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Cecilia Baldoni

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Researcher @ Max Planck Institute of Animal Behaviour 📍Konstanz 🇩🇪 brain 🧠 | behaviour 🎬 | shrews🐭 Unexplainably obsessed with flamingoes 🦩 Like my art? You can support it! https://ko-fi.com/cecibaldoni cecibaldoni.github.io 💁🏽‍♀️🌐

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Cecilia Baldoni @cecibaldoni.bsky.social · Apr 13

Ehi Bluesky! 🦋
I recently opened a Ko-fi page 🎉 and I’ll keep it updated with my silly illustrations.

If you like what you see there, consider supporting it, so I can make some more shrew related art ❤️

Join me at ko-fi.com/cecibaldoni

#KofiPromoteChallenge

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Cecilia Baldoni @cecibaldoni.bsky.social · 15h

Spread wide and far to your network! 🎉
SORTEE Conference is on next week!

@sortee.bsky.social

SORTEE @sortee.bsky.social · 16h

🚨 Just one week left until our conference kicks off!

Join us for unconferences, workshops, and hackathons.

Register now at sortee.org/upcoming #SORTEE2025

Upcoming events

Upcoming conference by Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary biology (SORTEE)

sortee.org

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Cecilia Baldoni @cecibaldoni.bsky.social · 5d

Ahahah but yet! But I'm feeling a bit under the weather and Otto is keeping me warm! ❤️🐶

Cecilia Baldoni @cecibaldoni.bsky.social · 5d

Day three of #Inktober!

How to say a Sorex araneus from a Sorex coronatus?

Well, the #crown is telling!

A page of a notebook with a drawing of three shrews, one wearing a crown. On the top left of the image, next to the notebook, Otto the dog looks at the camera

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Cecilia Baldoni @cecibaldoni.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks for being there with us!

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Cecilia Baldoni @cecibaldoni.bsky.social · 5d

Yey! 😍 Save the date and join us at the conference!

Cecilia Baldoni @cecibaldoni.bsky.social · 5d

🚨We want you! 🚨

Come join @saoirsekelleher.eco and me at the SORTEE Conference to talk about starting your Code Club!

Find out more about the conference here: sortee.org/upcoming/

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Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social · 9d

Take note, repost far and wide. The Dechmann Lab are hiring ✨

Cecilia Baldoni @cecibaldoni.bsky.social · 21d

PhD Alert! 😍 Our lab is hiring a PhD student to study how shrews shrink in winter and grow in spring. Yes, you read that right!
tinyurl.com/shrinkingshr...
Join us at the @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social, study a super cool animal, and join the @imprs-qbee.bsky.social community!

DM me for questions!

Seasonal size change and aging in shrews

imprs-qbee.mpg.de

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Cecilia Baldoni @cecibaldoni.bsky.social · 18d

I DM you!

Cecilia Baldoni @cecibaldoni.bsky.social · 20d

Apparently this project is popular among faculty members 😬😆 we already have two group leaders and now a professor in line to join! 🤩

Cecilia Baldoni @cecibaldoni.bsky.social · 21d

Seasonal size change and aging in shrews

imprs-qbee.mpg.de

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Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social · 26d

Happy Birthday MaxCine 🎂
This October, MaxCine celebrates 15 years of inspiring young scientists. Join us to celebrate this achievement at the MAXCINE FESTIVAL: three days of science, art, ideas, and community. Come in person or participate online. Talks are FREE. Registrations are open👉 maxcine.de

The BeeMarie in front of MaxCine, Radofzell, Germany

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Cecilia Baldoni @cecibaldoni.bsky.social · 26d

Could be the wrong suggestion, I'm not sure I understood the assignment 🤣

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Cecilia Baldoni @cecibaldoni.bsky.social · 26d

🤔

Maybe this?
github.com/EmilHvitfeld...

GitHub - EmilHvitfeldt/quarto-revealjs-editable: Repositioning and resizing of images and text directly in quarto revealjs slides

Repositioning and resizing of images and text directly in quarto revealjs slides - GitHub - EmilHvitfeldt/quarto-revealjs-editable: Repositioning and resizing of images and text directly in quarto...

github.com

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Libby Heeren @libbyheeren.bsky.social · 28d

I might be biased (cat-biased?), but this #pawsitconf submission is just too cuuuuuute 🥹 Thank you for sharing Fennec's talk with us, @cecibaldoni.bsky.social ✨

This is truly getting me pumped for conf in the most adorable way possible 🐈

#rstats #python #databs

A promotional image for a fake data science conference run by pets. The left half of the square image is blue and says "Purr-plexing: what your human's code is REALLY doing (and how to fix it) pawsit conf 2025." On the right side is a photo of a kitten sitting on a keyboard staring at a computer monitor. At the bottom right is the cat's name and "company" - Fennec from The Royal Feline Society for Applied Paw-gramming. This is all a bit of fun produced by the folks at #Posit, Libby Heeren and Rachael Dempsey, for the #rstats #python and #databs communities

