Lena Riabinina
@lenariab.bsky.social
Bees, flies, mosquitoes, neurons, ecology and genetics. @Lena_Riab on Twitter. Associate Professor at Durham Biology in the UK. Head of @InsectNeuroLab.bsky.social 👩🔬👩💻🤦♀️🤷♀️🤯🦟🪰🐝👁️👄🧠👃🥀🌻🌸🏖️🌊
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We are looking for candidates interested in (and eligible for) CSC-funded PhD positions, for the project " AI-powered system to monitor biodiversity and study behaviour of key wild pollinators"
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Please contact Lena by email for informal enquiries.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Please contact Lena by email for informal enquiries.
Please drop me a line is you are interested to work in my lab and are eligible for the CSC funding!
Please drop me a line is you are interested to work in my lab and are eligible for the CSC funding!
We are looking for candidates interested in (and eligible for) CSC-funded PhD positions, for the project " AI-powered system to monitor biodiversity and study behaviour of key wild pollinators"
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Please contact Lena by email for informal enquiries.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Please contact Lena by email for informal enquiries.
November 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Please drop me a line is you are interested to work in my lab and are eligible for the CSC funding!
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New #PhD ad alert!
Interested in wild #bee #cognition and #brains in different #bumblebees? Want to live in #Newcastle and the beautiful north-east of England?
Check out this project with me, @lenariab.bsky.social and Sarah Scott. Contact me for further information.
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Interested in wild #bee #cognition and #brains in different #bumblebees? Want to live in #Newcastle and the beautiful north-east of England?
Check out this project with me, @lenariab.bsky.social and Sarah Scott. Contact me for further information.
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
The cognitive ecology of wild bumblebees
iapetus.ac.uk
October 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
New #PhD ad alert!
Interested in wild #bee #cognition and #brains in different #bumblebees? Want to live in #Newcastle and the beautiful north-east of England?
Check out this project with me, @lenariab.bsky.social and Sarah Scott. Contact me for further information.
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Interested in wild #bee #cognition and #brains in different #bumblebees? Want to live in #Newcastle and the beautiful north-east of England?
Check out this project with me, @lenariab.bsky.social and Sarah Scott. Contact me for further information.
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
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Very happy to see our first paper on Black Soldier Flies out!
A chemically defined oviposition attractant and repellent of black soldier flies (Hermetia illucens)
doi.org/10.1163/2352...
This was a Master project of amazing Nyasha Thomas, who set up the BSF work in the lab.
A chemically defined oviposition attractant and repellent of black soldier flies (Hermetia illucens)
doi.org/10.1163/2352...
This was a Master project of amazing Nyasha Thomas, who set up the BSF work in the lab.
October 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Very happy to see our first paper on Black Soldier Flies out!
A chemically defined oviposition attractant and repellent of black soldier flies (Hermetia illucens)
doi.org/10.1163/2352...
This was a Master project of amazing Nyasha Thomas, who set up the BSF work in the lab.
A chemically defined oviposition attractant and repellent of black soldier flies (Hermetia illucens)
doi.org/10.1163/2352...
This was a Master project of amazing Nyasha Thomas, who set up the BSF work in the lab.
