Cedric Zimmer

Postdoctoral researcher: avian microbiomes and reproduction We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our team working on avian reproductive microbiomes at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) in the group of Dr. Melissah Rowe. The postd...

We are looking for a postdoc to join our group to work on an ERC funded project on avian reproductive microbiomes. nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
Please RT! #microbes #microbiomes #sparrows #postdoc

Post-doctoral fellow in functional genomics and ecophysiology Subject description The goal of the project is to uncover the mechanisms explaining why global warming and heatwaves reduce reproductive success and cause excess mortality in wild and domesticated war

I am looking for a postdoc wanting to use functional genomics to understand why birds 🐦 struggle with climate warming in @erc.europa.eu project #HotLife. Ideal candidate is a molecular evolutionarybiologist. Join us at @biologylu.bsky.social. Details 👇
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Would appreciate a re-post!

New PhD position available on blackpoll warblers with fieldwork in the boreal forest and tropics. @audubon.org @birdscanada.bsky.social @vtecostudies.bsky.social

Image of a PhD position advert entitled "PhD studentship in Brain, Brawn, and Bugs: cognitive and physical factors of insect dexterity" with images of a praying mantis and a bumblebee foraging.

🚨Fully-funded PhD studentship on insect behaviour, cognition & muscles with me & @viveknityananda.bsky.social at @newcastleuni.bsky.social 🐝🍀🎓🙌Application deadline April 30, start date in September. Drop me an email if you have questions! www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate...

Designing Microbial Interventions to Study Behavioural Effects in Wild Birds (DAVIDSON_U25DTPR) | Doctoral Training Partnership This project is open to Home Fee Status applicants only. The gut microbiome influences how animals behave and interact with their environment via the microbiome–gut–brain axis (MGBA).

🚨 🪺🐦🦠 PhD opportunity in my lab for UK home fee students. Feel free to contact me for informal enquiries. Please share! shorturl.at/wUo8r

Présentation d'article d'ethologie par les étudiants de L3 psychologie de l'USPN dans l'UE Ethologie et Ecologie Comportementale

Présentation d'article d'ethologie par les étudiants de L3 psychologie de l'USPN dans l'UE Ethologie et Ecologie Comportementale

Présentation d'article d'ethologie par les étudiants de L3 psychologie de l'USPN dans l'UE Ethologie et Ecologie Comportementale

Présentation d'article d'ethologie par les étudiants de L3 psychologie de l'USPN dans l'UE Ethologie et Ecologie Comportementale

Présentation d'article d'ethologie par les étudiants de L3 psychologie de l'USPN dans l'UE Ethologie et Ecologie Comportementale

When the same data tells a different story Scientific research often presents itself as a search for truth—rigorous, objective, and driven by data. But what if the same dataset, analyzed by different researchers, leads to different conclusi…

When the same data tells a different story… 📊🔍

You’d think analyzing the same dataset would lead to the same conclusions, but our new BMC Biology study shows otherwise. Different methods - different answers!

Why? It's complicated...

My experience in the study → 🔗 the3dlab.org/2025/02/06/w...

This Registered Report masterpiece just dropped at BMC Biology, brilliantly led by a great team with the help of 300+ analysts & reviewers

Same question, same data: go figure!

tl;dr: Substantial heterogeneity among results comes from differences among analytical choices

🔗 doi.org/10.1186/s129...

Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology - BMC Biology Although variation in effect sizes and predicted values among studies of similar phenomena is inevitable, such variation far exceeds what might be produced by sampling error alone. One possible explan...

Take hundreds of biologists to analyze the same data and you find a wide variability of outcomes. It shows the influence of analytical decision on outcomes and that no single analysis could be considered a complete or reliable answer to a research question
bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Great PhD opportunity with great colleagues. Join us!

Microbial surveillance versus cytokine responsiveness in native and non-native house sparrows | Biology Letters The success of introduced species often relies on flexible traits, including immune system traits. While theories predict non-natives will have weak defences due to decreased parasite pressure, effect...

Great collective work leaded by @mccainkailey.bsky.social comparing different populations of native and non-native house sparrows
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

I’m recruiting a PhD student to start August 2025 at the University of Oklahoma to work on a project focused on hormones, neurogenomics, and behavior in birds! If you’re interested in applying or want more information, please see here: tinyurl.com/5758784p.

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

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...

Post-Doc position in the KZLab! Immune responses to pathogen infections in frogs We are looking for an NSF-funded post-doc in our lab in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Texas at Austin. The work will examine immune mechanisms that potentially underlie…

Hey All, plz repost, and share with grads, post-docs and disease folks! We are hiring a post-doc to work on mechanisms of immune responses of frog hosts to Bd infections. Deadline is February 1, 2025. Details for the position can be found at the link below. 🐸🐸🐸

zamudiolab.org/2024/12/17/p...

Hi bird people! Anybody knows if there is some field evidence of continued skeletal growth in birds? I have some starling data that suggests so for beak and tarsus length and cannot find much elsewhere. Thanks in advance!

A graph titled "Cost of Transport" showing the relationship between body weight (in kilograms) and energy consumption for distance traveled (calories per gram per kilometer) for various animals and machines. It highlights that a person on a bicycle ranks first in efficiency.

A person on a bicycle is by far the most energy-efficient among animals and machines per distance traveled relative to body weight. The bicycle is magic.

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I'll be defending my research Habilitation (HDR) on February 1st at 2pm (Paris time). A zoom link will be available if interested (request by dm).

We’re soliciting submissions for our exciting new special feature on genomic forecasting at the American Naturalist. Anyone working on empirical studies, methods, or theory are welcome to submit. Check out the link below for more details

A plot showing prestige (impact factor) on vertical axis and fees charged by journals on horizontal axis.

Journal fees for open access are becoming obscene. But what are we, scientists, paying for? I made a simple plot with journals in my research area(s). Clearly, we are paying for prestige: a shockingly clean correlation between the impact factor and journal fees

Great seminar by Lars Chittka showing how bees are amazing.

New preprint with Blanca Jimeno and Marty Martin on the potential role of HPA flexibility and FKBP5 in wildlife, causes of among and within individuals variations and how it could affect fitness in response to HIREC such as urbanization doi.org/10.32942/X22S4P

The IFE students international course is on at campus Condorcet. Starting with Wolfgang Goymann presentation on sex roles in coucals

I have 2 FULLY FUNDED ornithology-related M.S. opportunities that start Summer or Fall 2024! 🐦‍⬛

Check them out on Texas A&M job board or my website (link in bio). Looking forward to your application! 😁