This is a fish ladder in Switzerland. It allows fish to get around a dam.

#Fish #Switzerland #ecology

A request to the #eDNA #environmentalDNA community. We are working on a project related to eDNA and ethics and looking for feedback from the user community. Please help us and complete this survey. https://forms.office.com/r/P6R57BAbZq Please pass it along to other users.

If you are a #conservation biologist, #ecology practitioner #molecularecology etc. or have been thinking of using the tool, we would like to hear from you.

I'm #hiring ! Jose Montoya and I are looking for a PhD student to join our new CNRS-funded project on theoretical & numerical modelling of the spatial and scale-dependency of biodiversity and ecosystems.

Details of project and job description in link below (the project is hosted at the SETE in Moulis, #Ariège, France)

It's a truly interdisciplinary project, so pinging the #ecology #ecoevo #physics #FluidMechanics teams here 🙂

https://francois-rincon.org/misc/ECOSCALES_PhDproject.pdf

https://sete-moulis-cnrs.fr/fr

Often when we discuss Solarpunk, particularly as an aesthetic, we tend to focus on lush, green forests and fields. As somebody who grew up in either swampland or desert/Chaparral regions, I tend to view the former vision as a bit...narrow. To me, the powerful vision of Solarpunk is one in which we are united with the diverse Eco-systems of our planet, which can include regions not traditionally thought of or considered.

#Solarpunk #Anarchism #Ecology

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqzJ2-RbLfw

Global Pattern : Deserts, Mirages, Oases

Available on cassette and digital download via Global Pattern: https://globalpattern.bandcamp.com/album/deserts-mirages-oases36 artists bring together their ...

^YouTube

Fully funded PhD project to work on current natural selection, evolution and demography in several populations of Albatrosses, with fieldwork in the subantarctic.

A French version of the project is here: https://www.univ-larochelle.fr/wp-content/uploads/TBonnet_CEBC_AAP_AllocDoc_2024-1.pdf, but if you do not read French know that it is flexible anyway. I will post an English ad later.

Email me with any question if you may be interested.

#PhD #ecology

The Simons Foundation has amazing #postdoc #fellowships for anyone interested in #marine microbial #ecology or #evolution.

I'd love to sponsor anyone interested in viral diversity!

Please spread the word!

https://www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons-postdoctoral-fellowships-in-marine-microbial-ecology/?mc_cid=3818457af5&mc_eid=0969502559

#viruses #microbiology

Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Marine Microbial Ecology | Simons Foundation

The Simons Foundation invites applications for postdoctoral fellowships to support candidates who intend to pursue a career in basic research on fundamental problems in marine microbial ecology, with an emphasis on understanding the role of microorga…

^{Simons Foundation}

#NewSpecies!
New freshwater crab from #indonesia just pinched us:

Lepidothelphusa menneri

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE879E-FFF9-FFBE-1FBF-FE0DFCFB7405
Publication: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5397.2.3
#Zootaxa

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #arthropods #crustacea #crabs

Tom Cavalier-Smith prize DEADLINE EXTENDED https://www.isep-protists.com/post/tcs-prize-deadline-extended

We are pleased to announce that we are extending the deadline for Tom Cavalier-Smith prize nominations to January 31st, and that in light of the complicating factor of the Covid-19 pandemic, we are extending eligibility to 4 years post-PhD.

The Tom Cavalier-Smith prize recognizes contributions to evolutionary #protistology, or related fields (e.g. #protists #biology, #biodiversity or #ecology), by #EarlyCareerResearchers.

Happy New Year!!!
This is my last shot of 2023: rainbow bee-eater in Myall Lakes NP in Eastern #Australia enjoying a cicada

#biodiversity #birdphotography #wildlife #birds #birdsofmastodon #bird #ecology #rainbow

A tiny fraction of all species forms most of nature: Rarity as a sticky state

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2221791120

#microbiome #ecology

Come work with me! My research unit at the University of Namur is hiring a #tenure track position in #ecology and #ecophysiology

I'm happy to answer any questions about working here!

https://jobs.unamur.be/emploi.2023-11-29.1234527512

#AcademicJob #evolution #teaching

🤗🌄👏 We welcome Johanna Beirer as a new member @Mol_Ecol @uniinnsbruck !

