FIWI Vienna
@fiwivienna.bsky.social
Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology at Vetmeduni in Vienna
Forschungsinstitut für Wildtierkunde und Ökologie
vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi
Forschungsinstitut für Wildtierkunde und Ökologie
vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi
Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 10.12. | 2:00 PM with Radoslaw Karpienko / @wuvienna.bsky.social
📍@fiwivienna.bsky.social 1160 Wien or online 📷→ vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar...
@klivvvienna.bsky.social
📍@fiwivienna.bsky.social 1160 Wien or online 📷→ vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar...
@klivvvienna.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 10.12. | 2:00 PM with Radoslaw Karpienko / @wuvienna.bsky.social
📍@fiwivienna.bsky.social 1160 Wien or online 📷→ vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar...
@klivvvienna.bsky.social
📍@fiwivienna.bsky.social 1160 Wien or online 📷→ vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar...
@klivvvienna.bsky.social
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Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 26.11. | 2:00 PM with Bea Maas/ @univie.ac.at
📍@klivvvienna.bsky.social , 1160 Wien or online 👩💻
→ vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar...
📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804) @fiwivienna.bsky.social
📍@klivvvienna.bsky.social , 1160 Wien or online 👩💻
→ vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar...
📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804) @fiwivienna.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 26.11. | 2:00 PM with Bea Maas/ @univie.ac.at
📍@klivvvienna.bsky.social , 1160 Wien or online 👩💻
→ vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar...
📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804) @fiwivienna.bsky.social
📍@klivvvienna.bsky.social , 1160 Wien or online 👩💻
→ vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar...
📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804) @fiwivienna.bsky.social
We had a great #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk last week! Neal Dawson @nealdawson.bsky.social took us up high into the Andes, where he looked into the factors that make specific species 🦆🐦 adapt to high altitude, low temperature and low oxygen 🫁.
@klivvvienna.bsky.social @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk
@klivvvienna.bsky.social @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
We had a great #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk last week! Neal Dawson @nealdawson.bsky.social took us up high into the Andes, where he looked into the factors that make specific species 🦆🐦 adapt to high altitude, low temperature and low oxygen 🫁.
@klivvvienna.bsky.social @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk
@klivvvienna.bsky.social @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk
Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 19.11. | 2:00 PM with Sasan Fereidouni / Vetmeduni, Vienna
📍@fiwivienna.bsky.social, 1160 Wien or online 👩💻
→ vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar...
📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804)
📍@fiwivienna.bsky.social, 1160 Wien or online 👩💻
→ vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar...
📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804)
November 13, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 19.11. | 2:00 PM with Sasan Fereidouni / Vetmeduni, Vienna
📍@fiwivienna.bsky.social, 1160 Wien or online 👩💻
→ vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar...
📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804)
📍@fiwivienna.bsky.social, 1160 Wien or online 👩💻
→ vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar...
📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804)
We enjoyed last week's #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk by Marcus Clauss - he spoke to us about the digestive systems of mammals, the role that teeth 🦷 play in it and - importantly - digestive adaptations. @klivvvienna.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 12:40 PM
We enjoyed last week's #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk by Marcus Clauss - he spoke to us about the digestive systems of mammals, the role that teeth 🦷 play in it and - importantly - digestive adaptations. @klivvvienna.bsky.social
Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 12.11. | 2:00 PM with Neal Dawson @nealdawson.bsky.social / University of Glasgow @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk
📍@fiwivienna.bsky.social, 1160 Wien or online 👩💻
→ vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar...
📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804)
📍@fiwivienna.bsky.social, 1160 Wien or online 👩💻
→ vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar...
📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804)
November 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 12.11. | 2:00 PM with Neal Dawson @nealdawson.bsky.social / University of Glasgow @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk
📍@fiwivienna.bsky.social, 1160 Wien or online 👩💻
→ vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar...
📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804)
📍@fiwivienna.bsky.social, 1160 Wien or online 👩💻
→ vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar...
📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804)
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Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 5.11. | 2:00 PM with Marcus Clauss/ University of Zürich
📍@KLIVVWien, 1160 Wien or online 👩💻
→ vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar...
📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804) @fiwivienna.bsky.social
📍@KLIVVWien, 1160 Wien or online 👩💻
→ vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar...
📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804) @fiwivienna.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 5.11. | 2:00 PM with Marcus Clauss/ University of Zürich
📍@KLIVVWien, 1160 Wien or online 👩💻
→ vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar...
📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804) @fiwivienna.bsky.social
📍@KLIVVWien, 1160 Wien or online 👩💻
→ vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar...
📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804) @fiwivienna.bsky.social
We were very happy to welcome Tsipe Aavik for a #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk last week. She introduced us to the world of landscape genetics🧬and spoke about a succesful Citizen Science Project concerning the counting of cowslips🌼
@klivvvienna.bsky.social @pollinationut.bsky.social
@klivvvienna.bsky.social @pollinationut.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 11:39 AM
We were very happy to welcome Tsipe Aavik for a #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk last week. She introduced us to the world of landscape genetics🧬and spoke about a succesful Citizen Science Project concerning the counting of cowslips🌼
@klivvvienna.bsky.social @pollinationut.bsky.social
@klivvvienna.bsky.social @pollinationut.bsky.social
Friederike Pohlin joined the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025 in Abu Dhabi, contributing to a session on responsible wildlife translocation organized by the Conservation Translocation Specialist Group and Smithsonian Institution.
A great opportunity to strengthen global conservation efforts!🐾🌿
A great opportunity to strengthen global conservation efforts!🐾🌿
October 28, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Friederike Pohlin joined the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025 in Abu Dhabi, contributing to a session on responsible wildlife translocation organized by the Conservation Translocation Specialist Group and Smithsonian Institution.
A great opportunity to strengthen global conservation efforts!🐾🌿
A great opportunity to strengthen global conservation efforts!🐾🌿
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Last week's talk by Martin Mayer (University of Inland Norway) gave us a lot of insight into moose monitoring🫎 - both on the ground and by drone - as well lots of info about beevers in Scandinavia. A truly informative #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk! @fiwivienna.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Last week's talk by Martin Mayer (University of Inland Norway) gave us a lot of insight into moose monitoring🫎 - both on the ground and by drone - as well lots of info about beevers in Scandinavia. A truly informative #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk! @fiwivienna.bsky.social
Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 22.10. | 2:00 PM with Tsipe Aavik / University of Tartu, Estonia @pollinationut.bsky.social
📍FIWI, 1160 Wien or online 👩💻
→ vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar...
📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804) @klivvvienna.bsky.social
📍FIWI, 1160 Wien or online 👩💻
→ vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar...
📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804) @klivvvienna.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 22.10. | 2:00 PM with Tsipe Aavik / University of Tartu, Estonia @pollinationut.bsky.social
📍FIWI, 1160 Wien or online 👩💻
→ vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar...
📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804) @klivvvienna.bsky.social
📍FIWI, 1160 Wien or online 👩💻
→ vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar...
📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804) @klivvvienna.bsky.social
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Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 15.10. | 2:00 PM with Martin Mayer / University of Inland Norway
📍@KLIVVWien, 1160 Wien or online 👩💻
→ vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar...
📢Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804)
@FIWIvienna
📍@KLIVVWien, 1160 Wien or online 👩💻
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📢Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804)
@FIWIvienna
October 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 15.10. | 2:00 PM with Martin Mayer / University of Inland Norway
📍@KLIVVWien, 1160 Wien or online 👩💻
→ vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar...
📢Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804)
@FIWIvienna
📍@KLIVVWien, 1160 Wien or online 👩💻
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📢Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804)
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What a great start to the new term - a big thank you to Patricia Brennan for a wonderfully inspiring and lively talk on genital evolution in birds! 🦆🐦🦜 @fiwivienna.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
What a great start to the new term - a big thank you to Patricia Brennan for a wonderfully inspiring and lively talk on genital evolution in birds! 🦆🐦🦜 @fiwivienna.bsky.social
📢 NÖ Forschungsfest | Come and visit us at this event for the entire family! With entertaining show acts and over 80 research stations, the world of science becomes an experience!
📅 Friday, 10 October 2025 | 1:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
📍 Palais NÖ, Herrengasse 13, 1010 Vienna
🌞 Admission free!
📅 Friday, 10 October 2025 | 1:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
📍 Palais NÖ, Herrengasse 13, 1010 Vienna
🌞 Admission free!
October 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
📢 NÖ Forschungsfest | Come and visit us at this event for the entire family! With entertaining show acts and over 80 research stations, the world of science becomes an experience!
📅 Friday, 10 October 2025 | 1:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
📍 Palais NÖ, Herrengasse 13, 1010 Vienna
🌞 Admission free!
📅 Friday, 10 October 2025 | 1:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
📍 Palais NÖ, Herrengasse 13, 1010 Vienna
🌞 Admission free!
Join us for our first #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk this semester: 1.10. | 2:00 PM with Patricia Brennan, Mount Holyoke College
📍@klivvvienna.bsky.social 1160 Wien or online 👩💻
→ vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar...
📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804)
📍@klivvvienna.bsky.social 1160 Wien or online 👩💻
→ vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar...
📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804)
September 29, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Join us for our first #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk this semester: 1.10. | 2:00 PM with Patricia Brennan, Mount Holyoke College
📍@klivvvienna.bsky.social 1160 Wien or online 👩💻
→ vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar...
📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804)
📍@klivvvienna.bsky.social 1160 Wien or online 👩💻
→ vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar...
📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804)
📢 Vetmed Campus Open Day | Come along and experience animal research up close! 🐾
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📅 Saturday, 27 September 2025 | 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
📍 Vetmeduni Campus, Veterinärplatz 1, 1210 Vienna
🌞 Admission free!
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📅 Saturday, 27 September 2025 | 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
📍 Vetmeduni Campus, Veterinärplatz 1, 1210 Vienna
🌞 Admission free!
September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
📢 Vetmed Campus Open Day | Come along and experience animal research up close! 🐾
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📅 Saturday, 27 September 2025 | 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
📍 Vetmeduni Campus, Veterinärplatz 1, 1210 Vienna
🌞 Admission free!
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📅 Saturday, 27 September 2025 | 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
📍 Vetmeduni Campus, Veterinärplatz 1, 1210 Vienna
🌞 Admission free!
At our final #WilhelminenberSeminarTalk last semester, we got a history lessen by our own Elmira Mohandesan, who spoke about the impact of the Roman conquest of the northern Alpine foreland in 15 BCE on local horse populations! 🐴
@klivvvienna.bsky.social
@klivvvienna.bsky.social
July 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
At our final #WilhelminenberSeminarTalk last semester, we got a history lessen by our own Elmira Mohandesan, who spoke about the impact of the Roman conquest of the northern Alpine foreland in 15 BCE on local horse populations! 🐴
@klivvvienna.bsky.social
@klivvvienna.bsky.social
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📢Congratulations to @ericacalabretta.bsky.social for the publication of her first PhD thesis chapter, "Passerine stopover physiology: weather variability does not alter corticosterone dynamics after sea crossing"! 👏🥳🐥 doi.org/10.1002/jav.... @fusanilab.bsky.social
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July 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
📢Congratulations to @ericacalabretta.bsky.social for the publication of her first PhD thesis chapter, "Passerine stopover physiology: weather variability does not alter corticosterone dynamics after sea crossing"! 👏🥳🐥 doi.org/10.1002/jav.... @fusanilab.bsky.social
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Yesterday on "Wien heute" (ORF), our pathologist Anna-Kübber Heiss and Angelika Auer from Vetmeduni spoke about the current rising infections of myxomatosis in rabbits and hares. Watch it here: on.orf.at/video/142847... (in German)
Kaninchenpest grassiert in der Stadt - Wien heute vom 21.07.2025
15-Jähriger Islamist zu Haftstrafe verurteilt | Kaninchenpest grassiert in der Stadt | Klinik Ottakring präsentiert Unfallchirurgie-Rohbau | Liegewiese im Augarten wird demnächst eröffnet | Kurzmekdun...
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July 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Yesterday on "Wien heute" (ORF), our pathologist Anna-Kübber Heiss and Angelika Auer from Vetmeduni spoke about the current rising infections of myxomatosis in rabbits and hares. Watch it here: on.orf.at/video/142847... (in German)
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Our group’s first study on fire salamanders is out! 🟡⚫️🦎⚫️🟡 🧪🌍We report differences in predation rates between managed and non-managed forest areas, due mostly to increased 🐦 attacks in managed areas. Both types of areas differ mainly in 🌳 diversity and evenness (1/2) doi.org/10.1111/jzo....
July 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Our group’s first study on fire salamanders is out! 🟡⚫️🦎⚫️🟡 🧪🌍We report differences in predation rates between managed and non-managed forest areas, due mostly to increased 🐦 attacks in managed areas. Both types of areas differ mainly in 🌳 diversity and evenness (1/2) doi.org/10.1111/jzo....
We had the pleasure of having Sylvain Giroud as a speaker for a #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk and he gave us insights into early-life metabolic flexibility and its lifelong and intergenerational effects in a small hibernator 🐭 @klivvvienna.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
We had the pleasure of having Sylvain Giroud as a speaker for a #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk and he gave us insights into early-life metabolic flexibility and its lifelong and intergenerational effects in a small hibernator 🐭 @klivvvienna.bsky.social
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Thank you to Kang Nian Yap who spoke about an integrative approach to studying lifehistory trade-offs: The roles of endoplasmic reticulum physiology, bioenergetics, and oxidative stress at his #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk🗣️
@fiwivienna.bsky.social
@fiwivienna.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Thank you to Kang Nian Yap who spoke about an integrative approach to studying lifehistory trade-offs: The roles of endoplasmic reticulum physiology, bioenergetics, and oxidative stress at his #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk🗣️
@fiwivienna.bsky.social
@fiwivienna.bsky.social
Tomorrow is dormouse day 🐹
Here at the FIWI, we are not only researching its hibernation, but also its adaptability and way of life 🔍
Take a closer look at this nocturnal animal: www.vetmeduni.ac.at/en/research-...
Here at the FIWI, we are not only researching its hibernation, but also its adaptability and way of life 🔍
Take a closer look at this nocturnal animal: www.vetmeduni.ac.at/en/research-...
June 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Tomorrow is dormouse day 🐹
Here at the FIWI, we are not only researching its hibernation, but also its adaptability and way of life 🔍
Take a closer look at this nocturnal animal: www.vetmeduni.ac.at/en/research-...
Here at the FIWI, we are not only researching its hibernation, but also its adaptability and way of life 🔍
Take a closer look at this nocturnal animal: www.vetmeduni.ac.at/en/research-...
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🔔NEW PAPER by the @pennzalalab.bsky.social! "Pre- and post-copulatory traits are affected by experimental inbreeding, but they are not correlated" out now in BMC Biology🐭
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June 11, 2025 at 7:40 AM
🔔NEW PAPER by the @pennzalalab.bsky.social! "Pre- and post-copulatory traits are affected by experimental inbreeding, but they are not correlated" out now in BMC Biology🐭
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Last week, @biobiiana.bsky.social was one of the plenary speakers at the European Meeting of PhD students in Evolutionary Biology (#EMPSEB30) in Milovy (Czech Republic), a conference for PhD students organised by PhD students! 🐸
Todays plenary talk was given by Bibiana Rojas. She showed us her thrilling research that focuses on the study of poisonous frogs that display unique behaviour in parental care and early life.🐸 Thank you Bibiana for not only the talk, but contribution to DEI Panel and friendly athmosphere!
June 11, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Last week, @biobiiana.bsky.social was one of the plenary speakers at the European Meeting of PhD students in Evolutionary Biology (#EMPSEB30) in Milovy (Czech Republic), a conference for PhD students organised by PhD students! 🐸