Evolutionary Ecophysiology lab

Tuul Sepp's lab - University of Tartu - Evolutionary ecophysiology in a changing world - Birds - Fish - Pollutants - Stress - Cancer - Science

[Jeffrey Carbillet @J_Carbillet]

Looking for a PhD position in ecophysiology and behavioural ecology?

You may be interested in joining my group to study seabirds and habitat modifications (pollution, nesting site, density within colony). Details here: https://t.co/L37mvPrEAZ

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[Evolutionary Ecophysiology lab @TuulSeppLab]

What's a good river? How important are the surrounding areas?

Listen to our river lover, Jürgen Karvak, to learn more on this topic! (English subtitles available)
https://t.co/oibQiIYsnu

[Evolutionary Ecophysiology lab @TuulSeppLab]

🚨 New results 🚨

Eating polluted fish during egg laying affects chicks mass in Common gull 🐣

We also show that personality traits can be measured and are related to fitness related traits in this species!

Let's read our last blog post for more info: https://t.co/EN0zpLTY0U

[Evolutionary Ecophysiology lab @TuulSeppLab]

2nd good news of the week for our lab - we now have a professor in our group! Tuul Sepp was named the professor of animal ecology by the Tartu University senate on last Friday.

[Evolutionary Ecophysiology lab @TuulSeppLab]

Richard Meitern, our group's statistics, genetics, and logistics genius, was awarded a badge of honor by the University of Tartu! Congratulations, we are so lucky to have you in our team!

[Jeffrey Carbillet @J_Carbillet]

I am very happy to share our new article showing that glucocorticoids could be reliably measured in the saliva of wild birds!

Hopefully this will bring a new option to the toolbox of people interested in stress hormones or glucocorticoids in general :)

https://t.co/4I80NKD1fR

[Evolutionary Ecophysiology lab @TuulSeppLab]

Our team member and ecotoxicology expert @RKreitsberg was presenting our results related to liver cancers in fish at the International EcoBalt 2023 conference this week! 🐟🔬 https://t.co/EgqOxxVvE3

[Evolutionary Ecophysiology lab @TuulSeppLab]

A brand new review paper from @RKreitsberg and our team has been published!

We discuss the effects of environmental pollution on the gene expression of seabirds, and suggest avenues for future studies.

Check it out here https://t.co/yQ5GDT8qIk

[Evolutionary Ecophysiology lab @TuulSeppLab]

@ATJCagan @MathieuGiraude3 Looks really cool!! 👌

[Alex Cagan @ATJCagan]

My sketchbook of the inaugural meeting of the European Wildlife Cancer Network (WildCan). Proud to be part of this network studying cancer across species to improve the health of animals, humans and ecosystems. Full sketches: https://t.co/tAqKDM06Dv @TuulSeppLab @MathieuGiraude3

[Royal Society Publishing @RSocPublishing]

New from @TuulSeppLab @BainesCiara, in #BiologyLetters. Correlations between oxidative DNA damage and formation of hepatic tumours in two flatfish species from contaminated environments https://t.co/vHBfWoJ7wm #environmentalscience #ecology #WorldEnvironmentDay #pollution

[Evolutionary Ecophysiology lab @TuulSeppLab]

How many albino seabirds have you ever seen?

For the Kakrarahu team it was a first! And our surprise was even bigger when we found a second albino chick!

Check out more about this with our last blog post https://t.co/ZwCWcvrTEM

[Evolutionary Ecophysiology lab @TuulSeppLab]

Incredible illustrations by @ATJCagan to our group members' talks on the first meeting of the European Wildlife Cancer Network (WildCan) in la Rochelle!

[Evolutionary Ecophysiology lab @TuulSeppLab]

@BainesCiara @unitartu Congrats Ciara! A first important achievement :) The whole team is very proud of you!

[Evolutionary Ecophysiology lab @TuulSeppLab]

The Kakrarahu game is here!

If you love science and board games, this post is for you :) Let's read it and learn more about our fun and strategic common gull game!
https://t.co/YiJfPhzG4A

[Evolutionary Ecophysiology lab @TuulSeppLab]

Our new protocol this year on Kakrarahu islet will involve collection of behavioural data by performing flight initiation distance on common gulls...

Want to know more about it? Just read our new blog post "bold, shy… Fly and tell me who you are"!! https://t.co/vBknvmW4He

[Evolutionary Ecophysiology lab @TuulSeppLab]

We are back on track! A new fieldwork season is just about to begin for the team to monitor the common gull colony on Kakrarahu islet! 🙂

Make sure you don't miss our blog posts about this new season, first post is already here!
https://t.co/Xzm11QTWcn

[Evolutionary Ecophysiology lab @TuulSeppLab]

Interested in urban nature, aquatic habitats and urban planning?

Don't miss out the movie night organised tomorrow by @Tuuline and @JKarvak in Liivi 2 auditorium at 4PM!

[Evolutionary Ecophysiology lab @TuulSeppLab]

All lab members are very proud of their leader, @Tuuline, who got a new paper published on the fascinating idea of using knowledge obtained from human studies to study cancer in other animals, and vice versa...

Check it out! https://t.co/r9inYkZ3fn

[Evolutionary Ecophysiology lab @TuulSeppLab]

.@RKreitsberg talking about cancers in wild animals yesterday at the Estonian Marine Science conference! :) Congratulations Randel!