Johanna does her master thesis on the circadian rhythm of an #Alpine #Drosophila #fly in the context of #ClimateChange

https://molecular-ecology.at/johanna-beirer/

#WomenInSTEM #ecology

Identifying keystone species in microbial communities using deep learning

"Study proposes new framework to identify keystone microbial species"

Lay summary
https://phys.org/news/2023-11-framework-keystone-microbial-species.html

Source
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-02250-2

#KeystoneSpecies #DeepLearningModel #ecology #microbiome

Study proposes new framework to identify keystone microbial species

Microbial communities are thought to contain keystone species, which can disproportionately affect the stability of the communities, even if only present in low abundances.

^{Science X (Phys.org)}

Marine #microorganisms are crucial for #ocean health.

#Bacteria, #archaea, #fungi, #algae and #viruses make up most of the biomass in the seas and form the base of marine food webs.

They support nutrient cycling and drive crucial biogeochemical processes, including key steps in the carbon, nitrogen and silicon cycles.

Ocean modelling must evolve to take their biological complexity into account.

#biology #ecology #oceans
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03425-4

‘Oceans are hugely complex’: modelling marine microbes is key to climate forecasts

Microorganisms are the engines that drive most marine processes. Ocean modelling must evolve to take their biological complexity into account.

^{Tagliabue, Alessandro}

Lessons from Chloroviruses: the Complex and Diverse Roles of Viruses in Food Webs

https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.00275-23

#viruses #virology #ecology #microbiology

Research Associate in #Benthic #DeepSea #Ecology (focus on #biogeochemistry and #microbiology) and Data Management (m/f/d)
🌊 🦠 🧪🔬 🖥️
3y full-time #tenure track position in #Bremerhaven 🇩🇪 @awi

https://www.awi.de/en/work-study/jobs/job-offer.html

For a new week: I dug into the history of a definition I’ve used my entire career, and discovered… we may not need it?

Don’t ask “When is it coevolution?” — ask “How is it coevolution?”

#evolution #ecology #science

https://www.molecularecologist.com/2023/10/13/when-coevolution-definition-history/

Don’t ask “When is it coevolution?” — ask “How is it coevolution?”

A rough-skinned newt, Taricha granulosa, somewhere on the Marin headlands of California. Rough-skinned newts’ geographically varying arms race with predatory garter snakes has made them a cla…

^{The Molecular Ecologist}

Gorgeous ecological comic-based journalism from Aotearoa: a clear-eyed telling of how monoculture forestry destabilizes lands and rivers even before major climate-driven events come raging through.

#ecology #climate #forest #restoration #aotearoa

https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/28-07-2023/the-side-eye-deeper-roots

The Side Eye: Deeper roots

After Cyclone Gabrielle, Tairāwhiti faces a universal question: when it comes to the environment, have we got the guts to choose long-term solutions over short-term fixes?

^{Toby Morris (The Spinoff)}

How did #eukaryotes evolve for extreme temps? https://www.futurity.org/high-temp-eukaryotes-2972442-2/ #protists

#ExtremeEnvironments offer an unprecedented opportunity to understand #microbial #eukaryotic #ecology, #evolution, and #genome #biology: Hannah Rappaport & Angela Oliverio https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-40657-4

“several lineages of #amoebae were often recovered from extremely high temperature environments. Studying those lineages may yield great insight into how eukaryotic cells can adapt to life in extremely hot environments.”

PodcastData counts 4,205,339 #podcasts.😲 That's why I don't feel bad about pausing my #podcast without notice.
The cancer of my dog Bilbo has left me completely out of the lurch in my creative work. There's plenty of competition for you to listen to.

The good news: I'm now restored enough to work on a new episode for the end of the month. Stay tuned to #NatureMatchCuts, will you? ▶️ https://naturematchcuts.net #ReconnectingWithNature #kinship #nature #ecology #moreThanHuman #SciComm #NatureWriting

A significant new study, using massive biodiversity datasets, shows that invasions by non-native plants set the stage for later invasions by non-native insects.

"nonnative plant introductions are a major driver of insect invasions, and that insect invasions lag behind plant invasions. In the near future, new insect invasions are estimated to increase by 35% worldwide based on recent nonnative plant introductions."

#Biodiversity #Ecology #invasivespecies #Science

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2221826120

Phylogenetic diversity and functional potential of large and cell-associated viruses in the Bay of Bengal

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.07.17.548743v1

#viruses #ecology #marine #ocean #giantViruses

Phylogenetic diversity and functional potential of large and cell-associated viruses in the Bay of Bengal

The Bay of Bengal (BoB), the largest bay in the world, provides valuable ecosystem services such as fishing and recreation to millions of people living along its coast and has a significant economic value.

