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DZG 2025 Berlin @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social · Jul 31

🚨 Final Call!
Don't miss your last chance to submit a poster abstract for the Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society 🦎🐦🧬
Contribute your research, connect with colleagues — and be part of it!
Submission closes tomorrow. Be there or be square!

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Journal of Zoology @jzoology.bsky.social · Apr 9

Journal of Zoology is now on Bluesky! Follow us to discover what we've published recently in our scientific journal covering all areas of #zoology - and find out more about us at zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1469... @zslscience.bsky.social

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Mayerl Lab @mayerllab.bsky.social · Jul 11

Our paper reviewing the neurophysiology of swallowing just came out! We detail 70 years of progress towards understanding neuromotor functioning in feeding, and highlight several emerging technologies for the future

Check it out at the link below -
journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10....

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DZG 2025 Berlin @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social · Jun 22

Abstracts due today!
Join us in Berlin to explore the full spectrum of zoological research. Expect excellent speakers, an unforgettable evening beneath iconic dinosaur exhibits, engaging city excursions, satellite symposia etc..
Limited slots remain for talks and posters—submit yours now.
#DZG2025

DZG 2025 Berlin @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social · Mar 31

👋 Looking forward to the 117th Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society. Please like and share 🤩

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John Nyakatura @johnnyakatura.bsky.social · Jun 16

Whoop whoop!

DZG 2025 Berlin @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social · Jun 16

🚀 Exciting news! Registrations for #DZG2025 are rolling in! 🤩 Don't miss your chance to join the Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society in Berlin. Abstracts are due soon!
🌍 Conference language? English, of course!
#Science #Networking #Zoology #ShareAndLike

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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · Jun 16

Today's the day!
www.nypl.org/events/progr...

Kate Marvel & Friends: Feeling Climate Change

The climate scientist is joined by a group of special guests to share insights, data, and stories that reflect how it feels to live in a changing world.

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DZG 2025 Berlin @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social · Jun 10

Gentle reminder: #DZG2025 in Berlin!

The extended Early Bird registration is ending soon. Nab the reduced rate NOW and join us in Berlin. 🤩

dzg-meeting.de

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DZG Neurobiology @dzg-neurobiology.bsky.social · Jun 6

We are lucky to have Merly Vogt (Helmholtz Diabetes Center, Munich) and @beetzjerome.bsky.social (Uni Wuerzburg) as speakers for the neurobiology section 🤗

DZG 2025 Berlin @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social · Jun 6

Why join #DZG2025 in Berlin? Reason #5: Discover the outstanding invited speakers across our eight subject groups! This conference showcases the incredible diversity of zoological research.

Early Bird ends June 11th.

web: dzg-meeting.de
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Invited Subject Group Talks | DZG Meeting

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John Nyakatura @johnnyakatura.bsky.social · Jun 6

Wow! Happy to see that the subject groups invited such high-profile speakers as "headliners" for their sections.

DZG 2025 Berlin @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social · Jun 6

Why join #DZG2025 in Berlin? Reason #5: Discover the outstanding invited speakers across our eight subject groups! This conference showcases the incredible diversity of zoological research.

Early Bird ends June 11th.

web: dzg-meeting.de
#share #like

dzg-meeting.de/en/program/i...

Invited Subject Group Talks | DZG Meeting

dzg-meeting.de

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John Nyakatura @johnnyakatura.bsky.social · Jun 4

Make sure to nab the reduced fee!
#DZG2025 in Berlin

DZG 2025 Berlin @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social · Jun 4

#DZG205
Please share the extended earlybird deadline and come to Berlin for an amazing zoological conference!!

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University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge @zoologymuseum.bsky.social · Jun 4

📢WE'RE HIRING📢Could you be our new Senior Collections Lead? Would you enjoy working with one of the UK's most important natural history collections? Apply by 22 June to look after our amazing Collections Management, Care & Conservation team. @camunivmuseums.bsky.social www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51272/

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Prof. Christine Böhmer @vertevo.bsky.social · Jun 2

Ever wondered how the shape of the genital bone in male Harbour #seals develops throughout #ontogeny?

