Iapetus DTP
Doctoral Training Programme funded by @UKRI.org. Delivering
excellence in interdisciplinary PhD training for future leaders across the full spectrum of environmental science.
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPApplications closing 5th Jan for Fully funded PhD through @iapetusdtp.bsky.social Studying behaviour and ecology of anemonefishes. Need to be happy to spend lots of time in Papua New Guinea and need to be SCUBA qualified. iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
- Reposted by Iapetus DTP1 week left to apply for this PhD. ✅ Field surveys ✅ Cutting-edge modelling ✅ Collaboration with @ptes-org.bsky.social 🗓 Deadline: 5-1-26 #PhDOpportunity #Ecology #Conservation #CitizenScience #WildlifeMonitoring @prof-r-hill.bsky.social @ps-wildlife-res.bsky.social @chrissuthy.bsky.social
- 📢 Competition funded PhD with @iapetusdtp.bsky.social: Occupancy, density & the ecology of terrestrial British mammals - what can years of systematic camera trapping tell us? Apply by 5th January 2026. 👇 iapetus.ac.uk/studentships... @mammalweb.bsky.social @ptes-org.bsky.social @durham.ac.uk #phd
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPWe are recruiting several PhD students. If you are interested in conservation conflicts, population ecology, quantitative ecology, or biodiversity, check these projects out (links in the thread, feel free to reach out):
- Reposted by Iapetus DTP📢 Competition funded PhD with @iapetusdtp.bsky.social: Occupancy, density & the ecology of terrestrial British mammals - what can years of systematic camera trapping tell us? Apply by 5th January 2026. 👇 iapetus.ac.uk/studentships... @mammalweb.bsky.social @ptes-org.bsky.social @durham.ac.uk #phd
- PhDs being offered across the Iapetus DTP for an October 2026 start: www.findaphd.com/phds/program... Please broadcast details of our Diversifying Talent Scholarship scheme too: www.findaphd.com/phds/program... @ukri.org #BlackAFinSTEM #firstgen
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPLooking forward to #BES2025 this week! If you're interested in restoration, complexity and ecoacoustics you should definitely check out my talk on Thursday 🌳🌲🌳🐦🐦⬛
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPI'll be presenting some stuff about bugs in restored landscapes, and how they might have more in common with wolves than you might think. Anyone around? #BES2025
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPLinking persistence, predictability and extremes in a changing climate PhD project through @iapetusdtp.bsky.social with me, @drmichaelbyrne.bsky.social, Nick Dunstone (Met Office) & Chris Taylor (CEH) iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPWant to get better at reviewing & classifying camera trap footage? 📹 Join our webinar on 19 Mar 2026 (£12.50) with Dr Sammy Mason ( @mammalweb.bsky.social ) covering species ID, using MammalWeb, data processing + sharing results. Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1818786642...
