@ceb-uwa
We are a University of Western Australia Centre of Excellence. Follow our latest research, news, and updates in the broad field of evolutionary biology. https://www.uwa.edu.au/schools/biological-sciences/centre-for-evolutionary-biology
🐝 POSTDOC OPPORTUNITY 🐜
@sydney.edu.au has an available position for an Aola Richards Postdoctoral Fellow in Entomology 🕷️
⌚ Full-time, fixed 2 year term
🪰 Independent research programme
💵 AUD$113k + 17% superannuation
Info and how to apply in the link below 👇
www.sydney.edu.au/science/scho...
Grant Witness is hiring! We're seeking a full-time data scientist to join our team building data resources to support journalism, litigation, and activism protecting science, public health, and the rule of law. grant-witness.us/apply.html #rstats
Pls re-post: My department @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social are recruiting for several new faculty positions (links below). Broad search in molecular biology/biochemistry, across prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Interested in understanding life at the molecular level, this job might be for you!
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Just a few days left to submit the ASN student research award (due March 13th)!!!! This is an AWESOME opportunity for students to get some grant writing experience!!! We LOVE reading your grants and giving feedback!!!!!!!!!!! Apply, Apply, Apply!!!!!!
www.amnat.org/announcement...
📢 Hiring: Tenure Track Professor of Flyway Ecology & Scientific Director of BirdEyes, the Centre for Global Ecological Change
Apply before 31 Mar 👇
werkenbij.rug.nl/vacature/ten...
#Hiring #Vacancy #ScienceJobs #SciComm
Our 2026 talks started off with a bang! (or a buzz 🐝?)
We thank visiting academic, Dr. Daniela Scaccabarozzi, for sharing her research on how orchids exploit visual and chemical cues to attract pollinators and achieve reproductive success! 🌼
@larschittka.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social
🌠 Meet Our Exec Committee for 2026 🌠
Kim is a PhD candidate at the University of Western Australia working on invertebrate cognition, with a current focus on intraspecific variation in cognitive ability. When she’s not staring at ants, Kim enjoys pilates, baking, and occasional photography. 🐜
🌠 Meet Our Exec Committee for 2026 🌠
@hasbeanbeetle.bsky.social is a PhD candidate at the University of Western Australia currently working on sexual selection in cowpea seed beetles. He is not a father, yet still doesn’t have time for hobbies or interests of his own 🥀
🌠 Meet Our Exec Committee for 2026 🌠
Yong is a DECRA fellow at the University of Western Australia working on the impact of sexual selection on life history traits and their trade-offs. One current focus is the physiological mechanisms mediating these effects, such as diet and oxidative stress 🥦
Hello friends!
We are ⭐ Kim, Nirjana, and Aadhi ⭐ the new CEB representatives for 2026!
Over the coming year, we'll be sharing all the exciting and diverse research happening within CEB, so stay tuned.👀
🐜 @brainiants.bsky.social🧠
🪲@hasbeanbeetle.bsky.social 🫘
🦜@nirjana-dewan.bsky.social 🧬
Does early-life environment stress affect future reproductive investment? 🌊🐟
Our new paper found that when raised in fluctuating salinity, mosquitofish females produce eggs with lower protein, while older males had higher ejaculate glycogen content!
Read the full paper here doi.org/10.1111/1365...
🪲Job opportunity at Murdoch University🐝
Research Fellow / Senior Research Fellow (Short-range Endemic Invertebrates)
📝 Applications Close on 15/03/2026 (11:59pm AWST)
Interested applicants can also reach out to @notthebestsam.bsky.social for a chat about the role/team environment!
Congrats to all the students that presented🎉. We're looking forward to what's in store for next year.
We also took home the:
3-minute presentation (@matbourqui.bsky.social) 🏆
Poster presentation (@hasbeanbeetle.bsky.social) 🏆
Quiz night🏆
Magnificent!
◻️Avantika Deep Sharma◼️(@avantikadeep.bsky.social) gave us a bird's-eye view on the intra-sexual competition in cooperatively breeding Western Australian magpies 🐦🥊🐦.
@mandyridley.bsky.social @lizziespeechley.bsky.social
🐸Shengyao Lin🐸presented a ribbit-ing talk on the genome size variation and evolutionary mechanisms in frogs 🧬.
@reneecatullo.bsky.social
🐭Cameron Dodd🐭(@kultarrcam.bsky.social) presented an ex-skull-ent talk on skull evolution in the Sminthopsinae💀.
@reneecatullo.bsky.social @kennytravouillon.bsky.social
🐜Kim Wong🐜 (@brainiants.bsky.social) gave us a f(ant)astic and thought-provoking talk on the intraspecific variation in cognition of green-head ants🧠. @mandyridley.bsky.social @notthebestsam.bsky.social
🕷️Jackson Rendall🕷️wove together a spectacular presentation on the population genomics and species distribution modelling of spiny trapdoor spiders🧬. @reneecatullo.bsky.social @rowanlym.bsky.social @brunobuzatto.bsky.social
🪲Stuart Lay🪲spoke to us about the taxonomy, systematics and biogeography of the carabid beetle tribe Abacetini from the Pilbara region!
@reneecatullo.bsky.social @idrnik.bsky.social
🌊Mathys Bourqui🌊 (@matbourqui.bsky.social) took us on a quick dive into his research on spatial distribution and community modelling in the midwater!
Yesterday (19th Feb) was the final day of the 2026 UWA School of Biological Sciences #UWASBS Conference🔬🕷️🌿🐳🧬🦘🧪!
Here are the final presentations from fellow CEBers🎉:
Stay tuned for Day 3! There's still more to come...👀
🐒Lakshani Weerasekara🐒 (@lucky-monkey.bsky.social) presented online all the way from Sri Lanka on some monkey business. We were fortunate to hear about the male coalition strategies in Toque macaques (...and the great ID names she came up with🍌)
@mandyridley.bsky.social @cyrilgrueter.bsky.social
We flocked over to watch 🦜Nirjana Dewan🦜(@nirjana-dewan.bsky.social) talk about the conservation genomics of the white-tailed black cockatoos!
@rowanlym.bsky.social @theg-cat.bsky.social
Today (18th Feb) is the second day of the 2026 UWA School of Biological Sciences #SBS Conference 🔬🕷️🌿🐳🧬🦘🧪!
Here are some more magnificent presentations from fellow CEBers on Day 2:
Stay tuned for Day 3! There's still more to come...👀
🐒Lakshani Weerasekara🐒 (@lucky-monkey.bsky.social) presented online all the way from Sri Lanka on some monkey business. We were fortunate to hear about the male coalition strategies in Toque macaques (...and the great ID names she came up with🍌)
@mandyridley.bsky.social
We flocked over to watch 🦜Nirjana Dewan🦜(@nirjana-dewan.bsky.social) talk about the conservation genomics of the white-tailed black cockatoos!
@rowanlym.bsky.social @theg-cat.bsky.social
Onwards and forwards to Day 2 of talks! Keep an eye out on this space👀
🦎Levi Brown🦎 (@leviloveslizards.bsky.social) presented a snippet of their first chapter on the biogeography of the cape range region.
@reneecatullo.bsky.social