Sinead English
@englishse.bsky.social
Evolutionary ecologist interested in early-life and parental effects, climate change, infectious diseases. Likes insects, theory and comparative studies.
Leads EVE lab, Bristol UK www.evelab.org
UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, academic mama, from Zimbabwe
Leads EVE lab, Bristol UK www.evelab.org
UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, academic mama, from Zimbabwe
Lovely visit yesterday from EVE lab alumna, Dr Hester Weaving, who gave a seminar about her research on evaluating fitness and environmental impact of gene drive mosquitoes in an ecological context - exciting work! She visited her old mates in the tsetse lab, and a young gull came to say hello too.
November 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Lovely visit yesterday from EVE lab alumna, Dr Hester Weaving, who gave a seminar about her research on evaluating fitness and environmental impact of gene drive mosquitoes in an ecological context - exciting work! She visited her old mates in the tsetse lab, and a young gull came to say hello too.
Thank you #ESEB2025 for a wonderful week of science interactions, symposia, posters, chats with friends old and new. It's such a fantastic conference, the main challenge being choosing among so many wonderful parallel sessions! I loved being in Barcelona and seeing the energy of the organisers.
August 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Thank you #ESEB2025 for a wonderful week of science interactions, symposia, posters, chats with friends old and new. It's such a fantastic conference, the main challenge being choosing among so many wonderful parallel sessions! I loved being in Barcelona and seeing the energy of the organisers.
Have you had sleepless nights wondering about how cockroaches sleep, and if this is different for pregnant cockroach females? And what happens when pesky scientists keep them awake by shaking them? Well, wonder no more! doi.org/10.1242/jeb.... 🧪
#entomology #EntoSky
#entomology #EntoSky
August 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Have you had sleepless nights wondering about how cockroaches sleep, and if this is different for pregnant cockroach females? And what happens when pesky scientists keep them awake by shaking them? Well, wonder no more! doi.org/10.1242/jeb.... 🧪
#entomology #EntoSky
#entomology #EntoSky
Slow to post but I loved visiting Antwerp last week for #SEB2025 - exciting session about embryonic vulnerability to environmental change (I learned so much!); great prize/plenary talks; enjoyed the posters & interactions. Childcare responsibilities dragged me away too early sadly.
July 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Slow to post but I loved visiting Antwerp last week for #SEB2025 - exciting session about embryonic vulnerability to environmental change (I learned so much!); great prize/plenary talks; enjoyed the posters & interactions. Childcare responsibilities dragged me away too early sadly.
#InsectWeek event @bristolbiosci.bsky.social was a huge success - over 200 visitors across all ages, some who had even cycled here from other cities, and there was lots of enthusiasm and fascination for the mini-beasts (woodlice, spiders, and ticks also featured!). Thanks to all who came & helped!
June 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
#InsectWeek event @bristolbiosci.bsky.social was a huge success - over 200 visitors across all ages, some who had even cycled here from other cities, and there was lots of enthusiasm and fascination for the mini-beasts (woodlice, spiders, and ticks also featured!). Thanks to all who came & helped!
For #InsectWeek, come to @bristolbiosci.bsky.social Tuesday 24 June to discover the world of insects! See these creatures up close, learn about the research, do some crafting! All welcome, free admission, 12-6pm. @harrysiviter.bsky.social @drlucyalford.bsky.social bristentnet.weebly.com/insect-week
June 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
For #InsectWeek, come to @bristolbiosci.bsky.social Tuesday 24 June to discover the world of insects! See these creatures up close, learn about the research, do some crafting! All welcome, free admission, 12-6pm. @harrysiviter.bsky.social @drlucyalford.bsky.social bristentnet.weebly.com/insect-week
Loved being in Brighton this week for my first @ukri.org Future Leaders Fellowship (FLF) conference. Such interesting sessions about caregiving & science, global south research; and best of all was getting to chat to other FLFs and hearing about their work! Wonderful setting too next to the sea.
June 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Loved being in Brighton this week for my first @ukri.org Future Leaders Fellowship (FLF) conference. Such interesting sessions about caregiving & science, global south research; and best of all was getting to chat to other FLFs and hearing about their work! Wonderful setting too next to the sea.
Alpine Interactions field course 1st edition @bristolbiosci.bsky.social - a wonderful week learning about plant-insect interactions, altitude effects & human disturbance
With @chrisleduck.bsky.social, @maisiebrett.bsky.social Harriet Foster, & the best group of engaged and appreciative students!
With @chrisleduck.bsky.social, @maisiebrett.bsky.social Harriet Foster, & the best group of engaged and appreciative students!
May 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Alpine Interactions field course 1st edition @bristolbiosci.bsky.social - a wonderful week learning about plant-insect interactions, altitude effects & human disturbance
With @chrisleduck.bsky.social, @maisiebrett.bsky.social Harriet Foster, & the best group of engaged and appreciative students!
