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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · Sep 11

#Insect legs are diverse and it is difficult to compare their workspaces across species. Benedikt Josten presented an approach to analyse their forward #kinematics and workspaces in a unified way at the #morphology sessions of #dzg2025

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · Sep 11

Copulatory structures of #diplopoda are amazingly complex and Birk Rillich presented their functional #morphology in the species Acanthopetalum carinatum at #dzg2025

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · Sep 11

Scutigera #centipedes are crazy runners. @iuli-b.bsky.social presented at #dzg2025 how the walking behavior and its underlying #morphology changes throughout postembryonic development

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · Sep 11

Paul Höller contributed a talk on stem cells in #pycnogonids (sea spiders) at #dzg2025

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · Sep 11

Our second invited #morphology speaker @wolffspider.bsky.social from @unigreifswald.bsky.social presented on the amazing biomechanics of #spider extended phenotypes and their ecolution

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · Sep 11

Our first invited speaker for the #morphology section at #dzg2025 is Nicole Grunstra from Vienna providing us with amazing morphological insights into mammalian and particularly human evolution

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · Sep 10

Francesco Nienhaus presented #biomechanics and #morphology of #Phasmatodea on eggs and antennae related to intriguing aerial egg transfer of Stick and Leaf Insects at #dzg2025

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · Sep 10

Viktor Deines discussed #morphology adaptations of blood-sucking #Hippoboscidae at #dzg2025

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · Sep 10

Stefan Graf has shown #form-function-relationships in the modified eyes of #apoidea at #dzg2025 in the #morohology session

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · Sep 10

Jörn von Döhren finished the first #morphology session at #dzg2025 with evolution of spiralian eyes

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · Sep 10

Our first session at #dzg2025 starts in Berlin with a talk by Margarita Yavorskaya on extreme head #morphology transformations in #Pselaphinae

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Worsaae lab, UCPH @worsaae.bsky.social · Mar 13

Join the best invertebrate event of 2025!
The official website for the 6th International Congress on Invertebrate Morphology (ICIM6) is now live! Check it out:
icim6.com
Thank you Felipe and colleagues for hosting this!

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · Feb 26

#Morpho25 had soo many great talks. The one that received the award for the best oral presentation is the one from Una Steinleitner for her presentation about the #morphology of the seminal receptacle in Madagascan freshwater #crabs

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · Feb 26

@iuli-b.bsky.social received the best poster award at #Morpho25 for her poster "Heads or tails? Sensory equipment on the antennae and the ultimate legs of #Scutigera coleoptrata"

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · Feb 22

It a pleasure to have @maxille.bsky.social at #Morpho25 having his talk on analyses of Riedl's burden in the actinopterygian cranium. He is the awardee of our Keynote Contest at the #Morphology Meeting in Kiel. Well done!

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · Feb 21

Julian Thomas talked about #phamids and the mechanical properties of the functionally different attachment pads on the same tarsus at #Morpho25

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · Feb 21

#teamwork at #Morpho25 by @lib-morpholab.bsky.social:
Benjamin Wipfler & Mariam Gabelaia teamed up and showed insights into the avian head. Very nice presentation concept!

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · Feb 21

Today's second keynote by David Labonte at #Morpho25 shows how broad #Morphology is as a discipline and provides amazing insights into the insect head and the motor inside.

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · Feb 21

#Morpho25 starts today with the keynote talk by Vanessa Schendel on #venom modulation in #centipedes

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · Feb 21

It is amazing to see so many #Morphologists attending #Morpho25 in Kiel. The renaissance of #Morphology is continuing

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · Feb 20

@helmlab.bsky.social is on Bluesky as well 😅

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Thies H. Büscher @tbuescher.bsky.social · Feb 20

Guess what animal group Paul Kalke is presenting on at #Morpho25

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · Feb 20

The first session of contributed talks at #Morpho25 starts with Conrad Helm and amphinomid fireworm larvae

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · Feb 20

The first keynote talk at #Morpho25 by Stanislav N. Gorb introduces the wide spectrum of morphological features a #dragonfly uses and that can be informative for #biomimetics

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · Feb 20

The #Morphology Meeting 2025 in Kiel is starting and the Zoological Museum ist filling for #Morpho25

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