Dr Steve Portugal, The University of Oxford

Had a fantastic time at the ASAB winter meeting at ZSL. Great venue for a conference, and enjoyed visiting gorillas, pygmy hippo’s and slow loris during breaks. Was my first one, and will definitely be going again. Good to catch up with folk, and also meet a host of new people. Following the week on Biotweeps, has been a social and interactive fortnight.

I have 2-3 upcoming PhD projects that will be available shortly, through the NERC London DTP. More details to follow! Any prospective students do get in touch (contact details below). Announcements will be made via the NERC London DTP Twitter and Website, and via my Twitter also (click the bold to go to the relevant websites).

Excited to be joining the Editorial Board of Functional Ecology in the new year, as an Associate Editor. More information about Functional Ecology can be found here, and their twitter feed is here!

Pleased to be presenting at the ASAB Winter Meeting on “Individuals in Groups”, to be held at ZSL. I’m talking about pigeons, and will be on the Thursday. More details can be found here!

Our paper has just come out in The Journal of Experimental Biology! The paper, “Nesting Behaviour Influences Species-specific Across Avian Eggshells” was also featured in the News and Views section, Inside JEB (you can read the article by clicking the link)!

Our paper has been published in The Journal of Experimental Biology. This paper looks at many different species, and how eggs are adapted to their immediate nest environment. You can read the paper here!

My latest Outside JEB article is out. This one reports on a recent Current Biology paper about octopus arms. You can read the article, titled “Octopuses don’t get their arms in a twist!, here.