With @chrisleduck.bsky.social, @maisiebrett.bsky.social Harriet Foster, & the best group of engaged and appreciative students!
Loved the @bristolbiosci.bsky.social seminar by Prof Sylvia Cremer from ISTA Vienna about social immunity in ants - such fascinating research linking social evolution and immunity, behaviour and mechanisms
I have lots more papers on my "to read" pile now!
ist.ac.at/en/research/...
I have lots more papers on my "to read" pile now!
ist.ac.at/en/research/...
May 1, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Loved the @bristolbiosci.bsky.social seminar by Prof Sylvia Cremer from ISTA Vienna about social immunity in ants - such fascinating research linking social evolution and immunity, behaviour and mechanisms
I have lots more papers on my "to read" pile now!
ist.ac.at/en/research/...
I have lots more papers on my "to read" pile now!
ist.ac.at/en/research/...
Interested in blood feeding, viviparity, disease vectors and climate change? Have a read of our recent review in Current Opinions in Insect Science on #tsetse as a unique system to explore how these factors interact, & what we can learn from field & lab studies. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
April 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Interested in blood feeding, viviparity, disease vectors and climate change? Have a read of our recent review in Current Opinions in Insect Science on #tsetse as a unique system to explore how these factors interact, & what we can learn from field & lab studies. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Wonderful to be here in Liverpool for the first day of #ASABSpring2025. Looking forward to lots of interesting talks and interactions with the early and not-so-early career researchers here today! @asab-spring-2025.bsky.social @asab.org
April 24, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Wonderful to be here in Liverpool for the first day of #ASABSpring2025. Looking forward to lots of interesting talks and interactions with the early and not-so-early career researchers here today! @asab-spring-2025.bsky.social @asab.org
It was wonderful to host @zannaclay.bsky.social for our @bristolbiosci.bsky.social seminar this week - fascinating research on the origins of empathy, w/ experimental data from great apes and cross-cultural studies of human infants. Such an interesting topic and provoked lots of discussion after!
March 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM
It was wonderful to host @zannaclay.bsky.social for our @bristolbiosci.bsky.social seminar this week - fascinating research on the origins of empathy, w/ experimental data from great apes and cross-cultural studies of human infants. Such an interesting topic and provoked lots of discussion after!
Had a fantastic afternoon at @thruzim.bsky.social yesterday, giving a seminar in the wonderful setting of a thatched gazebo and enjoyed all the subsequent discussions. So much interesting and important, interdisciplinary health research there! I look forward to future collaborations.
February 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Had a fantastic afternoon at @thruzim.bsky.social yesterday, giving a seminar in the wonderful setting of a thatched gazebo and enjoyed all the subsequent discussions. So much interesting and important, interdisciplinary health research there! I look forward to future collaborations.
Wonderful to be back in Zimbabwe, my home country, enjoying sunshine and birdsong. It's been productive too - had some great feedback from primary school children on the game we are developing about disease transmission (more soon!), and finally meeting my collaborator Clement Mangwiro in person!
February 18, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Wonderful to be back in Zimbabwe, my home country, enjoying sunshine and birdsong. It's been productive too - had some great feedback from primary school children on the game we are developing about disease transmission (more soon!), and finally meeting my collaborator Clement Mangwiro in person!
Job! 2-year postdoc position in EVElab, Bristol UK on nutrition and infections in pregnancy (FLF-funded)
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLV631/r...
Apply if you are enthusiastic about:
- experiments on insects which get pregnant
- relevance of evolution to public health
- a vibrant city & research environment
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLV631/r...
Apply if you are enthusiastic about:
- experiments on insects which get pregnant
- relevance of evolution to public health
- a vibrant city & research environment
February 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Job! 2-year postdoc position in EVElab, Bristol UK on nutrition and infections in pregnancy (FLF-funded)
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLV631/r...
Apply if you are enthusiastic about:
- experiments on insects which get pregnant
- relevance of evolution to public health
- a vibrant city & research environment
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLV631/r...
Apply if you are enthusiastic about:
- experiments on insects which get pregnant
- relevance of evolution to public health
- a vibrant city & research environment
Exciting PhD opportunity with @neeltjeboogert.bsky.social , @padpadpadpad.bsky.social (Exeter) and myself (Bristol) on gulls, their microbiomes, and role in transmitting disease.
Details below - deadline 13 January!
Details below - deadline 13 January!
January 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Exciting PhD opportunity with @neeltjeboogert.bsky.social , @padpadpadpad.bsky.social (Exeter) and myself (Bristol) on gulls, their microbiomes, and role in transmitting disease.
Details below - deadline 13 January!
Details below - deadline 13 January!
