Thomas MacGillavry
@thomasmacgillavry.bsky.social
PhD student researching animal behaviour, cognition, and communication |
Interested in avian rhythm and “dance” 💃🏻🕺🏼|
Love music, nature, bouldering, and exploring wild places 🌴 |
he/him |
University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna
Interested in avian rhythm and “dance” 💃🏻🕺🏼|
Love music, nature, bouldering, and exploring wild places 🌴 |
he/him |
University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna
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The number of low-quality or fraudulent publications is rising to hundreds of thousands per year. It is time to reevaluate current publishing models and outline a global plan. Read the 'Reformation of science publishing: the Stockholm Declaration': royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #RSOS 🧪
November 11, 2025 at 8:35 AM
The number of low-quality or fraudulent publications is rising to hundreds of thousands per year. It is time to reevaluate current publishing models and outline a global plan. Read the 'Reformation of science publishing: the Stockholm Declaration': royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #RSOS 🧪
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Fungi coat the eggs of stinkbugs, creating a shield that protects the embryos from parasitic wasps, researchers report.
Learn more: https://scim.ag/43kl3np
Learn more: https://scim.ag/43kl3np
November 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Fungi coat the eggs of stinkbugs, creating a shield that protects the embryos from parasitic wasps, researchers report.
Learn more: https://scim.ag/43kl3np
Learn more: https://scim.ag/43kl3np
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In a stunning display of coordinated movement, male Swallow-tailed Manakins dance together in groups of up to five to attract females. Researchers studied display consistency, group size effects and implications for female choice: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #RSOS #AnimalBehaviour
November 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
In a stunning display of coordinated movement, male Swallow-tailed Manakins dance together in groups of up to five to attract females. Researchers studied display consistency, group size effects and implications for female choice: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #RSOS #AnimalBehaviour
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Watson and Crick elucidated the structure of DNA. Stop saying that they discovered DNA! This was done by another guy you probably haven't heard of! And therein lies a story. academic.oup.com/genetics/art...
Before Watson and Crick in 1953 Came Friedrich Miescher in 1869
Abstract. The story of genetics typically omits the original discovery of the molecular nature of DNA: Friedrich Miescher's 1869 discovery of the substance
academic.oup.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Watson and Crick elucidated the structure of DNA. Stop saying that they discovered DNA! This was done by another guy you probably haven't heard of! And therein lies a story. academic.oup.com/genetics/art...
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Born #OnThisDay in 1656 was Edmond Halley FRS. He was Secretary of the Royal Society and the second Astronomer Royal, calculated the orbit and trajectory of his eponymous comet, and was key in persuading Isaac Newton to publish his Principia Mathematica: https://bit.ly/2zAQHP4
November 8, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Born #OnThisDay in 1656 was Edmond Halley FRS. He was Secretary of the Royal Society and the second Astronomer Royal, calculated the orbit and trajectory of his eponymous comet, and was key in persuading Isaac Newton to publish his Principia Mathematica: https://bit.ly/2zAQHP4
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We’re looking for an enthusiastic #PhD candidate to explore the resilience of sea turtle populations in a changing climate, supervised by Leo Clarke and myself. Interested in sea #turtles, #marine #biology, #conservation & #fieldwork in Cape Verde. Funded by ACCE+ NERC DLA tinyurl.com/dm573yrm
November 7, 2025 at 9:27 AM
We’re looking for an enthusiastic #PhD candidate to explore the resilience of sea turtle populations in a changing climate, supervised by Leo Clarke and myself. Interested in sea #turtles, #marine #biology, #conservation & #fieldwork in Cape Verde. Funded by ACCE+ NERC DLA tinyurl.com/dm573yrm
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On the event of James Watson's death, I highly recommend this 2023 commentary from @matthewcobb.bsky.social and Nathaniel Comfort with crucial new insights into the discovery of the double helix. (And also check out Cobb's brand new biography of Francis Crick) 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 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
On the event of James Watson's death, I highly recommend this 2023 commentary from @matthewcobb.bsky.social and Nathaniel Comfort with crucial new insights into the discovery of the double helix. (And also check out Cobb's brand new biography of Francis Crick) www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Nasikitika sana kuona kinachoendelea Tanzania sasa.
Tensions had been building for months in the lead-up to the election — widely viewed as a coronation for Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan.
But few foresaw the chaos on election day, or the bloody repression that followed.
But few foresaw the chaos on election day, or the bloody repression that followed.
Families search for bodies in Tanzania after mass political killings
Witnesses across Tanzania described rampant killings by state security forces, which activists believe left more than 1,000 people dead.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Nasikitika sana kuona kinachoendelea Tanzania sasa.
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1/4 I typically do not use preprint services, but our findings are important to the residents of Bessemer, Alabama impacted by the Marvel Project...a mega datacenter that will have a huge environmental impact.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 8, 2025 at 1:25 AM
1/4 I typically do not use preprint services, but our findings are important to the residents of Bessemer, Alabama impacted by the Marvel Project...a mega datacenter that will have a huge environmental impact.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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OTD in 1880, Charles Darwin published The Power of Movement in Plants. D believed that plants are active agents in the world: “A radicle may be compared with a burrowing animal such as a mole, which wishes to penetrate perpendicularly down into the ground.”