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPHow are movement patterns affected by energy expenditure & gain, and what does it mean for fitness? This @iapetusdtp.bsky.social PhD opportunity will use data on movement & demography of kittiwakes & spatio-temporal food abundance across their range iapetus.ac.uk/studentships... #ornithology
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPAnyone interested in a PhD project modelling resilience of dryland ecosystems in a changing climate, led by @ecogeo.bsky.social and with @blindmath.bsky.social, Denis Patterson and Roy Sanderson, please apply to our @iapetusdtp.bsky.social PhD position iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
- Reposted by Iapetus DTP#PhD #Job Alert! Interested in #sedimentary processes & #turbidity currents? ..then consider applying for this exciting post as a part of @iapetusdtp.bsky.social, based in @newcastleuni.bsky.social. For more details visit - iapetus.ac.uk/studentships... or Dr Sanem Acikalin
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPSuper interesting talks by Sonam Rinzin and Mark Pitt at this week's @iapetusdtp.bsky.social seminar! Lovely to hear from colleagues about completely different environmental topics :)
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPWe're advertising an @iapetusdtp.bsky.social PhD position on modelling ecosystem resilience/vegetation patterning with @ecogeo.bsky.social, Denis Patterson, Roy Sanderson, and John Wainright! Keen to chat with anyone trained in geography/maths/ecology/physics etc. iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPA new @iapetusdtp.bsky.social funded PhD opportunity based at @newcastleuni.bsky.social @ncl-geography.bsky.social
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPNew PhD opportunity: Balancing the trade-offs between conservation and restoration in woodland creation and wader protection Details here: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships... @chrissuthy.bsky.social @ps-wildlife-res.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social 📷Ben Andrew
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPAre you interested in doing a PhD in modelling Aedes-borne disease control? We are offering a fully funded studentship at @ukceh.bsky.social , with @uofglasgow.bsky.social and ALTOPICTUS, via @iapetusdtp.bsky.social. Open to UK nationals and overseas students. iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPDelighted to be advertising an exciting PhD opportunity on South Georgia's glaciers through @iapetusdtp.bsky.social. Please get in touch if you want to discuss and forward to any interested parties! iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPReturning home from a lovely trip to Durham (where I was a student back in the olden days). Had a fab time as always with @iapetusdtp.bsky.social doing Presentation 101. A very informal session in a very fancy building!
- Reposted by Iapetus DTP📣 We are advertising a range of glaciology/polar PhD projects at @geogdurham.bsky.social funded by @iapetusdtp.bsky.social. ❄️ For more information on these projects, and info on eligibility, support for under-represented groups, and how to apply, visit durhamglaciology.wordpress.com/opportunities/
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPApplications are now open for a Glasgow-based Iapetus DTP project centred on using in situ 14C to study glacier histories in East Antarctica! tinyurl.com/3ddvynn2 @stever60.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social @iapetusdtp.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPApplications are now open for this years’ BAS Iapetus PhD projects … including one working on our Big Thaw project investigating extreme precipitation in Nepal from sediment core and climate data - more details in this link @iapetusdtp.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPFeathered Witnesses: Unravelling the Impact of Habitat Loss on Neotropical Avifauna with Stable Isotope Analysis - an @iapetusdtp.bsky.social PhD Opportunity: with me, @dmevans.bsky.social, Elisa Fuentes-Montemayor and Luis Fabio Silveiro. iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
- Great paper by Sandeep Tegar and colleagues. Thanks to @ukri.org for funding!
- Our new paper on the effectiveness of European control strategies for dengue outbreaks is now out in Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... This work is co-led by Sandeep Tegar and team.
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPNew exciting new global lake sediment temperature calibration paper and dataset by @geochemem.bsky.social, including the first 5- and 6-methyl brGDGTs measured in lake sediments from Antarctica - eg Fan Lake. See link for details: doi.org/10.1016/j.qu... @bas.ac.uk @iapetusdtp.bsky.social
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPFantastic @iapetusdtp.bsky.social training and induction session last week - lovely to meet the new cohort and explore #Durham and its many bookshops!
- Huge congratulations to Iapetus alumna Hazel Cooley on the award of the @newcastleuni.bsky.social Doctoral College Thesis Prize for her thesis on Chronic bee paralysis virus spillover and impacts. The award recognises outstanding research achievement and contribution to a research area/discipline.
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPA huge thanks to everyone at @sceneuog.bsky.social for hosting us - in particular Prof. Colin Adams for his phenomenal support, & Iain Geldard - we couldn’t have done it without both of you! Jodie Geldard did an amazing job organising the whole trip as part of her @iapetusdtp.bsky.social PhD
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPSome pictures from the last couple of weeks lake sediment coring on Loch Lomond with @iapetusdtp.bsky.social
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPThat's all for Loch Lomond coring: 12 cores collected in 10 days, 2 gravel layers reached and lots of very fine grey clay in between! @iapetusdtp.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPPostdoc Job offer for Arthropod Ecologists 🪲🕷️ Michael Staab @leuphana.bsky.social offers a 3 year postdoc starting in October latest. Arthropod diversity, interactions & functions in different research programs, e.g. @bexplo.bsky.social Apply by June 19th www.leuphana.de/en/universit...
