Daniela Rößler
@roesslerdaniela.bsky.social
Behavioral & Evol Ecologists | Emmy Noether Group Leader Uni Bonn | @sleeblab.bsky.social | Spider Sleep🕷️💤 | Pred-Prey Interactions | Sens Ecol | LGBTQ+ 🌈 | firstgen | she/her | https://danielaroessler.weebly.com
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Do Spiders Dream Like Humans Do? This Researcher Wants to Find Out.
YouTube video by Scientific American
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Guess I’m just gonna leave this video here as my intro tweet :) 🕷️💤 In my group, we study spider sleep! :) m.youtube.com/watch?v=BTcc...
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Exciting times ahead - I'm beyond delighted to be joining @bristolbiosci.bsky.social in 2026! 🎉🕷️🎉🐌🎉
I'm also looking for a PhD student to join @multipleye-lab.bsky.social in our new home! Come and study the effects of light pollution on the evolution and development of spider eyes with us 🌃🕷️👀 👇
I'm also looking for a PhD student to join @multipleye-lab.bsky.social in our new home! Come and study the effects of light pollution on the evolution and development of spider eyes with us 🌃🕷️👀 👇
October 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Exciting times ahead - I'm beyond delighted to be joining @bristolbiosci.bsky.social in 2026! 🎉🕷️🎉🐌🎉
I'm also looking for a PhD student to join @multipleye-lab.bsky.social in our new home! Come and study the effects of light pollution on the evolution and development of spider eyes with us 🌃🕷️👀 👇
I'm also looking for a PhD student to join @multipleye-lab.bsky.social in our new home! Come and study the effects of light pollution on the evolution and development of spider eyes with us 🌃🕷️👀 👇
New Lab account just dropped!
@nadjageiger.bsky.social & @roesslerdaniela.bsky.social are back in the field in Australia filming and experimenting with the best spider in the world - PORTIA. More soon!
November 2, 2025 at 8:28 AM
New Lab account just dropped!
Our lab has its own Bluesky account now- give us a follow for #field and #lab updates, #spider content and #scicom! @sleeblab.bsky.social ❤️🥳 we are currently in Australia and will post updates on our work and adventures 🙃🙌🏼
November 2, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Our lab has its own Bluesky account now- give us a follow for #field and #lab updates, #spider content and #scicom! @sleeblab.bsky.social ❤️🥳 we are currently in Australia and will post updates on our work and adventures 🙃🙌🏼
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“Above all, we must realise that each of us makes a difference with our life. Each of us impacts the world around us every single day. We have a choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place - or not to bother.”
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91
Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM
“Above all, we must realise that each of us makes a difference with our life. Each of us impacts the world around us every single day. We have a choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place - or not to bother.”
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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“Jane Goodall was an amazing scientist who inspired people to see the natural world in a new way. She helped us to look at the animal kingdom with fresh eyes and with greater respect.
October 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
“Jane Goodall was an amazing scientist who inspired people to see the natural world in a new way. She helped us to look at the animal kingdom with fresh eyes and with greater respect.
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#ISBE2026 Call for Abstracts is now open! Submit your abstract by 15 December 2025 on www.isbe2026.com
@behavecol.bsky.social
@behavecol.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
#ISBE2026 Call for Abstracts is now open! Submit your abstract by 15 December 2025 on www.isbe2026.com
@behavecol.bsky.social
@behavecol.bsky.social
Two awesome news for our #SLEEB-Lab @unibonn.bsky.social 1) we finally had a lab photoshoot and 2) I can now officially announce @roald-arboel.com is joining our team as a Postdoc starting in November!!! Sweet tracking stuff ahead. Welcome to the #spider #behavior fam, Mikkel!
September 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Two awesome news for our #SLEEB-Lab @unibonn.bsky.social 1) we finally had a lab photoshoot and 2) I can now officially announce @roald-arboel.com is joining our team as a Postdoc starting in November!!! Sweet tracking stuff ahead. Welcome to the #spider #behavior fam, Mikkel!
