A fantastic team, exciting insights into our science, discussions about societal impact and ethics, and time for exchange across groups and topics. Everything you need for a wonderful HIFMB retreat 2025.

Exciting job opportunities for PhDs and postdocs (some of them last minute). More info and full job descriptions here: hifmb.de/news/jobs/ #jobsinscience #phd #postdoc #marinebiodiversity 🐙

Happy to announce that #PlanktonEcologyLab researcher @marenstriebel.bsky.social received the university-wide recognition as best PhD advisor - already a second time. Congratulations and so well deserved @icbm-uol.bsky.social @hifmb.de

🪸🧪 We’re hiring! Join our ERC-funded group at the @hifmb.de in Oldenburg, Germany to explore the cellular origins of photosymbiosis:⁣ ⁣ 𝟏 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜 + 𝟐 𝐏𝐡𝐃𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.⁣ Deadlines: Oct 29 & Nov 5. Links below. ⁣ Questions: [email protected]⁣ #Photosymbiosis #HIFMB #ERC #AcademicJobs

Tune in for a new podcast episode. Daniela Portella Sampaio talks about her scientific journey through Antarctica + Antarctic governance. With memorable moments from the field + tips on how to successfully score grants (she scored 2 M. Skłodowska-Curie Fellowships!) hifmb.podbean.com/e/daniela-po...

The excellence cluster Ocean floor @marumunibremen.bsky.social @icbm-uol.bsky.social @hifmb.de opens two strategic positions at the University of Oldenburg. Please distribute widely Scientific Coordinator: uol.de/job723en Data Steward: uol.de/job724en

Congratulations to HIFMB colleague Kim de Luca, who was selected by MIT Technology Review as one of the 35 Innovators Under 35. www.technologyreview.com/innovator/ki...

Two days of deep dive into in the science of the Helmholtz POF Topic “Marine and Polar Life” during the Topic 6 Symposium in Oldenburg: fruitful scientific exchange and plenty of opportunities to get to know each other. Thank you for coming and contributing, @awi.de & @geomarkiel.bsky.social. 1/4

Altersempfehlung für die Vorlesungen: 8-12 Jahre Die Anmeldungen für Workshops und die Vorlesungen selbst sind seit heute offen. Persönliche Empfehlung der hier schreibenden Person ist die Vorlesung zur Vielfalt des Meeres von dem wunderbaren Helmut Hillebrand vom @hifmb.de

Veranstaltungsempfehlung für Oldenburg und Umgebung! Am 20. September lädt die Universität Oldenburg wieder ein zum KinderCampus. Freut euch auf ein spannendes Programm und kinderfreundliche Vorlesungen (in diesem Jahr geht es um Biodiversität und Demokratie). uol.de/veranstaltun...

The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework advances the protection of #marinebiodiversity, according to a new study. More about the study and other news from HIFMB in our latest newsletter: 241806.seu2.cleverreach.com/m/16228739 #GBF #sciencepolicy

HIFMB colleague @thejupiterfour.bsky.social is chairing the session on "Trait-Based Approaches to Biodiversity-Ecosystem Function and Biogeographic Patterns" at the Ocean Sciences Meeting #OSM2026 in Glasgow next year. Want to contribute? Submit your abstract until August 20.

An international team of scientists including @ibaums.bsky.social urges regulatory reform to accelerate global coral restoration using assisted gene flow – an essential step to safeguard the economic value and coastal protection services that reefs provide. uol.de/en/news/arti...

Hallo artist community, this one is for you! Together with @hanse-ias.bsky.social we are looking for an artist in residence in early 2026. Please share! #artscience #artistinresidence #marinebiodiversity

Tune in and listen to Joseane Marques talking about coral reefs and how to protect them. Thursday, 8.30 pm CET, link below

The call for our 2026 Postdoc Cohort is now open. We offer 4 full-time positions. Apply until August 24th. hifmb.de/jobs Please spread the word. #postdoc #jobsinscience #marinebiodiversity #antarctica @awi.de @hillebr1.bsky.social @ibaums.bsky.social @thilogross.bsky.social @merenbey.bsky.social 🦑

