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Centre for Evolutionary Biology at UWA
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We are a University of Western Australia Centre of Excellence. Follow our latest research, news, and updates in the broad field of evolutionary biology.
https://www.uwa.edu.au/schools/biological-sciences/centre-for-evolutionary-biology
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👏 A proud moment for #CEB!

Emeritus Professor Leigh Simmons has been announced as the 2026 Hamilton Lecturer at @isbe2026.bsky.social, one of the most prestigious honours in behavioural ecology.

#BehaviouralEcology #ISBE2026 #UWA #EvolutionaryBiology
isbe2026.bsky.social ISBE2026 @isbe2026.bsky.social · 21h
Honored to announce the Hamilton Lecture 2026!

Leigh Simmons, Emeritus Professor of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Western Australia has made an outstanding contribution to the field of sexual selection acting from the whole organism to its gametes, and to our Society.
November 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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#CEB PhD student @nirjana-dewan.bsky.social presenting her research on white-tailed black cockatoo genomics at #AOC2025!
theg-cat.bsky.social Dr. Sean Buckley @theg-cat.bsky.social · 1d
Very proud of our PhD student @nirjana-dewan.bsky.social for delivering an excellent talk at #AOC2025 on her white-tailed black cockatoo genomics work this morning! Looking forward to being able to share some nicely assembled genomes in the near future...stay tuned!
November 20, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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mandyridley.bsky.social
An important ontogenetic perspective into the relationship between cognition and social interactions! Congrats @lizziespeechley.bsky.social!
With collaborators @stephanielking.bsky.social @ceb-uwa.bsky.social Ben Ashton, Alex Thornton and Leigh Simmons
November 14, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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gerlame.bsky.social
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
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upama.bsky.social
Our new review paper on the role of chemical pollutants in shaping biological invasions is out now @royalsocietypublishing.org
Led by #IssacLigocki with a group of talented people 👇
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
October 24, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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kokkonut.bsky.social
What is sexual selection all about... definitionally and mathematically? A super talented PI, Jussi Lehtonen, is looking for a postdoc to work it all out! Deadline end of this month.
ats.talentadore.com/apply/postdo...
October 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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#AES2025 Day2, Jackson Randell discusses the importance of understanding genetic purging and its implications for trapdoor spider conservation 🕷️
@austevolsoc.bsky.social @brunobuzatto.bsky.social @rowanlym.bsky.social @reneecatullo.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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#AES2025 so nice, @avantikadeep.bsky.social gave presentations twice!
This one short talk on gliding lizards 🦎 Day 2 @austevolsoc.bsky.social
pebblemouse.bsky.social Renée Claire Firman @pebblemouse.bsky.social · Oct 2
@avantikadeep.bsky.social presenting her published MSc work in a flash talk at #AES2025!! @ceb-uwa.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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dianafisher1080.bsky.social
@AES2025 very thorough phylogeny and evolution of agamids (dragons) by Ian Brennan
October 1, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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nicholaswu.bsky.social
🚨 Postdoc in evolutionary genomics of heat stress adaptation position at @ucddublin.bsky.social.
📍 Dublin, Ireland
Closes: 15th Oct 2025
🔗 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOV094/u...
October 1, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Who doesn’t enjoy a good animal behaviour video at #AES2025? Andrea Piccinini surely had captured our attention by presenting his work on post-copulatory mating behaviour in mygalomorph spiders 🕷️ @austevolsoc.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Day 1 at #AES2025 CEB member @avantikadeep.bsky.social presented her PhD plan to investigate intra-sexual competition in Western Australian magpies 🦅🐧🪺
@mandyridley.bsky.social @lizziespeechley.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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#AES2025 started with a blast with @brainiants.bsky.social talking about the effect of inbreeding on survivorship and fecundity in European royal families!

