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evoldir.bsky.social
The Saltz lab at Indiana University seeks a postdoc and a technician for social behavior evolution research with fruit flies. More info: saltzlab.com. Apply here: indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/31041 and 31038. #job
November 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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ornellabertrand.bsky.social
New paper out! It was an honor to collaborate with the legend Leah Krubitzer on this review to show that paleontologists and neurobiologists working together can only improve our understanding of brain evolution 🧠
www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Full access to the paper: rdcu.be/eK167
The functional adaptations of mammalian brain structures through a behavioural ecology lens - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
Palaeontologists and comparative neurobiologists share a common interest in the evolution of the mammalian brain, but often fail to realize the benefits of this shared interest. This Review draws thes...
www.nature.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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elife.bsky.social
Evidence from 14 research funding programmes confirms that early winners tend to keep winning (Matthew effect). But the idea that an early setback makes you stronger later doesn’t replicate widely.
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eLife Assessment This important study reports the results of efforts to replicate two phenomena of significant interest to early-career scientists and scientific policymakers: the Matthew effect and the early-career setback effect. Several previous studies of these effects have focused on early-career researchers with grant proposals that fell just below or just above a funding threshold. Those just above the threshold were more likely to be successful when they applied for funding later in the career (an example of the well-known Matthew effect), while those just below were more likely to go on to have stronger publication records (the early-career setback effect). In this study the Matthew effect was found to be robust across funders, and to generalize from those close to the funding threshold to the whole population. The early-career setback effect was not robust across funders and did not generalize to the whole population. The evidence reported is convincing.
November 5, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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batistaruan.bsky.social
"Spherical cows and bipedal goats: perspectives on mathematical models in biology". 13 and 14/11/2025 (Salle Jaurès, ENS-PSL, rue d'Ulm, Paris). More info about the event: montevil.org/talks/2025--...
November 1, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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palaeoverse.bsky.social
🎉 This #FossilFriday we’re happy to share our new paper! 🎉

We take readers through 10 key steps for cleaning palaeontological data ready for computational analyses 🦕🧽

There’s also an R vignette showing you how to put these steps into practice! 💻

Check it out: doi.org/10.1111/pala...
A schematic showing “Ten simple rules to follow when cleaning occurrence data im palaeobiology”, each illustrated with a cartoon and arranged around three key processes, in circles. The first stage is Project setup. Here we have: 1. Choose the right data for your question, with a cartoon of an arrow in a bullseye 2. Keep raw data raw, with a cartoon of a hand next to a small ‘no entry’ sign 3. Document your workflow, next to a cartoon of two stacked papers with writing on The second stage is Data exploration & cleaning, which can be performed iteratively: 4. Explore your data, with a cartoon of a magnifying glass over a normal distribution 5. Identify and handle incomplete data records, with a cartoon showing four squares in a larger square, all filled except the one in the bottom right, which is outlined 6. Identify and handle outliers, with a cartoon showing four squares in a larger square, where the one in the bottom right is larger and extends beyond the others 7. Identify and handle inconsistencies, with a cartoon showing three squares in a larger square, with the bottom right quadrant instead featuring a triangle 8. Identify and handle duplicates, with a cartoon showing an opaque square stacked over a transparent (edge only) square The final stage is Reporting and archiving: 9. Report your data and cleaning efforts, with a cartoon of a loudspeaker 10. Deposit your data and workflow, with a cartoon of a safe
October 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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kguschan.bsky.social
If you like genomics, speciation, and primates, this PhD position is for you! Unraveling the genomic architecture of speciation and gene flow in guenons, a diverse group of African monkeys. Funding through DTP. Do reach out with questions! #genomics #genome_assembly
evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
Faces of different guenon species to show their morphological differences
October 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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jessicaglass.bsky.social
🚨 Recruiting 12 PhD students for a new NSF-funded program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences! This program is for U.S. students who received an Honorable Mention on the NSF GRFP within the last 3 years. @uafairbanks.bsky.social

www.uaf.edu/cfos/academi...
EMERGE Alaska | College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
www.uaf.edu
October 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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neilshubin.bsky.social
Catch my new lecture at the Collège de France entitled “The Origin of Walking.” Thanks to @denisduboule.bsky.social for hosting!

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m.youtube.com/watch?v=fNim...
Neil Shubin (2) - Denis Duboule (2025-2026)
YouTube video by Sciences de la vie - Collège de France
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October 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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phypapers.bsky.social
Phylogenetic relationships and the evolution of fin and body shape in the surgeonfishes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.09.680739v1
October 10, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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obialik.bsky.social
Oh... this is depressing. Having a lower status is bad for your health, even if you just think your socioeconomic status is low. This meta-analysis suggests that considering yourself poor increases your cardiovascular stress with negative health outcomes. 🧪

Link: psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
Impoverished and dying Victorian mother. A poverty-stricken Victorian woman dying with her husband and son by her bedside. From “Froggy’s Little Brother” by “Brenda”; published by John F. Shaw & Co, London, in 1875.
October 4, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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sicb.bsky.social
#SICB
#scholarships - it's time to apply 👍
see all links via
sicb.org/grants-and-s...

