Upama Aich
@upama.bsky.social
Forrest Research Fellow, Centre for Evolutionary Biology @ceb-uwa.bsky.social. Interested in sexual selection, ageing, behaviour, and evolutionary biology. Past @MonashBiol. PhD from Jennions Lab @EcoEvo_ANU 🇧🇩 🇦🇺
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Upama Aich
@upama.bsky.social
· Jul 21
How does endocrine disrupting pollution impact immunity and reproduction in fish? @upama.bsky.social sharing results from our latest research paper at #ISBE2026. #BobWongLab
Watch this space! The paper in @conphysjournal.bsky.social should come out very soon. 🐟💉🐂
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We have a fully funded 3-year PhD position to study jumping spider navigation. Open to both domestic and international candidates. Details below. Join us!
@animbehav.bsky.social @austentsoc.bsky.social @ausevosoc.bsky.social @neuroethology.org @asab.org
@animbehav.bsky.social @austentsoc.bsky.social @ausevosoc.bsky.social @neuroethology.org @asab.org
September 15, 2026 at 4:12 AM
We have a fully funded 3-year PhD position to study jumping spider navigation. Open to both domestic and international candidates. Details below. Join us!
@animbehav.bsky.social @austentsoc.bsky.social @ausevosoc.bsky.social @neuroethology.org @asab.org
@animbehav.bsky.social @austentsoc.bsky.social @ausevosoc.bsky.social @neuroethology.org @asab.org
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To make robust inferences about cognitive ability, performance in trials-to-criterion tasks should be repeatable. The catch? Trials-to-criterion may 𝙞𝙩𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 constrain repeatability…
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
August 31, 2026 at 4:56 AM
To make robust inferences about cognitive ability, performance in trials-to-criterion tasks should be repeatable. The catch? Trials-to-criterion may 𝙞𝙩𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 constrain repeatability…
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Thinking this could be you? Reach out if you have any questions about the position, the city of Mainz (e.g. where on earth is that), the lab group dynamics or just what it’s like to work with Hanna. We look forward to welcoming you!
Come and work with us (the Kokkonuts) as a postdoc! Our research within (theory-evo-eco) is broad; let's say it's implicitly defined by the journal club papers we read. Which is why the application process includes a JC-related task, I hope it'll be a fun one for you! www.evoldir.net/brian/evoldi...
www.evoldir.net
August 27, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Thinking this could be you? Reach out if you have any questions about the position, the city of Mainz (e.g. where on earth is that), the lab group dynamics or just what it’s like to work with Hanna. We look forward to welcoming you!
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Great work 👏👏
Our paper is out in @conphysjournal.bsky.social!
We tested how the androgenic agricultural pollutant 17β-trenbolone affects immunity and reproductive allocation in eastern mosquitofish. A thread below (1/6): doi.org/10.1093/conp...
@ceb-uwa.bsky.social @monashbiol.bsky.social
We tested how the androgenic agricultural pollutant 17β-trenbolone affects immunity and reproductive allocation in eastern mosquitofish. A thread below (1/6): doi.org/10.1093/conp...
@ceb-uwa.bsky.social @monashbiol.bsky.social
August 25, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Great work 👏👏
Our paper is out in @conphysjournal.bsky.social!
We tested how the androgenic agricultural pollutant 17β-trenbolone affects immunity and reproductive allocation in eastern mosquitofish. A thread below (1/6): doi.org/10.1093/conp...
@ceb-uwa.bsky.social @monashbiol.bsky.social
We tested how the androgenic agricultural pollutant 17β-trenbolone affects immunity and reproductive allocation in eastern mosquitofish. A thread below (1/6): doi.org/10.1093/conp...
@ceb-uwa.bsky.social @monashbiol.bsky.social
August 25, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Our paper is out in @conphysjournal.bsky.social!
We tested how the androgenic agricultural pollutant 17β-trenbolone affects immunity and reproductive allocation in eastern mosquitofish. A thread below (1/6): doi.org/10.1093/conp...
@ceb-uwa.bsky.social @monashbiol.bsky.social
We tested how the androgenic agricultural pollutant 17β-trenbolone affects immunity and reproductive allocation in eastern mosquitofish. A thread below (1/6): doi.org/10.1093/conp...
@ceb-uwa.bsky.social @monashbiol.bsky.social
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Our new Nature Eco Evo paper documents range shifts in 1,758 butterfly species across 105 countries, primarily due to climate change.
🦋80% expanded
🦋27% contracted
🦋22% shifted elevation
🦋342 showed multiple shift types.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
@monashbiol.bsky.social @monashscience.bsky.social
🦋80% expanded
🦋27% contracted
🦋22% shifted elevation
🦋342 showed multiple shift types.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
@monashbiol.bsky.social @monashscience.bsky.social
August 6, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Our new Nature Eco Evo paper documents range shifts in 1,758 butterfly species across 105 countries, primarily due to climate change.