Keep them coming @pebblemouse.bsky.social
pebblemouse.bsky.social Renée Claire Firman @pebblemouse.bsky.social · Oct 1
Great talk by Kim Wong at #AES2025 … this talk never gets old! @brainiants.bsky.social @ceb-uwa.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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🚨Massive congratulations to our CEB member @jenkelley01.bsky.social and the global collaboration team on their investigation asking why some prey use warning colouration while others use camouflaging in @science.org. Read the article below 👇

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
September 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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At CEB seminar today, @dutourmylene.bsky.social walked us through 10 years of her research at the crossroads of animal cognition, behavioural ecology, bioacoustics — exploring how animals code & decode information, use syntax & vocal mimicry, & engage in intra- & interspecific communication 🐦🦅🐓🐍🚶‍♀️
September 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Yesterday (Sep 23), the #RSWA Royal Society of Western Australia hosted Poster Day 2025 — a fantastic showcase of pioneering research across WA 🌿🔬
9 PhD students from our Centre for Evolutionary Biology #CEB participated, and 3 won prizes for best posters! 🏆
Check out their posters below 👇 1/11
September 24, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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Thanks also to @royalsocietypublishing.org for letting me write a blog about this fantastic team effort:

royalsociety.org/blog/2025/09...
From policy to practice: Progress towards data- and code-sharing in ecology and evolution | Royal Society
Edward Ivimey-Cook tells us more about a new study that reviewed the clarity, strictness, and timing of data- and code-sharing policies across 275 journals in ecology and evolution, and assessed autho...
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September 18, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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CEB seminar late post: PhD candidate Andrea Piccinini shared the first observation of post-copulatory mate guarding behaviour in a WA wishbone spider (Aname sp.)—a rare insight into mygalomorph mating behaviour.👏
#EvolBio #SpiderBehaviour #SexualSelection #UWA #Mygalomorphs
September 1, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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upama.bsky.social
Not every day you get to wear the aprons once used by Leigh Simmons and Joe Tomkins in the legendary dung beetle lab—where so much cool science on sexual selection and evolutionary ecology has been cooked up (sometimes literally 🪲💩)
@invertebrateissy.bsky.social @ceb-uwa.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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🐸 Last week at CEB, Shengyao discussed the population genomics of the Howard River toadlet (Uperoleia daviesae), a short-range endemic frog threatened by urbanisation near Darwin.
Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1007/s105...
@reneecatullo.bsky.social #EvolBio #FrogConservation #UrbanEcology #UWA
August 13, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Last week at CEB, Jackson discussed the conservation and population genomics of south-western Australian trapdoor spiders. Such genomic approach is important for their conservation.🕷️
@reneecatullo.bsky.social @rowanlym.bsky.social @brunobuzatto.bsky.social #LeighSimmons
#ConservationGenomics #UWA
August 13, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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At CEB meeting, we heard from PhD student Avantika, who will study WA magpies to better understand how female magpies use aggression & vocalisation in social & reproductive competition. 🪶🦅
@mandyridley.bsky.social @lizziespeechley.bsky.social #LeighSimmons #UWA #AnimalBehaviour #SexualSelection
August 13, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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hasbeanbeetle.bsky.social
Presenting at the CEB ✅ Was awesome having a large and engaged crowd!

More presentations and emotional-support beetles to come.
ceb-uwa.bsky.social Centre for Evolutionary Biology at UWA @ceb-uwa.bsky.social · Jul 30
This afternoon, CEB talk was presented by @hasbeanbeetle.bsky.social, who is studying elytral melanisation as female ornamentation in seed beetles. The live beetle props entertained our audience! 🪲🐞

Aadhi is supervised by Dr Natasha Lebas, Assoc Profs Joe Tomkins & Jason Kennington, & Dr Rob Dugand
August 3, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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This afternoon, CEB talk was presented by @hasbeanbeetle.bsky.social, who is studying elytral melanisation as female ornamentation in seed beetles. The live beetle props entertained our audience! 🪲🐞

Aadhi is supervised by Dr Natasha Lebas, Assoc Profs Joe Tomkins & Jason Kennington, & Dr Rob Dugand
July 30, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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kennytravouillon.bsky.social
Attending the Australian Mammal Society meeting in Toowoomba. Great work from my two students Lucy and Cameron presenting their work yesterday!
June 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM