Dr. Ornella Bertrand

🤩 Join us for the next TIBBE seminar:
Comparative databasing
January 28, 3–4pm UTC

This event hosts an outstanding neuroscientist & biologist particularly interested in insect brains who will present his work, followed by an interactive discussion with the audience: www.crowdcast.io/c/comparativ...

Illustration of Canariomys, the giant rat of the Canary Islands and of a mouse for scale.

What did the brain of the giant rat of the Canary islands look like? Check out our new article👇

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Very proud of my former Master student @flavienvincent.bsky.social who did an amazing job! 🧠🐀😄 Also see the beautiful illustration made by @gamarraptor.bsky.social

Shades of blue and red in a slice through an immuno stained brain showing some deliciously lovely looking mushroom body lobes - ripe for investigation during a funded PhD - and the central complex. Image credit: Dr Max Farnworth

🚨RA/PhD position available in evolutionary neurobiology 🚨

Working on a deep dive into circuit changes during mushroom body expansion in Heliconius butterflies @camzoology.bsky.social

- employment benefits
- 4 years funding
- 1000% fun

Deadline: 14/1/2026

Details:
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

Opportunities Please feel free to contact me if you are interested in projects and future funding opportunities. If you want to discuss  opportunities , please remember to send me: a CV a short paragraph on your...

Also have a few other projects available (ranging from ecology/behaviour to genomics and neuroscience) for applications through the NERC and BBSRC Doctoral Training programs, some details here www.shmontgomery.co.uk/opportunitie... but feel free to get in touch!

PhD/Research Assistant position available at the University of Cambridge's Dept. of Zoology, starting October 2026. Work on insect evolution with Professor Stephen Montgomery. Details: https://www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/research-assistant-fixed-term-pf47939 #phd

📣CALL FOR APPLICATIONS!!

The next deadline for the #GodfreyHewitt mobility award is 31st January 2026. Open to ECRS in support of research trips or lab visits.

For more information, eligibility and how to apply: eseb.org/prizes-fundi...

Members of Rachel Wood's research group conducting geological fieldwork in Namibia. Geologists in hats gather around a rocky outcrop under a clear blue sky, with a hilly, sparsely vegetated Namibian landscape in the background.

‼️New PhD project in Edinburgh: "Animals, traits, and oxygen in the Ediacaran Nama Group, Namibia". Supervised by Rachel Wood (Amelia Penny and I co-supervising) — big UK+Namibian team — help us understand early animal evolution! Apply by Dec 14th #paleontology
e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...

Rosalind Franklin knew DNA was a helix before Watson and Crick, unpublished material reveals A new paper based on long-lost documents confirms that DNA discoverer Rosalind Franklin should be credited for discovering the double helix.

A new paper [2023] based on long-lost documents confirms that DNA discoverer Rosalind Franklin should be credited for discovering the double helix.

www.livescience.com/health/genet...

Black-and-white portrait of Maria Skłodowska-Curie, 1903. She is seated in a chair, wearing a dark dress with a light, patterned collar, resting her head on one hand and looking directly at the camera. public domain

Lise Meitner around 1906 in Vienna. She is wearing a long dress and a hat, standing among large plants and looking to the side. public domain

Today we celebrate the birthday of not one, but two amazing women in science! 🤗🎉Marie Skłodowska-Curie (1867), who discovered #radium & #polonium & pioneered #radioactivity, & Lise Meitner (1878), whose brilliance uncovered the physics behind #nuclearfission. Happy birthday, trailblazers! ✨

🚨 We're hiring! 🚨 Our lab at the University of Málaga, Spain🇪🇸 is looking for a bioinformatician researcher for a postdoc position (1+1 years). Check the ad, and if you're interested, get in touch!
📅 Starting date early 2026, with some flexibility.
🙏Please, RT!

A person with an academic regalia standing at a street corner with a sign, panhandling. Source: https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2023/05/15/michigan-state-graduate-job-search-panhandling-michael-wilson/70219368007/

One of the sad realities of being a PhD student in an underfunded country or field is that one has to work in addition to make ends meet. But those students who worked off-campus had lower chances of completing a PhD program.
🧪 #AcademicSky

Link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Seeking work in a research group run by an ERC-funded researcher?

You can find more than 145 positions open for application on the #Euraxess website 👉 buff.ly/ROwXHf6

#ChooseEurope #jobs #research

Picture of MEME students on the beach

Do you want to do a Masters in Evolutionary Biology? The call for applying to the MEME program is now open! MEME is a fantastic 2-year MSc between four European Universities on all areas of Evolutionary Biology. Apply and study in Sweden/France/the Netherlands/Germany/USA/Switzerland! www.evobio.eu

Hey, est ce que je vous ai parlé de mon nouveau projet ✨calendrier de l'évolution✨ ?
Réalisé en collaboration avec ma stagiaire @sydka-art.bsky.social c'est un beau calendrier A3 qui retrace l'histoire de la Terre mois après mois 🌍🦖🌋
Dispo sur ma boutique : clemencedupont.com/shop/p/calen...

