Lesley Lancaster
@lancasterlt.bsky.social
Professor of biology at U Aberdeen. Senior editor of J Animal Ecology. Into macroecology, biogeography, genomics, niche evolution, odonates, plants, global change biology. Here for the science 🦋
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I'm looking to hire a postdoc to work on the RepAdapt + MacroMar projects, analysing genomic data from >130 species of plants, animals, and fungi (VCFs are processed, ready to go). Lots of potential for creativity and collaboration!
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September 8, 2026 at 7:04 PM
I'm looking to hire a postdoc to work on the RepAdapt + MacroMar projects, analysing genomic data from >130 species of plants, animals, and fungi (VCFs are processed, ready to go). Lots of potential for creativity and collaboration!
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Congratulations and well deserved!
September 1, 2026 at 7:17 AM
Congratulations and well deserved!
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🚨 new Special Feature!
📝 the collection, edited by David Fisher and Natalie Pilakouta, aimed to explore how organisms plasticly alter their social behaviour in response to environmental variation.
🐒 read the full collection here: buff.ly/iWJVFw5
🎙️ and listen to the podcast here: buff.ly/qGycB98
📝 the collection, edited by David Fisher and Natalie Pilakouta, aimed to explore how organisms plasticly alter their social behaviour in response to environmental variation.
🐒 read the full collection here: buff.ly/iWJVFw5
🎙️ and listen to the podcast here: buff.ly/qGycB98
August 12, 2026 at 7:51 AM
🚨 new Special Feature!
📝 the collection, edited by David Fisher and Natalie Pilakouta, aimed to explore how organisms plasticly alter their social behaviour in response to environmental variation.
🐒 read the full collection here: buff.ly/iWJVFw5
🎙️ and listen to the podcast here: buff.ly/qGycB98
📝 the collection, edited by David Fisher and Natalie Pilakouta, aimed to explore how organisms plasticly alter their social behaviour in response to environmental variation.
🐒 read the full collection here: buff.ly/iWJVFw5
🎙️ and listen to the podcast here: buff.ly/qGycB98
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🎨 job alert 🐠
Come join us! We have two positions open! These are part of our @erc.europa.eu funded project on the mechanisms underpinning convergence of colour patterns in cichlid fishes! Closing date: 16th August.
Postdoc: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
Technician: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
Come join us! We have two positions open! These are part of our @erc.europa.eu funded project on the mechanisms underpinning convergence of colour patterns in cichlid fishes! Closing date: 16th August.
Postdoc: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
Technician: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
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July 14, 2026 at 3:05 PM
🎨 job alert 🐠
Come join us! We have two positions open! These are part of our @erc.europa.eu funded project on the mechanisms underpinning convergence of colour patterns in cichlid fishes! Closing date: 16th August.
Postdoc: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
Technician: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
Come join us! We have two positions open! These are part of our @erc.europa.eu funded project on the mechanisms underpinning convergence of colour patterns in cichlid fishes! Closing date: 16th August.
Postdoc: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
Technician: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
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Do you like invertebrates with small geographic ranges?
Join our symposium at this years Australian Entomological Society @austentsoc.bsky.social
"Short-range endemism in Australian invertebrates: Patterns, problems, and conservation imperatives"
Abstracts due July 30th! event.mq.edu.au/aes2026/
Join our symposium at this years Australian Entomological Society @austentsoc.bsky.social
"Short-range endemism in Australian invertebrates: Patterns, problems, and conservation imperatives"
Abstracts due July 30th! event.mq.edu.au/aes2026/
July 14, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Do you like invertebrates with small geographic ranges?
Join our symposium at this years Australian Entomological Society @austentsoc.bsky.social
"Short-range endemism in Australian invertebrates: Patterns, problems, and conservation imperatives"
Abstracts due July 30th! event.mq.edu.au/aes2026/
Join our symposium at this years Australian Entomological Society @austentsoc.bsky.social
"Short-range endemism in Australian invertebrates: Patterns, problems, and conservation imperatives"
Abstracts due July 30th! event.mq.edu.au/aes2026/
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New preprint on the avian vampire flies in Galapagos Islands: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
July 8, 2026 at 9:01 PM
New preprint on the avian vampire flies in Galapagos Islands: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Botany friends: cool job alert. We're searching for a new Director for the UC & Jepson Herbaria here at UC Berkeley. Share with nice people. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05405 🌿🌺🌵
Associate/Full Professor- Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics- Integrative Biology, and Director- University of California Berkeley Herbaria
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
July 9, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Botany friends: cool job alert. We're searching for a new Director for the UC & Jepson Herbaria here at UC Berkeley. Share with nice people. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05405 🌿🌺🌵
Fantastic opportunity to contribute to Scottish biodiversity in a role with @naturescot.bsky.social
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1002-399 Trends and Indicators Analysis Officer - D Grade - July 2026
Job Title: 1002-399 Trends and Indicators Analysis Officer | Grade: D | Hours: 35 Vacancy type: Permanent |Salary £41,567 | Location: NatureScot offices, home or hybrid | Closing date: Midnight 23 Jul...
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July 7, 2026 at 6:36 AM
Fantastic opportunity to contribute to Scottish biodiversity in a role with @naturescot.bsky.social
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Huge congratulations Takuji! Exciting times for them and you!
July 4, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Huge congratulations Takuji! Exciting times for them and you!
Don't forget to submit a proposal for our latest special feature 👉 Time-dependency in Micro- and Macroevolutionary Rates 🌍 🧪
Deadline for proposals is the 10th July, and paper submission will be due in February 2027⏰️
Find out more and submit a proposal 👇
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Deadline for proposals is the 10th July, and paper submission will be due in February 2027⏰️
Find out more and submit a proposal 👇
buff.ly/2yt4RLt
June 19, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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Don't forget to submit a proposal for our latest special feature 👉 Time-dependency in Micro- and Macroevolutionary Rates 🌍 🧪
Deadline for proposals is the 10th July, and paper submission will be due in February 2027⏰️
Find out more and submit a proposal 👇
buff.ly/2yt4RLt
Deadline for proposals is the 10th July, and paper submission will be due in February 2027⏰️
Find out more and submit a proposal 👇
buff.ly/2yt4RLt
June 19, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Don't forget to submit a proposal for our latest special feature 👉 Time-dependency in Micro- and Macroevolutionary Rates 🌍 🧪
Deadline for proposals is the 10th July, and paper submission will be due in February 2027⏰️
Find out more and submit a proposal 👇
buff.ly/2yt4RLt
Deadline for proposals is the 10th July, and paper submission will be due in February 2027⏰️
Find out more and submit a proposal 👇
buff.ly/2yt4RLt
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Philos. Trans. R. Soc. B. issue on negative frequency-dependent selection (NFDS) is out! royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/issue/3...
So excited to read the articles in here!
So excited to read the articles in here!
Volume 381 Issue 1952 | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B | The Royal Society
Influential themed journal issues across the life sciences.
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June 11, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Philos. Trans. R. Soc. B. issue on negative frequency-dependent selection (NFDS) is out! royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/issue/3...
So excited to read the articles in here!
So excited to read the articles in here!
Funding-guaranteed PhD position in plant ecosphysiology and macroecology: data synthesis and tropical fieldwork opportunities. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Plant thermal tolerances across scales: from a single tree to global trends at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Plant thermal tolerances across scales: from a single tree to global trends at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com
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June 1, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Funding-guaranteed PhD position in plant ecosphysiology and macroecology: data synthesis and tropical fieldwork opportunities. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Getting understudied taxonomic groups the conservation attention they need can be difficult. Luckily, our new paper shows that community occupancy modelling can reconstruct distribution trends for these species, and help with species-at-risk listing decisions
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Multi-species modelling to improve conservation decision-making for understudied taxonomic groups
The rapid and ongoing loss of global biodiversity has led to more species in need of legal protection, and an increasing emphasis on evaluating extinc…
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April 28, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Getting understudied taxonomic groups the conservation attention they need can be difficult. Luckily, our new paper shows that community occupancy modelling can reconstruct distribution trends for these species, and help with species-at-risk listing decisions
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Please share this PhD position in my group - guaranteed funding for a home/UK resident student. (i.e., non competition). Damselfly genetics, plus travel opportunities, fieldwork, and policy internship.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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QUARTILES DLA CASE: Comparative population genomics of charismatic wetland species: delivering genetic diversity indicators for biodiversity monitoring at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - QUARTILES DLA CASE: Comparative population genomics of charismatic wetland species: delivering genetic diversity indicators for biodiversity monitoring at University of Aberdeen , listed...
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March 25, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Please share this PhD position in my group - guaranteed funding for a home/UK resident student. (i.e., non competition). Damselfly genetics, plus travel opportunities, fieldwork, and policy internship.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
See you tomorrow!
April 19, 2026 at 1:32 PM
See you tomorrow!
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Methods in Ecology and Evolution has a new special feature that is open for proposals!
April 9, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Methods in Ecology and Evolution has a new special feature that is open for proposals!
