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Alex Figueiredo

@alexfig.bsky.social

Postdoc at U. Oxford. Biology - microbiome πŸ’© & behaviour 🧠 in wild rodents EvoBio PhD at U. Zurich. birder & ringing trainee. I dig Mini & cooking. He/him

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I'm a simple guy, I see Ska-p, I like it immediately

25.09.2025 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What better than the massive social network that #eseb2025 is, to learn about social networks? Go check out @eloisenewman.bsky.social 's poster this afternoon!

18.08.2025 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

thank you!

15.08.2025 19:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What gif pops up when you type your name?

Perfect.

15.08.2025 07:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

yes please!

14.08.2025 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

nice!! or The Smacking Pumpkins

13.08.2025 11:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Slightly diminish a band:
Pearl Jelly

13.08.2025 08:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

I'm the same, so I've contacted the organisation about this. Was told some minor adjustments to the agenda were still being made, and then a pdf version would be released :) #eseb2025

12.08.2025 13:09 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Research position in Microbial Pharmacology and Population Biology (282139) | UiT The Arctic University of Norway Job title: Research position in Microbial Pharmacology and Population Biology (282139), Employer: UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Deadline: Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Feels surreal to say but: I'm hiring! If you are or know anyone interested in looking at the evolution of phage resistance using A. baumannii and natural transformation, then this might be for you
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

08.08.2025 07:52 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 65    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4

Wonderful post! One of my (few) regrets in life is not (yet) being into birds when I was still living in Portugal.

02.08.2025 10:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi Brooke! wonder if I could be added to the postdoc one :) thank you very much!

18.07.2025 11:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Looking for a PhD in insects, behaviour and/or microbiomes? This is the one for you πŸ‘‡

06.05.2025 11:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe it's time for a 2nd PhD πŸ€”

06.05.2025 11:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Designing Microbial Interventions to Study Behavioural Effects in Wild Birds (DAVIDSON_U25DTPR) | Doctoral Training Partnership This project is open to Home Fee Status applicants only. The gut microbiome influences how animals behave and interact with their environment via the microbiome–gut–brain axis (MGBA).

🚨 πŸͺΊπŸ¦πŸ¦  PhD opportunity in my lab for UK home fee students. Feel free to contact me for informal enquiries. Please share! shorturl.at/wUo8r

16.04.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Willow warbler in the hand after ringing under licence.

Willow warbler in the hand after ringing under licence.

Male blackcap in the hand after ringing under licence.

Male blackcap in the hand after ringing under licence.

Female bullfinch in the hand after ringing under licence. Photo credit: Alex Figueiredo.

Female bullfinch in the hand after ringing under licence. Photo credit: Alex Figueiredo.

Female greenfinch in the hand after ringing under licence.

Female greenfinch in the hand after ringing under licence.

Spring slowly advancing this am in Oxford. Fantastic to ring our first willow warbler of the year among a flush of blackcaps and a lovely bullfinch.

I also heard my first willow warbler yesterday just outside my door. Seemed to be singing somewhere in Elder Stubbs - great to hear them in the city!

12.04.2025 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ah thats fair, maybe I misunderstood that emphasis on your original post.

06.03.2025 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Agree the piece is utter nonsense, but why does it matter where the author works?

06.03.2025 11:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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PhD Candidate in Theoretical Biology The Institute of Environmental Sciences CML and Faculty of Science is looking for:[PhD Candidate in Theoretical Biology]Vacancy number: 15501 We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Ph...

A theoretical biology PhD position at the University of Leiden on the coevolution of aging and sociality with awesome @lottedevries.bsky.social please spread the word! www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies...

05.03.2025 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just checmed your account, awesome work! For the UK there is now @cooperativesuk.bsky.social but dont know much else.

04.03.2025 09:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

check out our new paper in ISME! if you're a microbe, is it about who you are or how you get along with others? Find out! πŸ‘‡

13.02.2025 08:20 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Highlights of the Big Garden Birdwatch this weekend: 31 simultaneous starling, 1 blackcap and 12 jackdaw, among which these two absolute beauts:

27.01.2025 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

βœ…οΈ Scaup βœ…οΈ Shoveler (patch tick)

17.01.2025 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

What was probably bird-of-the-year on my patch... and I was stuck in the lab all day πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ hope it's there tomorrow morning !

16.01.2025 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Woodpecker digging hole in utility pole

Woodpecker digging hole in utility pole

Woodpecker clinging to cement utility pole

Woodpecker clinging to cement utility pole

In southern Portugal, we have the absolute best electricians.

15.01.2025 22:46 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
a mouse attempting to solve a problem

a mouse attempting to solve a problem

Hello Bluesky! Beyond excited to share my first post here about our new paper on wild house mouse 🐭problem-solving with Anja Guenther and Valeria Mazza, published open access in @oikosjournal.bsky.social !

doi.org/10.1111/oik....

15.01.2025 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Needs more egg tbh

10.01.2025 12:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gut microbiome signatures of vegan, vegetarian and omnivore diets and associated health outcomes across 21,561 individuals - Nature Microbiology Using 21,561 individuals, the authors present a cross-sectional study of how gut microbiome signatures are associated with dietary intake patterns and with host health outcomes.

🧡 How does being a #vegan, #vegetarian or omnivore impact your gut #microbiome? πŸ₯¦ Find out in our new paper on gut microbiome signatures of vegan, vegetarian & omnivore diets & associated health outcomes across 21,561 individuals in @naturemicrobiol.bsky.social!πŸŽ‰ 1/10

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

07.01.2025 09:29 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4

This is awesome, do you happen to know if there’s a UK version of this starter pack?

02.01.2025 20:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I already donated, and if I could afford to I would every time he mentioned Wikipedia again. Maybe the world wouldn't be half bad if we all sat down each day and thought, "Now what little thing can I do today that would annoy Elon Musk the most?" Like WWJD but instead WWAEMTM.

27.12.2024 08:30 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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