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Garp @garpswelt.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Guten Morgen. (Kobalteisvogel / Half-collared kingfisher @ Chobe Nationalpark, Botswana/Februar 2026) 🪶 #birdsseenin2026

Der Vogel mit Gefieder in unterschiedlichen Blautönen sitzt auf einem Ast vor dunklem Hintergrund.

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Persei8 @persei8.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Faulbaum #Bläuling . #Celastrina argiolus auf Brombeerblüte #Butterfly #Flowers #Nature #Garden #ECK #Macro #Photography 'Überwiegend weiss' #FotoVorschlag

Weisser Schmetterling mit einem bläulichen schimmer. Schwarze Punkte auf den Flügel. Große Schwarze Augen und schöne schwarz , weiß gestreifte Fühler

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Jirka Manuel Petersen @jirkapetersen.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Today I found out and confirmed that my phone is indeed waterproof 🙌💚💙 #underwater #naturephotography #forest #pond

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invertebrate @crevicedwelling.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I’m in awe at these majestic creatures. I was not expecting to see glorious shrimps today. why are they huge

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Jirka Manuel Petersen @jirkapetersen.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Spotted an Auplopus carbonarius in my mum's garden dragging a paralysed spider with its legs removed for easier transport. Eventually, the spider will serve as a meal for the wasp's offspring, which will hatch from an egg laid on the spider's exterior🕷️🖤📸 #nature #insect #spiderwasp #photography

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Jirka Manuel Petersen @jirkapetersen.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

"Viren in unserer Umwelt: besser als ihr Ruf" lautete das heutige Thema der internen Vortragsreihe am MPI Bremen, grandios präsentiert von Matthias Fischer ( @fischerlab.bsky.social ). Neben der essenziellen Rolle von Viren, wurden erste Ergebnisse der letztjährigen Alpenexpedition vorgestellt 🦠🏞🔬

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Jirka Manuel Petersen @jirkapetersen.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

This hardworking squirrel is my neighbor in Bremen, living in the big oak tree next to my apartment! 🐿️ I noticed it from my kitchen window, gathering moss from the tree bark – probably for a cozy, insulated nest during this cold, snowy weather❄️💪 #squirrel #bremen #nature #winter

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One Health Advances @onehealthadv.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

🦠New structural insights reveal how viruses choose their hosts! 🔬These findings provide crucial knowledge for combating zoonotic risks! 🦊🐾 🌟Full article: link.springer.com/article/10.1... #Virology #CryoEM #StructuralBiology #OneHealth #HostSpecificity #Zoonosis

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Jirka Manuel Petersen @jirkapetersen.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

🪲 Field note from Menorca 🇪🇸 Spotted a striking bloody-nosed beetle (Timarcha tenebricosa) on a roadside this morning. These flightless leaf beetles are slow-moving and exude a red defensive fluid (“nosebleed”) when disturbed - hence the name! #Entomology #FieldNotes #Menorca #Beetles #insects

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Jirka Manuel Petersen @jirkapetersen.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Rhododendron leafhopper (Graphocephala fennahi) from the rhododendron bush in front of my mom's house in Germany. I love the contrast of that turquoise and orange ✨️ #insect #science #leafhopper #photography #nature

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Ralf Reski @reskilab.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Moss Medicines: The Next Revolution in #Biotech? Plant biotechnologists are favoring #moss factories over other models to produce certain valuable #proteins. Great article based on an interview with yours truly. www.the-scientist.com/moss-medicin...

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Moss Medicines: The Next Revolution in Biotech?

Plant biotechnologists are favoring moss factories over other models to produce certain valuable proteins.

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Flo Débarre @flodebarre.eurosky.social · 05/08/2025

Not unexpected but great to see this effect documented! ⬇️ Thanks for your work and your commitment to open science, @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social and team!

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Curtis Suttle @virosphere.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Very proud of the work from lab members and collaborators that coincidentally came out today www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... and www.nature.com/articles/s41.... A bacterial and viral pathogen associated with mass mortality in seastars and oysters. @kevinzhong2006.bsky.social @rhizalyssa.bsky.social

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Evolutionarily divergent nidovirus with an exceptionally large genome identified in Pacific oysters undergoing mass mortality | PNAS

Metatranscriptomic data from a mass-mortality event of adult Pacific Oysters, Crassostrea (Magallana) gigas, the most widely cultivated shellfish g...

