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Julie Teichroeb

@teichroeb-lab.bsky.social

Primate Behavioural Ecologist at the University of Toronto Scarborough; Evolution of social organization and decision making; easily amused and fascinated by things living and dead

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UZH: Professorship for Evolutionary Anthropology and Primatology We are seeking candidates in the field of Comparative Evolutionary Anthropology and Primatology for the Irene Staehelin Endowed Professorship at the University of Zurich. This position focuses on the ...

🚨 Job Alert: Professorship in Evolutionary Anthropology / Primatology at University of Zurich, focused on understanding evolutionary and cultural evolutionary foundations of gender-based inequality and violence, with research in non-human primates.

jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...

19.02.2026 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Postdoc Position in Animal Behaviour Does intergroup conflict shape intragroup (parochial) prosociality in primates? If so, what behavioural, neuroendocrine, and (epi)genetic mechanisms drive it.

#Postdoc #Job opportunity in #AnimalBehaviour with Jorg Massen at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social. Check out the position here: www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

20.02.2026 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hiring for 3 positions: Research Assistant, Field Research Coordinator, and Postdoc I am looking to hire 3 people into my lab this year. I am still doing the paperwork to get the jobs officially posted but I want to send the word out and screen potential applications right away. R…

I am hiring a research assistant (vampire bats), a Panama fieldwork coordinator (vampire bats), and also considering postdoc apps (social behavior, any species): socialbat.org/2026/02/19/h...

19.02.2026 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 93    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 7
Colobus Monkeys in a Multilevel Society Show Frequent Adult Male Same-Sex Sexual Behavior with High Recurrence and Low Constraint

What’s better to read about on Valentine’s Day than our new paper on same-sex sex in Rwenzori colobus? ❀️❀️ Monkey love knows no bounds. can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

14.02.2026 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy Darwin Day to all! To celebrate can you comment with your favorite paper on evolutionary biology from the last few years? Whatever comes to mind and whichever paper that really changed your view of evolution.

12.02.2026 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
Apes Share Human Ability to Imagine
YouTube video by Johns Hopkins University Apes Share Human Ability to Imagine

Imagination in bonobos!

I am thrilled to share a new paper w/ Amalia Bastos, out now in @science.org

We provide the first experimental evidence that a nonhuman animal can follow along a pretend scenario & track imaginary objects. Work w/ Kanzi, the bonobo, at Ape Initiative

youtu.be/NUSHcQQz2Ko

05.02.2026 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 291    πŸ” 110    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 10

Congratulations, Karen!! πŸ’

05.02.2026 22:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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There are now just 10 days remaining to submit your abstract for ASP 2026!

More info below ⬇️

03.02.2026 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

ScholarOne, I am tired of playing this game. You know, I know, we all know that I don’t know my password. Just take me directly to my ORCiD.

02.02.2026 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 73    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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New paper from our Rwenzori colobus & Sam Stead's dissertation. We examined female glucocorticoids & found a U-shaped distribution with unit size! Females also had increase to parturition & a decrease throughout lactation. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

26.01.2026 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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The 5 stages of the β€˜enshittification’ of academic publishing Academic publishing now shows the same decline that has hit social media and online marketplaces.

The 5 stages of the β€˜enshittification’ of academic publishing
theconversation.com/the-5-stages...

06.01.2026 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Come work with me and Anna Obiegala in Greifswald at the @helmholtz-hioh.bsky.social and Friedrich Loeffler Institute! A PhD position working on ticks and their microbiomes and how those interaction with the environmental microbiome, and tickborne diseases. Fieldwork in the @bexplo.bsky.social!

23.12.2025 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Goethe University Frankfurt hiring Professur (W1 mit Tenure Track) fΓΌr EvolutionΓ€re Γ–kologie der Hymenopteren in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany | LinkedIn Posted 11:13:19 PM. Die Professur wird zunΓ€chst auf sechs Jahre befristet besetzt, nach erfolgreicher Evaluation…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

🚨 Tenure-track professorship at Goethe University of Frankfurt, Germany, with a focus on evolutionary ecology of social hymenoptera 🐝🐜

Initially for 6 years:
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/pr...

