Aileen Berasategui
@berasymbionts.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at A-LIFE VU Amsterdam | Chemical ecology of insect-microbe interactions 🪲🍄 🧬🇪🇸🇪🇺| PI of @ERC_Research: SymPathy
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Had a fantastic visit to the Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen @maxplanckcampus.bsky.social Super thanks to @hassansalem.bsky.social and @berasymbionts.bsky.social for hosting me and showing me the town! Fun to talk symbiosis science with such superstars 🤩
October 21, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Had a fantastic visit to the Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen @maxplanckcampus.bsky.social Super thanks to @hassansalem.bsky.social and @berasymbionts.bsky.social for hosting me and showing me the town! Fun to talk symbiosis science with such superstars 🤩
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It was such a treat to see you again @CorrieMoreau.bsky.social!! We’re still buzzing after a stellar seminar 🌟 turtle ants are amazing!
Had a fantastic visit to the Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen @maxplanckcampus.bsky.social Super thanks to @hassansalem.bsky.social and @berasymbionts.bsky.social for hosting me and showing me the town! Fun to talk symbiosis science with such superstars 🤩
October 21, 2025 at 11:11 AM
It was such a treat to see you again @CorrieMoreau.bsky.social!! We’re still buzzing after a stellar seminar 🌟 turtle ants are amazing!
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New pre-print from our group showing remarkable synchrony of proliferative growth and regulated cell death during plant infection- each conidial cell has a different fate - by the rice blast fungus. Led by Alice Eseola with @osesmir.bsky.social Lauren Ryder @danmaclean.bsky.social and Martin Egan
Synchronous spatio-temporal control of autophagy and organelle trafficking is necessary for appressorium-mediated plant infection by Magnaporthe oryzae https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.06.680644v1
October 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
New pre-print from our group showing remarkable synchrony of proliferative growth and regulated cell death during plant infection- each conidial cell has a different fate - by the rice blast fungus. Led by Alice Eseola with @osesmir.bsky.social Lauren Ryder @danmaclean.bsky.social and Martin Egan
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Aileen Berasategui @berasymbionts.bsky.social (VU) on Origin and evolution of a defensive symbiosis in tortoise beetle
Chelymorpha alternans beetle => today, focusing on pupation
see their @currentbiology.bsky.social paper (with @hassansalem.bsky.social)
www.cell.com/current-biol...
#NIME2025
Chelymorpha alternans beetle => today, focusing on pupation
see their @currentbiology.bsky.social paper (with @hassansalem.bsky.social)
www.cell.com/current-biol...
#NIME2025
October 7, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Aileen Berasategui @berasymbionts.bsky.social (VU) on Origin and evolution of a defensive symbiosis in tortoise beetle
Chelymorpha alternans beetle => today, focusing on pupation
see their @currentbiology.bsky.social paper (with @hassansalem.bsky.social)
www.cell.com/current-biol...
#NIME2025
Chelymorpha alternans beetle => today, focusing on pupation
see their @currentbiology.bsky.social paper (with @hassansalem.bsky.social)
www.cell.com/current-biol...
#NIME2025
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🪸🧪 We’re hiring! Join our ERC-funded group at the @hifmb.de in Oldenburg, Germany to explore the cellular origins of photosymbiosis:
𝟏 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜 + 𝟐 𝐏𝐡𝐃𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.
Deadlines: Oct 29 & Nov 5. Links below.
Questions: nils.raedecker@hifmb.de
#Photosymbiosis #HIFMB #ERC #AcademicJobs
𝟏 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜 + 𝟐 𝐏𝐡𝐃𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.
Deadlines: Oct 29 & Nov 5. Links below.
Questions: nils.raedecker@hifmb.de
#Photosymbiosis #HIFMB #ERC #AcademicJobs
October 6, 2025 at 12:27 PM
🪸🧪 We’re hiring! Join our ERC-funded group at the @hifmb.de in Oldenburg, Germany to explore the cellular origins of photosymbiosis:
𝟏 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜 + 𝟐 𝐏𝐡𝐃𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.
Deadlines: Oct 29 & Nov 5. Links below.
