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Nicolas Rohner

@rohner.bsky.social
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Professor of Animal Physiology @uni-muenster. Cavefish enthusiast, EvoDevo aficionado. Exploring starvation resistance & overeating in cavefish (and myself: intermittent fasting devotee and food lover).

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SFB 1348 @sfb1348.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Many congratulations to @maikbischoff.bsky.social on receiving a @dfg.de Emmy Noether grant! We’re delighted and proud to host you at @sfb1348.bsky.social @uni-muenster.de. We look forward to exciting times and groundbreaking science ahead! 🎉🔬 www.bischofflab.com
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Bischoff Lab | Morphogenesis | Cell Bio | Chirality | Multiscale Imaging Centre Münster, Germany
We work on cell biology, morphogenesis and organ chirality using Drosophila as a model organism.
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Sepand Rastegar @rastapopolus.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
🐟 One week to go! The 1st German Fish Model Research Meeting kicks off Wednesday in Heidelberg — 171 participants, 17 countries, 47 PIs + 124 students, 6 sessions on zebrafish, medaka, killifish, cavefish & more. Can't wait to see everyone there! #Zebrafish #ModelOrganisms
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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Science is miraculous. Vaccines are miraculous. Just because we now know (more or less) how they might work does not make them any less miraculous.
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Stefanie Grosswendt @stefaniegrosswendt.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Very happy to have joined MPI Münster and looking forward to this new chapter. Thanks for the warm welcome!
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Tschopp Lab @tschopplab.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Yesterday was the lab's 10-year anniversary and we had a nice apéro to celebrate it - many, many thanks to all lab members, present and past, for all the great work and fun times together 🙏🥳
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Nicolas Rohner @rohner.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Discovered this door today in our building. I am a little afraid of opening it…
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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
It is official: The @moraneyecenter.bsky.social has named @blockintheback.bsky.social as the Vice Chair for Vision Research and Research Director. I could not be more happy for my former institution as they are in the best hands with Kristen. healthcare.utah.edu/moran/news/2...
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Moran Eye Center Names Kristen M. Kwan, PhD, Vice Chair for Vision Research
The John A. Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah has named Kristen M. Kwan, PhD, Vice Chair for Vision Research. In this leadership role, she will help guide the strategic direction of the Moran...
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FishEvo Zuzana Musilova @fishevo.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Interested in weird and crazy #photoreceptor types - like “superrods” in some deep-sea fish?🤩 Happy to see you on Wednesday poster (PS3.45) session at #ICN2026 #ICN2026Vancouver @neuroethology.org
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M. Brent Hawkins @homeobox.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I am excited to open my lab at @ibioillinois.bsky.social in Spring 2027! We will use zebrafish & other fishy friends to reveal the genetic basis of large scale changes in the vertebrate body plan, and how this impacts both human health and evolution. Join me at UIUC! 🧬🧫🔬 www.hawkinslaboratory.com
A confocal image of a zebrafish embryo featured on the webpage for the Hawkins Lab at UIUC
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Matt Gibson @mgstowers.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Postdoc Positions: Coral Cell and Molecular Biology Reach out directly to mg2@stowers.org or follow the link below to read more and apply through the institute portal! Postdoctoral Research Associate - REQID0002557 www.stowers.org/careers/post...
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Postdoctoral Research Associate - REQID0002557
If you have a collection of outstanding people who ask really interesting questions, like each other and push the envelope, important discoveries will…
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I respect France's commitment to not working on a holiday.
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Jon Gold @jongold.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
There is a beautiful @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social essay on this theme harpers.org/archive/2018... I have the last few lines hanging on the door of my classroom.
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 12/07/2026
Alfred Nobel established the Nobel Prize after wake up call: newspapers mistakenly published his obituary when his brother died & what he read as his legacy horrified him speaking ill (factually) of the dead is literally the most effective way to curb living racist & Nazi public figures/politicians
There is a well-known story about the origin of the Nobel Prize, although historians have been unable to verify it, and some dismiss the story as a myth.[26] In 1888, the death of his brother Ludvig supposedly caused several newspapers to publish obituaries of Alfred in error. One French newspaper[which?] condemned him for his invention of military explosives—in many versions of the story, dynamite is quoted, although this was mainly used for civilian applications—and this is said to have brought about his decision to leave a better legacy after his death.[6] The obituary supposedly stated, Le marchand de la mort est mort ("The merchant of death is dead"),[6] and according to the myth went on to say, "Dr. Alfred Nobel, who became rich by finding ways to kill more people faster than ever before, died yesterday."[27] Nobel read the obituary and was appalled at the idea that he would be remembered in this way. His decision to posthumously donate the majority of his wealth to found the Nobel Prize has been credited to him wanting to leave behind a better legacy.[28][6] However, it has been questioned whether or not the obituary in question actually existed.[28] An actual obituary (pictured) stated "A man who can only with the utmost difficulty be considered a benefactor of mankind has died yesterday at Cannes. It is Mr. Nobel, inventor of dynamite. Mr. Nobel was Swedish." It was published on the first page of the Figaro on the 15th of April 1888 and retracted the next day.
