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Otter ignores humans as it hunts on Mudeford Quay The otter was filmed trotting past humans at Mudeford Quay as it hunted for its breakfast.

Nice to see Eurasian #otters increasing in coastal areas of the UK, as part of their ongoing Britain-wide recovery.
We're currently studying coastal otters particularly. More on that in due course... 🦦

@otterproject.bsky.social @molecol-cardiffuni.bsky.social

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Delighted to get to work with these brilliant women!

Biodiversity Bioinformatics Summer School This School is co-organized by SIB/ELIXIR Switzerland and de.NBI/ELIXIR Germany Overview Biodiversity is fundamental to ecosystem functioning, yet it

#biodiversity #bioinformatics Summer School announcement ... 21-26 June in Siegen, Germany co-organised by @sib.swiss & @denbi.bsky.social www.sib.swiss/training/cou...
🟢 eDNA & ecosystems
🟣 pangenome diversity
🔵 population genetics
🟡 comparative genomics

Pleasure hosting Prof Carl Jones from #Durrell today for a seminar at @cardiffuni.bsky.social. Inspiring to hear first hand accounts of how he saved several nearly extinct species on #Mauritius. @molecol-cardiffuni.bsky.social

Me - too

Ancient DNA reveals low levels of past genetic diversity in the Andean Condor Low genetic diversity might be the natural state for this vulture.

Your daily Avian Hybrids story!

Ancient DNA reveals low levels of past genetic diversity in the Andean Condor
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2021/09/29/a...

#ornithology

New Year, new job. Come and join the @ukceh.bsky.social team on the Isle of May
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A big shout out to our reviewers, authors and associate editors for sharing science, support, trust, kindness and wisdom.

We wish you all the very best start to 2026 🎉

@gensocuk.bsky.social

What sets the mutation rate of a cell type in an animal species? Germline mutation rates per generation are strikingly similar across animals, despite vast differences in life histories. Analogously, in at least one somatic cell type, mutation rates at the end of l...

Happy to highlight an essay I wrote together with @marcdemanuel.bsky.social,
@natanaels.bsky.social and Anastasia Stolyarova, trying to think through what sets the mutation rate of a cell type in an animal species: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 1/n

Accurate Runs of Homozygosity Estimation From Low Coverage Genome Sequences in Non‐Model Species Runs of homozygosity (ROH) are increasingly being analysed using whole genome sequences in non-model species as a measure of inbreeding and to assess demographic history, thus providing useful inform...

Accurate Runs of Homozygosity Estimation From Low Coverage Genome Sequences in Non-Model Species
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We are happy to be featured in this article on the revival of otters in Britain, including the link to our paper on 'effective population size’. Our research suggests that optimism about recovery should be tempered with caution - low genetic diversity may limit future population resilience.

There are still a few more days left to apply for our #AnimalEcology and #MovementEcology #PhDposition! 🧪 #PhDOpening @utu.fi

1011-340 Marine Ornithology Adviser - D Grade - December 2025 Job title: 1011-340 Marine Ornithology Adviser | Grade: D | Hours: 35 (full-time) | Vacancy type: One year with possibility of extension | Salary £40,161 | Location: All NatureScot offices/…

NatureScot seeks an experienced ornithologist for seabird conservation in Scotland. The role involves seabird restoration, resilience in colonies and Marine Protected Areas, advisory work, and developing research and guidance. Apply by 21 December 2025:

Undergraduates interested in developing a proposal to join my research group this summer: please get in touch! 🐻🦅🦦💦🐺🐦🐠🦠

Announcing the 2025 BES Award winners - British Ecological Society We're delighted to announce the worthy winners of our annual awards and prizes.

Details here: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/anno...

Well done, Lynne!! 🍄🌳

Hi Folks !

Just a few more days to register for the POPGROUP meeting (deadline = this Monday 10/11/2025).

Join us in the beautiful city of #Lille just across the Channel for three exciting days of science and more !

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Amazing detective work and study - really enjoyed reading this. Congrats all!

Back to Cardiff, after serving as external #PhD examiner. Congrats to Stefano Porrelli from #QMUL for passing his viva with minor corrections. Fascinating work on #introgression and incomplete lineage sorting in Ruminants.
Congrats also to supervisors @anneropiquet.bsky.social, Alexandre Hassanin

#Wanted: running and alive:
Someone with an active #SEQUENCHER software license. I have a few old Sequencher project data files with #DNA sequence data (*.spf), but no access to the software. Anyone with access could perhaps help me export the files?

Please RT

Gu is joining the otter team for her PhD! 🦦
She holds a Bachelor's degree in Health Inspection and Quarantine from Guangdong Medical University (2018) and a Master's degree in Public Health from the University of Aberdeen (2023). Find Gu on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/qub-gu-ot....

Congratulations, Aurora - highly deserved! 🙂

Continuing the recent theme of conservation genetics, we return to the sea with Marc Gose and Rob Ogden. They discuss their work on the white-beaked dolphin, and the importance of international collaboration to manage populations that span borders
@gensocuk.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social

PhyBaSE: A Bayesian structural equation model approach to causal inference in phylogenetic comparative analyses One of the main limitations of phylogenetic comparative analyses is that associations between traits can only be interpreted as correlations. Here, we present a novel Bayesian structural equation ...

Very proud to announce that the Bayesian version of our Phylogenetic Path Analysis method has been (finally) published in Methods in Ecology and Evolution. Another extremely enjoyable collaboration with the brilliant @achazhardenberg.bsky.social
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Sharing this thread by brilliant Dr @sduplessis.bsky.social about another chapter of her @cardiffuni.bsky.social PhD thesis published. Very pleased to see her museum DNA results looking so promising for us to find out more about #otters. More specimens currently in the pipeline, but 🤫

We are looking to contract a technician for work on our historic bear project. Unfortunately, we are restricted to US citizens or permanent residents for this position. Please share and see further details here: evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...

Hi! I’m Sandra and I am a PhD student. My research focuses on developing and testing new genomic markers for non-invasive monitoring of otters, as well as evaluating the genetic diversity of otter populations in Portugal. I'm working in collaboration with the Environmental Genomics lab (University of Coimbra) and the Molecular Ecology and Otter Project groups (Cardiff University). I'm thrilled to work with the amazing Otter Project team and contribute to the conservation of this charismatic mustelid!

Introducing Sandra, a Portuguese PhD student from the @cfe_engel research group at the University of Coimbra. Part of her research will be developed in collaboration with the Otter Project, at Cardiff!

@cfe_engel
@e3g_uc

#WildlifeConservation #Lutralutra #GeneticsResearch #GenomicsResearch #otters

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Darwin Tree of Life Impact Assessment This form is used to share information within DToL about case studies, ongoing research, and funding awards that demonstrate the impact the Darwin Tree of Life consortium project has had on Global and...

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Happy to discuss if you're interested in coming to Cardiff!