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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 2d

🤩 Another new PI-milestone: Being at meetings with the whole team and several contributions from our lab. @chiaratenne.bsky.social, Yibo Ma and Dhanashree presented their research 🧪 on #InsectNavigation at the annual meetings of the @sfb1372.bsky.social and the #ForschungszentrumNeurosensorik 🐜🧠🧭

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Chiara Tenneriello @chiaratenne.bsky.social · 3d

Last week was full of interesting talk about #science at our #sfb1372 autumn meeting at the #University of Oldenburg and at the #neuroscience meeting at the #HanseWissenschaftskollegen. Me, my team and our supervisor @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social could talk about #neuroethology in #insects! 🐜🧭🧲

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · 2d

We’re #hiring! Our new fellowship holder Dr. Alina Sigaeva will soon be establishing her research group on #cell #physiology 🥼🔬🧪🧫 🧬of avian #magnetoreception 🐣🧭🧲. She is looking for a talented PhD student 🧑‍🎓👩‍🎓. Apply by 2 November at uol.de/job764en Please share widely!

Doctoral researcher in cell physiology of avian magnetoreception // University of Oldenburg

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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 23d

🤗 Welcome to our two new lab members: Yibo Ma, @sfb1372.bsky.social short-term fellow, and Dhanashree Kishor Alshi, #Neuroscience 🧠🧪 master student, both curious about #neuroethology of #insect #navigation and #magnetoreception 🐜🧭 Looking forward to working together and their projects! 🤩

Team photo, from left to right: Dhanashree, Chiara, Pauline Fekea, Yibo.

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IMPRS CoNI @imprsconi.bsky.social · 27d

Interested in the brain 🧠 & in doing a PhD 👩‍🎓 🧑‍🎓 in the field of Cognitive NeuroImaging @mpicbs.bsky.social @unileipzig.bsky.social @tudresden.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social? Check out lnkd.in/egb9quuj & apply until 📅 Nov 2 through lnkd.in/eepFkaJs. 👉Excited to receiving your application! 🤩

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · Aug 26

Spread the word: we’re #hiring! We offer two short-term #fellowships for master’s degree holders and PhD candidates for 6-12 months to excellent researchers, who are interested in doing research within one dedicated project of our SFB/CRC 1372. Find more information on www.sfb1372.de/jobs

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Joe Wynn @joewynnbirds.bsky.social · Jul 22

Glad to see this one out! The product of some thought-provoking discussions with lots of cool people 🗺️ might be worth a read for those interested in #navigation or #migration 🦅 🐝 🐟 🐁

Patrick Lewin @plewin.bsky.social · Jul 22

Ever wondered how animals know where they are? Or how they find where they need to be?

The answer is that they have maps and compasses built into their heads! Excited to see this new review of map-and-compass navigation led by Joe Morford out in Animal Behaviour @asab.org

doi.org/10.1016/j.an...

Image description: figure from review titled Map and compass navigation: the mechanism and ontogeny of animal maps. The figure shows how environmental cues can vary in predictable gradients through space, generating unique cue combinations at each location. The second part of this figure shows how animals may respond to these cue combinations, either treating them as discrete cue-location associations, or as continuous gradients. These differences may lead to differences in navigational strategies and performance.

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · Jul 28

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · Jul 28

New mission for our SFB fellow Pauline - together with two historians of our university she will now be researching the question: were animals in antiquity the forerunners of modern navigation systems with their migrations and did they show people the way? uol.de/aktuelles/fe...

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · Jul 14

Impressions from our SFB research fellow Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social from her field work investigating #magnetoreception in desert #ants:

Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · Jul 1

The past two weeks showed me why being a #neuroethologist is the best job 😍 Field work in Greece 🇬🇷:
➡️ observing #ants 🐜
➡️ lab experiments 🔬🧠
➡️ scientific discussions🧪💬
➡️ teaching & supervision
➡️ great food 🍽.
I can't wait to discuss the data in the future🤩
Thanks @chiaratenne.bsky.social & team🤗

Impressions if the field season 2025: test ant, field team, pine forest, house

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · Jul 2

Registration is open for our 2nd international conference for early career researchers on Magnetoreception and Navigation in Animals.

19.-21.11.2025 in Hamburg, Germany.

Abstract submission extended to 8/8/25 :-)

www.sfb1372.de/young-resear...

