Nicola Barson

Evolutionary Biologist

[Jaakko Erkinaro @JaakkoErkinaro]

New paper on active freshwater feeding of juvenile pink salmon in a large subarctic river running into the Barents Sea: seasonal changes in abundance, size, feeding, stable isotope values ➡️
https://t.co/g9vTPFn8Yc
@TheFSBI #JFB @LukeFinlandInt @WaterlooBio @KytokorpiMikko

[Per-Erik Schulze @PerErikSchulze]

Hva viser dette kartet, da liksom?
Neida, bare ferskt kartverktøy fra Fiskeridirektoratet med sporene av fiskefartøy som bunntråler i ytre Oslofjord, blant annet i Hvaler og Færder marine nasjonalparker, på Langesundsbukta og videre ned forbi Jomfruland og Raet nasjonalparker. 🧵

[Dr. Toby Baril @Toby_Baril_Bio]

Interested in using #EarlGrey for your #Transposon annotation, but not sure where to start? A tutorial with in-depth video is now on #TEHub @hub_te. Make sure to check out the other fantastic resources available whilst there! https://t.co/kuQ7d4AxIP
#Bioinformatics #Genomics

[Ilya Kirov @ilyavkirov]

🧠8 PhD positions in a field of #TE transposon biology and evolutions are available now. If you have one, please add it to the table. It will help students to find a place for their research, and it will also help to engage talented students in our filed. https://t.co/gW9DYsPQtJ

[Vitenskapelig råd for lakseforvaltning @vitenskapsradet]

For the first time, the Norwegian Scientific Advisory Committee for Atlantic Salmon has assessed the threats from human activities to sea trout. Here you'll find the English summary of the report: https://t.co/7KLDzHLj7r

[fsbi @TheFSBI]

Are you a PhD or PostDoc studying salmonid biology? The NoWPaS Workshop is for you! Keep your eyes peeled and get your abstracts ready as the applications for the workshop will go live in the next couple of weeks and spaces are limited. Find out more here: https://t.co/py9UEvyeoM

[Ole Seehausen @OleSeehausen]

UBC Vancouver is launching a Black Faculty Cohort Hiring Initiative. Here are two of five faculty positions in environmental sciences
https://t.co/fwPXgDjhqa

[Evelyn Jensen, PhD @Evie_Jensen]

📢Looking for a PhD at the interface of conservation and evolution? I’m recruiting a candidate for a 🐢Galapagos tortoise project through the @IapetusDTP competition! Much more info at the link! #phdlife #PhDposition #congen #popgen

https://t.co/EsP5pSpqml

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

I repeat my call for a humanitarian ceasefire in the Middle East, the unconditional release of all hostages, and the delivery of life-saving supplies at the scale needed.

Everyone must assume their responsibilities.

This is a moment of truth.

History will judge us all.

[Yun S. Song @yun_s_song]

After 2 rejections & 4 rounds of review (all by the same journal), our first GPN paper is finally published: https://t.co/UePghVpL2p

We feel jaded, but it was worth the effort and we are grateful to the reviewers for their time & helpful feedback.

Some lessons learned:
(1/2)

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

Human rights investigators have shared new information with Channel 4 News that they say casts doubt on some aspects of Israel’s account of the Gaza hospital explosion.

@alextomo reports.

[Humza Yousaf @HumzaYousaf]

How can this be justified?

What crime have these babies committed?

This is why collective punishment must be called out and condemned.

Let aid in, including fuel. Otherwise, these images should haunt us for the rest of our lives.

A ceasefire is needed and needed now.

[Science Advances @ScienceAdvances]

Women leave academia at higher rates than men at every career stage, and attrition is especially high among three groups: tenured faculty, women in non-STEM fields, and women employed at less prestigious institutions, according to a new analysis. https://t.co/hGIpbZX6tl

[bioRxiv Evobio @biorxiv_evobio]

Allopolyploidization from two dioecious ancestors leads to recurrent evolution of sex chromosomes and reversion to autosomes https://t.co/s9TrAWw637 #biorxiv_evobio

[Humza Yousaf @HumzaYousaf]

"We are a proud people. We love to sing, dance, eat and sit by the beach. We are loud, very loud. We love. We love to learn and we are warm. We have dreams and goals. Let us survive...give the children of Gaza a chance of life"

Could not be prouder to be Nadia's husband. #SNP23

[Dr. Emily Fairfax @EmilyFairfax]

My department is searching for a Postdoc Fellow that will convert to a tenure-track Asst Professor job after 1-2 years!

Do you use eDNA? Or remote sensing? Or modeling? Or field work? Do you study environmental science? Or paleoclimate? Or #BEAVERS?

Our search is broad! Apply!

[Julia Jones @julia_c_jones]

New paper out!
Limited #introgression detected between commercially reared and wild #bumblebees (#Bombusterrestris) across the UK.
@pfranchini76 @CarmeloFruciano @DaveGoulson @UCDSBES @UCDEarth
https://t.co/655pZmSpfG

[DEEP at Stockholm University @deepsthlmuni]

We welcome applicants for three of these PhD positions:

👩‍🔬 Ecotoxicology, fish mediated contaminant cycling in a warmer climate
👩‍🔬Marine Biology, biological controls of greenhouse gas fluxes in marine ecosystems
👩‍🔬 Marine Biology, the role of food webs for blue carbon

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

"I may be First Minister of Scotland, but in this situation I feel powerless"

Scotland's First Minister, Humza Yousaf, tells @KathrynSamsonC4 he feels "helpless" watching his in-laws who are trapped in Gaza.

[MSF International @MSF]

🔴BREAKING:

Israel has given Al Awda Hospital just two hours to evacuate. Our staff are still treating patients.

We unequivocally condemn this action, the continued indiscriminate bloodshed and attacks on health care in Gaza.

We are trying to protect our staff and patients.