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Max Körner @max-evolbio.bsky.social · 19d

Almost back home from the fantastic ecological immunity workshop. Good times, super grateful to Sophie, Jens et al for organizing - already looking forward to the next one! So much fun and science and good conversations in just a few days. Cheers guys!

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Max Körner @max-evolbio.bsky.social · 21d

Very proud and happy with @leo-theo.bsky.social and his poster presentation at the Ecological Immunity Workshop 2025 :) Excellent work Leon!

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Sandra Steiger @steigerlab.bsky.social · 22d

The EAE group really enjoyed #DZG2025 in Berlin — great talks, inspiring discussions, and lots of fun!

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Leon Müller @leo-theo.bsky.social · 28d

Was so nice to present our research and @unibayreuth.bsky.social at this DZG meeting! Glad to be talking about parental care and how it interacts with offspring immunity 🎉
Expect our upcoming paper that deals with this cool topic!🪲 @max-evolbio.bsky.social and I had a blast working on it
#DZG2025

DZG section Behavioural Biology @dzg-behaviour.bsky.social · 28d

Kicked off our first behaviour session with 6 fascinating talks—covering everything from spiders, electric fish, and fossil insects to sex pheromones and how parental behaviour shapes immunity. 🌍🕷️🐟🪲

#DZG2025

@janka-p.bsky.social @andifischer10.bsky.social @leo-theo.bsky.social

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Sandra Steiger @steigerlab.bsky.social · 22d

New study on the effect of relatedness on larval cooperation in burying beetles: sibs boost growth, strangers boost survival. doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...
Congrats to Paul Huber and Daniel Wittmann!

Kinship as a double-edged sword: relatedness among burying beetle larvae enhances growth but increases mortality | Biology Letters

Theoretical and empirical considerations suggest that relatedness can have complex effects on social life. While high relatedness may promote sibling cooperation and altruism through indirect fitness ...

doi.org

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Max Körner @max-evolbio.bsky.social · 22d

Good times! :)

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Journal of Evolutionary Biology @jevbio.bsky.social · 22d

Read the current issue of @jevbio.bsky.social here: academic.oup.com/jeb/issue

📸 Heiko Bellmann
Adult #Nicrophorus vespilloides #beetle in the act of feeding its
offspring atop a vertebrate carcass the beetles have monopolised.

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Max Körner @max-evolbio.bsky.social · 23d

... And it's off to the second conference in a row, this time at the Werbellinsee! Really looking forward to lots of immunity at the EIW 2025! Big thanks to Sophie Armitage, Jens Rolff, and everyone else organizing!

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Gabriele Uhl @uhl-lab.bsky.social · 24d

www.nickybay.com/ai-abuse-to-...
AI abuse on macrophotography and AI generation of incorrect captions. Here are examples compiled by wildlife photographer Nicky Bay.

AI Abuse to Skirt Copyright Law - Macro Photography by Nicky Bay

In the past week, a number of prominent nature photographers showed how their photographs were being stolen and mangled into "AI-nonsense", deceiving countless others into believing the made-up storie...

www.nickybay.com

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Max Körner @max-evolbio.bsky.social · 25d

Not usually into biomechanics but this was one of my favorite talks this #DZG2025 ! Great stuff - e.g. @wolffspider.bsky.social demonstrating how silk can be more flexible and stronger at the same time in certain configurations.

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Max Körner @max-evolbio.bsky.social · 26d

Amazing talk by Daniela @roesslerdaniela.bsky.social on spider sleep and possible adaptive values of rem sleep stages. Never knew spiders have sleep phases that eerily look like dream states. Traumhaft!! I wonder how many other creatures feature this behavior... Or how many don't!

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Max Körner @max-evolbio.bsky.social · 27d

Great start to day 2 of #DZG2025 with babbling bats and Mirjam Knörnschild of @mfnberlin.bsky.social!

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DZG section Behavioural Biology @dzg-behaviour.bsky.social · 28d

And #DZG2025 is officially open!

Great opening event at the @mfnberlin.bsky.social - what a stunning venue! We are looking forward to a great conference!

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Max Körner @max-evolbio.bsky.social · 28d

Great session & great talks! Thanks for bearing with me while going slightly over.

Max Körner @max-evolbio.bsky.social · 28d

Excellent talk Leon 👏

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Max Körner @max-evolbio.bsky.social · 29d

See you in a jiffy :)

Max Körner @max-evolbio.bsky.social · Jul 30

After many attempts to get Beauveria fungi to actually harm and infect Nicrophorus beetles in order to test the beetle's social immunity mettle against such a threat we found that I was probably barking up the wrong tree. Check out Leon's paper to find out why!

Leon Müller @leo-theo.bsky.social · Jul 21

Please enjoy our paper about how potential pathogens can affect burying beetle offspring - even to some surprising effects!

Was a pleasure to work with @max-evolbio.bsky.social and @steigerlab.bsky.social on my first paper as a #firstgen PhD student!

Journal of Evolutionary Biology @jevbio.bsky.social · Jul 18

Through social immunity burying beetles protect their kids from diseases on their carcass. Can this protection ward off an insect pathogen? Researchers @steigerlab.bsky.social find out!

doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...

@leo-theo.bsky.social @max-evolbio.bsky.social

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Journal of Evolutionary Biology @jevbio.bsky.social · Jul 18

Through social immunity burying beetles protect their kids from diseases on their carcass. Can this protection ward off an insect pathogen? Researchers @steigerlab.bsky.social find out!

doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...

@leo-theo.bsky.social @max-evolbio.bsky.social

Surviving in the fast lane: no increased mortality, but faster growth for pathogen-exposed larvae of a family-living beetle

Abstract. Animal taxa exhibiting post-hatching care can be found throughout the animal kingdom. During this period, parents aggregate with their offspring

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BayCEER @bayceer.bsky.social · Jun 30

🔬 Last week at the BayCEER Colloquium, Dr. Maximilian Körner gave us a fascinating glimpse into the social lives of Nicrophorus #beetles 🪲

A fascinating and insightful talk that sparked great discussions!
@max-evolbio.bsky.social

Are you ready for the next talk?🌿

#SocialEvolution #Ecology