EMPSEB 31
@empseb.bsky.social
31st European Meeting of PhD Students in Evolutionary Biology (EMPSEB) 🌍
By PhD students, for PhD students → since 1995! 🧬
📍Germany | June 2026 | #EMPSEB31
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By PhD students, for PhD students → since 1995! 🧬
📍Germany | June 2026 | #EMPSEB31
empsebconf.github.io/index.html
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🏔️ EMPSEB31 is heading to the mountains!
This year we’ll meet in Oberwiesenthal, Germany (8–12 June 2026), a quiet mountain town in the Ore Mountains, right on the Czech border. Think forest trails, open skies, and fresh air.
Join us for a week of science and fun!🌿
#EMPSEB31 #EvoBio #PhD
This year we’ll meet in Oberwiesenthal, Germany (8–12 June 2026), a quiet mountain town in the Ore Mountains, right on the Czech border. Think forest trails, open skies, and fresh air.
Join us for a week of science and fun!🌿
#EMPSEB31 #EvoBio #PhD
November 14, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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🎙️ Announcing our second keynote for EMPSEB31!
Dr. Jonathan Henshaw (University of Freiburg) explores sexual selection, mating systems, parental care, and fertilization strategies using analytical + simulation models.
📅 8–12 June 2026
📍 Oberwiesenthal, Germany
#EMPSEB31 #EvoBio #PhDLife #Mating
Dr. Jonathan Henshaw (University of Freiburg) explores sexual selection, mating systems, parental care, and fertilization strategies using analytical + simulation models.
📅 8–12 June 2026
📍 Oberwiesenthal, Germany
#EMPSEB31 #EvoBio #PhDLife #Mating
November 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Looking forward to Prof. Mariella's talk!🕷️
December 15, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Looking forward to Prof. Mariella's talk!🕷️
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Attention ECRs! Apply now for a Conference Travel Award from @eseb.bsky.social to attend @empseb31.bsky.social OR the upcoming @evolmtg.bsky.social in Cleveland 2026 📣
DEADLINE: 30th January 2026
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DEADLINE: 30th January 2026
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November 25, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Attention ECRs! Apply now for a Conference Travel Award from @eseb.bsky.social to attend @empseb31.bsky.social OR the upcoming @evolmtg.bsky.social in Cleveland 2026 📣
DEADLINE: 30th January 2026
eseb.org/prizes-fundi...
DEADLINE: 30th January 2026
eseb.org/prizes-fundi...
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🦋 Ever thought about the artist behind those naturalist illustrations? Maria Sibylla Merian, a 17th-century German naturalist, worked when women were rarely recognized in science. Her timeless art now represents EMPSEB31 in the spirit of curiosity and observation! ✨🔍
#ScienceArt #EvoBio #EMPSEB31
#ScienceArt #EvoBio #EMPSEB31
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
🦋 Ever thought about the artist behind those naturalist illustrations? Maria Sibylla Merian, a 17th-century German naturalist, worked when women were rarely recognized in science. Her timeless art now represents EMPSEB31 in the spirit of curiosity and observation! ✨🔍
#ScienceArt #EvoBio #EMPSEB31
#ScienceArt #EvoBio #EMPSEB31
We’re very grateful to ESEB for supporting early-career researchers through their Conference Travel Awards 💙
Opportunities like these help make conferences more accessible. We warmly encourage students interested in #EMPSEB31 to apply!
Opportunities like these help make conferences more accessible. We warmly encourage students interested in #EMPSEB31 to apply!
The Congress Attendance Aid (CAA) Grant is offered by ESEB to promote equal participation, diversity, and accessibility @empseb31.bsky.social June 2025, Oberwiesenthal, Germany
For more information and to apply click here: eseb.org/prizes-fundi...
For more information and to apply click here: eseb.org/prizes-fundi...
December 12, 2025 at 8:35 AM
We’re very grateful to ESEB for supporting early-career researchers through their Conference Travel Awards 💙
Opportunities like these help make conferences more accessible. We warmly encourage students interested in #EMPSEB31 to apply!
Opportunities like these help make conferences more accessible. We warmly encourage students interested in #EMPSEB31 to apply!
🧬✨ It’s official!
EMPSEB31 is coming to Germany, June 2026! Link in Bio 😉
Europe’s friendliest evolution meeting returns, by PhD students, for PhD students.
📍Oberwiesenthal, Germany
📅8–12 June 2026
🚨Save the date & follow us for updates!
#EMPSEB31 #EvoBio #PhDLife #ScienceCommunity #EMPSEB
EMPSEB31 is coming to Germany, June 2026! Link in Bio 😉
Europe’s friendliest evolution meeting returns, by PhD students, for PhD students.
📍Oberwiesenthal, Germany
📅8–12 June 2026
🚨Save the date & follow us for updates!
#EMPSEB31 #EvoBio #PhDLife #ScienceCommunity #EMPSEB
December 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🧬✨ It’s official!
