iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Universität Freiburg @uni-freiburg.de · 02/10/2026

🎉✨ Großer Erfolg für Freiburg: Die #unifreiburg ist wieder #Exzellenzuniversität. Ab 2027 wird sie im Rahmen der #Exzellenzstrategie von Bund und Ländern institutionell gefördert. #ufrexu26 #wirsindexzellent ➡️ Mehr dazu: ufr.link/wir-sind-exz...

Eine große Gruppe Menschen steht dicht gedrängt in einem Saal, jubelt und streckt die Arme in die Höhe. Im Vordergrund halten mehrere Personen ein großes blaues Banner mit der Aufschrift „Exzellent. universität freiburg“. Von der Decke hängen zahlreiche bunte Luftschlangen.

Eine große Gruppe Menschen steht dicht gedrängt in einem Saal und jubelt mit erhobenen Armen. Im Vordergrund halten mehrere Personen ein großes blaues Banner mit der Aufschrift „universität freiburg“.

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Megha Majoe @antymeg.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Join the FANdom: This review published thanks to @insectessociaux.bsky.social is a synthesis of all we know & so much more we don’t know about wing-fanning across social insects. Thanks a lot to @phdbee.bsky.social for sowing the seed that has become this cool review

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Gema Trigos-Peral @trigos-peral.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

📢Thinking about sharing your social insect science? The next Central European IUSSI meeting @ceiussi.bsky.social is at @mizpas.bsky.social in Warsaw! 🇵🇱 Even if you can't ensure attendance, we’d love to hear your interests and preferences. 📝 Fill out our questionnaire! forms.gle/qqjbAc9RuMkj...

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Volker Nehring @volkernehring.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Heiße Nächte in Palermo. Aber wo Cannoli?

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Kachelmannwetter @kachelmannwetter.com · 15/09/2026

Das Niederschlagsdefizit auf dem Feldberg im Schwarzwald ist in diesem Jahr enorm. Es fehlen einfach die typischen Weststaulagen. Vergleich für andere Wetterstationen: kachelmannwetter.com/de/klimaverg... /FR

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Frau Büüsker @uedio.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Friendly reminder, dass die Dürre noch nicht vorbei ist, nur weil wir jetzt cozy autumn vibes haben

Dürremonitorkarte. Der Süden weiterhin dunkelrot

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Tapinoma magnum is a Mediterranean native that has been spreading northward in Europe as a noxious invasive, outcompeting locally native species. I was able to photograph a laboratory colony in Freiburg this week. Ths species is polymorphic in the worker caste.

Composite macro photograph of two black ants on a white background facing each other, the one one the left is larger, with a broader head.

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IUSSI-Congress @uissi-social.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The first half of the #IUSSI26 was buzzing! So much science, discussion, debates, and ideas exchange - but the most important friendly chats and coffees while brewing new collaboration. This event turned out to be a great celebration of science and international collaboration 🐝🐜👏

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Luisa Jaimes @jaimesnino.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Thank you all organizers #IUSSI2026 and attendants, I really enjoyed talking about the fascinating way queens live and die! 🐜🇨🇴🎉 #cienciacriolla

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Chelsea Cook @phdbee.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

🎉🐝 The Cook Lab is giving 2 talks at #IUSSI26! Come see how honey bee brains are dealing with stress and driving task performance to collectively behave and regulate hive environment.

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Patrick Kennedy @patrick-kennedy.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

🐝 Are you advertising a job or PhD in social insect biology? Get the word out by adding it to the PhDs/jobs noticeboard on the main IUSSI website! www.socialinsects.org/positions @iussi-nwes.bsky.social @ceiussi.bsky.social @iussi-nas.bsky.social #IUSSI2026 #IUSSI

socialinsects.org

Student and Postdoc Positions in Social Insect Biology

PhD, masters, and postdoc positions in social insect biology.

