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Melanie Habermann @mhab.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Had the chance to meet some of them two months ago. Lovely team and seems like an absolutely amazing place to work. So, if someone's searching for a TT position and is interested in marine eukaryotic adaptation, Vienna has one 👇

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A. Murat Eren (Meren) @merenbey.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

New study by Alexander Henoch (@ahenoch.bsky.social), a PhD student in our group @hifmb.de and @awi.de, shows what it takes to bring gene synteny into microbial pangenomes, and what we learn about the variability landscape of genomes when we do that. See the pre-print here: doi.org/10.64898/202...

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A. Murat Eren (Meren) @merenbey.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

@hifmb.de advertised 5 post-doc positions to work on social science / basic science interface, and here is a blog post to tell you why I care about this, and what it looks like: merenlab.org/blog/HIPP-on... Please spread the word if you can.

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Five Postdocs, Five Questions: An Experiment in Transdisciplinary Thinking at HIFMB

Some personal notes on what we are trying to achieve, and how we are planning to achieve that

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Melanie Habermann @mhab.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

So, how's your heatwave going? I was lucky enough that I could spend most of it in a hotel with AC. Today though, I'm back and have to deal with the build up heat in my attic apartment. 32.0°C! Searching for a postdoc position further north than Germany sounds better every single day.

Clock with integrated thermometer. It's the 28th of June, 16:38, and 32.0°C

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Melanie Habermann @mhab.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

There are a couple of postdoc positions at our institute for 2027. This is one of five! Very cool topics, an awesome working environment with a lot of great people. Highly recommended!

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Melanie Habermann @mhab.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

New paper from our lab. Very nice work by Tim! Congrats on your publication!

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Melanie Habermann @mhab.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

One of the great things about being part of an interdisciplinary institute is the multitude of topics people are working on. On the downside, it can be hard to keep track of everything. So, our group was looking for a nice way to illustrate our part. I had a lot of fun preparing this map :)

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Rana Shojaei @ranashj.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Very excited to share that our paper with @thilogross.bsky.social , “Counting Chemical Isomers with Multivariate Generating Functions,” has been published in Network Science. doi.org/10.1017/nws.... #network_structure #multivariate_generating_function #Pólya’s_theorem #symmetry #moleculardiversity

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Counting chemical isomers with multivariate generating functions | Network Science | Cambridge Core

Counting chemical isomers with multivariate generating functions - Volume 14

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Melanie Habermann @mhab.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Highly recommended! Also, he forgot to mention that it is a really fun lecture to listen to.

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Melanie Habermann @mhab.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Oh look, that's me :D Here's a newsletter article about my latest paper with @akfbio.bsky.social, @jdyeakel.bsky.social, and @thilogross.bsky.social about functional motifs in networks.

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Ashkaan K. Fahimipour @akfbio.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

If you like matrices + microbes, have I got the paper for you. Work with @janamassing.bsky.social, @jdyeakel.bsky.social, and @thilogross.bsky.social out today in @royalsocietypublishing.org! We study dynamics of cooperative bacteria without specifying a conventional model: doi.org/10.1098/rsif...

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Melanie Habermann @mhab.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

There are two PhD positions available at our institute. Can recommend! There are some wonderful people to work with and a great interdisciplinary environment where you can learn a lot.

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Melanie Habermann @mhab.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Being in Siena for CCS this year made me a little obsessed with Italian baked goods 😊 I can say, absolutely worth adding to my cookie factory. And with that: Happy holidays and merry Christmas to all that celebrate!

A light blue plate with 22 Ricciarelli (Italian almond cookies - so damn delicious)

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Melanie Habermann @mhab.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Wanted to go somewhere in Siena today. Took a wrong turn, got lost, found this. Probably the happiest getting lost I ever experienced.

View at the old city center of Siena. In the distance you can see multiple layers of houses. You can see the cathedral and Torre del Mangia (a 102 m high tower) as prominent views in the skyline.

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Melanie Habermann @mhab.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

To all the artists out there that are interested in art-science collabs. I am absolutely biased here, but here's a great opportunity to work with a wonderful team at our institute 😀 #sciart

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HIFMB @hifmb.de · 12/05/2025

The planning for the HIFMB Symposium on Functional Marine Biodiversity (June 17+18) is entering the busy phase. Today we would like to introduce our speakers from Session 1 “Framing global biodiversity for policy”. More information and free registration at hifmb.de/symp25

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BioND Lab @biondlab.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Meet our group members! More postdocs to come. Today is the great Kate P. Maia: “Hello, I am Kate. I am an ecologist with a background on applying network theory to study mainly terrestrial mutualisms, such as the interactions between plants and pollinators.

