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Frank Melzner

@frankmelzner.bsky.social

Professor of Marine Ecology at the University of Vienna & guest researcher at GEOMAR, trained ecoevophysiologist, interested in coastal invertebrates, algae & climate change.

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Call for Applications: Doctoral Positions in the Life Sciences and Natural Sciences Ambitious candidates with a strong academic track recordΒ who wish to pursue their doctorate in one of the research areas listed below.

The University of Viennas STEM Prae-Doc Call is open now! πŸŽ‰ @univie.ac.at

We invite outstanding candidates in STEM fields to apply til the 27th of Marchand join an international research environment with structured doctoral training.
You can find all open positions and more here:

02.03.2026 11:38 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Assistant/Associate Teaching Professor, Marine Biology About the Opportunity About the Opportunity: The Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts invites applications from qualified candidates for ...

My department is hiring a Teaching Professor in Marine Biology!
northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
Application review will begin on March 31, 2026 #EcoEvoJobs #EvolJobs #PhDjobs @ecoevo.social.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy

04.03.2026 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Expressions of interest: Director at MPI EvolBio (f/m/d) β€” We invite expressions of interest from distinguished scientists in evolutionary biology with a bold, long-term research vision that complements our Institute. More information: www.evolbio.mpg.de/3856225/Dire...

21.01.2026 11:15 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 49    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

New preprint: first systematic, year-round field data showing widespread and persistent sea star wasting-type disease in Baltic Asterias rubens.
On bioRxiv:

20.01.2026 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Interested in how climate change will impact oxygen and COβ‚‚ extremes in mangroves? Check out our new paper: doi.org/10.1029/2025...

16.02.2026 08:05 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Come join us in Vienna as IT-support technician! This is a 50% position with routine tasks, but also exciting development work to construct advanced computer-controlled aquaristic & experimental systems. Engage with enthusiastic people @univie.ac.at jobs.univie.ac.at/job/IT-Techn...

16.02.2026 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A golden blade of sugar kelp is floating against a background of clear blue water and sandy sediment. (C) Sarina Niedzwiedz

A golden blade of sugar kelp is floating against a background of clear blue water and sandy sediment. (C) Sarina Niedzwiedz

🚨We are hiring!🚨

The #ROVKA project focuses on the productivity and vulnerability of Baltic brown algae populations. Join us as a scientist (2 years, 100% salary) for population genomic analyses and mesocosm experiments @geomarkiel.bsky.social @bfn-de.bsky.social

See
www.geomar.de/en/karriere/...

12.02.2026 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Scientist (m/f/d) β€œProductivity and genetic connectivity of Baltic brown algae meadows”

Want to study connectivity of brownalgal populations & carbon budgets in the Baltic Sea? Join our #ROVKA team within the new algal adaptation group led by @lies-nerd.bsky.social at @geomarkiel.bsky.social in collaboration with @bfn-de.bsky.social and @univie.ac.at, www.geomar.de/en/karriere/...

12.02.2026 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
SΓ€getang im Steinriff Adlergrund (Ostsee) Β©Michael KΓΌhl (BfN)

SΓ€getang im Steinriff Adlergrund (Ostsee) Β©Michael KΓΌhl (BfN)

Im November haben @geomarkiel.bsky.social und BfN das gemeinsame Forschungsprojekt ROVKA gestartet, um den Beitrag der Braunalgen in der deutschen #Ostsee zum natürlichen Klimaschutz zu untersuchen, denn hier bestehen noch große Wissenslücken. Mehr Infos zum Hintergrund: www.bfn.de/blue-carbon-...

17.11.2025 07:58 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dear #ICYMAREfamily,
We’re excited to announce that the #CallForSessions for #ICYMARE2026 is now open! 
This is your chance to host a session and shape the next ICYMARE conference! πŸ³πŸ¦‘πŸŒ
www.icymare.com/about-the-co...

16.11.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fish embryos under the microscope

Interested in thermal biology? Please join our new and growing grass roots initiative, the Thermal Ecology Alliance, initiated by @patricepottier.bsky.social. πŸ§ͺπŸŸπŸ¦‘πŸŒ‘οΈ

Sign up here: www.thermalecologyalliance.org#participation

Check who already signed up:
www.thermalecologyalliance.org#community

03.11.2025 12:58 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3
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Deploying the sediment corer at Boknis Eck to study organic carbon burial for the @bfn-de.bsky.social ROVKA project

03.11.2025 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Students on board RV Alkor in the Baltic

Students on board RV Alkor in the Baltic

Students on Alkor with ROV

Students on Alkor with ROV

Students on Alkor with Corer

Students on Alkor with Corer

Sediment core with microelectrodes to profile oxygen in board RV Alkor

Sediment core with microelectrodes to profile oxygen in board RV Alkor

First cruise with our new M.Sc. students in Biological Oceanography @geomarkiel.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de to sample sediment cores for organic carbon & DNA, image ammunition dumpsites and investigate macrofauna! Thanks to Jens Greinert, Mirjam Perner and teams - and the excellent crew of RV Alkor

03.11.2025 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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🀩 #ScienceJobs‼️

We look for a
πŸ§‘β€πŸ”¬ #PostDoc
&
πŸŽ“ #PhD-student
to investigate marine transmissible cancers.πŸ¦ͺ

Apply if ur into #cancer #evolution, #microbiome, #marine #bivalves & #computational approaches.πŸŒŠπŸ¦ πŸ”¬

More on mpi-bremen.de #Education & #Career
#Jobs #JobAlert #WomeninSTEM #marinescience #Job

16.10.2025 10:42 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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JOB OPPORTUNITY: Lecturer in Marine Biology and Scientific Diving (University of Plymouth)

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOS637/l...

