"Chuck the gadgets, the fads and the alarm." The importance of the #circadian #clock for human #sleep, covered in a recent News Feature in #Nature. Must read. #chronobiology #ScienceMatters

How can larval #competition for space, adult #reproductive #timing and the #tides interact to produce different timing strains, aka #chronotypes, of the marine insect #Clunio? See our latest preprint with Alec Jacobsen & @gokhalecs.bsky.social #evolution #ecology #chronobiology #circalunar #clock

Could humans and AI one day form a single “evolutionary individual”? Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology raise this question in a new publication exploring human–AI interdependence. www.evolbio.mpg.de/3836073/news...

Years of work distilled to 1 minute: Our recent paper with @kokkonut.bsky.social has made it to #youtube ! The AI illustrations do not look anything like real-life #Clunio - but they are captivating. And the scientific content is accurate and well explained! Original paper: tinyurl.com/28hxwree

Here is a nice piece on #Clunio #biology and #rhythms by @ulrikegebhardt.bsky.social - including some of our #research @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social with @juleneumann.bsky.social and @kokkonut.bsky.social. (In German only.) #chronobiology #moon #MarineEcology #Science #SciCom #taktvoll #Mond #Natur

Today @ #EBRS2025: Session #EVOLUTION (2pm, AM4) D Doležel: #clock gene evolution MP Shahandeh: #circadian #plasticity S Reece: #parasite #rhythms A Schneider: #olfactory #membrane #clockworks A Coric: L-Cry & #circalunar #timing C Kyriacou: Cry & #magnetic fields Hosts: E Nagoshi & T Kaiser

Curious how the #moon is perceived, controls #development, and may drive #speciation in a #marine #insect? Check our posters at #EBRS2025: > P107 (Tue) @juleneumann.bsky.social > P135 (Tue) > P196 (Thu) @kokkonut.bsky.social @gokhalecs.bsky.social #chronobiology #circalunar #evolution #ecology

Our work with @kokkonut.bsky.social on #temporal #niches and #coexistence in #Clunio (see tinyurl.com/bderptbr and tinyurl.com/28hxwree) has been featured in a Research Highlight @animalecology.bsky.social: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #ecology #evolution #chronobiology

One week to go until #EBRS2025 in #Lübeck! We are very much looking forward to exciting #chronobiology! #circatidal #circadian #circalunar #circannual Sessions on: -> #Evolution -> Short and long #clocks -> Clocks in the #wild -> #Seasonality ... and many more: ebrs-online.org/index.php/ev...

There is also a really nice thread by @kokkonut.bsky.social giving more details to our two joint papers on how #timing by the #moon allows #coexistence in a #marine #midge: tinyurl.com/bderptbr tinyurl.com/28hxwree #Ecology #Evobio #Chronobiology Click below for the full thread!

Happy to share that we just published two papers from an exciting and fruitful collaboration with Hanna Kokko, involving Runa Ekrem, Alec Jacobsen and Lotte de Vries! @kokkonut.bsky.social @lottedevries.bsky.social #Evobio #MarineEcology #Ecology #Modelling #Chronobiology Picture by Solvin Zankl

#MarineLife … and #insects? Yes! The #marine #midge #Clunio lives for only one low #tide and its emergence follows the #lunar #cycle! Read the full thread below. #addOcean #MarineEcology #Entomology @gettoknownature.bsky.social @wonderofscience.bsky.social

3-year #postdoc position at Centre de synthèse et d'analyse de la biodiversité (CESAB) in Montpellier to work on how taking intraspecific diversity and evolutionary processes into account in translocation-based programs. Please share widely #PopGen #NbS

Interested in (studying) biological #clocks? Here is a brilliant and concise introduction to the field, focussing on #ciradian clocks, and stressing the #adaptive nature of clocks. And it's #OpenAccess ! #chronobiology 🧪 @doabooks.bsky.social doi.org/10.21827/686...

A question to the #Naturalists 🌿 out there: Have you ever met this strange critter at the #beach? You should be able to find Clunio species on rocky #coasts around the world – but only around full #moon and new moon! See full thread @clocksevolution.bsky.social @inaturalist.bsky.social #nature

Hands-on Science – at the Plön Stadtbucht Festival! This Sunday, we invite you to our interactive booth: 🧬 Turn your first name into a personalized DNA bracelet 🔬 Discover fascinating lake microorganisms and yeast under the microscope #Plön #Stadtbuchtfest #ScienceForEveryone #CitizenScience

#Moonstruck #Midges: Introducing Clunio marinus #Clunio is a midge and a truly #marine #insect. You can find it on the #European #Atlantic #coast in the #intertidal zone. This is the region between the low #tide and high tide, alternating between marine and terrestrial conditions. (1/5)

This is really exiting work! Congratulations! @marketa-kau.bsky.social

🎉 Today, we celebrated a major milestone: the opening of our new state-of-the-art research building! 5,650 m² of cutting-edge labs, offices, and meeting spaces — driving world-class science in Plön and beyond. 🚀 www.evolbio.mpg.de/3822418/feie... #EvolutionaryBiology #ScienceNews #ResearchExcellence

This week, the Clunios @clocksevolution.bsky.social had the pleasure of hosting @clairemerot.bsky.social and hear about her awesome research on the role of inversions in adaptive evolution! We explored the baltic sea and found wrackbeds full of seaweed flies. Thanks again for visiting us, Claire!

🧬 Rethinking Cooperation in Biology? New study suggests that natural growth differences – not just strategy – matter big time for cooperation in nature. Turns out, yeast don't need to be strategic. www.evolbio.mpg.de/3815028/news... #evolution #ecology #cooperation #science

A very nice study from our institute @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social @avezyrakis.bsky.social Note the press release: "It’s a charming lesson from the humble house mouse: sometimes it’s not the loudest or boldest who breaks through — it’s the one who keeps coming back." Does this also apply in science?

A big thank you to the organizers of this workshop! Great speakers, great atmosphere! We enjoyed it a lot!

Our home institution has also joined bsky - welcome @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social !

Hello Bsky! We are the Max Planck Research Group Biological Clocks. #evolution #evobio #ecology #adaptation #biodiversity #behaviour #genetics #genomics #chronobiology #circadian #circalunar #biologicalclock #moon #tides #marine #molbio #biology #nature #research #science #scicomm #insect #clunio