🦋80% expanded
🦋27% contracted
🦋22% shifted elevation
🦋342 showed multiple shift types.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
@monashbiol.bsky.social @monashscience.bsky.social
🦋80% expanded
🦋27% contracted
🦋22% shifted elevation
🦋342 showed multiple shift types.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
@monashbiol.bsky.social @monashscience.bsky.social
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Trade-offs Between Intergenerational and Transgenerational Effects: experimental data and demographic simulation model of multigenerational trade-offs in evolution:
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Evolutionary trade-offs between intergenerational and transgenerational fitness effects
Abstract. Intergenerational and transgenerational fitness effects can shape evolutionary processes. Theoretically, however, intergenerational and transgene
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July 30, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Trade-offs Between Intergenerational and Transgenerational Effects: experimental data and demographic simulation model of multigenerational trade-offs in evolution:
academic.oup.com/evlett/advan...
academic.oup.com/evlett/advan...
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Megan Head at ANU is advertising this amazing postdoc position on thermal tolerance in insects. Canberra is a great place to live and work. Don't listen to the haters!
jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/postdoc...
jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/postdoc...
Postdoctoral Fellow - Canberra / ACT, ACT, Australia
Classification: Academic Level ASalary package: $91,546 - $114,906 per annum plus 17% superannuation Terms: Full time, Fixed term (up to 2 years) (flexible arrangements, job share, or part time hour...
jobs.anu.edu.au
July 27, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Megan Head at ANU is advertising this amazing postdoc position on thermal tolerance in insects. Canberra is a great place to live and work. Don't listen to the haters!
jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/postdoc...
jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/postdoc...
What a pleasure to attend the @isbe2026.bsky.social Hamilton Lecture by Emeritus Professor Leigh W Simmons. Bonus for @ceb-uwa.bsky.social people to enjoy it not once but twice!
July 24, 2026 at 2:14 PM
What a pleasure to attend the @isbe2026.bsky.social Hamilton Lecture by Emeritus Professor Leigh W Simmons. Bonus for @ceb-uwa.bsky.social people to enjoy it not once but twice!
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Brain morphology mediates cognitive impacts of neuroactive pollution on fish. @monashbiol.bsky.social PhD student @el-moore.bsky.social discusses the results of a project carried out in collaboration with colleagues from @stockholm-uni.bsky.social at #ISBE2026. #BobWongLab
July 23, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Brain morphology mediates cognitive impacts of neuroactive pollution on fish. @monashbiol.bsky.social PhD student @el-moore.bsky.social discusses the results of a project carried out in collaboration with colleagues from @stockholm-uni.bsky.social at #ISBE2026. #BobWongLab
Great talk by @brainiants.bsky.social on the first day of @isbe2026.bsky.social on intraspecific variation in Oz ants 🐜
I’ve been busy at #ISBE2026 🇮🇹 presenting the results of the 1st chapter of my PhD thesis 🐜
If you missed my talk on intraspecific variation in an ant endemic to Australia, come chat at tonight’s social event or reach out!
@ceb-uwa.bsky.social
@mandyridley.bsky.social
@notthebestsam.bsky.social
If you missed my talk on intraspecific variation in an ant endemic to Australia, come chat at tonight’s social event or reach out!
@ceb-uwa.bsky.social
@mandyridley.bsky.social
@notthebestsam.bsky.social
July 23, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Great talk by @brainiants.bsky.social on the first day of @isbe2026.bsky.social on intraspecific variation in Oz ants 🐜
What a lovely opportunity to present Gabe’s work @isbe2026.bsky.social
We missed you at the conference @gabrielmelhado.bsky.social
We missed you at the conference @gabrielmelhado.bsky.social
PhD student @gabrielmelhado.bsky.social couldn‘t make it to #ISBE2026 so the wonderful @upama.bsky.social stepped in (🙏) to share the results of Gabe’s work looking at effects of pharmaceutical pollution on sickness behaviour & immunity in Australian rainbowfish. @monashbiol.bsky.social #BobWongLab
July 22, 2026 at 11:25 AM
What a lovely opportunity to present Gabe’s work @isbe2026.bsky.social
We missed you at the conference @gabrielmelhado.bsky.social
We missed you at the conference @gabrielmelhado.bsky.social
Watch this space! The paper in @conphysjournal.bsky.social should come out very soon. 🐟💉🐂
How does endocrine disrupting pollution impact immunity and reproduction in fish? @upama.bsky.social sharing results from our latest research paper at #ISBE2026. #BobWongLab
July 21, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Watch this space! The paper in @conphysjournal.bsky.social should come out very soon. 🐟💉🐂
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Lovely fish dinner with @upama.bsky.social after a wonderful day at #ISBE2026 talking about fish 🐠.
July 21, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Lovely fish dinner with @upama.bsky.social after a wonderful day at #ISBE2026 talking about fish 🐠.
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Insights into sexual selection of trapdoor spiders 🕷️
Another talk by @naminganame.bsky.social at #ISBE2026 🇮🇹 covering novel mate guarding behaviour and evolution of sexual structures in Mygalomorphs in WA 🇦🇺
Read the Nature Note here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Another talk by @naminganame.bsky.social at #ISBE2026 🇮🇹 covering novel mate guarding behaviour and evolution of sexual structures in Mygalomorphs in WA 🇦🇺
Read the Nature Note here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
July 21, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Insights into sexual selection of trapdoor spiders 🕷️
Another talk by @naminganame.bsky.social at #ISBE2026 🇮🇹 covering novel mate guarding behaviour and evolution of sexual structures in Mygalomorphs in WA 🇦🇺
Read the Nature Note here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Another talk by @naminganame.bsky.social at #ISBE2026 🇮🇹 covering novel mate guarding behaviour and evolution of sexual structures in Mygalomorphs in WA 🇦🇺
Read the Nature Note here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Definitely go here!! Not only because it is such an important topic, but also because @katelaskowski.bsky.social initiated a new section in our own @isbe2026.bsky.social journal where you can publish these results!!! 🥳👍🏻💪🏻
Are you jazzed about rigorous research and want to figure out how to incorporate more practices in your group? Come to my talk today (Tues) @isbe2026.bsky.social at 2pm in the Londra room! I'll be spreading the gospel about the new Replication Studies section in Behavioral Ecology!
How do we know our research results are REAL? We replicate them! Most folks agree but lament on how hard it is to publish these replications.
My dearest gentle reader, lament no more! Delighted to unveil: Replication Studies, a new section of Behavioral Ecology 1/
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My dearest gentle reader, lament no more! Delighted to unveil: Replication Studies, a new section of Behavioral Ecology 1/
academic.oup.com/beheco/artic...
July 21, 2026 at 6:48 AM
Definitely go here!! Not only because it is such an important topic, but also because @katelaskowski.bsky.social initiated a new section in our own @isbe2026.bsky.social journal where you can publish these results!!! 🥳👍🏻💪🏻
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The effects of androgenic pollution on immune-reproductive trade-offs 💉
A great talk delivered by @upama.bsky.social on day 2 of #ISBE2026 🇮🇹 on the immune responses of mosquito fish in relation to agricultural pollutants.
Watch this space for the upcoming paper in Conservation Physiology!
A great talk delivered by @upama.bsky.social on day 2 of #ISBE2026 🇮🇹 on the immune responses of mosquito fish in relation to agricultural pollutants.
Watch this space for the upcoming paper in Conservation Physiology!
July 21, 2026 at 10:51 AM
The effects of androgenic pollution on immune-reproductive trade-offs 💉
A great talk delivered by @upama.bsky.social on day 2 of #ISBE2026 🇮🇹 on the immune responses of mosquito fish in relation to agricultural pollutants.
Watch this space for the upcoming paper in Conservation Physiology!
A great talk delivered by @upama.bsky.social on day 2 of #ISBE2026 🇮🇹 on the immune responses of mosquito fish in relation to agricultural pollutants.
Watch this space for the upcoming paper in Conservation Physiology!
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The Art of Ant War 🛡️
@invertebrateissy.bsky.social presenting her work on battlefield complexity on any warfare outcomes in native and introduced 🐜 in WA.
#ISBE2026
@invertebrateissy.bsky.social presenting her work on battlefield complexity on any warfare outcomes in native and introduced 🐜 in WA.
#ISBE2026
July 20, 2026 at 5:01 PM
The Art of Ant War 🛡️
@invertebrateissy.bsky.social presenting her work on battlefield complexity on any warfare outcomes in native and introduced 🐜 in WA.
#ISBE2026
@invertebrateissy.bsky.social presenting her work on battlefield complexity on any warfare outcomes in native and introduced 🐜 in WA.