EMPSEB31 is coming to Germany, June 2026! Link in Bio 😉
Europe’s friendliest evolution meeting returns, by PhD students, for PhD students.
📍Oberwiesenthal, Germany
📅8–12 June 2026
🚨Save the date & follow us for updates!
#EMPSEB31 #EvoBio #PhDLife #ScienceCommunity #EMPSEB
EMPSEB31 is coming to Germany, June 2026! Link in Bio 😉
Europe’s friendliest evolution meeting returns, by PhD students, for PhD students.
📍Oberwiesenthal, Germany
📅8–12 June 2026
🚨Save the date & follow us for updates!
#EMPSEB31 #EvoBio #PhDLife #ScienceCommunity #EMPSEB
EMPSEB30 has come to an end, but we’re thrilled by the many enthusiastic volunteers eager to organize EMPSEB31. Next stop could be France 🇫🇷, Germany 🇩🇪, or Denmark 🇩🇰… we’ll see! Wishing all future organizers the best of luck!💫
June 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
EMPSEB30 has come to an end, but we’re thrilled by the many enthusiastic volunteers eager to organize EMPSEB31. Next stop could be France 🇫🇷, Germany 🇩🇪, or Denmark 🇩🇰… we’ll see! Wishing all future organizers the best of luck!💫
A big thanks to @biologists.bsky.social for their generous support through the Fund for Innovations in Sustainable Conferencing! Their help made our eco-friendly shuttle buses from Prague & Brno possible 🚌💚 and allowed us to reward participants who traveled by train 🚆.
June 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
A big thanks to @biologists.bsky.social for their generous support through the Fund for Innovations in Sustainable Conferencing! Their help made our eco-friendly shuttle buses from Prague & Brno possible 🚌💚 and allowed us to reward participants who traveled by train 🚆.
🎉 Congrats to Luisa Linke, winner of the EMPSEB30 Best Poster Award for “What drives sex differences in immunity?”
She wins a free course from Physalia Courses — big thanks for the support! 🙌
@physaliacourses.bsky.social
She wins a free course from Physalia Courses — big thanks for the support! 🙌
@physaliacourses.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🎉 Congrats to Luisa Linke, winner of the EMPSEB30 Best Poster Award for “What drives sex differences in immunity?”
She wins a free course from Physalia Courses — big thanks for the support! 🙌
@physaliacourses.bsky.social
She wins a free course from Physalia Courses — big thanks for the support! 🙌
@physaliacourses.bsky.social
🎉 The AllGenetics–EMPSEB Award for Best Oral Presentation goes to Tarunkishwor Yumnam for his brilliant work on the evolution of the butterfly “false head”! 🦋👏
Big thanks to @allgenetics.bsky.social for supporting emerging science talent! 💙
Big thanks to @allgenetics.bsky.social for supporting emerging science talent! 💙
June 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
🎉 The AllGenetics–EMPSEB Award for Best Oral Presentation goes to Tarunkishwor Yumnam for his brilliant work on the evolution of the butterfly “false head”! 🦋👏
Big thanks to @allgenetics.bsky.social for supporting emerging science talent! 💙
Big thanks to @allgenetics.bsky.social for supporting emerging science talent! 💙
EMPSEB30 was a blast! 💥 A week full of science, fun & great conversations in Milovy, Czechia. PhD students from around the world came together to learn, share & connect. Huge thanks to all participants, speakers, organizers & sponsors who made it possible! 💙
June 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
EMPSEB30 was a blast! 💥 A week full of science, fun & great conversations in Milovy, Czechia. PhD students from around the world came together to learn, share & connect. Huge thanks to all participants, speakers, organizers & sponsors who made it possible! 💙
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If bottom-up approaches still needed evidence they work, #EMPSEB30 gave it. A warm atmosphere, sustainability prize, engaging DEI session, emotional workshops, alternative presentations, so many out-of-the-box things. Altogether with a really high scientific quality. Thank you @empseb30.bsky.social!
And that’s a wrap! #EMPSEB30 comes to an end in the same friendly way in which it started🙌🏽 A huge thank you to the organisers for a flawless conference and for the phenomenal final show! 🕺🏻💃🏻@empseb30.bsky.social
June 7, 2025 at 9:55 AM
If bottom-up approaches still needed evidence they work, #EMPSEB30 gave it. A warm atmosphere, sustainability prize, engaging DEI session, emotional workshops, alternative presentations, so many out-of-the-box things. Altogether with a really high scientific quality. Thank you @empseb30.bsky.social!
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And that’s a wrap! #EMPSEB30 comes to an end in the same friendly way in which it started🙌🏽 A huge thank you to the organisers for a flawless conference and for the phenomenal final show! 🕺🏻💃🏻@empseb30.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
And that’s a wrap! #EMPSEB30 comes to an end in the same friendly way in which it started🙌🏽 A huge thank you to the organisers for a flawless conference and for the phenomenal final show! 🕺🏻💃🏻@empseb30.bsky.social
Todays plenary talk was given by Bibiana Rojas. She showed us her thrilling research that focuses on the study of poisonous frogs that display unique behaviour in parental care and early life.🐸 Thank you Bibiana for not only the talk, but contribution to DEI Panel and friendly athmosphere!
