BioND Lab
@biondlab.bsky.social
Account of the Biodiversity Theory Research Group at HIFMB (Oldenburg, Germany) @hifmb.bsky.social
All things Biodiversity, Networks & Data
More about us at: biond.org and https://hifmb.de/research/working-groups/biodiversity-theory/
All things Biodiversity, Networks & Data
More about us at: biond.org and https://hifmb.de/research/working-groups/biodiversity-theory/
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@biondlab.bsky.social
· Dec 3
There is now a starter pack with our group members available: go.bsky.app/4aYCsai
Time to introduce a new group member: Juliane Entzian
joined us as a new postdoc!
"Don’t we all want to improve the world for at least just a tiny bit? And is there a more comfortable way in doing so than just telling decision-makers what should be done – ...
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joined us as a new postdoc!
"Don’t we all want to improve the world for at least just a tiny bit? And is there a more comfortable way in doing so than just telling decision-makers what should be done – ...
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October 8, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Time to introduce a new group member: Juliane Entzian
joined us as a new postdoc!
"Don’t we all want to improve the world for at least just a tiny bit? And is there a more comfortable way in doing so than just telling decision-makers what should be done – ...
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joined us as a new postdoc!
"Don’t we all want to improve the world for at least just a tiny bit? And is there a more comfortable way in doing so than just telling decision-makers what should be done – ...
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Don't miss Tom Clegg's (@cleggtom.bsky.social) poster today at EcoNet 2025 with the title "Cross-feeding networks create tipping points in microbiome diversity" where he tries to answer the question how biodiversity of microbiomes emerges from interactions between populations.
September 4, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Don't miss Tom Clegg's (@cleggtom.bsky.social) poster today at EcoNet 2025 with the title "Cross-feeding networks create tipping points in microbiome diversity" where he tries to answer the question how biodiversity of microbiomes emerges from interactions between populations.
If you’re attending EcoNet 2025, don’t miss Jordan Gault’s (@jagault.bsky.social) poster presentation: “Dissimilarity analysis based on diffusion maps.”
His work highlights how diffusion maps, a manifold learning approach, provide powerful new tools to track community change across space and time.
His work highlights how diffusion maps, a manifold learning approach, provide powerful new tools to track community change across space and time.
September 3, 2025 at 5:59 AM
If you’re attending EcoNet 2025, don’t miss Jordan Gault’s (@jagault.bsky.social) poster presentation: “Dissimilarity analysis based on diffusion maps.”
His work highlights how diffusion maps, a manifold learning approach, provide powerful new tools to track community change across space and time.
His work highlights how diffusion maps, a manifold learning approach, provide powerful new tools to track community change across space and time.
If you're at CCS 2025 this week:
Tues, Sep 2nd, 12:15 pm, Room 15, Melanie (@mhab.bsky.social) will present her work on functional motifs in foodwebs and networks.
Same day, Room 14, Tim (@timmauch.bsky.social) talks about diffusion-driven pattern formation in an opinion dynamical network model.
Tues, Sep 2nd, 12:15 pm, Room 15, Melanie (@mhab.bsky.social) will present her work on functional motifs in foodwebs and networks.
Same day, Room 14, Tim (@timmauch.bsky.social) talks about diffusion-driven pattern formation in an opinion dynamical network model.
September 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM
If you're at CCS 2025 this week:
Tues, Sep 2nd, 12:15 pm, Room 15, Melanie (@mhab.bsky.social) will present her work on functional motifs in foodwebs and networks.
Same day, Room 14, Tim (@timmauch.bsky.social) talks about diffusion-driven pattern formation in an opinion dynamical network model.
Tues, Sep 2nd, 12:15 pm, Room 15, Melanie (@mhab.bsky.social) will present her work on functional motifs in foodwebs and networks.
Same day, Room 14, Tim (@timmauch.bsky.social) talks about diffusion-driven pattern formation in an opinion dynamical network model.
Paper alert! See the new pre-print up on arXiv by Tim Mauch (@timmauch.bsky.social) and Thilo Gross (@thilogross.bsky.social) on opinion formation:
arxiv.org/abs/2508.15377
The paper discusses the very nice results of Tim's master thesis, so let's get into the details, shall we?
