Martin How

Martin How

@drmartinjhow.bsky.social

Trying to see the world through the eyes of crustaceans and cephalopods.

235 Followers 121 Following 8 Posts Joined Nov 2024
2 weeks ago
Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol

🚨JOB alert🚨

We have three (yes, THREE) 🌟lectureships🌟 advertised in the School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol.

Broad remit, including #AnimalBehaviour & #GlobalChangeBiology

⏱️Deadline: 8th March 2026
🙏Please circulate widely

😊Come join us!

Full #job details: tinyurl.com/y3us95rc

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2 weeks ago
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Postdoc Opening! 🚨
Thrilled to (belatedly!) share that I’ve received @hfspo.bsky.social grant in collaboration with @KatherinaPetrou "Plant-like solar tracking in a photosymbiotic animal."
We are hiring a Postdoc to join the team
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social!
Apply👇
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQO766/r...

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1 month ago
JOB ALERT!

Lecturer in Biological Sciences

Come and join us in the world class Life Sciences Building at the University of Bristol!

Closing date: Sunday 8 March JOB ALERT!

Lecturer in Biological Sciences

Interested in our research areas? Click the link in our bio to discover more!

Closing date: Sunday 8 March

JOB ALERT!

We are excited to announce that we are recruiting three new academics at lecturer level!

Click the link below for more info on how to apply, and don’t forget to explore our research themes too!

We look forward to receiving your applications!

www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

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1 month ago

Reminder that the abstract and travel grant deadlines for #ASABSpring2026 are due in less than 2 weeks!

This is an especially fantastic conference for students and ECRs 🌼 Hope you can join us in beautiful Bristol

asab-spring-conference2026.github.io

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1 month ago
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My collaborator at University of Copenhagen, Anders Garm, is looking for a 3 year postdoc to work on bioluminescence, neurobiology and ecology of ctenophores. More information here:
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

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2 months ago
ASAB spring conference 2026 logo with gorilla

If you’re sad #ASABWinter2025 is over, have no fear! #ASABSpring2025 🌼 is coming soon, from March 23-25 at Bristol University. It’s an especially fantastic meeting for students and ECRs 🤠

Don’t forget travel grants are due Feb 1!

www.asab.org/conferences-...

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3 months ago
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🚨Two funded PhDs on the evolutionary ecology of antipredator colouration 🦋 with myself and Iliana Medina.

One in Swansea tinyurl.com/4thtbph6 deadline Jan 12th @crocus-dla.bsky.social

The other in Melbourne - deadline Jan 1st

Please share among potential students!

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4 months ago
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BBC World Service - CrowdScience, Why are some animals black and white? Why are zebras so stripy? Why do penguins wear tuxedos?

Why is hiking in a zebra onesie a smart move if you want to avoid being devoured by flies? And why are skunks more stripy in predator-rich forests? Find out this, and more, from @bristolbiosci.bsky.social experts @drmartinjhow.bsky.social & Tim Caro on BBC CrowdScience: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...

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5 months ago
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BBC World Service - CrowdScience, Why are some animals black and white? Why are zebras so stripy? Why do penguins wear tuxedos?

Prof Tim Caro and I both feature in this BBC World Service radio show about why zebra have stripes. Catch it at 8:30pm GMT on Fri 3rd Oct or replay on the link below. @bristolbiosci.bsky.social @ecologyofvision.bsky.social

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5 months ago
Photo of the cover of THE RADIANT SEA: COLOR AND LIGHT IN THE UNDERWATER WORLD by Steven Haddock and Sonke Johnsen, Foreword by Helen Scales.

So keen to read THE RADIANT SEA by @stevehaddock.bsky.social & Sönke Johnsen! In the introduction, @helenscales.bsky.social says it's like having the authors "looking over your shoulder and telling stories," an experience I've been lucky enough to get with Steve. Also, COVER CEPHALOPOD 🐙🦑🌊

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6 months ago

A huge thanks to my amazing co-authors @drmartinjhow.bsky.social and James Herbert-Read, as well as all members of the @marinebehavecol.bsky.social at @camzoology.bsky.social and @ecologyofvision.bsky.social for their help, and @thembauk.bsky.social for their brilliant logistical support! 🤝

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5 months ago
Martin How talking about polarized light.