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In March we put on an insect cabaret show I developed with Cap-A-Pie Theatre about insects and the threats they face. We've now uploaded the songs and everyone can now see how brilliant the actors and song-writer were. Thread of songs below 👇🧪 #Insects #cabaret #theatre #scicomm #songs
June 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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🚨Anyone want a job?🚨
We have two #postdocs up for grabs! 🧪
- cell developmental biology/#evodevo/#neuroevodevo
- bioinformatics and molecular biology
Both working on brain evolution in Heliconiini butterflies
Details below! Please repost 🙏 1/n
We have two #postdocs up for grabs! 🧪
- cell developmental biology/#evodevo/#neuroevodevo
- bioinformatics and molecular biology
Both working on brain evolution in Heliconiini butterflies
Details below! Please repost 🙏 1/n
June 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
🚨Anyone want a job?🚨
We have two #postdocs up for grabs! 🧪
- cell developmental biology/#evodevo/#neuroevodevo
- bioinformatics and molecular biology
Both working on brain evolution in Heliconiini butterflies
Details below! Please repost 🙏 1/n
We have two #postdocs up for grabs! 🧪
- cell developmental biology/#evodevo/#neuroevodevo
- bioinformatics and molecular biology
Both working on brain evolution in Heliconiini butterflies
Details below! Please repost 🙏 1/n
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Massive congratulations to Matthew Quinn for passing his PhD viva today!! And many thanks to the examiners @ebablab.bsky.social and Sean Twiss. Matt is the first student to graduate from the lab - very exciting! 👨🎓🎓📖🦟🦟
April 3, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive congratulations to Matthew Quinn for passing his PhD viva today!! And many thanks to the examiners @ebablab.bsky.social and Sean Twiss. Matt is the first student to graduate from the lab - very exciting! 👨🎓🎓📖🦟🦟
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I'm thrilled to announce that I've started a Postdoctoral Research Associate position at @insectneurolab.bsky.social @durham-university.bsky.social this week, working with @lenariab.bsky.social on behavioural and physiological adaptations in mosquito pupae. In summary, I'll be working on 🦟🚱🦟👁️👃➡️💧?
March 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I'm thrilled to announce that I've started a Postdoctoral Research Associate position at @insectneurolab.bsky.social @durham-university.bsky.social this week, working with @lenariab.bsky.social on behavioural and physiological adaptations in mosquito pupae. In summary, I'll be working on 🦟🚱🦟👁️👃➡️💧?
Please spread the word - 2 new PhD positions, one fully funded and one self-funded, with us at Durham and @clarahowcroft.bsky.social at Northumbria Uni! We are looking for people with interdisciplinary experience (biology, computer vision, engineering) and interest to work across disciplines.
Please re-post: We have 2 new PhD positions on insect behaviour. We are looking for people with interests and expertise in development of behavioural assays, working with insects, computer vision, image processing and data analysis, and previous research experience. Please email us to discuss! 🦟💻🐝
February 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Please spread the word - 2 new PhD positions, one fully funded and one self-funded, with us at Durham and @clarahowcroft.bsky.social at Northumbria Uni! We are looking for people with interdisciplinary experience (biology, computer vision, engineering) and interest to work across disciplines.
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Folks looking for a PhD position to study chemical ecology, have a look at this excellent opportunity at the University of Eastern Finland. Application deadline 6 Feb. Position starting in March 2025.
uef.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
uef.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Doctoral Researcher (PhD student), Chemical Ecology
The University of Eastern Finland is inviting applications for a Doctoral Researcher (PhD student) position in Chemical Ecology at the Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, on Kuopio ca
uef.varbi.com
January 17, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Folks looking for a PhD position to study chemical ecology, have a look at this excellent opportunity at the University of Eastern Finland. Application deadline 6 Feb. Position starting in March 2025.
uef.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
uef.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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@NatGeo just published an article about mound-building Formica wood ants, featuring a series of spectacular photographs by Ingo Arndt:
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
Here is Ingo’s winning wood ant photo from @NHM_WPY last year:
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
Here is Ingo’s winning wood ant photo from @NHM_WPY last year:
January 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
@NatGeo just published an article about mound-building Formica wood ants, featuring a series of spectacular photographs by Ingo Arndt:
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
Here is Ingo’s winning wood ant photo from @NHM_WPY last year:
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
Here is Ingo’s winning wood ant photo from @NHM_WPY last year:
We have competitively funded PhD projects on bees, mosquitoes,robotics and computer vision. Would suit candidates with interdisciplinary expertise. Please email us with your CV and Motivation letter by the 22nd of January.
Exciting news! We are advertising 2 more PhD projects in our and a collaborator's labs - please get in touch *by the 22nd of January 2025* with your *CV and a Cover/Motivation letter*:
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Automated assay to study mosquito development and behaviour in changing climatic conditions at Durham University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Automated assay to study mosquito development and behaviour in changing climatic conditions at Durham University, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
January 8, 2025 at 3:55 AM
We have competitively funded PhD projects on bees, mosquitoes,robotics and computer vision. Would suit candidates with interdisciplinary expertise. Please email us with your CV and Motivation letter by the 22nd of January.
