Hanna Kokko
@kokkonut.bsky.social
A.v.Humboldt professor at the University of Mainz. Evolutionary ecologist. Runs a research group that once prompted the description "in this [coffee] room there's almost always someone who is at least partially fun". (Which we then translated into Latin.)
Complete with torture chamber vibes...
October 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Complete with torture chamber vibes...
some have interesting beaks indeed
September 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
some have interesting beaks indeed
My expression should be suppl mat for @evornithology.bsky.social's "what's the deal with birds?" - thanks @aksulehikoinen.bsky.social I had a fantastic time witnessing how these great bird datasets come into existence! & 1 nice non-bird too & classy puns that deserve a data repository of their own.
September 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
My expression should be suppl mat for @evornithology.bsky.social's "what's the deal with birds?" - thanks @aksulehikoinen.bsky.social I had a fantastic time witnessing how these great bird datasets come into existence! & 1 nice non-bird too & classy puns that deserve a data repository of their own.
#ESEB2025 Very concentrated looks when @shikharabhat.bsky.social educates us about pop noise! One of the last talks I could attend, sorry I had to leave early (planned, still 🫤) The lab's presence continues without me so grab them for a science chat!
August 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
#ESEB2025 Very concentrated looks when @shikharabhat.bsky.social educates us about pop noise! One of the last talks I could attend, sorry I had to leave early (planned, still 🫤) The lab's presence continues without me so grab them for a science chat!
Male-killing! feminization! parthenogenesis induction! cytoplasmic incompatibility! etc.Wolbachia & its friends do all sorts of reproductive manipulations. F Brenninger,
@romanzug.bsky.social
& I ploughed through existing equations for their spread...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.70024
@romanzug.bsky.social
& I ploughed through existing equations for their spread...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.70024
May 23, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Male-killing! feminization! parthenogenesis induction! cytoplasmic incompatibility! etc.Wolbachia & its friends do all sorts of reproductive manipulations. F Brenninger,
@romanzug.bsky.social
& I ploughed through existing equations for their spread...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.70024
@romanzug.bsky.social
& I ploughed through existing equations for their spread...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.70024
ah so that's what happens when one goes on a trip and allows oneself to be distracted by museum specimens
May 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
ah so that's what happens when one goes on a trip and allows oneself to be distracted by museum specimens
That warm inner glow when one's former student's name is among the ERC consolidator grant recipients! Jussi Lehtonen is a social media avoider so I guess I will congratulate him personally elsewhere. But congrats here too! (This is him scholar.google.com/citations?us...)
December 3, 2024 at 9:35 PM
That warm inner glow when one's former student's name is among the ERC consolidator grant recipients! Jussi Lehtonen is a social media avoider so I guess I will congratulate him personally elsewhere. But congrats here too! (This is him scholar.google.com/citations?us...)
Is top 2 enough for you? This beauty👇today. And the week also included the Archaeopteryx in Berlin, did your rules say the bird has to be alive?
December 1, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Is top 2 enough for you? This beauty👇today. And the week also included the Archaeopteryx in Berlin, did your rules say the bird has to be alive?
The GenEvo/TransEvo winter school continues. This is our attempt at forming a normal distribution at the grave of Gauss.
November 20, 2024 at 4:12 PM
The GenEvo/TransEvo winter school continues. This is our attempt at forming a normal distribution at the grave of Gauss.
The joint winter school of GenEvo from Mainz and TransEvo from Kiel has just started and R is humming throughout the room! By Thursday, we have been scratching our heads a lot, let's see how everything develops...
November 18, 2024 at 10:02 AM
The joint winter school of GenEvo from Mainz and TransEvo from Kiel has just started and R is humming throughout the room! By Thursday, we have been scratching our heads a lot, let's see how everything develops...
Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline
November 16, 2024 at 8:13 PM
Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline
The final day of the Gutenberg workshop on the evolution of ageing is about to begin! Based on how much fun the first 2 days have been, I expect today to be super stimulating too.
October 18, 2024 at 6:13 AM
The final day of the Gutenberg workshop on the evolution of ageing is about to begin! Based on how much fun the first 2 days have been, I expect today to be super stimulating too.
Do you know which bird I tried to draw here? If you do, apply for one of the postdoc positions we are offering... and if you don't, perhaps apply for the other one! We are looking for life history/theory-ecoevo expertise in birds and "in general". evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
September 11, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Do you know which bird I tried to draw here? If you do, apply for one of the postdoc positions we are offering... and if you don't, perhaps apply for the other one! We are looking for life history/theory-ecoevo expertise in birds and "in general". evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
Monday 19th, 10am Berlin time Kora Klein will defend her PhD on female-limited diversity! Berlin time? The event takes place in Mainz of course, but she is a Berliner...DM me or ask Kora for a zoom link should you want to see stick insects and butterflies and equations (sure you do!)
