Mike Moore
@moore-evo-eco.bsky.social
evolution, ecology, and physiology of wetland animals
- newPI @ CU Denver - EEW Lab - moore-evo-eco.weebly.com
- newPI @ CU Denver - EEW Lab - moore-evo-eco.weebly.com
Come work with me!
The Dept of Integrative Biology at CU Denver @cudenverclas.bsky.social is hiring an asst professor in cellular and molecular biology 🧪
cu.taleo.net/careersectio...
We're a friendly and collegial dept in downtown Denver. Bonus, our labs have an unobstructed view of the Rockies
The Dept of Integrative Biology at CU Denver @cudenverclas.bsky.social is hiring an asst professor in cellular and molecular biology 🧪
cu.taleo.net/careersectio...
We're a friendly and collegial dept in downtown Denver. Bonus, our labs have an unobstructed view of the Rockies
November 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Come work with me!
The Dept of Integrative Biology at CU Denver @cudenverclas.bsky.social is hiring an asst professor in cellular and molecular biology 🧪
cu.taleo.net/careersectio...
We're a friendly and collegial dept in downtown Denver. Bonus, our labs have an unobstructed view of the Rockies
The Dept of Integrative Biology at CU Denver @cudenverclas.bsky.social is hiring an asst professor in cellular and molecular biology 🧪
cu.taleo.net/careersectio...
We're a friendly and collegial dept in downtown Denver. Bonus, our labs have an unobstructed view of the Rockies
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Join us at CU Denver Biology! We have an open search for an assistant professor in cell and molecular biology to support our research and teaching mission. cu.taleo.net/careersectio...
November 17, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Join us at CU Denver Biology! We have an open search for an assistant professor in cell and molecular biology to support our research and teaching mission. cu.taleo.net/careersectio...
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Infrared thermography is a useful tool in research on thermoregulation and evolution of heat tolerance
doi.org/10.1093/evle...
Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by Erik I Svensson et al.
doi.org/10.1093/evle...
Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by Erik I Svensson et al.
November 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Infrared thermography is a useful tool in research on thermoregulation and evolution of heat tolerance
doi.org/10.1093/evle...
Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by Erik I Svensson et al.
doi.org/10.1093/evle...
Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by Erik I Svensson et al.
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phenotypic selection on flower thermoregulation depends on air temperature. huuuuge effort by many lab members past and present.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Temperature‐dependent pollinator‐mediated selection on floral thermoregulation
The thermal environment is one of the most pervasive agents of selection. Most plants cannot choose their microclimate, so understanding how they cope with thermal variability is of critical concern...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
phenotypic selection on flower thermoregulation depends on air temperature. huuuuge effort by many lab members past and present.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Join us! 🧬🪰🎉🔬
We are currently advertising two #PhD projects to study the #evolution, #development and #genomics of sexual traits in stalk-eyed flies.
Deadline for applying is Wednesday, January 7, 2026. Get in touch for more info!
We are currently advertising two #PhD projects to study the #evolution, #development and #genomics of sexual traits in stalk-eyed flies.
Deadline for applying is Wednesday, January 7, 2026. Get in touch for more info!
November 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Join us! 🧬🪰🎉🔬
We are currently advertising two #PhD projects to study the #evolution, #development and #genomics of sexual traits in stalk-eyed flies.
Deadline for applying is Wednesday, January 7, 2026. Get in touch for more info!
We are currently advertising two #PhD projects to study the #evolution, #development and #genomics of sexual traits in stalk-eyed flies.
Deadline for applying is Wednesday, January 7, 2026. Get in touch for more info!
Great new paper by the amazing @noahleith.bsky.social and his colleagues! 🌎🧪🦑
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Carryover Effects on Reproduction Can Buffer Against Mortality‐Driven Population Declines at Elevated Developmental Temperatures
We show that hotter juvenile temperatures can increase adult fertility in an emerging model insect system. These reproductive benefits may be crucial for insect populations to avoid extinction during....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Great new paper by the amazing @noahleith.bsky.social and his colleagues! 🌎🧪🦑
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Available now in @asn-amnat.bsky.social ! Taking on some big-scale natural history: processed >40k @inaturalist.bsky.social images of Monarda fistulosa using computer vision to query for flower presence and phenotype flower color: doi.org/10.1086/739413
November 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Available now in @asn-amnat.bsky.social ! Taking on some big-scale natural history: processed >40k @inaturalist.bsky.social images of Monarda fistulosa using computer vision to query for flower presence and phenotype flower color: doi.org/10.1086/739413
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A reminder, to myself and others, as our federal colleagues return to work, the backlog will be huge, and they didn't just come back from vacation, they are coming back from something that has impacted each of them in their own way
I know I am eager to talk to many of them, but lets all be patient
I know I am eager to talk to many of them, but lets all be patient
November 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
A reminder, to myself and others, as our federal colleagues return to work, the backlog will be huge, and they didn't just come back from vacation, they are coming back from something that has impacted each of them in their own way
I know I am eager to talk to many of them, but lets all be patient
I know I am eager to talk to many of them, but lets all be patient
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NSF is open again!