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We're looking for proposals for our recent special feature! 🌍 🧪
Contributions will explore empirical evidence, methodological challenges, and statistical frameworks for detecting and interpreting rate variation over time 🕰️
⏰️1st May deadline!
Find out more and submit here 👉 buff.ly/cVDgT51
Contributions will explore empirical evidence, methodological challenges, and statistical frameworks for detecting and interpreting rate variation over time 🕰️
⏰️1st May deadline!
Find out more and submit here 👉 buff.ly/cVDgT51
March 31, 2026 at 11:07 AM
We're looking for proposals for our recent special feature! 🌍 🧪
Contributions will explore empirical evidence, methodological challenges, and statistical frameworks for detecting and interpreting rate variation over time 🕰️
⏰️1st May deadline!
Find out more and submit here 👉 buff.ly/cVDgT51
Contributions will explore empirical evidence, methodological challenges, and statistical frameworks for detecting and interpreting rate variation over time 🕰️
⏰️1st May deadline!
Find out more and submit here 👉 buff.ly/cVDgT51
Congrats @vicgillman.bsky.social!! Thank you for involving me in your awesome project!
CONGRATS 🎉 to Dr. @vicgillman.bsky.social on passing her viva with no corrections! I’m so proud of you and so lucky to have been part of your journey! Special thank you to co-supervisors @lancasterlt.bsky.social & Vicky Pritchard and examiners @gretabocedi.bsky.social & @fishyomics.bsky.social!
March 27, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Congrats @vicgillman.bsky.social!! Thank you for involving me in your awesome project!
Please share this PhD position in my group - guaranteed funding for a home/UK resident student. (i.e., non competition). Damselfly genetics, plus travel opportunities, fieldwork, and policy internship.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
QUARTILES DLA CASE: Comparative population genomics of charismatic wetland species: delivering genetic diversity indicators for biodiversity monitoring at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - QUARTILES DLA CASE: Comparative population genomics of charismatic wetland species: delivering genetic diversity indicators for biodiversity monitoring at University of Aberdeen , listed...
www.findaphd.com
March 25, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Please share this PhD position in my group - guaranteed funding for a home/UK resident student. (i.e., non competition). Damselfly genetics, plus travel opportunities, fieldwork, and policy internship.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Evolutionary biology colleagues: please consider to submit a title and Abstract suggestion to our forthcoming theme issue in "Methods in Ecology & Evolution" on time-dependency in micro- and macroevolutionary rates […]
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March 23, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Evolutionary biology colleagues: please consider to submit a title and Abstract suggestion to our forthcoming theme issue in "Methods in Ecology & Evolution" on time-dependency in micro- and macroevolutionary rates […]
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I've just had a jaw-to-the-floor moment with this new paper from the Hines lab. They describe a yellow-white switch in bees, which maps to the same TF as the yellow-white switch in Colias butterflies, previously described by the @chriswheat.bsky.social lab. journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...
March 16, 2026 at 7:56 PM
I've just had a jaw-to-the-floor moment with this new paper from the Hines lab. They describe a yellow-white switch in bees, which maps to the same TF as the yellow-white switch in Colias butterflies, previously described by the @chriswheat.bsky.social lab. journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...
These results are so cool!! It was a pleasure to chat with @hybridzones.bsky.social at GRC speciation last year, and extra exciting to now get to read the paper! Congratulations on a fantastic discovery.
I am SO THRILLED to share our first fully-lab lab paper!!!!!! Led by @hybridzones.bsky.social & @hagarsoliman.bsky.social, w/ a major assist from @pfschwarz.bsky.social!!!!!!!!!!!!! Read more below, if you're curious (you should be- it's AWESOME!!!!!!!)
link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Introgression and parental conflict shape repeated occurrences of postzygotic isolation in Mimulus
Postzygotic reproductive isolation is often thought to accumulate as a byproduct of neutral divergence. Yet it frequently evolves rapidly, in line wit…
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March 11, 2026 at 5:46 AM
These results are so cool!! It was a pleasure to chat with @hybridzones.bsky.social at GRC speciation last year, and extra exciting to now get to read the paper! Congratulations on a fantastic discovery.
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📣 JOBS!!! We're looking for new colleagues in the School of Biology @bioscienceleeds.bsky.social - two associate profs (plant sci and animal biology) and a lecturer (ecology/zoology)...
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March 9, 2026 at 5:28 PM
📣 JOBS!!! We're looking for new colleagues in the School of Biology @bioscienceleeds.bsky.social - two associate profs (plant sci and animal biology) and a lecturer (ecology/zoology)...
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jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
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