Shubham Soni

The big 4 of grant writing:
1. Credibility: The topic fits your expertise
2. Narrative: It's clear what is the problem, the solution, and why you’re the right person for it
3. Juicy details: Flex your mastery of the topic
4. The concept: You connect every part to the big question

Knowing how to give a good talk is a crucial skill to have, but it's mostly not formally taught very well. Here's my strategy for how to prepare for the presentation, actually present it, and then answer the questions.

Scientists need more time to think

Good piece by @natureportfolio.bsky.social. The erosion of thinking time—driven by admin, bureaucracy, industry agendas, and unrealistic output targets—stifles curiosity-led science. These pressures undermine innovation and the intellectual freedom vital for real progress. 🧪🌱🌍 #ScienceIsNotBusiness

Improvisational science - Genome Biology

I just loved this one! It is the discussions with my closest friends that I cherish the most!

genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

A random tuesday morning in #mumbai

A great sunday afternoon looks like this!

Speed reading the books I got as gifts! Before the pile increases 😭

It's the time of the year for emergency speed reading of all the books I'm going to gift friends and family. Wish me luck!

Social and ecological drivers of parental care at Queen’s University Belfast on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Social and ecological drivers of parental care at Queen’s University Belfast, listed on FindAPhD.com

Know anyone looking for a PhD? Like phylogenies and R programming? Think behaviour is really neat?

Isabella Capellini, Domhnall Jennings, Karina Vanadzina, and I have a funded PhD project on parental care macroevolution, based at Queen's University Belfast!

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Yay! Can't wait for that! 😁✨

So lucky to work with this fun and talented bunch! 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼
Happy holidays, everyone! 🎄
@klivvvienna.bsky.social

KZLab is Seeking a Lab Technician! The Zamudio Lab (zamudiolab.org) in the Department of Integrative Biology at UT Austin seeks a highly motivated and detail-oriented laboratory technician to play a key role in supporting the resear…

Friends, plz repost and share! We are hiring a lab technician with exp in mol biology and general lab management. BS or MS degree and good org skills are required. Deadline Feb 1, 2025. We are a welcoming and equitable lab community. Details at link below. 🐸🐢🐍🦎

zamudiolab.org/2024/12/18/k...

A time-calibrated salamander phylogeny including 765 species and 503 genes Recent time-calibrated amphibian phylogenies agree on the family-level relationships among extant salamanders but had disparate sampling regimes and i…

Do you need a salamander phylogeny? You're in luck! We put together the largest salamander phylogeny to date based on molecular markers and used more fossil calibrations than any other currently available trees. 765 salamander species! Check it out!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

a man wearing a sweater with a bird on it says i love making connections Alt: David from Schitts creek wearing a sweater with a bird on it says i love making connections

We’ve listed a few starter packs that we thought might be interesting to our members/researchers in animal behaviour. Feel free to add on to the thread if you have more suggestions! 🦍🦒🐐🐕🐑🐋🐍🦗

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We have a cover!
Click here for preordering the book: mitpress.mit.edu/978026204909...

Hi, I am Shubham, an ecologist and herpetologist interested in broadscale ecology and behaviours that underlie the evolution of species. I am also interested in function and evolution of COLOURS. My research is heavily inspired by Natural History & I love herps and sometimes photograph them too :)

Please add me here too! Thanks!!:)

It’s still hard for me to drop messy sentences😭🫨

Thank youu! ☺️🐎

Hello! Please do add me in as well! :)

Lovely! Please do add me too if there's space :)

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Postdoctoral Researcher positions, Experimental Evolution and Genetics We are seeking to recruit two Postdoctoral Researchers, to join to the research group of Associate Professor Ilkka Kronholm at the [Department of Biological and Environmental Science](https://www.jyu....

🧪 Cool Kronholm-lab @Jyvaskyla (Finland) has two postdoc positions open! 1) the experimental evolution project involving epistatic incompatibilities, and 2) estimating epistatic interactions by constructing the TE insertion libraries in fission yeast. See the ad:
tinyurl.com/3b5fdwh2

Starter packs BIOLOGY General Science community https://go.bsky.app/HVYAMEA Research Institutions in Life Sciences https://go.bsky.app/LxXpcvJ LGBTQIA+ in STEM https://go.bsky.app/BFc4wgf LGBTQIA+ in STEM 2 h...

Thank you so much to whoever put this very comprehensive list of #science Bsky starter packs together. This is just amazing: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Oh I will check it out, although I am not talking about R, but about stats/ math courses that helped you..

Finally, I can relate to someone! I ve tried using online resources or The R book by Crawley for a better understanding but, I still feel there's more to be learnt. Do you have any suggestions?

Women are under-represented at senior levels in #academia globally, & across all #science 🧪 disciplines, as shown by these "scissor-shaped curves" ✂️

So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality?

We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary

#WomeninSTEM

www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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This looks very helpful, Please do add me! Thank you! :)

Shamelessly resharing now that we have many new users on bluesky! 🧬 🧪 🌍

#evolution #evosky

Behaviour 2025 -- an International Conference will be held in India. Here is the poster and keynote and plenary speakers!

Registration to open in December!