A few comments:
*Please be patient.
During a shutdown NSF employees cannot open computers or respond to emails.
*Merit review will continue. However panels won’t resume until after Dec 8th.
*POs remain excited and committed to advancing science and the scientific workforce.
A few comments:
*Please be patient.
During a shutdown NSF employees cannot open computers or respond to emails.
*Merit review will continue. However panels won’t resume until after Dec 8th.
*POs remain excited and committed to advancing science and the scientific workforce.
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
NSF is open again!
A few comments:
*Please be patient.
During a shutdown NSF employees cannot open computers or respond to emails.
*Merit review will continue. However panels won’t resume until after Dec 8th.
*POs remain excited and committed to advancing science and the scientific workforce.
A few comments:
*Please be patient.
During a shutdown NSF employees cannot open computers or respond to emails.
*Merit review will continue. However panels won’t resume until after Dec 8th.
*POs remain excited and committed to advancing science and the scientific workforce.
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📣 CALL FOR PAPERS!!
New Special Issue on "Foundations of Internal Conflicts":
academic.oup.com/jeb/pages/ca...
#internalconflict #selfishelements #meioticdrive #imprintedgenes #reproductiveparasitism
New Special Issue on "Foundations of Internal Conflicts":
academic.oup.com/jeb/pages/ca...
#internalconflict #selfishelements #meioticdrive #imprintedgenes #reproductiveparasitism
November 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
📣 CALL FOR PAPERS!!
New Special Issue on "Foundations of Internal Conflicts":
academic.oup.com/jeb/pages/ca...
#internalconflict #selfishelements #meioticdrive #imprintedgenes #reproductiveparasitism
New Special Issue on "Foundations of Internal Conflicts":
academic.oup.com/jeb/pages/ca...
#internalconflict #selfishelements #meioticdrive #imprintedgenes #reproductiveparasitism
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Thrilled to share this paper that started as a summer research project and ended as a co-first author pub with amazing undergrad mentee Naomi 🪰
#evosky 🧪
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
#evosky 🧪
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
November 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Thrilled to share this paper that started as a summer research project and ended as a co-first author pub with amazing undergrad mentee Naomi 🪰
#evosky 🧪
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
#evosky 🧪
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
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Every year #ESEB distinguishes a young evolutionary biologist with the John Maynard Smith Prize! Nominations for the 2026 prize are due by January 15th!
Find out more here: eseb.org/prizes-fundi...
Find out more here: eseb.org/prizes-fundi...
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Every year #ESEB distinguishes a young evolutionary biologist with the John Maynard Smith Prize! Nominations for the 2026 prize are due by January 15th!
Find out more here: eseb.org/prizes-fundi...
Find out more here: eseb.org/prizes-fundi...
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By combining mark-recapture and genetic parentage data from wild #lizards, we show that the offspring of older parents do not have lower survival or reproductive success than the offspring of younger parents:
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Crain et al. 2025
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Crain et al. 2025
Parental age effects on offspring fitness in a wild population of a short-lived reptile
Abstract. As organisms age, the fitness of the offspring they produce can decline, which is often attributed to parental senescence. However, few studies h
doi.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
By combining mark-recapture and genetic parentage data from wild #lizards, we show that the offspring of older parents do not have lower survival or reproductive success than the offspring of younger parents:
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Crain et al. 2025
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Crain et al. 2025
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Looking for a PhD opportunity? I'm hoping to recruit someone to my group at Durham University to work on a project combining fieldwork and labwork to study speciation in rubyspot damselflies: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Get in touch if you want to chat!
Get in touch if you want to chat!
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Looking for a PhD opportunity? I'm hoping to recruit someone to my group at Durham University to work on a project combining fieldwork and labwork to study speciation in rubyspot damselflies: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Get in touch if you want to chat!
Get in touch if you want to chat!
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Spatial and temporal exposure to climatic extremes shape butterfly thermal physiology and vulnerability to recent climate change vist.ly/4dme7 #RangeLimit #ThermalTolerance
November 10, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Spatial and temporal exposure to climatic extremes shape butterfly thermal physiology and vulnerability to recent climate change vist.ly/4dme7 #RangeLimit #ThermalTolerance
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The Dept of Biology at Loyola University. Chicago has an open lecturer position in Gender, Sexuality, and the Biology of Sex. The successful candidate will have a 50% affiliation with the Women's Studies and Gender Studies program and 50% Dept of Biology.
www.careers.luc.edu/postings/34131
www.careers.luc.edu/postings/34131
Biology and Women’s Studies and Gender Studies, Lecturer (Gender, Sexuality, and the Biology of Sex ), Non-Tenure track
Salary Range: $65,000 - $75,000Benefits Information: https://www.luc.edu/hr/benefits/The Department of Biology and the Women’s Studies and Gender Studies (WSGS) Program in the College of Arts and Scie...
www.careers.luc.edu
November 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The Dept of Biology at Loyola University. Chicago has an open lecturer position in Gender, Sexuality, and the Biology of Sex. The successful candidate will have a 50% affiliation with the Women's Studies and Gender Studies program and 50% Dept of Biology.
www.careers.luc.edu/postings/34131
www.careers.luc.edu/postings/34131
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Amy Angert and I are recruiting a #postdoc to participate in a collaborative NSF-funded study of demographic responses to climate across the geographic range of the scarlet monkeyflower. Please repost! jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/224...