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Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
They could have made this map any color.
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Danionella @danionella.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I thought I was a quirky little underdog fish with cool tricks, widening the model-organism spectrum. Suddenly, headlines: "Billion Dollar Fish Takes Over" Holy Mackerel! I guess there weren't any smaller fish to fry. Anyway, I'm still the same, still making the case for model diversity.
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Daniel Gorelick @danielgorelick.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Paying peer reviewers works. Benefits authors, editors & reviewers. Hopefully other journals will try this.
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Stuart Bratton 🇪🇺🇨🇦🇩🇪🇬🇧 @stuartbratton.emergentdrift.com · 28/06/2026
I have zero issues with my near 50% tax rate in Germany. It goes towards my free healthcare, zero tuition for my kids university, trains that mean I don't need a car, renewable energy and science research, no one starving, new gear for my fire department, endless etc, etc. I love my tax high rate.
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✨Cramer©️ @cramer-1.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
“We can disagree and still be friends.” Yeah. About whether a hot dog is a sandwich. Not whether some people deserve rights.
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Zebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Very cool #cavefish findings 🔥
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ClutchScience (Jen Phillips) @clutchscience.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
The eleventythousandth time we’ve run this experiment, always the same result 🤔
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Tschopp Lab @tschopplab.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
One of my dream projects, ever since joining here in Basel, out now in @nature.com : single-cells 🤝 eco-morphological proxies rdcu.be/fiyso How cells and tissues adapt to dietary niches... Thanks and congrats to Antoine, Walter, and all the other co-authors for this great collaboration!! 🙏🥳
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Adaptive cellular evolution in the intestine of hyperdiverse cichlid fishes
Nature - Single-cell transcriptomics combined with morphological and ecological data show that the rapid evolutionary radiation of cichlid fishes in Lake Tanganyika was accompanied by dietary...
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Ana Santacruz @anasaruz.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Excited to receive support from @sse-evolution.bsky.social to support our outreach work in Mexican communities and teach evolution through the Mexican cavefish! 🐟✨
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Sam Whyte @samwhyte.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
I think about this all the time.
@depthsofwiki

The "Ship of Theseus" article has been edited 1792 times since it was created in July of 2003. At present, 0% of the phrases in the original article (seen below) remain.
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Stefan Luschnig @luschnig.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
We´re hiring: Dream job in #marine science @uni-muenster.de Deadline approaching - See below and apply by May 1st Please RT
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Stefan Luschnig @luschnig.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
One day left to apply for an exciting #PhD project in our lab within the CiM-IMPRS graduate program @uni-muenster.de
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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 28/04/2026
Not sure everyone understands that this is a trillion-dollar wealth transfer from everyone to the world's richest people, who hold an overwhelming majority of oil and gas company ownership and stock. Staggering upward redistribution of wealth.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Cool under pressure
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Simon Hammann @simonhammann.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Don't be shy to take on a little two-week side project. These five months will be the most precious three years of your academic journey.
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Nicolas Rohner @rohner.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
The whole @deutschebahn.com website is a disaster. Constantly unable to book train tickets. Also trying to book a Deutschland ticket with credit card (or paypal for that matter) not possible. It’s almost like they don’t want you to book, so they need less trains or whatever… facepalm
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Tessa Montague @tessamontague.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Excited to share a new review by @kocherlab.bsky.social and me: Nature-inspired neuroscience We discuss diverse sensory systems and behaviors across the animal kingdom and argue for their integration into neuroscience. New tools in diverse systems are making this possible ✨ tinyurl.com/y5y9du27
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Stefan Luschnig @luschnig.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
🌊 Dream job in marine science: See below and apply by April 24th 🦭🐬🦞
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Nicolas Rohner @rohner.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Important read: “For an experienced researcher, AI is great. You know enough to guide the tool, catch its errors, and work independently when it fails. But for a trainee still developing those capabilities, the same tool can bypass the learning process entirely”
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Scabbyhabby @scabbyhabby.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
You never really know people. There’s a dentist down the street who got busted last week for dealing narcotics. I’ve been going to that guy for 10 years and I never would have guessed that he was a dentist.