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPgreat work by Nic Strowbridge in the PhD homestretch, bringing together a wide literature and range of species. How does methylation relate to colouration and what do we need to test next? @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @iapetusdtp.bsky.social
- Online Now! A new Review: Contributions of epigenomic and epitranscriptomic methylation to animal colouration by Nicholas Strowbridge, David R. Vieites, Michael G. Ritchie, & Kathryn R. Elmer (@profkathrynelmer.bsky.social) authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPInvasive species cost Britain more than any other country byteseu.com/1046902/ Britain has topped a global list for damage caused by invasive species, with various types of moth, beetle, water hyacinth and wild boar causing more than £1 trillion of damage since 1960, up to eight …
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPBack from the IAPETUS Postgrad Conference 2025 — and honoured to be selected as the Best Poster! Grateful for the feedback and great ideas about my kelp forest & urchin barrens research! What do you think, BlueSky friends? @iapetusdtp.bsky.social @sciencesncl.bsky.social #PhDLife #ScienceComm
- We have just sent out the latest of Iapetus DTP's periodic newsletters. If it fell foul of your institution’s junk filter, read it here: eocampaign1.com/web-version?...
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPNewcastle team representing nature & environmental research at IAPETUS postgraduate conference 2025! @iapetusdtp.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPToday I spoke about systematic maps, abundance models & the achievement that presenting is in itself - to the wonderful @iapetusdtp.bsky.social students & co in sunny Scotland at @heriotwattuni.bsky.social 🏴🌞
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPFinal @iapetusdtp.bsky.social student conference of my PhD. Thanks to Heriot-Watt University for organising & hosting! A good @newcastleuni.bsky.social turn out! @sagencl.bsky.social
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPFinally heading home after what may be my last @iapetusdtp.bsky.social student conference! As always, fantastic to hear everyone’s research updates and catch-up with my cohort.
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPAnother @iapetusdtp.bsky.social student conference complete! I feel so lucky to be a part of such a welcoming and fun cohort of incredible researchers who produce endlessly interesting work!
- Edinburgh looking fine on the first day of the Iapetus student conference 2025, funded by @ukri.org.
- Looking forward to seeing our students at next week's Iapetus DTP conference at @heriotwattuni.bsky.social! A great line-up of talks, including Prof. Colin Moffat (Scottish Govt's CSA, Marine) on how to have a positive influence on policy. Thanks in advance to organisers - and funders, @ukri.org!
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- Iapetus Research experience placement (REP) projects are available for summer 2025 including one based @bas.ac.uk investigating the Effects of Climate Change on the Polar Ionospheric F-region - see link for more details and eligibility criteria; deadline 12 pm 16/5/25 iapetus2.ac.uk/rep-projects/
- Undergraduates: fancy a 6-8 wk paid placement in environmental sciences at an Iapetus institution? Check out NERC's REP scheme to support placements for those from groups underrepresented in this area More info: iapetus2.ac.uk/new-rep-sche... Deadline: noon 16/05/2025 #minoritiesinstem #environment
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPWe’re advertising an @iapetusdtp.bsky.social undergraduate summer research experience project on ‘Ecosystem Resilience in a Changing Climate’, with me, @blindmath.bsky.social, Denis Patterson & @tjohnwainwright.bsky.social. Please share with your undergrads! iapetus2.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPJoin us for the new CASCADE webinar series! In our opening webinar on 21st March, we will be joined by Sarah Chaytor (CAPE) and Nils Bunnefeld (@eklipse-europe.bsky.social) to discuss how to improve linkages between academia and policy. Register here 👉 forms.office.com/e/Avv4aXfE4H
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPThanks @canopyrobin.com for a great careers talk for @iapetusdtp.bsky.social this week - super to see someone a few years out of the PhD loving what they're doing and to think about how they got there and the variety of options open to us!
