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After each 10 minute talk, we will have an STN group chat about diverse nutritive secretions and just how different (or not) milky and mucosal secretions might truly be.
Looking forward to seeing many of you at the upcoming Bring-Your-Own-Fluid (BYOF) seminar!
🗓️March 4th, 2026
⏲️CET (Central European Time): 4:00 PM
⏰EST (Eastern Standard Time): 10:00 AM
🕰️PST (Pacific Standard Time): 7:00 AM
⌛GMT (Greenwich Mean Time): 3:00 PM
🕓IST (India Standard Time): 8:30 PM
Join our first Social Transfer Network General Assembly on Wednesday, February 4th!
15h UK / UTC+0; 16h Europe / UTC+1; 7h US West coast / UTC-8
This is your chance to connect, catch up, and have your voice heard as we reflect on the past year and look ahead to what's next for our community.
Final edition of the BYOF 2025 Seminar series:
📅 December 10th, 2025
🕣 08:15 UK
🕤 09:15 EU
🕔 19:15 AUS
💧 Hidden Messages in Seminal Fluid | John Schjenken
📝 Rewriting the Rules of Inheritance | Nicole McPherson
🧬 How does the embryo deal when a gametes delivered a damaged genome? | Tommaso Cavazza
Check out our upcoming event in The Netherlands
Whether you have ideas, feedback, or just want to say hello – we want to hear from you!
What do you want to learn about in our BYOF seminars?
What did you enjoy most?
Are you interested in getting more involved?
Social Transfer Network
Social Transfer Network
Email [email protected] for the Zoom link! 🔗
@adriatica.bsky.social
@joriskoene.bsky.social
@kathigapp.bsky.social
@stynoski.bsky.social
@sanjahakala.bsky.social
@davidskerrettb.bsky.social
First BYOF Seminar of 2026!
🗓️ Wed. March 4 @ 16 pm CET.
Join us for two 10 min talks about social transfers:
🐀 Coprophagy (Amlie Baud @ameliebaud.bsky.social)
🪰 Ejaculate (Bahar Patlar @baharpatlar.bsky.social)
📨 Email [email protected] for the Zoom link!
@socialtransfernet.bsky.social
Dr. @geula.bsky.social (Loke Centre for Trophoblast Research, Univ. Cambridge) on molecular mechanisms underlying lactation and impact on lifelong health.
Sofía Granados Martínez (STN's own pre-doctoral student) on provisioning of poisonous nutritive eggs and skin secretions by mother poison frogs.
Parental nutrition: Do #milk and #mucus have things in common? Find out at the BYOF seminar on May 6th at 15:00–16:00 UK / UTC+1 | 16:00–17:00 Europe / UTC+2 | 10:00–11:00 US East / UTC-4 of our #SociallyTransferredMaterials network.
Bring a beverage ☕️ as you prefer – with or without the milk!
