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Anneke @annekep.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

What a lovely surprise! Thanks to everyone of the lab 🥰

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the Hoffman Lab @thehoffmanlab.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

We conquered the heat at our lab retreat yesterday! 😎 Talked feedback, funding for PhDs/postdocs, growing the group, and plans for pursuing #MyGreenLab certification 🌱 Great energy all around! 🧪 #LabLife

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Group picture of lab members having dinner outside

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the Hoffman Lab @thehoffmanlab.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Our PhD candidate @anelivb.bsky.social just published new research on Antarctic fur seal predator–prey dynamics using image data and a YOLO neural network to generate automatic detections. 🧪 Read more: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article... #Ecology #AntarcticResearch

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Fine-scale spatiotemporal predator–prey interactions in an Antarctic fur seal colony

Abstract. Density is a major determinant of population dynamics, with high densities exacerbating intraspecific competition and disease transmission while

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the Hoffman Lab @thehoffmanlab.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Looking for a PhD opportunity in molecular ecology or know of someone? We are hiring a new PhD candidate who will be working on mutation load dynamics in banded mongoose! 🧬Read more here: thehoffmanlab.com/opportunities/. Deadline for applications is January 30th! #phd #jobs #genetics #mutationload

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Join The Lab!

We warmly welcome applications from students or postdocs who would like to work in our group. If you are interested in any of the research topics described on our website or have your own ideas for…

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the Hoffman Lab @thehoffmanlab.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Massive congratulations to @ramonammm.bsky.social for successfully defending her PhD thesis last December! 🎓🥳 We wish you all the best in your new job and adventures Down Under! 🦘 🐨 🐋

Ramona broadly smiling and holding her decorated graduation cap with both hands after her PhD defence. The cap is decorated with Christmas lights, pictures and whale figurines. She is wearing a black graduation gown.

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the Hoffman Lab @thehoffmanlab.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Hoffman lab! 🎄 May 2026 be a great year for science ✨ Illustrations made by Ane Liv Berthelsen

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the Hoffman Lab @thehoffmanlab.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

How can we make scientific events such as #conferences more #inclusive? Read about the study we conducted during #Behaviour2023 as a nice and concise summary in the press-release here 👉 aktuell.uni-bielefeld.de/2025/10/06/r...

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the Hoffman Lab @thehoffmanlab.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

DNA as street decoration? Of course! Our very own @k-hench.bsky.social made some beautiful pictures of the @eseb2025.bsky.social street decorations at the “Festes de Gràcia”. Check out some of his pictures and read more about why we were there: thehoffmanlab.com/2025/09/05/e...

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ESEB 2025

Four of our lab members presented their work at the Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB 2025) in Barcelona in August. Beril presented a pilot study linked to her multi-p…

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Marc Gilles @marcgilles.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Smelly birds at #EOU2025 🐦

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the Hoffman Lab @thehoffmanlab.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

The genome and epigenome are not independent, so why analyse them separately? 🤔 Come and discuss our hypotheses on the interplay between deleterious mutations and epigenetic mechanisms today with @rebeccachen.bsky.social at #ESEB2025 poster number 85! 🧪🧬

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Amanda Bretman @amandabretman.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

@annekep.bsky.social shows us a super impressive long term study in Antarctica fur seals to explore interactions between inbreeding and climate change 🦭

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the Hoffman Lab @thehoffmanlab.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Do inbred females suffer disproportionately from climate change induced changes in selection pressure? Come and find out in @annekep.bsky.social's talk today at the @eseb2025.bsky.social conference 12:00 PM - 12:15 PM in meeting room 115 #ESEB2025

Title slide of the presentation. The left side has a blue background with in white the title: "Inbreeding-mediated individual responses to climate change in Antarctic fur seals" by David Vendrami, Anneke Paijmans, Emily Humble, Ane Liv Berthelsen, Jaume Forcada and Joe Hoffman. On the right side there is a picture of a Antarctic fur seal female with light grey/brown fur coloration and a darker colored pup on her right side

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the Hoffman Lab @thehoffmanlab.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Our very own Ramona Mattmueller @ramonammm.bsky.social and her colleague Karolin Thomisch from AWI wrote an article for the Circle Stories of the WWF Global Arctic Program.

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the Hoffman Lab @thehoffmanlab.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

🧪 Lab plastic waste is a huge problem - but what can we do about it? 🥼 In our lab, we tested whether reusing and washing microtitre plates could help reduce waste. In some cases, it works! ♻️ 🌍 Read more here: buff.ly/XOGSX0q #greenlab #sustainability #openscience

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the Hoffman Lab @thehoffmanlab.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Fresh publication alert 📃! Our paper about skin and gut microbial communities in Antarctic fur seals is now available in Frontiers in Microbiology. In this study, @ecopetridish.bsky.social and colleagues found that skin microbial communities were strongly influenced by the colony membership. 1/3

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ESEB 2025 Congress @eseb2025.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

🧬 𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰? As part of your conference registration, you get free entry to the Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona: just show your ESEB badge at the door! 🔗 More info: lnkd.in/dh5uKSru #ESEB2025 #Biodiversity #MuseumExhibition #Barcelona #NaturalHistory #EvolutionaryBiology

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the Hoffman Lab @thehoffmanlab.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Last week our lab member @annekep.bsky.social successfully defended her PhD and was rewarded a magna cum laude for her work! Congratulations dr. Anneke! 🥳🎓 Luckily we don't have to say our farewells yet, as Anneke will continue working on her Antarctic fur seal project as a postdoc in the group 🦭

Woman with red hair and a black cape holding a graduation cap

Woman with graduation cap and gown sitting in a small cart being pulled by a man

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