Niemand weiß so viel über Saitenwürmer wie Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa. Der Biologe hat schon etliche neue Arten entdeckt – und fünf nach seinen Kindern benannt.

Now the paper entitled 'Tracing the Drivers of Range-Wide Bowhead Whale Genomic Structure and Diversity' by Westbury et al. has been published in Molecular Ecology. You can find it at: doi.org/10.1111/mec.... Enjoy the reading !!! #bowheadwhales #marinemammals @mick2474.bsky.social

An exciting number of 340 park runners joined the 4th anniversary of Ekebergsletta parkrun (www.parkrun.no/ekebergsletta/). A lot of fun!!! Thank you very much also to the volunteers who made the event possible. #parkrun #ekebergslettaparkrun

Tomorrow, we will have an extra Ekebergsletta parkrun (edition #179) that will mark and celebrate the 4th anniversary of the event. We are excited to see that the number of participants is continuously increasing (www.parkrun.no/ekebergsletta/). Looking forward to meeting you tomorrow. #parkrun

Congratulations to the team !!! Eventually the paper entitled 'Geographic differentiation of ectoparasitic flatworms in the pelagic zone of Lake Tanganyika, Africa' by Kmentova et al. was published in Frontiers in Zoology (link.springer.com/article/10.1...). #monogenea #parasites #mitogenomes

Very nice one by the Milinkovitch-Tzika Lab :-) !! Happy Birthday Sir David Attenborough !!

I got the chance to speak with Craig Venter @jcvi.org at the end of March about the state of American science, AI and genomes. I had no idea this might be one of his last interviews. Watch the interview here: youtu.be/Zxg38eUL5IY

Exciting news !!! Molecular Ecology accepted the manuscript entitled 'Tracing the drivers of range-wide bowhead whale genomic structure and diversity' by Westbury et al. The paper will certainly soon appear on the journal's webpage. Congrats to the team !!! #bowheadwhales #marinemammals

Representatives of more than 50 nations gathered in Santa Marta, Colombia, this week at what was billed as the first global summit on phasing out fossil fuels. A panel of scientists will be advising them

A new Invited Review paper by T. Struck entitled 'Progress and Challenges in Phylogenomics and Genomics of Lophotrochozoa/Spiralia' is now available online early (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...) in the Zoologica Scripta. #zoologicascripta #lophotrochozoa @wileyecology.bsky.social

Eventually, the paper entitled 'Four centuries of commercial whaling eroded 11,000 years of population stability in bowhead whales' by Westbury et al. is published in the April 02, 2026 issue of Cell. Congratulations again to all co-authors!! www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... #ancientDNA #marinemammals

Interesting reading. Miljøstiftelsen ZERO published a report on how to boost the usage of solar energy in Norway (in Norwegian). zero.no/wp-content/u... @stiftelsenzero.bsky.social

Very nice tthat the invited review 'A renaissance of microRNAs as taxonomic and phylogenetic markers in animals' by B. Fromm met the interest of our readers and is among the top downloaded papers 2024/2025. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @frommlab.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social

Parkrun depends on volunteers - without them no parkrun. A big THANK YOU to those that volunteered yesterday for the 171th edition of Ekebergsletta parkrun. #parkrun #ekebergslettaparkrun

Welcome to the spring equinox parkrun at Ekebergsletta, Oslo. Meet you at 9:30 am at the start. www.parkrun.no/ekebergsletta/ #parkrun #ekebergslettaparkrun

Muskeltraining kann die Risiken für Krebs, Alzheimer und Diabetes senken. Der Sportwissenschaftler Jürgen Gießing erklärt, warum es besonders im Alter so wichtig ist.

Great news - the Cell paper by Westbury et al. entitled 'Four centuries of commercial whaling eroded 11,000 years of population stability in bowhead whales' is online now. Congrats to all co-authors !!! www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... #bowheadwhales #marinemammals

Birds attract a lot of attention. Thus, perhaps not too surprising that a paper by Cerqueira et al. on antshrikes in Brazil (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....) tops the list of most downloaded Zoologica Scripta papers published in 2024 & 2025. #zoologicascripta @wileyecology.bsky.social

The Zoologica Scripta published a new virtual issue entitled 'Most downloaded papers published in 2024 and 2025' onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1.... The virtual issue compiles 10 exciting and attractive papers - all published open access. #zoologicascripta @wileyecology.bsky.social

Looking forward to the editors meeting of the Zoological Scripta (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1463...) in Stockholm today. #zoologicascripta @wileyecology.bsky.social

Ekebergsletta parkrun #168 (www.parkrun.no/ekebergsletta/) on February 28. Still wintery conditions but, nevertheless, very happy runners and volunteers. You can find the report by Simon Lawrence at www.parkrun.no/ekebergslett... #parkrun #Ekebergslettaparkrun

