I am hiring a research assistant (vampire bats), a Panama fieldwork coordinator (vampire bats), and also considering postdoc apps (social behavior, any species): socialbat.org/2026/02/19/h...
![Sketch of a woman scientist looking through a microscope with various symbols to represent STEM and the following text:
On this day we celebrate the continuous efforts, resilience and achievements of women and girls in STEM.
It’s a day to remind us that there still remain significant gaps for girls and women in STEM fields and to actively think about what actions we can take to narrow these gaps.
According to global and regional trends for women in STEM 2025, women represented only 33% of the global research workforce. And many disciplines within STEM, such as engineering (18%) and computer science (20%), have much lower representation of women compared to, for example, life sciences (50%) [Women in STEM network, 2025]
In 2025, it was calculated that women in the UK got paid 83p for every pound men got paid (median hourly earning) [Women in STEM network, 2025].
Did you know that women with established careers in academia are 2x likelier to abandon their career compared to men? This decision is often the result of a toxic work environment and lack of support when challenging the status quo [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.it.2024.05.004]. There are also many examples of women entering the STEM fields, but then end up leaving due to negative experiences, biases and job rejections.
What are some of the things you can do?
-Provide a supportive environment at work and call out biases
-Form/join a committee within your organisation aimed to support and promote gender equity
-Join supportive communities (Women in STEM Network, Women in STEM, STEM Women, Women in Malaria, Herminthology, Women in Parasitology, Mothers in academia, Mama is an academic, For women in science, etc.)
-Provide mentorship or seek mentorship as a mentee
In the end we want to take the opportunity to thank our wonderful WiM community for sharing our goal of gender equity in science (and beyond) and for driving forward our mission. Let's keep creating and fighting for a fair environment!
-The WiM Team-](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4kcdl4spbibydpt5edrohqyo/bafkreiho4y3ylbcbbasydit7igfdwxqqp3shbnzu3qgy763uf4bmjvpko4)
Sketch of a woman scientist looking through a microscope with various symbols to represent STEM and the following text: On this day we celebrate the continuous efforts, resilience and achievements of women and girls in STEM. It’s a day to remind us that there still remain significant gaps for girls and women in STEM fields and to actively think about what actions we can take to narrow these gaps. According to global and regional trends for women in STEM 2025, women represented only 33% of the global research workforce. And many disciplines within STEM, such as engineering (18%) and computer science (20%), have much lower representation of women compared to, for example, life sciences (50%) [Women in STEM network, 2025] In 2025, it was calculated that women in the UK got paid 83p for every pound men got paid (median hourly earning) [Women in STEM network, 2025]. Did you know that women with established careers in academia are 2x likelier to abandon their career compared to men? This decision is often the result of a toxic work environment and lack of support when challenging the status quo [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.it.2024.05.004]. There are also many examples of women entering the STEM fields, but then end up leaving due to negative experiences, biases and job rejections. What are some of the things you can do? -Provide a supportive environment at work and call out biases -Form/join a committee within your organisation aimed to support and promote gender equity -Join supportive communities (Women in STEM Network, Women in STEM, STEM Women, Women in Malaria, Herminthology, Women in Parasitology, Mothers in academia, Mama is an academic, For women in science, etc.) -Provide mentorship or seek mentorship as a mentee In the end we want to take the opportunity to thank our wonderful WiM community for sharing our goal of gender equity in science (and beyond) and for driving forward our mission. Let's keep creating and fighting for a fair environment! -The WiM Team-
Today we celebrate the international day of women and girls in science 🎉👩🏾🔬👩🏻💻👩🏾🚀👩🏼🔧 #IDWGS2026
📣 Interested in a 4-year postdoc in the movement ecology group? @univie.ac.at is recruiting outstanding female researchers through the E-STEEM programme. @pesumas.bsky.social is a registered host and welcomes applications from potential candidates.
careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...
Here you can see a short video about all the things we did during the #SummerSchool in Vilnius! 😊🔬🦠🦎🦅🦇
📢 We have an open position for a postdoc to join my lab. It's a great position @animecol-uu.bsky.social, fully salaried for 2.5 years with all benefits.
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
The project is about transmission patterns of bacteria and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in aquatic insects. 🧬🦠 (1/3)
Quote from Jane Goodall- "I think I'd like to be remembered as someone who really helped people have a little humility and realize that we are part of the animal kingdom not separated from it."
