Murielle Ålund (she/her)
@muriellealund.bsky.social
Biologist (PhD) Swedish Veterinary Agency (SVA): environment, climate change, disease vectors, animal feed safety
Research @ Uppsala & Michigan State University: evolution reproduction speciation birds fish
Mom of 3
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https://muriellealund.wordpress.com/
Research @ Uppsala & Michigan State University: evolution reproduction speciation birds fish
Mom of 3
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https://muriellealund.wordpress.com/
Very happy to share that I get to continue working as a researcher at the Swedish Veterinary Agency for the foreseeable future, studying the impact of climate change on animals & humans in a One Health perspective, including vector surveillance & work towards safe food & water in a changing world.
November 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Very happy to share that I get to continue working as a researcher at the Swedish Veterinary Agency for the foreseeable future, studying the impact of climate change on animals & humans in a One Health perspective, including vector surveillance & work towards safe food & water in a changing world.
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🤔Have you ever wondered what it's like to be a part of ESA's Directorate of Connectivity and Secure Communications?
ESA Student Internships are now open and there are a few internships in our field! 🤩
jobs.esa.int/search/?crea...
#ESA #internship #satellites
ESA Student Internships are now open and there are a few internships in our field! 🤩
jobs.esa.int/search/?crea...
#ESA #internship #satellites
November 4, 2025 at 7:54 AM
🤔Have you ever wondered what it's like to be a part of ESA's Directorate of Connectivity and Secure Communications?
ESA Student Internships are now open and there are a few internships in our field! 🤩
jobs.esa.int/search/?crea...
#ESA #internship #satellites
ESA Student Internships are now open and there are a few internships in our field! 🤩
jobs.esa.int/search/?crea...
#ESA #internship #satellites
Very interesting few days in Berlin meeting and training with colleagues of veterinary, food and public health agencies in Sweden and other Northern European countries!
When a crisis hits, borders don’t matter – collaboration does.
Today with @bfrde.bsky.social, we launch the 2025 Crisis Preparedness Exercise.
3 days, 10+ countries, EU institutions & sister agencies joining forces to test readiness against zoonotic threats with a #OneHealth approach.
Today with @bfrde.bsky.social, we launch the 2025 Crisis Preparedness Exercise.
3 days, 10+ countries, EU institutions & sister agencies joining forces to test readiness against zoonotic threats with a #OneHealth approach.
October 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Very interesting few days in Berlin meeting and training with colleagues of veterinary, food and public health agencies in Sweden and other Northern European countries!
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In honour of "Postdoc Appreciation Week", a plug for a paper I was involved in 5 years ago (w/ @bjmjarrett.bsky.social, @muriellealund.bsky.social and others) in which we highlighted how academia could better support postdocs. There is much here that remains relevant! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Academic ecosystems must evolve to support a sustainable postdoc workforce - Nature Ecology & Evolution
The postdoctoral experience is in need of reform. Here the authors outline concrete steps that institutions, postdocs and mentors can take to improve the landscape.
www.nature.com
September 18, 2025 at 11:34 AM
In honour of "Postdoc Appreciation Week", a plug for a paper I was involved in 5 years ago (w/ @bjmjarrett.bsky.social, @muriellealund.bsky.social and others) in which we highlighted how academia could better support postdocs. There is much here that remains relevant! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The deadline for these two fully-funded phd projects is fast approaching (5th May). Do share far and wide.
Two fully-funded PhD scholarships @BangorUni
in conservation social science. Deadline 5th May. If you have conservation scientists, geographers, economists, sociologists in your network do share. Details in thread below (1/3)
www.bangor.ac.uk/conservation...
in conservation social science. Deadline 5th May. If you have conservation scientists, geographers, economists, sociologists in your network do share. Details in thread below (1/3)
www.bangor.ac.uk/conservation...
April 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The deadline for these two fully-funded phd projects is fast approaching (5th May). Do share far and wide.
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An Easter Monday treat...Puffins pitter patter into our #SpringArrivalSpotlight today! 😍
Arriving in April from the North Atlantic, their unmistakable colourful bills are the heralds of spring on our cliffs.
Look out for these adorable seabirds returning to nesting sites.
Arriving in April from the North Atlantic, their unmistakable colourful bills are the heralds of spring on our cliffs.
Look out for these adorable seabirds returning to nesting sites.