Some impressions of the 5th HIFMB symposium, day 1: talks, discussions, insights, coffee and art. More tomorrow. HIFMB.de/symp25

To make it complete, here are our speakers from Session 4: Constructing data driven approaches to governance and conservation of trans-national oceans. We hope to see many of you next week at the Symposium on Functional Marine Biodiversity. Registration is still open: hifmb.de/symp25

Meet our group members! Next one up is Fabian Moye: "Hi, I am Fabian, a postdoc in the Biodiversity Theory group at HIFMB and the Eco-Evolutionary Genomics group at AWI, Bremerhaven. I am interested in the formation, fate and function of diversity from chemistry (chemodiversity) ... 1/5

We have a new 3-year postdoc position in our group at the @hifmb.de to study plasmids and plasmids systems of the marine environment to survey their utility in microbial responses to environmental change. Please see the official job ad here, and spread the word: jobs.awi.de/Vacancies/20...

Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈 At AWI, we are committed to diversity and equality. Pride Month in June reminds us how important it is to strengthen an open and respectful society, both in science and in everyday life. We embrace diversity every day. Photo: Laura Oldenburg

Today the One Ocean Science Conference #OOSC kicks off, followed by the UN Ocean Conference #UNOC3 next week. We asked some of the HIFMB scientists who will be attending the summits about their activities at the conference and their expectations. #OceanDecade #marinebiodiversity

Session 3 at the HIFMB Symposium on Functional #MarineBiodiversity is about North Sea in transition, with speakers from the Netherlands, Denmark and Germany. 🌊 🇳🇱 🇩🇰 🇩🇪 🌊 📆 June 17 + 18 📌 Oldenburg, GER 🖱️ Registration is free: hifmb.de/symp25 @davidwthieltges.bsky.social

Proud and happy to be part of this. Congratulations @marumunibremen.bsky.social !

Session 2 at the HIFMB Symposium on Functional Marine Biodiversity will be about advancing our understanding of coevolution for conservation. 📆 June 17 + 18 📌 Oldenburg, GER 🖱️ Registration is free: hifmb.de/symp25

Microbial ecosystems may have tipping points where even small changes can cause a collapse, say @thilo.gross & Tom Clegg @hifmb.bsky.social @[email protected]. This may explain why microbial diversity is hard to maintain in the lab.... weiterlesen

Hey, new paper by @cleggtom.bsky.social and me is just out in @pnas.org. This combines a lot of things that start with B: Biodiversity, Bipartite Networks, Bifurcations, Bacteria, ... www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... And yes, I know, Fig 1 looks like one of 'those' papers but please read on ...

The planning for the HIFMB Symposium on Functional Marine Biodiversity (June 17+18) is entering the busy phase. Today we would like to introduce our speakers from Session 1 “Framing global biodiversity for policy”. More information and free registration at hifmb.de/symp25

Thrilled to have guests @susanneferwerda.bsky.social and @giuliachampion.bsky.social coming to Bremen for the discussion panel Anna Pasco Bolta and I have been putting together on ‘Seabed Imaginaries’ 🪸 We’re also very lucky to have the wonderful Kim Peters as moderator 🙏

New paper out in @elife.bsky.social! Antarctic krill not only reacts to external environmental influences such as light or food. It also uses its internal clock to adapt to the conditions of the polar environment. @lhueppe.bsky.social @awi.de @hifmb.de ➡️ go.uniwue.de/antarctic-kr... 📷 Lukas Hüppe

Two inspiring days at the #NationaleMeereskonferenz The exchange motivates us to continue to strongly promote and expand our transfer activities.

An inspiring day full of exchange and commitment to ocean protection: On May 6–7 2025, national and international actors are gathering in Berlin for the first National Ocean Conference. Together with policymakers, scientists, stakeholders and society, we’re working to protect our oceans.

"As a child, it was the color that fascinated Iliana Baums about the sea. Today, the molecular ecologist has built up a reputation in the study of coral reefs." Insightful portrait about @ibaums.bsky.social, HIFMB Co-Director and Head of the Marine Conservation Group. 🪸🌊🦑

We offer a 5-year research position in the #PlanktonEcology lab in Wilhelmshaven. Are you interested in empirically testing ecological concepts? We offer a stimulating scientific environment, experimental facilities & support to establish an independent research profile uol.de/en/job/postd...

