James Gilbert
@jdjgilbert.bsky.social
Ok I suppose so. Senior Lecturer Uni of Hull. Late adopter.
james.gilbert at hull.ac.uk | wildecolhull.netlify.app | pollinators.hull.ac.uk | Bees, Insects, ecology, evolution, behaviour
james.gilbert at hull.ac.uk | wildecolhull.netlify.app | pollinators.hull.ac.uk | Bees, Insects, ecology, evolution, behaviour
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PhD position at the University of Bristol (with me!) entitled 'The legacy impacts of extreme climate events on animal behaviour, physiology, and fitness'.
Fully funded and is available for UK-domiciled students of black heritage. Please reach out with any questions.
tinyurl.com/5n7s8yp9
Fully funded and is available for UK-domiciled students of black heritage. Please reach out with any questions.
tinyurl.com/5n7s8yp9
Funded PhD open to UK-domiciled, home fee applicants of Black African, Black Caribbean or other Black or mixed Black heritage - The legacy impacts of extreme climate events on animal behaviour, physio...
PhD Project - Funded PhD open to UK-domiciled, home fee applicants of Black African, Black Caribbean or other Black or mixed Black heritage - The legacy impacts of extreme climate events on animal beh...
www.findaphd.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
PhD position at the University of Bristol (with me!) entitled 'The legacy impacts of extreme climate events on animal behaviour, physiology, and fitness'.
Fully funded and is available for UK-domiciled students of black heritage. Please reach out with any questions.
tinyurl.com/5n7s8yp9
Fully funded and is available for UK-domiciled students of black heritage. Please reach out with any questions.
tinyurl.com/5n7s8yp9
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Great PhD opportunity to work with @juliakoricheva.bsky.social & me looking at floral rewards in forests. @rbgkew.bsky.social @rhulbiology.bsky.social
PhD applications are now open @treesdla.bsky.social for 2026 intake. Have a look at a project on effects of forest diversity on floral reward production for pollinators that we advertise with @philstevenson.bsky.social. Do apply/get in touch if you are interested! www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/eff...
October 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Great PhD opportunity to work with @juliakoricheva.bsky.social & me looking at floral rewards in forests. @rbgkew.bsky.social @rhulbiology.bsky.social
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An article I wrote for @theconversation.com in response to #allotment sell-offs. Featuring evidence from myself and @davegoulson.bsky.social and the amazing work led by Jill Edmondson's team at Sheffield. #communitygardens #urbanbiodiversity #growyourown
theconversation.com/allotments-a...
theconversation.com/allotments-a...
Allotments are vanishing when the UK urgently needs more of them
In praise of digging for potatoes.
theconversation.com
August 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
An article I wrote for @theconversation.com in response to #allotment sell-offs. Featuring evidence from myself and @davegoulson.bsky.social and the amazing work led by Jill Edmondson's team at Sheffield. #communitygardens #urbanbiodiversity #growyourown
theconversation.com/allotments-a...
theconversation.com/allotments-a...
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🍅Our new paper in @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social evaluating the effectiveness of #CitizenScience approach for understanding plant-pollinator interactions in urban food growing 🫛 @davegoulson.bsky.social @calacastellanos.bsky.social @leah-salm.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Understanding Pollination in Urban Food Production: The Importance of Data Validation and Participant Feedback for Citizen Science Project Design
Urban agriculture depends on insect pollination, but knowledge gaps persist due to difficulties accessing diverse growing spaces. We developed a citizen science approach for monitoring insect visits ...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 4, 2025 at 1:09 PM
🍅Our new paper in @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social evaluating the effectiveness of #CitizenScience approach for understanding plant-pollinator interactions in urban food growing 🫛 @davegoulson.bsky.social @calacastellanos.bsky.social @leah-salm.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Congrats to Jamie Smith @jamiesmithbio.bsky.social on a great #ento25 talk presenting his PhD work on the dramatic effects of even mild heatwaves during the larval stages (simulating the 2022 UK heatwave) on fertility in mason bees. Wish I could have been there in support!
September 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Congrats to Jamie Smith @jamiesmithbio.bsky.social on a great #ento25 talk presenting his PhD work on the dramatic effects of even mild heatwaves during the larval stages (simulating the 2022 UK heatwave) on fertility in mason bees. Wish I could have been there in support!
Congrats to our PhD researcher Matthew Chambers, who by all accounts smashed his first ever conference talk - presenting our preliminary results on mason bee nesting and provisioning behaviour in nests held at different temperatures - which he is now modelling #ento25
September 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Congrats to our PhD researcher Matthew Chambers, who by all accounts smashed his first ever conference talk - presenting our preliminary results on mason bee nesting and provisioning behaviour in nests held at different temperatures - which he is now modelling #ento25
Good luck to all presenting at #ento25! Members of our lab talking today - @jamiesmithbio.bsky.social at 1615 on heatwaves and bee fertility - and Matthew Chambers at 1645 on mason bee provisioning. Find them at the poster session too where they are presenting our poster! Gutted to be missing it!
The wait is over - #Ento25 starts today!
👉 Collect your badge at the registration desk & meet the RES team 🪲
⚡ Get ready for 3 days of #InsectScience, ideas & connections!
Let’s make this conference unforgettable 🦋🐜🕷️
@UniStrathclyde.bsky.social #Glasgow #Entomology
👉 Collect your badge at the registration desk & meet the RES team 🪲
⚡ Get ready for 3 days of #InsectScience, ideas & connections!
Let’s make this conference unforgettable 🦋🐜🕷️
@UniStrathclyde.bsky.social #Glasgow #Entomology
September 9, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Good luck to all presenting at #ento25! Members of our lab talking today - @jamiesmithbio.bsky.social at 1615 on heatwaves and bee fertility - and Matthew Chambers at 1645 on mason bee provisioning. Find them at the poster session too where they are presenting our poster! Gutted to be missing it!
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New paper (first work from Bristol!)
'Sulfoxaflor impairs bumblebee memory across moderate and extreme temperatures'
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
'Sulfoxaflor impairs bumblebee memory across moderate and extreme temperatures'
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Sulfoxaflor Impairs Bumblebee Memory Across Moderate and Extreme Temperatures
Bumblebees rely on their memory to navigate a complicated landscape and floral marketplace. When foraging, bees are often exposed to a multitude of anthropogenic stressors, but how these stressors in...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 8, 2025 at 10:32 AM
New paper (first work from Bristol!)
'Sulfoxaflor impairs bumblebee memory across moderate and extreme temperatures'
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
'Sulfoxaflor impairs bumblebee memory across moderate and extreme temperatures'
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The garden has been busy since we've been away!
August 13, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The garden has been busy since we've been away!
Urocerus gigas (giant woodwasp) in the garden, about 50mm long. Scary looking but entirely harmless! She uses her ovipositor to drill into the wood of dying trees to lay eggs.
July 12, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Urocerus gigas (giant woodwasp) in the garden, about 50mm long. Scary looking but entirely harmless! She uses her ovipositor to drill into the wood of dying trees to lay eggs.
Happy lab 😍 - mason bee experiments proceeding apace; expect some website updates pretty soon 🔥
July 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Happy lab 😍 - mason bee experiments proceeding apace; expect some website updates pretty soon 🔥
Beautiful tiger beetle up at Dalby forest last weekend! 🪲
July 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Beautiful tiger beetle up at Dalby forest last weekend! 🪲
Hummingbird hawk moth in our garden in Leeds a couple of weeks back ❤️
July 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Hummingbird hawk moth in our garden in Leeds a couple of weeks back ❤️
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⏰ Today is the deadline to submit your #Ento25 abstracts!
Present your work to the global entomological community. With in-person & online options, there's opportunities for everyone to participate.
📅 Deadline: 17:00 (BST), 20 June 🔽
buff.ly/CS8MyOQ
unistrathclyde.bsky.social
Present your work to the global entomological community. With in-person & online options, there's opportunities for everyone to participate.
📅 Deadline: 17:00 (BST), 20 June 🔽
buff.ly/CS8MyOQ
unistrathclyde.bsky.social
Abstract submission - Royal Entomological Society
Abstract Submission Deadline for submissions: Friday 20th June 2025 Ento25 provides an opportunity to present your research to a large audience across the field of insect science. We are offering…
buff.ly
June 20, 2025 at 7:02 AM
⏰ Today is the deadline to submit your #Ento25 abstracts!
Present your work to the global entomological community. With in-person & online options, there's opportunities for everyone to participate.
📅 Deadline: 17:00 (BST), 20 June 🔽
buff.ly/CS8MyOQ
unistrathclyde.bsky.social
Present your work to the global entomological community. With in-person & online options, there's opportunities for everyone to participate.
📅 Deadline: 17:00 (BST), 20 June 🔽
buff.ly/CS8MyOQ
unistrathclyde.bsky.social
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Thoroughly enjoying seeing our garden table becoming a home for a population of leaf-cutter bees 🥰
June 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Thoroughly enjoying seeing our garden table becoming a home for a population of leaf-cutter bees 🥰
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Today, over 20,000 bee species are buzzing for #WorldBeeDay 🐝
Bees & other pollinators keep 80% of crop and wild flowering plants alive.
Yet, 1 in 10 bee, hoverfly, and butterfly species are now at risk of extinction in the EU.
Bees & other pollinators keep 80% of crop and wild flowering plants alive.
Yet, 1 in 10 bee, hoverfly, and butterfly species are now at risk of extinction in the EU.
May 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Today, over 20,000 bee species are buzzing for #WorldBeeDay 🐝
Bees & other pollinators keep 80% of crop and wild flowering plants alive.
Yet, 1 in 10 bee, hoverfly, and butterfly species are now at risk of extinction in the EU.
Bees & other pollinators keep 80% of crop and wild flowering plants alive.
Yet, 1 in 10 bee, hoverfly, and butterfly species are now at risk of extinction in the EU.
