Professor of Behavioural Ecology, University of Leeds, UK. The biology of sex and social environments, and Thermal Fertility Limits, mainly of fruit flies.
Amanda Bretman
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🚨 New bee paper in press, with @jamiesmithbio.bsky.social at Hull and @ejduncan.bsky.social at Leeds! Delighted to have this accepted - huge congrats to Jamie on the first paper out of his PhD 🥳 🎉
Read the paper in online early view form, here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
New paper accepted in Proc B! 🎉
We disentangled how heatwaves affect maternal egg care in earwigs. We found that mothers adjust care depending on both their own heat stress and the stress of their eggs, but these effects act independently rather than interactively.
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
We're pleased to announce that our Outreach and Engagement Grant Scheme is now open to RSB members for applications!
This grant is exclusively for funding of up to £1,000 to run a #CitizenScience survey, event, or activity.
📆 Apply by 6 July 2026
Find out more: www.rsb.org.uk/oe-grants.html
Latest paper. We studied ATF4 in ageing in the fly. We find in contrast to previous suggestions that ATF4 suppression rather than activation extends lifespan.
The study was largely conducted in an MSc project by Miriam Götz who showed an exceptional drive for science.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Feel privileged of being part of this study on shared mating traits of the banded cricket, Gryllodes sigillatus, superbly led by @tubariz786.bsky.social!
James Gilbert
New UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN) report published highlighting the need for stronger evidence to support research culture reform.
Delighted that @universityofleeds.bsky.social donated funds to support this work.
www.ukrn.org/2026/06/01/n...
Funding-guaranteed PhD position in plant ecosphysiology and macroecology: data synthesis and tropical fieldwork opportunities. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🎉 Exciting news for our lab: we will have open positions soon #PostdoctoralResearcher #ResearchTechnician! If you are interested in #SocialBehaviour, #FearResponses, and #DrosophilaMelanogaster, get in touch with a short CV and a statement of research interests.
