Jelena Pantel
@jhpantel.bsky.social
Prof. of Ecology @UnivFComte @chrono-env.bsky.social | Editor @Ecology_Letters | https://github.com/jhpantel
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Jelena Pantel
@jhpantel.bsky.social
· Jan 16
www.biorxiv.org
Our new pre-print is up on BioRxiv Ecology - goal was to better estimate how trait evolution impacts population dynamics & community composition. We (me, postdoc Ruben Hermann) used a Joint Species Distribution Models (HMSC) fit to simulated & empirical eco-evo data.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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🎉 I'm looking for an #rstats software engineer to work with me in 2026.
Remote (WFH), swiss-based (already here or willing to move here), permanent or contract.
+ Pros: work with me
- Cons: work with me...
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
Remote (WFH), swiss-based (already here or willing to move here), permanent or contract.
+ Pros: work with me
- Cons: work with me...
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
Opifex hiring Software Engineer - R & JavaScript in Switzerland | LinkedIn
Posted 10:12:08 AM. Location: Switzerland, RemoteEmployment Type: Permanent or ContractWorkload: 50% or 100%Start date:…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM
🎉 I'm looking for an #rstats software engineer to work with me in 2026.
Remote (WFH), swiss-based (already here or willing to move here), permanent or contract.
+ Pros: work with me
- Cons: work with me...
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
Remote (WFH), swiss-based (already here or willing to move here), permanent or contract.
+ Pros: work with me
- Cons: work with me...
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
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New paper alert! We (well, Gabrielle Koerich) modelled distributions of 28 Antarctic moss species using Bayesian spatial models. Results? Moss diversity is shaped by proximity to seabird colonies and water availability, with clear differences between maritime and continental assemblages.
November 13, 2025 at 6:12 AM
New paper alert! We (well, Gabrielle Koerich) modelled distributions of 28 Antarctic moss species using Bayesian spatial models. Results? Moss diversity is shaped by proximity to seabird colonies and water availability, with clear differences between maritime and continental assemblages.
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We are hiring: 4 PhD Positions in Ecology / Data Science and one Ecological Data Scientist. For more information, see www.uni-regensburg.de/universitaet...
We are hiring: 4 PhD Positions in Ecology / Data Science and one Ecological Data Scientist
We are looking for 4 PhD Positions and one Scientific Programmer / Ecological Data Scientist to join the AG Hartig (Theoretical Ecology)
www.uni-regensburg.de
November 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We are hiring: 4 PhD Positions in Ecology / Data Science and one Ecological Data Scientist. For more information, see www.uni-regensburg.de/universitaet...
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What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma.
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
November 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma.
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
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Join us tomorrow! 12th November at 1pm CET. The European EFI Chapter is hosting Iestyn Woolway to present.
Find details at: euro-ecoforecast.wordpress.com/seminar-seri...
Find details at: euro-ecoforecast.wordpress.com/seminar-seri...
November 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Join us tomorrow! 12th November at 1pm CET. The European EFI Chapter is hosting Iestyn Woolway to present.
Find details at: euro-ecoforecast.wordpress.com/seminar-seri...
Find details at: euro-ecoforecast.wordpress.com/seminar-seri...
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jsdmstan: An R package for fitting joint species distribution models in Stan https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.10.687559v1
November 11, 2025 at 10:34 PM
jsdmstan: An R package for fitting joint species distribution models in Stan https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.10.687559v1
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🆕 in "Ecological Monographs": Static models miss the mark—adding nonlinear, density-based facilitation helps predict coexistence, persistence, and realistic community dynamics
📄Neighbor density-dependent facilitation promotes coexistence and internal oscillation
doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
📄Neighbor density-dependent facilitation promotes coexistence and internal oscillation
doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
🆕 in "Ecological Monographs": Static models miss the mark—adding nonlinear, density-based facilitation helps predict coexistence, persistence, and realistic community dynamics
📄Neighbor density-dependent facilitation promotes coexistence and internal oscillation
doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
📄Neighbor density-dependent facilitation promotes coexistence and internal oscillation
doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
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Are you involved in ecological forecasting in Europe?
We’re mapping forecasting applications across the continent — from SDMs to observatories with predictive potential.
Our goal: make EU forecasting more connected and identify both immediate and long-term forecasting potential.
We’re mapping forecasting applications across the continent — from SDMs to observatories with predictive potential.
Our goal: make EU forecasting more connected and identify both immediate and long-term forecasting potential.
