
Sam Ellis
@Samellisq
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Lecturer at the University of Exeter. Interested in general but especially in life history evolution and social behaviour.
Exeter, England
Joined September 2012
Very pleased to see our paper taking a comparative approach to understand the evolution of menopause in toothed whales published today in @Nature . Couple of slides below talking through the key results but all the details here:
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RT @DrRobinMorrison: Thrilled to have the first project in my @snsf_ch Ambizione fellowship published in @PNASNews this week. With @Victoir….
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Evidence across a broad range of disciplines has demonstrated how individuals’ social environments can impact their health, lifespan, reproduction,...
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Project supervised by me with @animalsocieties and @ljnbrent based in @CrabExeter . Get in touch if you have any questions . The project is funded by @SWBio_DTP . More details here:
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RT @JoshAFirth: Our Special Issue on Understanding Age & Society using animal populations is now published 🎉 . Intro: .
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Ageing affects almost all aspects of life and therefore is an important process across societies, human and non-human animal alike. This article introduces new research exploring the complex interp...
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Last day to apply. Deadline TOMORROW!!.
Post Doc available. We are looking for someone to come and work here at @UniofExeter on an NIH funded project awarded to me, @ljnbrent , @SMack_Lab and @kchiou . The aim of the post is to help us investigate comparative primate life history. Details here:
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RT @ljnbrent: Less than 1 week left to apply for this new postdoc in @CrabExeter: Generate lifespan data across species, and use these shin….
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RT @ljnbrent: Postdoc position available! Come to @CrabExeter to work with @Samellisq , me, @kchiou & @SMack_Lab on comparative life-histor….
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Come and join our vibrant research community @CrabExeter . Get in touch s.ellis@exeter.ac.uk if you have any questions, queries or inquiries. Application deadline 29th October to start in ~Jan 2025
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Post Doc available. We are looking for someone to come and work here at @UniofExeter on an NIH funded project awarded to me, @ljnbrent , @SMack_Lab and @kchiou . The aim of the post is to help us investigate comparative primate life history. Details here:
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RT @RosieWoodroffe: I’m seeing a lot of anger and disappointment in badger circles today that the badger cull is ending, but not ending fas….
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RT @KawamBen: My first PhD chapter is out as a preprint! Together with @danielj_redhead, @rlmcelreath, and @PrimBehavEcol, we propose a gen….
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A major goal of behavioural ecology is to explain how phenotypic and ecological factors shape the social relationships that animals form with one another. This inferential task is notoriously...
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RT @RebeccaSear: Four years on, the paper which prompted this thread was retracted but the ludicrous dataset the thread describes is still….
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Richard Lynn's work has been repeatedly condemned for using flawed methodology and deceptively collated data to support racism. It's past time to retract the studies.
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RT @CamilleTestard: *Very* excited to see the last study of my PhD making the cover of @ScienceMagazine on the macaques of @CayoSantiagoPR.….
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RT @AndyDHigginson: Who wouldn't want to work with this friendly bunch?! @ljnbrent @laleaver1 @pauledwardrose @DarrenPCroft @pec_exeter @Sa….
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RT @pec_exeter: New paper🎺. Working with @BASCnews science team, we find that the total harvest of #woodcock, the number of people shooting….
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RT @_StephanieLKing: Job Alert 📢 3yr @LeverhulmeTrust funded postdoc on the Evolution of Animal Play 🐬🐒🐘 inc. fieldwork with the Shark Bay….
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RT @rjpheathcote: ⚡️Postdoc in sensory ecology!⚡️ 3 year position at @OxfordBiology on colouration in fish schools! If antipredator colour,….
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RT @asab_org: Menopause not only occurs in humans, but also several species of whales. And it’s a mystery why it exists! Charli Grimes’ res….
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