Interested in a career in STEM & conservation? Come to our #InternationalWomensDay event on Fri 8 March. Our six panelists will be talking about their career & the support they have received on the way. Get your questions ready! ow.ly/K3Wj50QG7oO #IWD2024 University of Cambridge Museums

Enjoy a night out at the Museum! From games requiring strategic thinking to Hungry Hippos 😉all in the unusual setting of the Museum galleries. Tickets £5. Bar open. Age 18+. Wed 20 March. ow.ly/c37m50QHJIL
University of Cambridge Museums Cambridge Festival #CamFest

We are delighted to announce that Professor Rob Fletcher has been appointed as the Miriam Rothschild Professor of Conservation Biology Cambridge University.

Rob will join Dept of Zoology & Cambridge Conservation Initiative.

Congratulations Rob - looking forward to working with you! bit.ly/ProfRobFletche…

Applications are invited for postgraduate study in the Dept of Zoology
Please see our website for project, supervisor and application info: zoo.cam.ac.uk/study/postgrad…
Apply by 4 January 2024 to be considered for University funding/fully-funded departmental studentships

JOB ALERT

We seek an engaged, effective leader to be Full Professor of Evolutionary Biology and Ecology and Director of the Museum of Zoology, Cambridge in Dept of Zoology Amazing staff, exceptional collections, award-winning public engagement.

Deadline 22 Jan

More here: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/44142/

We're recruiting in the School of Biological Sciences!
With Department of Plant Sciences, Dept of Zoology is seeking a new Grade 11 Professor (Reader) to work interdepartmentally in the broad area of Biotic Interactions.
jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/43953/
Deadline 25 Jan
Exciting times are ahead, come and join us!

We're recruiting in the School of Biological Sciences!
With GeneticsCambridge & Department of Plant Sciences, Dept of Zoology is seeking a Grade 11 Professor (Reader) to work interdepartmentally in the broad area of Evolutionary Networks (incl. ecological or social networks)
jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/43903/
Deadline 25 Jan

📢DATE FOR YOUR DIARY! Do not miss our Winter Wildlife Livestream on Wed 29 November at 7pm - it's your chance to put your winter birdlife questions LIVE to Curator of Ornithology, Professor Daniel Field. Sign up here: tickettailor.com/events/museumo…

For #RemembranceSunday , everyone is welcome at Great St Mary's, The University Church, Cambridge. Please take your seats before 10.45am.

For over 800 years, Great St Mary's, the University Church, has been a place of prayer, reconciliation, and learning in the heart of Cambridge.

#WeWillRememberThem

Will the UK’s forests still be here in 50 years? 😟

That depends on how we act now say researchers from Dept of Zoology and Forestry England, who have identified 15 emerging threats and opportunities that are likely to impact our woodlands. bit.ly/47mK94S

New paper! from the Spottiswoode Group Dom Cram has uncovered the different tactics birds use to get a meal when cooperating with humans - published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2…

A gentle reminder that applications for Dept of Zoology Independent Research Fellowship Scheme are still open until 13 November. Are you an early career researcher who would like to establish you own research programme? To find out more and apply jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/42696/

Offset markets: new approach could help save tropical forests by restoring faith in #carboncredits .

Our new method to price carbon credits could encourage desperately needed investment in #forest preservation and boost vital progress towards #netzero .

cam.ac.uk/research/news/…

New paper! Butterflies are more vulnerable to climate change as caterpillars than as adults, with a limited ability to cool down in hot weather. Heatwaves at this point in the life cycle could be devastating for butterfly communities Esme Ashe-Jepson doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1…

📢NEXT WEEK📢The Leverhulme Trust Centre for Life in the Universe Annual Talk by Professor Dimitar Sasselov, 26 October 2023, ⏰17:30-18:30 'On Life's Origins: a View from Astrophysics'. Details rb.gy/ohld5

Applications are now open for the Alexander Crummell Scholarships!

With Queens' College, these fully-funded scholarships are aimed at students with Black or Black-Mixed Ethnicity applying for an MPhil or PhD degree.

MPhil: bit.ly/3P75Ttf
PhD: bit.ly/3iAY4jr

Dr Emily Mitchell, Assistant Professor and Curator of Invertebrates at the University of Cambridge Museum of Zoology will talk about Ediacaran fossils in a new program from PBS: Ancient Earth: Frozen, which is Premiering on October 11 at 9 pm on PBS.

pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vide……

NOW OPEN! Our 'Tangled Planet' exhibition co-curated by Yr 12 students explores 19 specimens, giving a fascinating insight into the relationships between humans & the natural world. Pick up your FREE trail leaflet. ow.ly/Hb4n50PUI9t
Clare College University of Cambridge Museums

Your chance of getting ill from a new #COVID variant depends on the variant you were first exposed to (naturally or vaccination).

Your immune response targets specific parts of the virus which keeps mutating to avoid detection.

New from Dept of Zoology👇

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📢 Calling all nature conservation enthusiasts. 4C 4C: Cambridge Centre for Carbon Credits Dept of Zoology has an exciting opening for a Research Assistant to implement new methods to quantify the climate benefit of natural climate solutions. Deadline to apply 17 October jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/42998/