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Are you involved in ecological forecasting in Europe?
We’re mapping forecasting applications across the continent — from SDMs to observatories with predictive potential.
Our goal: make EU forecasting more connected and identify both immediate and long-term forecasting potential.
We’re mapping forecasting applications across the continent — from SDMs to observatories with predictive potential.
Our goal: make EU forecasting more connected and identify both immediate and long-term forecasting potential.
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Super excited that the bulk of my PhD work is now preprinted! Here we used whole-community competition, or coalescence, experiments to quantify selection acting on genetically diverged strains within larger communities. (1/n)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
November 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Super excited that the bulk of my PhD work is now preprinted! Here we used whole-community competition, or coalescence, experiments to quantify selection acting on genetically diverged strains within larger communities. (1/n)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Strain displacement in microbiomes via ecological competition www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs
Strain displacement in microbiomes via ecological competition - Nature Microbiology
Mathematical modelling and experimental tests reveal principles that govern displacement of a resident strain by an invader in microbial communities.
www.nature.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Strain displacement in microbiomes via ecological competition www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs
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#PhD on the Metapopulation dynamics of pollinating bees under joint pesticide & habitat fragmentation pressure. Starts Sept 2026 based at Swansea and Bristol Unis.
More project details: bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo...
BBSRC SWBio Doctoral Training Programme: www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
More project details: bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo...
BBSRC SWBio Doctoral Training Programme: www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:46 AM
#PhD on the Metapopulation dynamics of pollinating bees under joint pesticide & habitat fragmentation pressure. Starts Sept 2026 based at Swansea and Bristol Unis.
More project details: bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo...
BBSRC SWBio Doctoral Training Programme: www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
More project details: bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo...
BBSRC SWBio Doctoral Training Programme: www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
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🚨Who wants to work with Kalahari meerkats? A MSc project with @mathildemartin.bsky.social at the University of Zurich.
#bioacoustics 🧪
#bioacoustics 🧪
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
🚨Who wants to work with Kalahari meerkats? A MSc project with @mathildemartin.bsky.social at the University of Zurich.
#bioacoustics 🧪
#bioacoustics 🧪
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Excited to share our new dengue research with a great international team.
We introduce a framework that integrates different modelling disciplines to i) explain past spatiotemporal dynamics and drivers, and ii) forecast future trajectories, thereby providing diverse insights for decision-makers.
We introduce a framework that integrates different modelling disciplines to i) explain past spatiotemporal dynamics and drivers, and ii) forecast future trajectories, thereby providing diverse insights for decision-makers.
Multi-model approach to understand and predict past and future dengue epidemic dynamics
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Brilliant work by @cathalmills.bsky.social + many others
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Brilliant work by @cathalmills.bsky.social + many others
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Excited to share our new dengue research with a great international team.
We introduce a framework that integrates different modelling disciplines to i) explain past spatiotemporal dynamics and drivers, and ii) forecast future trajectories, thereby providing diverse insights for decision-makers.
We introduce a framework that integrates different modelling disciplines to i) explain past spatiotemporal dynamics and drivers, and ii) forecast future trajectories, thereby providing diverse insights for decision-makers.
Reposted by Jelena Pantel
Multi-model approach to understand and predict past and future dengue epidemic dynamics
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Brilliant work by @cathalmills.bsky.social + many others
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Brilliant work by @cathalmills.bsky.social + many others
November 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Multi-model approach to understand and predict past and future dengue epidemic dynamics
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Brilliant work by @cathalmills.bsky.social + many others
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Brilliant work by @cathalmills.bsky.social + many others
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Intraspecific Reaction Norm Variation Controls the Eco-Evolutionary Consequences of Environmental Change by Wieczynski et al.
Read now ahead of print!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Read now ahead of print!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
University of Chicago Press Journals: Cookie absent
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November 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Intraspecific Reaction Norm Variation Controls the Eco-Evolutionary Consequences of Environmental Change by Wieczynski et al.
Read now ahead of print!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Read now ahead of print!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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November 6, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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“While there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” —Eugene V. Debs
November 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
“While there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” —Eugene V. Debs
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My first paper on invasive species and coypus 🥳 The beginning of a long story hopefully 😇
"Invasive rodents are hard to count, so I used hierarchical statistical models to estimate numbers directly from removal data. This provides a tool for on-the-ground management, with examples on coypus in France and muskrats in the Netherlands." - @oaggimenez.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/neob...
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/neob...
