New #BTOScience shows negative effects of harness-mounted GPS tags on breeding success in Great Black-backed Gulls. The research, led by Sam Langlois, urges extreme caution to those wanting to use similar tracking devices on this species. Paper 👉 doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13…

#eDNA and #forest health. Want to help use the former to understand the latter? Biodiversity and Conservation Science is seeking a genetics technician to help deliver forest monitoring projects in the beautiful south-west Western Australia. search.jobs.wa.gov.au/page.php?pageI…

*BREAKING* - Following on from revelations at Aberdeen, DUCU has been informed that at least one Durham department is using a spreadsheet to keep a record of colleagues who have participated in previous strike actions. This would seem to be nakedly illegal.

Looking for a #postdocjobs in wildlife behavior and disease ecology? Join us to work with some cool critters! bats, guanacos, rodents... explore.msujobs.msstate.edu/cw/en-us/job/5…

Exciting news! The UFAW Mentoring Partnership is now accepting applications. If you are a student looking to enhance your project, or a mentor eager to support the next generation of #AnimalWelfare scientists, find out more and apply now ➡️ ow.ly/3snl50PavIZ

Ace, looking forward to reading this; the lack of trade-offs between presumably costly traits is still something of a puzzle

Interested in plant resistance to pathogens? We offer a 2-year #postdoc position to identify the physiological & genetic determinants of varietal susceptibility to wood diseases in grapevine. jobs.inrae.fr/en/ot-18832 INRAE_SAVE inrae_egfv Agap Institut IFV

PhD program (fully funded) for 6 students from groups currently marginalised within the natural sciences. Details in the link, but note the short turnaround for applicants (2nd August). Please get in touch if you have any questions. nercgw4plus.ac.uk/apply

The deadline to apply to this postdoc position has been extended until 7 August. We're going to use experimental evolution and genome editing techniques to discover and disrupt resistance evolvability! DM or email for more details.

📢New position open for an experienced biodiversity monitoring expert ZSL Conservation Should be exciting and varied – leading technical support on monitoring to diverse conservation partners, including governments, businesses, and other NGOs careers-zsl.icims.com/jobs/3238/seni… 1/2

REMINDER: Job opening for Research Assistant closing on Friday, 21 July Through a partnership The National Decommissioning Centre and Nuclear Decommissioning Authority have an opportunity to join the team looking at digital fluidity across the energy sector. Find out more here - abdnjobs.co.uk/internal/vacan…

The cost of being a non-native English speaker in science @plos PLOSBiology doi.org/gshbsm phys.org/news/2023-07-n…

If you're a USS member with a DB pension who crossed a colleague's picket line over the past 5 years, please consider finding that colleague, thanking them for their courage, and letting them know you'll be on the line with them next time.

Interested in working SRUC ? See available roles below 👇 bsas.org.uk/updates/jobs

📣Less than one week to apply! We're looking for a Conservation Scientist with a background in ecology, #AppliedStatistics, #RemoteSensing & #GIS 12 month contract modelling contrasting conservation strategies for #Waders. Apply👉bit.ly/3rDXYw3 #Ornithology PlsShare

Get ready for our winter meeting in Edinburgh on the theme "Animal Cognition: Pure to Applied" ❄️ Registration and abstract submission by Aug 30

Love a free conference, I'll be there!

We're hiring! The Dept of Biological Sciences of the University of Cyprus University of Cyprus is inviting applications for a tenure-track lecturer / assistant professor in "Plant Ecology and Climate Change". See: ucy.ac.cy/biol/vacancy-a… Please RT!

Latest and incoming changes have convinced me this is no longer somewhere I want to be, so I'm out of here, see my profile for ways to get in touch👋