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Daniela Rößler @roesslerdaniela.bsky.social · Sep 6

🕷️ 🚨 Are you at the #DZG in Berlin next week? @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social my PhD @nadjageiger.bsky.social and I are very excited to tell you the latest about our spider sleep 💤 work! Come check out our talks on Friday and ask all your questions! :) 🚨 🕷️

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Daniela Rößler @roesslerdaniela.bsky.social · Sep 6

🚨 PhD alert! IMPRS brain & behavior in Bonn just opened their calls for applications. Great PhD funding opportunities. Check it out! PS- I just joined their faculty, meaning you could do a rotation in my lab or even a PhD with me on spider sleep 🙃 Apply! 🚨

IMPRS for Brain and Behavior @imprsbb.bsky.social · Aug 27

📢Apply now! Join our IMPRS for Brain&Behavior to pursue a #PhD in #neuroethology. Learn how brain circuits are linked to interesting animal behaviors!
📅 Deadline: October 31, 2025
🔗 imprs-brain-behavior.mpg.de
#neuroscience #Neuroskyence #neurojobs #sciencejobs #PhDsky #PhDOffers #FundedPhD

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Cecilia Baldoni @cecibaldoni.bsky.social · Sep 5

(also, know that I'll take inspiration ❤️)

Cecilia Baldoni @cecibaldoni.bsky.social · Sep 5

You are never gonna convince me this is procrastination instead of cool coding. NEVER!

a cartoon of homer simpson covering his mouth with his hand and the words never !!! written below him

ALT: a cartoon of homer simpson covering his mouth with his hand and the words never !!! written below him

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LMU Open Science Center @lmu-osc.bsky.social · Sep 5

📢 This year, we’re hosting seven public lectures that anyone can attend completely free of charge between Sept 15 and 18!
📅 Registration for online attendance is open.
🔗 www.pretix.osc.lmu.de/lmu-osc/OSSS...

#OpenScience #OSSS25 #LMUOSC

Promotional poster for the LMU Open Science Center Summer School 2025 Public Lectures. The poster features photos of five speakers: Prof. Dr. Felix Schönbrodt, Prof. Dr. Richard McElreath, Dr. Tim Errington, Dr. Malika Ihle, and Vera Karlbauer. The text states the skills that the lectures will develop, the dates for the lectures running from September 15-18 2025, and instructions to register online. Logos of LMU Open Science Center, LMU, and Universitätsbibliothek München are displayed at the bottom.

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Cecilia Baldoni @cecibaldoni.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Cecilia Baldoni @cecibaldoni.bsky.social · Sep 3

Oooh congratulations Kylie! 🤩

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R-Ladies Amsterdam @rladiesamsterdam.bsky.social · Sep 3

WE WANT YOU! 🫵

Our organiser @kylieainslie.bsky.social is leaving us to go Down Under. 🦘 We're looking for new organisers to continue with @josefina-bernardo.bsky.social to keep @rladiesamsterdam.bsky.social the wonderful community it is. If you're in NL and interested, please get in touch! 💜

Kylie Ainslie, PhD @kylieainslie.bsky.social · Sep 2

Last week marked the end of my time at @rivm-nl.bsky.social.

I'm excited to be joining @thedohertyinst.bsky.social and The University of Melbourne as Modelling for Policy Lead!

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Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social · Sep 1

Scientists discover the secret behind the shrew’s amazing ability to shrink their brains 🧠

The clever trick sheds unwanted weight without compromising too much on cognition.

Find the 5-letter word 👇

Study by @cecibaldoni.bsky.social Dechmann Lab #shrewcrew et al

www.ab.mpg.de/743885/news_...

Rare seasonal brain shrinkage in shrews is driven by water loss, not cell death

Common shrews are one of only a handful of mammals known to flexibly shrink and regrow their brains. This rare seasonal cycle, known as Dehnel’s phenomenon, has puzzled scientists for decades. A study...

www.ab.mpg.de

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Cecilia Baldoni @cecibaldoni.bsky.social · Sep 1

The secret to shrew brain shrinkage? 🤔
Not cell loss, but water loss!
Our new paper shows that brain cells shrink by losing water, a wild feat of brain plasticity 🤯

Check the paper!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @labdavalos.bsky.social @batichica.bsky.social

Programmed seasonal brain shrinkage in the common shrew via water loss without cell death

Brain plasticity, the brain’s inherent ability to adapt its structure and function, is crucial for responding to environmental challenges but is usual…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Cecilia Baldoni @cecibaldoni.bsky.social · Aug 13

Ihihih! Thank you so much for the mention 😍 I had so much fun making it!