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Andrew Straw

@andrewstraw.bsky.social
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I'm a Professor in the Faculty of Biology at the University of Freiburg, Germany. I'm fascinated by visual navigation in insects. We study this and also develop tools to help us with that. strawlab.org

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Andrew Straw @andrewstraw.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
We are hiring! Come join us in the Straw Lab at the @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social . Seeking a scientist to work on the neural and computational mechanisms of visual navigation in honey bees. uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00005...
Bee trajectories in agricultural landscape and two photon microscope for in-vivo calcium activity imaging.
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Ben de Bivort @debivort.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Hello friends, the Harvard Life Science departments have banded together to hire a new colleague working at the intersection of Life Sciences and AI. Could be primarily an experimentalist, or could be primarily a compute/theorist. academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/16773
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Tenure-Track Professor in Life Science and AI
The Life Sciences Departments in Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences seek to recruit a tenure-track professor whose research is at the interface of AI and life sciences, from methodological developme...
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Ajay Narendra @pipilika.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We have a fully funded 3-year PhD position to study jumping spider navigation. Open to both domestic and international candidates. Details below. Join us! @animbehav.bsky.social @austentsoc.bsky.social @ausevosoc.bsky.social @neuroethology.org @asab.org
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Elon Musk supported the rising neo-Nazi party in Germany. He’s the number one funder of Republicans in the midterms. He’s supporting fascist agitators in England. It’s long past time for anyone who supports democracy to leave his propaganda website. It’s time to boycott X.
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Andrew Straw @andrewstraw.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
We are hiring! Come join us in the Straw Lab at the @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social . Seeking a scientist to work on the neural and computational mechanisms of visual navigation in honey bees. uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00005...
Bee trajectories in agricultural landscape and two photon microscope for in-vivo calcium activity imaging.
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@macro_action @birdzandbees.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The sweetest thing, don’t you think? These very fast and very loud Green eyed flower bees (Anthopora bimaculta) are also very cute. @nikoneurope Z9 and Z105mm macro SS1/4000 F11 ISO3200 natural light #bee #bees #cuteanimal #cute #macro
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KleineVehnLab @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Open professorship — join our Faculty of Biology and our CIBSS signaling science community
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Kate Laskowski @katelaskowski.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
How do we know our research results are REAL? We replicate them! Most folks agree but lament on how hard it is to publish these replications. My dearest gentle reader, lament no more! Delighted to unveil: Replication Studies, a new section of Behavioral Ecology 1/ academic.oup.com/beheco/artic...
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Replication studies: a win-win for early-career training and behavioral ecology
Replicating previous research builds confidence that results are real and meaningful. But close replications are rare due to limitations in resources and d
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Allianz für Artenvielfalt @nachtfalter-bw.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
In Baden-Württemberg sind nährstoffarme Offenland-Biotope landesweit rückläufig. Der Zustand der verbliebenen Flächen ist oft negativ. Die hier lebenden Nachtfalter sind an die lokalen Gegebenheiten oft seit Jahrtausenden genetisch angepasst, ihr Verlust ist unwiederbringlich! #Insektensterben
Grafik aus dem Untersuchungsgebiet Rottenburg am Neckar zum Nachtfalter-Monitoring Baden-Württemberg (1970–2020) mit Vergleich zweier Zeiträume: 1971–2000 und 2001–2020. Oben Abbildungen von hier heimischen Nachtfaltern, viele früher nachgewiesene Arten fehlen heute. Darunter ein Foto eines artenreichen, steilen Magerrasens mit Felsen. Hervorgehoben wird: hohe Verluste in Magerrasen- und Felsbiotopen.
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@macro_action @birdzandbees.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Lady Killer! Beewolf wasp carrying a honey bee I’m looking forward to some different wasp species this season (I I can find some lol) Nikon Z9 and Sigma 105mm macro SS1/3200 F8 ISO3200 (natural light)