Questions: nils.raedecker@hifmb.de
#Photosymbiosis #HIFMB #ERC #AcademicJobs
𝟏 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜 + 𝟐 𝐏𝐡𝐃𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.
Deadlines: Oct 29 & Nov 5. Links below.
Questions: nils.raedecker@hifmb.de
#Photosymbiosis #HIFMB #ERC #AcademicJobs
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Dear all, registration for the upcoming EMBO/EMBL Symposium on "the cellular mechanics of symbiosis" is now OPEN 🤩 ! Feel free to register ! www.embl.org/about/info/c...
#EESSymbiosis #ProtistsOnSky #SymbioSky
@hassansalem.bsky.social @berasymbionts.bsky.social @embl.org
#EESSymbiosis #ProtistsOnSky #SymbioSky
@hassansalem.bsky.social @berasymbionts.bsky.social @embl.org
The cellular mechanics of symbiosis: sensing friend from foe
www.embl.org
September 29, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Dear all, registration for the upcoming EMBO/EMBL Symposium on "the cellular mechanics of symbiosis" is now OPEN 🤩 ! Feel free to register ! www.embl.org/about/info/c...
#EESSymbiosis #ProtistsOnSky #SymbioSky
@hassansalem.bsky.social @berasymbionts.bsky.social @embl.org
#EESSymbiosis #ProtistsOnSky #SymbioSky
@hassansalem.bsky.social @berasymbionts.bsky.social @embl.org
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✨🚀 #EESSymbiosis is now open for registration!
Submit your abstract by 25 November 2025 and join us as we explore the evolution of intimate species-species interactions 👉 https://s.embl.org/ees26-03-bl
🗓️ 17 – 20 March 2026
📍 EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual
Submit your abstract by 25 November 2025 and join us as we explore the evolution of intimate species-species interactions 👉 https://s.embl.org/ees26-03-bl
🗓️ 17 – 20 March 2026
📍 EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual
September 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
✨🚀 #EESSymbiosis is now open for registration!
Submit your abstract by 25 November 2025 and join us as we explore the evolution of intimate species-species interactions 👉 https://s.embl.org/ees26-03-bl
🗓️ 17 – 20 March 2026
📍 EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual
Submit your abstract by 25 November 2025 and join us as we explore the evolution of intimate species-species interactions 👉 https://s.embl.org/ees26-03-bl
🗓️ 17 – 20 March 2026
📍 EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual
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Which fungal 🍄 molecules cause zombie 🧟♀️ ant 🐜 behaviors? @williamycete.bsky.social has begun to answer this question! He found a peptide that binds to scramblase and affects important odor-dependent behaviors in ants. Spoiler: worms 🪱 played a key role in this research 🧐 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
The First of Us: Ophiocordyceps use a novel scramblase-binding peptide to manipulate zombie ants
Parasite-adaptive manipulation of behavior is a widespread natural phenomenon. While Ophiocordyceps zombie fungi are well-known for hijacking ant behavior to increase their fitness, functionally chara...
doi.org
September 23, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Which fungal 🍄 molecules cause zombie 🧟♀️ ant 🐜 behaviors? @williamycete.bsky.social has begun to answer this question! He found a peptide that binds to scramblase and affects important odor-dependent behaviors in ants. Spoiler: worms 🪱 played a key role in this research 🧐 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Such a delight to share our work on the evolution of a cheese rind fungus in @currentbiology.bsky.social.
This is the fantastic PhD work of @nicolasleonlouw.bsky.social and resulted from amazing collaborations, a wedding proposal(!), an undergrad course, & more!
🧵
www.cell.com/current-biol...
This is the fantastic PhD work of @nicolasleonlouw.bsky.social and resulted from amazing collaborations, a wedding proposal(!), an undergrad course, & more!
🧵
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Long-term monitoring of a North American cheese cave reveals mechanisms and consequences of fungal adaptation
Using a unique longitudinal sampling approach, Louw et al. demonstrate how a cheese-associated
Penicillium population has adapted in an artisan cheese production facility in Vermont,
USA. Adaptation i...
www.cell.com
September 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Such a delight to share our work on the evolution of a cheese rind fungus in @currentbiology.bsky.social.