A picture of our group member Kate. A young woman is smiling at the camera in a close-up selfie. She is wearing a dark gray knitted beanie and a thick black scarf wrapped around her neck. Her dark brown hair is partially visible, with some strands catching the sunlight. The background is bright, with the sun shining behind her.

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BioND Lab @biondlab.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Meet our group members! We are now starting with our postdocs. First up is @olejmueller.bsky.social, our most important link to the humanities: "Moin and Hello, I am Ole and my role is Staff Scientist in the Biodiversity Theory Group. This means I fill two pairs of shoes: 1/6

A photo of our group member Ole Müller. The picture shows a young man with short, wind blown hair, a beard, and sunglasses steering a sailboat in the open sea. He is wearing a black life vest over a dark gray T-shirt, black pants, and gloves with red accents. He stands confidently at the wheel, with one foot resting on the edge of the cockpit smiling slightly. The boat's deck is white, with ropes neatly arranged near the helm. The sky is partly cloudy, with patches of blue visible, and the sea is calm and has only small waves.

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Melanie Habermann @mhab.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

One of the things I love most about my job is getting to know so many cool people from so many different cultures and the exchange between everyone. Learned about the Iranian New Year celebrations yesterday from friends and colleagues. And with that: Happy Nowruz to everyone! ^^

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Ashkaan K. Fahimipour @akfbio.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

New paper! (arxiv.org/abs/2503.14093) I haven’t been this excited about one in a while, and I think the theory @mhab.bsky.social develops here will be a big step forward for the field. Why? Let me explain 🧵...

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Melanie Habermann @mhab.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Just one of these days, that makes me say: Love my colleagues and our institute's culture. 🥰 Truly the best people to work with.

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Melanie Habermann @mhab.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Meet my wonderful colleagues ^^

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BioND Lab @biondlab.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Meet our group members! Starting off with our research assistant and newest member @timmauch.bsky.social: Hi, I'm Tim, I studied environmental modeling in my master's degree. I'm interested in the intersection of social and complexity sciences - particularly in relation to social media.

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Melanie Habermann @mhab.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

"Wählen zu gehen ist das höchste Privileg in einer Demoktatie. Wenn du darauf verzichtest, wirst du bald vielleicht nicht mehr wählen können." Leider viel zu relevant. Danke an alle, die heute demokratische Parteien wählen. youtu.be/n9kQLU3Q8A0?...

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die ärzte – DEMOKRATIE (Offizielles Video)

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Melanie Habermann @mhab.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

For all the Germans out there that are still undecided what to vote: Wichtiges Video kurz vor der Bundestagswahl: youtu.be/zy2RSlJ_ffg?... Schaut unbedingt auch in die Wahlprogramme, was die Parteien zum Klimaschutz sagen. Und geht wählen!

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Werden die Deutschen immer ärmer?

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Melanie Habermann @mhab.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Heute um 20:30 Uhr tauchen live in die Tiefsee ab! In Episode 167 von WfW erklärt Dr. Caroline Johansen, wie unser Handeln die Tiefen der Ozeane beeinflusst und wie jede:r mit einem Laptop in Echtzeit Teil aktiver Forschung werden kann. Auf ins Abenteuer! www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKl2...

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Abenteuer Tiefseeforschung – und wie jeder ein Teil davon werden kann

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Melanie Habermann @mhab.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Eine neue Folge Wissenschaft fürs Wohnzimmer, wie immer live um 20:30 Uhr bei YouTube. Komm vorbei und stell Fragen im Live Chat. Thema: die gesundheitlichen Auswirkungen von nächtlicher Hitze, Kälteeinbrüchen im Sommer und Starkregen. Mit Dr. Alexandra Schneider. www.youtube.com/live/sldhF16...

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Hitze, Kälte, Starkregen, Luftschadstoffe: Gesundheitsrisiken im Klimawandel

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Just making sure that everyone is aware of this crab that NOAA scientists found

Photo of a small crab from NOAA’s social media. It’s covered in spikes

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Melanie Habermann @mhab.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Zum letzten Beitrag dieses Jahr bei Wissenschaft fürs Wohnzimmer etwas ganz besonderes: Erzählungen aus dem Schneefernerhaus, Deutschlands höchster Forschungsstation. Wer Interesse hat wie dort gearbeitet wird, kann heute 20:30 Uhr live dabei sein und Fragen stellen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Gp...

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Wissenschaft auf höchstem Niveau- die Umweltforschungsstation Schneefernerhaus auf 2650 m Höhe

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Melanie Habermann @mhab.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

I made these knitting patterns of the RV Sonne and hydrographic measuring station Spiekeroog for a little joke. I am now really tempted to try it for real, although I haven't knit anything in years 😅All it needs is a little adjustment for the measuring station and it'll be good to go...

