Francesca Protti-Sánchez, Ph.D. @fprottis

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Join us! We’re recruiting a PhD researcher to uncover how hedgehogs & other insectivores survive prey toxins. Dive into molecular evolution & protein biochemistry @shabmohammadi.bsky.social @livuni-ives.bsky.social @livuni-ismib.bsky.social @mpi-ce.bsky.social

🦔 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

06.11.2025 09:12 — 👍 11 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 1

Warning colour or camouflage: Why some animals shine bright and others disappear in plain sight A global study explores why some animals use bright warning colors while others rely on camouflage for predator evasion. Findings reveal that predator competition and habitat influence these strategie...

New study in @science.org reveals why some animals display striking colors to warn predators while others use camouflage. Our former group leader @hannahmrowland.bsky.social, now @livuni-ives.bsky.social was part of the global project on the evolution of animal colors. www.ice.mpg.de/511966/PR_Me...

26.09.2025 07:56 — 👍 14 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0

🌍🦋 Across 6 continents, 21 sites & 15,000 paper moths, we joined a worldwide experiment led by @wlallen.bsky.social & Iliana Medina, showing how ecological context shapes the evolution of animal colouration.

Proud to be part of this global team effort: doi.org/10.1126/scie...

25.09.2025 18:39 — 👍 85 🔁 26 💬 4 📌 4

We are starting the week with great news! More space more herpetologists!

Tenemos excelentes noticias! Aún hay espacio para recibirlos en San José y puedes enviar hasta dos resúmenes!

#CLH2026 🐸🐍🦎🐢🐊

22.09.2025 16:12 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

We offer a fully funded 4-yr contract for a PhD candidate in Evolutionary Biology to join our group (www.eco-evo-devo.com). The project will combine genomics and ecophysiology to understand the evolution of developmental plasticity in spadefoot toads. For requisites and contact info please check 👇

12.09.2025 19:32 — 👍 19 🔁 26 💬 0 📌 2

Costa Rica los espera con ansias para compartir ciencia y sumar experiencias!

El congreso está en marcha y solo esperamos que ustedes nos acompañen!

Más información: www.herpcr2026.com

05.09.2025 15:01 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Assistant Engineer in Behavioural and Chemical Ecology Context:The ARDECO project, funded under the Strategic Action Plan for Anticipating the Potential European Withdrawal of Active Substances and for the Development of Alternative Crop Protection Techniques (PARSADA), aims to structure and equip French research in chemical ecology, in order to accelerate the development of biocontrol solutions against insect crop pests. The objective is to identify, characterise, and validate volatile organic compounds (pheromones, kairomones) that modulate the behavior of agricultural pests. As part of this effort, INRAE is hiring an Assistant Engineer to support behavioural and chemical ecology experiments involving insect species targeted by the project. Missions:As a member of the iEES-Paris laboratory, you will contribute to:Conducting behavioural assays to test insect responses to volatile organic compounds (e.g., pheromones, kairomones)Performing volatile collections from plants and insects for chemical analysesEnsuring precise data collection and analysis of experiments, rigorous documentation, discussing results with colleagues, and preparing reports on the obtained resultsParticipating in insect rearing and maintaining colonies under controlled laboratory conditions We offer: A direct role in a national strategic project, bringing together academic research, technical institutes, and private sector actors (see https://iees-paris.fr/lancement-du-projet-parsada-ardeco/)A high-level research environment at the crossroads of functional genomics, neurophysiology, and applied ecology in a well recognised international and inclusive teamOpportunities for skills development and contract extension depending on project progression

Please repost: 🚨We’re hiring!🚨 Come work with us on the PARSADA-ARDECO project at iEES-Paris. Ideally, you are interested in insect behaviour & ecology and have Master’s degree in Biology / Behavioural Ecology 🐛🦋 Apply by Sept 30th! jobs.inrae.fr/en/ot-27356 For more info, contact me

02.09.2025 20:37 — 👍 5 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0

AsoHerp is pleased to announce that after several requests from our friends around LATAM we have decided to extend the abstract submission and early fee subscription.
Please share with your colleagues and students this is the last chance for early registration.

👉🏽 www.herpcr2026.com

31.08.2025 13:36 — 👍 1 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1

📆The countdown is on! Make sure you send your abstract by the end of next week. Our deadline for abstract submission is August 31st.

📅Estamos en cuenta regresiva! Asegúrese de enviar su resumen al final de este mes. Nuestra fecha límite para enviar resúmenes es el 31 de Agosto
www.herpcr2026.com

25.08.2025 19:31 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

De donde nos acompañarás?
Las inscripciones aún están abiertas!
Manda tu resumen antes del 31 de agosto del este año!

Inscripciones aquí: www.herpcr2026.com

Nos vemos en Costa Rica 🐸🐍
Até logo na Costa Rica 🐢🐊
See you soon!
#xiiiCLH 🇨🇷

15.08.2025 16:33 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Get to know our keynote speakers!
Conoce a nuestros invitados!

