Karen Meusemann
@karenmeusemann.bsky.social
Scientific Referee - Leibniz-Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change - Bonn - Hamburg - Museum Koenig Bonn - Museum der Natur Hamburg #biodiversity #research
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During #AEWAMOP9, delegates paid tribute to the Slender-billed Curlew — declared extinct by IUCN. A specimen from the Museum Koenig Bonn (@leibnizlib.bsky.social) stood as a symbol of what we’ve lost, and what international cooperation can still save.
More: t1p.de/b5c5r
#Biodiversity #Conservation
More: t1p.de/b5c5r
#Biodiversity #Conservation
November 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
During #AEWAMOP9, delegates paid tribute to the Slender-billed Curlew — declared extinct by IUCN. A specimen from the Museum Koenig Bonn (@leibnizlib.bsky.social) stood as a symbol of what we’ve lost, and what international cooperation can still save.
More: t1p.de/b5c5r
#Biodiversity #Conservation
More: t1p.de/b5c5r
#Biodiversity #Conservation
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⚠️🌍 On Thursay, 13 November, we might face a setback in the EU Parliament: Directives that oblige companies to protect human rights, the environment, and to engage in sustainability reporting could be watered down. Take action here to prevent this – every voice counts: greens.eu/dear-manfred
Is Christian Democrat Manfred Weber (@eppgroup.bsky.social) ready to work with the far right to weaken existing rules that protect children and nature?
That is the question he has to answer this Thursday.
Send him an email now and tell him: Don't do it, Manfred!
➡️ greens.eu/dear-manfred
That is the question he has to answer this Thursday.
Send him an email now and tell him: Don't do it, Manfred!
➡️ greens.eu/dear-manfred
Don't do it, Manfred!
Send him an email now and tell him to not give in to the far right.
greens.eu
November 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
⚠️🌍 On Thursay, 13 November, we might face a setback in the EU Parliament: Directives that oblige companies to protect human rights, the environment, and to engage in sustainability reporting could be watered down. Take action here to prevent this – every voice counts: greens.eu/dear-manfred
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Hamburg’s Senator for Science, Maryam Blumenthal, visited the Museum of Nature Hamburg yesterday. 🌿
Today it’s official: the new Museum of Nature will be part of the #Elbtower – a major step for science and public engagement in Hamburg.
@leibniz-gemeinschaft.de
t1p.de/iqr9a
#Biodiversität
Today it’s official: the new Museum of Nature will be part of the #Elbtower – a major step for science and public engagement in Hamburg.
@leibniz-gemeinschaft.de
t1p.de/iqr9a
#Biodiversität
October 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Hamburg’s Senator for Science, Maryam Blumenthal, visited the Museum of Nature Hamburg yesterday. 🌿
Today it’s official: the new Museum of Nature will be part of the #Elbtower – a major step for science and public engagement in Hamburg.
@leibniz-gemeinschaft.de
t1p.de/iqr9a
#Biodiversität
Today it’s official: the new Museum of Nature will be part of the #Elbtower – a major step for science and public engagement in Hamburg.
@leibniz-gemeinschaft.de
t1p.de/iqr9a
#Biodiversität
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#LIBresearch: Exciting to see this new paper out in Science — revealing how genetic architecture shapes the evolution of plumage coloration in wheatears! 🐦
Proud to see LIB researcher Alexander Suh among the contributors.
Proud to see LIB researcher Alexander Suh among the contributors.
1/9 New in @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ado8005
How does genetic architecture constrain evolutionary trajectories? To address this question, we inferred the genetic architecture of convergent plumage coloration and its evolutionary history in wheatears.
How does genetic architecture constrain evolutionary trajectories? To address this question, we inferred the genetic architecture of convergent plumage coloration and its evolutionary history in wheatears.
