You are an early career scientist interested in Evolution or Behavioural Ecology? Join our graduate meeting at the University of Bayreuth! Invited speakers are Jutta Schneider and Joel Meunier.

🗓️ On Nov 29 at 2 pm, Forschungsförderung UBT will introduce advanced PhD students + Postdocs Universität Bayreuth to various local, regional, national and EU funding options for research projects and fellowships at that career stage (in 🇬🇧). 👉🏼win-ubt.uni-bayreuth.de/de/termine/231…

Always good to start the workday with a manuscript accepted ➡️Did you ever wonder what's the evidence for life-history trade-offs at the genetic level? The answer is coming out soon Ecology Letters, but if you can't wait, the #preprint is available at: doi.org/10.22541/au.16…

More PhD projects - this one on maternal effects in soay sheep, a topic close to my heart! Great project, super dept, lovely supervisors, top collaborators, super city, fabulous fieldsite ... and loads of sheep! Pic of me back when I did sheepie fieldwork findaphd.com/phds/project/n…

Excellent lab in a wonderful city featuring a lively campus, friendly culture, new facilities and outstanding peers.

Still time left to apply - come work with me to discover the role of social immunity and the secrets of offspring dependency in social evolution here in beautiful Oberfranken :) 10 Days remain!

Come join us at the 28th graduate meeting DZG Evolutionary Biology in April '24 & hear from @JMeunierEarwig on his fascinating research on family life evolution! Just over two months left to register! bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/eb2024/en/prog… Come and share your thoughts and research! #dzgeb2024

Life Goals nature.com/articles/d4158…

#POSTDOC POSITION on the interactions between flies, their microbiome and their environment. 2+ years If you have a PhD in #evolution, #ecology or #microbiology, enjoy #insect #experiments and could join in the coming months, I invite you to apply: t.ly/2y6Nz

Six days remaining to apply! PhD position available on the evolution and organization of olfactory systems in ants 🐜🧬

🕷️ Join us at #dzgeb2024! Excited to announce our second keynote speaker, Jutta Schneider, who delves into the captivating world of spider behavior, from sexual cannibalism to cryptic female choice.🕸️ Discover how male monogyny defies conventional wisdom and what drives it.

Less than one month left to register for the Graduate Meeting DZG Evolutionary Biology 2024 in Bayreuth! Bachelor, Master, and PhD students & early postdocs are cordially invited to present their data and mingle! We at Sandra Steiger can't wait! #dzgeb2024 bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/eb2024/?lang=en

Just one more week to register for #dzgeb2024 ! Registration closes on the 29th of February. Hope to see you here in Bayreuth! tinyurl.com/DZGEvolution20…

Last day of registering for & submitting abstracts to r #dzgeb2024! IMPORTANT - due to an error on the site, abstract submission ended yesterday - this is now FIXED! It will remain open until 29.02.24 23:59 CET!

We need your help 🙏🏼 Please, any recommendation for a social media manager tool that allows post scheduling across Twitter, Mastodon and BlueSky (LinkedIn and Instagram would be nice extras too)?

A big Thank You to all our participants and to our keynote speakers who attended #dzgeb2024 a week ago - Dr. Taina Conrad and I had a great time and Sandra Steiger is already looking forward to the next meeting - see you all there, perhaps we can welcome you here in Bayreuth again!

New research article!📰 @Romaiin_H, Laura Pasquier, SimDeW, @JMeunierEarwig et al. highlight how the European earwig serves as a model for studying early social evolution in insects.🧐 doi.org/10.1007/s00040… #Insectessociaux #Socialinsects #SocialEvolution #Earwig

This is a sweet burying beetle larva. Each instar smells different, and mothers respond to the scent during feeding. Congrats to Jacky Sahm on publishing the third chapter of her PhD thesis: The scent of offspring Behavioral Ecology #buryingbeetles academic.oup.com/beheco/article…

🇬🇧Carrion Beetles (Silphidae) Carrion beetles play an incredibly important role in the ecosystem. These fascinating insects ensure that dead animals are naturally broken down. They are nature’s “recycling experts” and help maintain the balance in the cycle of life. Though often

Come work with us! We are looking for a post-doc to work on 🐝 🦠 🌸 in a collaborative project with Phil Stevenson. Help us understand how landscapes support wild bee health! Deadline for applications 29 Nov jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r…