#jobs #lecturer #scientificdiving #plymouth #coralreefs #university #marinescience #marinebiology #marineecology #jobopportunity

29.09.2025 05:30 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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🌊 Mytilus galloprovincialis meets Eco-Evo-Devo. We’re excited to announce the first school dedicated to the bivalve M. galloprovincialis. Applications are now open!✨🐚
Get ready to explore the fascinating world of mussels in an inspiring international environment πŸ”¬
ℹ️ acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...

25.09.2025 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Duck next to phone displaying logger temp data

Duck next to phone displaying logger temp data

Shallow Fucus habitat in the Baltic

Shallow Fucus habitat in the Baltic

2 years of data in one of the most extreme Fucus habitats in the Baltic - locating stones with loggers always is a challenge.

12.09.2025 09:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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12.09.2025 09:33 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Risking my life accessing logger data in Baltic Sea shallow algal habitats! Thanks to @electricbluecrl.bsky.social and @fplima.bsky.social for sturdy equipment! #Fubluc @geomarkiel.bsky.social

12.09.2025 09:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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W 3 professorship in Molecular and Evolutionary Zoology - Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein (DE) job with Christian-Albrechts-UniversitΓ€t zu Kiel | 12844416 Kiel University aims to attract more qualified women to professorship positions. The Institute of Zoology at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural...

We are welcoming applications for a full professorship on Molecular and Evolutionary Zoology at Kiel Univerdity, Northern Germany, with fantastic facilities and infrastructure! @uni-kiel.de @crc1182.bsky.social @transevo.bsky.social www.nature.com/naturecareer...

08.09.2025 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our science photo book The Radiant Sea is out Sept 2nd!!
30 years of research, 10 years of "we should", and a year of collating pix and writing.
SΓΆnke and I show (mostly for the first time) images of how organisms produce, use, and interact with light in the sea. #bioluminescence #fluorescence πŸ¦‘πŸ§ͺ🌊

28.08.2025 02:22 β€” πŸ‘ 215    πŸ” 69    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 9
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ecoevojobs.net 2025-26

The 2025-26 Eco-Evo job list is out. Good luck to those applying!

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

19.08.2025 07:18 β€” πŸ‘ 208    πŸ” 215    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3

Well, Remco, I can replicate 20 of those black spots in our oven anytime …

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Picture of drawing booklet for kids with Baltic Sea organisms

Picture of drawing booklet for kids with Baltic Sea organisms

And: with our new drawing booklet designed by the very talented @katjasee.bsky.social and Alexandra Hahn @geomarkiel.bsky.social

06.08.2025 08:05 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Aquarium with Baltic Sea invertebrates

Aquarium with Baltic Sea invertebrates

Researchers in front of KOB facility in Kiel

Researchers in front of KOB facility in Kiel

Taxonomist Renate SchΓΌtt in front of tables with outreach materials

Taxonomist Renate SchΓΌtt in front of tables with outreach materials

Tank with Baltic Sea invertebrates

Tank with Baltic Sea invertebrates

Busy week Fucus sampling with our colleagues @gloriareithmaier.bsky.social @lies-nerd.bsky.social @karikaphegyi.bsky.social and lots of others for #Fubluc and getting ready for outreach with kids for #TheOceanRaceEurope @geomarkiel.bsky.social

06.08.2025 08:02 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Contribute to impactful research that will help us develop strategies for restoration of algal meadows in the Baltic Sea - DM or email for more infos!

05.08.2025 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Salary is 75% of a Postdoc salary & the successful candidate will be enrolled with the @uni-kiel.de
#Fyord graduate school. Be part of an exciting team of 20+ researchers, including @lies-nerd.bsky.social

05.08.2025 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Fucus algal meadow in the Baltic Sea

Fucus algal meadow in the Baltic Sea

Doctoral position on genomic basis of Fucus (brown algal) local adaptation - join our exciting #Fubluc team! Fully funded for 3.5 years & we also consider candidates with strong molecular or bioinformatic skillls but no marine / algal experience, see www.geomar.de/en/karriere/...

05.08.2025 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

No complete vacation without a sea hare!

11.07.2025 05:47 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Research Assistant - Institute of Microbiology 25/Wi21 Stellenausschreibung Institut fΓΌr Mikrobiologie, AG β€žKΓΌstenmikrobiomeβ€œ,

PhD opportunity in my group as part of the #CONCENTRATE TRR. Marine algae-glycan-bacterial interactions. Please apply or share! www.uni-greifswald.de/en/universit...

07.07.2025 13:19 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1