Upama Aich

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

Behavioural diversity is an important, but often overlooked, component of biological diversity. Addressing knowledge gaps is vital in tackling the biodiversity crisis. Check out our new @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social paper led by @ivanjaric.bsky.social here👇 authors.elsevier.com/a/1o0CEcZ3X7...

Classic study: male beetles that have big weapons for fighting with other males have small genitals.

PhD-position ALERT! Interested in the genomics of local adaptation and the evolution of niche breadth? 🪲🧬🪲🧬🪲🧬🪲🧬🪲🧬 Come join me and @gmkov.bsky.social at @animecol-uu.bsky.social, Uppsala University, by applying here: uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/... Deadline 1st of November!

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

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...

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!

Great work 👏👏

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

Trade-offs Between Intergenerational and Transgenerational Effects: experimental data and demographic simulation model of multigenerational trade-offs in evolution: academic.oup.com/evlett/advan...

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...

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!

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 🐜

What a lovely opportunity to present Gabe’s work @isbe2026.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. 🐟💉🐂

Lovely fish dinner with @upama.bsky.social after a wonderful day at #ISBE2026 talking about fish 🐠.

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....

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!!! 🥳👍🏻💪🏻

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!

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

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 😀

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

Reunion of some current and former lab members in Padova ahead of the 12th International Conference of Poeciliid and Goodeid Biologists.

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 🐟💊🐟🙏🏽

👀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 🧪🌍️

📣🧬 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 Susan.Johnston@ed.ac.uk 🙂 Details here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Check out Raiko Rafeeq's first PhD paper in @royalsocietypublishing.org Biology Letters looking at effects of antidepressant exposure on boldness and individuality across social contexts in southern pygmy perch. royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article... 📸 David Paul/Museums Victoria

Postdoc position (level A/B) in feral cat management available at @murdoch.edu.au Due date: 13 Jun 2026 🔗 murdoch.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Murdoc...

New paper alert! In this Current Biology paper led by Hassan Al Razi, we show that chimpanzees in Rwanda adjust nest construction with weather conditions. @ox.ac.uk @oxford-anthro.bsky.social @oxfordhumsci.bsky.social @ceb-uwa.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

So grateful that our work on the effect of pharmaceutical pollution in fish @animalecology.bsky.social is among top 10 most-cited papers published in 2024. A huge thanks to co-1st author @gio-polverino.bsky.social & all collaborators @bbmwong.bsky.social @monashbiol.bsky.social @ceb-uwa.bsky.social

Exposure to an antidepressant can affect spatial learning in male guppies pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.... @jackmanera.bsky.social @bbmwong.bsky.social

Nice to see our work featured in The Guardian — showing that sperm quality can decline the longer it is stored. @krishsanghvi11.bsky.social @itchyshin.bsky.social

Proposals are due May 18 for the Graduate Research Excellence Grants! Up to $2500 for 1st and 2nd year grad students and $3500 for 3rd years and above. Evaluation criteria and sample proposals available online: www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci...

How do organisms maintain fitness in a fluctuating environment? @upama.bsky.social and colleagues found that trade-offs in reproductive allocation in mosquito fish depend on sex and age. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirec... @bbmwong.bsky.social @mikejennions.bsky.social

Are current methods inaccurate in quantifying ageing & selective disappearance? We compare methods using simulations, analytical solutions, and empirical data, across life histories & methodologies (eg incomplete data). Surprising results & several recommendations. ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...