A knitted pattern design featuring a white ship on a blue background. The vessel has detailed outlines, including a cabin, smokestack, and a lifeboat at the rear. It's intended to resemble the research vessel Sonne. The bottom section of the pattern includes decorative geometric motifs, resembling traditional Scandinavian designs, bordered by horizontal lines. The overall style mimics the texture of a knit sweater.

A knitted pattern design depicting a white measuring station on a blue background. The station features a tall structure with small rectangular cutouts and pointed details at the top. It is positioned on the left side, connected to flowing waves that occupy the bottom of the design. The waves are represented with a textured, curving outline. The pattern is framed by horizontal knitted borders at the top and bottom, maintaining a traditional knitting style.

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BioND Lab @biondlab.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Have a look at one of our most recent preprints by @nina-kastendiek.bsky.social et al. The paper introduces a method for analyzing linear stability in adaptive dynamical networks using techniques from control theory: doi.org/10.48550/arX...

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Phase and gain stability for adaptive dynamical networks

In adaptive dynamical networks, the dynamics of the nodes and the edges influence each other. We show that we can treat such systems as a closed feedback loop between edge and node dynamics. Using rec...

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Melanie Habermann @mhab.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

A little bit of promotion for the latest art-science/public communication project from our institute: Submersive Atmospheres: Unterwasser kino project. For those in Oldenburg or close by from the 7th - 22nd of December, open 1-8pm everyday.

Announcement poster of the project Submersive Atmospheres presents: Underwater cinema.
The picture on the poster is in different shades of green and shows a photograph from under the sea surface. We see the ripples of some waves at the top and a lighter, sandy ground at the bottom. We look into the distance.
Additional text on the poster:
8 artists
8 ocean scientists
8 new short films
From the 7th of December to the 22nd of December, daily from 1 to 8 pm in the Achternstraße 22 in Oldenburg. Admission is free.
In the lower-left corner is a QR code you can scan for further information.

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Melanie Habermann @mhab.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Heute um 20:30 Uhr ist es wieder Zeit für eine Folge Wissenschaft fürs Wohnzimmer live bei YouTube. Diesmal geht es unter die Oberfläche und um die Frage, welche Rolle unsere Böden spielen. Komm in den Chat und stell deine Fragen an Bodenkundlerin Sonja Medwedski! www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiEJ...

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Unser unterirdischer Nachbar – Wie Böden unser Leben prägen & Verbündete gegen den Klimawandel sind

YouTube video by Wissenschaft fürs Wohnzimmer

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Melanie Habermann @mhab.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Congratulations to a wonderful colleague and friend!

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BioND Lab @biondlab.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

What's the best way to top off a great week? For us, it was celebrating Pedro Carrasco's successful PhD defense last Thursday. His research explored how diffusion maps can aid in computing functional biodiversity from long-term time series. Congratulations, Pedro! We are all incredibly proud of you!

Four photos taken at the PhD defense of Pedro Carrasco. The first one shows him in front of the title page of his defense talk with the title "Computation of functional biodiversity from long-term monitoring time series". Underneath, we see him standing in front of his committee, ready to take on their questions. In the next picture we see a happy, smiling Pedro toasting with his colleagues and glasses of sparkling wine (we only see the hands and glasses of the colleagues). The last picture shows how he gets his doctor hat put on his head. In Germany it is tradition that the friends and colleagues craft the hat and put things on it that relate to the PhD's work and time in the institute as a reminder of things they experienced together. His head features references to diversity in fish and plankton communities as well as some results from his diffusion maps.

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BioND Lab @biondlab.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Hello World 🌎🌍🌏 We are the Biodiversity Theory Group led by @thilogross.bsky.social at the @hifmb.bsky.social. Ever wondered about biodiversity and what we can do to better understand it? We do too - with the help of math, data, and network science. Follow us for news and paper announcements!

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Melanie Habermann @mhab.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

Jetzt live bei Wissenschaft fürs Wohnzimmer: Dr. Veronika Huber erzählt über die gesundheitlichen Risiken, die die Erderwärmung mit sich bringt. Wer will, kann die Möglichkeit nutzen live im Chat Fragen zu stellen. www.youtube.com/live/gFGWuUG...

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Melanie Habermann @mhab.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

Was passiert mit Tagebauten, wenn keine Kohle mehr abgebaut wird? Kann man die Flächen sinnvoll nutzen? Antworten auf solche Fragen liefert Dr.-Ing. Torsten Heyer von der TU Dresden. Seid live dabei und stellt Fragen im Chat! Am 24.10. um 20:30: www.youtube.com/live/f60lUSn...