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Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com · 01/08/2025

Get inspired to scale the challenges with our August issue! Read about: 🦟Fighting malaria 🕹️Remote controlled probiotics 🍄Antifungal resistance 💉mRNA vaccines against bacteria ⚕️Yellow fever vaccine 🫧Archaeal ribosomes 🦠giardia-host interactions and more. www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v... #MicroSky

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Jirka Manuel Petersen @jirkapetersen.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Some photos from the scientific expedition I joined in the Austrian Alps 🏔️ with the @fischerlab.bsky.social team from @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social! We were hunting for viruses in high-altitude lakes 🦠🏞 Already excited to see what discoveries await in those samples 👨‍🔬 #science #postdoclife #virus

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Jirka Manuel Petersen @jirkapetersen.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Argiope bruennichi spotted in Wageningen with its wrapped-up prey 🕸️ A stunning wasp spider with built-in warning colors🐝 #Wageningen #waspspider #arachnids #nature

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Nature @nature.com · 28/07/2025

Although large, elongated protrusions on a 247-million-year-old reptile fossil have some similarities to feathers, they are not feathers go.nature.com/3J0pOLt

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Unusual fossil skin appendage is not a feather

Although large, elongated protrusions on a 247-million-year-old reptile fossil have some similarities to feathers, they are not feathers.

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fischerlab.bsky.social @fischerlab.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

The weather improved for our next tour in the Stubai Alps to Blaue Lacke (2287 m), Grünausee (2335 m), and Freiger See (2500 m), three mountain lakes above the treeline. Strenuous hikes alternated with wet & cold weather during filtration. #CAPSOLUTION @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu

Grünausee with @lqueiss.bsky.social and @drjmpetersen.bsky.social

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fischerlab.bsky.social @fischerlab.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

The next two lakes on the sampling tour were Upper and Middle Plenderlessee in Austria. We got lots of water from the lakes, and also from the skies... Dinoflagellates live here! #CAPSOLUTION @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu

Catching a break from the rain at Mittlerer Plenderlessee

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fischerlab.bsky.social @fischerlab.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

We are now in the High Tauern National Park in Austria. Fantastic landscapes, warm-hearted people, but the lakes are not that easy to reach! With Oberer Schwarzhornsee at 2650 m elevation, we sampled the highest lake on the tour. #CAPSOLUTION @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu

Unterer Schwarzhornsee (2543 m elevation) with Großelend glacier in the background

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Jirka Manuel Petersen @jirkapetersen.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

In 2022, we published The Naked Truth - my 1st PhD paper - reviewing nudiviruses and their links to baculo- & bracoviruses. The field has advanced quickly since, and I’m grateful for the ongoing interest and citations from the community🙏🐛🧬 #virology #arthropods #DNAviruses 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ji...

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Jirka Manuel Petersen @jirkapetersen.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

One of my favorite insects! 🦋 Hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum), spotted in Leck (Germany). So difficult to properly focus on this speedster!⚡️📸 #hawkmoth #insect

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Jirka Manuel Petersen @jirkapetersen.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Spotted Lasiocampa quercus (oak eggar) on a hike in the Stubaital 🇦🇹 These hairy caterpillars eventually become large moths with 4.5 to 7.5 cm wingspan! #Stubaital #Insects #Lepidoptera #OakEggar #FieldFinds

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Jirka Manuel Petersen @jirkapetersen.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

This first week of sampling alpine lakes in mountainous heights had everything... snow, sunburn, frogs, sheep, marmots, insects and crustaceans, and of course, preliminary insights on the microbes that live in those extreme environments. Looking forward to what we'll find in the coming weeks🧑🏼‍🔬🦠

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Jirka Manuel Petersen @jirkapetersen.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Photos of a family of Long-eared Owls (Asio otus) I spotted during my first winter in the Netherlands 💤❄️ #AsioOtus #Owl #Birds #Netherlands #Nature #Photography

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Jirka Manuel Petersen @jirkapetersen.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Caught this Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) while I was floating past on a bamboo boat in Vietnam 🐦🇻🇳 The last time I saw one was back in snowy Germany - such a striking sight against the white, but no camera on me. This time, I was ready 📸💙 #Kingfisher #AlcedoAtthis #Vietnam #Photography #nature

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Nature @nature.com · 31/03/2025

Creepy-crawly courtship, a spacecraft landing on Earth, and aliens? Check out this month's sharpest science shots, selected by Nature's photo team 📸 go.nature.com/4ccTrnz

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Incredible close-up of colourful crab spiders — March’s best science images

The month’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature’s photo team.

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Jirka Manuel Petersen @jirkapetersen.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

This Stork-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis) flew over the water like a bolt of blue lightning ⚡💙 I’ve always loved kingfishers for their vibrant colours, but this one really takes the cake with its crimson-red beak! #Bird #Kingfisher #nature #photography #Singapore #PelargopsisCapensis 🐦🌿📸

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Jirka Manuel Petersen @jirkapetersen.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

New day, new butterfl—wait, not a butterfly? My bad. It’s a moth! 💛 Spotted lots of these vibrant yellow beauties in Vietnam and thought they were butterflies. But nope - Dysphania militaris, the False Tiger Moth. What a twist! #insect #nature #photography #WhatIsThisBug #AskAnEntomologist #Vietnam

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Jirka Manuel Petersen @jirkapetersen.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Starting small with a post of this butterfly I saw during my stay in Singapor. I believe this is the Common Rose butterfly (𝘗𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘢 𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘢𝘦), but please let me know if I'm wrong #insect #butterfly #nature #photography #AskAnEntomologist #WhatIsThisBug

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