April 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM
An Easter Monday treat...Puffins pitter patter into our #SpringArrivalSpotlight today! 😍
Arriving in April from the North Atlantic, their unmistakable colourful bills are the heralds of spring on our cliffs.
Look out for these adorable seabirds returning to nesting sites.
Arriving in April from the North Atlantic, their unmistakable colourful bills are the heralds of spring on our cliffs.
Look out for these adorable seabirds returning to nesting sites.
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If you're in #Sweden and you find a tick, my friend @muriellealund.bsky.social wants to have it!
www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/10-0...
www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/10-0...
10,000 ticks wanted for new study on TBE - Radio Sweden
10,000 ticks are needed to get a better idea of TBE risk areas in Sweden.A new study conducted by The Swedish Veterinary Agency and Uppsala University ...
www.sverigesradio.se
April 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
If you're in #Sweden and you find a tick, my friend @muriellealund.bsky.social wants to have it!
www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/10-0...
www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/10-0...
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I got to speak at a political rally (video below). Today, I stood up for science in Michigan at the Hands Off Day of action in Lansing. Inspired talks and one hell of a crowd!! @50501mi.bsky.social
Standing up for science in Lansing
YouTube video by Jason Gallant
youtu.be
April 5, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I got to speak at a political rally (video below). Today, I stood up for science in Michigan at the Hands Off Day of action in Lansing. Inspired talks and one hell of a crowd!! @50501mi.bsky.social
Happy to answer any questions you may have about working with the flycatcher project! 🪶
📣 @qvarnstromlab.bsky.social is hiring a research assistant for 1 year to work on the flycatcher project. Responsibilities include sample organization, data management, lab and field work + management. MSc + relevant experience required.
Apply by Apr 4 👇 #ecoevojob
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
Apply by Apr 4 👇 #ecoevojob
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
March 26, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Happy to answer any questions you may have about working with the flycatcher project! 🪶
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One week left to apply for a postdoc position in beautiful Edinburgh! Fully funded, 3 years, visa sponsorship. Explore interactions between host genomes and microbiomes during population declines using #museum collections ( #aDNA #popgen #hologenomics )!
3-y postdoc position in (meta)Genomics of Population Declines elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid.... If you have experience with low-coverage genomic data, care about biodiversity loss, want to understand host-microbiomes interactions, this post is for you! #museomics #ancientDNA #mammals
March 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
One week left to apply for a postdoc position in beautiful Edinburgh! Fully funded, 3 years, visa sponsorship. Explore interactions between host genomes and microbiomes during population declines using #museum collections ( #aDNA #popgen #hologenomics )!
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I made a Spotify playlist of @bwjones.bsky.social's absolute 🔥 set of female-led rock songs, plus a few that he got in the comments and a few that I thought belonged as well. A couple live performances weren't available so I substituted as best I could.
open.spotify.com/playlist/7gu...
open.spotify.com/playlist/7gu...
March 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I made a Spotify playlist of @bwjones.bsky.social's absolute 🔥 set of female-led rock songs, plus a few that he got in the comments and a few that I thought belonged as well. A couple live performances weren't available so I substituted as best I could.
open.spotify.com/playlist/7gu...
open.spotify.com/playlist/7gu...
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In a remarkable show of unity, today 48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 members call on Congress to protect the future of science. Our elected officials must act now so we have a hope of avoiding long-term damage to the US science enterprise. www.ucsusa.org/about/news/s...
48 Scientific Societies Representing Almost 100,000 Scientists Ask Congress to Protect the Future of Science
48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 scientists signed on to a letter asking Congress to protect the future of science
www.ucsusa.org
March 3, 2025 at 8:54 PM
In a remarkable show of unity, today 48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 members call on Congress to protect the future of science. Our elected officials must act now so we have a hope of avoiding long-term damage to the US science enterprise. www.ucsusa.org/about/news/s...
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A PhD position has opened up in my old lab group in Uppsala with Anna Qvarnström! I can't recommend Uppsala and the group highly enough. This is a really great opportunity! If anyone wants to learn more about life in Uppsala or in the department, I'm very happy to talk.
February 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
A PhD position has opened up in my old lab group in Uppsala with Anna Qvarnström! I can't recommend Uppsala and the group highly enough. This is a really great opportunity! If anyone wants to learn more about life in Uppsala or in the department, I'm very happy to talk.