This is the fantastic PhD work of @nicolasleonlouw.bsky.social and resulted from amazing collaborations, a wedding proposal(!), an undergrad course, & more!
🧵
www.cell.com/current-biol...
This is the fantastic PhD work of @nicolasleonlouw.bsky.social and resulted from amazing collaborations, a wedding proposal(!), an undergrad course, & more!
🧵
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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📣New paper alert📣
@michieldegroot.bsky.social ran laboratory experiments at the University of South Bohemia, which revealed that abiotic factors DO significantly affect parasitism of Harmonia axyridis by Hesperomyces harmoniae. Congratulations! Read more: doi.org/10.1111/een.... #TeamLaboul
@michieldegroot.bsky.social ran laboratory experiments at the University of South Bohemia, which revealed that abiotic factors DO significantly affect parasitism of Harmonia axyridis by Hesperomyces harmoniae. Congratulations! Read more: doi.org/10.1111/een.... #TeamLaboul
September 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
📣New paper alert📣
@michieldegroot.bsky.social ran laboratory experiments at the University of South Bohemia, which revealed that abiotic factors DO significantly affect parasitism of Harmonia axyridis by Hesperomyces harmoniae. Congratulations! Read more: doi.org/10.1111/een.... #TeamLaboul
@michieldegroot.bsky.social ran laboratory experiments at the University of South Bohemia, which revealed that abiotic factors DO significantly affect parasitism of Harmonia axyridis by Hesperomyces harmoniae. Congratulations! Read more: doi.org/10.1111/een.... #TeamLaboul
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www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
A host organelle (in sea slugs) integrates stolen chloroplasts for animal photosynthesis
A host organelle (in sea slugs) integrates stolen chloroplasts for animal photosynthesis
A host organelle integrates stolen chloroplasts for animal photosynthesis
Sea slugs steal foreign chloroplasts and store them in specialized organelles that
facilitate photosynthesis and eventual digestion to mediate starvation resistance.
www.cell.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
A host organelle (in sea slugs) integrates stolen chloroplasts for animal photosynthesis
A host organelle (in sea slugs) integrates stolen chloroplasts for animal photosynthesis
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A study uncovers genes behind an extreme symbiosis: Pygmy seahorses perfectly mimic the gorgonian coral they live within, are resistant to the coral's venom, and are protected from infection by the coral’s antimicrobial compounds. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
September 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A study uncovers genes behind an extreme symbiosis: Pygmy seahorses perfectly mimic the gorgonian coral they live within, are resistant to the coral's venom, and are protected from infection by the coral’s antimicrobial compounds. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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We are pleased to announce that @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social has been awarded the RKS Wood Prize 2026 by the @bspp.bsky.social.
“I am humbled to have been awarded the RKS Wood Prize 2026. I’d like to thank my research group and my TSL colleagues for their inspiration and support.”
buff.ly/VvoR27Q
“I am humbled to have been awarded the RKS Wood Prize 2026. I’d like to thank my research group and my TSL colleagues for their inspiration and support.”
buff.ly/VvoR27Q
September 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
We are pleased to announce that @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social has been awarded the RKS Wood Prize 2026 by the @bspp.bsky.social.
“I am humbled to have been awarded the RKS Wood Prize 2026. I’d like to thank my research group and my TSL colleagues for their inspiration and support.”
buff.ly/VvoR27Q
“I am humbled to have been awarded the RKS Wood Prize 2026. I’d like to thank my research group and my TSL colleagues for their inspiration and support.”
buff.ly/VvoR27Q
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How do light and noise pollution impact selection on sexual signals?
We tested mate attraction and bat predation on túngara frogs in the field.
Full text: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
#evolutionarybiology
#animalbehavior
@eseb.bsky.social
@jevbio.bsky.social
Photo: Grant Maslowski
We tested mate attraction and bat predation on túngara frogs in the field.
Full text: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
#evolutionarybiology
#animalbehavior
@eseb.bsky.social
@jevbio.bsky.social
Photo: Grant Maslowski
September 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
How do light and noise pollution impact selection on sexual signals?
We tested mate attraction and bat predation on túngara frogs in the field.
