Congratulations to Madicken Åkerman for successfully defending her PhD thesis titled “Understanding eyespots underwater” 👁️🦈 Many thanks to the opponent Dr. William Allen and the examination committee!
What do wild microbes and the taste of beer have in common? Next Friday you can listen to Prof. Rike Stelkens at The Nobel Prize Museum talking about the role of yeast in evolution & taste locally brewed beer. @stelkens.bsky.social @kawresearch.bsky.social
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Interested in learning more about how science works? Check out "Understanding Science: The web of trust" by Niklas Janz and myself, out now via Cambridge University Press! Available online wherever books are sold!
Congratulations to @amandalindahl.bsky.social for successfully presenting her research in the Half-Time PhD seminar titled ”All Things Rodents: Exploring Sex Ratios and Population Structure Across Time“! 🐀🧬⏳ Many thanks to the committee!
Millions of migratory birds now return to their breeding grounds. Using new analytical methods, researchers at @zoologysthlm.bsky.social can track how birdsong changes over time & how dialects emerge between different populations. Read more and listen to two bird dialects. www.su.se/english/news...
Bold circular "eyespots" are among nature's most eye-catching patterns. Why do they appear in some animals & not others? A study of skates and rays finally provides an answer and it lies in the full range of defences an animal has at its disposal. @zoologysthlm.bsky.social
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A single wandering male bear has provided crucial insights into the history of brown bears in Scandinavia after the last ice age. This is shown by DNA analysis of clay from a lake. New study from @cpgsthlm.bsky.social & @zoologysthlm.bsky.social published in @pnas.org
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56 kullar med fjällrävsungar i Sverige och drygt 500 vuxna fjällrävar i Skandinavien. Det är resultatet från 2025 års inventering som nu gjorts i 40 år av forskare vid Stockholms universitet @zoologysthlm.bsky.social
@fjallravsprojektet.bsky.social @wwfsverige.bsky.social
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Looking for a postdoc to work with existing SNP data from parasites of guppies across Trinidad. How do river structure, host specialisation, and host behaviour structure parasite population genetic structure and evolutionary potential? Join me in Stockholm! Email me :D
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Congrats to Alicia Muriel and Michael Mitschke for successfully presenting their research in Half-Time PhD seminars!! 🎉🐑🐝🧬
Listen to researcher Rike Stelkens talk about the role of yeast in evolution, and enjoy a tasting of locally brewed beer.
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Zoologiska institutionen är en av de äldsta institutionerna vid Stockholms universitet och har en lång historia av grundläggande och tillämpad djurforskning, från leddjur till stora däggdjur. I