Sue Walker
@suewalker2008.bsky.social
Head of Science @Chesterzoo | International Centre of Zoo Science | Championing the value of zoos in society & the value of science in zoos #zooscience 👩🏼🔬
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Sue Walker
@suewalker2008.bsky.social
· Nov 23
Chester Zoo (North of England Zoological Society)
This is an exciting new position spearheading Chester Zoo’s vital conservation work, both in its role as a national conservation zoo and also through its
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We are looking for CCO, brand new exciting opportunity @bsky.app help us find that key person search.app/q5VRT2zUA3kw... #zooscience
Only a few days left to apply! Job opportunity with @chesterzoosci.bsky.social 👇
📣 Job opportunity 📣
Come and join our Chester Zoo Science Department as a Conservation Scientist focused on Wildlife Cryopreservation and Cell Culture ❄️🦏🧬🔬
#zooscience #ConservationPhysiology #reproductivescience
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Come and join our Chester Zoo Science Department as a Conservation Scientist focused on Wildlife Cryopreservation and Cell Culture ❄️🦏🧬🔬
#zooscience #ConservationPhysiology #reproductivescience
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May 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Only a few days left to apply! Job opportunity with @chesterzoosci.bsky.social 👇
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Did you spot us on @cnn.com? Our elephants are donating dung to support a scientific breakthrough!
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This ‘Poo Zoo’ is harvesting living cells from animal dung | CNN
Researchers have developed a method to extract living cells from feces that they say could help conservationists better understand the genetic diversity of wildlife — and in the long run, could be use...
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April 15, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Did you spot us on @cnn.com? Our elephants are donating dung to support a scientific breakthrough!
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📣 Job opportunity 📣
Come and join our Chester Zoo Science Department as a Conservation Scientist focused on Wildlife Cryopreservation and Cell Culture ❄️🦏🧬🔬
#zooscience #ConservationPhysiology #reproductivescience
lnkd.in/gs_vHhpk
Come and join our Chester Zoo Science Department as a Conservation Scientist focused on Wildlife Cryopreservation and Cell Culture ❄️🦏🧬🔬
#zooscience #ConservationPhysiology #reproductivescience
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April 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
📣 Job opportunity 📣
Come and join our Chester Zoo Science Department as a Conservation Scientist focused on Wildlife Cryopreservation and Cell Culture ❄️🦏🧬🔬
#zooscience #ConservationPhysiology #reproductivescience
lnkd.in/gs_vHhpk
Come and join our Chester Zoo Science Department as a Conservation Scientist focused on Wildlife Cryopreservation and Cell Culture ❄️🦏🧬🔬
#zooscience #ConservationPhysiology #reproductivescience
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#Apply for a fully funded #PhD studentship in #Conservation: "The environmental and social consequences of climate-driven migration to the forest frontier in Madagascar".
(Co-funded by Bangor University and Chester Zoo. A collaboration with Madagasikara Voakajy and the Mitsilo Research lab). 🌎🧪👇
(Co-funded by Bangor University and Chester Zoo. A collaboration with Madagasikara Voakajy and the Mitsilo Research lab). 🌎🧪👇
March 31, 2025 at 1:52 PM
#Apply for a fully funded #PhD studentship in #Conservation: "The environmental and social consequences of climate-driven migration to the forest frontier in Madagascar".
(Co-funded by Bangor University and Chester Zoo. A collaboration with Madagasikara Voakajy and the Mitsilo Research lab). 🌎🧪👇
(Co-funded by Bangor University and Chester Zoo. A collaboration with Madagasikara Voakajy and the Mitsilo Research lab). 🌎🧪👇
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@swilliamslabox.bsky.social is collaborating with Chester Zoo to research whether dung can capture animals' genetic diversity, thus helping combat #BiologicalAnnihilation and prevent extinction. #extinction #endangered #AnimalDung #PooZoo
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View Article: buff.ly/za9rr1X
Animal poo can be used to save endangered species from extinction, research finds
Some cells are still alive within the dung, and could be used to boost genetic diversity in certain species
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March 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
@swilliamslabox.bsky.social is collaborating with Chester Zoo to research whether dung can capture animals' genetic diversity, thus helping combat #BiologicalAnnihilation and prevent extinction. #extinction #endangered #AnimalDung #PooZoo
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View Article: buff.ly/za9rr1X
If you're interested in Zoo Science or work with Zoo Scientists this conference is for you 👇
📢 Abstract Submission Open! 📢
Abstract submission is now open for the 2025 British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) Research Conference.
📍 Where: Chester Zoo
📅 When: 8th & 9th July 🌎
(more info below)
Abstract submission is now open for the 2025 British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) Research Conference.