November 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Amy Angert and I are recruiting a #postdoc to participate in a collaborative NSF-funded study of demographic responses to climate across the geographic range of the scarlet monkeyflower. Please repost! jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/224...
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Just over one week left to apply to work as a PhD student with me in one of the most beautiful ecosystems in the US!
🚨 Please repost widely!🚨
I am recruiting a PhD student to join my lab next fall to work on forest and climate change ecology projects in southern Appalachia! Come join me in one of the most beautiful, biodiverse, and understudied parts of North America. Details below and happy to answer questions
I am recruiting a PhD student to join my lab next fall to work on forest and climate change ecology projects in southern Appalachia! Come join me in one of the most beautiful, biodiverse, and understudied parts of North America. Details below and happy to answer questions
November 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Just over one week left to apply to work as a PhD student with me in one of the most beautiful ecosystems in the US!
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Interested in a PhD studying the evolutionary ecology of animal behavior in Barcelona?
Final days to apply for this open PhD position in our lab! 👇
For more information about the position:
creaf.factorialhr.com/job_posting/...
Final days to apply for this open PhD position in our lab! 👇
For more information about the position:
creaf.factorialhr.com/job_posting/...
November 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Interested in a PhD studying the evolutionary ecology of animal behavior in Barcelona?
Final days to apply for this open PhD position in our lab! 👇
For more information about the position:
creaf.factorialhr.com/job_posting/...
Final days to apply for this open PhD position in our lab! 👇
For more information about the position:
creaf.factorialhr.com/job_posting/...
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Check out the Research Highlight of our work on climate change impacts on bee flight performance in Nature Climate Change 🐝 @pipilika.bsky.social #bee #flight #climatechange @natclimate.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 7, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Check out the Research Highlight of our work on climate change impacts on bee flight performance in Nature Climate Change 🐝 @pipilika.bsky.social #bee #flight #climatechange @natclimate.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🚨 New pika paper!
Chris Ray (INSTAAR & EBIO) & Jasmine Vidrio (EBIO) describe a decline in juvenile captures at Niwot Ridge, Colorado. It's the first observational evidence backing up projected pika population losses due to climate change in the region.
doi.org/10.1080/1523...
Chris Ray (INSTAAR & EBIO) & Jasmine Vidrio (EBIO) describe a decline in juvenile captures at Niwot Ridge, Colorado. It's the first observational evidence backing up projected pika population losses due to climate change in the region.
doi.org/10.1080/1523...
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🚨 New pika paper!
Chris Ray (INSTAAR & EBIO) & Jasmine Vidrio (EBIO) describe a decline in juvenile captures at Niwot Ridge, Colorado. It's the first observational evidence backing up projected pika population losses due to climate change in the region.
doi.org/10.1080/1523...
Chris Ray (INSTAAR & EBIO) & Jasmine Vidrio (EBIO) describe a decline in juvenile captures at Niwot Ridge, Colorado. It's the first observational evidence backing up projected pika population losses due to climate change in the region.
doi.org/10.1080/1523...
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Oxygen supersaturation has been reported to protect aquatic animals from heat waves. We tested this in a large collaborative experiment on many species of fish and crustaceans. Our new paper in @plosbiology.org shows that the effect of hyperoxia on thermal tolerance is negligible. Unfortunately.
November 5, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Oxygen supersaturation has been reported to protect aquatic animals from heat waves. We tested this in a large collaborative experiment on many species of fish and crustaceans. Our new paper in @plosbiology.org shows that the effect of hyperoxia on thermal tolerance is negligible. Unfortunately.
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Warning. ⚠️ If you are writing an NSF GRFP, new this year, you need official transcripts to apply. Beware. They will not review applications without official transcripts. ‼️
November 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Warning. ⚠️ If you are writing an NSF GRFP, new this year, you need official transcripts to apply. Beware. They will not review applications without official transcripts. ‼️
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Applications are currently being accepted for UBC's ✨️ Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellowship ✨️ (two positions!!), due Jan. 15
Please share far and wide 🚀
(See thread)
Please share far and wide 🚀
(See thread)
Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunities
Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2-year (2026-2028) - 2 positions OPENAt UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in resea...
biodiversity.ubc.ca
November 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Applications are currently being accepted for UBC's ✨️ Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellowship ✨️ (two positions!!), due Jan. 15
Please share far and wide 🚀
(See thread)
Please share far and wide 🚀
(See thread)
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I'll also be looking to recruit an MS student to study the functional morphology and biomechanics of adhesion, friction, and/or locomotion in sea urchins, geckos, or anoles! Please share! @sicb-dcb-dvm.bsky.social @sicb.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I'll also be looking to recruit an MS student to study the functional morphology and biomechanics of adhesion, friction, and/or locomotion in sea urchins, geckos, or anoles! Please share! @sicb-dcb-dvm.bsky.social @sicb.bsky.social