@imprs-qbee.bsky.social
International Max Planck Research School for Quantitative Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution from lab to field (IMPRS-QBEE)
Is there a common principle for animal decision-making? IMPRS-QBEE student Maya Dagher working with @icouzin.bsky.social uses theory and simulations to explore how the ring attractor model can predict animal decision making
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๐Congratulations to @maxcapelle.bsky.social who successfully defended his thesis "Beyond black and white: brightness navigation strategies across zebrafish development" โชโซ๐, supervised by @zwitscherarmin.bsky.social ๐พ
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Hester and myself with her PhD hat.
Happy and proud of the next fledgling of the Flack flock. Dr Hester Brรธnnvik @hbronnv.bsky.social defended her PhD thesis today. She has done a wonderful job. I could not be happier! @imprs-qbee.bsky.social @animaltracking.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social
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Congratulations to @alexhhchan.bsky.social ๐๐ who defended his thesis "Computer vision in animal behaviour: Markerless approaches to fine-scaled behaviour quantification in birds"๐ฆโโฌ๐ฆ supervised by Fumihiro Kano!!
01.12.2025 17:09 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
Do fish change the way they navigate as they grow? @maxcapelle.bsky.social, working in @bahllab.bsky.social, shows us his work with zebrafish VR!
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Xiong Shi ๐ has successfully defended his thesis ๐ชด๐ "Plant invasion under multiple global change factors", supervised by Mark van Kleunen - Congratulations! ๐
27.11.2025 14:43 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
๐ Congratulations to Mathilde Delacoux ๐ who defended her thesis "Many Eyes Together: Investigating the Perceptual, Cognitive, and Social Foundations of Collective Detection in Bird Flocks" ๐๏ธ supervised by Fumihiro Kano ๐
27.11.2025 14:16 โ ๐ 14 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
How do insects use vision to interact with flowers? IMPRS-QBEE student @lochlanw.bsky.social, working with @anna-stoeckl.bsky.social tells us more about his work on hummingbird hawkmoths and how they interact with flower patterns
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๐Sarah Davidson ๐ has successfully defended her thesis "Leveraging collaborative infrastructure for movement ecology
to scale insights and preserve biodiversity data", supervised by Martin Wikelski - congratulations! ๐พ
How is climate change impacting African vultures? IMPRS student @jeveso.bsky.social, working with @safilab.bsky.social, tells us more about his work on climate and human impacts on African vultures, natureโs recyclers. @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social
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Meet the coordinator for @imprs-qbee.bsky.social ๐ She's a guide, a helping hand, a mentor, a therapist, and more. No doctoral degree is complete without her.
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@uni-konstanz.de
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#AcademicChatter #PhD #Doctoral
How can we learn about animals that hide from view? IMPRS student @galarconnieto.bsky.social, working in @safilab.bsky.social tells us more about his research on oilbirds!
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๐พ Melanie Dรถrr @mela-doerr.bsky.social succesfully ๐ฅ defended her thesis "Engineering Coral Resilience: Functional Testing of Probiotic Bacterial Isolates in Aiptasia Under Thermal Stress", supervised by Christian Voolstra - Congratulations! ๐
29.10.2025 15:52 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Last week to apply to IMPRS-QBEE 2026 projects!!
imprs-qbee.mpg.de/66685/current
How do storks learn to migrate efficiently? IMPRS-QBEE student @hbronnv.bsky.social, working with @anflack.bsky.social use GPS ani accelerometer tags to study how white storks balance the costs and benefits of migratory decisions
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๐ Congratulations to Kat Stewart ๐ for succesfully defending her thesis "Factors influencing intergroup encounter dynamics in a wild bonobo ๐ population: the untold story of risk, reward and the roots of warfare", supervised by Barbara Fruth ๐ฅ
22.10.2025 08:48 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Two more weeks till the deadline to apply for IMPRS-QBEE 2026!!
Check out available projects here:
imprs-qbee.mpg.de/66685/current
Does being hungry change what a fruit fly can smell? IMPRS-QBEE student @hari-flies.bsky.social, working with @katrinvogt.bsky.social, tells us more about his work on understanding how fruit flies interact with their olfactory environment @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social
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Is a PhD right for you? How should you prepare for this big step? Hear these answers from our IMPRS PhD students! @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social
Reminder that the application for IMPRS-QBEE 2026 is now open, apply now!! Deadline Oct 31
imprs-qbee.mpg.de/66685/current
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Reminder applications for doctoral positions in 2026 are now open!
Check out the available projects here:
imprs-qbee.mpg.de/66685/current
How do animals perceive the behavior of others? IMPRS-QBEE student Chi Yu Lee working with @einatcouzin.bsky.social tells us more about his work with locusts VR
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MaxCine Festival | 3.-5.10. | Mรถggingen-Radolfzell: MaxCine, das Zentrum fรผr Kommunikation und Austausch am
@mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social
in Radolfzell, feiert sein 15-jรคhriges Bestehen. Es bietet spannende Veranstaltungen mit Wissenschaftler:innen des MPI: t1p.de/e8gw1 @cbehav.bsky.social
A purple and red octopus talk to each other on the tin can telephone. Purple octopus says โwant to connect your students with real Scientists?โ Then red octopus says โSkype a scientist matches groups with scientists for virtual q&as. Itโs free!โ And then an orange flapjack octopus says โget a match at skypeascientist.comโ
Alrght everybody, get your Tin Can Telephones out. We need your help!
We reach new people by word of mouth. Send all your educator friends this pic! Teachers, librarians, scout troop leaders, etc! We offer our program for free, so we need help getting the word out without advertising $$.
Take note, repost far and wide. The Dechmann Lab are hiring โจ
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๐โจ Join us for #ABL2025! โจ๐
Our annual online conference is on ๐
13โ14 Nov and itโs completely FREE ๐ Streamed live on YouTube, accessible worldwide
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Abstract submission is now closed. Weโre reviewing them and will contact presenters soon
๐ Registration open for everyone: ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
๐จReminder that tomorrow is the deadline for grants to attend #ASABWinter2025, (which includes receiving the e-mailed referee statement!)
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๐ขJOB alert๐ข
Application for the camp manager position at the @taichimpproject.bsky.social is open now. We seek a new camp manager starting on January 1, 2026, for 2+1 years (3rd year optional) working with and for wild chimpanzees in Taรฏ National Park, Cรดte d'Ivoire.๐
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Applications are now open for our course on connectomics & brain simulation.
Organizers: Sven Dorkenwald (MIT), Stefanie Hampel (UPR), Andrew Seeds (UPR), Sebastian Seung (Princeton), and Srini Turaga (Janelia).
Interested? Apply here โ sjcabs.com
We are recruiting PhD students! Join us in exploring the multiple dimensions of biological intelligence at our international and fully funded graduate program IMPRS-BI in the Munich area, Germany!
๐ Application period: 1 October to 10 November
๐งช Apply here: imprs-bi.mpg.de
๐ฃ IMPRSinternships
For Bachelor students in the fields of Physics, Engineering, Biology and Medicine.
Application deadline: November 15
More information you can find at mpl.mpg.de/study-work-o...
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