🧪🌱🐋 #philsci #HistSTM 🦋🦫
🧪🌱🐋 #philsci #HistSTM 🦋🦫
November 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Teaser! 🐦 ☀️ 😴
Our paper about #sleep and #climate_change in desert birds will be published next week in #ProcB of the @royalsocietypublishing.org Meanwhile, you can enjoy the issue's cover featuring our magnificent #Arabian_babbler:
royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rspb/cur...
Our paper about #sleep and #climate_change in desert birds will be published next week in #ProcB of the @royalsocietypublishing.org Meanwhile, you can enjoy the issue's cover featuring our magnificent #Arabian_babbler:
royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rspb/cur...
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 292, No 2058
royalsocietypublishing.org
November 7, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Teaser! 🐦 ☀️ 😴
Our paper about #sleep and #climate_change in desert birds will be published next week in #ProcB of the @royalsocietypublishing.org Meanwhile, you can enjoy the issue's cover featuring our magnificent #Arabian_babbler:
royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rspb/cur...
Our paper about #sleep and #climate_change in desert birds will be published next week in #ProcB of the @royalsocietypublishing.org Meanwhile, you can enjoy the issue's cover featuring our magnificent #Arabian_babbler:
royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rspb/cur...
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🚨 Come join the fantastic long-tailed tit team 🚨
🐦We are recruiting a field technician to collect behavioural data on a long-term studied population of wild long-tailed tits (passerine birds).
🪶20 months contract in Sheffield, UK.
🌲Deadline: 23/11/2025.
jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Technici...
🐦We are recruiting a field technician to collect behavioural data on a long-term studied population of wild long-tailed tits (passerine birds).
🪶20 months contract in Sheffield, UK.
🌲Deadline: 23/11/2025.
jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Technici...
November 5, 2025 at 9:32 AM
🚨 Come join the fantastic long-tailed tit team 🚨
🐦We are recruiting a field technician to collect behavioural data on a long-term studied population of wild long-tailed tits (passerine birds).
🪶20 months contract in Sheffield, UK.
🌲Deadline: 23/11/2025.
jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Technici...
🐦We are recruiting a field technician to collect behavioural data on a long-term studied population of wild long-tailed tits (passerine birds).
🪶20 months contract in Sheffield, UK.
🌲Deadline: 23/11/2025.
jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Technici...
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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
shorturl.at/WA1Qa
Would appreciate a re-post!
@evoldir.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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
shorturl.at/WA1Qa
Would appreciate a re-post!
@evoldir.bsky.social
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How are small #bats able to efficiently hunt prey their own size?
🦇
Leonie Baier & team show how👇
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Leonie Baier & team show how👇
www.cell.com/current-biol...
November 5, 2025 at 8:42 AM
How are small #bats able to efficiently hunt prey their own size?
🦇
Leonie Baier & team show how👇
www.cell.com/current-biol...
🦇
Leonie Baier & team show how👇
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Leaf? 🍃 Or katydid? 🦗
Our new
@plosbiology.org paper sheds light on how these incredible mimics evolved their disguises, and what this reveals about how complex adaptations arise. We find that coordinated evolution between traits might be the answer… plos.io/4oUE741 1/n
Our new
@plosbiology.org paper sheds light on how these incredible mimics evolved their disguises, and what this reveals about how complex adaptations arise. We find that coordinated evolution between traits might be the answer… plos.io/4oUE741 1/n
Functional and evolutionary synergy of trait components can explain the existence of leaf masquerade in katydids
The evolution of complex adaptations often involves synergistic changes in multiple traits that lack standalone function. This study shows that leaf masquerade in katydids evolved through concurrent m...
plos.io
November 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Leaf? 🍃 Or katydid? 🦗
Our new
@plosbiology.org paper sheds light on how these incredible mimics evolved their disguises, and what this reveals about how complex adaptations arise. We find that coordinated evolution between traits might be the answer… plos.io/4oUE741 1/n
Our new
@plosbiology.org paper sheds light on how these incredible mimics evolved their disguises, and what this reveals about how complex adaptations arise. We find that coordinated evolution between traits might be the answer… plos.io/4oUE741 1/n
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Our latest issue is out!
www.cell.com/current-biol...
On the cover, a male Victoria's riflebird doing his best to dazzle a female (or screaming at the white blob?)
Paper & dispatch here👇
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
On the cover, a male Victoria's riflebird doing his best to dazzle a female (or screaming at the white blob?)
Paper & dispatch here👇
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
November 4, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Our latest issue is out!
www.cell.com/current-biol...
On the cover, a male Victoria's riflebird doing his best to dazzle a female (or screaming at the white blob?)
Paper & dispatch here👇
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
On the cover, a male Victoria's riflebird doing his best to dazzle a female (or screaming at the white blob?)