August 16, 2024 at 6:58 AM
Monday 19th, 10am Berlin time Kora Klein will defend her PhD on female-limited diversity! Berlin time? The event takes place in Mainz of course, but she is a Berliner...DM me or ask Kora for a zoom link should you want to see stick insects and butterflies and equations (sure you do!)
What unites these researchers? An interest in programmed genome elimination from Paramecium to birds; and they all thank Laura Ross, Alex Suh and Sandra Duharcourt for organizing a terrific workshop in the Provence. Worth getting minorly lost, one has to wade through so much rosemary...
May 6, 2024 at 7:16 PM
What unites these researchers? An interest in programmed genome elimination from Paramecium to birds; and they all thank Laura Ross, Alex Suh and Sandra Duharcourt for organizing a terrific workshop in the Provence. Worth getting minorly lost, one has to wade through so much rosemary...
This photo is from our previous workshop at a lovely site, Ingelheim, where we'll do our Evolution of Ageing workshop 16-18 Oct gutenberg-workshops.uni-mainz.de/the-evolutio...
There is an impressive list of confirmed speakers and talk slots are open to give a short talk next to them. Do register!
There is an impressive list of confirmed speakers and talk slots are open to give a short talk next to them. Do register!
April 30, 2024 at 12:51 PM
This photo is from our previous workshop at a lovely site, Ingelheim, where we'll do our Evolution of Ageing workshop 16-18 Oct gutenberg-workshops.uni-mainz.de/the-evolutio...
There is an impressive list of confirmed speakers and talk slots are open to give a short talk next to them. Do register!
There is an impressive list of confirmed speakers and talk slots are open to give a short talk next to them. Do register!
Our brand new 2-year international Evolutionary Biology MSc program here in Mainz*) starts in October. Apply by May 15th ...or why not today or tomorrow?
www.blogs.uni-mainz.de/fb10-biologi...
*) a city that our today's visitor Audrey Proenca called "adorable". See how happy she looks with us!
www.blogs.uni-mainz.de/fb10-biologi...
*) a city that our today's visitor Audrey Proenca called "adorable". See how happy she looks with us!
April 11, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Our brand new 2-year international Evolutionary Biology MSc program here in Mainz*) starts in October. Apply by May 15th ...or why not today or tomorrow?
www.blogs.uni-mainz.de/fb10-biologi...
*) a city that our today's visitor Audrey Proenca called "adorable". See how happy she looks with us!
www.blogs.uni-mainz.de/fb10-biologi...
*) a city that our today's visitor Audrey Proenca called "adorable". See how happy she looks with us!
A PhD done - or at least submitted! Weird to be still in 2 places not 1, so the team cheering for Franzi was in a different place to where Franzi was, but we are all so happy for you!
March 7, 2024 at 8:10 PM
A PhD done - or at least submitted! Weird to be still in 2 places not 1, so the team cheering for Franzi was in a different place to where Franzi was, but we are all so happy for you!
It's been somehow a busy start of 2024, I have not even mentioned our fabulous visitors Alex Maklakov and Chiara Sinigaglia. Did we start collaborations from both visits? I think we did and that's great!
February 22, 2024 at 6:04 PM
It's been somehow a busy start of 2024, I have not even mentioned our fabulous visitors Alex Maklakov and Chiara Sinigaglia. Did we start collaborations from both visits? I think we did and that's great!
Welcome Gaurav and Shikhara to Mainz! (The food looked so..."interesting" that on 2nd thought I cropped most of it out of the picture, to avoid scaring any newcomers away)
January 7, 2024 at 4:41 PM
Welcome Gaurav and Shikhara to Mainz! (The food looked so..."interesting" that on 2nd thought I cropped most of it out of the picture, to avoid scaring any newcomers away)
Oh please continue. It's been a while since I've been able to xc-ski my way to work!
December 4, 2023 at 3:10 PM
Oh please continue. It's been a while since I've been able to xc-ski my way to work!
We keep growing! Not one but *two* talented biologists got their ERC grants funded here in Mainz, how amazing is that!🎉🥂🥳
November 23, 2023 at 3:02 PM
We keep growing! Not one but *two* talented biologists got their ERC grants funded here in Mainz, how amazing is that!🎉🥂🥳
Good colleagues are those who don't cancel an outing just because it's a rainy day! For how otherwise would we ever learn how nice a road that reflects trees can look like.
October 29, 2023 at 7:11 PM
Good colleagues are those who don't cancel an outing just because it's a rainy day! For how otherwise would we ever learn how nice a road that reflects trees can look like.
Should I introduce myself on this platform? Well one day. But let's first say that even if our Mainz outings are lovely, sometimes the group also needs to see some proper slopeylands. We had fun! (And smelled of garlic.)
October 14, 2023 at 2:44 PM
Should I introduce myself on this platform? Well one day. But let's first say that even if our Mainz outings are lovely, sometimes the group also needs to see some proper slopeylands. We had fun! (And smelled of garlic.)