It’s @drmartinjhow.bsky.social talking at #Visionarium2025 about communicating underwater using the polarization of light

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6 months ago
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High dissolved oxygen extends dive duration and suggests physical gill use in a vertebrate Highlighted Article: High levels of dissolved oxygen in water extend dive durations in a semi-aquatic Anolis lizard, suggesting that anoles may rebreathe bubbles to uptake oxygen from stream water.

Read the full research @lindseyswierk.bsky.social @alliemartin.bsky.social at journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

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10 months ago
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Motion After‐Effects Induced by Dynamic Illumination in Crab Vision While in humans, background motion can disrupt the detection of visual cues even after the moving background component has ceased, it remains unknown whether natural forms of background motion might ...

🚨Our new paper is out NOW in @ecol-evol.bsky.social 👀 Here we show that prior exposure to dynamic illumination can have a persisting effect on the visual perception of 🦀, reducing their ability to detect predators even after the dynamic illumination has ended.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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10 months ago

🤝 A HUGE thanks to @ecologyofvision.bsky.social group for inviting me to their lab at @bristolbiosci.bsky.social to conduct these experiments, and to my wonderful co-authors (and former PhD supervisors) James Herbert-Read (@marinebehavecol.bsky.social) and @drmartinjhow.bsky.social 🥳🎉💪

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11 months ago
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With its UFO-like display, the cuttlefish may look like it’s trying to get attention—but its intent is anything but.

The undulating black stripes confuse prey, making the creatures all but invisible to crabs and other victims: scim.ag/3FVL43z

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11 months ago

Science magazine on our latest work!

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11 months ago
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In Other Journals Editors’ selections from the current scientific literature

In Other Journals | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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11 months ago
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In our latest paper, we describe how the passing-stripe hunting display of the broadclub cuttlefish camouflages the hunting predator during the final moments of the attack.

Read more here www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

@drmartinjhow.bsky.social @jtroscianko.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social

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11 months ago

Amazing!!! Nice one!

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11 months ago
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2024 Cozzarelli Prize Recipients The annual Cozzarelli Prize acknowledges papers that reflect scientific excellence and originality. The 2024 awardees will be recognized at an awards ceremony during the NAS Annual Meeting in April 20...

Absolutely buzzing that my paper with Daniel, describing our discovery of electroreception in caterpillars, has been awarded the @pnas.org Cozzarelli Prize for the best paper in its field published last year! I should make little medals for the caterpillars and wasps 🥇🐛🐝
www.pnas.org/post/update/...

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1 year ago
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What a Crab Sees Before It Gets Eaten by a Cuttlefish (Gift Article) Cuttlefish use visual tricks to avoid being eaten. New research shows how they deploy similar camouflage to bamboozle their prey.

Great @nytimes.com article on our latest cuttlefish study. Watch this space for more cuttlefish science soon!

@ecologyofvision.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social @drmartinjhow.bsky.social @vancedberg.bsky.social

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1 year ago
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Cover Image COVER PHOTO: A broadclub cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus) passes dark stripes downward over its head while approaching prey in the waters off Kri Island (Raja Ampat, Indonesia). By observing this species...

New issue of Ecology chose one of my pictures as cover image. Amazing to see hunting broadclub on the cover!!

@drmartinjhow.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social @ecologyofvision.bsky.social

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1 year ago
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New Scientist video about our recent cuttlefish paper. @ecologyofvision.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social @matteosanton.bsky.social

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1 year ago

Check out these amazing cuttlefish. Stealth hunting taken to the extreme!!!

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First paper out on this incredible study system! We describe the remarkably different hunting displays used by the broadclub cuttlefish in the wild.

Paper: dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy....

Stay tuned for more!!

@drmartinjhow.bsky.social @vancedberg.bsky.social @ecologyofvision.bsky.social

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1 year ago
Job alert! Lectuter in Evolutionary Biology out now

Job alert!

We seek to appoint a new Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology in the School of Biological Sciences, find out more at the link below!

www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

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1 year ago

One week left to apply for these amazing TT positions at Stockholm University! Deadline Jan 20, 2025.

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1 year ago
Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol

🚨We are HIRING! 🧪 Please repost!

Lecturer/Senior lecturer in @bristolbiosci.bsky.social

Priority areas:

‘Responding to anthropogenic change’
‘Reversing the biodiversity crisis’

www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

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1 year ago
The back corner of the LSB

We want you to work with us!

Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Biological Sciences:

bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

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