November 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
My first paper on invasive species and coypus 🥳 The beginning of a long story hopefully 😇
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Trapped in the web: network architectures spread coevolution and shape adaptation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.04.686579v1
November 5, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Trapped in the web: network architectures spread coevolution and shape adaptation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.04.686579v1
Next paper to dig into, a new model for microbial community assembly (Marrec & Bank 2025, Journal of the Royal Society Interface)
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Drivers of diversity within and between microbial communities during stochastic assembly | Journal of The Royal Society Interface
No two microbial communities share the same species richness and abundance profiles.
Experiments have shown that the assembly of new microbial communities from the same
environmental pool is sufficien...
royalsocietypublishing.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Next paper to dig into, a new model for microbial community assembly (Marrec & Bank 2025, Journal of the Royal Society Interface)
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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📣Today!📣
Our next seminar speaker is Gonzalo Robledo (Universidad de Chile), presenting:
⭐Sensitivity analysis for time varying ecological networks⭐
As ever free and open for all!
Zoom link: iite.info/seminar/
Global times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...
See you there!
Our next seminar speaker is Gonzalo Robledo (Universidad de Chile), presenting:
⭐Sensitivity analysis for time varying ecological networks⭐
As ever free and open for all!
Zoom link: iite.info/seminar/
Global times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...
See you there!
November 4, 2025 at 11:02 AM
📣Today!📣
Our next seminar speaker is Gonzalo Robledo (Universidad de Chile), presenting:
⭐Sensitivity analysis for time varying ecological networks⭐
As ever free and open for all!
Zoom link: iite.info/seminar/
Global times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...
See you there!
Our next seminar speaker is Gonzalo Robledo (Universidad de Chile), presenting:
⭐Sensitivity analysis for time varying ecological networks⭐
As ever free and open for all!
Zoom link: iite.info/seminar/
Global times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...
See you there!
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“Universities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically.”
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 2, 2025 at 7:07 AM
“Universities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically.”
1st seminar in this new series starts now !
🍱 Quick reminder that lunch with Hanna Meyer happens this Wednesday, 12PM CET on Zoom! Find the link, abstract and more infos on the Lunchbox Models seminar series here: www.yomos.org/lunchbox-mod...
#ecology #evolution #science #academia #seminar #modelling #lunchboxmodels #ecomodels #phdlife
#ecology #evolution #science #academia #seminar #modelling #lunchboxmodels #ecomodels #phdlife
October 29, 2025 at 10:59 AM
1st seminar in this new series starts now !
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We have an open PhD position (application deadline 9 January 2026) in "Theory of fitness landscapes" at @unibe.ch 🤓⛰️📊👩💻🎓: banklab.github.io/positions/
Please share widely!
#QueerInSTEM #DisabledInSTEM #BlackInSTEM #WomenInSTEM #CarersInSTEM #AcademicSky #HigherED
Please share widely!
#QueerInSTEM #DisabledInSTEM #BlackInSTEM #WomenInSTEM #CarersInSTEM #AcademicSky #HigherED
October 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
We have an open PhD position (application deadline 9 January 2026) in "Theory of fitness landscapes" at @unibe.ch 🤓⛰️📊👩💻🎓: banklab.github.io/positions/
Please share widely!
#QueerInSTEM #DisabledInSTEM #BlackInSTEM #WomenInSTEM #CarersInSTEM #AcademicSky #HigherED
Please share widely!
#QueerInSTEM #DisabledInSTEM #BlackInSTEM #WomenInSTEM #CarersInSTEM #AcademicSky #HigherED
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🚨 2nd master’s project!
Interested in bird migration & genomics? 🧬🐦
Use whole-genome data to trace the recent colonization of Ouessant Island by Blue Tits and explore how irruptive migratory events can shape colonization dynamics. Please share! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
Interested in bird migration & genomics? 🧬🐦
Use whole-genome data to trace the recent colonization of Ouessant Island by Blue Tits and explore how irruptive migratory events can shape colonization dynamics. Please share! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
October 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
🚨 2nd master’s project!
Interested in bird migration & genomics? 🧬🐦
Use whole-genome data to trace the recent colonization of Ouessant Island by Blue Tits and explore how irruptive migratory events can shape colonization dynamics. Please share! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
Interested in bird migration & genomics? 🧬🐦
Use whole-genome data to trace the recent colonization of Ouessant Island by Blue Tits and explore how irruptive migratory events can shape colonization dynamics. Please share! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...