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Oriol Lapiedra
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Evolutionary Ecology of Behavior in a Global Change context
Severo Ochoa Researcher at CREAF in Barcelona & @NatGeo Explorer
He/him
https://oriollapiedralab.com/
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cabido.bsky.social
Este hilo del otro día lo escribí para hacer este reel que os enlazo, en realidad. Y sí, se me ve cansado —yo creo—, porque últimamente no paro.

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November 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
oriollapiedra.bsky.social
Interested in a PhD studying the evolutionary ecology of animal behavior in Barcelona?

Final days to apply for this open PhD position in our lab! 👇

For more information about the position:
creaf.factorialhr.com/job_posting/...
November 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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cyanistesnord.bsky.social
I am recruting a #postdoc for a project investigating the evolution of avian heat tolerance in @erc.europa.eu project #HotLife. Fieldwork over broad latitudinal gradients, common-garden experiments, and more. Read more and apply👇
shorturl.at/WA1Qa

Would appreciate a re-post!

@evoldir.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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drtomemery.bsky.social
Applications for MCSA are up 64%! 50% now come from outside the EU. Trump effect?

The European Research market just got a hell of a lot more crowded.

EU should turn on the tap

marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/news/msca-po...
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 receives record number of 17,058 proposals
This year’s annual MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships call has attracted considerable interest from the research community with 17,058 proposals submitted.
marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu
October 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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egioxford.bsky.social
We're all looking forward to this week's seminar, being given by Kristen Ruegg from Colorado State University on the power of avian landscape genomics in the Genoscape Project. Seminar at 3.30pm on Friday 7 Nov in Lecture Theatre 1 in LaMB. Welcome in person or to join online - details ⬇️
November 3, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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oriollapiedra.bsky.social
We have an open PhD student position in evolutionary ecology in our lab @creaf.cat in Barcelona! 🦎 🌳 🦆 🐍

Applications open until Nov. 10th, 2025. Please help us spread the word!

Link to position description and requirements:
creaf.factorialhr.com/job_posting/...

Lab website:
oriollapiedralab.com
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October 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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ggnanadesikan.bsky.social
The Women of Color in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology community (WOCinEEB; non-binary inclusive) is doing another round of matching for one-on-one mentorship!

You can sign up here: forms.gle/Cfk3Y5CZksSS...

I'm also happy to answer any questions!

#Mentorship #Ecology #EvolutionaryBiology
WOC in EEB mentorship sign up form 2025
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October 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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domcram.bsky.social
🚨Fully-funded PhD opportunity in my group🚨

🧬How does parental ageing shape the next generation?🐾

Find out by studying meerkats!

🧪Epigenetic clocks
✨Bioinformatics
📊Long-term data
🌍Kalahari fieldwork
💡Big evolutionary questions

Get in touch or APPLY NOW
Please share!
www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-d...
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October 17, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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david-s-richardson.bsky.social
Genetic load, fitness and conservation in the Seychelles warbler.
A wonderful PhD opportunity - spanning important evolutionary and conservation-relevant concepts. Come work with us
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October 14, 2025 at 10:45 AM
oriollapiedra.bsky.social
We have an open PhD student position in evolutionary ecology in our lab @creaf.cat in Barcelona! 🦎 🌳 🦆 🐍

Applications open until Nov. 10th, 2025. Please help us spread the word!

Link to position description and requirements:
creaf.factorialhr.com/job_posting/...

Lab website:
oriollapiedralab.com
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October 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
oriollapiedra.bsky.social
👇 an interesting thread on this study, led by @jameststroud.bsky.social and emerged after long discussions about the limits of morphological performance in lizards with @jblosos.bsky.social.

A beautiful example of how natural history observations generate relevant debates in evolutionary biology.
jameststroud.bsky.social James T. Stroud @jameststroud.bsky.social · Oct 14
🦎THREAD: We just published something wild in @asn-amnat.bsky.social - lizards missing entire limbs not only survive, but some appear to actually thrive in the wild?!