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arxiv.org/abs/2508.15377
The paper discusses the very nice results of Tim's master thesis, so let's get into the details, shall we?
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Diffusion-driven pattern formation in an opinion dynamical network model
The spatial organization of individuals and their interactions in communities are important factors known to preserve diversity in many complex systems. Inspired by metapopulation models from ecology,...
arxiv.org
August 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Paper alert! See the new pre-print up on arXiv by Tim Mauch (@timmauch.bsky.social) and Thilo Gross (@thilogross.bsky.social) on opinion formation:
arxiv.org/abs/2508.15377
The paper discusses the very nice results of Tim's master thesis, so let's get into the details, shall we?
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arxiv.org/abs/2508.15377
The paper discusses the very nice results of Tim's master thesis, so let's get into the details, shall we?
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Great opportunity 👇
Hallo artist community, this one is for you! Together with @hanse-ias.bsky.social we are looking for an artist in residence in early 2026. Please share!
#artscience #artistinresidence #marinebiodiversity
#artscience #artistinresidence #marinebiodiversity
July 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Great opportunity 👇
Meet our group members! Next one up is Fabian Moye:
"Hi, I am Fabian, a postdoc in the Biodiversity Theory group at HIFMB and the Eco-Evolutionary Genomics group at AWI, Bremerhaven. I am interested in the formation, fate and function of diversity from chemistry (chemodiversity) ...
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"Hi, I am Fabian, a postdoc in the Biodiversity Theory group at HIFMB and the Eco-Evolutionary Genomics group at AWI, Bremerhaven. I am interested in the formation, fate and function of diversity from chemistry (chemodiversity) ...
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June 8, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Meet our group members! Next one up is Fabian Moye:
"Hi, I am Fabian, a postdoc in the Biodiversity Theory group at HIFMB and the Eco-Evolutionary Genomics group at AWI, Bremerhaven. I am interested in the formation, fate and function of diversity from chemistry (chemodiversity) ...
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"Hi, I am Fabian, a postdoc in the Biodiversity Theory group at HIFMB and the Eco-Evolutionary Genomics group at AWI, Bremerhaven. I am interested in the formation, fate and function of diversity from chemistry (chemodiversity) ...
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Another talk at #NetSci2025 @netsciconf.bsky.social you shouldn't miss:
Thilo Gross @thilogross.bsky.social will give a talk in the Ecological Networks session at 12:45 pm today.
📄Functional Motifs in Food Webs and Networks
📌0.04 Brussels
Thilo Gross @thilogross.bsky.social will give a talk in the Ecological Networks session at 12:45 pm today.
📄Functional Motifs in Food Webs and Networks
📌0.04 Brussels
June 5, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Another talk at #NetSci2025 @netsciconf.bsky.social you shouldn't miss:
Thilo Gross @thilogross.bsky.social will give a talk in the Ecological Networks session at 12:45 pm today.
📄Functional Motifs in Food Webs and Networks
📌0.04 Brussels
Thilo Gross @thilogross.bsky.social will give a talk in the Ecological Networks session at 12:45 pm today.
📄Functional Motifs in Food Webs and Networks
📌0.04 Brussels
At #NetSci2025 @netsciconf.bsky.social today and searching for something to do in the lunch break? Then good news! Why not take a look at Rana Shojaei's ( @ranashj.bsky.social ) poster in the lobby?
📄Counting Molecular Structures with Multi-variate Generating Functions
📌Biology, poster no. 20
📄Counting Molecular Structures with Multi-variate Generating Functions
📌Biology, poster no. 20
June 4, 2025 at 4:55 AM
At #NetSci2025 @netsciconf.bsky.social today and searching for something to do in the lunch break? Then good news! Why not take a look at Rana Shojaei's ( @ranashj.bsky.social ) poster in the lobby?
📄Counting Molecular Structures with Multi-variate Generating Functions
📌Biology, poster no. 20
📄Counting Molecular Structures with Multi-variate Generating Functions
📌Biology, poster no. 20
If you're at #NetSci2025 @netsciconf.bsky.social today, don't miss the talk by Thomas Clegg @cleggtom.bsky.social in the Biological Networks session at 11:30 am!
📄: Cross-feeding Creates Tipping Points in Microbiome Diversity
📌: 0.04 Brussels
📄: Cross-feeding Creates Tipping Points in Microbiome Diversity
📌: 0.04 Brussels
June 4, 2025 at 4:46 AM
If you're at #NetSci2025 @netsciconf.bsky.social today, don't miss the talk by Thomas Clegg @cleggtom.bsky.social in the Biological Networks session at 11:30 am!
📄: Cross-feeding Creates Tipping Points in Microbiome Diversity
📌: 0.04 Brussels
📄: Cross-feeding Creates Tipping Points in Microbiome Diversity
📌: 0.04 Brussels
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Hey, new paper by @cleggtom.bsky.social and me is just out in @pnas.org. This combines a lot of things that start with B: Biodiversity, Bipartite Networks, Bifurcations, Bacteria, ...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
And yes, I know, Fig 1 looks like one of 'those' papers but please read on ...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
And yes, I know, Fig 1 looks like one of 'those' papers but please read on ...
Cross-feeding creates tipping points in microbiome diversity | PNAS
A key unresolved question in microbial ecology is how the extraordinary diversity
of microbiomes emerges from the interactions among their many fun...
www.pnas.org
May 7, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Hey, new paper by @cleggtom.bsky.social and me is just out in @pnas.org. This combines a lot of things that start with B: Biodiversity, Bipartite Networks, Bifurcations, Bacteria, ...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
And yes, I know, Fig 1 looks like one of 'those' papers but please read on ...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
And yes, I know, Fig 1 looks like one of 'those' papers but please read on ...
Meet our group members! Let's continue with the brilliant @jagault.bsky.social:
"Hi, I'm Jordan, a postdoc in the Biodiversity Theory group. I'm an ecologist interested in understanding mutualism across a variety of scales. Specifically, I focus on the nutritional mutualism, ...
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"Hi, I'm Jordan, a postdoc in the Biodiversity Theory group. I'm an ecologist interested in understanding mutualism across a variety of scales. Specifically, I focus on the nutritional mutualism, ...
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April 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Meet our group members! Let's continue with the brilliant @jagault.bsky.social:
"Hi, I'm Jordan, a postdoc in the Biodiversity Theory group. I'm an ecologist interested in understanding mutualism across a variety of scales. Specifically, I focus on the nutritional mutualism, ...
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"Hi, I'm Jordan, a postdoc in the Biodiversity Theory group. I'm an ecologist interested in understanding mutualism across a variety of scales. Specifically, I focus on the nutritional mutualism, ...
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5th HIFMB symposium: Your ticket to talks, discussions, early career program, art and more.
Registration is free of charge.
➡️ www.hifmb.de/symp25
#marinebiodiversity
@hillebr1.bsky.social @ibaums.bsky.social @thilogross.bsky.social @merenbey.bsky.social
Registration is free of charge.
➡️ www.hifmb.de/symp25
#marinebiodiversity
@hillebr1.bsky.social @ibaums.bsky.social @thilogross.bsky.social @merenbey.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 11:29 AM
5th HIFMB symposium: Your ticket to talks, discussions, early career program, art and more.
Registration is free of charge.
➡️ www.hifmb.de/symp25
#marinebiodiversity
@hillebr1.bsky.social @ibaums.bsky.social @thilogross.bsky.social @merenbey.bsky.social
Registration is free of charge.
➡️ www.hifmb.de/symp25
#marinebiodiversity
@hillebr1.bsky.social @ibaums.bsky.social @thilogross.bsky.social @merenbey.bsky.social
Meet our group members! More postdocs are still to come. Today, let's say hi to @anuragsau.bsky.social:
"Hi, I’m Anurag! I am a Postdoc in the Biodiversity Theory group, with an academic background in Applied Mathematics. My goal is to encapsulate various ecological phenomena ...
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"Hi, I’m Anurag! I am a Postdoc in the Biodiversity Theory group, with an academic background in Applied Mathematics. My goal is to encapsulate various ecological phenomena ...
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April 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Meet our group members! More postdocs are still to come. Today, let's say hi to @anuragsau.bsky.social:
"Hi, I’m Anurag! I am a Postdoc in the Biodiversity Theory group, with an academic background in Applied Mathematics. My goal is to encapsulate various ecological phenomena ...
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"Hi, I’m Anurag! I am a Postdoc in the Biodiversity Theory group, with an academic background in Applied Mathematics. My goal is to encapsulate various ecological phenomena ...
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Meet our group members! Time to hear about the wonderful @laurabarthm.bsky.social:
"Hi, I’m Laura! I’m a physicist by training and a PostDoc researcher working with physics-informed neural networks to enhance the interpretability of ecological models and improve forecasting.
"Hi, I’m Laura! I’m a physicist by training and a PostDoc researcher working with physics-informed neural networks to enhance the interpretability of ecological models and improve forecasting.
April 2, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Meet our group members! Time to hear about the wonderful @laurabarthm.bsky.social:
"Hi, I’m Laura! I’m a physicist by training and a PostDoc researcher working with physics-informed neural networks to enhance the interpretability of ecological models and improve forecasting.
"Hi, I’m Laura! I’m a physicist by training and a PostDoc researcher working with physics-informed neural networks to enhance the interpretability of ecological models and improve forecasting.
Meet our group members! Today let's hear from the wonderful @srilenak.bsky.social:
"Hi, I’m Srilena, a HIPP postdoc in the Biodiversity Theory group. I have a background in Applied Mathematics with a research focus on theoretical ecology. My research approach combines mathematical modeling, ...
"Hi, I’m Srilena, a HIPP postdoc in the Biodiversity Theory group. I have a background in Applied Mathematics with a research focus on theoretical ecology. My research approach combines mathematical modeling, ...
March 31, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Meet our group members! Today let's hear from the wonderful @srilenak.bsky.social:
"Hi, I’m Srilena, a HIPP postdoc in the Biodiversity Theory group. I have a background in Applied Mathematics with a research focus on theoretical ecology. My research approach combines mathematical modeling, ...
"Hi, I’m Srilena, a HIPP postdoc in the Biodiversity Theory group. I have a background in Applied Mathematics with a research focus on theoretical ecology. My research approach combines mathematical modeling, ...
Meet our group members! More postdocs to come. Today is the great Kate P. Maia:
“Hello, I am Kate. I am an ecologist with a background on applying network theory to study mainly terrestrial mutualisms, such as the interactions between plants and pollinators.
“Hello, I am Kate. I am an ecologist with a background on applying network theory to study mainly terrestrial mutualisms, such as the interactions between plants and pollinators.
March 27, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Meet our group members! More postdocs to come. Today is the great Kate P. Maia:
“Hello, I am Kate. I am an ecologist with a background on applying network theory to study mainly terrestrial mutualisms, such as the interactions between plants and pollinators.
“Hello, I am Kate. I am an ecologist with a background on applying network theory to study mainly terrestrial mutualisms, such as the interactions between plants and pollinators.
Meet our group members! We are now starting with our postdocs. First up is @olejmueller.bsky.social, our most important link to the humanities:
"Moin and Hello, I am Ole and my role is Staff Scientist in the Biodiversity Theory Group. This means I fill two pairs of shoes:
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"Moin and Hello, I am Ole and my role is Staff Scientist in the Biodiversity Theory Group. This means I fill two pairs of shoes:
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March 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Meet our group members! We are now starting with our postdocs. First up is @olejmueller.bsky.social, our most important link to the humanities:
"Moin and Hello, I am Ole and my role is Staff Scientist in the Biodiversity Theory Group. This means I fill two pairs of shoes:
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"Moin and Hello, I am Ole and my role is Staff Scientist in the Biodiversity Theory Group. This means I fill two pairs of shoes:
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I couldn't put it better, so I share this wonderful post. New paper out on arXiv! It's a collaborative work of our group members @mhab.bsky.social, @thilogross.bsky.social as well as our great colleagues @akfbio.bsky.social and @jdyeakel.bsky.social:
New paper! (arxiv.org/abs/2503.14093) I haven’t been this excited about one in a while, and I think the theory @mhab.bsky.social develops here will be a big step forward for the field. Why? Let me explain 🧵...