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Looks like a great opportunity for a few months fieldwork with a great PI
Fieldwork opportunity: We're looking to hire a field assistant for the www.phenoweb.org project starting 1 April. Please repost. #phenology #fieldwork #birdringing
February 17, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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More than 25,000 people from 200 communities have restored nearly 5,000 hectares of the high-altitude Polylepis forests and protected more than 11,250 hectares of woodland.
Acción Andina (Andean Action) is an initiative that has launched 23 projects in Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Argentina and Ecuador.
Acción Andina (Andean Action) is an initiative that has launched 23 projects in Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Argentina and Ecuador.
In the high Andes, a dream to restore a special forest takes root
Three years ago, while exploring the Mojanda mountain range in Ecuador, a team of researchers from a local NGO and a government research institute stumbled upon a small, unusual mouse. The expedition’...
news.mongabay.com
February 17, 2025 at 6:11 AM
More than 25,000 people from 200 communities have restored nearly 5,000 hectares of the high-altitude Polylepis forests and protected more than 11,250 hectares of woodland.
Acción Andina (Andean Action) is an initiative that has launched 23 projects in Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Argentina and Ecuador.
Acción Andina (Andean Action) is an initiative that has launched 23 projects in Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Argentina and Ecuador.
Rector of UNamur Annick Castiaux opened the conference strongly condemning recent attacks to science & diversity in the USA & highlighting the necessity for freedom in science & in teaching. Her comment on*that*executive order: "as if women needed to be protected by someone like Trump"👩🔬🧪💪 Thank you!
February 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Rector of UNamur Annick Castiaux opened the conference strongly condemning recent attacks to science & diversity in the USA & highlighting the necessity for freedom in science & in teaching. Her comment on*that*executive order: "as if women needed to be protected by someone like Trump"👩🔬🧪💪 Thank you!
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fin. Once we pivot into the world of humans, the biology of sex in stickleback (and how I simplify it slightly in my work) is irrelevant to the ethical standards by which we treat each other.
February 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
fin. Once we pivot into the world of humans, the biology of sex in stickleback (and how I simplify it slightly in my work) is irrelevant to the ethical standards by which we treat each other.
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Wel, no surprise that Coyne used his blog (whyevolutionistrue) to argue with the SSE/SSB/ASN letter about definitions of sex. I'm not going to engage deeply with the letter here. Like any committee-drafted text it reflects compromises; I agree with some phrasing but some could have been clearer 1/N
February 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Wel, no surprise that Coyne used his blog (whyevolutionistrue) to argue with the SSE/SSB/ASN letter about definitions of sex. I'm not going to engage deeply with the letter here. Like any committee-drafted text it reflects compromises; I agree with some phrasing but some could have been clearer 1/N
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Letter from the SSE/SSB/ASN councils on the scientific understanding of sex and gender, pls RT
Letter to the US President and Congress on the Scientific Understanding of Sex and Gender
President Donald J Trump Washington, DC Members of the US Congress Washington, DC February 5, 2025 RE: Scientific Understanding of Sex and Gender Dear President Trump and Members of the US Congr...
www.evolutionsociety.org
February 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Letter from the SSE/SSB/ASN councils on the scientific understanding of sex and gender, pls RT
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Worried about losing access to US federal data that may go off-line, or already is? You’re not alone—but duplication isn’t the answer.
Many ongoing efforts have already archived key datasets and many more are ongoing. Check out these existing resources and, if you can, support their work. 🧵
Many ongoing efforts have already archived key datasets and many more are ongoing. Check out these existing resources and, if you can, support their work. 🧵
a man in a black shirt is looking at a screen with a red background
Alt: a man in a black shirt is looking at a screen with a red background
media.tenor.com
February 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Worried about losing access to US federal data that may go off-line, or already is? You’re not alone—but duplication isn’t the answer.
Many ongoing efforts have already archived key datasets and many more are ongoing. Check out these existing resources and, if you can, support their work. 🧵
Many ongoing efforts have already archived key datasets and many more are ongoing. Check out these existing resources and, if you can, support their work. 🧵
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"These commitments — to reliable support for science, free scientific discourse, and inclusive opportunities to ensure that diverse people can participate in science — are not separate from our scientific mission but essential to its success."
I usually reserve this account for my personal views; but today I want to represent my position as President of @asn-amnat.bsky.social to post a message that will shortly go out to the membership of the American Society of Naturalists from the ASN Executive Council
February 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
"These commitments — to reliable support for science, free scientific discourse, and inclusive opportunities to ensure that diverse people can participate in science — are not separate from our scientific mission but essential to its success."