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Meet Chrissie Painting the new ASSAB president!
@cpaintingnz.bsky.social is a Senior Lecturer and behavioural ecologist at the University of Waikato. Her research seeks patterns in animal behaviour and morphology, with a particular focus on insect and arachnid mating systems.
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@cpaintingnz.bsky.social is a Senior Lecturer and behavioural ecologist at the University of Waikato. Her research seeks patterns in animal behaviour and morphology, with a particular focus on insect and arachnid mating systems.
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September 22, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Meet Chrissie Painting the new ASSAB president!
@cpaintingnz.bsky.social is a Senior Lecturer and behavioural ecologist at the University of Waikato. Her research seeks patterns in animal behaviour and morphology, with a particular focus on insect and arachnid mating systems.
🪰🕷️🪳
@cpaintingnz.bsky.social is a Senior Lecturer and behavioural ecologist at the University of Waikato. Her research seeks patterns in animal behaviour and morphology, with a particular focus on insect and arachnid mating systems.
🪰🕷️🪳
🕷️ 🚨 Are you at the #DZG in Berlin next week? @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social my PhD @nadjageiger.bsky.social and I are very excited to tell you the latest about our spider sleep 💤 work! Come check out our talks on Friday and ask all your questions! :) 🚨 🕷️
September 6, 2025 at 9:02 AM
🕷️ 🚨 Are you at the #DZG in Berlin next week? @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social my PhD @nadjageiger.bsky.social and I are very excited to tell you the latest about our spider sleep 💤 work! Come check out our talks on Friday and ask all your questions! :) 🚨 🕷️
🚨 PhD alert! IMPRS brain & behavior in Bonn just opened their calls for applications. Great PhD funding opportunities. Check it out! PS- I just joined their faculty, meaning you could do a rotation in my lab or even a PhD with me on spider sleep 🙃 Apply! 🚨
📢Apply now! Join our IMPRS for Brain&Behavior to pursue a #PhD in #neuroethology. Learn how brain circuits are linked to interesting animal behaviors!
📅 Deadline: October 31, 2025
🔗 imprs-brain-behavior.mpg.de
#neuroscience #Neuroskyence #neurojobs #sciencejobs #PhDsky #PhDOffers #FundedPhD
📅 Deadline: October 31, 2025
🔗 imprs-brain-behavior.mpg.de
#neuroscience #Neuroskyence #neurojobs #sciencejobs #PhDsky #PhDOffers #FundedPhD
September 6, 2025 at 8:48 AM
🚨 PhD alert! IMPRS brain & behavior in Bonn just opened their calls for applications. Great PhD funding opportunities. Check it out! PS- I just joined their faculty, meaning you could do a rotation in my lab or even a PhD with me on spider sleep 🙃 Apply! 🚨
Finally taking spider 🕷️ sleep 💤 to the wild! Currently in QLD, Australia, filming Portia fimbriata sleep in the field-which disturbances are they facing and how does their wild sleep compare to lab sleep? Stay tuned! 🙃 ps- terrible place to work 🤭 @nadjageiger.bsky.social @mherberstein.bsky.social
July 12, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Finally taking spider 🕷️ sleep 💤 to the wild! Currently in QLD, Australia, filming Portia fimbriata sleep in the field-which disturbances are they facing and how does their wild sleep compare to lab sleep? Stay tuned! 🙃 ps- terrible place to work 🤭 @nadjageiger.bsky.social @mherberstein.bsky.social
Can’t wait!
The Local Organizing Commitee welcomes behavioral ecologists from across the world and of all career stages to enjoy a five-day meeting rich in top-notch science and ample networking opportunities in Turin (Italy), 20-24 July 2026.
June 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Can’t wait!
