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DZG SysBioDiv @dzg-sysbiodiv.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A huge thank you to our three invited speakers Bonnie Blaimer @bonnieblaimer.bsky.social, Romain Boisseau @romainpboisseau.bsky.social and Greg Edgecombe for their excellent talks, to everyone contributing a poster or short talk, ...

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DZG SysBioDiv @dzg-sysbiodiv.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

What a fantastic #DZG2026 Satellite Symposium today 🛰️ @dzg-gerzoolsociety.bsky.social "Form, function and phylogeny” was a great joint effort with @morphonews.bsky.social, bringing together inspiring contributions and a wonderful exchange of ideas 💡

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Our combined satellite symposium #form #function #phylogeny with @dzg-sysbiodiv.bsky.social at #dzg2026 just started. We enjoy the first talk by Bonnie Blaimer on #hymenoptera #key_innivations

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Our second invited #morphology talk at #dzg2026 is Daniela Winkler. She was talking about the methodology and her results focusing on dental microwear of #dinosaur #teeth and how it informs about their #ecology

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Guillermo Amador ist one of our invited speakers of the #morphology section at #DZG2026. He was showing us amazing insights into the #functional_morphology of suckers in #cuddlefish (and other #cephalopoda)

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Our last #morphology session is running at #DZG2026 with #beetle coxa joints, fast-running #spiders, #locust ears and #fossil predatory forelegs.

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Huisken lab @huiskenlab.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Flamingo at #DZG2026 in Münster: Torben presents cleared tissue imaging of crustacean heart #morphology. @tgoepel.bsky.social @morphonews.bsky.social #Flamingo #LSFM #light-sheet

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Third #morphology session at #DZG2026 with #cuddlefish prey capture, #light-sheet-microscopy and #mouse vertebral morphology in light of island colonisation.

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Now we have the second #morphology session running at #dzg2026. Ranging topicwise from the "enigmatic body" of #cuddlefish and #squids to #functional_morphology of #ants and #beetles

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Our first #morphology session is now running at #DZG2026 with talks including #neural #anatomy in #crayfish and #ctenophores and genital damage in light of sperm competition in #spiders

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

#DZG2026 is starting in Münster. We look forward to an amazing week at the annual meeting of the German Zoological Society with all facets of #Zoology.

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

#DZG2026 is approaching. We look forward to the annual meeting of the German Zoological Society in #Münster featuring lots of #morphology

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DZG SysBioDiv @dzg-sysbiodiv.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

And don't miss out on our joint satellite symposium "Form, function and phylogeny" with @morphonews.bsky.social on September 11th!

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RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

New research in #RESPhysEnt Born in crowds: How larval density shapes gonadal development in a #ladybird beetle doi.org/10.1111/phen.70049 #Cheilomenes #Coccinellidae #Crowding @wybouw.bsky.social @tbuescher.bsky.social @tobybruce.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social

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RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

New #OpenAccess research in #RESPhysEnt Oxidative stress in #honeybees (#Apis mellifera) & small carpenter bees (#Ceratina calcarata) across different landscapes doi.org/10.1111/phen.70046 #OxidativeStress @wybouw.bsky.social @tbuescher.bsky.social @tobybruce.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Thank you very much for the support and to @iuli-b.bsky.social and @soundlabjena.bsky.social for organizing!

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Morgan PROUST @morganproust.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Great talk and impressive work from @hsuanhung.bsky.social on the morphology and microanatomy of talpid's clavicle! Looking forward to see your results published! And guess what!? She was awarded the best talk price! Congrats! 👏👏 Thanks again @morphonews.bsky.social for having us! #MM26

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

At our #Morphology Meetings we established a keynote award to enable early career researchers to make first experience with having keynote talks. This year Paul Kalke won this prize and presented his work on the evolution of palps in #annelids at #MM#26. Congratulations!

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

We are amazed how many scientists working on #morphology are around in Jena at #MM26 to enjoy fruitful discussions, interesting talks and beautiful posters. It really is a blast.

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RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

New #OpenAccess research from @tbuescher.bsky.social et al. in #RESPhysEnt reports on the postembryonic development of the predatory strike mechanics in a #PrayingMantis (Insecta: #Mantodea) doi.org/10.1111/phen.70032 #Behaviour #Kinematics #Physiology

Mantis striking target during the study. Photo courtesy of article authors.

Hierodula majuscula mantis. Photo courtesy of article authors.

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

We are in the middle of this year's Morphology Meeting #MM26 in Jena and are thrilled about the amazing talks of our #morphologists and the wonderful organisation and lovely care and tremendous efforts of the organisers.

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

At #MM26 the second morning starts with Yoko Matsumura. She presents her research on the #Morphology and #Evolution of elongated genitalia in #insects in her keynote.

