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Steve Ramm
@steveramm.bsky.social
Evolutionary biologist at UMR 6553 ECOBIO, @cnrs.fr / @rennesuniv.bsky.social Brittany, France. Research interests seemingly begin with s: sexual selection, sperm competition, seminal fluid, spermatogenesis, sex allocation, selfing and stress
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ACCE+ PhD project on the molecular evolution of insectivorous mammals that eat toxic amphibians 🦔🐸. Jointly supervised with brilliant colleagues in @livuni-ismib.bsky.social & @mpi-ce.bsky.social & open to UK & international students. @shabmohammadi.bsky.social
Join us! We’re recruiting a PhD researcher to uncover how hedgehogs & other insectivores survive prey toxins. Dive into molecular evolution & protein biochemistry @shabmohammadi.bsky.social @livuni-ives.bsky.social @livuni-ismib.bsky.social @mpi-ce.bsky.social

🦔 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
December 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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📣 PhD opportunity in my lab 📣

We're looking for a motivated student interested in the effects of thermal stress on animal survival and reproduction: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Project is open-ended to allow student to define its direction depending on their interests

Please share widely!
December 18, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Post-doc position in genetic and epigenetic basis of inbreeding depression at UMR 6553 ECOBIO, Rennes, starting early 2026. Applications to steven.ramm@univ-rennes.fr. More info: https://macrostomum.wordpress.com/the-genetic-and-epigenetic-basis-of-inbreeding-depression/ #postdoc
The genetic and epigenetic basis of inbreeding depression – the ramm lab
The genetic and epigenetic basis of inbreeding depression – the ramm lab
macrostomum.wordpress.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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POSTDOC recruitment! We’re looking for a post-doc to join us to work on the (epi)genetic basis of inbreeding depression as part of the ANR-funded project FRIDA
macrostomum.wordpress.com/the-genetic-...
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December 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
POSTDOC recruitment! We’re looking for a post-doc to join us to work on the (epi)genetic basis of inbreeding depression as part of the ANR-funded project FRIDA
macrostomum.wordpress.com/the-genetic-...
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December 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Lectureship in Zoology at Aberystwyth University! jobs.aber.ac.uk/en/vacancy/l...
Come join our fantastic team at @aberdlsagb.bsky.social @aberuni.bsky.social in beautiful Wales. Application deadline: 14 Dec 2025.
December 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Join us! 🧬🪰🎉🔬

We are currently advertising two #PhD projects to study the #evolution, #development and #genomics of sexual traits in stalk-eyed flies.

Deadline for applying is Wednesday, January 7, 2026. Get in touch for more info!
November 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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📣CALL FOR APPLICATIONS!!

The next deadline for the #GodfreyHewitt mobility award is 31st January 2026. Open to ECRS in support of research trips or lab visits.

For more information, eligibility and how to apply: eseb.org/prizes-fundi...
November 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Phd project on Climate Change Impacts on Sexually Selected Traits, lead by Alison Wright at Sheffield Uni, with supervisor team including @andrewpom.bsky.social and me. Application deadline 7th Jan
ACCE+ DLA Programme: The impact of climate change on sexually selected traits and its consequences for evolutionary fitness at University of Sheffield on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - ACCE+ DLA Programme: The impact of climate change on sexually selected traits and its consequences for evolutionary fitness at University of Sheffield, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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🧃☕️ BYOF Seminar | Fri Oct 24 @ 10 am EDT🥛🍹
Bring-Your-Own-Fluid + enjoy 7 min talks about social fluids:

🦈 Viviparity & matrotrophy • Daniel Hughes
🐦 Crop milk • Victoria Farrar
🦂 Sexual stings • Yuqi Reitsema-Wang

Email hello@socialtransfer.net for the Zoom link! 🔗

@socialtransfernet.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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The Hopkins Lab (hopkins-lab.com) at the University of Florida is looking to recruit a postdoc to work on the genetics of organ function and evolution across Drosophila and beyond. Please visit tinyurl.com/vcsjpmzz or email me for more info. And please RT or send to anyone who might be interested!
October 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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#ISBE2026 Call for Abstracts is now open! Submit your abstract by 15 December 2025 on www.isbe2026.com

@behavecol.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Exciting news!
The next #PopGroup meeting will take place in Lille 🍟, France, 7–9 January 2026 – just 1 hour by train from London, Brussels, and Paris.