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Melanie Habermann @mhab.bsky.social · 10/10/2024

Hast du dich in letzter Zeit gefragt, wie es um die Kipppunkte steht? Dann ist der Vortrag von Dr. Sina Loriani vom PIK bei Wissenschaft fürs Wohnzimmer genau richtig für dich. Heute bei YouTube im Live Stream um 20:30 Uhr. Stell deine Fragen gern im Chat :) www.youtube.com/live/VYSdxEF...

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Melanie Habermann @mhab.bsky.social · 26/09/2024

Heute Abend live auf YouTube: Episode 159 Wissenschaft fürs Wohnzimmer. Heute mit Malte Stücker von der Universität von Hawaii über das El Niño Phänomen, neueste Ergebnisse zu potenziellen zukünftigen Veränderungen und den damit verbundenen globalen Auswirkungen: www.youtube.com/live/dmitHQ3...

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Melanie Habermann @mhab.bsky.social · 19/09/2024

Have been thinking a lot about art and science communication lately and ways to incorporate data into pictures. Ended up with this one. It's not just the climate stripes but I managed to get some Arctic sea ice minimum extent in as well ^^

Picture of a polar bear going through an icy landscape. The polar bear is just a silhouette with the climate stripes overlayed to it (they change from blue to red based on the average temperature over the years, with more colder, blue years in the past, and an increasing number of hot, warm years for the last couple of years).
The polar bear silhouette gets thinner the warmer the years with the bones and skull showing the hotter the years get.
The background and foreground represent ice and snow. The form is modeled after the data for the minimum extent of Arctic sea ice. The background is the curve for the 1 to 2 year old ice. The foreground uses the curve for the ice that is older than 4 years.

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Melanie Habermann @mhab.bsky.social · 13/09/2024

Mein Vortrag über mathematische Modellierung ist jetzt auf YouTube zu finden :) Hat großen Spaß gemacht. Leider ist die Tonqualität von meiner Seite nicht die beste, aber ich hoffe, man kann trotzdem alles gut verstehen ^^ www.youtube.com/live/8pXRfXn...

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Melanie Habermann @mhab.bsky.social · 11/09/2024

Seems like I'm on YouTube this week 🙈 Wer daran interessiert ist, was uns Kunst über mathematische Modelle lehren kann, kann gern beim nächsten "Wissenschaft fürs Wohnzimmer" Livestream diesen Donnerstag, 20:30 Uhr MEZ, vorbeischauen: www.youtube.com/live/8pXRfXn...

Titelfolie für meinen Vortrag in Episode 158 bei Wissenschaft fürs Wohnzimmer. Der Titel ist "Der Teufel steckt im Detail - Warum alle Modelle falsch sind und wie uns Kunst helfen kann, sie besser zu verstehen". Man sieht einen dunkel blauen Hintergrund, die Schrift ist in weiß. Am unteren Rand sind die Logos der mit meiner Arbeit verknüpften Institutionen des Hemlhotz Instituts für funktionelle marine Biodiversität (HIFMB), des Alfred Wegener Instituts (AWI) und der Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg.
Im Hintergrund ist außerdem ein Bild zu sehen von einem Kaninchen, einem Fuchs und einem Greifvogel, die durch eine Struktur verbunden sind, die ein bisschen an einen Baum erinnert. Tatsächlich soll es grob Verbindungen in einem Nahrungsnetz darstellen, speziell, die Energieflüsse, die dabei entstehen, wenn Spezies sich voneinander ernähren. Ein blauer Energiefluss geht dabei über das Kaninchen hin zu dem Fuchs und einer in Pink über Kaninchen zum Greifvogel.

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HIFMB @hifmb.de · 10/07/2024

4️⃣5️⃣ days left to submit your application and become part of our fantastic international and interdisciplinary team. We have: 🔹5 #postdoc positions 🔹salary level E13 TVÖD (100%), 3 yrs fixed term 🔹start: 1 January 2025 hifmb.de/news/jobs/ #jobsinscience #jobalert

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Jobs - HIFMB Oldenburg

Vacancies External Job Offers Vacancies PostDoc for Tipping behaviour in ecological metacommunities – theory (HIPP25 Pos #1) (m/f/d) PostDoc for Tipping points induced by planktonic dispersal...

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Melanie Habermann @mhab.bsky.social · 01/07/2024

Exciting new project at our institute and the biggest art-science collaboration we had to date: 'Submersive Atmospheres' The call for artists has officially started. 7 audio-visual artists will be paired with 7 marine scientists. All details: hifmb.de/transfer/art... Feel free to share :)

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Submersive Atmospheres - HIFMB Oldenburg

Call for Artists The Submersive Atmospheres exhibition is a new art-science project that will pair 8 artists with 8 Marine Scientists from the Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity a...

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