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Looking for a keen PhD student to investigate how experience shapes the brain, and/or mechanisms of central nervous system regeneration, plasticity and degeneration. Apply here: select "Biosciences", then my projects. Fully funded.
Deadline 12 January.
www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/act...
Deadline 12 January.
www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/act...
Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership
Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership
www.birmingham.ac.uk
January 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Looking for a keen PhD student to investigate how experience shapes the brain, and/or mechanisms of central nervous system regeneration, plasticity and degeneration. Apply here: select "Biosciences", then my projects. Fully funded.
Deadline 12 January.
www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/act...
Deadline 12 January.
www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/act...
Today we received an email from Durham Uni, signed as below ("Gold Command"). I wish to believe this person's account was hacked, but something tells me it wasn't. Do other Universities also come up with this bizzarreness?
January 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Today we received an email from Durham Uni, signed as below ("Gold Command"). I wish to believe this person's account was hacked, but something tells me it wasn't. Do other Universities also come up with this bizzarreness?
Could anyone please "sponsor" me for the SfN membership? I'd need to know your name and membership ID, please. Thank you!
January 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Could anyone please "sponsor" me for the SfN membership? I'd need to know your name and membership ID, please. Thank you!
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In the spirit of this post - I've got a book out in India about why overconfidence persists and what it's doing to the world. You might be interested in giving it a read.
I've got my first book event today (eep!) - come along if you're in Bangalore. Authors- any advice on what to expect?
I've got my first book event today (eep!) - come along if you're in Bangalore. Authors- any advice on what to expect?
January 4, 2025 at 4:39 AM
In the spirit of this post - I've got a book out in India about why overconfidence persists and what it's doing to the world. You might be interested in giving it a read.
I've got my first book event today (eep!) - come along if you're in Bangalore. Authors- any advice on what to expect?
I've got my first book event today (eep!) - come along if you're in Bangalore. Authors- any advice on what to expect?
A map made in ...Excel. This is the first one for me! @drosostalis.bsky.social I think you are personally responsible for this one 🤣
January 3, 2025 at 1:27 AM
A map made in ...Excel. This is the first one for me! @drosostalis.bsky.social I think you are personally responsible for this one 🤣
Science is hard and the progress is slow and often hard to register. So it's nice to have some fast and easy progress elsewhere :P Happy New Year everyone!
January 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Science is hard and the progress is slow and often hard to register. So it's nice to have some fast and easy progress elsewhere :P Happy New Year everyone!
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How do overconfidence and politics interact? Read here for a short version of the chapter from my book on overconfidence:
scroll.in/article/1077...
#BeyondDoubt #Overconfidence
Book available in India: amazon.in/Beyond-Doubt...
scroll.in/article/1077...
#BeyondDoubt #Overconfidence
Book available in India: amazon.in/Beyond-Doubt...
How do overconfident politicians hurt their country’s people? A behavioural scientist finds out
Vivek Nityananda is the author of ‘Beyond Doubt: Overconfidence and What It Means for Modern Society’.
scroll.in
December 24, 2024 at 11:11 AM
How do overconfidence and politics interact? Read here for a short version of the chapter from my book on overconfidence:
scroll.in/article/1077...
#BeyondDoubt #Overconfidence
Book available in India: amazon.in/Beyond-Doubt...
scroll.in/article/1077...
#BeyondDoubt #Overconfidence
Book available in India: amazon.in/Beyond-Doubt...
UK students - still time to apply for this project! Please send me your enquiries by the 31st December. 🐝🧠
We are advertising a funded PhD project to work on bumblebees and their brains! If you are a non-UK applicant, please get in touch with me by the **6th of December** with your CV and Cover/Motivation letter.
iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships...
iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships...
Brain evolution and comparative anatomy across bumblebee species
iapetus2.ac.uk
December 21, 2024 at 12:56 AM
UK students - still time to apply for this project! Please send me your enquiries by the 31st December. 🐝🧠
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We're hiring! Please share!
Exciting opportunities for #PhD students, #postdocs, and #research assistants to join our team in exploring how the brain prioritizes actions in conflict.