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Tessa Montague @tessamontague.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Excited to share a new review by @kocherlab.bsky.social and me: Nature-inspired neuroscience We discuss diverse sensory systems and behaviors across the animal kingdom and argue for their integration into neuroscience. New tools in diverse systems are making this possible ✨ tinyurl.com/y5y9du27
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Emmanuelle Briolat @esbriolat.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
For anyone working on #lightpollution #ALAN and #animalbehaviour - just 2 weeks left to submit an abstract for our symposium on light pollution and invertebrate behaviour at ECBB this September, with @ecbb2026.bsky.social, @jimamclgalloway.bsky.social . Would be great to see you there!
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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
At a time when vaccines may mean that some forms of cancer and neurodegeneration may be cured forever through vaccine technology, this is a crime against future humanity.
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Bita Moghaddam @bita137.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Sharif University in Tehran was just bombed Founded in 1965, it is one the most elite science and engineering institutions in the world. Alumni include the mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani, first woman to win the Fields Medal Here is the list of other alumni en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
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List of Sharif University of Technology people - Wikipedia
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Maggie Couvillon @freelyflyingbees.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
We are searching for a new Department Head of Entomology at Virginia Tech. Come work in lovely Blacksburg with some pretty cool people and spectatular students. Please repost and spread the word. Review Date 4/26/26. jobs.apply.vt.edu/jobs/profess...
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Professor and Department Head, Entomology - Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
Job Description Virginia Tech seeks applications and nominations for the position of Professor and Head of the Department of Entomology, a tenured twelve-month academic and administrative appointmen...
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Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Pace of ecology drives the tempo of visual perception across the animal kingdom www.nature.com/articles/s41... - new paper with Clinton Haarlem, Cliodhna Hynes and colleagues Different species see the world as fast as they need to...
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Pace of ecology drives the tempo of visual perception across the animal kingdom - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Using phylogenetic comparative methods across 237 species from disparate phyla, the authors show that species with fast-paced ecologies have higher temporal resolution of perception.
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Ann Kennedy @antihebbiann.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
You have until March 3rd to apply for the Cajal summer school on Quantitative Approaches to Behavior and VR at Champalimaud! Come surf and track animals with us 🏄🪰🐟🚶 cajal-training.org/on-site/quan...
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Quantitative Approaches to Behavior and Virtual Reality - CAJAL
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Universität Freiburg @uni-freiburg.de · 17/02/2026
Team der #UniFreiburg um Prof. Dr. @andrewstraw.bsky.social hat untersucht, wie #Honigbienen navigieren. Die Forschenden fanden heraus, dass jedes Tier eine eigene bevorzugte Route hat und diese sehr präzise abfliegt – visuelle Orientierungspunkte wie Bäume helfen dabei. ➡️ ufr.link/bienennavigation
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Andrew Straw @andrewstraw.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Using our bee-tracking drone, we discovered that honey bees 🐝 have highly precise and individual routes. Now published at @currentbiology.bsky.social : doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
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Sam Gershman @gershbrain.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
With some trepidation, I'm putting this out into the world: gershmanlab.com/textbook.html It's a textbook called Computational Foundations of Cognitive Neuroscience, which I wrote for my class. My hope is that this will be a living document, continuously improved as I get feedback.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 16/12/2025
Looking for a faculty job at one of the world's great research stations? We're looking for a marine invertebrate biologist at UW's Friday Harbor Labs. apply.interfolio.com/178804
Assistant Professor without Tenure (WOT), Marine Invertebrate Organismal Biology
University of Washington: Academic Personnel & Faculty: College of the Environment: Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Location
Friday Harbor Labs, WA
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Dec 12, 2025
Description