Diese Woche feiert "Wissenschaft fürs Wohnzimmer" sein 5-jähriges Jubiläum 🥳 Für diesen besonderen Anlass besucht uns diesen Donnerstag Dr. Eckart von Hirschhausen mit seinen Vortrag "Gesunde Erde – Gesunde Menschen". Seid am 08.05. um 20:30 Uhr live dabei! www.youtube.com/live/9mpcQJ7...

Meet our group members! Let's continue with the brilliant @jagault.bsky.social: "Hi, I'm Jordan, a postdoc in the Biodiversity Theory group. I'm an ecologist interested in understanding mutualism across a variety of scales. Specifically, I focus on the nutritional mutualism, ... 1/12

I am very happy (and anxious) to share with you our most recent work in which we evaluated four of the most popular long-read assemblers, www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... and tell you just a little bit about it in the following 🧵

We also recommend this interview about the book with the authors Kimberley Peters and Jennifer Turner: center-border-studies.uni-gr.eu/en/news/nouv...

Out now: Ocean Governance (Beyond) Borders (open access) ➡️ contemporary border scholarship & cutting edge ocean governance research ➡️challenges the ontological stability or ‘common-senseness’ with which bordering is deployed in oceans ➡️multidisciplinary perspective link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Meet our group members! More postdocs are still to come. Today, let's say hi to @anuragsau.bsky.social: "Hi, I’m Anurag! I am a Postdoc in the Biodiversity Theory group, with an academic background in Applied Mathematics. My goal is to encapsulate various ecological phenomena ... 1/6

5th HIFMB symposium: Your ticket to talks, discussions, early career program, art and more. Registration is free of charge. ➡️ www.hifmb.de/symp25 #marinebiodiversity @hillebr1.bsky.social @ibaums.bsky.social @thilogross.bsky.social @merenbey.bsky.social

How can we strengthen cooperation and networking on urgent marine biodiversity challenges across Europe? Bringing people together, facilitating exchange, developing visions - these were the goals for the #kexMarineCluster event held in Brussels in March. More info: b-useful.eu/knowledge-ex...

Meet our group members! Time to hear about the wonderful @laurabarthm.bsky.social: "Hi, I’m Laura! I’m a physicist by training and a PostDoc researcher working with physics-informed neural networks to enhance the interpretability of ecological models and improve forecasting.

Meet our group members! Today let's hear from the wonderful @srilenak.bsky.social: "Hi, I’m Srilena, a HIPP postdoc in the Biodiversity Theory group. I have a background in Applied Mathematics with a research focus on theoretical ecology. My research approach combines mathematical modeling, ...

Meet our group members! More postdocs to come. Today is the great Kate P. Maia: “Hello, I am Kate. I am an ecologist with a background on applying network theory to study mainly terrestrial mutualisms, such as the interactions between plants and pollinators.

Meet our group members! We are now starting with our postdocs. First up is @olejmueller.bsky.social, our most important link to the humanities: "Moin and Hello, I am Ole and my role is Staff Scientist in the Biodiversity Theory Group. This means I fill two pairs of shoes: 1/6

New paper! (arxiv.org/abs/2503.14093) I haven’t been this excited about one in a while, and I think the theory @mhab.bsky.social develops here will be a big step forward for the field. Why? Let me explain 🧵...

🌊Marine Cluster Event 2025 A gathering of EU-funded projects committed to restoring marine biodiversity and reducing bycatch. The event brought together leading researchers, policymakers, and stakeholders to drive collaborative solutions for our oceans 🐠 #marine #biodiversity #sustainableoceans

I have a blog post up on the @hifmb.de website about the trip Kate Sammler and I took to the Austrian Alps and our ✨quest✨ to understand the geology of the ancient ocean crust as part of our (with Kim Peters) broader enquiry into access to the international seabed 🪨 🔗 hifmb.de/hiking-the-a...

Meet our group members! Here‘s our next PhD candidate @mhab.bsky.social : “Hi, I’m Melanie. I have a background in environmental science with a passion for mathematical modeling. I mostly worked with ecological models and am fascinated by system dynamics. ...