Maria Litto

One mother for two species via obligate cross-species cloning in ants - Nature In a case of obligate cross-species cloning, female ants of Messor ibericus need to clone males of Messor structor to obtain sperm for producing the worker caste, resulting in males from the same moth...

You may have missed this #ant poster at #ESEB2025, but be sure not to miss the article just published in #openacess in @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Last week our PhD Selina Huthmacher presented her work at ‪@ceiussi.bsky.social‬ on #CHCs in ants. If you want to know more check her recent paper >> royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1... <<

Also another of our PhD student Max Bolder had the opportunity to discuss some of his new results about the vampire ants Stigmatomma pallipes. If you want to know more contact him on Bluesky >>> @boldest-ant.bsky.social <<<

⏳ Time is ticking… Only 5 days left!

Don’t miss your chance to share your work at #ABL2025, our free online conference on animal behavior research.

🎤 15-min oral talks
🎥 5-min video posters
📅 Deadline: September 7
📄 Submit your abstract now 👉 ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org

Don't forget the talk of Max today at 3 pm about #vampireants 🧛🐜 @ceiussi.bsky.social #CEIUSSI

We’ve got seven places left!

Sadly, this is the last Evolution of Ageing workshop to be held with the Gutenberg series. It won’t be continuing next year!

2 of our PhD students, Max Bolder (@boldest-ant.bsky.social) and Selina Huthmacher are going to the
8th Central European IUSSI Meeting (@ceiussi.bsky.social)! If you are there don't miss their talks! 🐜👑🐜👃More info 👇
ce-iussi-meeting-szeged2025.iussi.de/programme/

🚨Introducing the @sortee.bsky.social Guidelines for Data and Code Quality Control in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology🚨 doi.org/10.32942/X24...

Increasingly E&E journals are recruiting data editors. We provide standardised guidelines for journals with data editors and those wanting to recruit them 🧵

Thanks to Sofia and May Sheday for the courageous and inspiring talks! The scientific world cannot remain silent @eseb2025.bsky.social #ESEB2025 #inclusivity 🏳️‍🌈 #transrights 🏳️‍⚧️ #freepalestine 🇵🇸

Guidelines for experimental design for ecology and evolution

Photo of the final slide of J Mappes's plenary at ESEB Text on the slide: Take-home Natural history matters Ecological reality is complex Fresh ideas matter Be ready to reject your favourite hypothesis Science moves forward when we keep both our curiosity and our humility

Final words of the last #ESEB2025 plenary by @jmappes.bsky.social:
"Science moves forward when we keep both our curiosity and our humility"

Last round of posters for our group today at @eseb2025.bsky.social ! Go and check for Clarita (@clariona.bsky.social) a the poster 047, you will found out more about cool ant brains! She will be there from 5 pm onwards! Bring a glass of sangria and your questions! 🐜🧠🍷 #ESEB #ESEB2025

Photo of the talk, showing 3+4 ERC logos crossed out and two Wallenberg foundation logos crossed out

At the end of his #ESEB2025 plenary on deep-time palaeogenomes, Love Dalén shared his history of trying to obtain a big grant for his work. It eventually worked out!

In particular, my talk is at 12:30 (going into lunch 😱), but that means ✨ *no other talks at the same time!* ✨

Room 131+132!

“How metabolic division of labour is key to ratcheting in cooperation”

It's a cat! It's an ant! It's our group 🇮🇹🇩🇪🇨🇴🇳🇱🇮🇳🇮🇷 at @eseb2025.bsky.social enjoying the city! #ESEB2025 🇪🇸🐜

The European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) is a pan-European community initiative to coordinate the generation of reference genomes representing European eukaryotic biodiversity @ergabiodiv.bsky.social #eseb2025

I presented my poster at the #ESEB2025 !

📢 Call for entomologists🐝 We are looking for Vespula germanica from Europe to further our understanding of the invasion dynamics of the species. Please get in touch!

The second day at @eseb2025.bsky.social was full of talks and posters from our group! If you missed Tom, Amir and Luisa (@jaimesnino.bsky.social) go and search for them! They have still a lot to say about their research! 🐜🪱💀🐜 #ESEB #ESEB2025

Thanks, Hanna! There are quite a few Kokkonuts at #ESEB2025! On Thursday, @gauravathreya.bsky.social talks about ageing + sex, @tomospotter.bsky.social talks about guppy polymorphisms, @ccrowther.bsky.social has a poster on nesting 🐢, and Victor Ronget has a poster on ageing trends in mammals + 🐦!

Watch out! @eseb2025.bsky.social Supergenes in Formica w/ @giuliascarparo.bsky.social ! #ESEB #ESEB2025

@eseb2025.bsky.social Today's talk from our lab! 👇 Come and bring your curiosity and interest with you! #ESEB #ESEB2025

Giulia is waiting for you at the poster 208 at @eseb2025.bsky.social to talk about neuropeptides in #ants infected by #cestodes! Find out more about it! #ESEB #ESEB2025 #WomeninSTEM

Interested in the genomic consequences of commercial sealing? Check out Beril's poster (number 266) tonight at #ESEB2025 where she presents her study on differences in genomic inbreeding levels, bottleneck strength, and genetic load in two populations of South American fur seals 🦭🧬🧪

Our fellow PhD students Clarita Mendes (@clariona.bsky.social), Giulia Blasi and Amirhossein Karimizadeh, and Dr. Tom Sistermans will be there at the poster session in the Expo area at @eseb2025.bsky.social. Go and check their posters! #ESEB #ESEB2025 More details below👇

#ESEB #ESEB2025 !!!

Our fellow PhD students @giuliab.bsky.social, @clariona.bsky.social, and Amirhossein Karimizadeh, and Dr. Tom Sistermans will be there at the poster session in the Expo area at @eseb2025.bsky.social. Go and check their posters! More details below👇

@jaimesnino.bsky.social, @giuliascarparo.bsky.social and Susanne Foitzik from our group @unimainz.bsky.social will give a talk at @eseb2025.bsky.social. Check the calendar below for more details! #ESEB2025 #ESEB 🐜🐜🐜

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Come and see my talk at the #ESEB2025 next Tuesday 3:15 PM (ROOM 129+130), on our efforts to understand reproduction and aging in ant colonies!

Animal Behaviour - Bielefeld University With a team of over 50 people, the different research groups study animal behaviour within the framework of the four questions of Tinbergen, both in the lab and in the field. Current model systems include laboratory studies on zebra finches (

Bielefeld University seeks a postdoc for a 6-year scientific assistant position in Animal Behaviour, starting March 2026. Apply by Sept 10, 2025. More info: www.uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/biologie/forschung/arbeitsgruppen/behaviour #job

Happy Birthday, Rosalind Franklin. She captured an X-ray diffraction image of DNA and stated that a helical structure was probable. Watson and Crick then created a detailed model based on her results. They initially received credit for the discovery and were awarded the Nobel Prize after her death.🧪

Check out our new community funding proposal "Adopt an Invertebrate Genome with GIGA". The focus is to help scientists get funds for sequencing invertebrate genomes through crowdsourcing.

Details here if you are interested : www.gigacos.org/index.php/20...

#genome #omics #genomics #invertebrate