A mosaic of modular variation at a single gene underpins convergent plumage coloration
The reshuffling of genomic variation from multiple origins is an important contributor to phenotypic diversification, yet insights into the evolutionary trajectories of this combinatorial process and ...
www.science.org
October 17, 2025 at 6:57 AM
#LIBresearch: Exciting to see this new paper out in Science — revealing how genetic architecture shapes the evolution of plumage coloration in wheatears! 🐦
Proud to see LIB researcher Alexander Suh among the contributors.
Proud to see LIB researcher Alexander Suh among the contributors.
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October 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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#LIBresearch: Sometimes, species look identical on the outside—but have been evolving separately for millions of years.
🪲 A new LIB-led study shows that even when males and females disperse very differently, such cryptic species can be surprisingly old.
→ doi.org/10.1093/sysb...
🪲 A new LIB-led study shows that even when males and females disperse very differently, such cryptic species can be surprisingly old.
→ doi.org/10.1093/sysb...
October 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM
#LIBresearch: Sometimes, species look identical on the outside—but have been evolving separately for millions of years.
🪲 A new LIB-led study shows that even when males and females disperse very differently, such cryptic species can be surprisingly old.
→ doi.org/10.1093/sysb...
🪲 A new LIB-led study shows that even when males and females disperse very differently, such cryptic species can be surprisingly old.
→ doi.org/10.1093/sysb...
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#LIBresearch: Great to see this call to rethink the value of short-read sequencing for biodiversity research — still so much potential to explore!
Proud to see LIB researchers among the co-authors. 🌿🧬
@lpodsiadlowski.bsky.social
Proud to see LIB researchers among the co-authors. 🌿🧬
@lpodsiadlowski.bsky.social
"The untapped potential of short-read sequencing in biodiversity research"
by Christoph Bleidorn (@cblei.bsky.social) et al
"Genomic resources have the potential to transform our understanding of the vast, still largely unknown diversity of species..."
More at:
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
by Christoph Bleidorn (@cblei.bsky.social) et al
"Genomic resources have the potential to transform our understanding of the vast, still largely unknown diversity of species..."
More at:
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
October 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
#LIBresearch: Great to see this call to rethink the value of short-read sequencing for biodiversity research — still so much potential to explore!
Proud to see LIB researchers among the co-authors. 🌿🧬
@lpodsiadlowski.bsky.social
Proud to see LIB researchers among the co-authors. 🌿🧬
@lpodsiadlowski.bsky.social
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#LIBresearch: Great to see the first paper from the global BugNet network out — setting the stage for large-scale insights into how invertebrates and pathogens shape ecosystems worldwide! 🪲
Proud to see LIB researchers among the contributors.
Proud to see LIB researchers among the contributors.
Our first paper from the Bug-Network (BugNet) is out! 🎉
BugNet is a global network studying how invertebrate herbivores and fungal pathogens shape plant diversity & ecosystem functioning worldwide. The paper reports on the methods of the experimental part:
📄 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
BugNet is a global network studying how invertebrate herbivores and fungal pathogens shape plant diversity & ecosystem functioning worldwide. The paper reports on the methods of the experimental part:
📄 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The Bug‐Network (BugNet): A Global Experimental Network Testing the Effects of Invertebrate Herbivores and Fungal Pathogens on Plant Communities and Ecosystem Function in Open Ecosystems
The Bug-Network (BugNet) is a novel global collaborative research network that implements standardized consumer-reduction experiments in herbaceous- or shrub-dominated ecosystems to assess the impact...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:16 PM
#LIBresearch: Great to see the first paper from the global BugNet network out — setting the stage for large-scale insights into how invertebrates and pathogens shape ecosystems worldwide! 🪲
Proud to see LIB researchers among the contributors.
Proud to see LIB researchers among the contributors.
NEO - Natur entdecken Online vom #MuseumkoenigBonn, @leibnizlib.bsky.social ist für den DigAMus Award nominiert 🤩🥳! Jetzt für NEO abstimmen beim Publikumsvoting: digamus-award.de/voting
September 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
NEO - Natur entdecken Online vom #MuseumkoenigBonn, @leibnizlib.bsky.social ist für den DigAMus Award nominiert 🤩🥳! Jetzt für NEO abstimmen beim Publikumsvoting: digamus-award.de/voting
#Streetart Kunst vom Feinsten: #Mural Nr. 3 des Projekts #ArtmeetsBiodiversity in der Eimsbütteler Chaussee, Hamburg:
MAGISTRA – eine Anspielung auf „Natura est artis magistra“
Bilder & Copyright: Lukas Mainka. Schaut doch mal vorbei!
News: leibniz-lib.de/de/news/0409...
@leibnizlib.bsky.social
MAGISTRA – eine Anspielung auf „Natura est artis magistra“
Bilder & Copyright: Lukas Mainka. Schaut doch mal vorbei!
News: leibniz-lib.de/de/news/0409...
@leibnizlib.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
#Streetart Kunst vom Feinsten: #Mural Nr. 3 des Projekts #ArtmeetsBiodiversity in der Eimsbütteler Chaussee, Hamburg:
MAGISTRA – eine Anspielung auf „Natura est artis magistra“
Bilder & Copyright: Lukas Mainka. Schaut doch mal vorbei!
News: leibniz-lib.de/de/news/0409...
@leibnizlib.bsky.social
MAGISTRA – eine Anspielung auf „Natura est artis magistra“
Bilder & Copyright: Lukas Mainka. Schaut doch mal vorbei!
News: leibniz-lib.de/de/news/0409...
@leibnizlib.bsky.social
Nice Job opportunity: Postdoc position (tenure track) at the @leibnizlib.bsky.social (Museum of Nature Hamburg). Apply until Sept 30th 25: 8101202752.karriereportal.cloud/job/2025-14-...
September 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Nice Job opportunity: Postdoc position (tenure track) at the @leibnizlib.bsky.social (Museum of Nature Hamburg). Apply until Sept 30th 25: 8101202752.karriereportal.cloud/job/2025-14-...
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#Type specimens are key to naming life, but rarely sequenced. We need safer, smarter ways to link names to #genomes. #LIBresearch joint work with @univie.ac.at @nhmwien.bsky.social @sgn.one @mfnberlin.bsky.social @mncn-csic.bsky.social 👉 doi.org/10.1093/sysb... #Biodiversity #Taxonomy #Museum #DNA
May 21, 2025 at 7:17 AM
#Type specimens are key to naming life, but rarely sequenced. We need safer, smarter ways to link names to #genomes. #LIBresearch joint work with @univie.ac.at @nhmwien.bsky.social @sgn.one @mfnberlin.bsky.social @mncn-csic.bsky.social 👉 doi.org/10.1093/sysb... #Biodiversity #Taxonomy #Museum #DNA
Eine spannende Frühjahrssitzung des @leibnizbiodiv.bsky.social mit u.a. dem @leibnizlib.bsky.social am Institut für Ostseeforschung #IOW an einem sehr schönen Fleckchen Erde ist zu Ende - jetzt zurück ins Rheinland
#biodiversität #leibniz #forschung
Danke v.a. ans Orgateam!
#biodiversität #leibniz #forschung
Danke v.a. ans Orgateam!
April 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Eine spannende Frühjahrssitzung des @leibnizbiodiv.bsky.social mit u.a. dem @leibnizlib.bsky.social am Institut für Ostseeforschung #IOW an einem sehr schönen Fleckchen Erde ist zu Ende - jetzt zurück ins Rheinland
#biodiversität #leibniz #forschung
Danke v.a. ans Orgateam!
#biodiversität #leibniz #forschung
Danke v.a. ans Orgateam!
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We spoke to Jonas Astrin and Camilla Di Nizo from @leibnizlib.bsky.social about their work at a large #biobank facility — covering the basics of biobanking: what it actually means, and why it's so important for #biodiversity research.
➡️ open.spotify.com/episode/4EMj...
@leibnizbiodiv.bsky.social
➡️ open.spotify.com/episode/4EMj...
@leibnizbiodiv.bsky.social
#1. Frozen Futures – The Role of Biobanking in Biodiversity Genomics
Genomic Connections · Episode
open.spotify.com
April 17, 2025 at 12:22 PM
We spoke to Jonas Astrin and Camilla Di Nizo from @leibnizlib.bsky.social about their work at a large #biobank facility — covering the basics of biobanking: what it actually means, and why it's so important for #biodiversity research.
➡️ open.spotify.com/episode/4EMj...
@leibnizbiodiv.bsky.social
➡️ open.spotify.com/episode/4EMj...
@leibnizbiodiv.bsky.social
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#LIBPhDs: Congratulations to Dr. Marie Brasseur, winner in 2024 of the #PhDAward of the Alexander Koenig Gesellschaft (#AKG) for her PhD thesis on “Environmental stress in stream organisms: A molecular genetic perspective”. Well done!
Photo: fltr: F. Leese, M. Brasseur, H. Stahl (AKG), C. Mayer
Photo: fltr: F. Leese, M. Brasseur, H. Stahl (AKG), C. Mayer
December 2, 2024 at 3:43 PM
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Wir ( @s4f-leipzig.bsky.social ) hatten scheinbar halb BlueSky im Interview, bevor es BlueSky überhaupt schon gab. Zum Beispiel den Insektenexperte¹ @krogmann.bsky.social vom @smnstuttgart.bsky.social (Episode 4 von 114)
interviews-4-future.podigee.io/4-i4f
¹) ideal für Zungenbrecher
interviews-4-future.podigee.io/4-i4f
¹) ideal für Zungenbrecher
Insektensterben // Corinna Hölzel (BUND) & Prof. Dr. Lars Krogmann (Naturkundemuseum Stuttgart) // Klimapodcast
Dieses Interview spiegelt die privaten Meinungen der Beteiligten wider. Die getätigten Aussagen sind daher nicht als offizielle Statements anzusehen.
(Podcast der Scientists 4 Future Leipzig)
interviews-4-future.podigee.io
December 2, 2024 at 8:19 PM
Wir ( @s4f-leipzig.bsky.social ) hatten scheinbar halb BlueSky im Interview, bevor es BlueSky überhaupt schon gab. Zum Beispiel den Insektenexperte¹ @krogmann.bsky.social vom @smnstuttgart.bsky.social (Episode 4 von 114)
interviews-4-future.podigee.io/4-i4f
¹) ideal für Zungenbrecher
interviews-4-future.podigee.io/4-i4f
¹) ideal für Zungenbrecher
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We are happy to host Dr. Ana Riesgo @anariesgo.bsky.social from the @mncn.bsky.social for our #MeeGene @leibnizlib.bsky.social seminar 10.12.2024 15h CET. "Monitoring the Biodiversity of Benthic Communities through the Sponge Lens." To join, drop us an email meegene@leibniz-lib.de
December 3, 2024 at 12:30 PM
We are happy to host Dr. Ana Riesgo @anariesgo.bsky.social from the @mncn.bsky.social for our #MeeGene @leibnizlib.bsky.social seminar 10.12.2024 15h CET. "Monitoring the Biodiversity of Benthic Communities through the Sponge Lens." To join, drop us an email meegene@leibniz-lib.de
👉Check out the recently published study in #MolecularEcologyRessources: USCOs as markers on Metazoa-level for #speciesdelimitation and #classification with @leibniz_LIB authors: doi.org/10.1111/1755...
Metazoa‐level USCOs as markers in species delimitation and classification
Molecular Ecology Resources is a broad journal publishing computer programs, statistical & molecular advances & more for studies in evolution, ecology & conservation.
doi.org
January 5, 2024 at 5:35 PM
👉Check out the recently published study in #MolecularEcologyRessources: USCOs as markers on Metazoa-level for #speciesdelimitation and #classification with @leibniz_LIB authors: doi.org/10.1111/1755...
🤩 The #Biohistoricum (#MuseumKoenigBonn) starts a collaboration with the DAI Cairo working on the LudwigKeimerCollection: #interdisciplinarity where #Biology meets #Egyptology. Exciting & inspiring ! Photo: Dr. C. Jeuthe (DAI , center), (LIB, left & right): Dr. K.Schmidt-Loske and Dr. G. Tschan.
January 5, 2024 at 4:52 PM
🤩 The #Biohistoricum (#MuseumKoenigBonn) starts a collaboration with the DAI Cairo working on the LudwigKeimerCollection: #interdisciplinarity where #Biology meets #Egyptology. Exciting & inspiring ! Photo: Dr. C. Jeuthe (DAI , center), (LIB, left & right): Dr. K.Schmidt-Loske and Dr. G. Tschan.
"Zehn Fragen, ein Experte – das #Wissenschaftsquiz" ist ein Format der @LeibnizWGL und @tonline: Forschende stellen darin Euer Wissen auf die Probe. Diesmal: #LIB-Insektenforscher Ralph S. Peters mit Fragen zur #Artenvielfalt: t1p.de/1f4tx
November 24, 2023 at 12:45 PM
"Zehn Fragen, ein Experte – das #Wissenschaftsquiz" ist ein Format der @LeibnizWGL und @tonline: Forschende stellen darin Euer Wissen auf die Probe. Diesmal: #LIB-Insektenforscher Ralph S. Peters mit Fragen zur #Artenvielfalt: t1p.de/1f4tx
Review on Abundance estimation with Metabarcoding – for terrestrial arthropods 👉 mbmg.pensoft.net/article/1122...
November 24, 2023 at 12:42 PM
Review on Abundance estimation with Metabarcoding – for terrestrial arthropods 👉 mbmg.pensoft.net/article/1122...
The SW Caucasus: one of the planet’s major biodiversity hotspots. #CaBOL has laid the foundation for protecting the highly diverse primeval forests and plateaus. Results in presented in NOv Tbilisi, as negotiations about Georgia’s EU candidacy progress: leibniz-lib.de/en/2023-11-1...
November 24, 2023 at 12:34 PM
The SW Caucasus: one of the planet’s major biodiversity hotspots. #CaBOL has laid the foundation for protecting the highly diverse primeval forests and plateaus. Results in presented in NOv Tbilisi, as negotiations about Georgia’s EU candidacy progress: leibniz-lib.de/en/2023-11-1...
With > 500 participants online at the #FörTaxCon 2 foertax.de/allgemein/fo... with a lot of LIB researchers, and great colleagues as well as many others interested in Biodiversity
November 24, 2023 at 12:19 PM
With > 500 participants online at the #FörTaxCon 2 foertax.de/allgemein/fo... with a lot of LIB researchers, and great colleagues as well as many others interested in Biodiversity
Tell me, what you eat: Cool study on implications from metabarcoding for species conservation on a 🦇 species by @leibniz_LIB researchers S. Bourlat, M. Koch, @AmeliKirse, K. Langen, M. Espeland & others bdj.pensoft.net/article/1111...
#LIB #bats #conservation #dietanalysis #metabarcoding
#LIB #bats #conservation #dietanalysis #metabarcoding
November 24, 2023 at 12:04 PM
Tell me, what you eat: Cool study on implications from metabarcoding for species conservation on a 🦇 species by @leibniz_LIB researchers S. Bourlat, M. Koch, @AmeliKirse, K. Langen, M. Espeland & others bdj.pensoft.net/article/1111...
#LIB #bats #conservation #dietanalysis #metabarcoding
#LIB #bats #conservation #dietanalysis #metabarcoding
my first post to exercize :-)
November 23, 2023 at 7:58 PM
my first post to exercize :-)