Remembering and celebrating Jane Goodall, one of the most impactful conservationists of our time who fought for the world’s most vulnerable species and proved to all of us that one person can make a difference. 💚
Advertisement for a PhD assistantship in the Laverty Lab on bats, birds, and the role of ephemeral water sources. Applications are due 1 October 2025. Visit https://lavertylab.org/join-the-lab for more information
A playa lake at the Jornada Basin Long-Term Ecological Research site just north of Las Cruces (New Mexico). Photo by: Wiebke Boeing.
A tinaja in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument (Arizona) with a mist net positioned along the shore in front of it
Do you like acoustic data, community ecology, and desert oases? Apply for a PhD in my lab to investigate the role of ephemeral water sources (i.e., playa lakes and tinajas) in structuring desert bat (and maybe bird) communities. Visit lavertylab.org/join-the-lab for more. Applications due October 1
Oskar Werb has participated in the 2nd Summer Training School of the Wildlife Malaria Network (WiMaNet), taking place from August 18–22 at the Life Science Centre of Vilnius University. We’re thrilled that he has been part of this inspiring international event! #WIMANET
Today we started the 2° #WIMANET #SummerSchool! 🔬🦠
📍Vilnius, Lithuania.
This week has been just a pleasure for both teachers and students. Another successful #SummerSchool of teaching and learning a lot thanks to #WIMANET! 🦠🔬
Our recent study on cooperation in spectral bats is featured on CNN.
This is the first publication of my PhD student Marisa Tietge - way to go!
💕🦇💕🦇💕🦇💕🦇💕🦇💕🦇
We‘re looking for a (Full time) PostDoc at the Institute for Virology at Marburg University to help us with our project about the development of Ebola Virus antivirals. Please apply especially of you are interested in or experienced with BSL4 work: stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de/jobposting/6...
👋 Looking forward to the 117th Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society. Please like and share 🤩
Thrilled to see our work featured in Science, all thanks to the individuals and institutions that make the science and conservation possible.
www.science.org/content/arti...
🦇 Super excited to see 'The Lives of Bats. A Natural History' published today. It was a joy to write and to see it come to life with extraordinary photos and illustrations. Thanks @princetonupress.bsky.social!
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
🦇Applications for the IBRC 2025 Travel Grants are now open! Apply by April 30, 2025, 11:59 PM AEST. Notifications by mid-May. Big thanks to our sponsors: The Rufford Foundation, Saffron Aid, & The Bat Co. Lab.
Apply now: www.ibrc.org/travel-grant...
#ibrc2025 #ausbats #bats
What an unbelievable honor!! Thank you to everyone who supported me along this amazing journey! www.ccny.cuny.edu/news/ccny-sc...
Congratulations Susan, well deserved! I am incredibly grateful and proud that you were my mentor and played such a significant role in my scientific career.
Dan Riskin from The Bat Signal created an awesome video about our latest article on individual recognition in bats. Check it out!
youtu.be/9ihFaauZjIo?...
Congratulations!
A glimpse into our bat malaria project in Northern Uganda.
Collaborators: Dr. Imran Ejotre (Muni University,Uganda), Dr. DeeAnn M. Reeder & Ken Field (Bucknell University, USA)
Film Credits: M. Pappalardo & L. Schnurre; Music: Africa by Sneaky Club, Free Music Archive (CC BY-NC)
Join on Wednesday 26th February at 4 pm southern African time (9am Eastern time or 2pm GMT) to hear directly from the GBN leadership about the great work being carried out around the world and how GBN is helping to connect people and networks.
🚨 "Vector Ludo" is out and FREE! 🚨
This is a printable, free Ludo template in English & 6 Ugandan languages that is basic Ludo, but with extra rules to educate about the vectors of #malaria, #schistosomiasis, #onchocerciasis ("River Blindness"), & #CCHF: doi.org/10.5525/gla....
@cvrinfo.bsky.social
Pleased to share our new pre print on a systems biology framework for the study of bats and their symbionts! This was a huge effort involving more than 20 authors from 10 countries.
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
Equally happy to share our new paper!
It turns out malaria's little brother is infecting Myotis bats 🦇 and bat flies 🪰 all over Europe. Definitely an under-appreciated pathogen that deserves some more study and attention.
Thanks to @jaapvschaik.bsky.social, Luisa Timm, Oskar Werb, Sascha Rosskopf and to all colleagues that contributed bat flies to the project!
very happy to share our new paper “Europe-wide distribution and bat-host specific lineages in the malarial parasite Polychromophilus murinus revealed through genetic screening of bat flies” We started working on the project several years ago!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
