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Esther van den Bos
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A young PI here in Mainz has a fabulous PhD position that will be filled soon! By you? Keywords: Social insects, ageing, gene expression. www.blogs.uni-mainz.de/fb10-evoluti...
Behavioural Ecology and Social Evolution
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October 29, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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If you are at the #DZG meeting in Berlin @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social and are interested in the evolution of the superorganism (like ants) come listen to my talk @12:30 in the EVO session, Hörsaal 2.
September 10, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Come find me at #SMBE2025 to chat about transposable elements in ants 🧬🐜
S15 - P8
July 22, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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Worker ants increase their reproductive success by caring for their siblings instead of producing their own offspring. An international research team has now uncovered the genetic basis of ant evolution. (Orig. publ. doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...) #ants #phylogenomics #evolution
New study provides deep insights into the genomes of superorganisms
Worker ants increase their reproductive success by caring for their siblings instead of producing their own offspring. An international research team, including Dr. Lukas Schrader from the University ...
www.uni-muenster.de
June 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Save the date! The Cologne International Forum invited Mohammed Errbii and Luisa Jaimes Nino for the next SALON event: The Fascinating World of Ants – The Little Things that Run our Planet, 06.06., 6 PM. Admission is free! More info: cif.uni-koeln.de/events/salon or www.instagram.com/reel/DKRZK3d...
May 30, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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New research article! 📰

@jaimesnino.bsky.social & Oettler discovered that ant queens show no heritability in fertility/lifespan, but reveal surprising anti-aging mechanisms ⏳
🔗https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-025-01032-2

#InsectesSociaux #SocialInsects #Genetics #EvolutionaryBiology #Heritability
May 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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🐜🐝🐛Social insect researchers - conference alert!🐜🐝🐛

Registration for the Central European IUSSI conference is now open. The CE IUSSI meetings are invariably lovely: interesting, warm, friendly, and fun. I cannot recommend this conference enough!

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8th CE IUSSI Meeting – 8th CE IUSSI Meeting
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May 12, 2025 at 9:11 AM