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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Science Slam is my favourite of all NWDUG events we organize. And Wilhelmshaven agrees. For the 4th year in a row the event, kindly supported by @sfb1372.bsky.social, was sold out. Slamming it for the @ifv-whv.bsky.social were @sonamkulkarni.bsky.social & Phillipp. They were amazing!

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Coming up on the 25th: the NWDUG’s #scienceslam that will take place in #Wilhelmshaven. Kindly supported by Navisense and @sfb1372.bsky.social, there will be 6 youngsters presenting their science in the coolest of ways. Among them will be Phillipp & Sonam, two PhD students from @ifv-whv.bsky.social:

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NABU @nabu.de · 08/09/2026

👑🐦 Wer macht das Rennen? Fünf tolle Kandidaten stehen zur Wahl zum Vogel des Jahres 2027: Kolkrabe, Kranich, Mehlschwalbe, Trauerschnäpper & Wasseramsel. Wer ist dein Favorit? 🗳️ Jetzt abstimmen unter www.vogeldesjahres.de

Auf dem Bild sind Kolkrabe, Wasseramsel, Mehlschwalbe, Kranichund Trauerschnäpper zu sehen. Überschrift: Wer wird Vogel des Jahres 2027?

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Slamming in addition to @sonamkulkarni.bsky.social for @sfb1372.bsky.social will be Navisense PhD student Phillipp Apel. :-)

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

On 25 Sep, science comes alive at the NWDUG #ScienceSlam in Wilhelmshaven! 🎤🧪Co-organised & moderated by our PostDoc Nathalie Kürten, the event puts researchers in the spotlight - with just 10 min to present their projects in creative & accessible ways. Tickets: www.nwdug.de/aktuelles/science-slam/

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

NaviSense, the Cluster of Excellence on Animal Navigation at the University of Oldenburg, is looking for motivated doctoral researchers to join their interdisciplinary team! Find more details here: 🔗 uol.de/job1191en #DoctoralResearcher #AnimalNavigation #Oldenburg

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Our @commonternproject.bsky.social researchers Sandra Bouwhuis and Nathalie Kürten report on the oldest common tern ever tracked with a transmitter - more on this in the following postings:

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Excited to celebrate the opening of the Kids4Kids Mobile Exhibition on Bird Migration with @genmig.bsky.social ! 🐦🎙 A project where children communicate science to their peers through podcasts, interactive exhibits, and a VR journey following a robin's migration.🌍✨ #Kids4Kids

Science through children's eyes 🐦🎙️

Excited to celebrate the opening of the Kids4Kids Mobile Exhibition on Bird Migration with @mir! A project where children communicate science to their peers through podcasts, interactive exhibits, and a VR journey following a robin's migration. 🌍✨

#Kids4Kids #BirdMigration #ScienceCommunication #CitizenScience #Education #VogelwarteHelgoland

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Exciting new research on bat migration! 🦇🧭📻📡〰️ Can human-generated electromagnetic noise influence the migratory behavior of pipistrelle bats? Congratulations to @olindecke.bsky.social and his team on their publication in @science.org! Learn more: doi.org/10.1126/science.aei2381

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Great news: The German Science and Humanities Council has recommended funding the new “NaviGate” research building at the University of Oldenburg - a globally unique facility for animal navigation research! 🐦🦇🦋🧭🔬 Congrats to the team and all SFB members involved! 🎉 uol.de/pressemittei...

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Huge thanks to the SFB team for a fantastic spring meeting at Thülsfelder Talsperre! 🌿 Inspiring exchanges, poster sessions, walk & talks, and working groups on DEI and gender equity for #InternationalWomensStrike made it a true boost for collaboration and team spirit. 🌱

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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

✨️💜 Women's power 💜✨️ At today's @sfb1372.bsky.social meeting we had discussion on #diversity #equity and #inclusion and are solidary with #WomensStrikeDay #OhneUnsStehtAllesStill #WomenInSTEM 💜👩‍🔬🧪🙎‍♀️💜

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

“Empowered women empower women.” 👭 As we celebrate International Women's Day, we asked our fantastic senior female scientists to share a few words for the next generation of researchers; about curiosity, resilience, and lifting each other up along the way. Illustrated by Charlotte Hintzmann.

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

No GPS. No maps. 🧭 Just molecular teamwork. Ümmügülsüm Güzelsoy Flügge & Srdan Vujinovic @sfb1372.bsky.social reveal how birds anchor their magnetic compass inside the eye. #Magnetoreception #Biochemistry #BirdNavigation #sfb1372

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

I’m so over-the-moon happy to share that our lovely @mjgarciabianco.bsky.social, so far with us as a fellow funded by @sfb1372.bsky.social, will be able to continue her work in the common tern team as a PhD student, co-funded by ANID and the @daadworldwide.bsky.social.

