A wonderful lecture event, organised by students of the Conservation Medicine module at FIWI, on African Wildlife Medicine in collaboration with the European Wildlife Disease Association (EWDA) Student Chapter. An event full of science, discussion, and mentorship!

We were delighted to have Sonia Kleindorfer @univie.ac.at as a speaker, who enchated us with her #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk about the newly observed behaviour in Darwin's Finches on the Galapagos Islands - what a treat! 🏝️🐦 @klivvvienna.bsky.social

Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 10.06. | 2:00 PM with David Macdonald @biology.ox.ac.uk 📍@klivvvienna.bsky.social , 1160 Wien or online 👩‍💻 → vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar... 📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804)

We are very happy that Rudy Brogi came for a visit and held a #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk about "Behaviour under constraint: how mammals balance multiple pressures in a changing world" @fiwivienna.bsky.social

Mario Pesendorfer from @bokuvienna.bsky.social used his #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk to show us the impact of shooting corvids - or rather how the shooting of those birds doesn't usually deliver the wanted results - and why we should care about that. 🐦‍⬛🔫 @klivvvienna.bsky.social

Many thanks to Beatriz Vicoso, who gave her truly interesting #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk a few weeks ago about "Sex (and lack thereof) in Artemia brine shrimp" 🦐🧪 @klivvvienna.bsky.social

Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 20.05. | 2:00 PM with Adrian Garcia-Rodriguez @univie.ac.at 📍@klivvvienna.bsky.social, 1160 Wien or online 👩‍💻 → vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar... 📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804)

Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 06.05. | 2:00 PM with Sonia Kleindorfer @univie.ac.at 📍@fiwivienna.bsky.social, 1160 Wien or online 👩‍💻 → vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar... 📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804)

We were very happy to have Kaja Wierucka give a lively #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk about animal communication, looking at new technologies, cue diversity and social contexts! 🐒🌳 @kajawierucka.bsky.social @primatenzentrum.bsky.social @fiwivienna.bsky.social

Judith Janish gave a fascinating #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk with the title "Influence of Substrate Variation on Kinematics and Performance in Wild Primate Locomotion" and we gathered new insights into this intriguing field of research.🐵🌲 @fiwivienna.bsky.social

We want to congratulate Sarah Kugler who won a poster award at the annual conference of the Pathology Section of the German Veterinary Medical Society with a poster titled “Hypertrophic Osteopathy Associated with Mycotic Pneumonia in Four Roe Deer from Austria”. 🏆

Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 22.04. | 2:00 PM with Mario Pesendorfer @mbpesendorfer.bsky.social @bokuvienna.bsky.social 📍@fiwivienna.bsky.social, 1160 Wien or online 👩‍💻 → vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar... 📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804)

Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 15.04. | 2:00 PM with Beatriz Vicoso @istaresearch.bsky.social 📍@fiwivienna.bsky.social, 1160 Wien or online 👩‍💻 → vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar... 📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804)

Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 08.04. | 2:00 PM with Kaja Wierucka @kajawierucka.bsky.social @primatenzentrum.bsky.social 📍@klivvvienna.bsky.social , 1160 Wien or online 👩‍💻 → vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar... 📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804)

Sonja Hartnack's #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk explored the complexities that lie beneath a One Health approach, looking at rabies control in Uganda - such an important issue! 🐕💉 @klivvvienna.bsky.social

Here's why we should not (only) study global change drivers in isolation! Check our new preprint showing how a fungal pathogen interacts with habitat disturbance to shape the skin bacterial communities of an Amazonian frog: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v... @klivvvienna.bsky.social

Thomas Albrecht visited us to give an informative and detailed #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk about extrapair paternity and postcopulatory sexual selection in birds!🐦‍⬛🦜 @fiwivienna.bsky.social

Last weekend the Mallnitzer Days took place in the Hohe Tauern National Park for the fourth time, focusing on current challenges in alpine birds of prey conservation. A wonderful collaboration! Read more about it here: vetmeduni.ac.at/en/research-... @klivvvienna.bsky.social 📷: Justina Heinz

Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 25.03. | 2:00 PM with Judith Janisch 📍@FIWI, 1160 Wien or online 👩‍💻 → vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar... 📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804) @fiwivienna.bsky.social

Ancuta Fedorca shared her efforts and knowledge concerning free-roaming bears in the Carpathians - a truly inspiring #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk, thank you! 🐻🌲🐾 @klivvvienna.bsky.social

We are very proud to share the @science.org publication by our Ass.Prof. Matthias Loretto @matthiasloretto.bsky.social showing that ravens anticipate wolf kill sites across broad scales www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

📢📢 New paper alert: Huge congratulations to Matthias Loretto and his new publication in @science.org

Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 11.03. | 2:00 PM with Sonja Hartnack 📍@FIWI, 1160 Wien or online 👩‍💻 → vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar... 📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804)

We loved having Virpi Lummaa as a speaker at our #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk series - she shared her knowledge and research about Kin networks and natural selection in changing societies - what a treat! 🐘👶 @lummaalab.bsky.social @fiwivienna.bsky.social

"Who is who? Water makes frog image recognition 100% clear" Have a look at this article about the findings reported in our Edina Nemesházi's latest publication! @klivvvienna.bsky.social doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0341460 www.vetmeduni.ac.at/en/universit...

Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 28.01. | 2:00 PM with Ancuta Fedorca 📍@fiwivienna.bsky.social, 1160 Wien or online 👩‍💻 → vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar... 📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804) @klivvvienna.bsky.social

Our first #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk of 2026 was given by Sandro Sehner and explored "Social Tolerance and Problem-Solving in Primate Groups"🐒 - a fascinating subject! @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de @fiwivienna.bsky.social

Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 21.01. | 2:00 PM with Virpi Lummaa / @lummaalab.bsky.social 📍@KLIVV, 1160 Wien or online 👩‍💻 → vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar... 📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804)

Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 14.01. | 2:00 PM with Sandro Sehner / German primate Centre, @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de 📍@klivvvienna.bsky.social, 1160 Wien or online 👩‍💻 → vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar... 📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804)

Eine internationale Forschungsgruppe unter Leitung der @fiwivienna.bsky.social hat mithilfe moderner und historischer Genomdaten gezeigt, dass Jaguare in drei geografisch und genetisch unterscheidbaren Populationen vorkommen. link.springer.com/article/10.1... Bild: Tiffany, AdobeStock 305995791

Our final #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk this year was with Franz Essl @franzessl1.bsky.social, who gave us captivating new insights into the global re-shuffling of species. 🌿🧪 @klivvvienna.bsky.social @univie.ac.at bioinvasions.univie.ac.at Our next talk will be on the 14th of January!

📢📢Third-party funded PhD-Call: Conservation management and demographic monitoring of wild camels in the Mongolian Great Gobi “A” strictly protected area. 🐫 Apply now and until the 15th of January!🌱💻 Details about the position: www.vetmeduni.ac.at/fileadmin/v/...

We had another fascinating #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk with Radoslaw Karpienko, who spoke to us about "Building Scientific Authority and How It May Harm Research Fields" 📊 @klivvvienna.bsky.social @wuvienna.bsky.social

🚨🚨NEW PAPER: “Our immunogenetic analyses of jaguars show that today's population has less diversity and more inbreeding than historical animals, which may hurt the adaptability of geographically distinct populations to their respective environments.” ➡️ doi.org/10.1186/s13059-025-03868-0

Martin Jastroch joined us for a lively and informative #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk with the following topic: "Reconstructing the evolution of brown fat thermogenesis". @klivvvienna.bsky.social

Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 17.12. | 2:00 PM with Franz Essl @franzessl1.bsky.social / @univie.ac.at bioinvasions.univie.ac.at 📍@FIWIWien, 1160 Wien or online 👩‍💻 → vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar... 📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804)

Another great #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk, held by Bea Maas, where we enjoyed learning about "Tropical ecology in practice – biodiversity, ecosystem services, and lessons from sustainable cacao" 🌱🍫 @fiwivienna.bsky.social @univie.ac.at

Many thanks to Sasan Fereidouni who gave an informative #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk with the title "Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza: Eco-Epidemiological Shifts and a Global Perspective" 🐦🦠 @klivvvienna.bsky.social

Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 10.12. | 2:00 PM with Radoslaw Karpienko / @wuvienna.bsky.social 📍@fiwivienna.bsky.social 1160 Wien or online 📷→ vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar... @klivvvienna.bsky.social

Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 26.11. | 2:00 PM with Bea Maas/ @univie.ac.at 📍@klivvvienna.bsky.social , 1160 Wien or online 👩‍💻 → vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar... 📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804) @fiwivienna.bsky.social

We had a great #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk last week! Neal Dawson @nealdawson.bsky.social took us up high into the Andes, where he looked into the factors that make specific species 🦆🐦 adapt to high altitude, low temperature and low oxygen 🫁. @klivvvienna.bsky.social @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk

Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 19.11. | 2:00 PM with Sasan Fereidouni / Vetmeduni, Vienna 📍@fiwivienna.bsky.social, 1160 Wien or online 👩‍💻 → vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar... 📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804)

We enjoyed last week's #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk by Marcus Clauss - he spoke to us about the digestive systems of mammals, the role that teeth 🦷 play in it and - importantly - digestive adaptations. @klivvvienna.bsky.social

Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 12.11. | 2:00 PM with Neal Dawson @nealdawson.bsky.social / University of Glasgow @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk 📍@fiwivienna.bsky.social, 1160 Wien or online 👩‍💻 → vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar... 📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804)

Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 5.11. | 2:00 PM with Marcus Clauss/ University of Zürich 📍@KLIVVWien, 1160 Wien or online 👩‍💻 → vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar... 📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804) @fiwivienna.bsky.social

We were very happy to welcome Tsipe Aavik for a #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk last week. She introduced us to the world of landscape genetics🧬and spoke about a succesful Citizen Science Project concerning the counting of cowslips🌼 @klivvvienna.bsky.social @pollinationut.bsky.social

Friederike Pohlin joined the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025 in Abu Dhabi, contributing to a session on responsible wildlife translocation organized by the Conservation Translocation Specialist Group and Smithsonian Institution. A great opportunity to strengthen global conservation efforts!🐾🌿

Last week's talk by Martin Mayer (University of Inland Norway) gave us a lot of insight into moose monitoring🫎 - both on the ground and by drone - as well lots of info about beevers in Scandinavia. A truly informative #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk! @fiwivienna.bsky.social

Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 22.10. | 2:00 PM with Tsipe Aavik / University of Tartu, Estonia @pollinationut.bsky.social 📍FIWI, 1160 Wien or online 👩‍💻 → vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar... 📢 Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804) @klivvvienna.bsky.social

Next #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk: 15.10. | 2:00 PM with Martin Mayer / University of Inland Norway 📍@KLIVVWien, 1160 Wien or online 👩‍💻 → vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi/seminar... 📢Tip for students: The participation is recognised as an elective! (KV 128 804) @FIWIvienna