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The three academic positions (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer) in the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University are now advertised. Details here:
Ecology:
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Genomics:
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Ecology:
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
Genomics:
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
June 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The three academic positions (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer) in the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University are now advertised. Details here:
Ecology:
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
Genomics:
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
Ecology:
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
Genomics:
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
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PhD position open with Dr. Jutta Schneider and @mherberstein.bsky.social in Hamburg, on sub-social behavior in crab spiders 🕷️ It even includes field work in Australia! Application deadline is 15 July, more info at the link:
www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenan...
www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenan...
June 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
PhD position open with Dr. Jutta Schneider and @mherberstein.bsky.social in Hamburg, on sub-social behavior in crab spiders 🕷️ It even includes field work in Australia! Application deadline is 15 July, more info at the link:
www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenan...
www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenan...
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“researchers found that the sounds of bees, which are efficient snapdragon pollinators, led the snapdragons to increase their sugar and nectar volume, and even alter their gene expression that governs sugar transport and nectar production.”
Neat work via @asa-news.bsky.social conf last month!
Neat work via @asa-news.bsky.social conf last month!
Can plants hear their pollinators? #ASA188
When pollinators visit flowers, they produce various sounds, from wing flapping during hovering, to landing and takeoff. Francesca Barbero studied these vibroacoustic signals to develop noninvasive an...
www.eurekalert.org
June 5, 2025 at 11:02 AM
“researchers found that the sounds of bees, which are efficient snapdragon pollinators, led the snapdragons to increase their sugar and nectar volume, and even alter their gene expression that governs sugar transport and nectar production.”
Neat work via @asa-news.bsky.social conf last month!
Neat work via @asa-news.bsky.social conf last month!
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Dear Zoologists (in Germany)!
Before leaving for your extended public holiday weekend... Consider registering for the #DZG2025 to secure the Early Bird fee.
Early bird registration is ending soon.
Before leaving for your extended public holiday weekend... Consider registering for the #DZG2025 to secure the Early Bird fee.
Early bird registration is ending soon.
👋 Looking forward to the 117th Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society. Please like and share 🤩
May 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Dear Zoologists (in Germany)!
Before leaving for your extended public holiday weekend... Consider registering for the #DZG2025 to secure the Early Bird fee.
Early bird registration is ending soon.
Before leaving for your extended public holiday weekend... Consider registering for the #DZG2025 to secure the Early Bird fee.
Early bird registration is ending soon.
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🚨 Cool new project alert 🚨
WE- you, me, everyone- need to work together to get important science messages out to people.
4 artists & 3 scientists collab'd on these posters. We hope YOU will put them out in your community. Each poster comes w/info about each topic.
Get 'em Squidfacts.bigcartel.com
WE- you, me, everyone- need to work together to get important science messages out to people.
4 artists & 3 scientists collab'd on these posters. We hope YOU will put them out in your community. Each poster comes w/info about each topic.
Get 'em Squidfacts.bigcartel.com
May 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
🚨 Cool new project alert 🚨
WE- you, me, everyone- need to work together to get important science messages out to people.
4 artists & 3 scientists collab'd on these posters. We hope YOU will put them out in your community. Each poster comes w/info about each topic.
Get 'em Squidfacts.bigcartel.com
WE- you, me, everyone- need to work together to get important science messages out to people.
4 artists & 3 scientists collab'd on these posters. We hope YOU will put them out in your community. Each poster comes w/info about each topic.
Get 'em Squidfacts.bigcartel.com
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Mandatory reading for anybody in German academia: #ichbinHanna #WissZeitVG
“There is far too much power in the hands of professors in the German system,” says @leising.bsky.social.
My latest @nature.com story digs into efforts to tackle the entrenched structural heirarchy that enables academic bullies.
My latest @nature.com story digs into efforts to tackle the entrenched structural heirarchy that enables academic bullies.
Can Germany rein in its academic bullying problem?