Inscríbete en el XIII Congreso Latinoamericano de Herpetología y comparte con nosotros de estas charlas y mucho mas! 🐸

No olvides que si quieres participar en las ponencias debes enviar tu resumen antes del 31 de Agosto.🦎
#XIIICLH 🇨🇷

22.07.2025 17:51 — 👍 2 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

🐸 Las inscripciones están abiertas en: www.herpcr2026.com/inscription

🐍Para participar no se olviden de enviar sus resúmenes para presentar sus trabajos herpetológicos hasta el 31 de agosto de 2025 www.herpcr2026.com/enviar-resumen

Consultas: asoherpcr@gmail.com

14.07.2025 22:44 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1

Mapping the adaptive landscape of Batesian mimicry using 3D-printed stimuli - Nature Birds have an excellent ability to learn to discriminate harmless insects from those that they mimic on the basis of subtle differences in appearance.

Why do imperfect mimics (such as many hoverflies) exist? We created 3D printed replicas of flies, wasps and our own custom intermediates and then "asked" various predators what they thought of our 3D stimuli. Read all about it here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

02.07.2025 18:31 — 👍 40 🔁 17 💬 2 📌 1

XIII CLH 🐸 23 al 27 feb 2026 🐍 San José, Costa Rica

La página de inscripción ya se encuentra abierta y pueden enviar resúmenes para presentar sus trabajos herpetológicos hasta el 31 de agosto de 2025.
Página web del congreso: www.herpcr2026.com

06.06.2025 20:09 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

The latitudinal variation in amphibian speciation rates revisited Communications Biology - A synthesis examining the global patterns of geographic variation in amphibian speciation rates and assessing some of the factors that may underlie them.

🚨🔊Our new paper is out @commsbio.nature.com! 🔥We explore the global variation in speciation rates across >7,000 amphibian species-& the environmental factors that might drive it 🌎⛰️🌡️
Dive into what we found: rdcu.be/eogmd

🙏 @fabrovillalobos.bsky.social @juvelas.bsky.social
@franzessl1.bsky.social

29.05.2025 09:09 — 👍 23 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 2

¿Quieres optar por una beca para la inscripción del XIII Congreso Larinoamericano de Herpetología?

Sigue los siguientes pasos y participa por una beca total o parcial.

Escanea el código QR o ingresa en nuestra página web: www.herpcr2026.com/inscription

24.05.2025 19:21 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

We are excited about our new call for applications - we offer 8 cool projects and 5 doctoral positions in Chemical Ecology! Have a look at the projects and apply!
www.ice.mpg.de/296576/adver...
jobs.ice.mpg.de/en/jobpostin...

14.03.2025 10:08 — 👍 6 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 1

IMPRS

We offer a PhD project within our International Max Planck Research School "Chemical Communication in Ecological Systems" on "Metabolic exchanges, regulation and equilibrium of an ancient insect symbiosis" (Project 5). Please share, inform & apply here: www.ice.mpg.de/129183/imprs

13.03.2025 10:44 — 👍 19 🔁 27 💬 0 📌 1

Gracias Caro! 😊✨

09.03.2025 09:10 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hola Cristina! Muchas gracias!💜 Abrazo de vuelta!

09.03.2025 09:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We are very proud - today, Francesca Protti Sánchez very successfully defended her PhD thesis on "Predator psychology and signal conspicuousness in the evolution of aposematism". Francesca was supervised by Hannah Rowland.
Congratulations!

07.03.2025 14:29 — 👍 19 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1

I'm a PhD now! 🥹

08.03.2025 04:02 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Nueva fecha límite para propuestas de simposios y talleres del CLH2026: 16 de marzo 2025

¡Se extiende la fecha límite para enviar propuestas de simposios y talleres al 16 de marzo!
Nos complace informarles que se han recibido varias propuestas para los simposios y talleres a presentar en el CLH2026. Pero, nos han pedido más tiempo. Para más información: www.herpcr2026.com/inscription

06.03.2025 03:19 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

The global distribution patterns of alien vertebrate richness in mountains Nature Communications - Among contemporary threats to mountain biodiversity, biological invasions have been understudied. This large-scale synthesis on alien vertebrates in global mountains delves...

📢Our new paper on alien vertebrates in the world's mountains is now out @naturecomms.bsky.social. Using data on 700+ spp across ~3,000 mountains we explore their distribution patterns,flows across realms, presence in protected areas, and the factors driving these trends.
🐟🐸🦎🦜🦝⛰️
👉 rdcu.be/ebidu

26.02.2025 08:31 — 👍 42 🔁 19 💬 5 📌 2

Exciting debut on Bluesky! 🎉Our lab's latest publication on the evolution of host- and symbiont-encoded digestive enzymes in herbivorous leaf beetles has just been published.
Read the full story @currentbiology.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.12.028
📸 S.sumptuosa by Roy Kirsch & Veit Grabe

23.01.2025 10:23 — 👍 15 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

No evidence of quantitative honest signaling in aposematic traits of the green and black dendrobatid frog Dendrobates auratus in Costa Rica Abstract. Aposematism is an antipredator strategy in which conspicuous coloration acts as a warning of chemical defenses to potential predators. Evidence s

Great work by Katherine Porras-Brenes & co. on Dendrobates auratus' aposematic traits 🐸🇨🇷

academic.oup.com/cz/advance-a...

22.01.2025 21:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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