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Xav Harrison
@xavh.bsky.social
Molecular Ecologist at the University of Exeter.
xavharrison.github.io
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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
Super cool work Jolyon at al!
BehaveAI can tell you who is doing what in each video frame. This example classifies behaviour from movement and sex from static appearance such as wing markings.

Preprint: tinyurl.com/BehaveAI
Git: tinyurl.com/BehaveAIgithub
Video: tinyurl.com/BehaveAIintro

@uniexecec.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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We have just launched our projects for #phd studentships starting in Sept 26 🙌

⏰Application deadline: Midday, Wed 3 Dec 25

Come and see the (wide!) range of #bioscience projects 👉 tinyurl.com/3m9um286
November 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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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
November 4, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Several opportunities to join the Wild Microbiome Lab in 2026 to do a PhD! Details below
#phd #ecology @uniexecec.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Work with myself + ⭐ team @xavh.bsky.social & @darrenobbard.bsky.social on the 'Ecological and Evolutionary determinants of the bacterial microbiomes of UK moths'. Please get in touch if you are a Chinese student who likes host-pathogen interactions and would like to live in beautiful Cornwall.
October 28, 2025 at 11:35 AM
@nakedprimate.bsky.social Driving to London listening to you on the BBC Inside Science podcast. Awesome stuff !
September 22, 2025 at 7:04 AM
New preprint out from the lab, led by PhD student Tasha Meadows, and the culmination of many years collaboration with APHA and Woodchester Park

Here we look at spatial and within-individual dynamics of faecal bacterial communities in European Badgers

ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
Faecal microbiome varies with social group, age and bovine tuberculosis infection in the European Badger (Meles meles)
ecoevorxiv.org
June 18, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...

PhD studentship! Comparative Analysis and Modelling of Collective Behaviour in Natural and Artificial Systems.

**this scholarship for UK residents only, as defined by UKCISA regulations**

Details below! Please RT

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June 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Delighted to be involved in this work just out in @currentbiology.bsky.social led by the awesome @acbowland.bsky.social and @kjhockings.bsky.social
April 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Want to be a field assistant in Sweden this summer?!

📑 Applications should include a motivation letter (1 page), a CV (detailing relevant experience), and contact information of two references. Send the above as a single PDF to b.tschirren@exeter.ac.uk by May 1st 2025.

🌍 #ExeterCEC #Internship
April 16, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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April 2, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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Deadline extended for a 3 year #postdoc in my lab exploring the amphibian skin #microbiome and colonisation resistance to chytrid fungi www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLN634/p...
Post-Doctoral Research Associate at Queen Mary University of London
Apply for the Post-Doctoral Research Associate role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.
www.jobs.ac.uk
January 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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SCHOLARSHIPS for international students seeking to join us in Sept 2025 for MSc in @exetergses.bsky.social .
The deadline to apply is 27 February 2025. 🧪🌎🦑🐟🦤
Scholarships:
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
Degrees:
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/gses/
@uniexecec.bsky.social @uniofexeteresi.bsky.social
January 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Recruiting a #PhD student to work on collective behaviour in real and artificial systems. Oct 2025 start. Working with @shoalgroup.bsky.social, Rob Heathcote, @willallennz.bsky.social, @joefresna.bsky.social, @marinapapap.bsky.social Advert: www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Deadline: 24.02
January 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
New PhD opportunity with me, Mirjam Schilling
@aphapublichealth.bsky.social and Klara Wanelik at U. Surrey

This project will use metagenomics to study fox microbiome dynamics 🦊 and investigate their potential to act as sentinels of disease spread.
t.co/FdjT15LgLf
January 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM