Jen Perry
@jennyperry.bsky.social
Associate professor in Biology @stfxuniversity
evolutionary biologist. behavioural entomologist 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇨🇦
evolutionary biologist. behavioural entomologist 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇨🇦
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#StFX is coming to Halifax! 🌟 Join us on Nov 27 for an exclusive event for future Xaverians. Learn about programs, scholarships, and campus life — plus a chance to win great prizes!
📍 Diman Lebanese Centre | 🕕 Nov. 27, 6:30–9 PM
📍 Diman Lebanese Centre | 🕕 Nov. 27, 6:30–9 PM
November 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
#StFX is coming to Halifax! 🌟 Join us on Nov 27 for an exclusive event for future Xaverians. Learn about programs, scholarships, and campus life — plus a chance to win great prizes!
📍 Diman Lebanese Centre | 🕕 Nov. 27, 6:30–9 PM
📍 Diman Lebanese Centre | 🕕 Nov. 27, 6:30–9 PM
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The Canadian government has seemingly never read a single one of its own commissioned reports on what Canadian science needs. (It's not more people.)
Globe & Mail reports “the budget is expected to include up to $1-billion to attract high-quality talent and researchers from the United States and elsewhere”
So far hospitals and universities have been going it alone….
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
@ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social
So far hospitals and universities have been going it alone….
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
@ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The Canadian government has seemingly never read a single one of its own commissioned reports on what Canadian science needs. (It's not more people.)
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We should be paying more attention to this situation. An online letter has been put together and is being circulated to stop this data from being disclosed. Please sign the online letter here, if you are comfortable: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
We should be paying more attention to this situation. An online letter has been put together and is being circulated to stop this data from being disclosed. Please sign the online letter here, if you are comfortable: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Has anyone had students write a project report/essay during class time? Thinking of switching to this with my 4th year class so I don't get a pile of AI from them
October 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Has anyone had students write a project report/essay during class time? Thinking of switching to this with my 4th year class so I don't get a pile of AI from them
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The Hopkins Lab (hopkins-lab.com) at the University of Florida is looking to recruit a postdoc to work on the genetics of organ function and evolution across Drosophila and beyond. Please visit tinyurl.com/vcsjpmzz or email me for more info. And please RT or send to anyone who might be interested!
October 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The Hopkins Lab (hopkins-lab.com) at the University of Florida is looking to recruit a postdoc to work on the genetics of organ function and evolution across Drosophila and beyond. Please visit tinyurl.com/vcsjpmzz or email me for more info. And please RT or send to anyone who might be interested!
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Out now - female fruit flies cluster their eggs together depending on their social environment 🪰🧪 Just wish they'd let us know why... led by @emilyrosech.bsky.social Emily Fowler, Lucy Friend and Tracey Chapman. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Female fruit flies use social cues to make egg-clustering decisions - BMC Biology
Background The ability to respond plastically to environmental variation is a key determinant of fitness. Females may use cues to strategically place their eggs, for example adjusting the number or lo...
link.springer.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Out now - female fruit flies cluster their eggs together depending on their social environment 🪰🧪 Just wish they'd let us know why... led by @emilyrosech.bsky.social Emily Fowler, Lucy Friend and Tracey Chapman. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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New out in Molecular Ecology! In which we show that small males try harder when it comes to seminal fluid proteins. w/ @ju-morimoto.bsky.social @iremsepil.bsky.social @becks-seascience.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
September 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
New out in Molecular Ecology! In which we show that small males try harder when it comes to seminal fluid proteins. w/ @ju-morimoto.bsky.social @iremsepil.bsky.social @becks-seascience.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Join us for our 2nd 5KM #Solidarity Run/Walk Invitation!
When: Wednesday, September 17 at 9:00 AM.
Where: Meet at the front entrance of the SUB. The route will pass all picket lines.
Pace: All paces welcome.
Keep Dal Strong
@dalfaculty.bsky.social
#InSolidarity
#keepdalstrong
When: Wednesday, September 17 at 9:00 AM.
Where: Meet at the front entrance of the SUB. The route will pass all picket lines.
Pace: All paces welcome.
Keep Dal Strong
@dalfaculty.bsky.social
#InSolidarity
#keepdalstrong
September 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Join us for our 2nd 5KM #Solidarity Run/Walk Invitation!
When: Wednesday, September 17 at 9:00 AM.
Where: Meet at the front entrance of the SUB. The route will pass all picket lines.
Pace: All paces welcome.
Keep Dal Strong
@dalfaculty.bsky.social
#InSolidarity
#keepdalstrong
When: Wednesday, September 17 at 9:00 AM.
Where: Meet at the front entrance of the SUB. The route will pass all picket lines.
Pace: All paces welcome.
Keep Dal Strong
@dalfaculty.bsky.social
#InSolidarity
#keepdalstrong
MSc position in my lab. Come study the evolutionary & behavioural ecology of insects!
@stfx-university.bsky.social
@stfx-university.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
MSc position in my lab. Come study the evolutionary & behavioural ecology of insects!
@stfx-university.bsky.social
@stfx-university.bsky.social
Come study forest pests with Jantina & me on the east coast! @stfx-university.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Come study forest pests with Jantina & me on the east coast! @stfx-university.bsky.social
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We’re offering a fully funded 4 yr PhD position to work on Sexual selection in complex environments at the @uv.es. Co-supervised by @dbergerbiol.bsky.social. Find details below 👇
September 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM
We’re offering a fully funded 4 yr PhD position to work on Sexual selection in complex environments at the @uv.es. Co-supervised by @dbergerbiol.bsky.social. Find details below 👇
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Ever heard of the Nous Group? A consulting firm that desperate universities hire to help with cost-saving and restructuring? Turns out they are actually vampires who parasitize tertiary education: drive.google.com/file/d/1_1Fk...
Nousferatu Are corporate consultants extracting the lifeblood from universities .pdf
drive.google.com
August 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Ever heard of the Nous Group? A consulting firm that desperate universities hire to help with cost-saving and restructuring? Turns out they are actually vampires who parasitize tertiary education: drive.google.com/file/d/1_1Fk...
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I gave a symposium talk at the European Society for Evolutionary Biology 2025 (#eseb2025) meeting last week and this was my title slide showcasing how I was speaking as an independent scientist because @dalhousieu.bsky.social @dalhousie.bsky.social has locked us out.
August 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I gave a symposium talk at the European Society for Evolutionary Biology 2025 (#eseb2025) meeting last week and this was my title slide showcasing how I was speaking as an independent scientist because @dalhousieu.bsky.social @dalhousie.bsky.social has locked us out.
Thanks @adriatica.bsky.social !
Amazing talk by @jennyperry.bsky.social bringing together signalling theory and socially transferred materials. Keep your eyes peeled for the eventual paper with @steveramm.bsky.social @elvarobinson.bsky.social and myself #ESEB2025 @socialtransfernet.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Thanks @adriatica.bsky.social !
This is a cool study!
3️⃣With talented undergrad student Isabelle Hoversten we examined what female crickets 🦗 do when cues about mate availability are mismatched. Out now in @canjzoology.bsky.social. (Isabelle is now a masters student with @jennyperry.bsky.social!) cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Effects of mismatched mate availability cues on reproductive investment in female crickets
Animals use cues experienced during early life to adaptively adjust their phenotype to the social environment they will likely experience. However, since animals often use multiple cues to assess the ...
cdnsciencepub.com
August 20, 2025 at 9:32 AM
This is a cool study!
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Interested in joining the lab? The Killam Postdoctoral Fellowships are designed to bring outstanding scholars from around the world to UBC. I can nominate one person, and help with application materials. More information at www.postdocs.ubc.ca/award/killam...
DM if you are interested!
DM if you are interested!
August 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Interested in joining the lab? The Killam Postdoctoral Fellowships are designed to bring outstanding scholars from around the world to UBC. I can nominate one person, and help with application materials. More information at www.postdocs.ubc.ca/award/killam...
DM if you are interested!
DM if you are interested!
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if you're a teacher who wants to bring science to life in the classroom, @skypeascientist.bsky.social brings scientists to your class. Sign up at: www.skypeascientist.com
August 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
if you're a teacher who wants to bring science to life in the classroom, @skypeascientist.bsky.social brings scientists to your class. Sign up at: www.skypeascientist.com
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🚨 Exciting news for #ESEB2025!
Join us in Barcelona for our symposium:
Cooperation, Conflict & the Evolution of Socially Transferred Materials (S08)
📅 Thursday, 21 Aug 2025
🕥 10:30–12:30 | 🕔 17:00–19:00 (Poster Session)
Join us in Barcelona for our symposium:
Cooperation, Conflict & the Evolution of Socially Transferred Materials (S08)
📅 Thursday, 21 Aug 2025
🕥 10:30–12:30 | 🕔 17:00–19:00 (Poster Session)
August 13, 2025 at 8:36 AM
🚨 Exciting news for #ESEB2025!
Join us in Barcelona for our symposium:
Cooperation, Conflict & the Evolution of Socially Transferred Materials (S08)
📅 Thursday, 21 Aug 2025
🕥 10:30–12:30 | 🕔 17:00–19:00 (Poster Session)
Join us in Barcelona for our symposium:
Cooperation, Conflict & the Evolution of Socially Transferred Materials (S08)
📅 Thursday, 21 Aug 2025
🕥 10:30–12:30 | 🕔 17:00–19:00 (Poster Session)
Ecologist friends: we want to measure the rate of decomposition of animals (fish & insects) on the water surface. Tips & tricks welcome !
Can measure mass loss, but tricky with soggy things
Can measure mass loss, but tricky with soggy things
August 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Ecologist friends: we want to measure the rate of decomposition of animals (fish & insects) on the water surface. Tips & tricks welcome !
Can measure mass loss, but tricky with soggy things
Can measure mass loss, but tricky with soggy things
Field season winding down
July 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Field season winding down
Looks like irreproducibility is not reproducible
But in fact, fly immunity is highly reproducible! 🎊
~80% of claims could be verified. Moreover, some challenged claims just reflect the field advancing its knowledge/tools.
The lesson: if the tools are good and the research largely exempt from direct translation pressures, science works.
3.5/n
~80% of claims could be verified. Moreover, some challenged claims just reflect the field advancing its knowledge/tools.
The lesson: if the tools are good and the research largely exempt from direct translation pressures, science works.
3.5/n
July 10, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Looks like irreproducibility is not reproducible