Berghäuser, Wölfer, Böhmer @vertevo.bsky.social & @johnnyakatura.bsky.social @jzoology.bsky.social 2025 Morphology & development of the baculum in harbour seals P. vitulina doi.org/10.1111/jzo....

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John Nyakatura @johnnyakatura.bsky.social · May 27

Sounds like a plan :-)

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DZG 2025 Berlin @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social · May 27

Why join #DZG2025 in Berlin? Reason #4: A wonderful public lecture (open to everyone without registration).

dzg-meeting.de
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DZG 2025 Berlin @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social · May 27

Why join #DZG2025 in Berlin? Reason #3: Insightful excursions to diverse (biologically relevant) places in Berlin. Check out our website!
E.g., the Ihnestraße Memorial

dzg-meeting.de
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Javi Ibarrondo @jibarrondo.bsky.social · May 22

Bird feeders have caused a dramatic evolution of California hummingbirds | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

Bird feeders have caused a dramatic evolution of California hummingbirds

Beaks have grown longer and larger, and ranges have expanded to follow the feeders

www.science.org

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Sam Price @evovert.bsky.social · May 23

New paper alert! @keifferwilliams.bsky.social has spent many years refining the application of complexity measures to highly variable 🐟🦷 he explains how you can do it in his first chapter of his PhD in @sicbjournals.bsky.social

Keiffer Williams @keifferwilliams.bsky.social · May 23

First dissertation chapter has been published in Integrative & Comparative Biology, check it out here: academic.oup.com/icb/advance-...

Investigating best-practices for applying a quantitative tooth complexity metric to fishes

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DZG 2025 Berlin @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social · May 22

Why join #DZG2025 in Berlin? Reason #2: Ice-Breaker event in the @mfnberlin.bsky.social spectacular dinosaur hall!
For example…
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dzg-meeting.de

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Lauren Sumner-Rooney @laurensr.bsky.social · May 14

Come and work with us for a few months on a standalone project! Up to £3,000 (c. 3560 EUR) available for students or postdocs to visit a new lab like ours 👀 Deadline 6th June, but get in touch with me ASAP to discuss your ideas and interests!

MultiplEye Lab @multipleye-lab.bsky.social · May 14

Are you an ECR interested in animals that have eyes (preferably, lots of them)? Would you like to come and conduct a research project in our group for 1-3 months? Get in touch about applying for the excellent @biologists.bsky.social ECR visiting fellowship scheme!
www.biologists.com/grants/ecr-v...

ECR Visiting Fellowships

About ECR Visiting Fellowships To celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2023, Journal of Experimental Biology launched two new grants to support junior faculty staff working in the fields covered by the ...

www.biologists.com

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DZG 2025 Berlin @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social · May 18

Why join #DZG2025 in Berlin? Reason #1: Outstanding plenary speakers!
For example…
#share #like

dzg-meeting.de
www.uni-kiel.de/de/forschung...

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DZG 2025 Berlin @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social · May 18

Why join #DZG2025 in Berlin? Reason #1: Outstanding plenary speakers!
For example…
#share #like

dzg-meeting.de
www.nwg-info.de/de/council/e...

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DZG 2025 Berlin @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social · May 17

Registration NOW OPEN.
Join us in Berlin!
#DZG2025

DZG 2025 Berlin @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social · Mar 31

👋 Looking forward to the 117th Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society. Please like and share 🤩

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DZG 2025 Berlin @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social · May 17

Why join #DZG2025 in Berlin? Reason #1: Outstanding plenary speakers!
For example…
#share #like

dzg-meeting.de
abl.cnbch.uw.edu.pl/people/marta...

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DZG 2025 Berlin @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social · May 17

Why join #DZG2025 in Berlin? Reason #1: Outstanding plenary speakers!
For example…
#share #like

dzg-meeting.de
www.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/en/museum/to...

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DZG 2025 Berlin @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social · May 16

Why join #DZG2025? Reason #1: Outstanding plenary speakers!
For example…
#share #like
(bio.kuleuven.be/faculty/0000...)

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