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Gregor Kalinkat
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biodiversity scientist | ecologist | science communicator & educator based in Berlin, DE posts in EN and DE, occassionally in ES https://linktr.ee/gkalinkat
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Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat.bsky.social · Nov 7
Reposting this for obvious reasons, particularly for my friends and colleagues in the US (but by no way limited to them). May Otto Krayer serve as your role model during those coming months and years 🧪🎓
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Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat.bsky.social · Oct 22
On this day 125 years ago Otto Krayer was born, a pharmacologist and professor who has shown "Resistant Behaviour in a Sea of Enthusiasm, Opportunism and Antisemitism" like no other in Nazi-era Germany 🧪

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Kr...

#OTD #neveragain
Photo of bald Otto Krayer wearing suit and tie from 1957
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Sholto David @sholtodavid.bsky.social · 2d
Recent MDPI paper including diagram of a bacterial cell with a mitochondrion 🤦‍♀️ The authors propose a mechanism for the toxicity of silver nanoparticles: "Ag+ ions in AgNPs bombard the bacterial mitochondria’s electron transport chain, resulting in cell death".
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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 16h
A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly

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Claus Wilke @clauswilke.com · 21h
Biology is much more complicated than most non-biologists can imagine. And AI is not going to change this anytime soon.
blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/we-still-c...
We still can’t predict much of anything in biology
Biology is hard. Yes, even for AI.
blog.genesmindsmachines.com
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Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat.bsky.social · 19h
„The 2025 Ig Nobel Prize in biology was awarded to Tomoki Kojima and other researchers for demonstrating that painting cows with black and white stripes can prevent biting flies biting them without using more pesticide“

I agree
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Emily Hunt @emily.space · 1d
Oooh the Nobel Prize is out today, so it's time for my yearly round of ignoring that news and reading about many of the women who were snubbed of the prize in the past and who the Nobel Prize committee refuses to apologise for. 🧪🔭
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Tanja Busse @tanjabusse.bsky.social · 21h
Bald könnten ALLE Chat-Nachrichten von den Behörden durchsucht werden – selbst ohne Verdacht! Das entscheiden *heute* die Minister*innen. Sag Nein zur Chatkontrolle! Jetzt unterzeichnen ✍️ weact.campact.de/petitions/ch...
Chatkontrolle stoppen!
Die EU-Kommission will Messenger-Dienste wie WhatsApp und Signal zwingen, alle privaten Nachrichten und Fotos in Echtzeit zu scannen. Angeblich zum Kinderschutz. In Wahrheit bedeutet die Chatkontrolle...
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Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat.bsky.social · 1d
"Der diesjährige Nobelpreis für Medizin zeigt...auf, dass die wahre Stärke des Immunsystems nicht nur...in der Härte seiner Einsätze liegt, sondern vor allem auch in der Fähigkeit, Eskalationen zu verhindern."

Als wollte das Kommittee eine politische Botschaft senden

www.srf.ch/wissen/nobel... 🧪
Nobelpreise 2025 - Nobelpreis für Medizin geht an Trio zur Forschung zum Immunsystem
Der Nobelpreis geht an Brunkow, Ramsdell und Sakaguchi für «ihre Entdeckungen zur peripheren Immuntoleranz».
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NPR @npr.org · 2d
Known as the mother of Colombian corals, at 70, marine biologist Elvira Alvarado is still diving — and pioneering "coral IVF" to help save endangered reefs.
The mother of Colombian corals
Known as the mother of Colombian corals, at 70, marine biologist Elvira Alvarado is still diving — and pioneering "coral IVF" to help save endangered reefs.
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Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat.bsky.social · 2d
New study 🎓 by @robinheinennl.bsky.social

Variation in artificial light at night (ALAN) 💡 affects ecosystem functions: An experimental approach using plasticine caterpillar 🐛 predation in an urban environment 🧪

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🔓
Variation in artificial light at night (ALAN) affects ecosystem functions: An experimental approach using plasticine caterpillar predation in an urban environment
Artificial Light at Night (ALAN) is changing our nocturnal landscape. Recent research reveals the negative impacts on biodiversity, including individu…
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Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 3d
#OTD 120 years ago, the T. rex got its name:

“I propose to make this animal the type of the new genus Tyrannosaurus, in reference to its size, which greatly exceeds that of any carnivorous land animal hitherto described.”