Researchers and administrators are exploring ways to restructure a rigid hierarchy that can breed power abuses.
www.nature.com
May 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Mandatory reading for anybody in German academia: #ichbinHanna #WissZeitVG
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Our latest paper on the jump kinematics and choreography in the Oz Splendid Peacock spider. We filmed & analysed locomotory jumps in male & female spiders. The males are incredibly light - measuring just 2mg - and oh they can jump! Videos in the thread. Open Access - read here: tinyurl.com/4bnpz9tz
February 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Our latest paper on the jump kinematics and choreography in the Oz Splendid Peacock spider. We filmed & analysed locomotory jumps in male & female spiders. The males are incredibly light - measuring just 2mg - and oh they can jump! Videos in the thread. Open Access - read here: tinyurl.com/4bnpz9tz
Apply apply apply!!! 🙃
We have a fully funded International 4-year position (combined Master of Research+PhD) to study visual navigation in jumping spiders. Project will be supervised by @pipilika.bsky.social, @mherberstein.bsky.social, @dinrao.bsky.social & Ximena Nelson. At Macquarie University, Sydney. Details below
February 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Apply apply apply!!! 🙃
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WATCH AND CIRCULATE:
Macklemore’s a real one for this video doing what the Democrats and their surrogates refuse to do
youtu.be/sn9EKC9nqU4?...
Macklemore’s a real one for this video doing what the Democrats and their surrogates refuse to do
youtu.be/sn9EKC9nqU4?...
MACKLEMORE - fucked up (official video)
YouTube video by Macklemore
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February 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
WATCH AND CIRCULATE:
Macklemore’s a real one for this video doing what the Democrats and their surrogates refuse to do
youtu.be/sn9EKC9nqU4?...
Macklemore’s a real one for this video doing what the Democrats and their surrogates refuse to do
youtu.be/sn9EKC9nqU4?...
🚨It’s official!🚨 Spiders incoming! As of March, my @dfg.de Emmy Noether Group will start at the University of Bonn @unibonn.bsky.social !Extremely excited to build a new lab, meet new people and immerse ourselves fully into more spider research. Ready to discover more of their sleepy secrets 🙃 🤗🕷️💤🌏
a spider is holding a red drum with a smiley face on it
ALT: a spider is holding a red drum with a smiley face on it
media.tenor.com
January 31, 2025 at 4:30 PM
🚨It’s official!🚨 Spiders incoming! As of March, my @dfg.de Emmy Noether Group will start at the University of Bonn @unibonn.bsky.social !Extremely excited to build a new lab, meet new people and immerse ourselves fully into more spider research. Ready to discover more of their sleepy secrets 🙃 🤗🕷️💤🌏
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What a great opportunity to combine science and photography! Glad for this award with @augustpaula.bsky.social and thanks to @icouzin.bsky.social Luke Costello,Tristan Walter at @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social and @unikonstanz.bsky.social
Thanks @rsocpublishing.bsky.social for the great initiative!
Thanks @rsocpublishing.bsky.social for the great initiative!
We’re excited to announce the winning entries of the #RSPPhotoComp 2024! Follow along as we reveal the beautiful winning images of each category. Starting with #Behaviour and overall winner, 'The Hunt from Above' by @albiangela.bsky.social, with the help of drone pilot, @augustpaula.bsky.social.
December 12, 2024 at 12:00 PM
What a great opportunity to combine science and photography! Glad for this award with @augustpaula.bsky.social and thanks to @icouzin.bsky.social Luke Costello,Tristan Walter at @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social and @unikonstanz.bsky.social
Thanks @rsocpublishing.bsky.social for the great initiative!
Thanks @rsocpublishing.bsky.social for the great initiative!
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Sorry, another Snowcap. This one is sleepy on this Friday evening. At @tapirvalley.bsky.social
#birds #hummingbirds #costarica
#birds #hummingbirds #costarica
November 30, 2024 at 2:35 AM
Sorry, another Snowcap. This one is sleepy on this Friday evening. At @tapirvalley.bsky.social
#birds #hummingbirds #costarica
#birds #hummingbirds #costarica