The School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences (SAFS) and Friday Harbor Labs (FHL) at the University of Washington (UW) invite applications for the Riddiford – Truman Endowed faculty Chair, a position in the Without Tenure (WOT) track at the Assistant rank with specialization in marine invertebrate organismal biology. The successful candidate is expected to develop a collaborative, extramurally-funded and nationally recognized research program based at FHL that leverages FHL’s unique marine research infrastructure and natural setting. We especially welcome candidates whose scholarship in natural systems advances fundamental knowledge and contributes to environmental stewardship. All University of Washington faculty engage in teaching, research, and service.
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Spencer LaVere Smith @spencerlaveresmith.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Mice learn these tasks and are robust to perturbations like fog. Now, we invite you all to make AI agents to beat mice. We present our #NeurIPS competition. You can learn about it here: robustforaging.github.io (7/n)
A summary figure for a NeurIPS competition where AI agents compete with mice in a visual foraging task.
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Henri Greil @habitecture.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
We discuss various strategies for locating nests of the rare and endangered above-ground nesting bumblebee species Bombus muscorum. Although we did not find any nests, we were able to track bees marked with paper strips for up to 800 m. @jki-research.bsky.social @nabu.de doi.org/10.1111/icad...
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Locating nests of endangered bumble bees: Lessons from field trials in northern Germany
Tracking bumble bees to find their nests using coloured strips of paper stuck to their thorax proved to be the most suitable method, while radio transponders were too heavy. Tracking times of up to .....
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Andrew Straw @andrewstraw.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Have you ever wondered what you would find if you could keep your eyes on a bee for more than a few meters? Us, too! preprint (with videos!) + thread 🧵 Precise, individualized foraging flights in honey #bees 🐝 revealed by multicopter drone-based tracking www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 1/9
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Stefan Luschnig @luschnig.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Job Alert! The Institute for Neuro- and Behavioural Biology at the Faculty of Biology @uni-muenster.de invites applications for a Full Professorship (W3) in “Systems Neuroscience” - Highly attractive research environment at the Multiscale Imaging Center. Apply by January 5th. See shorturl.at/VczFp
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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
2025 Component Abuse Challenge: Overdriven LEDs Outshine the Sun
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2025 Component Abuse Challenge: Overdriven LEDs Outshine the Sun
Hackaday Article
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Vivek Nityananda @viveknityananda.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
New #PhD ad alert! Interested in wild #bee #cognition and #brains in different #bumblebees? Want to live in #Newcastle and the beautiful north-east of England? Check out this project with me, @lenariab.bsky.social and Sarah Scott. Contact me for further information. iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
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The cognitive ecology of wild bumblebees
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Andrew Straw @andrewstraw.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Lab member and hacker extraordinaire Victor Titov has entered the Component Abuse Challenge @hackadayofficial.bsky.social with the LEDs on our bee tracking drone. hackaday.io/project/2043.... Check out the video! Thanks @volkswagenstiftung.de @dfg.de @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social @uni-freiburg.de
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overdriving LEDs, for the bees
This project is about maxing out the LEDs. Can we drive them harder than the datasheet allows? We need this to overpower daylight, to see bees that wear retroreflective markers, as if was at night.
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Daniel Kronauer @danielkronauer.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
New preprint from the lab: A reference brain for the clonal raider ant. With this resource, which is based on 40 individual brains, you can register and compare all kinds of samples in a common space. It comes with lots of detailed protocols and a user-friendly GUI. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
This is a supreme example of mutual aid among academics. Faculty First Responders monitors the media of the anti-intellectual far right to notice when fellow scholars are being targeted, and offers practical support and guidance. facultyfirstresponders.com
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Faculty First Responders
Mutual Aid for Academic Freedom
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Dr. K. Lotterhos @drk-lo.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Today 14 scientific societies in #ecology #evolution and #marineScience are publishing the results of a survey that finds negative impacts of federal policies on food security, flood mitigation, infectious disease preparedness, and wildlife conservation: 🧪👩‍🔬 www.firsthandaccounts.org/impacts/2025...
This infographic describes the main results from a survey of members of 14 scientific societies. There is a pie chart showing that both academic (58%) and non-academic (42%) responded to the survey. It lists statistics: 85% of respondents reported uncertainty about the future; 71% reported federal training programs were "very" or "extremely important"; 83% reported negative impacts or irreparable harm on their field of science. There is a word cloud summarizing open-ended responses with the largest words "student research fund federal grant". Eight major themes in the responses are listed: disruption of research with societal important; concerns of closure of the USGS Bird Banding Lab; Early Career Bottleneck; Restricted Freedoms including travel and speech; Decline in Government Efficiency and Expertise; Concerns about Biased/Removed Data and Data Gaps; Concerns about the Ability to Meet Legal Mandates; and From Positive Impact to Irreparable Harm. There are icons for each participating society and a QR code for website and data availability.
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Vivek Nityananda @viveknityananda.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Look - it's a new preprint! Predatory attacks change bee visual perception and decision-making, making bees better prepared to detect threats. Excellent work by the brilliant Olga Procenko for her (prize-winning) PhD with us! #bees #vision #predation www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Acute stress modulates early visual perception and decision-making speed in bees without compromising accuracy
Acute stress is known to influence decision-making, but it can also directly affect earlier stages of sensory processing. In humans, stress alters the perception of basic visual features, fine-tuning ...
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Reports of insect decline are not new but they are worsening. International data has estimated annual losses between 1%-2.5% each year. But this is a newer phenomenon: catastrophic collapse of insect populations in supposedly protected regions that are free of destructive insecticides & pesticides:
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‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
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Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) @friasunifreiburg.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Are you a #PostDoc or #Professor seeking time to focus on your research in a vibrant, international community? Apply now for the FRIAS Fellowship Programme 2026/27! Deadline: 13 Sept 2025, 13:00 #Fellowship #AcademicJobs #CfA 🔗https://uni-freiburg.de/frias/funding/frias-fellowship-programmes/
Informational graphic for the FRIAS Fellowship Programmes 2026/27. It lists three types of fellowships:

Early Career Fellowships – 4 to 10 months for researchers with a doctoral degree and up to 8 years of postdoctoral experience.

Senior Fellowships – 3 to 8 months for researchers with a doctoral degree and at least 8 years of postdoctoral experience.

Sustainable Governance Senior Fellowship Programme for Researchers from Africa – 6 months for researchers with a doctoral degree, at least 8 years of postdoctoral experience, and affiliation with an institution in Africa.
Application deadline: 13 September 2025, 13:00.
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