Fionnuala McCully

University Teacher at @LivUni and member of @SEG_UL. Recently completed PhD on parental care in kittiwakes and albatrosses. She/her- all views my own

[Fionnuala McCully @FR_McCully]

On Monday I exited my #phd viva with only typos (typos! *shakes fist*) to correct. 'Relief' doesn't cover it!

HUGE thanks to examiners @IanRHartley + @jon_seabirds, supervisor @SamCPatrick and friends and family for everything in the last 4 1/2 years.

#phdone @SEG_UL @ACCE_DTP

[Fionnuala McCully @FR_McCully]

Always a pleasure to present at @asab_org, especially this time given its likely to be the last presentation of my #phd!

[ASAB @asab_org]

Last talk of #ASABSpring2024 by @FR_McCully on coordinated parental care, where costs of parental care are more evenly distributed. She looked at how black-legged kittwakes coordinated care in the short- and long-term at “The Arctic’s creepiest soviet ghost town.”

[ACCE DTP @ACCE_DTP]

🚨Our deadline for applications is this coming Monday, 8th January!🚨

[Fionnuala McCully @FR_McCully]

Thanks so much to @r_heisman from @hakaimagazine for featuring our work on personality, breeding success and re-pairing in kittiwakes in this recent article!

https://t.co/iwgsuQBTai

[SEGUL @SEG_UL]

Strong SEGUL representation #BES2023! Come find us for a chat tonight or tomorrow!

[Samantha Patrick @SamCPatrick]

*PhD Pacific & Atlantic Arctic Seabirds* Come and join us @SEG_UL @LivUni to study climate change, pace-of-life and foraging in kittiwakes with @ArcticEcology @OlliePadget Sebastien Descamps Jonathan Potts as part of @NERCscience @ACCE_DTP #phd #seabird
https://t.co/UyPngPpjZW

[Fionnuala McCully @FR_McCully]

Thrilled that work by @pauledwardrose and myself is on the cover of the latest issue of Biological Sciences Review. The article was a joy to write!

[ACCE DTP @ACCE_DTP]

📣 ACCE DTP funded projects for October 2024 entry are now open for applications! Head to our How to Apply webpages for more information and how to apply - closing date for all applications is 8th January 2024. Please RT!📣https://t.co/RgdWxntsRT

[Fionnuala McCully @FR_McCully]

Thanks so much for your interest in our work!

[George Rabin @George_HTR]

Does personality matter for breeding Kittiwakes? My first news article with @oxsci reporting on some fascinating research by @FR_McCully & @SEG_UL is out now: https://t.co/nvEUxAgaKY

[Fionnuala McCully @FR_McCully]

Once again, a great time was had writing for the @ConversationUK this time on our kittiwake personality and re-pairing paper!

Read it here 👉 https://t.co/QeAAAcpkth

[Fionnuala McCully @FR_McCully]

So @tash_gillies is the scientist I want to be when I grow up- check out her fab new paper below!

[Tash Gillies @tash_gillies]

Excited to see our new paper, led by myself and @luciamartinaml, published in @PNASNews! We look at movement trajectories of wandering #albatross and find they orient towards to v low frequency 'infrasound' 1/n

[Samantha Patrick @SamCPatrick]

It took 6yrs but out today @PNAS 1st evidence infrasound is a reliable cue for movment decisions https://t.co/r6qTdb9PwK Read our persepctive on how & why here https://t.co/tGjxgturt3 & how infrasound might be heared here https://t.co/YvcQqpOQvM. Huge thanks to @HFSP for funding

[Fionnuala McCully @FR_McCully]

@FreddieMck121 @Env_Sci 4/4 Similar pairs may find it easier to cooperate during #parentalcare.

But #matechoice is complicated and is certainly influenced by more than just #personality…

Not all that different from humans, in my opinion!

Read 📚 or watch 👀 a summary here👉 https://t.co/AJ4wCFBot6

[Fionnuala McCully @FR_McCully]

1/4 I am not done yet but…I’m prepared to call it…

🚨My FAVOURITE #PhD chapter is out NOW in Ethology! 🚨

Seabird pairs with similar personalities ➡️ are better parents ➡️ decreasing their re-pairing risk

#OpenAccess 👉 https://t.co/2kHlO79Yjd

@SEG_UL #Seabirds @ACCE_DTP

[Fionnuala McCully @FR_McCully]

@FreddieMck121 3/4 Kittiwakes mated according to personality at one colony but not the other 🤔

In both colonies, similar partners had better breeding success. Chick survival made re-pairing less likely ➡️

An INDIRECT effect of personality on re-pairing in a long-lived, monogamous bird!

[Fionnuala McCully @FR_McCully]

Thank you all for your excellent (mainly R related and emotional) support!

[Fionnuala McCully @FR_McCully]

It's #PostdocAppreciationWeek! #NPAW2023 #LovePostdocs

My #PhD would've been impossible without help from a great bunch of talented, caring and patient(!) postdocs... especially (but not limited to) @tash_gillies @ThorleyJack @Steph_MHarris @Ruth_EDunn @O_Hicks1 and Jamie Darby

[SEGUL @SEG_UL]

Here's @FreddieMck121 talking about individual plasticity in kittiwakes- his contribution to the Symposium on 'Habitat as an extended phenotype' at #Behaviour2023!

[Fionnuala McCully @FR_McCully]

Jack @insectinthecity is looking for an ACCE placement! Funding provided by @ACCE_DTP so it's a win-win situation for hosts and students!