Gerry Carter
studies cooperation, communication, social bonds, vampire bats | Assoc Prof at Princeton | Freeman Hrabowski Scholar at HHMI
- Reposted by Gerry CarterJob alert! The University of Zurich is hiring a professor for Evolutionary Anthropology and Primatology. Learn more here: www.appointments.mnf.uzh.ch/auth/Apply/0...
- Reposted by Gerry CarterJoin us at the Evolutionary Biology Centre at Uppsala University. We’re searching for an Assistant Professor in Biology. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
- Reposted by Gerry CarterI've updated the job link, this one is more stable! tinyurl.com/59rf8jcy
- Reposted by Gerry CarterI am recruiting postbacs for my parakeet sociality and cognition project, ideally to start in Feb/Mar this year. Help spreading the word would be appreciated! More information and application link available here: ornithologyexchange.org/jobs/board/s...
- Reposted by Gerry CarterI save most of these kinds of posts for another site, but please talk to friends and family about what ICE is doing. This is all horrifying and your voice matters. Masked federal forces performing extrajudicial kidnapping and murder requires a groundswell of opposition from all corners.
- The incident, which was caught on video, marks the second deadly shooting by federal officers in Minneapolis in less than a month. n.pr/3YXDGLu
- Reposted by Gerry CarterWe have a new paper out in @cp-iscience.bsky.social reporting that more socially integrated female chimpanzees have lower offspring mortality 🧪 #evosky #primates #primatology #anthropology www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Reposted by Gerry CarterI'm teaching Statistical Rethinking again starting Jan 2026. This time with live lectures, divided into Beginner and Experienced sections. Will be a lot more work for me, but I hope much better for students. I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
- Reposted by Gerry Carter@hhmi.org Summer Undergraduate Research Experience - #CechFellows named in honor of Prof Tom Cech Deadline to apply: 12/22/2025 Spend 9 weeks in a paid, mentored biomedical research experience in an HHMI lab. See you next summer!!! www.hhmi.org/programs/cec...
- “The Zukunftskolleg Konnect Fellowships support early career researchers from Africa, Asia and Latin America, who do research that fits to one of the thirteen departments at the University of Konstanz.” www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
- Reposted by Gerry CarterCalling all rising juniors & seniors: Interested in biological or biomedical research? Applications for our ’26 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Program are now open! Nine weeks, hands-on research, & mentorship from some of the nation’s top scientists — learn more: bit.ly/CechFellows
- Vocal convergence during formation of social relationships in vampire bats royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
- Reposted by Gerry CarterIn an increasingly divided world, how do strangers become friends? Parakeets might have something to teach us! New paper on formation of affiliative relationships, led by Dr. Claire O’Connell doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...
- Monk parakeets ‘test the waters’ when forming new relationships doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...
- Reposted by Gerry CarterNew paper! We propose a framework to empirically study animal social relationships by modelling social network (SN) data as time-series—that is, without the need to aggregate them over time. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Reposted by Gerry CarterPhD project on the evolution of animal memory now available in my research group, through the TREES DLA: www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/evo.... Come and join us if you're interested in the evolution of animal minds and you want to do some cool experimental evolution!
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More interesting data on Guinea baboons and more evidence of the diversity in social/mating systems among the awesome Papionins- Nested Male Reproductive Strategies in a Tolerant Multilevel Primate Society biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
- Reposted by Gerry CarterI am looking for a postdoc to work in our long-term system of food-caching mountain chickadees in the Sierra Nevada mountains. The expected start is April 2026. Please see details here: chickadeecognition.com/positions If interested and qualified, please contact me directly (email on the website).
- Reposted by Gerry CarterThe Howard Hughes Medical Institute has just launched its newly updated policy for Immediate Access to Research! When HHMI scientists share CC BY licensed preprints, it allows others to immediately access and share cutting-edge science. @asapbio.bsky.social
- It is *so* exciting to see HHMI's new preprint policy. HHMI researchers are now required to post initial and revised preprints under CC-BY licenses. Best of all - the policy lets HHMI put preprints at the center of its research assessment strategy. Learn more: asapbio.org/hhmi-enacts-...
- Reposted by Gerry CarterLast Chance! If you're a grad student don't miss your chance to apply for our 2026 Student Scholars program. The application deadline is a week away! Batcon.org/student-scholars
- Reposted by Gerry CarterSocial relationships are powerful predictors of fitness across social animals. But *why*? In our new @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social paper, we outline testable predictions for why relationship quality and quantity adaptively vary across socio-ecological contexts. tinyurl.com/55dnkeh7
- Reposted by Gerry CarterUPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
- Reposted by Gerry Carter“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.
- Reposted by Gerry CarterToday my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
- Reposted by Gerry CarterHey US scientists, the NY Times wants to hear from you if you've had your funding cut. 🌊🧪
- Reposted by Gerry CarterGoing forward, preprints will form the basis of @hhmi.org assessments of its researchers’ work.💪 Starting January 1,2026, HHMI will require its scientists to post their research articles as preprints under an open license that allows unrestricted reuse (CC-BY-4.0). buff.ly/rGFFmxB
- Reposted by Gerry Carter“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943
- Reposted by Gerry CarterRemembering and celebrating Jane Goodall, one of the most impactful conservationists of our time who fought for the world’s most vulnerable species and proved to all of us that one person can make a difference. 💚
- Reposted by Gerry CarterSad news. We know Jane Goodall was an inspiration to many of our members. She brought real change not only to animal behaviour, but to the world 🌍
- Reposted by Gerry CarterJoin us! We are hiring a new #curator at the #AMNH in #Vertebrate #Zoology careers.amnh.org/postings/4600 #academicjobs #tenuretrack
- Reposted by Gerry Carter**PhD POSITIONS** I am recruiting 1-2 PhD students to work on sociality and cognition in Monk Parakeets, starting Fall 2026. Full ad is here: hobsonresearch.com/index.php/20... (please help spread the word!)
