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Gleb Ebert
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Recently defended my PhD at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, now between jobs. Interested in all things microbial evolvability as well as microbiology, evolution, and genomics […]

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After speeding through France at up to 300 km/h for a few hours, I am changing to a small regional train to take me the last 30 or so km to Basel.
As much as I enjoyed #eseb2025, I also look forward to getting home and getting a good nights sleep 😴
A short regional train standing at a platform of the Mulhouse station. The upper half of the train is a deep blue while the lower half is gray
August 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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The train journey along the Mediterranean between Perpignan and Montpellier is very scenic. I even saw Greater Flamingo’s feeding in the lagoons right beside the rail tracks.

After a 1 h stopover in Valence I get on another TGV, this time an older model, with […]

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A French TGV arriving at the Valence train station as seen from the platform
August 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Since #eseb2027 will be a hub meeting, which should reduce travel distances overall and thus be more environmentally friendly, I thought I’d get into the spirit early. My (not particularly impressive) train journey back home from #eseb2025 starts with a TGV from Barcelona Sants to Valence, France.
A double-decker TGV at a subterranean platform of the Barcelona-Sants station
August 23, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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Among the many drinking fountains in Basel, around 30 are adorned by the statue of a basilisk, the heraldic beast of the city. Despite growing up in Basel and living here on and off for over 20 years, I had never seen all of them. So as a summer running project […]

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The photo shows a small city square. In the middle is a slightly raised pedastal on which a drinking fountain stands, surrounded by flowering bushes. The fountain is dark green and adorned by a basilisk. The background shows three colourful houses in blue, red and yellow as well as a blue sky with clouds.
August 6, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Don’t know if there’s an occasion (not sure you need one), but a few public transport busses in Basel have googly eyes now

#publictransit #öv #basel
A green public transport bus seen head on wirh a pair of giant googly eyes stuck to the front
June 5, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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I went out in search of Mergansers around #zurich yesterday. The aptly named Common Merganser was easily found. While I did not manage to see a female Smew in the location it had been reported before (the last sighting was just a few hours earlier), I got a […]

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Female Red-breasted Merganser. A duck with a mottled grey body and a reddish brown head floating on the surface of a lake, illuminated by the setting sun. Its orange-red bill is thin and sawed. The bird is facing left and looking directly at the camera with its left eye.
December 16, 2024 at 8:04 AM