Let me tell you about the "three-legged pirate" lizards 🏴‍☠️

[Paper: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... ]

(1/n)
October 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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oriollapiedra.bsky.social
Urbanization enhances biodiversity loss. Yet sometimes cities may *paradoxically* shelter species threatened by other components of global change

We studied if urban areas are sheltering an endangered iconic lizard 🦎 from a rapidly spreading predator 🐍 in Ibiza👇

📸G. Casbas

doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
July 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
oriollapiedra.bsky.social
Why are we not talking more about this?

We are witnessing how the most diverse ecosystems on Earth are collapsing.

Knock, knock, hello... humanity?

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’
Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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igue-aeet.bsky.social
Vez-Garzón et al. (2025) Urban refugia enhance persistence of an endangered endemic keystone lizard threatened by the rapid spread of an invasive predator - Global Ecology and Conservation doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
@creaf.cat @uab.cat @oriollapiedra.bsky.social @marcvez.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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gorizaola.bsky.social
🚨 NEW PAPER ALERT

We got a new paper finally published @funecology.bsky.social, lead by @felixpleiva.bsky.social, and presenting Share Trait platform for interoperable and reusable use of individual-level trait data in ectotherms.

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
September 15, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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biology.ox.ac.uk
Oxford Biology is growing 📢

We’re appointing 3 Associate Professors in:
🌱 Plant Sciences
🦉 Animal Behaviour
🔬 Molecular Cell Biology

3 fields. 3 opportunities. One new home for Oxford Biology.

Learn more 👉 bit.ly/41S2Tc7
Apply now 👉 bit.ly/488CNW3
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September 15, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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oriollapiedra.bsky.social
I guess all I can offer to our beloved American colleagues: do reach out to your European colleagues if you want to informally chat about potential research job opportunities.

We are deeply sorry about the surreal havoc you are experiencing right now.

@creaf.cat

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving
More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.
www.nature.com
March 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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doc-brock.bsky.social
Devastated to see the NSF postdoctoral research fellowship in biology archives. This is a transformative creative opportunity and a path to the professorship for many (including myself). Postdocs are highly trained and often in the newest techniques which spur innovation.
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB)
www.nsf.gov
July 29, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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oriollapiedra.bsky.social
@annatraveset.bsky.social & I are excited to co-organize this symposium @ #ESEB congress in Barcelona:

"Aliens among us: ecological drivers, evolutionary dynamics, and rapid ecosystem reshaping by biological Invasions"

Abstract submission deadline: April 25th
April 15, 2025 at 11:51 AM
oriollapiedra.bsky.social
Urbanization enhances biodiversity loss. Yet sometimes cities may *paradoxically* shelter species threatened by other components of global change

We studied if urban areas are sheltering an endangered iconic lizard 🦎 from a rapidly spreading predator 🐍 in Ibiza👇

📸G. Casbas

doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
July 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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ryanmarino.bsky.social
New FDA recommendations:
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June 11, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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natecoevo.nature.com
Six actions for ecologists in times of planetary crisis: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

✅Explicitly recognize and address the #biodiversity crisis
✅Explore positive futures
✅Defend academic freedom
✅Go political
✅Inspire society
✅Address the colonial legacy of ecology

Free to read: rdcu.be/eqjlk
Screenshot of the title and author list from the Correspondence article "Six actions for ecologists in times of planetary crisis" from the Nature Ecology & Evolution homepage
June 10, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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inspirina.aldea.social
Maravilla
May 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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pennekampster.bsky.social
Are you interested in predator-prey interactions and movement ecology?

I am looking for a PhD student to work on the project "A mechanistic theory of functional responses: zooming into movement behaviour to understand and predict predator-prey interactions"
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/342402.
PhD student in Ecology (up to 4 years)
The position is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation project “A mechanistic theory of functional responses: zooming into movement behaviour to understand and predict predator prey interacti...
euraxess.ec.europa.eu
May 14, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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jacquelyngill.bsky.social
NSF grant terminations are disproportionately affecting underrepresented scientists. 58% of canceled grants have women PIs, despite making up only 34% of awards. 17% of canceled grants have Black PIs (versus 4% of the pool). Hispanic and disabled PIs are twice as likely to have NSF grants canceled.
Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF
Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress
www.science.org
May 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM