Tess Grainger

US-CAN Doctoral Excellence Award Western University, in vibrant London, Ontario, delivers an academic and student experience second to none.

My university has announced a special international graduate fellowship for PhD students whose acceptance at a US university has been rescinded. Check it out: grad.uwo.ca/finances/wes...

I made one for postdocs, too! go.bsky.app/8zZNEGV

Are you a PI in a biology field looking for students to join your lab as a PhD student? I made a Starter Pack to help PIs and potential PhD students connect! If you would like to be added to this pack, please let me know! go.bsky.app/EFj87fi

Linking individual animal behavior to species range shifts under climate change Climate change has led animal species to shift their ranges to greater elevations, latitudes, and depths, tracking their preferred abiotic niche. Howe…

The first paper from my postdoc is finally out! In collaboration with @kaitlyngaynor.bsky.social and Amy Angert, we outline how behavioral plasticity influences animal species’ distributions and can improve our understanding of range shifts under climate change! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Will do! And I'm going to hang it up in our hallway

Equilibrium - is it a thing? Jury's still out according to the sticker poll on my poster at #CSEE2025! Stay tuned for the paper!

Welcome aboard!!! 👏🏻🎉🥳🥳🥳

I’m also thrilled to announce that I will be starting a faculty position with @centreecomgmt.bsky.social @ U of Guelph this fall!

I will be recruiting students & postdocs for 2026 - please reach out or come find me at #CSEE2025 if you’re interested in theory, global change & fisheries ecology 🐟

Will you be at #CSEE2025 next week? @bgmerkle.bsky.social and I have a couple of open spots in our workshop on Teaching and Mentoring Scientific Writing! Sunday 6th, 1-3 p.m.

You *may* still be able to register on the conference website; if not, please just contact me for details.

Congratulations!! 👏🏻👏🏻🎉👏🏻👏🏻

Ecological acclimation: A framework to integrate fast and slow responses to climate change Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

I’m very excited to share a paper from an incredible team of evolutionary biologists, community ecologists, paleoecologists, social scientists, and biogeochemists. “Ecological acclimation” unites processes that take minutes to centuries: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

EEB Mentor Match Visit the post for more.

EEB Mentor Match for 2025 is now open!
This is an opportunity for students applying to graduate school in Ecology, Evolution, or Behavior to be matched with a mentor to guide them through the application process. Mentors can sign up too!
eebmentormatch.com

Just out in PNAS! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... "The evolution of thermal performance curves in response to rising temperatures across the model genus yeast". Beautiful work using experimental evolution forecasting climate impacts on biodiversity by Jennifer Molinet @jennifermolinet.bsky.social

Research Technician II Dr. Volker Rudolf’s research groups in the Department of BioSciences are looking to hire a Research Technician II in the field of biology/ecology. The ideal candidate will be comfortable working outdo...

Job opportunity! Excited to share that we have an opening for a research technician position to help with our research on phenological shifts & species interactions in amphibian communities. (please help spread the word!)
More details here:
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We're hiring an assistant prof in global change ecology! Apply!!! We're vibrant, supportive, and interdisciplinary EEB community!

Plz note the weird dates: We're reviewing applications beginning on ✨August 15th✨. I'm part of the SC and happy to answer questions!

apply.interfolio.com/164677

Ecology: Why failure is success for an ecological theory A theory-derived ecological equation of state relating biodiversity, productivity, abundance and biomass in ecosystems has been tested with satellite-derived proxy forestry data. Predicted failure of ...

Ecology: Why failure is success for an ecological theory www.cell.com/current-biol... 🧪🌐

👌🎉👌🎉👌 congratulations Ashwini!

1/35 New paper out! @jamesTstroud and I dive into why long-term studies are crucial for understanding evolution. They reveal processes impossible to detect in short timescales and capture rare events that transform our understanding of evolutionary dynamics.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Prague, 23 November 1911 Highly esteemed Mrs. Curie, Do not laugh at me for writing you without having anything sensible to say. But I am so enraged by the base manner in which the public is presently daring to concern itself with you!? that I absolutely must give vent to this feeling. However, I am convinced that you consistently despise this rabble, whether it obsequiously lavishes respect on you or whether it attempts to satiate its lust for sensationalism! I am impelled to tell you how much I have come to admire your intellect, your drive, and your honesty, and that I consider myself lucky to have made your personal acquaintance in Brussels. Anyone who does not number among these reptiles is certainly happy, now as before, that we have such personages among us as you, and Langevin(3) too, real people with whom one feels privileged to be in contact. If the rabble continues to occupy itself with you, then simply don't read that hogwash, but rather leave it to the reptile for whom i

einstein sent this to curie in 1911 when she was being harassed by tabloids. it contains everything you’d want in such a letter:

(1) your haters are trash
(2) you’re a baller, a true queen
(3) i have determined the statistical law of motion of the diatomic molecule in planck’s radiation field 🧪⚛️

Great news that increases funding levels and the number of awards and opens up PhD and postdoc awards to non-Canadians! Currently recruiting an MSc and a PhD in my lab - see www.tessgrainger.ca

Interested in trait evolution and/or connecting micro and macroevolution? The Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics Workshop has returned, now at Mountain Lake Biological Station, VA, June 9-13th! Deadline for application April 4th, 5pm EST. More info here: eqgw.github.io

Plant anatomist Dr. Katherine Esau peering into the screen of a transmission electron microscope.

The black, plain cover of the book Anatomy of Seed Plants 2nd Edition.

For International Women's Day, let's pay homage to the great plant anatomist Katherine Esau. In her long career, she transformed our understanding of plant structure through her research and her very important books. She is my academic grandmother, advisor of my advisor.

This has definitely been my experience

This is an incredible tool -- bringing to life how butterfly abundances are plummeting everywhere in cities across the contiguous US. Try it out!

Calling all of our terrestrial/ecology members! We are looking for members to join as our social media ambassadors!

This is a PAID opportunity, message us for more information!

Writing Course I can help your students write! I can offer a one-week, in-person writing course for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows at your institution. Class sizes of 8-25 work well; we can discuss la…

I can teach Scientific Writing at your institution! I can offer a one-week intensive course for grad students and other early-career scientists. I'm (more than) fully booked for 2025, but have open slots in 2026. Contact me to discuss; more info here: scientistseessquirre...

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How Canadians Are Directing Their Ire at the U.S. Over Trump’s Tariffs Canadians are shunning American products and abandoning trips to the United States to protest the economic punishment President Trump has threatened to impose with tariffs.

Canada isn’t known for making a fuss, with niceness essentially part of its national brand.

But President Trump's threats to impose 25% tariffs on Canadian exports and to annex the country have set off cascades of fury, leading many Canadians to shun American products and abandon trips to the U.S.

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