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liedvogel lab @genmig.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

12th RIN Conference on Animal Navigation - one of my favourites 🧭🦉🐟🦇🐝🐜 - this time we tried a new format, inviting topical sessions to make sure we represent the wonderfully broad range of research in #animal #orientation and #navigation and are super excited about the lineup s.gwdg.de/EBROf7

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Great to have Sandra Bouwhuis and her @commonternproject.bsky.social in our SFB team! Check out her latest outreach project:

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Today we celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science by highlighting the incredible women of SFB 1372 advancing our understanding of birds, behaviour, and the natural world 🐦🔬 A small glimpse of the brilliant minds behind our research ⬇️ ##WomenInScience

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

This #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience I would like to say a big THANK YOU to the amazing women and girls I currently have the pleasure of sharing my #ternscience journey with. Onwards and upwards we go! ❤️

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

No GPS.📍 No map.🗺 Just tiny brains of Cataglyphis hellenica doing elite navigation. 🐜🧭 Find a #video on the story of our SFB researchers @chiaratenne.bsky.social and @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social below & the article at link.springer.com/article/10.1... #Cataglyphis #ants #magneticsense #navigation

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Migration Ecology Group @migecol.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

A warm welcome to @mguidotti29.bsky.social who joined our lab now as an @sfb1372.bsky.social fellow In the next 10 months he will work on orientation 🧭 in Northern Wheatears together with @annikapeter.bsky.social

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Migration Ecology Group @migecol.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Meet Matteo! Our new @sfb1372.bsky.social songbird orientation fellow With a background in waterbirds, he is excited to dive deeper into migration research Originally from 🇮🇹, he is strongly motivated to contribute to various research activities & firmly believes that lunch should never be rushed

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

We're excited to welcome Dr. Alina Sigaeva, a cell biologist, to SFB 1372👩‍🔬🙌 Her research explores how cells organize themselves, their architecture, stem cell differentiation, and the fascinating world of cryptochromes, where biology meets quantum mechanisms. 🔬 #SFB1372 #FEL03 #universitätoldenburg

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

#Birds can see without #oxygen. At least part of their retina does. A new @nature.com study of scientists from @au.dk with #SFB1372 contribution shows that the avian inner #retina functions under chronic anoxia, supported by anaerobic metabolism and the #pecten. 🐔👁️ doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09978-w

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Happy to share that our Nav05 leader Miriam Liedvogel @genmig.bsky.social will talk about her reserach at the upcoming @eoufledglings.bsky.social meeting in March 2026!

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Annika Peter @annikapeter.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

[1/2] Thank you to everyone who joined our Young Researchers Symposium 2025 in Hamburg! In these 3 days, we learned about fascinating day and night science and connected with other early career researchers. It was a pleasure to organize this symposium as part of an amazing team! @sfb1372.bsky.social

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

We were delighted to spot members of our #SFB and @migecol.bsky.social on this trip to the fågelstation on the Falsterbo peninsula! 🦉🐦🦅🏰🏝

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

‼️Save the date: 19/10/2025 8pm Villa Viva, Hamburg‼️ Join our fun pub quiz about Animal Navigation & Magnetoreception, the quiz is open everyone! Enjoy a drink while trying to answer our interesting questions 🥂 The quiz is our icebreaker event of our #YoungResearcherSymposium 🧭🐦🐜🦇🐠 #pubquiz #Hamburg

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Thrilled to discover our SFB PhD student Pedro doing outreach activities in faraway Brazil!

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

The really cool cross-disciplinary project where our SFB research fellow Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social is involved in has now 2 #postdoc positions advertised!

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

"There is a playbook. It was written by men. I always felt I didn't have the play- book." - Picture A Scientist🔬 The SFB 1372 team hosted a screening of "Picture a Scientist"🎬 with around 50 participants, sparking meaningful discussions on strength, solidarity, and equality in science.

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

We’re #hiring! Our new fellowship holder Dr. Alina Sigaeva will soon be establishing her research group on #cell #physiology 🥼🔬🧪🧫 🧬of avian #magnetoreception 🐣🧭🧲. She is looking for a talented PhD student 🧑‍🎓👩‍🎓. Apply by 2 November at uol.de/job764en Please share widely!