20.12.2025 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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POSTDOC ALERT🚨

Two exciting social evolution postdoc positions live today!

We're looking for two excellent field biologists. Join us to explore the evolution of sociality in wasps across Africa. Apply by 11th January.

Collaboration with
@dustinrubenstein.com

@bristolbiosci.bsky.social

12.12.2025 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4
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New lab paper! We ran a vervet #foraging #experiment where we created both #scramble and #contest. This evened foraging success, but experiencing more #competition still led to #risk averse #decisions by the monkeys, showing the importance of this variable. www.frontiersin.org/journals/beh...

09.12.2025 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Aberystwyth University - : Lecturer in Zoology (6015)

We have a permanent vacancy for a lecturer in Zoology at Aberystwyth University jobs.aber.ac.uk/en/vacancy/l... Deadline 14th December!

05.12.2025 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨Job Alert plz RT!

Johns Hopkins Psych & Brain Sciences is looking for a new colleague using behavioral or computational approaches to study cognition!

We are excited about many areas of (esp higher) cognition in human adults, children, or nonhuman animals

Open-rank

apply.interfolio.com/178146

02.12.2025 02:54 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 75    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Full Professor of Cognitive Science - Vacancy at Aarhus University Vacancy at School of Communication and Culture - Linguistics, Cognitive Science and Semiotics, Dept. of, Aarhus University

Come join the wonderful CogSci dep at Aarhus Uni, Denmark! Fantastic students, wonderful colleagues, and great work/life balance! We are looking for applicants with teaching experience in the field of computational modelling of cognitive and/or social processes.
international.au.dk/about/profil...

27.11.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The problems with academic publishing in one graph. The big for-profit publishers get product for free and sell it back to us. Their profits rival those from the big tech companies. This is money that could have supported research, teaching and graduate students.

From: danielroelfs.com/pos...

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Come and join our lab! We have TWO fully funded PhD positions AND a paid field assistant opportunity in our Behavioral Ecology group @uni-goettingen.de & @primatenzentrum.bsky.social. Projects will be part of @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social & @sfb1528.bsky.social!!
Details in thread. Please re-post!

25.11.2025 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 52    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Positions available - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

Fully funded #PhDposition in Comparative Cultural Psychology @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social.
We will use touchscreen experiments & eyetracking to study mental simulations in nonhuman apes & human children across different cultures.

All info here: www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...
Please share / apply!πŸ™

13.11.2025 08:33 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 84    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

They know their babies are growing up when it looks like they've been punched in the eyes and put on black gloves and boots!

13.11.2025 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We have a PhD student opening for Insect Cognition via the CSC (Chinese citizens only in this case - deadline January 28) - please pass on to anyone who might be interested and qualified: www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/postgra...

07.11.2025 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Proud moment!! @karynanderson.bsky.social presenting on the super-interesting #male same-sex #sexual #behavior in our Rwenzori #colobus at #CABA-ACAB!

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The amazing Coco Tucker-Gritt has done it again!! She made me this poster, now hanging proudly in the lab, of the distinguishing tails of our #colobus individuals! ❀️❀️❀️

04.11.2025 21:11 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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We have TWO post-doctoral fellowships in the Biodiversity Centre at UBC next year! Am happy to chat if you might want to be hosted in my lab. biodiversity.ubc.ca/training-and... Deadline January 15th!

03.11.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 84    πŸ” 70    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
Man Dies After Secret 4-Year Battle With Gorilla

Man Dies After Secret 4-Year Battle With Gorilla

Man Dies After Secret 4-Year Battle With Gorilla https://theonion.com/man-dies-after-secret-4-year-battle-with-gorilla-1819571099/

23.10.2025 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2601    πŸ” 383    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 35

Super cool!! 😁

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Mother rhesus macaque with her baby

Mother rhesus macaque with her baby

Postdoc position available at NYU Anthropology to work on topics related to longitudinal aging in the long-running (>80 years) study of rhesus macaque biology on Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico πŸ§ͺ #primates #academicsky

apply.interfolio.com/173938

πŸ“·: davidraju, wikimedia commons

23.10.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

These are hilarious!! I can see guenons and Asian colobines working particularly well for the primates!

23.10.2025 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0