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📣 Ever considered applying for a ERC Starting Grant? The 2026 Call for proposals is now open!

Application portal 👉 lnkd.in/dcsPAwqJ
Information for Applicants 👉 lnkd.in/dsE6B8eE

Deadline to apply for #ERCStG is 14 October 2025.

Ten more days to apply!

Join us in Bayreuth to study how burying beetles use social behaviors to control harmful and beneficial microbial communities during family life!

What should we be doing as behavioural ecologists? This is essentially a definition of modern behavioural ecology and what we need to do to generate new hypotheses and advance the field. We need to put ecol

An important publication from John Endler on the fundamentals of behavioural ecology:

" We need to make a lot more use of Natural History. Natural History is the ultimate source of all hypotheses, so neglecting it could result in stagnation of our field "

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A new project aims to enhance the support that our National Contact Points (NCPs) offer to researchers who are applying for ERC grants.

Find out more 👉 europa.eu/!DTwpkB

Introduction to R for Beginners - Live-streaming: This Instats seminar on Introduction to R for Beginners taught by Subham Mridha will help you take your research to the next level. Sign up today!

Hello friends,
I am excited to host the seminar “Introduction to R for Beginners” on the instats.org platform on the 5-6th May 2025 (11am - 5pm EDT). This is a good opportunity, if you want to get started with R and use it for data analysis. Kindly share.
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ISME congratulates Tess Brewer, Hans Bernstein, and @rkmicrobes.bsky.social for winning the Outstanding Editorial Board Member Awards for their contributions to The ISME Journal.
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🎓 #PhD in Evolutionary Ecology @UniBayreuth 🇩🇪

Parental care vs microbe communities in burying beetles 🪲🧫
ERC-funded | 3 years | behavioral ecology & metabarcoding

Details: tinyurl.com/CareVsMicrobes

Apply by May 16, start in September

#AcademicSky #Microbiome #SocialEvolution #Insects

💡 Broad interests: Behavioral Ecology | Microbiomes | Symbiosis | Social Evolution | Insects
🌱 Just getting started here — happy to connect and discuss science (+Scicomm & Policy).
#NewHere #AcademicSky #SocialEvolution #Microbiome #InsectBehavior
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👋 Hi Bluesky! I'm an evolutionary ecologist and about to launch my own research group at the University of Bayreuth (DE).
🔬 I will study the socioecology of animal-microbe interactions, asking how social behaviors in burying beetles shape - and are shaped by - interactions with microbes.
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