Dom Cram
@domcram
Followers
663
Following
619
Media
161
Statuses
555
Lecturer in Ecology at the University of East Anglia. Behavioural ecologist. Photographer. Nuts about wildlife. Views my own.
Joined January 2009
I am so so happy to share that I've started a new post as a research lecturer in ecology at the University of East Anglia @biouea. More research in social behaviour, cooperation, health & meerkats to come! Get in touch to explore MSc+PhD+Fellowship opportunities & collaborations.
7
4
74
⚠️Please share: Deadline 2 Dec⚠️ Funded PhD in my group: 🧬How does parental ageing shape the next generation?🧬 Find out by studying: 🧪Epigenetic clocks ✨Bioinformatics 📊Ecological data 🐾Meerkats 🌍 Fieldwork 💡Big questions in evolution ⏬APPLY⏬ https://t.co/KqgT2SxDva
0
0
0
Where do migratory seabirds go? Come to @ueaenv for a PhD studying the connectivity and conservation of seabird marine flyways, with a great supervisory and collaboration team @AldinaFranco @TammyEDavies @BirdLifeMarine @PeterIMiller More info here:
0
57
89
New PhD project @ueaceec @ueaenv examining individual variability in movement strategies of birds using tracking data. With me and @MariusSomveille @InesCatry @timmackrill @MartaAcacio
https://t.co/cey1wmju1h
#ornithology
2
32
45
I'm very excited that another of my PhD chapters is published today #OpenAccess in @PaN_BES! We investigate the links between #Birdsongs, #vineyard #soundscapes and #Wellbeing 🐦🍇🎶 🔗 https://t.co/sdCPDHFxQN
@LynnDicks @_SimonButler @UEAResearch @NRPBIODTP
#ornithology 🧵
1
14
49
New Zealand's kākāpō developed different feather colors to evade predatory birds, genome sequencing shows @plos @PLOSBiology
phys.org
Aotearoa New Zealand's flightless parrot, the kākāpō, evolved two different color types to potentially help them avoid detection by a now-extinct apex predator, Lara Urban at Helmholtz AI, Germany ...
2
17
38
THREE EXCITING 4-year POSTDOCS in spatial ecology/conservation/applied ecology/ornithology. Thank you! https://t.co/d1NLjvJjoZ
@irish_ecology @EcologyJobsUK @postdoc #postdocs
drive.google.com
1
82
46
[Thread] I will now explain our new study about people cooperating with honeyguide birds, using Lego and graphs (and Lego graphs). This study was a great team effort: @honeyguiding @honeyguide @jesvanderwal @jesslund01 + many not on Twitter.
1
28
74
This is a disappointing change.
I know it’s small potatoes, but I’m probably more sad than I should be that @RSocPublishing’s #ProcB is no longer typesetting their published articles with two columns of text 😥
0
0
4
⚡️Postdoc in sensory ecology!⚡️ 3 year position at @OxfordBiology on colouration in fish schools! If antipredator colour, collective behaviour, fieldwork in nice places, and fun experiments with predatory fish is your thing, get in touch! Pls RT 🐟🐟🐠🐠💥 https://t.co/lLYRqpLjic
0
64
83
This may be one of the biggest papers I ever have the privilege to be part of. Out now in @ScienceMagazine, we ask: Are nature conservation interventions working? The answer is YES. We now need to fund MORE to reverse global biodiversity declines. https://t.co/OcZxW2Gkzq 🧵
science.org
Governments recently adopted new global targets to halt and reverse the loss of biodiversity. It is therefore crucial to understand the outcomes of conservation actions. We conducted a global...
5
173
447
We're thrilled to announce that Meerkat Manor is to be adapted for the big screen with @warnerbros Pictures Animation #meerkatmanor #meerkat #oxfordscientificfilms #osf #warnerbrothers #animation #animatedfilm #warnerbros #warnerbrosstudios #series #wildlife
0
5
26
THREAD: What is happening in UK universities is astonishing. Right now about quarter of universities are laying off staff. Almost all universities expect to make a loss this year. And the entire thing is happening in an effort to deceive the population about migration statistics.
146
3K
17K
Introducing our #ISBE2024 plenary speakers: Prof Claire Spottiswoode (University of Cape Town & University of Cambridge). Claire’s research includes coevolution between brood-parasitic birds and their hosts, and mutualism between honeyguides and humans. https://t.co/m70YtUqkbh
1
8
53
🚨🚨Help us spread the word!!!! Fully funded field course for South African students. Apply by March 31. Come to learn how to study animal communication and collective behaviour in the wild. Plan and run your own project on the amazing Kalahari fauna. For details click 👇 or DM
Apply by 31/3 for the Collective Behaviour Field Course @KalahariRC! We aim to introduce the next generation of scientists from🇿🇦Universities to #collectivebehaviour research and facilitating long-lasting links between young 🇿🇦#zoologists and @CBehav. https://t.co/htUJPR9cIQ
0
20
18
This article resonates. Creativity is an optimistic investment in your future. It's near-impossible to make that investment when (for one reason or another) you are fighting to survive. https://t.co/bD7GyEvNMh
science.org
“I now encourage my graduate students and postdocs to disconnect and take time out to think, to play, to have fun with their research,” this professor writes
0
1
7
JOB in ZOOLOGY: T&R lectureship (Grade 8) in Bangor. Deadline 8 April! 'We particularly welcome applications from those studying the biology of mammals (ecology, behaviour, health and disease)'
0
32
15
Interested in doing a PhD on what meerkats mean? Or know someone who might? Check out this great opportunity from the @NCCR_Language with Marta Manser at the University of Zürich. Deadline March 15th.
2
111
151