Full text: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
#evolutionarybiology
#animalbehavior
@eseb.bsky.social
@jevbio.bsky.social
Photo: Grant Maslowski
We tested mate attraction and bat predation on túngara frogs in the field.
Full text: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
#evolutionarybiology
#animalbehavior
@eseb.bsky.social
@jevbio.bsky.social
Photo: Grant Maslowski
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Delighted that our work on the Sanctuary Starship #transposon is now published! A big thanks to all co-authors, especially to the ever-amazing @mcdonaldmeganc.bsky.social for her mentorship!
doi.org/10.1128/mbio...
doi.org/10.1128/mbio...
Sanctuary: a Starship transposon facilitating the movement of the virulence factor ToxA in fungal wheat pathogens | mBio
The work presented here expands our understanding of a novel group of mobile genetic
elements called Starships that facilitate the horizontal exchange of numerous genes between fungal pathogens.
Our a...
doi.org
September 6, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Delighted that our work on the Sanctuary Starship #transposon is now published! A big thanks to all co-authors, especially to the ever-amazing @mcdonaldmeganc.bsky.social for her mentorship!
doi.org/10.1128/mbio...
doi.org/10.1128/mbio...
🚨 Save the date! Thrilled to be co-organizing the next iteration of the @embl.org Symposium on the Cellular Mechanics of Symbiosis (📅 March 17-20), w/ @floravincent.bsky.social, @hassansalem.bsky.social & Tom Richards.
www.embl.org/about/info/c...
#EESSymbiosis #Symbiosis #SymbioSky #MicroSky 🦠
www.embl.org/about/info/c...
#EESSymbiosis #Symbiosis #SymbioSky #MicroSky 🦠
The cellular mechanics of symbiosis: sensing friend from foe
www.embl.org
September 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM
🚨 Save the date! Thrilled to be co-organizing the next iteration of the @embl.org Symposium on the Cellular Mechanics of Symbiosis (📅 March 17-20), w/ @floravincent.bsky.social, @hassansalem.bsky.social & Tom Richards.
www.embl.org/about/info/c...
#EESSymbiosis #Symbiosis #SymbioSky #MicroSky 🦠
www.embl.org/about/info/c...
#EESSymbiosis #Symbiosis #SymbioSky #MicroSky 🦠
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@symbnet.bsky.social alumni crowd at #ESEB2025
w/ @berasymbionts.bsky.social & @vandriienko.bsky.social #SymbioSky
w/ @berasymbionts.bsky.social & @vandriienko.bsky.social #SymbioSky
August 22, 2025 at 10:13 PM
@symbnet.bsky.social alumni crowd at #ESEB2025
w/ @berasymbionts.bsky.social & @vandriienko.bsky.social #SymbioSky
w/ @berasymbionts.bsky.social & @vandriienko.bsky.social #SymbioSky
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@berasymbionts.bsky.social speaking about socially transferred materials and her amazing beetles and fungal symbiont transfer opening the @socialtransfernet.bsky.social symposium at #ESEB2025
August 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
@berasymbionts.bsky.social speaking about socially transferred materials and her amazing beetles and fungal symbiont transfer opening the @socialtransfernet.bsky.social symposium at #ESEB2025
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Good morning #eseb2025! Come join us at 10:30 in room 131+132 to hear invited speakers @jennyperry.bsky.social and @berasymbionts.bsky.social plus many excellent contributed talks on #socialtransfers
@socialtransfernet.bsky.social
@joriskoene.bsky.social
@adriatica.bsky.social
@socialtransfernet.bsky.social
@joriskoene.bsky.social
@adriatica.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Good morning #eseb2025! Come join us at 10:30 in room 131+132 to hear invited speakers @jennyperry.bsky.social and @berasymbionts.bsky.social plus many excellent contributed talks on #socialtransfers
@socialtransfernet.bsky.social
@joriskoene.bsky.social
@adriatica.bsky.social
@socialtransfernet.bsky.social
@joriskoene.bsky.social
@adriatica.bsky.social
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𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐍𝐀-𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐢 𝐢𝐧 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫! 👇
The Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute will host a specialized training on DNA-based Identification of Fungi:
📆 October 9–10, 2025 (2 days)
🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 & 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬: https://f.mtr.cool/wrirtjfrww
The Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute will host a specialized training on DNA-based Identification of Fungi:
📆 October 9–10, 2025 (2 days)
🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 & 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬: https://f.mtr.cool/wrirtjfrww
August 19, 2025 at 7:14 AM
𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐍𝐀-𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐢 𝐢𝐧 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫! 👇
The Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute will host a specialized training on DNA-based Identification of Fungi:
📆 October 9–10, 2025 (2 days)
🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 & 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬: https://f.mtr.cool/wrirtjfrww
The Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute will host a specialized training on DNA-based Identification of Fungi:
📆 October 9–10, 2025 (2 days)
🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 & 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬: https://f.mtr.cool/wrirtjfrww
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The Tübingen & Amsterdam crews have landed in Barcelona for #ESEB2025! Cooling off with helados before the science (and festivities) begin🍦
August 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The Tübingen & Amsterdam crews have landed in Barcelona for #ESEB2025! Cooling off with helados before the science (and festivities) begin🍦
Reposted by Aileen Berasategui
Looking forward to this symposium with a great line-up at @eseb2025.bsky.social
🚨 Exciting news for #ESEB2025!
Join us in Barcelona for our symposium:
Cooperation, Conflict & the Evolution of Socially Transferred Materials (S08)
📅 Thursday, 21 Aug 2025
🕥 10:30–12:30 | 🕔 17:00–19:00 (Poster Session)
Join us in Barcelona for our symposium:
Cooperation, Conflict & the Evolution of Socially Transferred Materials (S08)
📅 Thursday, 21 Aug 2025
🕥 10:30–12:30 | 🕔 17:00–19:00 (Poster Session)
August 14, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Looking forward to this symposium with a great line-up at @eseb2025.bsky.social
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Looking forward to presenting at @eseb2025.bsky.social! I will present research on differences in responses to seminal fluid between populations of a simultaneously hermaphroditic snail. I will use @anitomical.bsky.social's model of L. stagnalis to highlight the anatomical location of the prostate
August 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Looking forward to presenting at @eseb2025.bsky.social! I will present research on differences in responses to seminal fluid between populations of a simultaneously hermaphroditic snail. I will use @anitomical.bsky.social's model of L. stagnalis to highlight the anatomical location of the prostate
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Interested in host-associated microbiomes? Attending @eseb2025.bsky.social? Then come check out Symposium S07 on Monday August 18th and hear all about how microbiomes contribute to adaptation. Gut microbiomes, climate change, thermal physiology, behaviour, invasion biology, blood-feeding, and more!
August 16, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Interested in host-associated microbiomes? Attending @eseb2025.bsky.social? Then come check out Symposium S07 on Monday August 18th and hear all about how microbiomes contribute to adaptation. Gut microbiomes, climate change, thermal physiology, behaviour, invasion biology, blood-feeding, and more!
Reposted by Aileen Berasategui
🚨 Exciting news for #ESEB2025!
Join us in Barcelona for our symposium:
Cooperation, Conflict & the Evolution of Socially Transferred Materials (S08)
📅 Thursday, 21 Aug 2025
🕥 10:30–12:30 | 🕔 17:00–19:00 (Poster Session)
Join us in Barcelona for our symposium:
Cooperation, Conflict & the Evolution of Socially Transferred Materials (S08)
📅 Thursday, 21 Aug 2025
🕥 10:30–12:30 | 🕔 17:00–19:00 (Poster Session)
August 13, 2025 at 8:36 AM
🚨 Exciting news for #ESEB2025!
Join us in Barcelona for our symposium:
Cooperation, Conflict & the Evolution of Socially Transferred Materials (S08)
📅 Thursday, 21 Aug 2025
🕥 10:30–12:30 | 🕔 17:00–19:00 (Poster Session)
Join us in Barcelona for our symposium:
Cooperation, Conflict & the Evolution of Socially Transferred Materials (S08)
📅 Thursday, 21 Aug 2025
🕥 10:30–12:30 | 🕔 17:00–19:00 (Poster Session)