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Joris M. Koene @joriskoene.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

There are just a few days left to apply for this post-doc! (until 09-09-2026)

Joris M. Koene @joriskoene.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Please share your biological perspective on the definitions of reproductive terms by contributing to this research survey. #biology #reproduction #gametes

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Joris M. Koene @joriskoene.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Are you a biologist with experience in and enthusiasm for imaging and -omics techniques? Apply for working in Amsterdam (@vuamsterdam.bsky.social) on the exciting topic of socially transferred materials! 🐌 🐸 🐜🧬🔬 workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/po...

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Vacancy — Post doc on socially transferred materials

Are you a biologist with experience in and enthusiasm for imaging and -omics techniques? Apply for working on the exciting topic of socially transferred materials!

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Jenny Stynoski @stynoski.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Interested in a postdoc position? Olfaction in poison frog tadpoles! Based in Germany with some field work in Costa Rica (bilateral funding, 3 years). Please share with your froggie and neuro/behavior contacts 🐸 www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...

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Joris M. Koene @joriskoene.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Looking forward to your opinions about STMs!

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Adria LeBoeuf @adriatica.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

“I’ve often been told to narrow focus and specialise. But I believe my role in science is to connect different systems and synthesise across them. The fact that HFSP funds this blue‑sky, integrative science means the world to me.” Thank you @hfspo.bsky.social www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/news/egg-yol...

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From egg yolks to love darts: HFSP backs Zoology group's search for evolution's shared tool kit | Department of Zoology

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Joris M. Koene @joriskoene.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Does it matter that sexual selection assumes separate sexes, while this is not the norm in nature? Can we teach anatomy better and sacrifice less animals? How do these questions lead to a new field of research and art projects? Get your answers on 2 July, 15:45, VU Aula 🐌💧🫦 vu.nl/en/events/20...

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Inaugural lecture prof.dr. J.M. Koene - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Sticky business: beyond snails, slime and sex

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Mieke Roth 🟥 @miekeroth.com · 18/06/2026

Mocht je vandaag bij Teknowlogy zijn, wij zijn er ook! Met @joriskoene.bsky.social

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Pranas Grigaitis @pranasag.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

This Friday: microbial superheroes in socially transferred materials! Those who know me can easily guess I will be mostly talking about the feeders, but one just has to appreciate _all_ the microbial goods that circulate in STMs.

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Joris M. Koene @joriskoene.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Looking forward to the Socially Transferred Materials session at NWO Life 2026 (28-29 May) with 4 invited speakers. I present a poster on a Cuban snail's love dart, a collaboration with @bernardoreyestur.bsky.social. To find out more about love darts and social transfers: www.socialtransfer.net/blog

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Blog — Social Transfer Network

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Social Transfer Network @socialtransfernet.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Parental nutrition: Do #milk and #mucus have things in common? Find out at the BYOF seminar on May 6th at 15:00–16:00 UK / UTC+1 | 16:00–17:00 Europe / UTC+2 | 10:00–11:00 US East / UTC-4 of our #SociallyTransferredMaterials network. Bring a beverage ☕️ as you prefer – with or without the milk!

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Mieke Roth 🟥 @miekeroth.com · 24/04/2026

Slowly getting the @anitomical.bsky.social application filled. Looking good and more to come!

A screenshot of the Anitomical application. You see a dashboard with on the right side 10 anatomical 3d models of animals and one model of a single-celled organism.

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Joris M. Koene @joriskoene.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

With Bart Pollux and @anikokorosi.bsky.social , I will chair the Focus session “Socially Transferred Materials" at NWO Life (28-29 May 2026) 🐜🐸🐌🐄🥚 Invites speakers are @sanjahakala.bsky.social , @pranasag.bsky.social, Peter Kwant and @melissahrowe.bsky.social @socialtransfernet.bsky.social

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Joris M. Koene @joriskoene.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

And follow-up plans were hatched...

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Mieke Roth 🟥 @miekeroth.com · 13/04/2026

Het is misschien niet de juiste dag of tijd om te starten, maar mijn shop is klaar! Met twee producten, later meer! miekeroth.shop

Joris M. Koene @joriskoene.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

I am equally excited about our HFSP funded project!

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Joris M. Koene @joriskoene.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

What do milk, seminal fluid, eggs, and regurgitates have in common? Find out during our Focus Session at NWO Life 2026 “Socially Transferred Materials: Connecting Physiology, Ecology & Evolution” (28-29 May 2026, Egmond aan Zee, NL) 🐜 🐸 🐌 🐄🥚 @socialtransfernet.bsky.social

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Menno Schilthuizen @schilthuizen.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

This is such a bucket list moment: I'm on the mother of all science podcasts, @radiolab.bsky.social! It was so nice to be interviewed by #MollyWebster and fact-checked by #DianeKelly on snail reproduction (incl. the love dart work by @joriskoene.bsky.social). www.wnycstudios.org/story/snail-...

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Snail Sex Tape

Snails do it, we watch.

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Joris M. Koene @joriskoene.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Join the @socialtransfernet.bsky.social during the first seminar of 2026, hosted from Amsterdam 🇳🇱

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Joris M. Koene @joriskoene.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Join us on 4 Feb. to say hello, share ideas, give feedback and plan ahead!

