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Kaiser Lab @clocksevolution.bsky.social · Feb 10

Hello Bsky!

We are the Max Planck Research Group Biological Clocks.

#evolution #evobio #ecology #adaptation #biodiversity #behaviour #genetics #genomics #chronobiology #circadian #circalunar #biologicalclock #moon #tides #marine #molbio #biology #nature #research #science #scicomm #insect #clunio

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ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas

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#ERGAReads | A Beginner's Guide to Structural Variants in Eco-Evolutionary Population Genomics 🧬
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#MolecularEcology #structuralvariants #genomics #PopulationGenomics @rebekahoomen.bsky.social @clairemerot.bsky.social

A Beginner's Guide to Structural Variants in Eco‐Evolutionary Population Genomics

Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) has greatly expanded researchers' ability to study structural variants (SVs), that is, the variation in the presence, number, orientation or position of a DNA sequence.…

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February 11, 2026 at 9:01 AM

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Tessmar-Raible Labs

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#WomenInScience day alert: Our labs participate in the E-STEEM initiative of @univie.ac.at: >= 20 funded postdoc positions for female applicants! Interested in pursuing original projects in #stemcells, #regeneration, #biomaterials, #chronobiology at @viennabiocenter.bsky.social? Please get in touch!

February 11, 2026 at 3:43 PM

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MPI for Evolutionary Biology

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Today is Darwin’s Day 🧬 — a reminder that evolution isn’t just history but a living process. At the MPI for Evolutionary Biology we explore evolutionary change — how life adapts, diversifies, and evolves — using theory, experiments, and data from nature.
#DarwinsDay #Evolution #EvolBio

Julia Margaret Cameron (c. 1868) / Wikimedia Commons.

February 12, 2026 at 7:21 AM

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Global Invertebrate Genomics Alliance

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Early bird registration and abstract submission are now open for the GIGA VI Conference. Join us July 6-10 in Boracay, Philippines! gigavi.org

Global Invertebrate Genomics Alliance VI

Global Invertebrate Genome Alliance VI, July 2026, Philippines

gigavi.org

February 2, 2026 at 2:37 PM

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MPI for Evolutionary Biology

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Expressions of interest: Director at MPI EvolBio (f/m/d) — We invite expressions of interest from distinguished scientists in evolutionary biology with a bold, long-term research vision that complements our Institute. More information: www.evolbio.mpg.de/3856225/Dire...

Directors

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January 21, 2026 at 11:15 AM

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MPI for Evolutionary Biology

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A new #PNAS Commentary spotlights our #MPI-EvolBio work: jumbo phages can transfer large mobile genetic elements between bacteria, expanding how we think about gene exchange in microbial communities.
www.evolbio.mpg.de/3858689/pnas...

PNAS Commentary Highlights Significance of Institute Research on Jumbo Phage–Mediated Gene Transfer

www.evolbio.mpg.de

January 19, 2026 at 2:44 PM

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Rob Waterhouse

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Join us on Monday at 15:00 CET for the first @ergabiodiv.bsky.social Plenary meeting of 2026!
Hugues Roest Crollius will present an update on the progress of the French marine #genomes ATLASea programme
www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/atlasea... #biodiversity #genomics

ATLASea: progress on sequencing marine biodiversity

Join us for the first ERGA Plenary meeting of 2026! On Monday, January 19, at 15:00 CET, Hugues Roest Crollius will present an update on the progress of the ATLASea program, which aims to unlock the p...

www.erga-biodiversity.eu

January 15, 2026 at 1:17 PM

Kaiser Lab

@clocksevolution.bsky.social

Happy to share exciting work by my colleague Nathalie Feiner @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social, and coauthors @joanameier.bsky.social, @nataliazajac.bsky.social, Guannan Wen, Tobias Uller & more.

Also see their preprint on #lizard (& snake) #genomics:
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎= 10 #genomes

January 6, 2026 at 8:14 AM

Kaiser Lab

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Frontiers for Young Minds now has a plain and concise introduction to the Earth BioGenome Project! @ebpgenome.bsky.social
Good read for older kids and the general public!

#SciCom #STEM #Biodiversity #Genome #Conservation

kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....

The Earth BioGenome Project: Building the Ultimate Library of Life

Earth is full of amazing life forms, from giant whales to tiny microbes. Scientists want to understand and protect this biodiversity—but first, they need to know what is out there. That is where the E...

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December 28, 2025 at 8:17 AM

Kaiser Lab

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What a cool way to get people engaged with #population #genomics!

But why is there no episode on parentage analysis ... ?

#Conservation #EvoBio #R
#MayTheForceBeWithYou #StarWars #LukeSkywalker
@lauradbertola.bsky.social @drobledoruiz.bsky.social @seaprof.bsky.social @robynshaw.bsky.social

December 10, 2025 at 8:07 AM

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MPI for Evolutionary Biology

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🎓 IMPRS EvolBio opens its 2026 PhD call! Up to 10 doctoral positions in evolutionary biology at MPI-EB — work in an international, cutting-edge research environment where others go on vacation. Start: Sept 2026 | Deadline: Jan 11, 2026 👉
www.evolbio.mpg.de/3848518/impr... #PhD #EvolutionaryBiology

December 10, 2025 at 7:51 AM

Kaiser Lab

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A very interesting piece on the evolution of #photoperiodism and its relation to #circadian #clocks by Luisa Jabbur @jabbur.bsky.social and Carl Johnson.

New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · Nov 22

#TansleyInsight: Could photoperiodic responses have evolved before the emergence of #CircadianClocks?

@jabbur.bsky.social & Carl Hirschie Johnson
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📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#LatestIssue

(a) Model for how photoperiodic time measurement works across different species. (b) Examples of the photoperiodic pathways in plants (upper) and mammals (lower).

December 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM

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MPI for Evolutionary Biology

@mpi-evolbio.bsky.social

Big congratulations to Dr Nikhil Sharma on receiving the Kiel Life Science Postdoc Award 2025! His outstanding work in theoretical biology and evolutionary graph theory makes us proud. Well deserved! 👏 #KLS #MPIEvolBio
www.evolbio.mpg.de/3847270/kiel...

(Photo: Christian Urban, Kiel University)

November 26, 2025 at 7:10 AM

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MPI for Evolutionary Biology

@mpi-evolbio.bsky.social

Rajalekshmi N. Sarma (MPI EvolBio) will be speaking at Kiel University’s Night of the Profs this Friday!
Catch her Science Show talk at 21:00 in the Frederik-Paulsen Lecture Hall.
Free admission — bring your friends and family!
More info: uni-kiel.de/de/veranstaltungen/night-of-the-profs
(CAU Kiel)

November 17, 2025 at 7:43 AM

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MPI for Evolutionary Biology

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Big cheers from MPI for Evolutionary Biology! 🎉
Our alumna Dr. Christin Nyhoegen wins the KlarText Prize 2025 for her piece “Penicillin and a Small Dose of Mathematics.”
She shows how math helps improve antibiotic treatments and prevent resistance. 👏
#KlarTextPreis #MPIEvolBio #ScienceCommunication

November 14, 2025 at 8:26 AM

Kaiser Lab

@clocksevolution.bsky.social

WE ARE HIRING!
Please spread widely!

#Postdoc in #Evolutionary #Genomics
-> www.mpg.de/25524526/

#Postdoc in #Molecular #Biology & #Cell #Signalling
-> www.mpg.de/25524509/

@mpi-evolbio.bsky.social @maxplanck.de

#ScienceJobs #EvoBio #MolBio #Ecology #Chronobiology #Marine #EntoSky #Biodiversity

October 9, 2025 at 6:56 AM

Kaiser Lab

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"Chuck the gadgets, the fads and the alarm."

The importance of the #circadian #clock for human #sleep, covered in a recent News Feature in #Nature.

Must read.

#chronobiology #ScienceMatters

How to get the best night’s sleep: what the science says

Chuck the gadgets, the fads and the alarm. Circadian research reveals how important your body’s internal clock is to blissful slumber.

www.nature.com

October 2, 2025 at 12:20 PM

Kaiser Lab

@clocksevolution.bsky.social

How can larval #competition for space, adult #reproductive #timing and the #tides interact to produce different timing strains, aka #chronotypes, of the marine insect #Clunio?

See our latest preprint with Alec Jacobsen & @gokhalecs.bsky.social

#evolution #ecology #chronobiology #circalunar #clock

How competition can drive allochronic divergence: a case study in the marine midge, Clunio marinus

Synchronizing mating to extrinsic environmental cycles can increase the chance of successful reproduction. However, the resulting temporally-assorted mating may precipitate speciation if coupled with ...

www.biorxiv.org

September 17, 2025 at 8:12 AM

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MPI for Evolutionary Biology

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Could humans and AI one day form a single “evolutionary individual”? Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology raise this question in a new publication exploring human–AI interdependence.
www.evolbio.mpg.de/3836073/news...

September 11, 2025 at 6:56 AM

Kaiser Lab

@clocksevolution.bsky.social

Years of work distilled to 1 minute:
Our recent paper with @kokkonut.bsky.social has made it to #youtube !

The AI illustrations do not look anything like real-life #Clunio - but they are captivating.

And the scientific content is accurate and well explained!

Original paper: tinyurl.com/28hxwree