A golden retriever stands at the waterline of a beach with waves crashing behind it, panting happily. Below is the university logo and text saying “Exciting opportunity, Research Fellow in Animal Welfare Science (Canine Welfare Science)”
Come work with me! unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/UoM_Ex... #postdoc #animalwelfare #TeamHappyDogs #science
Upcoming book on the complexities and implications of pain in fishes by Ila France Porcher. Can't wait to read it! #fishsci #fishwelfare
ilafranceporcher.wixsite.com/so/71PoUcu0J...
Thanks to those reaching out about the deadline for the ICBF sneaking up on them - extended to 12th March so plenty of time to write abstracts for our session! Talks and posters considered. Hope to see you in Vancouver in July 2026 #fishsci #fishwelfare
icbf2026.com/abstracts/
For those interested 🐟
Published my first study on the welfare of horses! Big thanks to Isidora Dundjerovic who deserves all the credit. This project was Isidora's Masters thesis and she worked hard to liaise with the excellent staff at Slotsskogen Gothenburg #animalwelfare #horses
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Fascinated by fish biology and welfare? Kath Sloman and I are running a session on Using behaviour and physiology to understand fish welfare at the Internat. Congress on the Biology of Fish in Vancouver - talk/poster abstract deadline is 3 March! #fishwelfare #fishsci
icbf2026.com/abstracts/
Attending the RSPCA Animals in Science Focus on Fish meeting. An exciting programme discussing hot topics in the welfare of fishes #fishsci #fishwelfare
We're hiring a Research Technician to join our project on fish welfare & sustainability in the Amazon ornamental fish trade. Fieldwork in Brazil & lab, physiology & behaviour, contribute to conservation, sustainability & livelihoods in the Amazon. Apply here: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/technici...
5 days, 5 reasons to apply for a Lectureship @bristolbiosci.bsky.social (Day 1):
Evolutionary Biology & Understanding the Evolution of Life
This theme includes origins of life, evolution of complexity & drivers of biodiversity
www.bristol.ac.uk/biology/rese...
Advert: tinyurl.com/3ebphy34
Science is such an ephemeral place. Sad to say goodbye to my wonderful researcher Lisa Carlsson who is so talented and is a great loss. Then I get to welcome Loris Commissaire-Danjou from the University of Sorbonne who is working on humanely ending the life of crustaceans #fishwelfare #crustacean
Front cover of the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B showing a trumpetfish shadowing a non-threatening species of a similar colour to aid its hunting success.
Delighted that a #trumpetfish has made the 🌟cover🌟 of @royalsocietypublishing.org journal #ProceedingsB.
Read about how these predatory #fish hide against similarly coloured non-threatening species to #camouflage on the move in our #OpenAccess article:
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
#behaviour #marine
I am SO incredibly excited to announce the launch of a global list of Inspiring Black Scientists. You can use this list to nominate and connect with researchers. Please share and join us in highlighting these outstanding scientists for #BlackHistoryMonth and beyond!
www.wiley.com/en-us/resear...
Honoured to be giving a CPD webinar in the Lab Animal Science series on Welfare in Laboratory Fish: From Assessment to Euthanasia. Many thanks to Rafael Frías of R3fined International and Adrian Smith of Norecopa for inviting me #fishwelfare Please register here
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🧪 ETHOLOGY: Do crabs recognize other individuals? 🦀👀
Robinson presents evidence that ghost crabs can distinguish between familiar and unfamiliar conspecifics, spending more time with them in a 3-chamber test—suggesting recognition based on visual cues! doi.org/10.1111/eth....
Conference alert: International Congress of the Biology of Fish (ICBF) in Vancouver 2026. My colleague Kath Sloman and I are organising a session on Using behaviour and physiology to understand fish welfare and there are many other fascinating sessions #fishsci #fishwelfare
icbf2026.com/symposia/
1/3 Jellyfish and anemones also sleep, despite not having a brain
Not only do they sleep, but their behavior is affected if they lack sleep; they become clumsier and need to catch up on lost sleep. Interestingly, they sleep 8 hours a day, just like us.
(paper) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
ASAB SPRING Conference 2025 Bristol 23rd 25th March. Drawing of gorilla with baby on back.
Registration for #ASABSpring2026 is now open!
asab-spring-conference2026.github.io
Don't forget the travel grant AND abstract deadlines are Feb 1!
Scientists including Professor @lynneusneddon.bsky.social (University of Gothenburg), Professor Robert Elwood, and our board member Professor Culum Brown (Macquarie University) have highlighted behaviours linked to learning, memory and responses to noxious stimuli.
Wishing everyone a fun and relaxing time over the holidays. Here are some festive Eppendorf reindeer and a tinsel fish. Thanks to my amazing group for bringing festive cheer to our lab #holidays
The UK in line with other countries states live boiling of decapods crustaceans is not humane and will seek to identify methods that safeguard their welfare. We need much more research on acceptable methods on a species by species basis #crustacean #animalwelfare
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Many thanks to the FishEthoGroup and Caroline Marques Maia for inviting me on their fascinating podcast Fish Talk to discuss the science and important issues surrounding pain in fishes #fishsci #fishwelfare
Listen Spotify or website
open.spotify.com/show/4N9c4UI...
fishethogroup.net/whatwedo/dis...
Glad to see the UK government will introduce guidance and legislation to improve the way fishes are treated at the time of killing stating they will be spare them avoidable pain #fishsci #fishwelfare
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Interesting article on the possibility of pain in prawns and how these animals are treated in farming and fisheries #crustacean #animalwelfare
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Research misconduct also harms animals - lots of them 🔽
Book cover for Reproducible Code guide. The cover has a red background with a large yellow-bodied black-headed stag beetle.
Excited to launch the new improved Reproducible Code guide from @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social FREE online here! www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... Amazing work by some very talented ECRs. We hope it’s useful!
My team and I have had a very successful year investigating how to improve the way we treat aquatic animals. I have given 16 invited talks in 2025 and I am so grateful to everyone who asked me to discuss the science of Aquatic Animal Welfare, the name of our group #fishsci
www.gu.se/en/research/...
📢 PhD opportunity: fully-funded BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience project available @mcb-sheffield.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary project on keratins in cell division combines cell biology, biophysics and in vivo Zebrafish imaging.
👇Apply by 7th Jan
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
For more info on how to join the pilot, visit zswim.org #zebrafish
I am blessed with a wonderful team and here we are having a Christmas lunch. So important to get out of work and enjoy each other's company: Lisa Carlsson Michaela Johansson Leonor Loureiro Jule Hoffmann Ida Huss @ekasiouras.bsky.social Ulla Saarinen #fishsci #crustaceans #fishwelfare
