Jason Newton

Image shows JMS Scholar Nkechi First in the University of Glasgow’s Advanced Research Centre. In the background there are research office spanning multiple levels and she is leaning with one arm on the metal handrail of a glass banister. She wears a frilled, black blouse and blue trousers with red squares.

Interested in applying for our JMS PhD Scholarships for Black UK Students?

We’re holding applicant information sessions so join us to find out more about PhD study and funding!

@glasgow.ac.uk
@uofgstem.bsky.social
@uofgmvls.bsky.social
@uofgartshums.bsky.social
@uofgsocsci.bsky.social

Vampire bats may have contracted H5N1 bird flu in Peru, raising worries about further spread Bats could form a bridge between marine and terrestrial mammals, scientists say

Our H5 avian flu in marine bat story is in News from Science 🌊🦇🦠 thanks @martinenserink.bsky.social for covering it! Also excited to see my MSc lecturer @thijskuiken.bsky.social commented on it!

📰 News link
www.science.org/content/arti...

🔬Preprint
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

If you are an International Student, please contact me by no later than Monday 8th December 2025 at 12 midday (UK time) to be considered for the competition.

ECOCHANGE RA Job description

ECOCHANGE Research Associate #foodwebs #offshorewind #stableisotopes For more info see www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...

The JMS scholarships fund Black UK domiciled students to undertake PhD research at the @uofglasgow.bsky.social in any research area. Anyone interested in projects involving stable isotopes - particularly ecological applications, please get in touch with me.

Siccar Point from the outlook above the outcrop. A person in a red coat and blue hat is standing halfway down the grassy hill. Over the image is the text "Share the history and science of Siccar Point. Help us build the deep time trail. "Glad to support this endeavour", "so vital that we remember and celebrate Scotland's role in geologic discovery and knowledge". Donate now!"

Thank you to everyone who has supported the Deep Time Trail so far, thanks to your help we've secured 40% of our target!

Help to get us all the way and make the Deep Time Trail a reality.

Donate today: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/siccar-point

Short Course in Radiocarbon Dating and Bayesian Chronological Analysis Developed by the NERC Radiocarbon Facility, this course is aimed at researchers using radiocarbon and other techniques, including Quaternary geologists, palaeobiologists, archaeologists and marine geo...

What to know more about radiocarbon or chronological modelling? Our 2026 short course is now open for registration. 17th - 19th March in Oxford/online. @isotopesuk.bsky.social @philascough.bsky.social @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/shor...

Stable isotope data indicate origins of mislabelled historical bird specimens Natural history specimens provide valuable insights across diverse research fields, but those needing more accurate metadata have limited scientific value. We applied stable isotope analysis to inves...

Our new paper led by Rafael Lima used carbon, nitrogen and sulphur isotope analyses to interrogate the origin of some biogeographically controversial Brazilian bird specimens - an #ornithology 🧵 1/10
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

EARLY VIEW in IBIS

Stable isotope data indicate origins of mislabelled historical bird specimens | onlinelibrary.wiley....

Rafael Dantas Lima, Ana Beatriz Navarro, Jason Newton, Alexander Charles Lees, Luís Fábio Silveira | #ornithology 🪶

This is a really fantastic paper that benefits conservation, research and collections. With a super cool result too!

Feathered Witnesses: Unravelling the Impact of Habitat Loss on Neotropical Avifauna with Stable Isotope Analysis

Feathered Witnesses: Unravelling the Impact of Habitat Loss on Neotropical Avifauna with Stable Isotope Analysis - an @iapetusdtp.bsky.social PhD Opportunity: with me, @dmevans.bsky.social, Elisa Fuentes-Montemayor and Luis Fabio Silveiro. iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...

Angle Shades

Angle Shades from last night's moth trap

Frontiers | The abundance, diversity, and assemblage structure of the macrobenthos at the South Georgia shelf methane seeps A quarter of all marine methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is estimated to be hosted in Southern Ocean sediments. Climate change-induced ocean warming and ice...

doi.org/10.3389/fmar...

Stable Isotopes in Ecology Intro This is "Stable Isotopes in Ecology Intro" by GAEAcademy on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

We're excited to announce the launch of the Stable Isotope Ecology course on the GAEA platform. Learn more and register for this and other courses at www.gaea.ac.uk @isotopesuk.bsky.social vimeo.com/757190807?fl...

@dmdominoni.bsky.social

Isotopic niches of blue tits

How does urbanisation affect isotopic niche in blue tit adults and nestlings? See the latest work by Ana Navarro, Davide Dominoni @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk and colleagues - doi.org/10.1080/1025... #stableisotopeecology

Community macroecological patterns and interspecific interactions in guild level regulate avian isotopic niche over time Abstract. Understanding how ecological patterns shift across space and time is key to comprehend how biological communities respond to environmental change

Ana Navarro’s latest paper: Stable isotope ecology, shifting bird niches in the Atlantic Forest, and the indispensable role of museum collections. doi.org/10.1093/biol...

A top-down image of 12 various moths on a green egg carton.

Do you do moth trapping in the UK? We'd love your help! 💡

At @ukceh.bsky.social we're training & testing AI to detect multiple moths in a single image.

Send us top-down photos of multiple moths on egg trays to support this work.

More info & form: forms.gle/e3HzBPEd7RVV...

#mothsmatter #TeamMoth

Red-breasted toucan eating banana

For UK-based ecologists submitting a #stableisotopeecology application to the National Environmental Isotope Facility, please get in touch with your ideas - www.stableisotopelab.com/people The next deadline will be 8th October 2025. More details see www.isotopesuk.org/apply.html

Royal Terns, Ilha Comprida, Brazil

Royal Terns, Ilha Comprida, Brazil... #SuperSeabirdSunday

Least pygmy owl predating a spot-breasted antvireo. Legado das Águas

Least pygmy owl predating a spot-breasted antvireo. Legado das Águas

Thoroughly enjoyed talking to the students and staff at the Museu de Zoologia at the University of Sao Paulo, about our @isotopesuk.bsky.social Stable Isotope Ecology Lab at @suerc.bsky.social , but also the many ways in which stable isotopes can be used in ecological applications.

Historical anthropogenic stressors affect bird ecology and feather development in neotropical forests Fragmentation and habitat loss driven by agricultural expansion have significantly affected bird ecology. Additionally, the growing use of agrochemicals impacts ecosystems and avian communities. Tool....

In her new paper, Ana Navarro shows how the birds of Brazil's Atlantic Forest have changed their diet and habitat use over time, using the stable isotope analysis of museum feathers. doi.org/10.1002/oik....

I think in Lanarkshire we're very far from that stage
However it wouldve been nice this afternoon if Glasgow airport had turned theirs on!

NEIF 14C groups from Oxford & SUERC at the Radiocarbon Meeting in Krakow

NEIF 14C groups from Oxford & SUERC, together in Kraków! Great to see everyone at the 25th Radiocarbon Conference last week—enjoying 14C science, collaboration, and a bit of Kraków sunshine. #Radiocarbon2025 #NEIF #14C #Krakow

A great start for my trap in March/April because of the warm spell, but June has been cold and wet so it's averaging out

Delighted that pangolin research by @ruthlewissmith.bsky.social is featured by Birmingham Museums. Huge thanks from SUERC @isotopesuk.bsky.social for the generous donation of sample material from their natural science collection!

Please do!

great spotted woodpecker with chick

Was a little late into work this morning getting a few snaps of the woodpeckers in the garden

Lovely - possibly an oak beauty?