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Victor de Brito
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Fish and Herp collection manager at the Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates 🐟
Excited to share my latest research on a remarkable radiation—now in press at Evolution! 📄
Ecological Opportunity Spurred Adaptive Radiation of Central Mexican Silversides: Evidence from Functional and Morphometric Traits
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Ecological Opportunity Spurred Adaptive Radiation of Central Mexican Silversides: Evidence from Functional and Morphometric Traits
Abstract. Dispersal to a geographic area or colonizing a new habitat can lead to ecological opportunity, which predicts that in absent or reduced competiti
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August 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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New deadline May 15th - would love to see your contributions to this important special issue ...
Send us your manuscripts on “Mobilizing Natural History Collections in the Global South” 👇🏾
Reminder @irorotanshi.bsky.social and other are putting together a special issue of the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society @linneansociety.bsky.social titled 'Mobilizing Natural History Collection in the Global South'

Details available here: academic.oup.com/biolinnean/p...
March 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Hello All, plz share. Last call for applications for a post-doc position in our lab to study immune function in frogs infected with the fungal pathogen Bd. Deadline is Feb 1, reviews will begin soon after. zamudiolab.org/2024/12/17/p...
Post-Doc position in the KZLab! Immune responses to pathogen infections in frogs
We are looking for an NSF-funded post-doc in our lab in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Texas at Austin. The work will examine immune mechanisms that potentially underlie…
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January 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) mostly focuses on basic science research but don't be turned away if you are looking for conservation funding.

There is a call for, Partnership to Advance Conservation Science and Practice - (partnering with Allen Family Foundation)
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Partnership to Advance Conservation Science and Practice (PACSP)
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January 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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We are looking for a new PhD Student to start in the Lab in Fall 2024. Applications are due Dec 1. Please share and if you are interested reach out!
September 22, 2023 at 4:24 PM
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Hey All, Job in my Department at UT! Looking for early career scientists that adds strength/collabs in any biodiversity field. Also commitment to mentorship/teaching that serves trainees from varied backgrounds. Happy to answer questions! Pretty pic for attention 🌼https://apply.interfolio.com/132398
September 19, 2023 at 1:42 AM