🙂 Woke up to the first day of my retirement 🙂

By now an annual spring routine to visit Nikol Kmentova (biodiversity.bitelab.be/lab-members/...) and Maarten Vanhove (biodiversity.bitelab.be/lab-members/...) at Hasselt University, Belgium. #parasitology #flatworms #monogenea #evolutionarygenetics

The March 2026 issue of the Zoological Scripta has been published. This time, we editors promote the paper by da Silva et al. on the dwarf swamp frog as the issue's featured article on the journal's webpage. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1463.... #ZoologicaScripta @wileyecology.bsky.social

Highly successful retreat of the CEG (comparative and Evolutionary Genomics) research group to Kongsberg. The main aims was to update and upgrade the group's webpage as well as social activities such as a ski tour. www.nhm.uio.no/english/rese...

Ein sehr dünner Aufmacher der Tagesschau. Ich bin nun wirklich kein Freund von Trump und Kushner. Aber immerhin haben sie eine (illusorische?) Vision. Von anderen Seiten hat man bisher jedoch so gut wie gar nichts gehört. Europa hat in Gaza völlig versagt. www.tagesschau.de/ausland/asie...

Very nice to join the retreat of the Comparative and Evolutionary Genomics (CEG) research group in Kongsberg. The major aim is to update and rearrange the group's web-presentation. www.nhm.uio.no/english/rese...

Interesting breakfast panel discussion yesterday organised by the @civita.bsky.social thinktank. The key question who will win the Ukraine-Russia war remained unanswered, nevertheless some interesting points worth thinking about. civita.no/arrangement/...

Nice way to start the week. Congratulations to Kmentova et al. for having the manuscript 'Geographic differentiation of ectoparasitic flatworms in the pelagic zone of Lake Tanganyika, Africa' accepted for publication in Frontiers in Zoology.

Veldig bra kronikk av Espen Skorstad i Dagens Næringsliv om fraser som 'Jeg utviste dårlig dømmekraft'. Slike 1språklige nødutgang' er i virkeligheten bare ansvarsfraskrivelse. 'Språk betyr noe'. Anbefales !! www.dn.no/kronikk/jeff...

Lesenswert !! "Es ist ein Unterschied, ob ich reden oder etwas sagen möchte. Diese Grenze verschwimmt immer mehr."

Only two days of the week have passed and I have already attended two workshops at University of Oslo. I was surprised to learn about a new trend of training scientists like pets through positive reinforcement. Each question was rewarded with a treat that was thrown to the querist. Very strange !!

Very strange that there is that little discussion about his topic that is not only very important for the US and Russia but essentially for the rest of the world as well.

New research published! I wanted to write about this, because I think the DE-Score *might* be the thing I'm proudest of so far! All my career I have dreamt of finding something so clean. The DE-Score is a way to tell when amino acid data stops being informative. 1/7 academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan...

9:30 a.m. and 42 participants of the Ekebergsletta parkrun #164 (www.parkrun.no/ekebergsletta/) are on their way. A big thank you to eight volunteers that made the event possible. #parkrun

Looking forward to a wintery Ekebergsletta parkrun tomorrow. The track seems to be in good condition 👍🙂👍 #parkrun #Ekebergslettaparkrun

This month, there was a change in the editorial board of the Zoological Scripta. Per Ericson from the Museum of Natural History Stockholm stepped down and Torsten H. Struck from the Natural History Museum Oslo joined the team. check: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1463... @wileyecology.bsky.social

Science is much more than 'technological innovation'. There may be a need for refining the definition of 'technological innovation', but I doubt that this alone will improve public trust in science in the US.

Viele interessante Gedanken zum Thema Eintritt fuer Museen - gilt sicherlich nicht nur fuer Kunstmuseen.

Probably a must for journal clubs at Natural History Museums. I will present for the CEG group will take up Letsch et al. (2025) 'Type Genomics: A Framework for Integrating Genomic Data into Biodiversity and Taxonomic Research' upcoming Tuesday. doi.org/10.1093/sysb... #museumcollections #zoology

The full January 2026 issue (55_1) of the Zoologica Scripta compiling 14 highly interesting papers can be accessed at: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14636409... Enjoy the reading. @wileyecology.bsky.social

Great news - the Zoologica Scripta has now a dedicated featured article page: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1.... For the January 2026 issue it is the Yu et al paper entitled 'Out-of-Africa: Origin of the Disjunct Distribution of Paleotropical Eneopterinae Crickets (Gryllidae, Xenogryllini)'.

Looking forward to serve as facilitator with 2 further courses on Research Integrity Training that University of Oslo offers to all staff. Usually, very interesting discussions when scientists from various faculties come together to discuss ethical issues. www.uio.no/english/abou...

Very interesting paper presenting and discussing genome evolution of tree ferns. Inspired me to draft a blog post for the advent calendar of our research group blog.annelida.de/2025/12/11/d...