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

#Insect legs are diverse and it is difficult to compare their workspaces across species. Benedikt Josten presented an approach to analyse their forward #kinematics and workspaces in a unified way at the #morphology sessions of #dzg2025

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Copulatory structures of #diplopoda are amazingly complex and Birk Rillich presented their functional #morphology in the species Acanthopetalum carinatum at #dzg2025

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Scutigera #centipedes are crazy runners. @iuli-b.bsky.social presented at #dzg2025 how the walking behavior and its underlying #morphology changes throughout postembryonic development

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Paul Höller contributed a talk on stem cells in #pycnogonids (sea spiders) at #dzg2025

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Our second invited #morphology speaker @wolffspider.bsky.social from @unigreifswald.bsky.social presented on the amazing biomechanics of #spider extended phenotypes and their ecolution

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Our first invited speaker for the #morphology section at #dzg2025 is Nicole Grunstra from Vienna providing us with amazing morphological insights into mammalian and particularly human evolution

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Francesco Nienhaus presented #biomechanics and #morphology of #Phasmatodea on eggs and antennae related to intriguing aerial egg transfer of Stick and Leaf Insects at #dzg2025

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Viktor Deines discussed #morphology adaptations of blood-sucking #Hippoboscidae at #dzg2025

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Stefan Graf has shown #form-function-relationships in the modified eyes of #apoidea at #dzg2025 in the #morohology session

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Jörn von Döhren finished the first #morphology session at #dzg2025 with evolution of spiralian eyes

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Our first session at #dzg2025 starts in Berlin with a talk by Margarita Yavorskaya on extreme head #morphology transformations in #Pselaphinae

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Worsaae lab, UCPH @worsaae.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Join the best invertebrate event of 2025! The official website for the 6th International Congress on Invertebrate Morphology (ICIM6) is now live! Check it out: icim6.com Thank you Felipe and colleagues for hosting this!

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

#Morpho25 had soo many great talks. The one that received the award for the best oral presentation is the one from Una Steinleitner for her presentation about the #morphology of the seminal receptacle in Madagascan freshwater #crabs

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

@iuli-b.bsky.social received the best poster award at #Morpho25 for her poster "Heads or tails? Sensory equipment on the antennae and the ultimate legs of #Scutigera coleoptrata"

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

It a pleasure to have @maxille.bsky.social at #Morpho25 having his talk on analyses of Riedl's burden in the actinopterygian cranium. He is the awardee of our Keynote Contest at the #Morphology Meeting in Kiel. Well done!

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Julian Thomas talked about #phamids and the mechanical properties of the functionally different attachment pads on the same tarsus at #Morpho25

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

#teamwork at #Morpho25 by @lib-morpholab.bsky.social: Benjamin Wipfler & Mariam Gabelaia teamed up and showed insights into the avian head. Very nice presentation concept!

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Today's second keynote by David Labonte at #Morpho25 shows how broad #Morphology is as a discipline and provides amazing insights into the insect head and the motor inside.

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

#Morpho25 starts today with the keynote talk by Vanessa Schendel on #venom modulation in #centipedes

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

It is amazing to see so many #Morphologists attending #Morpho25 in Kiel. The renaissance of #Morphology is continuing

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Thies H. Büscher @tbuescher.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Guess what animal group Paul Kalke is presenting on at #Morpho25

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

The first session of contributed talks at #Morpho25 starts with Conrad Helm and amphinomid fireworm larvae

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

The first keynote talk at #Morpho25 by Stanislav N. Gorb introduces the wide spectrum of morphological features a #dragonfly uses and that can be informative for #biomimetics

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

The #Morphology Meeting 2025 in Kiel is starting and the Zoological Museum ist filling for #Morpho25

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

And we are proud to announce this year's Keynote Contest winner of many to come. @maxille.bsky.social will present his research in a format that brings early carreer scientist into the spotlight of the #Morphology Meeting of the Morphology section of the German Zoological Society

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Max Stüwe @maxille.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I am proud to announce that I have won the Invited Speaker Contest and will give a Keynote talk about my research at the Morphology Meeting in Kiel! I can't wait to talk about fish, Anatomical Networks, and Evo-Devo and I am looking forward to hearing all the other talks! @morphonews.bsky.social

Title Slide of a Powerpoint. The Title is "A Burden to be a Fish? - Riedl's Burden tested using Anatomical Networks and heterochrony analyses of the actinopterygian cranium."
The authors are Max Stüwe, Jörg Hammel, and Benjamin Naumann. Below is listed that it will be for the Morphology Meeting on the 22nd of February 2025.
Two logos are visible. One of the Allgemeine und Spezielle Zoologie Rostock and one of the Deutsche Elektronen Synchrotron aka DESY.
7 Skulls of Various Fish are visible and arranged in a Star-pattern looking to the center. The Species are the Australian Lungfish (provided by Alice Clement et al. 2015), the ornate Birchir (provided by Lemberg et al. 2021), Austrolebia nigripinnis, the Lake Sturgeon (provided by Tim Rowe via Morphosource), the Cuban Gar (provided by Scherrer et al. 2017), the Zebrafish (provided by Stacy Nguyen), the Bowfin (provided by the Florida Museum of Natural History)

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MorphoNews @morphonews.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

One week to go: we look forward to a great #Morphology Meeting in Kiel with a lot of different topics across various mmirphological disciplines www.zoologisches-museum.uni-kiel.de/de/tagung/cr...

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6th Morphology Meeting at the Zoological Museum Kiel from February 20–22, 2025

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