Penguins being "busy with HPAI", maybe some heat-stress study in captivity will happen soon

My new office mate is quiet, but quite judgemental about the mess in my office...
Not sure we'll become the best office mates from the department, so I may send him/her (no genetic sexing done yet) in the field for the coming years

When your first day of fieldwork occurs when field season is almost over, does it mean you're too old for fieldwork?

When you get the IR camera at home in-between two research projects (king penguin --> Alpine swift), it can give fun pictures!

Some piece of art only mitochondria fans can understand.

Beautiful drawing by @camlemnn.bsky.social who was half-traumatized and half-addicted after the numerous Oroboros analyses she conducted on king penguin blood samples.

#mitochondria

Hopefully soon to be submitted to @jexpbiol.bsky.social !

🦉🧬🧪

Colour-morph variation in metabolic physiology and oxidative stress match morph-specific life–history strategies in Tawny owl.

A very long process, but great collaboration with Chiara Morosinotto, Natacha Garcin, Patrik Karell and @suviruuskanen.bsky.social !

doi.org/10.1007/s004...

🐥🔥: From climate warming to accelerated cellular ageing: an experimental study in a wild passerine bird

This preprint was published late 2021, invited to be revised in PNAS early 2022

It is now finally revised, but submitted to @royalsocietypublishing.org instead of PNAS
doi.org/10.1101/2021...

Please share: (competitive) PhD funding in Strasbourg (France) to work on 🐧🔥:

Physiological and reproductive consequences of ‘warm’ environmental conditions on land in a sub-polar penguin species

Fieldwork in Crozet 🇹🇫 is forecasted (pending on HPAI situation)

amethis3.unistra.fr/amethis-clie...

Really disappointed that @eounion.bsky.social did not select our abstract for oral presentation (scored 3.67/5 based on unknown criteria, EOU not willing to share details), especially for the ECR involved, @zuluagajd.bsky.social, A Lewden and A Noiret. I thus chosed not to attend EOU 2025 meeting

Great meeting of the Zone Atelier Terres Australes et Antarctique last week, merging together French researchers, including @sara-labrousse.bsky.social freshly arrived on Bluesky
The situation for French polar research is not great at the moment, but we are here to work/fight if necessary 🐧🗡️!

New 🐧 preprint and great teamwork with @zuluagajd.bsky.social (supported by @jexpbiol.bsky.social travel grant) & A. Lewden

Moulting king penguins exhibit hyperthermia (+1.4°C!) and increased peripheral heat loss; yet it seems controlled rather than a sign of heat stress!

doi.org/10.1101/2025...