#Neuroscience #Drosophila
Interested? Reach out! rezavallab.org
Exciting opportunities for #PhD students, #postdocs, and #research assistants to join our team in exploring how the brain prioritizes actions in conflict.
#Neuroscience #Drosophila
Interested? Reach out! rezavallab.org
November 15, 2024 at 7:09 PM
We're hiring! Please share!
Exciting opportunities for #PhD students, #postdocs, and #research assistants to join our team in exploring how the brain prioritizes actions in conflict.
#Neuroscience #Drosophila
Interested? Reach out! rezavallab.org
Exciting opportunities for #PhD students, #postdocs, and #research assistants to join our team in exploring how the brain prioritizes actions in conflict.
#Neuroscience #Drosophila
Interested? Reach out! rezavallab.org
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We are searching for an Assoc. Professor in Plant Ecology! Join us at the Plant Ecology and Evolution program
@UU_University
in beautiful Sweden. We are looking for a highly motivated and friendly colleague with complementary expertise to us. Apply here: uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
@UU_University
in beautiful Sweden. We are looking for a highly motivated and friendly colleague with complementary expertise to us. Apply here: uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
January 3, 2024 at 4:18 AM
We are searching for an Assoc. Professor in Plant Ecology! Join us at the Plant Ecology and Evolution program
@UU_University
in beautiful Sweden. We are looking for a highly motivated and friendly colleague with complementary expertise to us. Apply here: uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
@UU_University
in beautiful Sweden. We are looking for a highly motivated and friendly colleague with complementary expertise to us. Apply here: uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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🌟We are looking for a new member of our image analysis team at the Imaging Core Facility of the Biozentrum in Basel 🌟
Are you passionate about science and technology? Are you interested in bioimaging? Please check the job ad below
#JobOpportunity #ImageAnalysis #DeepLearning
@biozentrum.bsky.social
Are you passionate about science and technology? Are you interested in bioimaging? Please check the job ad below
#JobOpportunity #ImageAnalysis #DeepLearning
@biozentrum.bsky.social
Entry-level position (80 - 100%) for bioimage analysis specialist at the Imaging Core Facility (IMCF) of the Biozentrum, University of Basel
www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/open-positio...
@unibas.ch #Biozentrum #Basel #research #science #joboffer #scientific
www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/open-positio...
@unibas.ch #Biozentrum #Basel #research #science #joboffer #scientific
December 13, 2024 at 10:15 AM
🌟We are looking for a new member of our image analysis team at the Imaging Core Facility of the Biozentrum in Basel 🌟
Are you passionate about science and technology? Are you interested in bioimaging? Please check the job ad below
#JobOpportunity #ImageAnalysis #DeepLearning
@biozentrum.bsky.social
Are you passionate about science and technology? Are you interested in bioimaging? Please check the job ad below
#JobOpportunity #ImageAnalysis #DeepLearning
@biozentrum.bsky.social
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Interesting that the issues faced by ecologists at universities in the UK are very similar to Aotearoa NZ #theniche @britishecolsoc.bsky.social
December 15, 2024 at 2:10 AM
Interesting that the issues faced by ecologists at universities in the UK are very similar to Aotearoa NZ #theniche @britishecolsoc.bsky.social
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as seen elsewhere... Visual Neuro Course in Woods Hole!!
December 15, 2024 at 2:05 AM
as seen elsewhere... Visual Neuro Course in Woods Hole!!
These stats may create an impression that all native speakers understand papers well, write well and give good presentations. In my experience, none of this is true, and more often than not native speakers don't write well at all, and it's probably too late for them to learn, as it takes time.
Final plenary by @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social concerning the language barriers in science. The hurdles for non-native English speakers are significant! #ASABWinter2024
Also, our congratulations to Tatsuya for winning the @britishecolsoc.bsky.social Equality and Diversity Champion award this week!
Also, our congratulations to Tatsuya for winning the @britishecolsoc.bsky.social Equality and Diversity Champion award this week!
December 14, 2024 at 3:37 PM
These stats may create an impression that all native speakers understand papers well, write well and give good presentations. In my experience, none of this is true, and more often than not native speakers don't write well at all, and it's probably too late for them to learn, as it takes time.