This year, PopGroup will also host ALPHY, the annual meeting of Evolutionary Genomics.

More info: populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk

See you there !
Population Genetics group 59
populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk
September 29, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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From pigeons to foxes—urban jungles are wilder than you think!

We’re hyped for our Wildlife in Urban Spaces symposium, kicking off right before #DZG2025 sweeps us into 3 fantastic days of conferencing in Berlin!

dzg-meeting.de/en/program/
Antichrist Chaos Reigns GIF
ALT: Antichrist Chaos Reigns GIF
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September 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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We’re offering a fully funded 4 yr PhD position to work on Sexual selection in complex environments at the @uv.es. Co-supervised by @dbergerbiol.bsky.social. Find details below 👇
September 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Mike Ritchie emphasising the huge importance of supporting society journals like JEB in his ESEB presidential address, Barcelona. @eseb.bsky.social @eseb2025.bsky.social
August 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
This is a big innovation for #eseb2027 not without it's challenges (time zones, currencies, technical delays...) but with potentially HUGE savings in terms of carbon footprint. So well done @eseb.bsky.social, let's embrace the experiment and make the hub concept a success!

#eseb2025
Aurelien Tellier presenting the details of #eseb2027 which will be a hub meeting, with connected and local sessions in 4 hubs (Gothenburg, Munich, London, Istanbul) eseb2027.org #eseb2025
August 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Aurelien Tellier presenting the details of #eseb2027 which will be a hub meeting, with connected and local sessions in 4 hubs (Gothenburg, Munich, London, Istanbul) eseb2027.org #eseb2025
August 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Thanks to all of the speakers in this morning's #socialtransfers symposium at #eseb2025! Really diverse and thought-provoking presentations, just what we were hoping for. See you all at the posters / get-together later!
@berasymbionts.bsky.social speaking about socially transferred materials and her amazing beetles and fungal symbiont transfer opening the @socialtransfernet.bsky.social symposium at #ESEB2025
August 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Amazing talk by @jennyperry.bsky.social bringing together signalling theory and socially transferred materials. Keep your eyes peeled for the eventual paper with @steveramm.bsky.social @elvarobinson.bsky.social and myself #ESEB2025 @socialtransfernet.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Good morning #eseb2025! Come join us at 10:30 in room 131+132 to hear invited speakers @jennyperry.bsky.social and @berasymbionts.bsky.social plus many excellent contributed talks on #socialtransfers

@socialtransfernet.bsky.social
@joriskoene.bsky.social
@adriatica.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Today!

#eseb2025
🚨 Exciting news for #ESEB2025!
Join us in Barcelona for our symposium:

Cooperation, Conflict & the Evolution of Socially Transferred Materials (S08)
📅 Thursday, 21 Aug 2025
🕥 10:30–12:30 | 🕔 17:00–19:00 (Poster Session)
August 21, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Excited to be on the train to Barcelona for #ESEB2025, where I'll be chairing Symposium 8 on socially transferred materials with @joriskoene.bsky.social, presenting our own research as part of S44 on climate change and reproduction...
August 17, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Same!
Sitting in my train heading towards #ESEB2025 in Barcelona reading posts about colleagues enjoying their own train trip to #ESEB2025, and loving it 🚉🚄🚈🚅💚
August 17, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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🚨 Exciting news for #ESEB2025!
Join us in Barcelona for our symposium:

Cooperation, Conflict & the Evolution of Socially Transferred Materials (S08)
📅 Thursday, 21 Aug 2025
🕥 10:30–12:30 | 🕔 17:00–19:00 (Poster Session)
August 13, 2025 at 8:36 AM