pkmnsandy
@pkmnsandy.bsky.social
Doctoral student during the week, bird watcher on the weekends 🦉
January 9, 2026 at 4:32 PM
I spent the day inside my hide in the river Sieg to in hopes of photographing the resident Kingfishers. After ~2 hours of waiting, they showed up. One male and one female :)
#birding #kingfisher @nabu.de
#birding #kingfisher @nabu.de
September 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I spent the day inside my hide in the river Sieg to in hopes of photographing the resident Kingfishers. After ~2 hours of waiting, they showed up. One male and one female :)
#birding #kingfisher @nabu.de
#birding #kingfisher @nabu.de
It's always a good day for posting a forward-facing raptor.
#bird #birding #owl #raptor #birdphotography
#bird #birding #owl #raptor #birdphotography
September 16, 2025 at 6:22 AM
It's always a good day for posting a forward-facing raptor.
#bird #birding #owl #raptor #birdphotography
#bird #birding #owl #raptor #birdphotography
May 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Final session: “Genotypic and phenotypic consequences of allopolyploidization in Capsella” by Martin Lascoux. Exploring impacts of genome duplication on plant diversity. #Allopolyploidy #PlantGenetics
March 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Final session: “Genotypic and phenotypic consequences of allopolyploidization in Capsella” by Martin Lascoux. Exploring impacts of genome duplication on plant diversity. #Allopolyploidy #PlantGenetics
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Next talk: “Survival heterosis of a montane wildflower varies with genetics and environment” by Cathy Rushworth. Understanding how genetic diversity boosts survival in varying environments. #Heterosis #WildflowerGenetics
March 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Next talk: “Survival heterosis of a montane wildflower varies with genetics and environment” by Cathy Rushworth. Understanding how genetic diversity boosts survival in varying environments. #Heterosis #WildflowerGenetics
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Up next at the Cologne Spring Meeting: Seth Davis presenting ‘Resolving Complexities in Taxonomic Lineages of the Organellar and Nuclear Genomes of Galdieria through Comparative Phylogenomic Analysis.’ A must-hear dive into #Galdieria genomics and evolutionary insights! #Phylogenomics #PlantScience
March 20, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Up next at the Cologne Spring Meeting: Seth Davis presenting ‘Resolving Complexities in Taxonomic Lineages of the Organellar and Nuclear Genomes of Galdieria through Comparative Phylogenomic Analysis.’ A must-hear dive into #Galdieria genomics and evolutionary insights! #Phylogenomics #PlantScience
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Cologne Spring Meeting continues with “Knowing when to stop: understanding how plants use environmental information to optimise reproductive effort” talk by Tom Bennett. Insights into environmental cues guiding plant reproduction. #PlantReproduction #EnvironmentalCues
March 20, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Cologne Spring Meeting continues with “Knowing when to stop: understanding how plants use environmental information to optimise reproductive effort” talk by Tom Bennett. Insights into environmental cues guiding plant reproduction. #PlantReproduction #EnvironmentalCues
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Cologne Spring Meeting continues with “Resurrecting plants for climate change research” by Niek Scheepens from @unituebingen.bsky.social Innovating plant resurrection techniques to study climate adaptation. #ClimateChange #PlantResurrection #TRR341 #DFG
March 20, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Cologne Spring Meeting continues with “Resurrecting plants for climate change research” by Niek Scheepens from @unituebingen.bsky.social Innovating plant resurrection techniques to study climate adaptation. #ClimateChange #PlantResurrection #TRR341 #DFG
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The #CologneSpringMeeting poster session featured over 70 presentations, fostering a vibrant social and networking atmosphere. Great discussions, new connections, and inspiring science all around!
March 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The #CologneSpringMeeting poster session featured over 70 presentations, fostering a vibrant social and networking atmosphere. Great discussions, new connections, and inspiring science all around!
