@mothprof.bsky.social
Associate Professor of chemical and visual ecology at the University of Amsterdam. She/her
Some amazing posters on show at UvA
22.07.2025 09:37 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Our University Research Fellowships are now open for applications. These fellowships are for outstanding early career scientists to pursue cutting-edge scientific research and build an independent research career. Find out more: #RSGrants royalsociety.org/grants/unive...
16.07.2025 11:15 — 👍 21 🔁 19 💬 3 📌 2
I think about this piece about three times a week. 🧵 hypatia.ca/2017/07/18/t...
15.07.2025 16:08 — 👍 226 🔁 89 💬 7 📌 18It’s always monday somewhere
15.07.2025 12:22 — 👍 255 🔁 75 💬 6 📌 0
Could you lead a scientific meeting dedicated to your area of research?
Fast-forward scientific progress in your field by assembling global scientists for two days of discussion and collaboration. Proposals are considered twice a year.
Submit by 24 September 2025: royalsociety.org/science-even...
We are seeking a full-time Managing Editor for our journal Animal Behaviour. This editor will be involved in all stages of the publication process & must have a general understanding of the topics covered. Position starts Oct 1, application deadline July 31.
More details:
www.asab.org/opportunities
Passarotto et al. Experimental noise and light pollution alter prey detection in a nocturnal bird of prey besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #ornithology
02.07.2025 09:53 — 👍 12 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 2
Volponi et al. How effective are insect aposematism and Batesian mimicry in deterring a wild avian predator? esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #ornithology
30.06.2025 10:18 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Field assistant needed for a bird breeding study (Sept 2025 - Jan 2026) in Canberra. Experience with birds preferred but training provided. Contact Jessica at jessica.mclachlan@unimelb.edu.au. More info: https://www.ecomedina.com/ #job
20.06.2025 15:45 — 👍 5 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
Comic by False Knees
20.06.2025 14:45 — 👍 67 🔁 17 💬 0 📌 1The Evolutionary Genomics of Sex lab at Vrije Universiteit Brussel is hiring 2 postdocs for research on sex chromosome evolution in frogs. Positions are ERC-funded. Apply via email. Learn more at: https://wmalab.com #postdoc
20.06.2025 15:45 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0This week’s #Murderbot did many things well. (Gurathin’s sibling rivalry with SecUnit! Everybody wants Pin-Lee!)
The best of being an example of how you cannot ‘nice’ or ‘debate’ or ‘reasonably discuss’ or ‘consensus’ your way through it with someone who wants you dead.
Left: Colourful image of cells and neurons with the text "The Royal Society Publishing" Right: Phlosophical Transactions B. Submit a proposal to edit an influential themed issue in your field by 18 July. For more information visit bit.ly/PTBproposals
Next deadline for submitting a proposal for a special issue in @royalsocietypublishing.org #PhilTransB is July 18th. I'm on the editorial board and would highly recommend it as an opportunity for new networks, insights and highlighting your field. Find out more at bit.ly/PTBproposals
09.06.2025 16:26 — 👍 10 🔁 16 💬 0 📌 0An excellent piece. And this is the garbage, crap magician stuff that government and business wants us to use and rely on? Heaven help us all.
04.06.2025 06:59 — 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Amazing video taken by one of my students. Looks like someone is getting all the caterpillars today!
20.05.2025 12:56 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Postdoc sought for bird biogeography and conservation project at Naturalis, Netherlands. Focus on land-bridge islands, especially Bioko. Includes bioinformatics, macroecology, and education work. Details: https://www.naturalis.nl/en/about-us/job-opportunities/postdoc-birds-on-islands #postdoc
09.05.2025 16:33 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Interested in a PhD connecting sensory ecology and evolutionary genetics? Applications are now open for a project on the Speciation Genomics of Eye Size Variation in Heliconius Butterflies in our lab at LMU Munich: www.evol.bio.lmu.de/research/mer... Please repost!
06.05.2025 11:40 — 👍 97 🔁 97 💬 0 📌 4
🎉 We’re hiring! Two ERC-funded #PostdocJobs on insect–phytopathogen mutualisms are available in my lab. Explore the chemical and molecular evolution of symbioses!
🧪Chemical ecology: tinyurl.com/chem-ecol-symb
🦠Phytopathology & mutualisms: tinyurl.com/symb-plantpath
#SymbioSky #PlantPathology
It's a beautiful day to be yelled at by small birds.
29.04.2025 10:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Department of Natural History at NTNU is seeking an ambitious candidate for an open position as associate professor in vertebrate evolutionary genomics. Please see 👇 for details. Deadline for applications is May 25.
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
The Department of Natural History at the museum in Trondheim is seeking an associate professor in vertebrate evolutionary genomics using ancient DNA approaches.
Working alongside great colleagues including @museumevogen.bsky.social
Deadline May 25
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Milkweed Munchers. A comic strip that uses 5 tall panels. Each panel depicts a different invertebrate that relies on milkweed as a host plant. First Monarch caterpillars, one of them exclaims “Delicious!” Next, Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetles, one beetle shouts “Exquisite!” The third panel shows a cluster of Oleander Aphids on the stem of the milkweed, several small speech bubbles that say “Yum.” are coming from the group of aphids. Then we have Large Milkweed Bugs. The adult bug says “Delectable!”. There’s a group of nymph bugs in the background. Lastly, the final featured invertebrate is the Small Milkweed Bug. The cute orange and black bug has words of praise “Tremendous Chef.” It says. Below the panels are the name of each invertebrate. Above is the title that is adorned with milkweed to the left and right. On the left the milkweeds is young and blooming and on the right the plant is older, has grown seed pods and the leaves have been consumed.
#Invertefest?! Okay!
This one is a personal favorite out of all my bug art.
Join Deakin University as an Associate Research Fellow in Avian Behaviour, focusing on threatened bird species. Full-time, fixed-term role with salary AUD $80,065 - $107,633. Apply by May 14, 20… https://careers.pageuppeople.com/949/cw/en/job/571425/associate-research-fellow-avian-behaviour #postdoc
25.04.2025 07:01 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Join the UNIL Summer School on Modelling for Evolutionary Biology in Lausanne, 1-6 Sept 2025. Open to PhD students. Apply by 15 June 2025. … https://www.unil.ch/unil/en/home/menuinst/etudier/programmes-courts/summer-winter-schools/modelisation-pour-la-biologie-de-l-evolution-1.html #course #workshop
25.04.2025 07:02 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Tiny jumping spider in the garden @lorentzcenter.bsky.social
25.04.2025 11:54 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Feeding time for the little great tit chicks. Live video updates from my nest box cameras 😁
25.04.2025 10:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Another great animation of my comic by @robin.animates (on ig) - I love thinking that this little fish is out there somewhere #kneesinmotion
24.04.2025 21:42 — 👍 1045 🔁 190 💬 2 📌 3
📣 Due to popular demand - the Abstract Submission Deadline for @eseb2025.bsky.social has been extended! For submission guidelines and access to the submission portal visit:
eseb2025.com/call-for-abs...
We are hiring a chair/professor in our Ecology and Environmental Modelling group at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social. Scotland is a lovely place to work, and my colleagues are fantastic! Reach out if you are interested in joining the CREEM family ☺️
vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...