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@domino-joyce.fishsci.com.ap.brid.gy @jdjgilbert.bsky.social and myself talking about animal sex in the pub on Monday. Only a few tickets left! 🧪
Fifty shades of prey: find out about the weird world of animal reproduction in the pub, a few tickets still left...
https://pintofscience.co.uk/event/50-shades-of-prey-aquatic-edition
#pintofscience #hull
https://pintofscience.co.uk/event/50-shades-of-prey-aquatic-edition
#pintofscience #hull
50 Shades of Prey
Animal reproduction is as incredible in its diversity as it is devious and dazzling. This evening of talks will take you through the science behind the nat…
pintofscience.co.uk
May 17, 2025 at 7:17 AM
@domino-joyce.fishsci.com.ap.brid.gy @jdjgilbert.bsky.social and myself talking about animal sex in the pub on Monday. Only a few tickets left! 🧪
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every day we see more and more evidence of society descending into utter lawlessness and chaos
February 6, 2025 at 12:32 PM
every day we see more and more evidence of society descending into utter lawlessness and chaos
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Great article from my marine biology colleagues about the area affected by the tanker collision
https://theconversation.com/how-north-sea-tanker-collision-could-affect-one-of-britains-most-important-coastlines-252068
#marinebiology #hull #fish #northsea
https://theconversation.com/how-north-sea-tanker-collision-could-affect-one-of-britains-most-important-coastlines-252068
#marinebiology #hull #fish #northsea
How North Sea tanker collision could affect one of Britain’s most important coastlines
A large tanker has released jet fuel into the sea near crucial seal and seabird breeding spots, say local marine ecologists.
theconversation.com
March 13, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Great article from my marine biology colleagues about the area affected by the tanker collision
https://theconversation.com/how-north-sea-tanker-collision-could-affect-one-of-britains-most-important-coastlines-252068
#marinebiology #hull #fish #northsea
https://theconversation.com/how-north-sea-tanker-collision-could-affect-one-of-britains-most-important-coastlines-252068
#marinebiology #hull #fish #northsea
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Excellent article by my marine science colleagues at @uniofhull.bsky.social explaining the importance of the local coastline and the serious environmental risks from the North Sea tanker collision #conservation #nature 🧪
How North Sea tanker collision could affect one of Britain’s most important coastlines
A large tanker has released jet fuel into the sea near crucial seal and seabird breeding spots, say local marine ecologists.
theconversation.com
March 13, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Excellent article by my marine science colleagues at @uniofhull.bsky.social explaining the importance of the local coastline and the serious environmental risks from the North Sea tanker collision #conservation #nature 🧪
Annual Happy Lab shot! The #invertzoohull class of 2025 begin their #studentled practical experiments - pick from crickets, hermit crabs, stick insects, locusts, or winkles. Students design and test their own hypotheses. @uniofhull.bsky.social
March 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Annual Happy Lab shot! The #invertzoohull class of 2025 begin their #studentled practical experiments - pick from crickets, hermit crabs, stick insects, locusts, or winkles. Students design and test their own hypotheses. @uniofhull.bsky.social
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"In this project [towards your PhD], you will develop models to study the coevolution of ageing and sociality...& evolution of eusociality and multicellularity." Sounds interesting? Look here! Bonus: you'll work with a supervisor with an infectious laugh. www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/20...
PhD Candidate in Theoretical Biology
The Institute of Environmental Sciences CML and Faculty of Science is looking for:[PhD Candidate in Theoretical Biology]Vacancy number: 15501 We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Ph...
www.universiteitleiden.nl
March 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
"In this project [towards your PhD], you will develop models to study the coevolution of ageing and sociality...& evolution of eusociality and multicellularity." Sounds interesting? Look here! Bonus: you'll work with a supervisor with an infectious laugh. www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/20...
Just accidentally wrote “bananae” on my shopping list #Entomologistproblems
March 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Just accidentally wrote “bananae” on my shopping list #Entomologistproblems
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Happy #WorldWildlifeDay. A friendly reminder that livestock cannot replace native biodiversity, despite what you may have heard.
March 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Happy #WorldWildlifeDay. A friendly reminder that livestock cannot replace native biodiversity, despite what you may have heard.
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The government has approved reintroduction of beavers to the wild in England. Really interesting to see how this has unfolded, and I'm proud to support these discussions through the England Species Reintroduction Task Force
naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2025/02/28/b...
naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2025/02/28/b...
Beaver wild release: a milestone for nature recovery in England
By Stuart Otway, Principal Officer in Natural England’s Complex Cases Unit and Delphine Pouget, Principal Officer in Natural England’s Species Recovery & Reintroductions Team After centuries of absen...
naturalengland.blog.gov.uk
February 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The government has approved reintroduction of beavers to the wild in England. Really interesting to see how this has unfolded, and I'm proud to support these discussions through the England Species Reintroduction Task Force
naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2025/02/28/b...
naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2025/02/28/b...