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The third day begins with “Exploring the genetic and epigenetic regulation of drought response and tolerance in wheat landraces” talk by Andrea Harper. Discovering genetic strategies behind drought resilience in wheat. #DroughtTolerance #WheatGenomics
March 20, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The third day begins with “Exploring the genetic and epigenetic regulation of drought response and tolerance in wheat landraces” talk by Andrea Harper. Discovering genetic strategies behind drought resilience in wheat. #DroughtTolerance #WheatGenomics
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Wrapping up today’s sessions with “Interactions with microbes and insects drive genetic variability in Arabidopsis chemistry” by Jonathan Gershenzon. Discovering how external interactions shape plant genetics. #MicrobeInteractions #PlantGenetics
March 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Wrapping up today’s sessions with “Interactions with microbes and insects drive genetic variability in Arabidopsis chemistry” by Jonathan Gershenzon. Discovering how external interactions shape plant genetics. #MicrobeInteractions #PlantGenetics
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Next, exploring pest genomics with “What a pest! Genomic basis of divergence and adaptation in a pest beetle” by Deepa Agashe. Uncovering genomic secrets behind pest adaptation. #PestGenomics #Adaptation
March 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Next, exploring pest genomics with “What a pest! Genomic basis of divergence and adaptation in a pest beetle” by Deepa Agashe. Uncovering genomic secrets behind pest adaptation. #PestGenomics #Adaptation
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Cologne Spring Meeting continues: “Evolutionary genetics of mimicry, balanced polymorphisms and adaptive novelty in swallowtail butterflies” by Krushnamegh Kunte. Insights into genetic diversity and adaptation in butterflies. #Mimicry #EvolutionaryGenetics #TRR341 #DFG
March 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Cologne Spring Meeting continues: “Evolutionary genetics of mimicry, balanced polymorphisms and adaptive novelty in swallowtail butterflies” by Krushnamegh Kunte. Insights into genetic diversity and adaptation in butterflies. #Mimicry #EvolutionaryGenetics #TRR341 #DFG
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Continuing with “Understanding plant resilience against climate change through the lens of a thermophilic plant” by Seung Yon (Sue) Rhee. Investigating how plants adapt to warming climates. #PlantResilience #ClimateChange
March 19, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Continuing with “Understanding plant resilience against climate change through the lens of a thermophilic plant” by Seung Yon (Sue) Rhee. Investigating how plants adapt to warming climates. #PlantResilience #ClimateChange
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Next session: “Evolutionary responses to historic drought across the range of scarlet monkeyflower” by @seemasheth.bsky.social Insight into plant adaptation under climate change. #Evolution #ClimateAdaptation #TRR341 #DFG
March 19, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Next session: “Evolutionary responses to historic drought across the range of scarlet monkeyflower” by @seemasheth.bsky.social Insight into plant adaptation under climate change. #Evolution #ClimateAdaptation #TRR341 #DFG
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Second day of Cologne Spring Meeting started with “Geographic, ecological, selective and genomic forces shaping defence metabolite evolution across the Brassicales” talk by @spicybotrytis.bsky.social from @ucdavisplants.bsky.social Unraveling how ecological factors influence plant defence evolution🌱
March 19, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Second day of Cologne Spring Meeting started with “Geographic, ecological, selective and genomic forces shaping defence metabolite evolution across the Brassicales” talk by @spicybotrytis.bsky.social from @ucdavisplants.bsky.social Unraveling how ecological factors influence plant defence evolution🌱
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Cologne Spring Meeting continues with “Let’s spice it up! The chemical and molecular ecology of sulfur-containing defences in Brassicaceae” by Nicole van Dam. Exploring the chemistry behind plant defence mechanisms. #ChemicalEcology #Brassicaceae
March 19, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Cologne Spring Meeting continues with “Let’s spice it up! The chemical and molecular ecology of sulfur-containing defences in Brassicaceae” by Nicole van Dam. Exploring the chemistry behind plant defence mechanisms. #ChemicalEcology #Brassicaceae
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Wrapping up today’s sessions with “The curious world of seaweeds and their viruses” by Susana Coelho from @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social revealing fascinating insights into marine biodiversity. #MarineBiology #SeaweedViruses #TRR341 #DFG
March 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Wrapping up today’s sessions with “The curious world of seaweeds and their viruses” by Susana Coelho from @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social revealing fascinating insights into marine biodiversity. #MarineBiology #SeaweedViruses #TRR341 #DFG
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“Japanese Knotweed invasion genomics: what we know and future directions” by Christina Richards @drclrichards.bsky.social Insights into genomic strategies against invasive species. #InvasionGenomics #PlantInvasion #TRR341 #DFG
March 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
“Japanese Knotweed invasion genomics: what we know and future directions” by Christina Richards @drclrichards.bsky.social Insights into genomic strategies against invasive species. #InvasionGenomics #PlantInvasion #TRR341 #DFG
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TRR341 is excited and ready to welcome all participants to the Cologne Spring Meeting 2025: Plant Ecological Genetics! Join us for insightful talks, engaging discussions, and valuable networking. Let’s explore plant evolution together! #TRR341 #EcologicalGenetics #CologneSpringMeeting2025
March 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM
TRR341 is excited and ready to welcome all participants to the Cologne Spring Meeting 2025: Plant Ecological Genetics! Join us for insightful talks, engaging discussions, and valuable networking. Let’s explore plant evolution together! #TRR341 #EcologicalGenetics #CologneSpringMeeting2025
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Continuing the symposium: “Using ABC approaches to compare dynamics of reproductive isolation among groups of organisms: comparing speed of speciation in plants vs animals” by Xavier Vekemans. A deep dive into reproductive isolation. #Speciation #EvolutionaryBiology #TRR341 #DFG
March 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Continuing the symposium: “Using ABC approaches to compare dynamics of reproductive isolation among groups of organisms: comparing speed of speciation in plants vs animals” by Xavier Vekemans. A deep dive into reproductive isolation. #Speciation #EvolutionaryBiology #TRR341 #DFG