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Sal Keith (she/her)
@salkeith.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer at Lancaster Uni, UK. Exploring macrobehaviour using coral reefs as a model system, interested in all things data sciencey. #MacrobehaviourLab https://sallykeith.weebly.com/
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📢Please share📢 We have an opening for an exciting fully-funded PhD project on computer vision and machine learning applied to biodiversity monitoring with amazing Serge Belongie @belongielab.org and @aicentre.dk. Application deadline coming up on 15 January!
phd.tech.au.dk/for-applican...
Harnessing the power of AI for biodiversity monitoring with camera trap networks - From foundation model to edge processing
phd.tech.au.dk
January 2, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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Precious Matsoso, a public-health official based in Pretoria, South Africa, brokered the world’s first pandemic-preparedness treaty after years of hard-fought negotiations. She’s part of Nature’s 10 for 2025. 🧪
The first global pandemic treaty — and the woman who made it happen
Precious Matsoso is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025.
go.nature.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵

Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
December 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Post-doc positions:
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."

uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
Call for Applications: Early Career Rescue Fellowship – Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies
uni-freiburg.de
December 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Excited to launch the new improved Reproducible Code guide from @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social FREE online here! www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... Amazing work by some very talented ECRs. We hope it’s useful!
December 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
We’ve reached proof of concept stage with our octonauts inspired marine heatwave scenario in the data immersion suite, I’m loving the portholes 🐠
December 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Still can't believe this - ZSL thought I've done good ;) portal.lancaster.ac.uk/intranet/new... @lec-reefs.bsky.social @dsilu.bsky.social 🥰 (I was awarded a medal!)
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December 12, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Secondly, to Dr Sally Keith @lancasteruni.bsky.social for her research in the field of macrobehaviour, and commitment to advancing of our understanding of whole biological systems of coral reefs 🏆 @salkeith.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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The ZSL Scientific Medal is presented to researchers for outstanding contributions to their field, made within 15 years of completing their PhD. This year, 3 Medals were awarded 👇
December 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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The ZSL Marsh Award for Conservation Biology is awarded to Professor Tim Blackburn, @ucllifesciences.bsky.social, for his pioneering work in macroecology, contribution to invasion biology, and profound scientific and policy impact ⭐️🌍 @mothyblackburn.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Professor Nick Graham @lancasteruni.bsky.social is the winner of the ZSL Marsh Award for Marine and Freshwater Conservation. Nick's work bridging rigorous science with conservation practice and global policy advocacy distinguish him as a leader in marine conservation 🏅🌊 @nickajgraham.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
As I head to the awards ceremony at @zslofficial.bsky.social, I’m remembering how I asked my teacher in primary school what it’s called when you try to understand animals. “A zoologist”, she told me. Well, here I am Mrs Sturgess! 🐠🪲🦧🦒🦩🦔
December 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Wow! Morecambe Bay Curriculum project has won Bronze for Sustainability Action in the QS Reimagining Education awards! Great recognition of lots of creative & hard work from the team portal.lancaster.ac.uk/intranet/new... I'm really excited to be involved this year! @lancasteruninews.bsky.social
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December 5, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Cool TEDtalk by @sarameghanbeery.bsky.social outlining how we can harness existing data to transform our ecological understanding www.ted.com/talks/sara_b...
How AI is unearthing hidden scientific knowledge
Scientists estimate that 80 percent of life on Earth is still unknown to humanity. But as global temperatures rise, habitats shrink and food and water sources dry up, we're losing these species faster...
www.ted.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Check out our new preprint, led by @melinaleite.bsky.social “Dispersion tests in generalised linear mixed-effects models - a methods comparison and practical guide” ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
November 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Another one….
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November 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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♻️🆓: Macroalgal microbiome biogeography is shaped by environmental drivers rather than geographical distance
Macroalgal microbiome biogeography is shaped by environmental drivers rather than geographical distance
AbstractBackground and Aims. Contrasting patterns of host and microbiome biogeography can provide insight into the drivers of microbial community assembly.
doi.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Two new post-doc positions in our team here at Lancaster! 👇
We're hiring! 🥳 Come and join our team in Lancaster - we're looking for two senior postdocs to work on corporate sustainability and restoration ecology. 🌳 🪸 ♻️ (1 of 2)
@lec-reefs.bsky.social @pentlandcentre.bsky.social @sci-tech-lancaster.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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New PhD project available here at @lancasteruni.bsky.social!

Come and research coral reefs, MPAs, and climate impacts 🪸

www.exageo.org/phd-student-...
November 11, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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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!
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Ouch! Rejection again!
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November 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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To mark the death of James Watson, please read this 2023 piece about Rosalind Franklin's role in the discovery of the double helix
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Fully prepping new Applied Data Science for Biodiversity MSc module now! Why do we need it, where we are now, macrobehaviour, XR and gamifying conservation, ecological role of colour and responsible AI. Others are on bioacoustics, automating species ID, acoustic telemetry & Earth observation 😎🤯🫠
a cartoon girl wearing a yellow hat says octavia lafoon and lightning when they get jumpspace netflix
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November 6, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Applications are currently being accepted for UBC's ✨️ Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellowship ✨️ (two positions!!), due Jan. 15

Please share far and wide 🚀

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Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunities
Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2-year (2026-2028) - 2 positions OPENAt UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in resea...
biodiversity.ubc.ca
November 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM