liedvogel lab
@genmig.bsky.social
What is the genetic basis of bird migration? 🐦 Director Institute of Avian Research | Prof Ornithology UOL | MPRG Behavioural Genomics MPI Evolutionary Biology
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If you need something positive in your life right now, then how about nominating one of your favorite researchers for an award??
The Animal Behavior Society's Career Award nominations are due January 15th! Find more info here:
www.animalbehaviorsociety.org/web/awards-c...
The Animal Behavior Society's Career Award nominations are due January 15th! Find more info here:
www.animalbehaviorsociety.org/web/awards-c...
January 8, 2026 at 7:34 PM
If you need something positive in your life right now, then how about nominating one of your favorite researchers for an award??
The Animal Behavior Society's Career Award nominations are due January 15th! Find more info here:
www.animalbehaviorsociety.org/web/awards-c...
The Animal Behavior Society's Career Award nominations are due January 15th! Find more info here:
www.animalbehaviorsociety.org/web/awards-c...
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The University of Vienna awards at least 20 four-year and full-time (40h/week) postdoctoral positions to outstanding female scientists in natural sciences, life sciences, and economics.
🚨 Postdoctoral Opportunity for Female Scientists🚨
The University of Vienna is awarding at least 20 fully funded 4 year postdoctoral positions to outstanding female scientists
Interested? Get in touch via direct message
careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...
#MicroSky 🧪
#PostDoc @univie.ac.at
The University of Vienna is awarding at least 20 fully funded 4 year postdoctoral positions to outstanding female scientists
Interested? Get in touch via direct message
careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...
#MicroSky 🧪
#PostDoc @univie.ac.at
January 5, 2026 at 5:13 PM
The University of Vienna awards at least 20 four-year and full-time (40h/week) postdoctoral positions to outstanding female scientists in natural sciences, life sciences, and economics.
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We are pleased to announce the inaugural Gordon Research Conference on Urban Evolution and Ecology which will be held from Jan. 31 - Feb. 5, 2027. Please save the dates, and we look forward to welcoming you to beautiful Ventura Beach, California!
January 7, 2026 at 6:55 PM
We are pleased to announce the inaugural Gordon Research Conference on Urban Evolution and Ecology which will be held from Jan. 31 - Feb. 5, 2027. Please save the dates, and we look forward to welcoming you to beautiful Ventura Beach, California!
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Gull-billed terns for the win! Anna’s final PhD chapter published in Evol Applications doi.org/10.1111/eva.... Thanks to all lovely collaborators, especially @commonternproject.bsky.social @gullbilledterns-de.bsky.social
@robertrollins1892.bsky.social & @dornitholges.bsky.social for funding
@robertrollins1892.bsky.social & @dornitholges.bsky.social for funding
January 5, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Gull-billed terns for the win! Anna’s final PhD chapter published in Evol Applications doi.org/10.1111/eva.... Thanks to all lovely collaborators, especially @commonternproject.bsky.social @gullbilledterns-de.bsky.social
@robertrollins1892.bsky.social & @dornitholges.bsky.social for funding
@robertrollins1892.bsky.social & @dornitholges.bsky.social for funding
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Out now in ‘Evolutionary applications’, the last chapter of Anna’s PhD thesis, in which she used whole genome sequencing data of contemporary and historic European gull-billed terns to assess whether the population decline in part of their range has had genetic consequences: doi.org/10.1111/eva....
January 5, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Out now in ‘Evolutionary applications’, the last chapter of Anna’s PhD thesis, in which she used whole genome sequencing data of contemporary and historic European gull-billed terns to assess whether the population decline in part of their range has had genetic consequences: doi.org/10.1111/eva....
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Unpaid, but a wonderful place to be.
www.welshwildlife.org/volunteer-sk...
www.welshwildlife.org/volunteer-sk...
Volunteer on Skomer | The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales
Skomer is an amazing island - but it couldn't run without our volunteers! We have short-term and long-term opportunities available, please see below for details.
www.welshwildlife.org
January 1, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Unpaid, but a wonderful place to be.
www.welshwildlife.org/volunteer-sk...
www.welshwildlife.org/volunteer-sk...
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🧪📢Forest Research in the UK is seeking two new members for the Expert Committee on #Forest #Science. 🧬🌳📖🌲🪵
* one early-career,
* one from the forestry sector,
Please see details on the link below.
Closing 30 Jan.
➡️ www.forestresearch.gov.uk/about-us/car...