Find the original paper here:
digitallibrary.amnh.org/server/api/c...
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Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat.bsky.social · 5d
Jane Goodall’s legacy: three ways she changed science 🧪

www.nature.com/articles/d41... @nature.com
Jane Goodall’s legacy: three ways she changed science
The primatologist challenged what it meant to be a scientist.
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Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat.bsky.social · 5d
Jane Goodall’s legacy: three ways she changed science 🧪

www.nature.com/articles/d41... @nature.com
Jane Goodall’s legacy: three ways she changed science
The primatologist challenged what it meant to be a scientist.
www.nature.com
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Frau Büüsker @uedio.bsky.social · 6d
Diese Gruppe junger Menschen hat mit Beharrlichkeit und viel Herzblut Klimageschichte geschrieben. Lasst euch nicht erzählen, niemand interessiere sich für Klimaschutz. Viele kämpfen dafür.
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Alternativer Nobelpreis: Mit dem Recht gegen die Erderwärmung
27 Jura-Studierende aus dem Südpazifik erhalten den alternativen Nobelpreis. Der Grund ist ihre erfolgreiche Kampagne für mehr Klimagerechtigkeit.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 6d
an extraordinary person with an extraordinary legacy who nevertheless didn’t take herself too seriously

when Gary Larson published this cartoon, she was in Africa and her institute was horribly offended and drafted a complaint

the whole thing was defused when she returned - she found it funny
Far Side cartoon with a female chimpanzee grooming a male chimpanzee “Well, well - another blond hair. … Conducting a little more ‘research’ with that Jane Goodall tramp?”
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Reassembly Research Unit @reassemblynet.bsky.social · 18d
Three exciting #PostDoc 🧑‍🔬👩‍🔬🧕 positions on #Ecological #Synthesis at TU Darmstadt @tuda.bsky.social for Reassembly #rainforest 🇪🇨 🌱🌴🦜 & #Biodiversity Exploratories 🌲🐄🚜🪲🐝🥀@bexplo.bsky.social
Please spread widely ✉️♥️▶️ & apply quickly 🙃
www.reassembly.de/the-team/job...
Ecological synthesis including forest ecosystems, grassland, land use, climate change, time series, stability, ecosystem functioning, biodiversity, species interaction networks
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Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat.bsky.social · 6d
my thoughts exactly
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 6d
The world has lost its most powerful advocate for nature and hope. Yet many remain who will continue her legacy and I know she will continue to inspire generations more.
A screenshot of a post by the Jane Goodall Institute on LinkedIn stating that they learned that Dr. Goodall passed away due to natural causes in California while on her speaking to her current speaking tour there.
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Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat.bsky.social · 6d
This! They are extremely evil AND extremely stupid. A worrying combination
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Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat.bsky.social · 6d
a barbie doll is making a surprised face with her hands in the air .
ALT: a barbie doll is making a surprised face with her hands in the air .
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Nathan Harness @nathanharness.bsky.social · 7d
I found this rove beetle friend on the rainforest floor. They are so so fast, you can imaging me chasing it around with my camera just rolling around in the leaf litter. Just unbelievable colors. In person the rainbow iridescence is stunning. It’s hard to say much here beyond just wow.
Red green and yellow beetle on a leaf Red green and yellow beetle on a leaf
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Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat.bsky.social · 7d
If Americans had a brain left to understand what’s on the line, the general strike would have started on Inauguration Day. Applies particularly to American women but is by no means limited to them
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Johann Rathke @johannrathke.bsky.social · 13d
Abwärtstrend bei Insekten geht weiter.

Der vom @ufz.de veröffentlichte Index der Grünlandschmetterlinge zeigt vor allem für die letzten Jahren einen negativen Trend. Insbesondere spezialisierte Arten weisen einen starken Rückgang auf!

➡️ www.ufz.de/index.php?de...
Index der deutschen Grünlandschmetterlinge: Trend für 2006-2023. Dargestellt sind die jährlichen Index-Werte als Punkte und der geglättete Trend als Linie mit dem 95% Konfidenzintervall.
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Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat.bsky.social · 14d
Another version of

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
― George Orwell, 1984
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 15d
WSJ - Federal economists and researchers responsible for measuring hunger in America are placed on indefinite paid leave. www.wsj.com/politics/policy/u...
Exclusive | USDA Puts Food Researchers on Leave
The move comes days after the Trump administration abruptly canceled an annual Agriculture Department report that measures hunger in America.
www.wsj.com
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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 15d
Reminder that unless you are a journalist, you very likely do not need to real-time subject yourself to the stream of utter & complete bullshit coming out of a fascist's mouth today.

If you are a journalist, your coverage needs to fundamentally dismantle the bullshit coming out of fascists' mouths.
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 15d
It is representative of a *profound* failure of a country that this group of people are up there talking about medicine and science at all
White House press conference with Trump, RFK Jr, Marty Makary, and Dr. Oz, for fuck's sake
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