Behavioural ecologist at University of Bristol. Apart from paper postings, I don't post to this account any more as I'm sick of what Twitter has become.

Joined April 2012
How are flower temperature patterns affected by the environment? 🌼⛅️ New paper out in @Ecol_Evol today - free to read at doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11651
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Flowers🌸 as infection🤒 hotspots for pollinators🐝: landscape and behaviour have an impact. New preprint from @cristinabotias, @bethbees, @nataliehempel and me doi.org/10.1101/2025.03.11.6…
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Flowers🌸 as infection🤒 hotspots for pollinators🐝: landscape and behaviour have an impact. New preprint from @cristinabotias, @bethbees, @nataliehempel and me doi.org/10.1101/2025.03.11.6…
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We want you to work with us! Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Biological Sciences: bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/deta…
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PhD alert: "Linking sociality and fitness", mixing theoretical modelling and baboon-based fieldwork, currently on offer with me and Guy Cowlishaw at the Institute of Zoology. Deadline Monday 13th Jan - get in touch with me asap if you want to know more. findaphd.com/phds/project/fu…
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🚨Interested in #evolution and #synbio and looking for a PhD? Then come join mine, @TaylorLabGroup and @JordiPaps labs to trace and shape the evolutionary paths of engineered biology! 🛠️🧬🧪 Project details here: bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.…, apply here: swbio.ac.uk/programme/how-to…
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My commutes to both school and postdoc work frequently involved avoiding either the grazing cows or their wet leavings. Losing them could be a big hit for the biodiversity on the commons, but I guess the city council also needs to pay for vital services theguardian.com/uk-news/2024…
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PhD in hermit crabs, personality and human impacts on behaviour, part of the AIRES DTC. Based in Plymouth with me and with @SvenjaTidau in Bangor. Please share and if interested feel free to get in touch for more info! plymouth.ac.uk/study/researc…
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📢📢 PhD with guppies in the ioannougroup.com/ @BristolBioSci! 📢📢 Excellent initiative at @BristolUni: Fully funded PhDs for students of black / black mixed heritage With @amy_e_deacon and others Deadline 6th Jan 25 #BlackinSTEM  Please repost! findaphd.com/phds/project/fu…
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🎉CONGRATS to Micha Claydon (@Bleaker_) for successfully passing his PhD viva. Big thank you to Anil Wipat from @ICO2S and Heather Whitney for examining. Looking forward to sharing some of Micha's science in print soon :) Thanks to @EPSRC for supporting this work.
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An early Halloween cartoon for New Scientist 🧪🦇
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How and why do age and sociality intersect? Check out the new Special Issue put together by @JoshAFirth that I had the privledge to help guest edit. PS. 10 points to those who correctly tell Josh which is the oldest monkey in the cover photo 😂
Our Special Issue on Understanding Age & Society using animal populations is now published 🎉 Intro: royalsocietypublishing.org/d… Full ToC: royalsocietypublishing.org/t… A big thank you to all the brilliant scientists who have contributed such cool research to this! 🙏Please share
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Our Special Issue on Understanding Age & Society using animal populations is now published 🎉 Intro: royalsocietypublishing.org/d… Full ToC: royalsocietypublishing.org/t… A big thank you to all the brilliant scientists who have contributed such cool research to this! 🙏Please share
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New project led by @JamesMakinson with 2 x PhD scholarships on bumble bees! Join us to explore the effects of invasive bumble bees in Tasmania's natural and agro ecosystems. See link for more details tinyurl.com/462h3wsh
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Congratulation to @PernilleMS for another cracking paper from her PhD. Read about our new findings here 👇🏻 @BristolBioSci @ResearchDolphin
We have a new paper out today in @CurrentBiology ! 🐬 Our research shows that variation in acoustic communication range, driven by habitat structure, predicts dolphin alliance group sizes!➡️sciencedirect.com/science/ar… @ResearchDolphin @NatGeoExplorers /1
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Replying to @PollinatorCons
@PollinatorCons and colleagues have put together an excellent video on buzz pollination in Primula (Dodecatheon). Check it out here: youtu.be/fQsnPAWQqcI
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I was asked to review for International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. Accepted task. Asked to see the data, which authors said would be made available. 4wks later - no data yet available. Requested again. Journal deselected me as reviewer. Poor practice, @elsbiomedchem.
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But they did invite me to review something else just now. Hard no.
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and they asked me yet again. Take a hint, guys!
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Want to do #bioscience at #Uni? Concerned about #Animalresearch? @FRAMEcharity made this to help students coose the right course. Wish I'd had this kind of nuanced info when doing my #Alevels, but things were a bit different over 3 decades ago... [OVER 3 DECADES AGO. WELP. 🤯]
Overwhelmed by uni course choices? 🤯 Our guide helps you find a humane bioscience course, connect with like-minded students, and kickstart your animal-free science career. Get your copy now: dashboard.mailerlite.com/for…
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