Happy winter solstice! I love this turning point of the year, photo today of some young trees in Bristol struggling in the strong wind
On this longest night, tuck in to read this powerful blog post by @shannonmattern.bsky.social I happened across last week
wordsinspace.net/2024/12/13/t... 1/n
On this longest night, tuck in to read this powerful blog post by @shannonmattern.bsky.social I happened across last week
wordsinspace.net/2024/12/13/t... 1/n
December 21, 2024 at 2:03 PM
Happy winter solstice! I love this turning point of the year, photo today of some young trees in Bristol struggling in the strong wind
On this longest night, tuck in to read this powerful blog post by @shannonmattern.bsky.social I happened across last week
wordsinspace.net/2024/12/13/t... 1/n
On this longest night, tuck in to read this powerful blog post by @shannonmattern.bsky.social I happened across last week
wordsinspace.net/2024/12/13/t... 1/n
Good morning Edinburgh! Such a beautiful city, and excited to be here for #ASABWinter2024 @asab.org - fascinating and important topic of addressing biases in the field of animal behaviour! asabwinter2024.github.io
December 12, 2024 at 9:20 AM
Good morning Edinburgh! Such a beautiful city, and excited to be here for #ASABWinter2024 @asab.org - fascinating and important topic of addressing biases in the field of animal behaviour! asabwinter2024.github.io
Postcard from my trip to Amsterdam last week, giving a seminar at Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics. 2 days of crisp blue skies, I loved the changing light over the canals. Really enjoyed all the meetings with the researchers and students, have returned energised & enthused!
December 3, 2024 at 11:31 AM
Postcard from my trip to Amsterdam last week, giving a seminar at Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics. 2 days of crisp blue skies, I loved the changing light over the canals. Really enjoyed all the meetings with the researchers and students, have returned energised & enthused!
4-year funded PhD: Urban green space as refuge for people and disease vectors under climate change: a double-edged sword
Very interdisciplinary (topic, approach, team): vector ecology, human behaviour; mapping and modelling!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Application deadline: 6 Jan 2025 (1/2)
Very interdisciplinary (topic, approach, team): vector ecology, human behaviour; mapping and modelling!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Application deadline: 6 Jan 2025 (1/2)
November 25, 2024 at 11:53 AM
4-year funded PhD: Urban green space as refuge for people and disease vectors under climate change: a double-edged sword
Very interdisciplinary (topic, approach, team): vector ecology, human behaviour; mapping and modelling!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Application deadline: 6 Jan 2025 (1/2)
Very interdisciplinary (topic, approach, team): vector ecology, human behaviour; mapping and modelling!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Application deadline: 6 Jan 2025 (1/2)
Fully funded* PhD opportunity working with me (Bristol) and Fleur Ponton (Macquarie)
*UK students only (funding rules)
If interested in maternal effects, mosquitoes, microbes, models -- apply!!
Please share!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
*UK students only (funding rules)
If interested in maternal effects, mosquitoes, microbes, models -- apply!!
Please share!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
June 10, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Fully funded* PhD opportunity working with me (Bristol) and Fleur Ponton (Macquarie)
*UK students only (funding rules)
If interested in maternal effects, mosquitoes, microbes, models -- apply!!
Please share!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
*UK students only (funding rules)
If interested in maternal effects, mosquitoes, microbes, models -- apply!!
Please share!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Really enjoyed the one-day @royentsoc.bsky.social meeting on Impact of Extreme Events #RESExtremes24 - a great line-up of talks from mosquito overwintering through to butterfly mounts in nature reserves. My PhD student Hester won best student talk prize, and Sofia gave her first conference poster!
April 29, 2024 at 12:09 PM
Really enjoyed the one-day @royentsoc.bsky.social meeting on Impact of Extreme Events #RESExtremes24 - a great line-up of talks from mosquito overwintering through to butterfly mounts in nature reserves. My PhD student Hester won best student talk prize, and Sofia gave her first conference poster!
New paper from our group by Hester Weaving: tsetse fertility impacted by a single experimental heatwave royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10....
March 13, 2024 at 2:13 PM
New paper from our group by Hester Weaving: tsetse fertility impacted by a single experimental heatwave royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10....
Super interesting seminar about guppies as a model for invasive species by Amy Deacon (UWI). Have heard a lot about system in terms of predator effects on evolution, less so about guppies as invasive! & wonderful images to brighten up a wintry Monday in Bristol Biological Sciences
#MondaySeminars
#MondaySeminars
November 20, 2023 at 5:00 PM
Super interesting seminar about guppies as a model for invasive species by Amy Deacon (UWI). Have heard a lot about system in terms of predator effects on evolution, less so about guppies as invasive! & wonderful images to brighten up a wintry Monday in Bristol Biological Sciences
#MondaySeminars
#MondaySeminars