The functional adaptations of mammalian brain structures through a behavioural ecology lens Nature Reviews Biodiversity, Published online: 15 October 2025; doi:10.1038/s44358-025-00095-0Palaeontologists and comparative neurobiologists share a common interest in the evolution of the mammalian brain, but often fail to realize the benefits of this shared interest. This Review draws these fields together, demonstrating the utility of a cross-disciplinary, synergistic approach.

New online! The functional adaptations of mammalian brain structures through a behavioural ecology lens

One motivation behind this review was that recently, I learned that neurobiologists knew of Ludwig Edinger while paleontologists knew of Tilly Edinger, his daugther. It made me realized how much, we had been disconnected from one another. I hope that this review brings these fields closer again ☺️

The functional adaptations of mammalian brain structures through a behavioural ecology lens - Nature Reviews Biodiversity Palaeontologists and comparative neurobiologists share a common interest in the evolution of the mammalian brain, but often fail to realize the benefits of this shared interest. This Review draws thes...

New paper out! It was an honor to collaborate with the legend Leah Krubitzer on this review to show that paleontologists and neurobiologists working together can only improve our understanding of brain evolution 🧠
www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Full access to the paper: rdcu.be/eK167

Calibrating the timing of Neanderthal and modern human contact Researchers have used tree rings to establish a more accurate timeline for the first meeting between our ancient ancestors and their...

🔬 Sahra Talamo at the University of Bologna refined #radiocarbon dating using ancient tree rings to improve the timeline of interactions between modern humans and Neanderthals.

👉 buff.ly/ROCd6rf

#GeneEditing #prehistory #ethnoarchaeology #FrontierResearch

Marta Pina: «Me resulta fascinante ejercer como una 'detective del pasado'» - Mujeres con ciencia Marta Pina. Antropología física. Hominoideos del Neógeno. Anatomía comparada. Morfología funcional. Biomecánica. Comportamiento locomotor.

@martapina.bsky.social : «Me resulta fascinante ejercer como una ‘detective del pasado’»
#YoInvestigo

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🚨 PhD Oportunity in Avian Behavioural Ecology in Spain
The BirdBond Project (MNCN & IREC) studies how pair bonds form, change & affect reproduction/survival in the spotless starling 🐦

ecoevojobs.net 2025-26

UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

🚨 First call! 🚨

European Congress for Conservation Biology (Leiden, the Netherlands in July 6th to 10th 2026) is open for proposals: symposia, panels, workshops & training on effective biodiversity conservation.

Deadline Oct 31st 2025 👉 eccb26Leiden.eu #ECCB2026

Interested in doing your PhD in Spain on 🧠 ? Contact me to discuss projects and apply for this position! www.icp.cat/index.php/en...

🤩 Join us for the next TIBBE seminar:
Evolution of brain cell types.
September 10, 2–3pm UTC

This event brings together 2 outstanding evolutionary and developmental neuroscientists who will present their work, followed by an interactive discussion with the audience: www.crowdcast.io/c/evolution-...

The session will be hosted by the fantastic @neuroluci.bsky.social & @carmenfalcone.bsky.social We are so much looking forward to the talks &discussion

@ebablab.bsky.social @alealisousa.bsky.social @r3rt0.bsky.social @ornellabertrand.bsky.social @kkverkova.bsky.social @neuroecologylab.bsky.social

🚨 PhD position in behavioural evolution 🚨

Come do your PhD with me in Linköping, Sweden, using the domestic dog (and some wolves) to answer fun questions on how complex behaviours develop and evolve.

Application deadline September 24 2025 🧪 🌍 🦊 #AcademicSky #ScienceJobs

liu.se/en/work-at-l...

The University of Oregon is searching for an Assistant Professor with a focus on Developmental Neuroscience. We are excited to have you come join us - apply!
Application information can be found at: careers.uoregon.edu/cw/en-us/job...

@ornellabertrand.bsky.social keynote talk on the evolution of brain structures in placental mammals to interpret fossil ecology @tibbe-evolneuro.bsky.social #ESEB2025 SYMPOSIUM 17.02

Fossil Shows a Sharp-Toothed Mammal That Thrived Among Dinosaurs

The teeny tiny sharp-tooth mammals that thrived underfoot of dinosaurs...

...or: the humble multituberculates getting the NY Times treatment after a new jaw was found in England!

My thoughts and those of pal @ornellabertrand.bsky.social for @nytimes.com

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/s...