around the Southern Ocean. 🌊
It's time for a thread 🧵
/1
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Job alert!
We seek to appoint a new Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology in the School of Biological Sciences, find out more at the link below!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
We seek to appoint a new Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology in the School of Biological Sciences, find out more at the link below!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
January 31, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Job alert!
We seek to appoint a new Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology in the School of Biological Sciences, find out more at the link below!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
We seek to appoint a new Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology in the School of Biological Sciences, find out more at the link below!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
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'This week, Wolfe and collaborators published new work directly linking rising temperatures to bird declines. Their research, published in Science Advances, tracked birds living in the forest understory at the BDFFP against detailed climate data.' 1/2
In the most untouched, pristine parts of the Amazon, birds are dying. Scientists may finally know why
Populations have been falling for decades, even in tracts of forest undamaged by humans. Experts have spent two decades trying to understand what is going on
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2025 at 8:16 AM
'This week, Wolfe and collaborators published new work directly linking rising temperatures to bird declines. Their research, published in Science Advances, tracked birds living in the forest understory at the BDFFP against detailed climate data.' 1/2
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In the forests of Southern Madagascar, three frog species were discovered in 2019 that represent the very lower limit of vertebrate size: < 9 mm long.
The genus was named "Mini", and the three species are:
Mini mum
Mini ature
Mini scule
(scientists are nerds, okay?)
The genus was named "Mini", and the three species are:
Mini mum
Mini ature
Mini scule
(scientists are nerds, okay?)
January 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
In the forests of Southern Madagascar, three frog species were discovered in 2019 that represent the very lower limit of vertebrate size: < 9 mm long.
The genus was named "Mini", and the three species are:
Mini mum
Mini ature
Mini scule
(scientists are nerds, okay?)
The genus was named "Mini", and the three species are:
Mini mum
Mini ature
Mini scule
(scientists are nerds, okay?)
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Reposted by Martin Genner
‘Awe-inspiring and harrowing’: how two orcas with a taste for liver decimated the great white shark capital of the world
really interesting case study of trophic cascade from @cooperpalaeo.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
really interesting case study of trophic cascade from @cooperpalaeo.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Awe-inspiring and harrowing’: how two orcas with a taste for liver decimated the great white shark capital of the world
A decade ago, up to 1,000 of the apex predators lived in one South African bay. Now they have gone, fleeing from killer whales. But the gap they have left creates problems for other species
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2025 at 11:03 AM
‘Awe-inspiring and harrowing’: how two orcas with a taste for liver decimated the great white shark capital of the world
really interesting case study of trophic cascade from @cooperpalaeo.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
really interesting case study of trophic cascade from @cooperpalaeo.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Reposted by Martin Genner
Don’t know about anyone else, but I’m rather pleased they discovered the blob-headed fish. 👍🏻
Blob-headed fish and amphibious mouse among 27 new species found in ‘thrilling’ Peru expedition
Scientists surprised to find so many animals unknown to science in Alto Mayo, a well-populated region
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2024 at 7:25 AM
Don’t know about anyone else, but I’m rather pleased they discovered the blob-headed fish. 👍🏻
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We have three 4-year UKRI PhD studentships now available under the ERC REFRESH programme Researching the role of dissolved organic matter (DOM) as a nutrient resource in freshwater systems. Do get in touch via the links if you have an questions! Details here: www.findaphd.com/phds/program... 🧪
December 11, 2024 at 4:11 PM
We have three 4-year UKRI PhD studentships now available under the ERC REFRESH programme Researching the role of dissolved organic matter (DOM) as a nutrient resource in freshwater systems. Do get in touch via the links if you have an questions! Details here: www.findaphd.com/phds/program... 🧪
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We want you to work with us!
Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Biological Sciences:
bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Biological Sciences:
bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
December 17, 2024 at 12:35 PM
We want you to work with us!
Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Biological Sciences:
bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Biological Sciences:
bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
The responses of freshwater fish to global warming. Our analyses in @pnas.org @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Made possible by #RivFishTIME
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Made possible by #RivFishTIME
December 9, 2024 at 11:52 PM
The responses of freshwater fish to global warming. Our analyses in @pnas.org @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Made possible by #RivFishTIME
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Made possible by #RivFishTIME