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Doctoral researcher in cell physiology of avian magnetoreception // University of Oldenburg

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liedvogel lab @genmig.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

coffee breaks inspire the coolest things, no? It certainly inspired this wonderful project – a kids book on a robin that takes you under its wing on its journey to their wintering grounds. gorgeously illustrated @co-la.bsky.social and beautifully written by a #dreamteam within @sfb1372.bsky.social

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Migration Ecology Group @migecol.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

We’re hiring a doctoral researcher in the area of migration ecology. The work will focus on the question of how and when migratory songbirds learn where their home is using #Motus. Part of the Cluster of Excellence NaviSense and linked with @sfb1372.bsky.social uol.de/job788en #ornithology

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Watch this: A 4‑minute video from #WeizmannInstitute showing how the researchers recorded bat brains in the wild on Latham Island — the first time single-neuron neural compass activity has been captured outdoors! www.youtube.com/watch?v=46sv...

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Bat Island: The New Era of Science

YouTube video by Weizmann Institute of Science

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

🎬 Movie Screening Alert! Join us for "Picture a Scientist" Insporing journeys of women in science. 📅 October 16th, 20:00 📍 Unikino Gegenlicht, University of Oldenburg 🎟️ Admission is free! Reserve your seat here 👉 gegenlicht.net/movie/261/ #PictureAScientist #UniOldenburg #SFB1372

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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

🤩 Another new PI-milestone: Being at meetings with the whole team and several contributions from our lab. @chiaratenne.bsky.social, Yibo Ma and Dhanashree presented their research 🧪 on #InsectNavigation at the annual meetings of the @sfb1372.bsky.social and the #ForschungszentrumNeurosensorik 🐜🧠🧭

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Chiara Tenneriello @chiaratenne.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Last week was full of interesting talk about #science at our #sfb1372 autumn meeting at the #University of Oldenburg and at the #neuroscience meeting at the #HanseWissenschaftskollegen. Me, my team and our supervisor @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social could talk about #neuroethology in #insects! 🐜🧭🧲

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Doctoral researcher in cell physiology of avian magnetoreception // University of Oldenburg

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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

🤗 Welcome to our two new lab members: Yibo Ma, @sfb1372.bsky.social short-term fellow, and Dhanashree Kishor Alshi, #Neuroscience 🧠🧪 master student, both curious about #neuroethology of #insect #navigation and #magnetoreception 🐜🧭 Looking forward to working together and their projects! 🤩

Team photo, from left to right: Dhanashree, Chiara, Pauline Fekea, Yibo.

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IMPRS CoNI @imprsconi.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Interested in the brain 🧠 & in doing a PhD 👩‍🎓 🧑‍🎓 in the field of Cognitive NeuroImaging @mpicbs.bsky.social @unileipzig.bsky.social @tudresden.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social? Check out lnkd.in/egb9quuj & apply until 📅 Nov 2 through lnkd.in/eepFkaJs. 👉Excited to receiving your application! 🤩

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Spread the word: we’re #hiring! We offer two short-term #fellowships for master’s degree holders and PhD candidates for 6-12 months to excellent researchers, who are interested in doing research within one dedicated project of our SFB/CRC 1372. Find more information on www.sfb1372.de/jobs

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Joe Wynn @joewynnbirds.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Glad to see this one out! The product of some thought-provoking discussions with lots of cool people 🗺️ might be worth a read for those interested in #navigation or #migration 🦅 🐝 🐟 🐁

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

New mission for our SFB fellow Pauline - together with two historians of our university she will now be researching the question: were animals in antiquity the forerunners of modern navigation systems with their migrations and did they show people the way? uol.de/aktuelles/fe...

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Navigation in der Antike // Universität Oldenburg

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Impressions from our SFB research fellow Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social from her field work investigating #magnetoreception in desert #ants:

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Registration is open for our 2nd international conference for early career researchers on Magnetoreception and Navigation in Animals. 19.-21.11.2025 in Hamburg, Germany. Abstract submission extended to 8/8/25 :-) www.sfb1372.de/young-resear...

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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

How do animals navigate? A recent study in @nature.com reveals that #BogongMoths use a stellar compass for their long-distance migration ✨️🧭🌏 I was asked for my opinion about this fascinating result by my dear colleagues @lundvision.bsky.social 🤩 ↘️ www.npr.org/2025/06/18/n... ↙️ @sfb1372.bsky.social

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How migrating Australian moths find caves hundreds of miles away

Billions of nocturnal Bogong moths migrate up to 1,000 km to cool caves in the Australian Alps that they have never previously visited. New research shows how they may find their way there and back.

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Congrats to our SFB colleagues @shakedpa.bsky.social, Nachum Ulanovsky & coworkers @weizmanninstitute.bsky.social: They report in Cell that the replay of large environments in the hippocampus of fruit #bats is fragmented; this may facilitate memory chunking for hippocampal-neocortical communication

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