SFB 1372

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

Glad to see this one out! The product of some thought-provoking discussions with lots of cool people 🗺️ might be worth a read for those interested in #navigation or #migration 🦅 🐝 🐟 🐁

@cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social

New mission for our SFB fellow Pauline - together with two historians of our university she will now be researching the question: were animals in antiquity the forerunners of modern navigation systems with their migrations and did they show people the way? uol.de/aktuelles/fe...

Impressions from our SFB research fellow Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social from her field work investigating #magnetoreception in desert #ants:

Registration is open for our 2nd international conference for early career researchers on Magnetoreception and Navigation in Animals.

19.-21.11.2025 in Hamburg, Germany.

Abstract submission extended to 8/8/25 :-)

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How migrating Australian moths find caves hundreds of miles away Billions of nocturnal Bogong moths migrate up to 1,000 km to cool caves in the Australian Alps that they have never previously visited. New research shows how they may find their way there and back.

How do animals navigate? A recent study in @nature.com reveals that #BogongMoths use a stellar compass for their long-distance migration ✨️🧭🌏
I was asked for my opinion about this fascinating result by my dear colleagues @lundvision.bsky.social 🤩
↘️ www.npr.org/2025/06/18/n... ↙️ @sfb1372.bsky.social

Congrats to our SFB colleagues @shakedpa.bsky.social, Nachum Ulanovsky & coworkers @weizmanninstitute.bsky.social: They report in Cell that the replay of large environments in the hippocampus of fruit #bats is fragmented; this may facilitate memory chunking for hippocampal-neocortical communication

Abstract submission is still open for two more weeks and we would love to receive more contributions for the Young-Researchers-Symposium on Magnetoreception & Navigation in Animals. Travel grants are also available.
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New accepted paper of our SFB colleagues working on #sun #compass #orientation in #migrating sticklebacks: Behavioural experiments revealed ecotype-dependent differences: The orientation ability is present in the anadromous ecotype, but random in the freshwater ecotype. doi.org/10.1093/iob/...

13 days left to apply for our #CRC #fellowship #job position for experienced #postdocs with your own project proposal for research on animal #navigation and/or #magnetoreception. Apply until 15 June! sfb1372.de/jobs

Are you a young ornithologist? Consider registering for the DOG Fledglings Meeting - deadline for registration will be prolonged 🐣 #ornithology

Big congrats to the Navisense excellence cluster www.navisense.org that will be funded by the DFG for the next 7 years! Congrats to all of our SFB members that are involved! @genmig.bsky.social @commonternproject.bsky.social @migecol.bsky.social @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social @olindecke.bsky.social

I highly recommend webinars by
@anne-schreiter.bsky.social
🤩 This one will be very useful for international researchers that aim to continue their career in the German academic system. Check it out ⬇️
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@dzg-behaviour.bsky.social
@neurowissg.bsky.social

Götz & Nathalie have started catching today. Kamala was 3rd to safely return her #geolocator. Nathalie will be analyzing the track soon, adding Kamala to a subset of 140 other birds for which she has collected data on the #migratorybehaviour as part of her postdoc funded by @sfb1372.bsky.social.

Robin team with T30 - field work on a partial migratory robin population in Northern Germany.

spring has sprung and the #dreamteam is out in the forest. first #geolocator robins have been spotted and data already secured - such exciting times. we use #lotek radiotelemetry and light and pressure loggers to understand partial #migration in a European #robin population in Northern Germany.

NEW: #travelscholarships available for qualified ECRs with lack of funding to attend our YRS on #Magnetoreception and #Navigation in Animals, 19-21 Nov im Hamburg! www.sfb1372.de/young-resear...

Beetz Lab Our group studies the neural mechanisms underlying spatial memory in insects. As central place foragers, honeybees begin their foraging trip at a fixed location, i.e., their nest. This site fidelity.....

Today, I signed my first contract as a principal investigator @uni-wuerzburg.de. My Emmy-Noether group can now officially start on 1st of May. If someone is interested working with me on the spatial memory of 🐝 as a PhD student or postdoc, contact me. More details: www.spatial-navigation.com

Spread the word: we're #hiring! We have an open #research fellowship position for #postdocs with their own research idea: It includes an own budget, a #PhD student position and the possibility to conduct independent research on animal #navigation and/or #magnetoreception 🧭🦤🦇🐟⚛️🧪👩‍🔬! sfb1372.de/jobs

Bartölke et al, The FASEB journal: Full-Length Cryptochrome 1 in the Outer Segments of the Retinal Blue Cone Photoreceptors in Humans and Great Apes Suggests a Role Beyond Transcriptional Repression

New publication on #cryptochrome 1 by our SFB researchers and colleagues! 👫🦧🦍 #CRY1 in the outer segments of blue cone #photoreceptors might have several different functions including at least one nonclock function. Several versions of CRY1 might exist in humans: doi.org/10.1096/fj.202402614R

Our project partner Nachum Ulanovsky has published a book on the #neuroscience of natural #behaviour. It combines neuroscience, behavioural #ecology, #ethology and #psychology, including a chapter on the #neurobiology of #navigation. @mitpress.bsky.social www.weizmann.ac.il/brain-scienc...

Abstract submission is open for our 2nd international conference for early career researchers on Magnetoreception and Navigation in Animals. 19-21.11.2025 in Hamburg, Germany. www.sfb1372.de/young-resear...

Impressions of the sfb meeting: poster session, lab logo of "the magic lab" and group photo

Just came back from the inspiring and intense @sfb1372.bsky.social meeting at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de. It was a pleasure discussing science 🧪 with all colleagues studying #AnimalNavigation and #Magnetoreception 🧭 Thanks to @chiaratenne.bsky.social for presenting our results on #ant navigation 🐜

Congrats to our SFB researchers Nathalie and Sandra @commonternproject.bsky.social @ifv-whv.bsky.social with @migecol.bsky.social and co-workers to their article on 'Route flexibility is associated with headwind minimization in a long-distance migratory seabird'! doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.2522

Congrats to our researchers around @thebuddhabird93.bsky.social on their latest joint publication: Using a custom-designed injection setup, they identified a #viral #serotype with the capability to successfully induce widespread transduction of the bird retina. doi.org/10.3389/fphy...

New publication of our SFB researchers @migecol.bsky.social and @thiemokarwinkel.bsky.social and their co-workers! Read the full article here: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Brand-new preprint from our Neuro research team with @niksirbi.neuromatch.social.ap.brid.gy and @neuroweiler.bsky.social on "Mapping the magnetoreceptive brain: A 3D digital atlas of the migratory bird Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)" here: doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Save the date for our 2nd international conference for early career researchers on Magnetoreception and Navigation in Animals, 19-21.11.2025 in Hamburg. Abstract submission: 7.4. to 30.6., Registration: 1.7.-30.9. www.sfb1372.de/young-resear...

Happy to share a new publication by
@genmig.bsky.social, @migecol.bsky.social
@thiemokarwinkel.bsky.social, @olindecke.bsky.social: 'Marine artificial light at night: Implications and potential hazards for offshore songbird and bat movements in the Greater North Sea' doi.org/10.1111/csp2...