June 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Todays plenary talk was given by Bibiana Rojas. She showed us her thrilling research that focuses on the study of poisonous frogs that display unique behaviour in parental care and early life.🐸 Thank you Bibiana for not only the talk, but contribution to DEI Panel and friendly athmosphere!
Last but not least! Our final talk not only in Session 7A but also at the whole conference was given by Marie Krátká. She showed us her unique results about the LTR Retrotransposons in holocentric species and how their abundance and nature differ from monocentric plants!🌱💻
June 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Last but not least! Our final talk not only in Session 7A but also at the whole conference was given by Marie Krátká. She showed us her unique results about the LTR Retrotransposons in holocentric species and how their abundance and nature differ from monocentric plants!🌱💻
Stanislav Kostiuk talked about the centromere diversity and structure in tribe Arabideae. He showed how frequent centromere repositioning is and how we can study this interesting phenomenon.🧬🌱 This was great addition to our Session 7A!
June 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Stanislav Kostiuk talked about the centromere diversity and structure in tribe Arabideae. He showed how frequent centromere repositioning is and how we can study this interesting phenomenon.🧬🌱 This was great addition to our Session 7A!
The next talk in Session 7A was given by Petr Janás. He introduced us to how CRISPR-Cas engineering can rewind chromosome evolution in plants!🌿 Thank you for the inspiring talk!
June 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The next talk in Session 7A was given by Petr Janás. He introduced us to how CRISPR-Cas engineering can rewind chromosome evolution in plants!🌿 Thank you for the inspiring talk!
Our last session 7A - Evolutionary Genomics started with Lucie Horáková, she shows us her fascinating research about the centromeres in hop!🌱
June 6, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Our last session 7A - Evolutionary Genomics started with Lucie Horáková, she shows us her fascinating research about the centromeres in hop!🌱
Juan Francisco Esteves Ramírez gave a talk about his work on tradeoffs between competitive ability and parasitoid resistance in experimentally evolved Drosophila populations.
#EMPSEB30 #conference #phdstudents #evolution #drosophila
#EMPSEB30 #conference #phdstudents #evolution #drosophila
June 6, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Juan Francisco Esteves Ramírez gave a talk about his work on tradeoffs between competitive ability and parasitoid resistance in experimentally evolved Drosophila populations.
#EMPSEB30 #conference #phdstudents #evolution #drosophila
#EMPSEB30 #conference #phdstudents #evolution #drosophila
Ana Carolina Varela Pereira showed us the genetic mechanisms that Drosophila larvae evolve to cope with nutritional stresses.
#EMPSEB30 #conference #phdstudents #evolution #drosophila
#EMPSEB30 #conference #phdstudents #evolution #drosophila
June 6, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Ana Carolina Varela Pereira showed us the genetic mechanisms that Drosophila larvae evolve to cope with nutritional stresses.
#EMPSEB30 #conference #phdstudents #evolution #drosophila
#EMPSEB30 #conference #phdstudents #evolution #drosophila
Zorimar Vilella Pacheco @biologaboricua.bsky.social gave a fascinating talk on differences in within- vs. trans-generational plasticity in different Daphnia magna lineages.
#EMPSEB30 #conference #phdstudents #evolution #plasticity
#EMPSEB30 #conference #phdstudents #evolution #plasticity
June 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Zorimar Vilella Pacheco @biologaboricua.bsky.social gave a fascinating talk on differences in within- vs. trans-generational plasticity in different Daphnia magna lineages.
#EMPSEB30 #conference #phdstudents #evolution #plasticity
#EMPSEB30 #conference #phdstudents #evolution #plasticity
Benjamin Cejp gave a very comprehensive talk on allometries in life-history strategies and a fast-slow continuum in amphibians.
#EMPSEB30 #conference #phdstudents #evolution #lifehistories
#EMPSEB30 #conference #phdstudents #evolution #lifehistories
June 6, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Benjamin Cejp gave a very comprehensive talk on allometries in life-history strategies and a fast-slow continuum in amphibians.
#EMPSEB30 #conference #phdstudents #evolution #lifehistories
#EMPSEB30 #conference #phdstudents #evolution #lifehistories
The DEI panel is an important part of every EMPSEB. This year, participants discussed five selected scenarios in smaller groups. Thanks to all, for great discussions about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Special thanks go to @biobiiana.bsky.social, who concluded the event with an encouraging talk.
June 6, 2025 at 6:40 AM
The DEI panel is an important part of every EMPSEB. This year, participants discussed five selected scenarios in smaller groups. Thanks to all, for great discussions about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Special thanks go to @biobiiana.bsky.social, who concluded the event with an encouraging talk.