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPEnjoyed a talk from Jodie of @stir.ac.uk (funded by @iapetusdtp.bsky.social) this week on mapping the glaciology of Scotland during the Younger Dryas 🏴❄️ Not my area of expertise at all, but I love an opportunity to broaden my environmental understanding 😊
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPEarlier this year, we were lucky to attend an @iapetusdtp.bsky.social training session on project management from Dr Peter Whitton of @durham-university.bsky.social - it must have been especially timely for first years and I was introduced to the power/interest grid for the first time!
- Congratulations to @biologistrachel.bsky.social for a successful viva on "Investigating the impacts of urbanisation on blue tit diet and reproductive success via faecal DNA metabarcoding". Thanks to examiners @allyphillimore.bsky.social & @jonathanpdrury.bsky.social, and funders @ukri.org!
- Well done to Sheena Davis for publishing the protocol for a systematic map of riparian restoration in the tropics to promote both biodiversity and human livelihoods! doi.org/10.1186/s137... #newcastleuniversity @ukri.org
- Lots of positive feedback for this leadership training - www.hutchinsontraining.com
- Fantastic @iapetusdtp.bsky.social session on authentic leadership with Steve Hutchinson - leadership training can sometimes feel gimmicky or patronising, but this was interesting and we had some really great discussions!
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPCan't escape it... Rhododendron ponticum spotted on our Hadrian's Wall walk at @iapetusdtp.bsky.social residential training 👎
- Great outcome from a PhD placement: Iapetus student Dan Lewis's fellowship at the UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) yielded a coauthored policy briefing on Energy Security and AI - www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/... @ukri.org @durham-university.bsky.social
- As the sun set on another great Iapetus residential training event @nlandnp.bsky.social, massive thanks to our hosts, our staff, our external trainers, our funders (@ukri.org) - and, of course, our fabulous students!
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPAnother fab year leading the team building and presentation skills sessions for @iapetusdtp.bsky.social . The room was a buzz with creativity from the get go. @ruth-wright.bsky.social has shared some of the mascots, & here's a clip as the teams had 5min to recreate an emotional film scene!
- IAPETUS2 DTP is well under way! We've been team building (and mascot building) with @dyellowlees.bsky.social Training 🐣🍄
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPReally enjoyed our @iapetusdtp.bsky.social training on storytelling for researchers by @mattdoesscience.bsky.social of @dyellowlees.bsky.social Training! Lots of interactive opportunities to connect the narrative techniques to our research specialisms ✍️
- The dawn of Iapetus DTP's 2025 residential training course, as seen from The Sill youth hostel, Northumberland. Most auspicious! @nnprangers.bsky.social
- Atmospheric surroundings on Hadrian's Wall.
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPAnd NG2507: The marine rewilding effect: Building a cost-effective framework for measuring Marine Net Gain. Led by @ldeclippele.bsky.social here at @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social Also see our @iapetusdtp.bsky.social PhDs on shark conservation, creel fishing, oyster restoration, and essential fish habitat
- Reposted by Iapetus DTP📣New Competition Funded @iapetusdtp.bsky.social PhD Opportunity Deadline: 3rd of January 2025 The project will be co-supervised by myself, @fredworrall.bsky.social and Jessica Elise (Natural England). Project Outline: tinyurl.com/7nvsmc53 How to apply: iapetus2.ac.uk/how-to-apply/
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPAll the new BAS @bas.ac.uk.bsky.social Iapetus DTP PhD projects are summarised nicely in this Instagram link and here: @iapetusdtp.bsky.social www.instagram.com/p/DDaRfmUIRF...
- Reposted by Iapetus DTPLots of PhD studentships available with @iapetusdtp.bsky.social See the link for projects with colleagues and myself! #findaphd #PhDposition zarahsinthefield.com/home/project...