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Zebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
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Stefan Luschnig @luschnig.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Job alert for a DREAM job: we are hiring a Research Associate to lead the #Marine Station Carolinensiel in the Institute of Integrative Cell Biology and Physiology @uni-muenster.de Field + lab • leadership • permanent position Apply here tinyurl.com/mtr7r5jt See www.uni-muenster.de/Biologie.IMZ...
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Nicolas Rohner @rohner.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
🌊 Dream job in marine science: Run your own marine station + build an independent research program We’re hiring a Research Associate to lead the Marine Station Carolinensiel (University of Münster) Field + lab • leadership • permanent position. Please RT! stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/3...
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Research Associate – Leadership of the Marine Station Carolinensiel (Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in, salary level E 13 TV-L, 100%)
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Aissam Ikmi @aikmi.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Our study on shape diversity in cnidarians is now published. The final version includes extensive new data that substantially extend the original bioRxiv preprint. Congrats to everyone who contributed to this work! www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... @embl.org
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Deciphering mechanical determinants of morphological evolution
A comparative analysis of cnidarian larval morphogenesis combined with active surface theory identifies a set of mesoscale mechanical modules that predict species-specific shapes. Manipulating these m...
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Nicolas Rohner @rohner.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Go Fish! 🇩🇪
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Go Fish!
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SFB 1348 @sfb1348.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Cellular Interfaces reloaded: Join us for the @sfb1348.bsky.social International Meeting on „Mechanochemical signals at cellular interfaces" in Münster from May 27–29, 2026. Registration opens in February! Limited spots – first come, first serve! More info: tinyurl.com/ypyzd23w @uni-muenster.de
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Nicolas Rohner @rohner.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Dream Job alert!
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German Fish Model Research Meeting @germanfishmeeting.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
🐟 Exciting News! 🐟 1st German Fish Model Research Meeting : 🔗 Submit your abstract and register today: www.germanfishmeeting.org 📅 When: September 16–18, 2026 📍 Where: Center for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg, Germany #germanfishmeeting2026 #fish #research #zebrafish #science
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Braasch Lab @ Michigan State University @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Motto for 2026: Yes, We coelaCANth! Thanks @drheathheckman.bsky.social for the nice Fishmas present!
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Stefan Luschnig @luschnig.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Apply soon: Full professorship in Systems #Neuroscience @uni-muenster.de See shorturl.at/VczFp
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Professorship (W3-level) in “Systems Neuroscience”
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Eve Seuntjens @eveseuntjens.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Maybe we should revise policies that push postdocs out of academic research too early. It selects for early achievers that remain in one field and risks losing the highest impact people
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
14 two-year postdocs for academics of any nationality who cannot continue their research due to US politics. Do share if you know of such.
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Zebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
ICYMI by @rohner.bsky.social et al.
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Srishti Rangarajan @srishti-rangarajan.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
I am thrilled to share that my PhD work is published. Here, we uncover the conserved evolutionary principles of eukaryotic cell-substrate adhesions. A huge thanks to Prof. Dr. Carsten Grashoff. Do check out the article and I look forward to get in touch! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Talin force coupling underlies eukaryotic cell-substrate adhesion - Nature Communications
Talin is a well-known regulator of cell adhesion and intracellular force transmission in animals. Here, the authors demonstrate that talin’s mechanical function is evolutionarily conserved and already...
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Universität Münster @uni-muenster.de · 28/11/2025
Die Präsidentin der Universität Osnabrück, Prof. Dr. Susanne Menzel Riedl, wird zum 1. Oktober 2026 neue Rektorin der Universität Münster. Sie tritt damit die Nachfolge von Prof. Dr. Johannes Wessels an, der seit 2016 im Amt ist.
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Susanne Menzel-Riedl wird am 1. Oktober 2026 neue Rektorin
Die Präsidentin der Universität Osnabrück, Prof. Dr. Susanne Menzel Riedl, wird zum 1. Oktober 2026 neue Rektorin der Universität Münster. Sie tritt damit die Nachfolge von Prof. Dr. Johannes Wessels ...
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Zebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
New work from @rohner.bsky.social & @alexckeene.bsky.social 🐟
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