March 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I couldn't put it better, so I share this wonderful post. New paper out on arXiv! It's a collaborative work of our group members @mhab.bsky.social, @thilogross.bsky.social as well as our great colleagues @akfbio.bsky.social and @jdyeakel.bsky.social:
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An excellent letter by Dennis Hazelett:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
And below is my attempt to motivate people in my group and others elsewhere to read it. Putting it here as well in case it may work on you, too :p
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
And below is my attempt to motivate people in my group and others elsewhere to read it. Putting it here as well in case it may work on you, too :p
March 19, 2025 at 8:07 AM
An excellent letter by Dennis Hazelett:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
And below is my attempt to motivate people in my group and others elsewhere to read it. Putting it here as well in case it may work on you, too :p
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
And below is my attempt to motivate people in my group and others elsewhere to read it. Putting it here as well in case it may work on you, too :p
Meet our group members! Here‘s our next PhD candidate @mhab.bsky.social :
“Hi, I’m Melanie. I have a background in environmental science with a passion for mathematical modeling. I mostly worked with ecological models and am fascinated by system dynamics. ...
“Hi, I’m Melanie. I have a background in environmental science with a passion for mathematical modeling. I mostly worked with ecological models and am fascinated by system dynamics. ...
March 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Meet our group members! Here‘s our next PhD candidate @mhab.bsky.social :
“Hi, I’m Melanie. I have a background in environmental science with a passion for mathematical modeling. I mostly worked with ecological models and am fascinated by system dynamics. ...
“Hi, I’m Melanie. I have a background in environmental science with a passion for mathematical modeling. I mostly worked with ecological models and am fascinated by system dynamics. ...
Meet our group members! We continue with our PhD candidates. Today @ranashj.bsky.social:
"Hi, I'm Rana! I studied physics for both my bachelor's and master's degree. My favorite subjects were statistical physics and quantum mechanics. In my thesis I studied the evolution of social networks ...
"Hi, I'm Rana! I studied physics for both my bachelor's and master's degree. My favorite subjects were statistical physics and quantum mechanics. In my thesis I studied the evolution of social networks ...
February 26, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Meet our group members! We continue with our PhD candidates. Today @ranashj.bsky.social:
"Hi, I'm Rana! I studied physics for both my bachelor's and master's degree. My favorite subjects were statistical physics and quantum mechanics. In my thesis I studied the evolution of social networks ...
"Hi, I'm Rana! I studied physics for both my bachelor's and master's degree. My favorite subjects were statistical physics and quantum mechanics. In my thesis I studied the evolution of social networks ...
Meet our group members! Starting off with our research assistant and newest member @timmauch.bsky.social:
Hi, I'm Tim, I studied environmental modeling in my master's degree. I'm interested in the intersection of social and complexity sciences - particularly in relation to social media.
Hi, I'm Tim, I studied environmental modeling in my master's degree. I'm interested in the intersection of social and complexity sciences - particularly in relation to social media.
February 18, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Meet our group members! Starting off with our research assistant and newest member @timmauch.bsky.social:
Hi, I'm Tim, I studied environmental modeling in my master's degree. I'm interested in the intersection of social and complexity sciences - particularly in relation to social media.
Hi, I'm Tim, I studied environmental modeling in my master's degree. I'm interested in the intersection of social and complexity sciences - particularly in relation to social media.
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Yesterday, we celebrated the inauguration of our new building with companions and friends from science and politics. Thank you for motivating greetings and good wishes. We got a fantastic place for research, lab work, discourse and get-togethers.
More about the building:
hifmb.de/wp-content/u...
More about the building:
hifmb.de/wp-content/u...
February 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Yesterday, we celebrated the inauguration of our new building with companions and friends from science and politics. Thank you for motivating greetings and good wishes. We got a fantastic place for research, lab work, discourse and get-togethers.
More about the building:
hifmb.de/wp-content/u...
More about the building:
hifmb.de/wp-content/u...
New paper out in BioData Mining by @nina-kastendiek.bsky.social et al.:
biodatamining.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
The study investigates the molecular complexity of gliomas at the transcriptomic level by constructing gene co-expression networks.
biodatamining.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
The study investigates the molecular complexity of gliomas at the transcriptomic level by constructing gene co-expression networks.
biodatamining.biomedcentral.com
January 2, 2025 at 6:18 AM
New paper out in BioData Mining by @nina-kastendiek.bsky.social et al.:
biodatamining.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
The study investigates the molecular complexity of gliomas at the transcriptomic level by constructing gene co-expression networks.
biodatamining.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
The study investigates the molecular complexity of gliomas at the transcriptomic level by constructing gene co-expression networks.