- Reposted by Gerry CarterIf you are from the US and interested in applying for a PhD with me (or anyone else @camzoology.bsky.social @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social), your deadline for the gates scholarship is October 15! (You’ll need to write a research proposal, so contact PIs now) www.gatescambridge.org/programme/th...
- Reposted by Gerry CarterCelebrating the publication of our big collaborative spatial-social meta-analysis of density-dependent transmission effects, out now in Nature Eco Evo! doi.org/10.1038/s415... (or rdcu.be/eD6eB)
- Reposted by Gerry CarterUC Davis is hiring! A tenure-track assistant professor of psychology, in human cognition or cognitive neuroscience #psychjobs recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07300
- Reposted by Gerry CarterHere's a paper with a skeleton of the idea, but there is really lots of research to do on the structure of workflow networks, now to make them robust, how to development diagnostics and calculi for steps within them. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
- Reposted by Gerry CarterNew paper from the lab - the overview of our long-term work on selection on spatial cognition in chickadees. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
- Reposted by Gerry Carter“Basic scientific research is so appealing to me because, despite it being very frustrating and a lot of work, the payout is so amazing,” explains @fsantoriello.bsky.social, a postdoctoral researcher in HHMI Investigator Bonnie Bassler’s lab at Princeton.
- Reposted by Gerry CarterDo you have a project that exemplifies open science in ecology and evolution? If so nominate your project for a SORTEE Commendation Award: More details about the SORTEE Commendation Award:
- Reposted by Gerry CarterThe US is now experiencing a brain drain that will be felt for at least a generation. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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- Reposted by Gerry Carter"The story of the negative impact on the future of infectious disease research will only become part of public discourse if scientists speak up loudly" A must read. One Hundred Days, Incalculable Loses @jidjournal.bsky.social Emily Erbelding, MD - NIAID/DMD academic.oup.com/jid/advance-...
- Reposted by Gerry Carterthis paper about measuring dyadic paper in the context of causal inference which makes me weep with joy by @benkawam.bsky.social and is an example of what all should strive for doi.org/10.1101/2024...
- Reposted by Gerry Carterthis is a undercited "banger", especially the SI where DAGs abound by academic.oup.com/beheco/artic...
- Reposted by Gerry CarterRegistration for the SORTEE conference is now open (events.humanitix.com/sortee-confe...) @asn-amnat.bsky.social is a sponsoring society and ASN members get free registration to the SORTEE conference
- Reposted by Gerry Carter📖Published📖 A computational framework to characterize and compare the tonal repertoires of toothed whales 🐳 🌍 🧪 buff.ly/kuKOAM7
- Reposted by Gerry CarterURGENT! Contact your senators today to advocate to fund science agencies and programs! The Senate Appropriations Committee & its subcommittees are writing appropriation bills for the federal FY26 budget now. Here's how you can help: esa.org/esablog/2025...
- Reposted by Gerry CarterI called my senators about the NIH and NSF cuts this morning (made easy with @5calls.org)! I'll be calling every day this week and encouraging friends & family to do the same
- Reposted by Gerry CarterWe just got an email that Hopkins is freezing salaries, hiring, and some construction projects. In addition to the 800 million USAID we lost, we’ve had another 50 million in grants canceled so far. And a 2/3 year over year decline in funded grants despite an increase in submissions
- Reposted by Gerry Carter"Our calculations suggest that the proposed budgetary cuts to the NIH will create a social cost that is 16 times greater than the savings that the administration is attempting to achieve." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
- Reposted by Gerry CarterIn case you couldn't bear to read all the way to the end (understandable), here is the proposed picture for the BIO Directorate.
- Reposted by Gerry CarterHow bad will it be? Catastrophic. Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come. But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget. Speak up now before it is too late. (inflation adjusted $-s below)
- Reposted by Gerry CarterI don't think anyone outside of universities, pharma and biotech, independent research institutions have any idea of what is happening right now. If you haven't sounded the alarm among your friends, family and colleagues, now is the time to do it.
- Reposted by Gerry CarterNegative thinking might be more powerful than positive thinking when it comes to pain and healing, according to new research. #Nocebo #Placebo #Neuroscience buff.ly/sdbyUjh
- Reposted by Gerry CarterI'm guessing this is probably very well worth the read! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
- Reposted by Gerry CarterGrad students: Free training and community-building event this week!! If you are working on anything involving individuals or populations from an ecology or evolutionary perspective (including modeling!) your work probably qualifies as "animal behavior" for our purposes. You can still register!
- We're hosting the virtual SIGNAL graduate student professional development program on May 15-16 at 11am -3:00pm ET! Graduate students at all levels, including incoming students and recent graduates, are invited to attend. Register and learn more here: signal-ab.weebly.com Register by 5/9!
