Evolutionary Neurobiology and Behaviour www.shmontgomery.co.uk
📢 JOB ALERT! 📢 I am recruiting a 30-month postdoc to work on modelling the vision of trilobites @hfspo.bsky.social ! If you like 3D data, fossils, and functional morphology, this is the one for you! 📆Deadline 27. Aug Pls contact me with any Qs and share widely! www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristolwww.bristol.ac.ukRocks were my gateway to evolutionary biology. Understanding rocks means understanding the timescale of earth, and therefore the possibilities of life. #GeologyRocks
Prof Chris JacksonRocks are like time capsules. They reveal ancient life and climates. They’ll help us fight climate change. They record the birth, life, and death of continents. They give us a framework for understanding lithosphere-biosphere dynamics at a global-scale. They’re ace, frankly [2/2]
Everyone says AI will accelerate science. I don't think it will -- at least not in biology, and at least not soon. New post where I explain why, and how the productivity paradox can be resolved: blekhman.substack.com/p/why-ai-wil...
Why AI will not speed up science (yet)You can see AI everywhere except in the productivity statisticsblekhman.substack.com
Delighted for Max, who will be a great PI and colleague for @unimainz.bsky.social. He’s been wonderful to have in our team, and this fellowship is very much deserved - big ideas and a big future ahead! Max has opportunities to join his new group, which would no doubt be a fantastic experience! 👇
Max Farnworth🚨 I am very happy (and relieved!) to announce that I secured Emmy Noether funding by the @dfg.de to start my own group at @unimainz.bsky.social , hosted by Marion Silies & Jakob von Engelhardt in August! 🚨 Website coming soon - open for name/logo suggestions. They better be funny tho!
🚨 I am very happy (and relieved!) to announce that I secured Emmy Noether funding by the @dfg.de to start my own group at @unimainz.bsky.social , hosted by Marion Silies & Jakob von Engelhardt in August! 🚨 Website coming soon - open for name/logo suggestions. They better be funny tho!
Sophia Petrillo with Megaphone in Golden GirlsALT: Sophia Petrillo with Megaphone in Golden Girlsstatic.klipy.com
Excited about new @cam.ac.uk Professorship that will soon be advertised for a behavioural change expert to address challenges affecting biodiversity, conservation and sustainability
Cambridge seeks behaviour change expert to tackle climate crisis as first Hatton Professor of SustainabilityTrinity College and University of Cambridge launch global hunt for new professor of sustainability who can help help effect change in choices and actions taken by the public.www.cam.ac.uk
🌿📚 Have your say on the proposed Natural History GCSE. The Government is consulting on the content for a new Natural History GCSE, which would give students opportunities to study biodiversity, conservation, ecology & wildlife through classroom learning & fieldwork. 🔗 Take part:
Natural History GCSE - Share your views!⏰ The consultation is open until 4 September 2026. buff.lySadly, the Vice Chancellor of University of Bristol will be shocked and disappointed to find out what’s happening to humanities at… *checks notes* …the University of Bristol epigram.org.uk/university-o...
University of Bristol asks Humanities and Languages academic staff to voluntarily quitCertain departments are being run into a ‘managed decline’, says Bristol UCU's co-President, as a new Voluntary Severance Scheme is announced.epigram.org.uk
Our new paper is out in @nature.com! We uncovered how a naked mole-rat queen 👑 controls an entire colony: a natural contraceptive scent that suppresses reproduction in other females! A remarkable mammalian parallel to bees and ants! 🐝🐜 @garyrlewin.bsky.social youtu.be/enfv3zJrWKM?...
Naked mole-rats are ruled by a queen: this chemical puts her in powerYouTube video by nature videoyoutu.be