^bioRxiv

Evaluating the role of bacterial diversity in supporting soil ecosystem functions under anthropogenic stress

https://www.nature.com/articles/s43705-023-00273-1

#microbiology #soil #ecology

Evaluating the role of bacterial diversity in supporting soil ecosystem functions under anthropogenic stress - ISME Communications

ISME Communications - Evaluating the role of bacterial diversity in supporting soil ecosystem functions under anthropogenic stress

^Nature

U.S. to send real-time satellite and sensor data to Canada to help detect wildfires

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-us-to-send-satellite-data-to-canada-to-help-detect-wildfires-2/

#ClimateEmergency #pollution #ecology #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #climate #canada #USA #US

U.S. to send real-time satellite and sensor data to Canada to help detect wildfires

U.S. Department of Defense began sending real-time data to Canadian authorities Friday

^{Reuters (The Globe and Mail)}

ARE YOU GOOD AT IDENTIFYING PLANTS?! 🌱🌲🌴🌾🌿🌵🌳

I'm looking to recruit people for a PAID opportunity to identify plants from photos. Please DM for more deets or respond & I'll DM you.

Pls share with anyone who might be interested.

#job #ecology #ecologyjobs

Happy to say I defended my dissertation "Methods and complexity in phage-bacteria ecology and evolution"!

Much thanks to all those who supported me throughout my PhD.

I'm glad to be sticking around the Turner Lab for another year as a post-doc to continue my work on multispecies phage-bacteria communities

#PhDone #AcademicChatter #AcademicMastodon #Academia #PhD #Ecology #Evolution #Phage #Phages

My first "reviewed preprint" on @eLife !

A Timeline of Bacterial and Archaeal Diversification in the Ocean

https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/88268

Lots of hard work from former PhD student in my lab Carolina Martinez. Part of a collaboration with @pseudacris

We are enjoying the new process so far and working on revisions to address some of the concerns raised by reviewers.

#ocean #marine #microbiology #evolution #ecology

KDE's #sustainability initiative KDE Eco featured on the "KDE For Activists" page alongside many other excellent #FOSS projects!

https://kde.org/for/activists/

KDE. Made for activists, by activists.

Made for you, by you!

KDE is developed by a community of passionate people. We develop KDE for everyone, from kids to grandparents and from professionals to hobbyists. Join us:

https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved

#KDEEco #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FEEP #SustainableSoftware #Ecology #Activism

@kde @carlschwan

New study in Ecology Letters shows how moths are crucial yet underappreciated nocturnal pollinators; check out short summary at popsci.com:

https://www.popsci.com/environment/moth-pollination-resilience/

#ecology
#biodiversity
#insects

Moths need protections too, just like bees | Popular Science

Better understanding how crucial moths are to pollinating plants has implications for urban planning, policy, and wildlife.

^{Laura Baisas (Popular Science)}

It was wonderful to speak with Vincent Racaniello during the Aquatic Virus Workshop in Quebec last week! Fun conversation.

https://youtu.be/6uQPvg2uc-E

#viruses #ecology #evolution #virology

TWiV 1011: Aquatic viruses

Vincent travels to Québec City, Canada and the 11th Aquatic Virus Workshop, where he speaks with Frank Aylward and Jed Furman about the research of their lab...

^YouTube

Happy to see the first experimental project I led finally out in the world! With Jeremy Moore, Sydney Olsen, and Mike Travisano

We combined experimental evolution and mathematical modeling to ask: do bacteria evolve to swim away from phages?

1/n

https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.04.29.538831

#microbiology #evolution #ecology #phages #phage #bacteria #MicrobialEvolution #MicrobialEcology

Fight not flight: parasites drive the bacterial evolution of resistance, not avoidance

In the face of ubiquitous threats from parasites, hosts often evolve strategies to resist infection or to altogether avoid contact with parasites. At the microbial scale, bacteria frequently encounter viral parasites, bacteriophages.

^bioRxiv

Viral infections likely mediate microbial controls on ecosystem responses to global warming

https://academic.oup.com/femsec/article/99/3/fiad016/7057867

#viruses #climate #ecology

Viral infections likely mediate microbial controls on ecosystem responses to global warming

We provide a roadmap for understanding how viral infections within microbial food webs may mediate the effects of global warming on ecosystem carbon and nutrien

^{Wieczynski, Daniel J (Oxford University Press)}

Quite specific, but a very interesting article about #ants and their early evolution. The authors propose a 3 step scenario based on fossils and their interpretation. Really fascinating !

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.02.20.480183v1

#insects #nature #ecology #fossil #paleontology #entomology