Head of the department of Evolutionary Animal Ecology at Uni Bayreuth, Professor, #firstgen, mother. We love burying beetles and parasitic wasps.

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Hairs are growing back! Thanks for the great support of @DrTainaConrad, @MadlenPrang, Jacky and the entire EAE-team! What a wonderful group! It helped a lot!
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#Ants hold a grudge – they remember who attacked them and fight back harder against those enemy colonies! Our new paper led by @bey_melanie is now published @CurrentBiology sciencedirect.com/science/ar…

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Only 1 week to go before the closing date on this PhD opportunity in Devon and Cornwall. Like rainforests, beetles and ecology? This could be for you. Apply now!
Splendid PhD opportunity on ecology and conservation of #bluegroundbeetles in #temperaterainforests in the Southwest of England now available: tinyurl.com/BGBeetle. Come join the team! Interested? Email me: n.j.royle@exeter.ac.uk for further info. Please share.
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In my latest story @KnowableMag, I explore the social life of... #earwigs, with the expert help of @JMeunierEarwig and others! knowablemagazine.org/content…
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Abstract submission is now open for the Münster Evolution Meeting (March 17-20, 2025)! Submit by Nov 15, 2024 👉 uni-muenster.de/Evolution/ME… What's new? Graduate Excellence Symposium for PhD students & Poster flash talks #MEM2025 #EvolutionMeeting #EvolutionaryBiology @uni_muenster
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🪲Beetles!🧑‍🍼Parental care!🔇Acoustic signals! 🐛Larvae! Our November #ASABEditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: "The impact of acoustic signalling on offspring performance varies among three biparentally caring species" by @DrTainaConrad et al: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.20…
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Congratulations @DrTainaConrad!
Just in time for Halloween🎃 our paper "Vibrations from the crypt: Investigating the possibility of vibrational communication in burying beetles" is out in @Ento_EA. doi.org/10.1111/eea.13519 Thanks to my student Marie and my wonderful co-authors @DrLouRoberts and @SteigerLab
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Another RSOS @RSocPublishing paper with @GenChangHSU WJ Lin is just out now! We evaluated whether using lab mice to breed burying beetle is representative of wild carcasses, and the answer is yes, despite slight difference in nutrient content! royalsocietypublishing.org/d…
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As of passing my viva this morning that’s me #PhDone 🎉 I think little Georgia would be quite happy with current Georgia. She was wrong about the marine part but pretty close 🐠 Thanks to my wonderful examiners @_EmCunningham_ @SteigerLab for an interesting discussion 🪲
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Now seeking new Associate Editors for 2025! AEs receive free membership in SSE and free registration to the annual Evolution meeting. Indicate your interest in this short form by October 31: forms.gle/JwAmeM4YV9FvLNMT9
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Glad to have been part of @bay_ceer this year! I'm very honored to have made 1st place with my poster!
So proud of both students Olga Müller and @leotheo98 from @SteigerLab for getting poster prizes at the @bay_ceer jubilee workshop this year.
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So proud of both students Olga Müller and @leotheo98 from @SteigerLab for getting poster prizes at the @bay_ceer jubilee workshop this year.
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📢Open Position @unibt W3-Professorship for Hydrology (m/f/d): 🟢At the Chair of Hydrology | Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences 🟢Application deadline: October 15, 2024 #Professorship #Research #Hydrology #microplastics More information: uni-bayreuth.de/full-profess…

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Had a fantastic time at the GEvol Meeting @SPP_GEvol in Frankfurt!!
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3rd day of our Gevol Meeting with great talks by our invited speaker @GenomeHecker and @eyalprivman. Our students gave really amazing talks about their projects as well. Thanks to the @geobiodiversity for welcoming our Gevol Family this year.
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Great that you had such a good time at #ISBE2024! Sad that the rest of us couldn't make it
#ISBE2024 coming to an end. What a great conference it was. Really enjoyed the opportunity, presenting my PhD work in front of amazing people. Met lots of cool people, had great discussions and made great friends. Together with Eric representing @SteigerLab in Australia #ISBE2024
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