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David Baracchi @davidbaracchi.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

So excited to be in Freiburg for the #IUSSI2026 Conference and to join this gathering of social insect researchers from around the world!! Honored — and a bit scared! — to deliver my plenary lecture on Thursday, and even more excited to reconnect with many friends! @uissi-social.bsky.social

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Volker Nehring @volkernehring.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Good morning everyone! Obligatory "Here are our talks at #IUSSI26 " post: Anna-Lena Bäuchle and Julia Rohrer: Tapinoma supercolonies, Today 11:00 in K9 Melanie Bey: OR dynamics and recognition: Tues 15:15 in K6 Julius Rombach: regulation of parental care in ambrosia beetles: Wed 16:15 in K10

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Floria Mora-Kepfer Uy @avispatica.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Excited for our lab to present our work at #IUSSI26 @uissi-social.bsky.social! #zombiewasps #weaverants Looking forward to catching up with all our social insect peeps in Freiburg 🐜 🐝

Flyer for presentations by the Uy social insect lab at #IUSSI26

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Patrick Kennedy @patrick-kennedy.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I have been tasked by @markjfbrown.bsky.social with making sure that all social insect groups go up on the map. If for some inexplicable reason you're not yet on the map, be warned - I might ambush you in the IUSSI poster session 🤣 #IUSSI2026

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IUSSI-Congress @uissi-social.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The countdown is on! Just 10 days until IUSSI 2026. The congress will bring together researchers, students, and professionals from around the world to share the latest discoveries, foster collaborations, and celebrate advances in the biology of ants, bees, termites, wasps, and other social insects.

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Volker Nehring @volkernehring.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

🐜 New in @cp-iscience.bsky.social: We show that leaf-cutting ant OR gene expression is colony-specific and that it changes after exposure to non-nestmate odours. We think that this means they tune their antennae for nestmate recognition. www.cell.com/iscience/ful... #Ants #Olfaction #Behavior (1/2)

cell.com

Exposure to non-nestmate odors changes the odorant receptor profile in Acromyrmex echinatior leaf-cutting ants

zoology; entomology; neuroscience

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Volker Nehring @volkernehring.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Kleine Werbung für Freiburger: Heute Abend kann man in der Vauban Ameisenbilder sehen, die andere Leute gemacht haben. Außerdem gibt es mich, wie ich mich an die Namen der Ameisen nicht erinnern kann. www.wir-ernten-was-wir-saeen.de/events/event...

wir-ernten-was-wir-saeen.de

Ameisen-Vortrag

Superorganismen unter unseren Füßen – wie Ameisen durch Teamwork die Natur prägen

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Sandra Steiger @steigerlab.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Our new paper is out in Frontiers in Zoology on the molecular basis of parental care. We show that in the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides, extensive molecular reprogramming already occurs before offspring hatch. Congrats to Julius! #Nicrophorus

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Laurie Belcher @lauriebelch.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Huge congratulations to @stuwest.bsky.social on his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society! From fig wasps to Pseudomonas, he’s shown just how powerful behavioural ecology can be. I couldn't think of anyone more deserving. www.biology.ox.ac.uk/article/prof...

biology.ox.ac.uk

Professors Tim Coulson, Stuart West, and Kathy Willis elected as Fellows of the Royal Society

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Robert Heinze @rheinze.myatproto.social · 21/05/2026

Das ist der Moment, mehr Philosophielehrstühle zu fordern Leute

Merz spricht von Erkenntnisproblem in «beachtlichen Teilen» der Gesellschaft

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Volker Nehring @volkernehring.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

This is a first: 2 manuscripts I co-authored were accepted in one day, and 3 in total in April. Might sound like a brag but all manuscripts have been in the works forever, with quite a few rejections. So this is the overall pattern: 1 paper in 2025 0 papers in 2024 0 papers in 2023 1 paper in 2022 🤪

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Niki Hubbard, PhD 🐙🦀 @nikihubbard.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Once upon a time I just admired nudis and sea slugs. But it was not enough. Now apparently I'm creating an R package to celebrate their colour palettes? 😅 First up, my Sydney fave, Hypselodoris bennetti. #rstats #nudibranch #dataviz 🦑🐙🧪 #marinelife #invertebrates

Close up with a beautiful nudibranch on a rocky reef. The lower half of the image is a palette of swatches made from the nudi's vibrant colours.