📍 Where: Chester Zoo
📅 When: 8th & 9th July 🌎
(more info below)
March 8, 2025 at 7:26 AM
If you're interested in Zoo Science or work with Zoo Scientists this conference is for you 👇
Incredibly proud of our women in Science @chesterzoosci.bsky.social 👩🏾🔬👩🏻⚕️👩🔬🔬🥼
It is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 🧪
Our science and conservation teams wouldn't be what they are without all the wonderful women who stepped into STEM.
Our science and conservation teams wouldn't be what they are without all the wonderful women who stepped into STEM.
February 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Incredibly proud of our women in Science @chesterzoosci.bsky.social 👩🏾🔬👩🏻⚕️👩🔬🔬🥼
Interested in Zoo Science? Come train with us! Our 25/26 student industrial placements are now open 🙌
Behaviour & Welfare
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Population Biology
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Conservation Physiology & Reproduction
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Social Science
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#zooscience
Behaviour & Welfare
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Population Biology
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Conservation Physiology & Reproduction
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Social Science
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#zooscience
February 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Interested in Zoo Science? Come train with us! Our 25/26 student industrial placements are now open 🙌
Behaviour & Welfare
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Population Biology
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Conservation Physiology & Reproduction
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Social Science
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#zooscience
Behaviour & Welfare
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Population Biology
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Conservation Physiology & Reproduction
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Social Science
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#zooscience
New publication alert 🎉 in priorities in wildlife cryopreservation 🧬❄️
The cryopreservation of biological samples is a potential tool in the fight against extinction, but how is it being applied?
Chester Zoo scholar James Brereton just co-authored a systematic review of articles about cryobanking practice. Read here (open access).
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Chester Zoo scholar James Brereton just co-authored a systematic review of articles about cryobanking practice. Read here (open access).
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When to cryopreserve and when to let it go? A systematic review of priorities in wild animal cryobanking
With increasing numbers of species threatened with extinction, collecting and conserving living samples is important for the long-term conservation of…
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January 31, 2025 at 7:45 PM
New publication alert 🎉 in priorities in wildlife cryopreservation 🧬❄️
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We have a great list of ongoing award, fellowship and grant opportunities that we thought our members might be interested in. 🌍 #conservation #MarineLife #ecology
Check it out here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#conservation #funding #fellowships #awards
Check it out here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#conservation #funding #fellowships #awards
Award, Fellowship and Grants Opportunities
Award, Fellowship and Grant Opportunities Below is a list of some of the ongoing award, fellowship and grant opportunities that we thought our members might be interested in. Use the hyperlinks to ju...
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January 29, 2025 at 10:19 PM
We have a great list of ongoing award, fellowship and grant opportunities that we thought our members might be interested in. 🌍 #conservation #MarineLife #ecology
Check it out here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#conservation #funding #fellowships #awards
Check it out here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#conservation #funding #fellowships #awards
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Jacqueline Morrison, Senior Conservation Scientist at Chester Zoo contributed to a new open-access article: "Subsistence hunting impacts wildlife assemblages and functional ecology in tropical forests".
Read it here: www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-87162-w
#species #conservation
Read it here: www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-87162-w
#species #conservation
Subsistence hunting impacts wildlife assemblages and functional ecology in tropical forests - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Subsistence hunting impacts wildlife assemblages and functional ecology in tropical forests
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January 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Jacqueline Morrison, Senior Conservation Scientist at Chester Zoo contributed to a new open-access article: "Subsistence hunting impacts wildlife assemblages and functional ecology in tropical forests".
Read it here: www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-87162-w
#species #conservation
Read it here: www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-87162-w
#species #conservation
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PhD Opportunity!! Come work with us (University of Exeter, RSPB & BTO) Diagnosing population decline in insectivorous birds. Inkd.in/eG58dQxs
Contact me for more details (s.bearhop@exeter.ac.uk). Please Share
@britishbirds.bsky.social @ibisjournal.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
Contact me for more details (s.bearhop@exeter.ac.uk). Please Share
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November 29, 2024 at 7:53 AM
PhD Opportunity!! Come work with us (University of Exeter, RSPB & BTO) Diagnosing population decline in insectivorous birds. Inkd.in/eG58dQxs
Contact me for more details (s.bearhop@exeter.ac.uk). Please Share
@britishbirds.bsky.social @ibisjournal.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
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* NEW #PhD * #Evolution #Ecology of Immune #Senesence in Wild Badgers - exciting project with me, @btschirren.bsky.social & our awesome collaborators @ APHA. Based at @exetercec.bsky.social in Cornwall, UK.
!PLEASE SHARE!
See www.animalsocieties.org and apply: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
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!PLEASE SHARE!
See www.animalsocieties.org and apply: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
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November 29, 2024 at 2:01 PM
* NEW #PhD * #Evolution #Ecology of Immune #Senesence in Wild Badgers - exciting project with me, @btschirren.bsky.social & our awesome collaborators @ APHA. Based at @exetercec.bsky.social in Cornwall, UK.