Paper & dispatch here👇
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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PhD studentship on antimicrobial resistance in wild baboons! Fully-funded by @swbiodtp.bsky.social Application deadline: Wed 3 Dec 2025. More details: bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo.... Apply here: www.swbio.ac.uk/programme/ho...
@inesfuertbauer.bsky.social @xavh.bsky.social
@inesfuertbauer.bsky.social @xavh.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 9:18 AM
PhD studentship on antimicrobial resistance in wild baboons! Fully-funded by @swbiodtp.bsky.social Application deadline: Wed 3 Dec 2025. More details: bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo.... Apply here: www.swbio.ac.uk/programme/ho...
@inesfuertbauer.bsky.social @xavh.bsky.social
@inesfuertbauer.bsky.social @xavh.bsky.social
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Several opportunities to join the Wild Microbiome Lab in 2026 to do a PhD! Details below
#phd #ecology @uniexecec.bsky.social
#phd #ecology @uniexecec.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Several opportunities to join the Wild Microbiome Lab in 2026 to do a PhD! Details below
#phd #ecology @uniexecec.bsky.social
#phd #ecology @uniexecec.bsky.social
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Please share!
Folks at CSU and USDA-APHIS are looking for a #postdoc to predict avian-aircraft collisions around airports. Preferred skills include #avian movement modeling, Bayesian hierarchical modeling, machine learning, and radar #ecology.
Apply here: jobs.colostate.edu/postings/166...
#boost
Folks at CSU and USDA-APHIS are looking for a #postdoc to predict avian-aircraft collisions around airports. Preferred skills include #avian movement modeling, Bayesian hierarchical modeling, machine learning, and radar #ecology.
Apply here: jobs.colostate.edu/postings/166...
#boost
Postdoctoral Associate - Predictive Modeler
We are looking for a highly skilled postdoctoral scientist (postdoc) to lead the development of models for predicting wild bird strikes in and around an airport’s airspace in space and time. The objec...
jobs.colostate.edu
October 31, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Please share!
Folks at CSU and USDA-APHIS are looking for a #postdoc to predict avian-aircraft collisions around airports. Preferred skills include #avian movement modeling, Bayesian hierarchical modeling, machine learning, and radar #ecology.
Apply here: jobs.colostate.edu/postings/166...
#boost
Folks at CSU and USDA-APHIS are looking for a #postdoc to predict avian-aircraft collisions around airports. Preferred skills include #avian movement modeling, Bayesian hierarchical modeling, machine learning, and radar #ecology.
Apply here: jobs.colostate.edu/postings/166...
#boost
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#Evolution of complex adaptations can involve changes in multiple traits that lack standalone function. @benitoexplains.bsky.social &co show that leaf masquerade in #katydids evolved via concurrent modification in wing colour & shape, driven by evolutionary synergy @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4oUE741
November 4, 2025 at 8:55 AM
#Evolution of complex adaptations can involve changes in multiple traits that lack standalone function. @benitoexplains.bsky.social &co show that leaf masquerade in #katydids evolved via concurrent modification in wing colour & shape, driven by evolutionary synergy @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4oUE741
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OPEN PHD POSITION - Come join our group! The IMPRS at @mpi-nl.bsky.social is offering an PhD position on modelling structured meaning in the brain, supervised by me and Helen De Hoop at the Centre for Language Studies in the @dondersinst.bsky.social -
www.mpi.nl/imprs-phd-fe... #NeuroJobs #cogsci
www.mpi.nl/imprs-phd-fe... #NeuroJobs #cogsci
IMPRS PhD Fellowships 2026 | Max Planck Institute
www.mpi.nl
October 23, 2025 at 9:05 AM
OPEN PHD POSITION - Come join our group! The IMPRS at @mpi-nl.bsky.social is offering an PhD position on modelling structured meaning in the brain, supervised by me and Helen De Hoop at the Centre for Language Studies in the @dondersinst.bsky.social -
www.mpi.nl/imprs-phd-fe... #NeuroJobs #cogsci
www.mpi.nl/imprs-phd-fe... #NeuroJobs #cogsci
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Interested in #birds and how they see, smell and hear? Check out the latest episode of the @birdscanada.bsky.social podcast to listen to me talk about our new book and the super powers of some birds!
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Superhero Senses - of birds!
Podcast Episode · The Warblers by Birds Canada · 2025-11-03 · 53m
podcasts.apple.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Interested in #birds and how they see, smell and hear? Check out the latest episode of the @birdscanada.bsky.social podcast to listen to me talk about our new book and the super powers of some birds!
🪶🇨🇦🧪
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s...
🪶🇨🇦🧪
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s...
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Bittersweet to see our obituary of Mark Norell published in @currentbiology.bsky.social this week. Godspeed Mark, from Pete, Jim, and me--and the whole AMNH community.
November 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Bittersweet to see our obituary of Mark Norell published in @currentbiology.bsky.social this week. Godspeed Mark, from Pete, Jim, and me--and the whole AMNH community.