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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · Jun 19

How do animals navigate? A recent study in @nature.com reveals that #BogongMoths use a stellar compass for their long-distance migration ✨️🧭🌏
I was asked for my opinion about this fascinating result by my dear colleagues @lundvision.bsky.social 🤩
↘️ www.npr.org/2025/06/18/n... ↙️ @sfb1372.bsky.social

How migrating Australian moths find caves hundreds of miles away

Billions of nocturnal Bogong moths migrate up to 1,000 km to cool caves in the Australian Alps that they have never previously visited. New research shows how they may find their way there and back.

www.npr.org

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · Jun 18

Congrats to our SFB colleagues @shakedpa.bsky.social, Nachum Ulanovsky & coworkers @weizmanninstitute.bsky.social: They report in Cell that the replay of large environments in the hippocampus of fruit #bats is fragmented; this may facilitate memory chunking for hippocampal-neocortical communication

Tamir Eliav @tamir-eliav.bsky.social · Jun 14

🚨New in @cellpress.bsky.social
We discovered that hippocampal replays in natural-scale environments are highly fragmented, not full-length.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
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Migration Ecology Group @migecol.bsky.social · Jun 17

Abstract submission is still open for two more weeks and we would love to receive more contributions for the Young-Researchers-Symposium on Magnetoreception & Navigation in Animals. Travel grants are also available.
www.sfb1372.de/young-resear...
@sfb1372.bsky.social

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · Jun 10

New accepted paper of our SFB colleagues working on #sun #compass #orientation in #migrating sticklebacks: Behavioural experiments revealed ecotype-dependent differences: The orientation ability is present in the anadromous ecotype, but random in the freshwater ecotype. doi.org/10.1093/iob/...

SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · Jun 2

13 days left to apply for our #CRC #fellowship #job position for experienced #postdocs with your own project proposal for research on animal #navigation and/or #magnetoreception. Apply until 15 June! sfb1372.de/jobs

SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · Apr 29

Spread the word: we're #hiring! We have an open #research fellowship position for #postdocs with their own research idea: It includes an own budget, a #PhD student position and the possibility to conduct independent research on animal #navigation and/or #magnetoreception 🧭🦤🦇🐟⚛️🧪👩‍🔬! sfb1372.de/jobs

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Migration Ecology Group @migecol.bsky.social · May 28

Are you a young ornithologist? Consider registering for the DOG Fledglings Meeting - deadline for registration will be prolonged 🐣 #ornithology

German Ornithological Society @dornitholges.bsky.social · May 6

On 17/09/2025 the 6th DOG Fledglings Meeting will take place in Erfurt, Germany.
You, as young scientists, can give talks or present posters of your research. In addition, there will be a pub evening, workshop, and excursion. More information and registration: www.do-g.de

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · May 22

Big congrats to the Navisense excellence cluster www.navisense.org that will be funded by the DFG for the next 7 years! Congrats to all of our SFB members that are involved! @genmig.bsky.social @commonternproject.bsky.social @migecol.bsky.social @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social @olindecke.bsky.social

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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · May 21

I highly recommend webinars by
@anne-schreiter.bsky.social
🤩 This one will be very useful for international researchers that aim to continue their career in the German academic system. Check it out ⬇️
@sfb1372.bsky.social
@neuroethology.org
@dzg-behaviour.bsky.social
@neurowissg.bsky.social

Guidance, Skills & Opportunities for Researchers @gso-forresearchers.bsky.social · May 21

Webinar by academics: A realistic, research-based perspective on academic careers in Germany – for international researchers.

📅 June 11 - 4:30pm-6:00pm| Free & online
Hosted by
@anne-schreiter.bsky.social

🔗 Register: www.academics.de/services/ver...

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · May 13

Götz & Nathalie have started catching today. Kamala was 3rd to safely return her #geolocator. Nathalie will be analyzing the track soon, adding Kamala to a subset of 140 other birds for which she has collected data on the #migratorybehaviour as part of her postdoc funded by @sfb1372.bsky.social.

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liedvogel lab @genmig.bsky.social · May 2

spring has sprung and the #dreamteam is out in the forest. first #geolocator robins have been spotted and data already secured - such exciting times. we use #lotek radiotelemetry and light and pressure loggers to understand partial #migration in a European #robin population in Northern Germany.

Robin team with T30 - field work on a partial migratory robin population in Northern Germany.

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · Apr 30

NEW: #travelscholarships available for qualified ECRs with lack of funding to attend our YRS on #Magnetoreception and #Navigation in Animals, 19-21 Nov im Hamburg! www.sfb1372.de/young-resear...

SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · Apr 7

Abstract submission is open for our 2nd international conference for early career researchers on Magnetoreception and Navigation in Animals. 19-21.11.2025 in Hamburg, Germany. www.sfb1372.de/young-resear...

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Jerome Beetz @beetzjerome.bsky.social · Apr 25

Today, I signed my first contract as a principal investigator @uni-wuerzburg.de. My Emmy-Noether group can now officially start on 1st of May. If someone is interested working with me on the spatial memory of 🐝 as a PhD student or postdoc, contact me. More details: www.spatial-navigation.com

Beetz Lab

Our group studies the neural mechanisms underlying spatial memory in insects. As central place foragers, honeybees begin their foraging trip at a fixed location, i.e., their nest. This site fidelity.....

www.spatial-navigation.com

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · Apr 29

Spread the word: we're #hiring! We have an open #research fellowship position for #postdocs with their own research idea: It includes an own budget, a #PhD student position and the possibility to conduct independent research on animal #navigation and/or #magnetoreception 🧭🦤🦇🐟⚛️🧪👩‍🔬! sfb1372.de/jobs

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