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Menno Schilthuizen @schilthuizen.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Mollusca-focused, 6-yr postdoc Postdoc in Invertebrate Evolution: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

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Joris M. Koene @joriskoene.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

I am delighted to present at #ZOOlogy2025, organised by the Royal Dutch Zoological Society (#KNDV) 🐌 🐚 🐙 🦑 🦪

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Joris M. Koene @joriskoene.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Looking forward to this last BYOF seminar of 2025!

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Joris M. Koene @joriskoene.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Another great seminar coming up next week!

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Jenny Stynoski @stynoski.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

🧃☕️ BYOF Seminar | Fri Oct 24 @ 10 am EDT🥛🍹 Bring-Your-Own-Fluid + enjoy 7 min talks about social fluids: 🦈 Viviparity & matrotrophy • Daniel Hughes 🐦 Crop milk • Victoria Farrar 🦂 Sexual stings • Yuqi Reitsema-Wang Email hello@socialtransfer.net for the Zoom link! 🔗 @socialtransfernet.bsky.social

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Joris M. Koene @joriskoene.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Join us tomorrow for some great flash talks on maternal provisioning, milk in utero, and molecular evolution of sperm in the Bring Your Own Fluid seminar @socialtransfernet.bsky.social

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Joris M. Koene @joriskoene.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

If you are at ESEB2025 and interested in the models that we make for teaching innovation, contact me or find me during one of the breaks so that I can show you our 3D print of Lymnaea stagnalis!

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Joris M. Koene @joriskoene.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Thanks for the shout out. Remember to also attend the Socially Tranferred Materials session on Thursday.

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Joris M. Koene @joriskoene.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Looking forward to presenting at @eseb2025.bsky.social! I will present research on differences in responses to seminal fluid between populations of a simultaneously hermaphroditic snail. I will use @anitomical.bsky.social's model of L. stagnalis to highlight the anatomical location of the prostate

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Joris M. Koene @joriskoene.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Looking forward to this symposium with a great line-up at @eseb2025.bsky.social

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Joris M. Koene @joriskoene.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

It is official, as of 1 August I have been named full professor for the new chair “Integrative Biology”. I look forward to continuing my teaching, educational innovation, management and research at the Amsterdam Institute for Life and Environment (A-LIFE) at @vuamsterdam.bsky.social

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Joris M. Koene @joriskoene.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Please join our exciting and active network if you are interested in socially transferred materials

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Joris M. Koene @joriskoene.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Amazing: 3D models of science visualiser @miekeroth.com at @hetnatuurhistrdam.bsky.social. Check them out before August ends. After that, @anitomical.bsky.social heads out to other places and events to show our teaching innovation (stay tuned!) #lymnaea #mollusc #squid #octopus #mussel #snail

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Anitomical.com @anitomical.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Have you ever wondered how our 3D anatomical models are made? Straatgras features an interview with our CEO @miekeroth.com on her expertise, background and our exhibition with 3D models of mollusks @hetnatuurhistrdam.bsky.social until August 31, 2025. Download the latest copy: tinyurl.com/2efv49mv

Cover of Straatgras featuring our 3D models of the great pond snail (Lymnaea stagnalis) and European squid (Loligo vulgaris)

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Dr David Skerrett-Byrne @davidskerrettb.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Just 1 week away from our next Bring-Your-Own-Fluid Seminar 🔬☕️ | 11th June 🔗 Interested in our excellent rapid-fire talks on sperm, seminal fluid and placenta below?! 👉 DM me or comment below for the Zoom link!

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Mieke Roth 🟥 @miekeroth.com · 22/05/2025

Mijn mensen zijn nu voor anitomical.com bezig tijdens Naturalis Nights! www.naturalis.nl/agenda/natur... Als je nog tijd hebt of in de buurt bent, gaat dat zien!

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Joris M. Koene @joriskoene.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

I am looking forward to the next BYOF. Please join us if you are interested in hearing the latest about socially transferred materials.

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Joris M. Koene @joriskoene.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

The 3D models of science visualiser @miekeroth.com, that I helped develop and verify for @anitomical.bsky.social, are getting great reviews! On show until August 31st @hetnatuurhistrdam.bsky.social in Rotterdam and coming Thursday at Naturalis Nights @naturalis.bsky.social #biodiversiteitsdag

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Joris M. Koene @joriskoene.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

The Simultaneous Hermaphrodite Organisms Workshop a.k.a. SHOW in Edinburgh was great. I am already looking forward to next year’s edition in Lund.

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Joris M. Koene @joriskoene.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

This looks like a lovely PhD position!

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Joris M. Koene @joriskoene.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Check out this exciting PhD opportunity in Paris

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Joris M. Koene @joriskoene.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Last call for abstracts for our ESEB2025 symposium (deadline: 25th April 2025) Details: eseb2025.com/list-of-symp... ESEB Special Topic Network: www.socialtransfer.net

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Steve Ramm @steveramm.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Reminder that abstracts for ESEB 2025 are due soon, by 25th April. If you work on a socially transferred material such as milk, ejaculates, skin secretions, regurgitate or microbes, please consider submitting to our symposium - we want the full range and amazing diversity of STMs to be represented!

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Joris M. Koene @joriskoene.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Yes, please join! I am already looking forward to this symposium @eseb2025.bsky.social

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