Justin Travis

my university email no longer works, so use jmjtravis@gmail.com

After over 19 years, I have left the University of Aberdeen. Sad to leave some great colleagues there but excited to explore new challenges and opportunities. Open to suggestions - get in touch 😊

Poll from find out now showing greens on 15 and labour and Tories on 17. Reform on 32.

Latest poll puts Greens just two points behind Labour. When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them, I meant it.

Join us and let's make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

everything is terrible but MY FAVORITE CONFERENCE IS BACK

Species on the Move - Sun Moon Lake - Taiwan - April 20-24, 2026

mark your calendars!!!

#speciesonthemove #speciesonthemove2026

Completely agree. It hugely reduces the value of the substantial time invested in reviewing grants. Just been on German and Portuguese panels, and many of best proposals were resubmissions, some improved massively following revisions based on reviewers comments.

£4.15 for one in a service station on M6! I queried it as seemed unbelievable, but it was correct!

Pride in STEM logo and the text Small Grant Scheme 2025 on a colorful background.

Pride in STEM's Small Grant Scheme is officially open for 2025!

This year's theme is Strengthening Queer Community in STEM. If you have ideas for a small project in the United Kingdom that fits this, we would love to support you! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #QueerInSTEM

More info here:

prideinstem.org/2025/07/16/s...

What an amazing culmination of knowledge on Andean pollination biology, and a great team effort, led by the incredible @cristinaruedau.bsky.social

Happy to be part of this effort led by CrisRuedas and the caminos network, which has just been published today. In it we review what has been done on pollination research in the tropical Andes and propose new lines of research. Pollination onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

eDNA Replicates, Polymerase and Amplicon Size Impact Inference of Richness Across Habitats We conducted a large and controlled experiment, with bulk samples from terrestrial, freshwater and marine environments, to investigate the impacts of natural and technical replicate numbers, PCR poly....

Important info for reporting standards in eDNA... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

‘I’ll protect trans people to the end,’ vows Co-op boss Interview: Shirine Khoury-Haq says non-binary people bring a ‘massive business benefit’

I always like shopping at the co-op! Will do so more now. www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

Check out our symposium on time dependent evolutionary rates! (near the bottom of the list 😂) @EvolOdonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy

The transphobe position being expressed here is that autism sometimes causes people to falsely believe they are trans and that it's impossible to be both trans and autistic.

This is of course false and is just another excuse to assert state dominance over trans lives.

Right now in the UK being an ally or comrade to trans people will mean being willing to challenge and upset various people in your workplace, your sports club, the various institutions you are part of. Despairing or posting solidarity on social media won't help without also doing the hard stuff.

It is an important time to support our trans family, friends and colleagues. A wonderful turnout of wonderfully diverse people in Aberdeen today.

it is a major concern of some staff in your department, but we seem to be fighting against the tide at the moment. Sad, intolerant times.

ISPF UK-Amazonia Workshop Future range of Amazonian Biodiversity - University of Birmingham Call for participants in a fully funded workshop on modelling Amazonian biodiversity

Call for applicants: fully-funded ISPF British Council Workshop on Future range of Amazonian Biodiversity, 27/7-2/8 in Manaus. We will train UK- and Brazil-based ecologists and conservationists on mechanistic range models and on Amazonian ecosystems. Details: shorturl.at/hIa7Z. Re-post, please!

Take care, Charlie. It is horrendous. I always feel so much better when I’m away from the toxic workplace. Still nothing is done, nothing is said. I’m so sorry you are expected to tolerate this.

Modelling alternative management strategies of invasive tree species at the expansion front: Ligustrum lucidum as a case study The management of invasive non-native species is a global challenge, particularly for long-lived trees. Individual-based models (IBMs) and expert knowledge are valuable tools for evaluating different...

📢Hot from the press: We used a individual-based model to determine the most effective management strategy to control the invasive glossy privet 🌱 in native forests of Argentina 🇦🇷
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Wow, what an amazing write-up!

sounds exciting! xx

Thanks Vicky! I am really sorry not to have been there in person. Hope we can catch up soon!

hello everyone! 👋 we thought we'd post a brief introduction here. we are decolonising SBS - a PhD/postdoc-led group at the university of aberdeen school of biological sciences, working to dismantle coloniality and how it manifests in our research fields, department, and the wider university 🌎🍃🔬

Scientific poster that has been mostly blurred, but the background is dark blue and the title says "Understandang and addressing barriers to LGBTQIA+ participation in bird ringing in the United Kingdom", with a picture of the lead author (person with long brown hair, holding binoculars and wearing a black shirt that says "Nature is Queer" in rainbow letters

"Understanding and addressing barriers to LGBTQIA+ participation in bird ringing in the United Kingdom"

Getting quite excited for ASAB this week and to present this project that has meant so much to me! if you're attending make sure to look for our poster and stop by for a chat about our work! 🪶🦆

Very happy to left X! Hoping for much better things here 😊 Here’s a crossbill a saw yesterday!