#ISBE2026
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It begins! @isbe2026.bsky.social is officially on! I'll attempt to skeet from most talks I attend o follow this thread to increase your FOMO levels if you're not already here 😀
July 20, 2026 at 8:08 AM
It begins! @isbe2026.bsky.social is officially on! I'll attempt to skeet from most talks I attend o follow this thread to increase your FOMO levels if you're not already here 😀
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We’re here at #ISBE2026 in Torino! 🇮🇹✨
Come connect with us and watch some great talks over the coming week 🥂
@pebblemouse.bsky.social
@upama.bsky.social
@1jonevans.bsky.social
@naminganame.bsky.social
@invertebrateissy.bsky.social
@brainiants.bsky.social
Come connect with us and watch some great talks over the coming week 🥂
@pebblemouse.bsky.social
@upama.bsky.social
@1jonevans.bsky.social
@naminganame.bsky.social
@invertebrateissy.bsky.social
@brainiants.bsky.social
July 20, 2026 at 9:25 AM
We’re here at #ISBE2026 in Torino! 🇮🇹✨
Come connect with us and watch some great talks over the coming week 🥂
@pebblemouse.bsky.social
@upama.bsky.social
@1jonevans.bsky.social
@naminganame.bsky.social
@invertebrateissy.bsky.social
@brainiants.bsky.social
Come connect with us and watch some great talks over the coming week 🥂
@pebblemouse.bsky.social
@upama.bsky.social
@1jonevans.bsky.social
@naminganame.bsky.social
@invertebrateissy.bsky.social
@brainiants.bsky.social
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Reunion of some current and former lab members in Padova ahead of the 12th International Conference
of Poeciliid and Goodeid Biologists.
of Poeciliid and Goodeid Biologists.
July 14, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Reunion of some current and former lab members in Padova ahead of the 12th International Conference
of Poeciliid and Goodeid Biologists.
of Poeciliid and Goodeid Biologists.
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Do you have a background in behavioural ecology and are you interested in doing a PhD in Australia? I’m looking for new grad students so check out our website (BobWongLab.org) or come find me in Torino at #ISBE2026. 🐟🐠
July 9, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Do you have a background in behavioural ecology and are you interested in doing a PhD in Australia? I’m looking for new grad students so check out our website (BobWongLab.org) or come find me in Torino at #ISBE2026. 🐟🐠
What a great honour and privilege to give an ECR plenary at #ASSAB2026! Great line of excellent speakers throughout the day. Thanks ASSAB for an amazing day 1 of the conference 🐟💊🐟🙏🏽
Fantastic first talk by @upama.bsky.social and their talk about "Sex and stress In a changing world". Make sure to check out their paper. #ASSAB2026
June 23, 2026 at 6:12 AM
What a great honour and privilege to give an ECR plenary at #ASSAB2026! Great line of excellent speakers throughout the day. Thanks ASSAB for an amazing day 1 of the conference 🐟💊🐟🙏🏽
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👀Behind the Paper!👀
@upama.bsky.social shares how fluctuating salinity can leave reproductive signatures in mosquitofish, the challenges of conducting biochemical assays with tiny sample volumes, and how birding and butterflying sparked her interest in ecology!🐟️
Read it here
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@upama.bsky.social shares how fluctuating salinity can leave reproductive signatures in mosquitofish, the challenges of conducting biochemical assays with tiny sample volumes, and how birding and butterflying sparked her interest in ecology!🐟️
Read it here
buff.ly/Jk4J26g
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Upama Aich | Salty ups and downs: fluctuating salinity affects egg and ejaculate investments
In this ‘Behind the Paper’ blog post, author Upama Aich – a Forrest Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia – discusses her paper “Developmental environ…
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June 4, 2026 at 9:00 AM
👀Behind the Paper!👀
@upama.bsky.social shares how fluctuating salinity can leave reproductive signatures in mosquitofish, the challenges of conducting biochemical assays with tiny sample volumes, and how birding and butterflying sparked her interest in ecology!🐟️
Read it here
buff.ly/Jk4J26g
🧪🌍️
@upama.bsky.social shares how fluctuating salinity can leave reproductive signatures in mosquitofish, the challenges of conducting biochemical assays with tiny sample volumes, and how birding and butterflying sparked her interest in ecology!🐟️
Read it here
buff.ly/Jk4J26g
🧪🌍️
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📣🧬 Postdoc Alert🧬📣
We are hiring a 2+ year NERC-funded postdoc at Edinburgh Uni investigating causes and consequences of sex differences in recombination in house sparrows in Norway. Informal enquiries welcome at [email protected] 🙂
Details here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
We are hiring a 2+ year NERC-funded postdoc at Edinburgh Uni investigating causes and consequences of sex differences in recombination in house sparrows in Norway. Informal enquiries welcome at [email protected] 🙂
Details here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
June 1, 2026 at 8:29 AM
📣🧬 Postdoc Alert🧬📣
We are hiring a 2+ year NERC-funded postdoc at Edinburgh Uni investigating causes and consequences of sex differences in recombination in house sparrows in Norway. Informal enquiries welcome at [email protected] 🙂
Details here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
We are hiring a 2+ year NERC-funded postdoc at Edinburgh Uni investigating causes and consequences of sex differences in recombination in house sparrows in Norway. Informal enquiries welcome at [email protected] 🙂
Details here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...