!PLEASE SHARE!
See www.animalsocieties.org and apply: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
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!PLEASE SHARE!
See www.animalsocieties.org and apply: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
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Job opportunity in the AZA 'Director, Evaluation and Impact' www.aza.org/jobs?job=45299
- Director, Evaluation and Impact
Find a rewarding career at one of our AZA accredited facilities. Browse job postings from zoos & aquariums.
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December 11, 2024 at 5:44 AM
Job opportunity in the AZA 'Director, Evaluation and Impact' www.aza.org/jobs?job=45299
Job opportunity @ Durell Wildlife Trust 'Conservation Impact Officer' www.linkedin.com/posts/durrel...
Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust on LinkedIn: ⭐️ We're looking for a Conservation Impact Officer! ⭐️
🐾 This role…
⭐️ We're looking for a Conservation Impact Officer! ⭐️
🐾 This role contributes to Durrell’s Conservation Impact team, which is responsible for making…
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December 8, 2024 at 9:28 AM
Job opportunity @ Durell Wildlife Trust 'Conservation Impact Officer' www.linkedin.com/posts/durrel...
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Opportunity to join @dice-kent.bsky.social as a funded PhD student working on wild pigs and the impacts of African Swine Fever in Indonesia.
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#PhD #studentship opportunity to study threatened pig populations and African Swine Fever in Indonesia working with @mattstruebig @DICE_Kent and @RCCC_UI https://buff.ly/4dTPPpC
December 5, 2024 at 8:35 PM
Opportunity to join @dice-kent.bsky.social as a funded PhD student working on wild pigs and the impacts of African Swine Fever in Indonesia.
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Job opportunity 🙌 to join our Chester Zoo Science Team
Scientific Assistant: Behaviour & Welare with Lisa Holmes - permanent full-time
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Scientific Assistant: Behaviour & Welare with Lisa Holmes - permanent full-time
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December 6, 2024 at 6:45 PM
Job opportunity 🙌 to join our Chester Zoo Science Team
Scientific Assistant: Behaviour & Welare with Lisa Holmes - permanent full-time
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Scientific Assistant: Behaviour & Welare with Lisa Holmes - permanent full-time
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🙌 Funded PhD opportunity with @chesterzoo.bsky.social and @liverpooluni.bsky.social ''Characterising the vibrational landscape of the zoo: from animal calls to human noises'' 👇
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ACCE+ DLA programme: Characterising the vibrational landscape of the zoo: from animal calls to human noises at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - ACCE+ DLA programme: Characterising the vibrational landscape of the zoo: from animal calls to human noises at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.com
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December 6, 2024 at 12:37 PM
🙌 Funded PhD opportunity with @chesterzoo.bsky.social and @liverpooluni.bsky.social ''Characterising the vibrational landscape of the zoo: from animal calls to human noises'' 👇
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Come to do a PhD with me, @bfraser.bsky.social and @batconservation.bsky.social on using genomics to understand bat population declines 🦇🧬⬇️
📣📣PhD alert📣📣
Come work with me and @orlyrazgour.bsky.social at the Uni of Exeter. Using genomics to understand bat population declines. 🦇🧬🦇 Message us for more details. Link here:
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Come work with me and @orlyrazgour.bsky.social at the Uni of Exeter. Using genomics to understand bat population declines. 🦇🧬🦇 Message us for more details. Link here:
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Award details Applying genomic approaches to understand bat population declines, NERC GW4+ DTP PhD studentship for September 2025 Entry Ref: 5388 at University of Exeter on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Award details Applying genomic approaches to understand bat population declines, NERC GW4+ DTP PhD studentship for September 2025 Entry Ref: 5388 at University of Exeter, listed on FindA...
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November 22, 2024 at 10:30 PM
Come to do a PhD with me, @bfraser.bsky.social and @batconservation.bsky.social on using genomics to understand bat population declines 🦇🧬⬇️
We are looking for CCO, brand new exciting opportunity @bsky.app help us find that key person search.app/q5VRT2zUA3kw... #zooscience
Chester Zoo (North of England Zoological Society)
This is an exciting new position spearheading Chester Zoo’s vital conservation work, both in its role as a national conservation zoo and also through its
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November 23, 2024 at 7:58 PM
We are looking for CCO, brand new exciting opportunity @bsky.app help us find that key person search.app/q5VRT2zUA3kw... #zooscience
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Nice article in Science about the great migration & efforts to recreate the experience of old Twitter on @bsky.app. A good one to share with those who haven't yet joined us here.
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Like ‘old Twitter’: The scientific community finds a new home on Bluesky
After recent changes to Elon Musk’s X, a gradual migration turns into a stampede
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November 20, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Nice article in Science about the great migration & efforts to recreate the experience of old Twitter on @bsky.app. A good one to share with those who haven't yet joined us here.
www.science.org/content/arti...
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