#forestry #plantsci #trees
* one early-career,
* one from the forestry sector,
Please see details on the link below.
Closing 30 Jan.
➡️ www.forestresearch.gov.uk/about-us/car...
#forestry #plantsci #trees
2 x Committee members - Forestry Commission Expert Committee on Forest Science - Forest Research
www.forestresearch.gov.uk
December 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Have you ever wondered what you would find if you could keep your eyes on a bee for more than a few meters? Us, too!
preprint (with videos!) + thread 🧵
Precise, individualized foraging flights in honey #bees 🐝 revealed by multicopter drone-based tracking
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
1/9
preprint (with videos!) + thread 🧵
Precise, individualized foraging flights in honey #bees 🐝 revealed by multicopter drone-based tracking
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
1/9
December 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Have you ever wondered what you would find if you could keep your eyes on a bee for more than a few meters? Us, too!
preprint (with videos!) + thread 🧵
Precise, individualized foraging flights in honey #bees 🐝 revealed by multicopter drone-based tracking
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
1/9
preprint (with videos!) + thread 🧵
Precise, individualized foraging flights in honey #bees 🐝 revealed by multicopter drone-based tracking
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
1/9
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🧪🐠 I am hiring a postdoc! Work will be on patterns of biodiversity across phylogenetic scales using teleost fishes as a model. Apply by end of Jan 2026 for full consideration apply.interfolio.com/179070 I encourage folks to reach out with any questions. Please Share!
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December 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🧪🐠 I am hiring a postdoc! Work will be on patterns of biodiversity across phylogenetic scales using teleost fishes as a model. Apply by end of Jan 2026 for full consideration apply.interfolio.com/179070 I encourage folks to reach out with any questions. Please Share!
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*First preprint from our lab* !!!!!
How does the brain learn to anchor its internal sense of direction to the outside world? 🧭
led by Mark Plitt @markplitt.bsky.social & Dan Turner-Evans, w/ Vivek Jayaraman:
“Octopamine instructs head direction plasticity” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Thread ⬇️
How does the brain learn to anchor its internal sense of direction to the outside world? 🧭
led by Mark Plitt @markplitt.bsky.social & Dan Turner-Evans, w/ Vivek Jayaraman:
“Octopamine instructs head direction plasticity” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Thread ⬇️
December 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
*First preprint from our lab* !!!!!
How does the brain learn to anchor its internal sense of direction to the outside world? 🧭
led by Mark Plitt @markplitt.bsky.social & Dan Turner-Evans, w/ Vivek Jayaraman:
“Octopamine instructs head direction plasticity” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Thread ⬇️
How does the brain learn to anchor its internal sense of direction to the outside world? 🧭
led by Mark Plitt @markplitt.bsky.social & Dan Turner-Evans, w/ Vivek Jayaraman:
“Octopamine instructs head direction plasticity” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Thread ⬇️
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We're looking for a new colleague at Asssoc Prof level! Come join us in the Zoology Department at Stockholm University. A teaching profile in ecology, faunistics and/or physiology is beneficial. Find the full job advertisemnt here: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Associate Professor in Zoology with focus on ecology and evolution
Department of Zoology at Stockholm University includes ca. 80 employees counting researchers, PhD students, and administrative staff. Research and education at the department occurs in an internatio
su.varbi.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:12 AM
We're looking for a new colleague at Asssoc Prof level! Come join us in the Zoology Department at Stockholm University. A teaching profile in ecology, faunistics and/or physiology is beneficial. Find the full job advertisemnt here: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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I saw a lot of people posting their favorite cover songs and thought I’d add mine to the mix
December 10, 2025 at 3:57 AM
I saw a lot of people posting their favorite cover songs and thought I’d add mine to the mix
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10 more days to apply for this postdoc position.
We are recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to work on a project focusing on adaptation and genetic basis of embryo size in Drosophila using our new large particle flow cytometer. evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
https://evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldir/PostDocs//MPI-EvolBiol_Germany.PolygenicAdaptation
A Postdoctoral position is available in Evolution of Polygenic Traits
Research Group at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology-
Pl�n, Germany. Our group studies the genetic basis of adaptat...
evol.mcmaster.ca
December 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
10 more days to apply for this postdoc position.
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Go behind the scenes with science illustrator Liz Clayton Fuller! 🎨 Watch her work in real-time and hear about her artistic process in this free recorded webinar. Perfect for artists and bird lovers!
academy.allaboutbirds.org/live-event/l...
academy.allaboutbirds.org/live-event/l...
