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Christoph Bleidorn
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Professor for Animal Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Goettingen, and Scientific Director of the Forum Wissen Goettingen
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"The untapped potential of short-read sequencing in biodiversity research"
by Christoph Bleidorn (@cblei.bsky.social) et al

"Genomic resources have the potential to transform our understanding of the vast, still largely unknown diversity of species..."

More at:
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October 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Zancolli, @marcrr.bsky.social @agneeshbarua.bsky.social et al. show that venom glands in marine predatory snails evolved via functional divergence from digestive organs, involving gene expression shifts and enhanced secretory machinery.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf095

#evobio #venom #mollusca
May 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Neues Online-Angebot für Biodiversitätsinteressierte in Südniedersachsen!
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May 7, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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And June will be closed by Ronald Jenner from @nhm-london.bsky.social on Thursday, June 26 at 2.15 pm (CET) (hosted by @cblei.bsky.social).
May 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
New paper by @mtaguado.bsky.social Two new species of Syllidae (Annelida) from Misaki Bay and Sugashima Island, Japan - including Virchowia christophi (picture below) www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...
Two new species of Syllidae (Annelida) from Misaki Bay and Sugashima Island, Japan | Zootaxa
www.mapress.com
May 6, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Reposted by Christoph Bleidorn
Just published! Gene expression patterns during reproduction in the remarkable branching annelid Ramisyllis kingghidorahi. What happens at the molecular level when a worm with multiple branches gets ready to reproduce? Find out here: bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Sex-specific differential gene expression during stolonization in the branching syllid Ramisyllis kingghidorahi (Annelida, Syllidae) - BMC Genomics
Background Ramisyllis kingghidorahi (Annelida, Syllidae) is one of few annelid species with a ramified body, one anterior end and hundreds of posterior ends. R. kingghidorahi belongs to the family Syl...
doi.org
April 25, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Check this job advertisement by @mtaguado.bsky.social for a 3-year position, in case you are interested to do your PhD at the @unigoettingen.bsky.social on the amazing branching annelid Ramisyllis www.uni-goettingen.de/de/644546.ht...
April 23, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Prey and prejudice: predation by the European bee-eater Merops apiaster has species-specific effects on the ecology and genetics of bumblebees nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
April 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Today is the time to hear this song in repeat #Arminia #WirFahrenNachBerlin youtu.be/9PVI-4myKHM?...
Buttermaker- Arminia Bielefeld
YouTube video by dscJo
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April 2, 2025 at 7:54 AM
What happened here and who is Johann Friedrich Humboldt? I am curious if MDPI will publish this... www.preprints.org/manuscript/2...
March 31, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Conserved leucine-rich repeat proteins in the adhesive projectile slime of velvet worms www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Conserved leucine-rich repeat proteins in the adhesive projectile slime of velvet worms | PNAS
The slime of velvet worms (Onychophora) is a protein-based bioadhesive that undergoes rapid, yet reversible transition from a fluid into stiff fibe...
www.pnas.org
March 28, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Reposted by Christoph Bleidorn
"Was zum Quant?!" - die neue Sonderausstellung im #ForumWissen der @unigoettingen.bsky.social vermittelt Einblicke in Anfänge der Quantenmechanik in #Göttingen.
Ab heute geöffnet!
🔗 Ein schöner Artikel dazu: shorturl.at/wy1wN
Ausstellung zeigt Geschichte der Quantenmechanik
www.sueddeutsche.de
March 27, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Unveiling the diversity of gut microbes in green lacewings (Chrysopidae: Neuroptera) and their role as protagonist in nutrition link.springer.com/article/10.1...
March 25, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Familienaktionstag mit unseren neuen Comic-Helden Pim, Pixel und Piku im Forum Wissen @forumwissen.bsky.social @unigoettingen.bsky.social Sonntag, 23.3., von 10-18 Uhr www.uni-goettingen.de/de/3240.html...
March 19, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Fundamental questions in meiofauna research highlight how small but ubiquitous animals can improve our understanding of Nature www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Fundamental questions in meiofauna research highlight how small but ubiquitous animals can improve our understanding of Nature - Communications Biology
This paper identifies the top-50 priority questions for meiofaunal research, highlighting their critical roles in biogeochemical cycles and biodiversity. It calls for a balanced research agenda, inter...
www.nature.com
March 18, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Proportions of aposematic colouration in bees and wasps (Hymenoptera, Aculeata) and their main mimics – hoverflies, clearwing moths and longhorn beetles jhr.pensoft.net/article/1412...htt
March 11, 2025 at 11:57 AM
An annotated catalog of Annelida types at the Museum of Nature Hamburg, Zoology. Part I: Annelida: Errantia: Aciculata: Eunicida, Myzostomida, Aciculata incertae sedis, and Errantia: Protodriliformia evolsyst.pensoft.net/article/1377...htt
March 11, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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Was sind #Quanten? Die Physik der Quantenmechanik ist allgegenwärtig: in Lasern, Solarzellen & Supermarkt-Kassen. Unsere kommende Sonderausstellung zeichnet die Erforschung quantenphysikalischer Prinzipien nach und blickt bis in die Gegenwart.
📅 27.03 – 5.10.2025
🔗 www.forum-wissen.de/was-zum-quant/
February 25, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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Den eigenen #Garten in ein #Insektenparadies verwandeln?! Mehr dazu im neuen Buch von Michael Schwerdtfeger „Nonplusultrapflanzen“ - präsentiert auf unserem Blog!
Dr.Schwerdtfeger stellt sein Buch morgen 27.2.2025, 17h im Forum Wissen @unigoettingen.bsky.social vor!

forum-wissen.de/blog/der-sch...
February 26, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Mit Hochdurchsatzsequenzierung das Biodiversitätsmonitoring ausbauen link.springer.com/article/10.1...
February 25, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Reposted by Christoph Bleidorn
Automatic cell analysis using #AI

Researchers retrained existing AI-based software on over 17,000 microscopy images with over 2 million structures to develop this new model - Segment Anything for Microscopy: www.uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html...

#NatureMethods research: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
February 24, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Phylogenomics of the rarest animals: a second species of Micrognathozoa identified by machine learning royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
February 22, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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It is amazing to see so many #Morphologists attending #Morpho25 in Kiel. The renaissance of #Morphology is continuing
February 21, 2025 at 7:24 AM