I have an opening for a PhD student commencing in 2022. I am keen to talk with prospective students interested in applied conservation, frog ecology and macroecology (esp. of declining species). Apps due the end of October. Pls email me to discuss. Some of the species I work on

Interview with Richard Griffiths by Trent Garner. Richard works DICE Kent Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology. Learn more about his career working on amphibian #conservation and his valuable insights on these topics! #WCHNewsletter 1(2):35 bit.ly/37Svl14

Do you own and/or manage a pond in the UK & Ireland? If so then please fill in this survey as part of alice pawlik 's NERC GW4+ Doctoral Training Partnership PhD tinyurl.com/58e5xfzk Closing Date 31st Oct! 🎃 Photo (c) Chris Sergeant Chris Sergeant

'Synzootics' is formatted and open access! 🔓 I am really proud of what we have done with this concepts piece, and it brings together all the things first that drew me into the field. Check it out here: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Interested in how parasite co-infections in the gut affect susceptibility to other parasites? EastBio DTP #PhD project available now with myself & Liam Morrison to study impact of intestinal helminths on African trypanosome infections. Details here: edin.ac/3AE7bmN

Preprint alert! The first MS from my PhD is now on BioRxiv: biorxiv.org/content/10.110… 'Synchronous seasonality in the gut microbiota of wild wood mouse populations' 🐭 (1/5)

Perspectives in People and Nature coauthored by ZSL Science colleagues: doi.org/10.1002/pan3.1…. We discuss inequality, interdisciplinarity, barriers to careers & how we can improve #conservation. In this blog, Lucy Archer and I explain why it matters & why we care zsl.org/blogs/science/…

We've got lots of great roles open NatureMetrics including for #bioinformaticians, lab techs, #eDNA #metabarcoding experts (product managers), a report writer & more... pretty awesome place to work if I do say so myself!! naturemetrics.breezy.hr

Exposure & susceptibility processes alike are the Twin Pillars of infection, yet are very difficult to untangle due to the myriad ways they interact. In a new paper (out today at Functional Ecology!) Greg Albery and I review this ‘Twin Pillar Problem.’ 🧵 below (1/6):

Do you have knowledge or experience of wild alpine #newts living in the UK/Ireland? If yes please take 10 mins to increase our understanding of this species, as part of IoZ PhD student Ali North's work: 👉plymouth.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/alpinenewts Closing 9th Oct 📸Miltos Gikas

Exciting new paper out in Scientific Reports , with the first direct evidence of adult #European #eels reaching their presumed breeding place in the Sargasso #Sea! nature.com/articles/s4159… ZSLMarine ZSL Science Environment Agency @Uacores Kim Aarestrup Cefas

Ancient eel migration mystery unravelled bbc.in/3MvBpQF

Wonderful to celebrate passing my PhD viva with so many of the Liverpool crew earlier this year.  Thanks to Fiona Bell for the incredible thematic cake and Helen Davison for a beautiful card summing up my life during the PhD.  #PhDone ACCE DTP ZSL Science

We are pleased to announce our new #publication in Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries reviewing the drivers of anguillid #eel movement in lentic #water bodies. doi.org/10.1007/s11160… ZSL Science ZSLMarine UCL Faculty of Life Sciences David Jacoby @LancasterUniLEC Thread below (1/5)

Join our free pop-up exhibition 'Refugia', which creatively explores #WildlifeConservation with asylum seekers & refugees, & discover how art & science can bring together diverse perspectives 🗓️9-19 Feb 📍Huxley Theatre, ZSL Register for your ticket now👉bit.ly/3Y9uPE4

The #NetLab is hiring! If you are interested in high res #FishTracking, #Movement, #SocialBehaviour and #FreshwaterEel #Conservation then consider applying for our PhD Lancaster Environment Centre Amazing project partners in ZSL Science & UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Deadline: 31/03/23 lancaster.ac.uk/lec/graduate-s…

New review in Trends in Parasitology of #eDNA / #eRNA approaches to pathogen discovery, surveillance, early warning of disease, impact, and investigating their lifecycles and ecology. Access it here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1gY%7Ew5Eb1x…

Tickets still available for our pop-up #Refugia exhibition, creatively exploring #WildlifeConservation with asylum seekers & refugees. Join us to discover how #ArtAndScience can bring together diverse perspectives Book here👉bit.ly/3Y9uPE4 youtu.be/EqV98QdI5pQ