Live Painting with Science Illustrator Liz Clayton Fuller | Bird Academy • The Cornell Lab
Join us for a virtual visit to the studio of Liz Clayton Fuller, a friend of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and a scientific illustrator. Liz is known for h ...
academy.allaboutbirds.org
December 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Go behind the scenes with science illustrator Liz Clayton Fuller! 🎨 Watch her work in real-time and hear about her artistic process in this free recorded webinar. Perfect for artists and bird lovers!
academy.allaboutbirds.org/live-event/l...
academy.allaboutbirds.org/live-event/l...
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POSTDOC recruitment! We’re looking for a post-doc to join us to work on the (epi)genetic basis of inbreeding depression as part of the ANR-funded project FRIDA
macrostomum.wordpress.com/the-genetic-...
Please share!
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Please share!
December 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
POSTDOC recruitment! We’re looking for a post-doc to join us to work on the (epi)genetic basis of inbreeding depression as part of the ANR-funded project FRIDA
macrostomum.wordpress.com/the-genetic-...
Please share!
macrostomum.wordpress.com/the-genetic-...
Please share!
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Empseb is simply the best. If you're a PhD student of evolutionary biology, do go there!
December 12, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Empseb is simply the best. If you're a PhD student of evolutionary biology, do go there!
quick outing to India. literally from cosy christmas cookies to T-Shirt vibes. this #EMBOneuroethology workshop did not disappoint - amazing talks, wonderful people, many who I never met before. meetings.embo.org/event/25-neu...
December 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
quick outing to India. literally from cosy christmas cookies to T-Shirt vibes. this #EMBOneuroethology workshop did not disappoint - amazing talks, wonderful people, many who I never met before. meetings.embo.org/event/25-neu...
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What are the ‘social dimensions’ of moving species for conservation and why does engaging with them matter?
This is the focus of our new paper doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... on the cover of the Dec issue of TREE @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social led by @aisrayne.bsky.social
🙏 to Kevin Parker for the 📷
This is the focus of our new paper doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... on the cover of the Dec issue of TREE @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social led by @aisrayne.bsky.social
🙏 to Kevin Parker for the 📷
December 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
What are the ‘social dimensions’ of moving species for conservation and why does engaging with them matter?
This is the focus of our new paper doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... on the cover of the Dec issue of TREE @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social led by @aisrayne.bsky.social
🙏 to Kevin Parker for the 📷
This is the focus of our new paper doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... on the cover of the Dec issue of TREE @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social led by @aisrayne.bsky.social
🙏 to Kevin Parker for the 📷
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„Ungenügend, unwirksam, gefährlich“: Umweltverbände & Wolfsexperten weisen das neue #Wolfs-Jagdgesetz einhellig zurück, mit der es dem Wolf an den Pelz gehen soll. Auch Juristen fällen ein vernichtendes Urteil. @riffreporter.bsky.social @wwf.de @nabu.de @bund.net
www.riffreporter.de/de/umwelt/na...
www.riffreporter.de/de/umwelt/na...
Umweltverbände: Neues Wolfs-Jagdgesetz gefährdet Comeback
Naturschutzverbände und Rechtsexperten kritisieren das geplante Bundesjagdgesetz als EU-rechtswidrig. Die Wolfsjagd könnte zu mehr Nutztierrissen führen.
www.riffreporter.de
December 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
„Ungenügend, unwirksam, gefährlich“: Umweltverbände & Wolfsexperten weisen das neue #Wolfs-Jagdgesetz einhellig zurück, mit der es dem Wolf an den Pelz gehen soll. Auch Juristen fällen ein vernichtendes Urteil. @riffreporter.bsky.social @wwf.de @nabu.de @bund.net
www.riffreporter.de/de/umwelt/na...
www.riffreporter.de/de/umwelt/na...
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🎤 We’re excited to introduce another plenary speaker for the 5th EOU Fledglings Meeting in Gdańsk (27–29 March 2026)!
🌿 Miriam Liedvogel (@genmig.bsky.social) will share her work on blackcap migration - a fascinating look into one of Europe’s most dynamic songbird species.
#EOU26 #Ornithology
🌿 Miriam Liedvogel (@genmig.bsky.social) will share her work on blackcap migration - a fascinating look into one of Europe’s most dynamic songbird species.
#EOU26 #Ornithology
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 AM
🎤 We’re excited to introduce another plenary speaker for the 5th EOU Fledglings Meeting in Gdańsk (27–29 March 2026)!
🌿 Miriam Liedvogel (@genmig.bsky.social) will share her work on blackcap migration - a fascinating look into one of Europe’s most dynamic songbird species.
#EOU26 #Ornithology
🌿 Miriam Liedvogel (@genmig.bsky.social) will share her work on blackcap migration - a fascinating look into one of Europe’s most dynamic songbird species.
#EOU26 #Ornithology
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🎉 Abstract submission is open for the EOU Fledglings Meeting 2026 in Gdańsk, Poland (27–29 March 2026)!
📝 Submit your oral/poster abstract:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
📅 Deadline: 16 Jan 2026
More info: eounion.org/fledglings
#EOU26 #Ornithology
📝 Submit your oral/poster abstract:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
📅 Deadline: 16 Jan 2026
More info: eounion.org/fledglings
#EOU26 #Ornithology
November 26, 2025 at 11:58 AM
🎉 Abstract submission is open for the EOU Fledglings Meeting 2026 in Gdańsk, Poland (27–29 March 2026)!
📝 Submit your oral/poster abstract:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
📅 Deadline: 16 Jan 2026
More info: eounion.org/fledglings
#EOU26 #Ornithology
📝 Submit your oral/poster abstract:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
📅 Deadline: 16 Jan 2026
More info: eounion.org/fledglings
#EOU26 #Ornithology
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How does fever work?
Our new Science paper shows how elevated body temperature can protect against severe influenza and that avian-origin viruses escape this defence.
This is likely one reason why bird flus and some pandemic influenzas can be so severe.🧵
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Our new Science paper shows how elevated body temperature can protect against severe influenza and that avian-origin viruses escape this defence.
This is likely one reason why bird flus and some pandemic influenzas can be so severe.🧵
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Avian-origin influenza A viruses tolerate elevated pyrexic temperatures in mammals
Host body temperature can define a virus’s replicative profile—influenza A viruses (IAVs) adapted to 40° to 42°C in birds are less temperature sensitive in vitro compared with human isolates adapted t...
www.science.org
November 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
How does fever work?
Our new Science paper shows how elevated body temperature can protect against severe influenza and that avian-origin viruses escape this defence.
This is likely one reason why bird flus and some pandemic influenzas can be so severe.🧵
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Our new Science paper shows how elevated body temperature can protect against severe influenza and that avian-origin viruses escape this defence.
This is likely one reason why bird flus and some pandemic influenzas can be so severe.🧵
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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***Super cool-project alert***⚠️ Come work with @dirkmetzler.bsky.social and me in trying to understand how transcriptional noise evolves in a phylogenetic context 🧬 Deadline 15th Dec 2025 (Project funded by @dfg.de @gevol.bsky.social)
PhD position available for theoretical and statistical modeling in my joint @gevol.bsky.social project with @luisapallares.bsky.social on the evolution of transcriptional variability and its role in adaptation and evolutionary innovation.
See
job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/6...
See
job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/6...
PhD candidate in biology — theoretical and statistical modeling (m/f/x)
job-portal.lmu.de
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
***Super cool-project alert***⚠️ Come work with @dirkmetzler.bsky.social and me in trying to understand how transcriptional noise evolves in a phylogenetic context 🧬 Deadline 15th Dec 2025 (Project funded by @dfg.de @gevol.bsky.social)
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We're hiring!
A Post-doctoral fellow in Eco-evolutionary shifts in bumblebee communities. You will be working within @beccsweden.bsky.social w/ Professor Bengt Hansson at The Department of Biology.
👉https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:867222/
Please apply no later than 19 December!
A Post-doctoral fellow in Eco-evolutionary shifts in bumblebee communities. You will be working within @beccsweden.bsky.social w/ Professor Bengt Hansson at The Department of Biology.
👉https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:867222/
Please apply no later than 19 December!
November 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
We're hiring!
A Post-doctoral fellow in Eco-evolutionary shifts in bumblebee communities. You will be working within @beccsweden.bsky.social w/ Professor Bengt Hansson at The Department of Biology.
👉https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:867222/
Please apply no later than 19 December!
A Post-doctoral fellow in Eco-evolutionary shifts in bumblebee communities. You will be working within @beccsweden.bsky.social w/ Professor Bengt Hansson at The Department of Biology.
👉https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:867222/
Please apply no later than 19 December!