Ashlee Mikkelsen
Mostly an ecologist that dabbles in physiology, theory, evolution, chemistry, demography, or anything else that catches my fancy.
- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenUppsala University seeks an Assistant Professor in Biology (Ecology, Genetics, Organismal Biology, Cell Biology). Apply by 11 March 2026. More details: uu.se/en/about-uu/join-us… #job
- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenEberhard-Karls-Universitat Tubingen is hiring: Senior Research Assistant in Plant Ecology
- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenGreat postdoc opportunity in Sweden!! With the one and only David Wardle 🧪🌐 www.umu.se/en/work-with...
- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenBayesian Workflow by Andrew Gelman, Aki Vehtari, @rmcelreath.bsky.social with @danpsimpson.bsky.social, @charlesm993.bsky.social, @yulingy.bsky.social, Lauren Kennedy, Jonah Gabry, @paulbuerkner.com, @modrakm.bsky.social, @vianeylb.bsky.social (in production, estimated copy-editing time 6 weeks)
- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenIn my ongoing attempts to give you a break from *gestures widely* THE HORRORS: Let's talk about the utterly bizarre science of cats' purring. Here's a weird starting point: There are NO cats (Felidae) that can BOTH roar AND purr. Cats that roar = genus Panthera Cats that purr = genus Felis
- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenExpressions of interest: Director at MPI EvolBio (f/m/d) — We invite expressions of interest from distinguished scientists in evolutionary biology with a bold, long-term research vision that complements our Institute. More information: www.evolbio.mpg.de/3856225/Dire...
- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenUniversitat Heidelberg is hiring: Full Professorship (W3) for “Modeling of Biological Processes”
- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenExploring biological questions in new theoretical ways Thank you for joining us at the first day of the 'Expanding the Palette of Mathematics in Biology' workshop! We look forward to returning tomorrow to continue our discussions
- Reposted by Ashlee Mikkelsen🌍 New research outlines a global recovery plan for martens, wolverines, fishers & other Guloninae species. By synthesizing expert data from Asia to the Americas, researchers identified Climate Change as the #1 global threat to these sensitive species. 🦊🧪 🔗
- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenBIRDBASE, a new publicly available dataset, brings together "ecological and life history traits for 11,589 bird species across 254 families." #ornithology
- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenDeutsches Krebsforschungszentrum is hiring: Postdoc – Bioinformatics / Computational Biology
- Reposted by Ashlee Mikkelsen🚨 PhD offer (please share) Fascinated by bird migration and movement ecology? 🦜🌍 Join us at @vogelwarte.bsky.social to study annual cycle energetics with multi-sensor loggers in multiple species Deadline: 20 Feb 2026 Starting: June 2026 Supervision: Martins Briedis & me Info: tinyurl.com/2dbv9nzh
- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenTwo permanent Associate Professor positions in botany at the excellent University of Gothenburg! Open to international candidates. Cryptogams: web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103... Vascular plants: web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103... @naturvetenskap.bsky.social
- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenJob alert! We're recruiting for a #lecturer in marine conservation to direct our new #Marine #Conservation MSc and have the ?pleasure of working with me 'cos I run the Wildlife Conservation MSc. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQF022/l... 🧪 We're friendly and you can still buy a house on an academic salary here!
- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenI absolutely agree.
- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenRead this month's Editors' choice paper, Seasonal increase in blood serum osmolality reflects environmental harshness in the striped mouse: a decade-long field study by Carsten Schradin & co journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenJoin the online course "DNA Methylation in Ecology and Evolution" from April 20-24. Learn to analyze DNA methylation data applied to ecological contexts. More info: physalia-courses.org/courses-workshops/d… #course
- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenNew #RSOS paper: Desert #lizards modulate nutritional responses to match seasonal biological needs. Read more: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenPolar bears 🐻❄️ do not eat when pregnant and nursing, making it essential to build up fat reserves prior to birthing. So how do polar bears fare under climate change when shrinking ice sheets limit their ability to hunt? Find out in this #ConPhysinAction piece by Ghizlane Banousse (link below) ⬇️ 🧵
- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenI'm hiring postdoc in my lab to work on temporal dynamics of sorghum root microbiome assembly! This position is funded by the Moore Foundation through UGA, and would be perfect for someone finishing up their PhD this spring. Details here: chunglab.franklinresearch.uga.edu/join-lab
- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenLife-history and ecological variables as drivers of the evolution of avian innate immune defences #ProcB #OpenAccess #Immunology #Physiology royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenDeadline extended! 🎉 You now have until 31 Jan to submit a Thematic Session proposal for NSO-GfÖ 2026 (14–17 Sept, Odense). Got an ecological topic you think deserves the spotlight? We want to hear it. 💡🌿 Guidelines: vist.ly/4nbus Submit: vist.ly/4nbuv
- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenRiverside super bloom with desert wishbone, fiddlenecks and popcorn flowers #NativePlants
- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenHear ye! Hear ye! We discovered that the link to scholarship application guidelines was broken so it’s been extended to Feb 9! Do you work with vertebrates in the west? Are you a student at a university in the west? We would love to learn about your research!! thesnvb.org/scholarship-...
- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenAnd my group at the Centre for Emerging Viral Diseases is also hiring: We are looking for a postdoc for our work on mucosal immunity and respiratory viruses! jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...
- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenNew research from #BiologyLetters: Heatwaves impair female but not male fertility in a subsocial insect royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article... | #Behaviour #Ecology
- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenLooking for funding for your wildlife research project? You can apply here: vist.ly/4m2tf Priority will be given for early career researchers #ECR #Funding
- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenTogether with the @royalsociety.org, we invite applications for the International Fellowships 2026. The scheme supports international early career researchers in advancing their expertise through collaborations with UK partners. Learn more: bit.ly/3LaMIBC
- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenJob alert! Assistant professor position in the Department of Molecular Genetics (University of Toronto). Amazing department and city. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-... Please share.
- Reposted by Ashlee Mikkelsen🍁Funding for new PhD students ($40k/yr) & postdocs ($70k/yr) coming from outside Canada. Contact me if interested in #Ecophysiology at #UBC in #Vancouver! Possible topics: leaf physiology, thermal ecology, microclimate, scaling, tree physiology, forest ecology, more! michaletzlab.org Please share!
- Reposted by Ashlee Mikkelsen📢📢PhD opportunity! We are looking for enthusiastic researchers to develop a project looking at the ontogeny of migratory behaviour! Deadline for expression of interest: 8 February 2026 👉Check details here: drive.google.com/file/d/1wow2... #migration #ornithology #GPStracking
- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenEberhard-Karls-Universitat Tubingen is hiring: Postdoc in high-throughput microbial genetics
- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenA small film of spring flowers from my garden because we recover from stress 60% more quickly when we look at plants & if we find them beautiful our brains release dopamine, lifting mood. Pause for a few moments to help your synaptic soup 🌿🧠:
- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenA Bear-Specific Coding Exon in TMEM41B Is Associated with Cold Adaptation biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenAdaptive introgression improves heat-tolerance despite barriers to gene flow: a case study in Drosophila flavomontana and Drosophila montana biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenThis position is still open. The Weisberg lab is recruiting a postdoc or Ph.D. student to study horizontal gene transfer in plant-associated microbial communities. Please see the job ad for more information and feel free to contact me if you have any questions!
- The Weisberg Lab at Oregon State University is recruiting a postdoctoral scholar in molecular microbiology to study mobile genetic element host range and transmission in microbial communities. Please see the full job description here: files-dev.cqls.oregonstate.edu/Weisberg_Lab...
- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenIn Nature Communications, our paper led by Viktoriia Radchuk shows that phenological change mediates global vertebrate responses to temperature. The study compiles 213 time series of phenotypes and population sizes, including data from Bylot. Read: urls.fr/w7ZKp9 @natcomms.nature.com 🧪🌿🌎🌐🦉🦑🦊🐻❄️
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- Reposted by Ashlee Mikkelsen📣 Early-career researchers: apply for the Naresh Magan Lecture Award to present your research in fungal ecology, fungal physiology, plant pathogens or mycotoxins at the BMS Annual Scientific Meeting, July 2026. Find out more: www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/awards.html #mycology #fungi #research
- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenUniversity of Copenhagen is hiring: Associate Professor of Proteomics, Genomics and Evolutionary Complexity (Fixed-Term, 7 years and 7 months)
- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenRattlesnakes may play an overlooked role in rescuing and dispersing seeds in the Sonoran Desert by consuming seed eating predators or dispersers that have seeds in their digestive tract or attached to their bodies and then excreting the seeds: doi.org/10.1098/rsos... #RSOS Image: Bernard Dupont
- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenPostdoc in statistical ecology & evolution! Develop models bridging evolutionary theory with empirical data on sex differences in immunity and life history. Apply now! #postdoc #statistics #evolution #academicjobs #ecology jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenRead the full research here: journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenOne of the most-viewed PNAS articles in the last week is “The variability of evolvability: Properties of dynamic fitness landscapes determine how phenotypic variability evolves.” Explore now: ow.ly/XouU50XWiiV For more trending articles, visit ow.ly/AiXL50XWi81.
- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenInoculating mice with gut bacteria from humans and squirrel monkeys upregulated genes associated with energy production, suggesting that the microbiome may have played a supporting role in the evolution of energy-intensive brains. In PNAS: ow.ly/HRE550XWiXg
- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenPlease contact me if you want to be nominated for a postdoc via this scheme - you need to live outside of Canada and I need to do so by 9 Feb (and need to start by March 2027) - www.ualberta.ca/en/graduate-... (I think you do need to have a competitive CV etc) Please email me if you are interested
- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenWe are hiring – postdoc position exploring how kinship shapes social ageing in killer whales. Collaboration with @samellisq.bsky.social @drwhale.bsky.social and Prof Rufus Johnstone (Cambridge) starts 1st April 2026 and ends 31st March 2029. Apps close 2nd Feb. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPZ788/p...
- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenJoin the Programming for Evolutionary Biology course from Feb 17 to Mar 6, 2026, in Berlin. Limited spots available due to cancellations. Learn Python, R, and data analysis. More info: evop.bioinf.uni-leipzig.de #course
- Reposted by Ashlee MikkelsenOk, so since there's nothing coordinated anywhere, I've decided to make my own crowd-sourced list of ecology and conservation conferences here. If you know of a conference that fits, please add it to the list! Let's turn this into a useful resource for the community tinyurl.com/yb6e6mb2