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Elva Robinson @elvarobinson.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Interested in ant ecology? Have molecular and bioinformatics experience? Come and join the team! 18-month post-doc position at University of York now live: jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/post...

jobs.york.ac.uk

Jobs - The University of York

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Anne Rabe @annerabe.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Hier, liebe Männer, ein Beispiel für jemanden, der nicht in das ,but not all men‘-Gejammer einsteigt und dem trotzdem nicht der Penis abfällt: Dirk Peglow (Vorsitzender Bund Deutscher Kriminalbeamter) empfiehlt Frauen, besser keine Beziehung mit einem Mann einzugehen, um sich vor Gewalt zu schützen.

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

ALL EvolDir subscribers - take action to continue receiving emails from us: EvolDir is subject to different data protection regulations in the EU; ESEB must have your consent to send you EvolDir emails. Look out for an email soon to update your preferences on the content you would like to receive.

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

📣 EvolDir is now managed by @eseb.bsky.social! We are delighted to be taking the reins and express our gratitude to both Brian Golding who began this service to the community in the mid-1980s and to @rdmpage.bsky.social who ran this account until now 👏 You can now find evoldir here: evoldir.net

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Volker Nehring @volkernehring.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Well, there you have it. Spiders need to step up their game

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Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

I mean, couldn't I just let the Ai read the 90minutes of reading & summarize? Also, like hell I would do such a thing. I will not conflate answers with learning, product with experience. And how dare they sell us this crap and expect anyone to be ok with it...

a snippet of a mini-comic, at top - straight line stretches from point A to B. Immediately below, same dot at A, then becomes a curving, meandering line that winds through the page and ends at a point with rays and a question mark emanating from it. Text reads: "Nothing can do this for you - for that robs you of experience and conflates answers with learning. Rather, it's all the decisions you make along the way, the mistakes, struggles, and surprises! These pathways you create - this is learning.

https://spinweaveandcut.com/fall-2025-syllabi/

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Lars Fischer @fischblog.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

There seem to be quite a lot of people who strongly believe that AI is smarter than they are. They are probably right.

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Kevin Bird @stairwaytokevin.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

OpenAI announces ChatGPT is now at the level of real scientific reviewers, “It just tells you to do single-cell RNAseq in response to every query” says Sam Altman

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Mariella Herberstein (she/her) 🌈 @mherberstein.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Come to Hamburg and do a PhD on insect/spider traits with me!

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Central European section of IUSSI @ceiussi.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Hey Everyone, the abstract submission deadline for the International Congress of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects #IUSSI26 is only four days away. Send in your contribution now! iussi2026.org

iussi2026.org

XX. International Congress of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects

Visit the post for more.

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Rhine Ruhr Center for Science Communication Research (RRC) @rrcwisskomm.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

KI-Nutzung zur Beurteilung wissenschaftlicher Exzellenz? Eine aktuelle Entscheidung der @dfg.de sorgt für Kritik. Laut @jmwiarda.bsky.social werden dadurch vor allem Symptome bekämpft. #Wissverständnis www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2026/01...

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Florian Aigner @florianaigner.at · 08/01/2026

Forschungsförderung ist toll, oder? Nicht unbedingt. Es kann passieren, dass Forschungsförderung der Wissenschaft mehr Geld entzieht als bringt. Es ist ein wachsendes Problem, das wir endlich anpacken müssen. (Thread) www.nature.com/articles/d41...

nature.com

Client Challenge

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SPP 2349 Gevol @gevol.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Gevol Job alert: 2 New PhD positions. You want to do Bioinformatics 💻, please check the job Mario Stankes lab in Greifswald, or maybe work on ant venoms 🐜, please check the job in Simon Tragust lab in Halle. These and more open jobs can be found g-evol.uni-muenster.de/open-positio...

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Open Positions – GEvol – DFG SPP 2349

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EMPSEB 31 @empseb.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

📢 The Call for Abstracts for #EMPSEB31 is now open! 🔗 Full details & submission info on our website. ✈️ Applying for an ESEB Travel Grant? ⏰ Abstract deadline for travel-grant applicants: January 15, 2026 ⏳ General abstract deadline: February 1, 2026 #EvoBio #PhD #EMPSEB31

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Andrew Straw @andrewstraw.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Have you ever wondered what you would find if you could keep your eyes on a bee for more than a few meters? Us, too! preprint (with videos!) + thread 🧵 Precise, individualized foraging flights in honey #bees 🐝 revealed by multicopter drone-based tracking www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 1/9

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