&
www.linkedin.com/posts/sicb-a...

#PhD #academia #biologists #ecologists #morphology #botany #conference #academic #grants #biology #scientists #science
September 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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cecibaldoni.bsky.social
PhD Alert! 😍 Our lab is hiring a PhD student to study how shrews shrink in winter and grow in spring. Yes, you read that right!
tinyurl.com/shrinkingshr...
Join us at the @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social, study a super cool animal, and join the @imprs-qbee.bsky.social community!

DM me for questions!
Seasonal size change and aging in shrews
imprs-qbee.mpg.de
September 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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royalsocietypublishing.org
Watch #ProcB authors Nelly Fragoso Vargas and Michael Berthaume talk about the #evolution of the knee sesamoid bones in Primates: cassyni.com/events/4o6j6... #phylogenetics
August 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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naturalselection.bsky.social
The 2025-26 Eco-Evo job list is out. Good luck to those applying!

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
ecoevojobs.net 2025-26
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August 19, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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paulineprovini.bsky.social
If you missed it (as I did!), check out @jexpbiol.bsky.social special issue:

"Integrating Biomechanics, Energetics, and Ecology Perspectives in Locomotion"

17 commentaries and review papers that break down the traditional boundaries between these fields.

journals.biologists.com/jeb/issue/22...
Volume 228 Issue Suppl_1 | Journal of Experimental Biology | The Company of Biologists
journals.biologists.com
September 20, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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tsengzj.bsky.social
The Department of Integrative Biology @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social is hiring an Assistant Teaching Professor of Human Anatomy! Open until September 19. Please share with anatomy/paleo/func-morph colleagues and friends. Happy to answer any questions. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05053
Assistant Teaching Professor - Human Anatomy- Department of Integrative Biology
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
August 14, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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elsa-panciroli.bsky.social
Rare as hen's teeth: an Assistant Curator job, with our fantastic team at National Museums Scotland! Closing date 24th August #museums #museumjobs
careers.nms.ac.uk/job/748553
Assistant Curator (Vertebrates)
careers.nms.ac.uk
August 14, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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birdjoy.bsky.social
📣 MSc in Raptor Research Opportunity at Boise State! 📣

Interested in contributing towards emerging research about the intersection of genetics, microbiology and disease ecology in an arctic raptor? Apply for our upcoming position!

jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id...
MSc in Raptor Biology at Boise State University - Gyrfalcon Microbiome Research | Natural Resources Job Board
jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu
September 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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asab.org
We are seeking a full-time Managing Editor for our journal Animal Behaviour. This editor will be involved in all stages of the publication process & must have a general understanding of the topics covered. Position starts Oct 1, application deadline July 31.

More details:
www.asab.org/opportunities
Opportunities — ASAB
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July 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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lukesjulson.bsky.social
Neuroscience students asked us to teach a PRACTICAL course on experimental methods, and it is now on YouTube!

Please like and repost to help us get the word out!

www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Lecture 1: Signals and data acquisition
Focusing on hardware, digital/analog I/O, synchronization
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Neuroscience methods - YouTube
Nanocourse: Approaches to Study Neural Circuits This course was taught by Anita Autry, Tiago Gonçalves, and Luke Sjulson at Albert Einstein College of Medici...
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December 13, 2024 at 11:33 AM
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owen1beck.bsky.social
August 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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springernature.com
Ancient humans were systematically producing bone tools as early as 1.5 million years ago, says @nature.com study. Bone tools discovered in Tanzania pre-date evidence of systematic bone tool production by more than a million years. http://spklr.io/63325CQfH

#EvoSky @natureportfolio.nature.com
May 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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nicolasmathevon.bsky.social
Bioacoustics Winter School (5-16 January 2026).
👇 for program + application form.
Do not hesitate to disseminate!
www.eneslab.com/bioacoustic-...
#bioacoustics #science
Bioacoustics Winter School | ENES lab
www.eneslab.com
May 20, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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livingingroups.bsky.social
Humans have many unusual traditions. But did you know animals’ strange behaviors can become culture too? Out now in Current Biology (doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...) we show the rise and spread of a surprising tradition: interspecies infant abduction. Interactive timeline (www.ab.mpg.de/671374) 🧵 (1/12)
An illustration of a white-faced capuchin monkey carrying a howler infant on their back while cracking nuts with a stone
May 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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simonsfoundation.org
New funding opportunity: We are providing support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in #ecology and #evolution. Deadline is 7/31: www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons... #science
Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution
The purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo...
www.simonsfoundation.org
June 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM