Looking for something fun and interesting to do in the #weekend in #copenhagen? Come to the #fungi #festival and listen to @voltcenter.bsky.social's @kajsaroslund.bsky.social's talk together with @kbodawatta.bsky.social on cave microbes and explore unique-looking fungi @ our stall!
shorturl.at/22mEG

Fungus-farming termites keep of fungal gardens free from invaders—until their colony weakens💥

We mapped #VOCs to uncover chemical changes during comb decay and found 443 VOCs. Some may signal distress or act in fungal defense!

Funding: @erc.europa.eu & @dg.dk

Want to read more?
lnkd.in/dacDfJTd

How New Guinean toxic birds are protected from potent neurotoxins: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... with @kbodawatta.bsky.social

We just finalised our sampling at Søholt Storskov (Aage V. Jensen foundation). We have been visiting the same study site across seasons to survey biodiversity with eDNA tools. Huge thank to Jacob P. Andersen and Ida Marquardtsen for helping us.

#eDNA #MOSS Villum Foundation, @carlsbergfondet.dk

📢Don't miss out on a great opportunity to join a #free exciting workshop on #Spatial #Microbiomics - From #Sampling to #Analysis in May 2025 here @hologenomics.bsky.social in Copenhagen!🦠

The workshop is arranged by @3domics.bsky.social!
@dg.dk, @holobiontbiology.bsky.social, @hologen.bsky.social

In New Guinea, There’s A Bird That Can Poison You With Its Feathers

This year I also got to see multiple charismatic mammal and reptile species (non-bird vertebrates). Here is a selection of cool other vertebrates (mainly from Peru and Brazil) including Tamandua, Three-toed sloth, Black tamarin, Emperor tamarin, Giant River otters and Black Cayman.

I had the best birding year of my life this year, seeing 554 total bird species across Peru (349), Brazil (118), Portugal (104), Denmark (67), and Romania (21). This includes 264 lifers making my total global bird tally into 1,771. Here is a compilation of some of the amazing birds from this year.

Amazing to wrap up 2024 with many advances of my career 🥳. I would like to thank all my colleagues and collaborators who played key roles to help make this year a success (see comment 😊)

Let’s see what 2025 holds 😊

New in #BirdStudy
Avian influenza/bird flu killed at least 20% of the Greenland Barnacle Goose population:

Spatial and temporal variation in mortality from avian influenza in Greenland Barnacle Geese Branta leucopsis in their wintering grounds
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #ornithology

pitchtube.org/job-opportun...

How the social environment influences the bacteria present on developing bird chicks: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Mutations in sodium channels of New Guinean toxic birds protect birds from potent neurotoxins, just like in poison dart frogs: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Interested doing a postdoc on animal microbiomes in my lab at Uppsala University?

The local Birgitta Sintring Foundation gives out 2-year postdoc scholarships to early career researchers who applies with a PI at the department. Deadline Feb 9.

www.uu.se/en/departmen...

I'm super happy to share our newest preprint on whooping crane genomics 🐣🧬

🚨Persistent genomic erosion in whooping cranes despite demographic recovery🚨 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Extremely thankful to @hernmoral.bsky.social and all co-authors!
#conservationgenomics #genomics #whoopingcranes

From #WIMANET

We have an early Christmas present for you! In February, the WG1 @luzglongoria @ChakarovNayden @Ricardo_J_Lopes are organising an online course about Unix and Shell scripting for wildlife malaria studies!
save the date

If you have undergrads seeking an REU experience, I have 2 potential projects listed for the Stanford SURGE REU! Seeking students eager to gain more lab & data analysis/viz skills while thinking about GHGs, land use, & tropical wetlands! Apps due Jan 12.

sustainability.stanford.edu/our-communit...

Paper alert - Phylogenetic analysis of termite-associated Xylaria from Africa reveals hidden diversity #KUscience #MSCApostdoctoralfellowship #ERC_Research #H2020