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Monika Eberhard

@monikaeberhard.bsky.social

Lecturer at Uni Hamburg; Austrian in Germany; Biotremology; insects & spiders

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Face-first view of a brown spider with long legs. He is carrying a nuptial gift (silk-wrapped prey) in his chelicerae.

Face-first view of a brown spider with long legs. He is carrying a nuptial gift (silk-wrapped prey) in his chelicerae.

The first chapter of my thesis is out now in Journal of Ethology! Check it out if you're interested in taking a deep dive into the vibrational signal of a very cute spider ๐Ÿ•ท๏ธใ€ฐ๏ธ

Variation of vibratory performance during courtship of a cursorial spider: doi.org/10.1007/s101...

26.06.2025 13:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A crab spider with bright yellow/green prosoma and legs and a light brown opisthosoma sits on a leaf

A crab spider with bright yellow/green prosoma and legs and a light brown opisthosoma sits on a leaf

PhD position open with Dr. Jutta Schneider and @mherberstein.bsky.social in Hamburg, on sub-social behavior in crab spiders ๐Ÿ•ท๏ธ It even includes field work in Australia! Application deadline is 15 July, more info at the link:
www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenan...

24.06.2025 13:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 85    ๐Ÿ” 28    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Dear all, the registration and abstract submission deadline is approaching in a few days! Friday June 20th at midnight!!! ๐Ÿšจ Don't miss the chance to join us in a beautiful Zadar! ๐ŸŒžhttps://event.fourwaves.com/eca2025/pages

16.06.2025 09:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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REGISTRATION NOW OPEN ๐Ÿ‘‹
Join us in Berlin for the Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society! Visit our website for all the details: dzg-meeting.de
Early Bird offers are availableโ€”register now to secure your spot!
We look forward to seeing you in Berlin.
#share #like

12.05.2025 13:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Really excited that our DFG grant on the Speciation Genomics of Eye Size variation in *Heliconius* has been funded :) In the next weeks, I will post an advert for a PhD, but if you know of good students, please suggest they get in touch. Please repost.

22.04.2025 07:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 56    ๐Ÿ” 28    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ‘‹ Looking forward to the 117th Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society. Please like and share ๐Ÿคฉ

31.03.2025 09:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 33    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Olfaction with legsโ€”Spiders use wall-pore sensilla for pheromone detection | PNAS The sense of smell is a central sensory modality of most terrestrial species. However, our knowledge of olfaction is based on vertebrates and insec...

doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Olfaction in spiders. We found that the wall pore sensilla in spiders look similar from the outside to those of insects, but differ ultrastructurally in various ways. Independent evolution!
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06.01.2025 22:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 71    ๐Ÿ” 29    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
Karriereportal Karriereportal fรผr Bewerbungen

We are hiring a new entomological curator in Hamburg at the Leibniz institute for the analysis of biodiversity changeโ€ฆ
Please share and apply!!!

8101202752.karriereportal.cloud/job/2024-20-...

20.12.2024 07:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Biotremology Animal communication, including that among humans, is fascinating in its efficiency, diversity and its complexity. The evolution of a communication siโ€ฆ

Bringing more #biotremology to this platform. What is biotremology, you ask? Well I'm glad you did! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

09.12.2024 11:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Photo of a great audience and me on the stage, talking about Biotremology

Photo of a great audience and me on the stage, talking about Biotremology

Me, standing on the stage and about to give a presentation about Biotremology in the Audimax of Uni Hamburg.

Me, standing on the stage and about to give a presentation about Biotremology in the Audimax of Uni Hamburg.

Kinderuni @uni-hamburg.de - I had so much fun presenting my favourite topic - #biotremology to a great crowd of young people today. Many thanks to the organisers, this was such a great opportunity #wisskomm

02.12.2024 20:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Insects are making sounds the human ear can't hear. One Midwest scientist is listening Thousands of insect species use vibrations to communicate. Now, in part because of the foundational research of a Midwestern biology professor, more researchers are exploring insect vibrational commun...

โ€œMost of the sounds out there have never been heard by humans, and you can literally go into a backyard in Missouri and hear a sound that no one has ever heard before.โ€

02.12.2024 14:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 165    ๐Ÿ” 40    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Etho 2025

Interested in Evolutionary Behavioural Genetics ... come join us by the Bavarian lakes in February! @chorlnev.bsky.social and I are organising a symposium on current advances to link molecular and behavioural variation across a broad range of animal taxa. Please Re-post!

www.bi.mpg.de/etho-2025

29.11.2024 12:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Volume 217, November 2024, Pages 13-20. The impact of acoustic signalling on offspring performance varies among three biparentally caring species. Taina Conrad, Magdalena M. Mair, Julia Mรผller, Peter Richter, Sophie Schรถdel, Ann-Kathrin Wezstein, Sandra Steiger

Screen shot of an article: Animal Behaviour Volume 217, November 2024, Pages 13-20. The impact of acoustic signalling on offspring performance varies among three biparentally caring species. Taina Conrad, Magdalena M. Mair, Julia Mรผller, Peter Richter, Sophie Schรถdel, Ann-Kathrin Wezstein, Sandra Steiger

๐ŸชฒBeetles!๐Ÿง‘โ€๐ŸผParental care! ๐Ÿ”‡Acoustic signals! ๐Ÿ›Larvae!

Our November #ASABEditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: "The impact of acoustic signalling on offspring performance varies among three biparentally caring species" by Conrad et al.

Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2024.08.014

07.11.2024 15:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Absolutely thrilled that our Biotremology meets Klangkunst tour with the fantastic Chuchchepati Orchestra from last year has been released on vinyl! And I can hardly believe that @monikaeberhard.bsky.social and I were invited to write the foreword - what an honour! unitrecords.com/artists/chuc...

07.08.2024 20:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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