Kaiser Lab

@russcd.bsky.social

You just made me figure out that on one of my papers I am actually author 51 of 105 ... what an near miss!

Thanks for pointing out all the absurdity!

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Insekten-Biotechnologie: Ideengeber auf sechs Beinen Gießen ist ein Zentrum der Insekten-Biotechnologie. Fachleute erforschen hier Käfer, Raupen und Maden, um Ansätze für neue Medikamente, Baustoffe oder Futtermittel zu finden.

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Es gibt Millionen #Arten von #Insekten. Jede Art hat im Laufe der #Evolution ganz spezielle Probleme gelöst. Auch das ist #Biodiversität. Und wir können viel von ihnen #lernen!

#Biomimetik #Entomologie #Natur #InsektenSindGroßartig

@spektrum.de @jlugiessen.bsky.social

Here is another recent article highlighting some of the emerging approaches to study the #complex #genotype #phenotype map.

#Genetics #BeyondMendel #Genomics #EvoBio #NGS

What is biodiversity? What is genomics? How do they work together to support species monitoring & conservation? 🌍🧬

The #Connections series explores these questions: biodiversitygenomics.eu/category/con...

@unbiodiversity.bsky.social @biogeneurope.bsky.social @iboleurope.bsky.social

Our very own Rajalekshmi N. Sarma is on the line-up! 🎤 Women Science Show (Science Comes to Town) — Thu, 5 March 2026, 7.00 pm, STUDIO Filmtheater, Kiel. Six 10-minute talks from early-career women researchers. Free entry — bring friends & family 😊

Ocean Genomes: reference genome resources for marine vertebrates - npj Biodiversity npj Biodiversity - Ocean Genomes: reference genome resources for marine vertebrates

#ERGAReads | 🐚 🌊 🧬 Ocean Genomes: reference genome resources for marine vertebrates
rdcu.be/e25OP

And btw, there is a public talk (in German)
@mpi-evolbio.bsky.social on

"Fake Science 2.0"

by Prof. Dr. Alexander Piel from @uni-kiel.de

Mar 5, 8 pm
Lecture Hall, MPI Evolutionsbiologie, Plön

Engineering the world’s highest cited cat, Larry A citation manipulation scheme so easy, even a cat can do it.

More background on Larry and its "mentors" @reeserichardson.bsky.social and @nhwise.bsky.social here:

#Mathgen #SCIgen #ResearchGate #GoogleScholar

How easy is it to fudge your scientific rank? Meet Larry, the world’s most cited cat “Exercise in absurdity” reveals flaws in Google Scholar’s productivity metrics

Remember Larry, the #scholastic #cat?

2 y ago, but still shows how easy it is to fake #papers & #citations.

What can we do?

Maybe simply value #quality over (easily measurable) #quantity when assessing #scientists. It's more work, but surely pays.

#PaperMill #AI #ResearchIntegrity #FakeScience

Foto: Solvin Zankl, #Kiel

@mpi-evolbio.bsky.social

"Der #Mond, das #Meer und die #Mücke -
eine Reise durch die Welt der Biologischen #Uhren"

Vortrag von Dr Tobias Kaiser
MPl für Evolutionsbiologie, #Plön

Mittwoch, 4.3.2026, 19 Uhr
Eutiner Landesbibliothek, Schlossplatz 4, #Eutin

#SHUG #CAU #WissKomm #Chronobiologie #Evolution #Ökologie #Genomik

Looking forward to this!
The talk will be in German, though.

And also about: #ecology #evolution #genomics #tides #basicresearch #scicomm

Excited to share that our former postdoc, PhD student, Master student and intern @juleneumann.bsky.social will give a #TEDx talk on #lunar #rhythms in #marine organisms next week.

I'm very much looking forward to see the video!

#chronobiology #ecology #moon #tides #clunio #crabs

Congratulations to everyone involved!

Below is the link to the article.

@luisapallares.bsky.social @nedabarghi.bsky.social @rachaelabay.bsky.social @ahancock.bsky.social @genmig.bsky.social @meauxjuliette.bsky.social @abepalmer.bsky.social @kjschmid.bsky.social @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social

Here is some really nice work from our institute @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social:

A common #pattern in #ecosystems - few common and many rare #species, both with continuous #turnover - can be captured in a #model with just three ingredients.

#biodiversity #ecology #evobio #dynamics #abundance

A Beginner's Guide to Structural Variants in Eco‐Evolutionary Population Genomics Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) has greatly expanded researchers' ability to study structural variants (SVs), that is, the variation in the presence, number, orientation or position of a DNA sequence.…

#ERGAReads | A Beginner's Guide to Structural Variants in Eco-Evolutionary Population Genomics 🧬
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#MolecularEcology #structuralvariants #genomics #PopulationGenomics @rebekahoomen.bsky.social @clairemerot.bsky.social

#WomenInScience day alert: Our labs participate in the E-STEEM initiative of @univie.ac.at: >= 20 funded postdoc positions for female applicants! Interested in pursuing original projects in #stemcells, #regeneration, #biomaterials, #chronobiology at @viennabiocenter.bsky.social? Please get in touch!

Julia Margaret Cameron (c. 1868) / Wikimedia Commons.

Today is Darwin’s Day 🧬 — a reminder that evolution isn’t just history but a living process. At the MPI for Evolutionary Biology we explore evolutionary change — how life adapts, diversifies, and evolves — using theory, experiments, and data from nature.
#DarwinsDay #Evolution #EvolBio

Global Invertebrate Genomics Alliance VI Global Invertebrate Genome Alliance VI, July 2026, Philippines

Early bird registration and abstract submission are now open for the GIGA VI Conference. Join us July 6-10 in Boracay, Philippines! gigavi.org

Directors

Expressions of interest: Director at MPI EvolBio (f/m/d) — We invite expressions of interest from distinguished scientists in evolutionary biology with a bold, long-term research vision that complements our Institute. More information: www.evolbio.mpg.de/3856225/Dire...

PNAS Commentary Highlights Significance of Institute Research on Jumbo Phage–Mediated Gene Transfer

A new #PNAS Commentary spotlights our #MPI-EvolBio work: jumbo phages can transfer large mobile genetic elements between bacteria, expanding how we think about gene exchange in microbial communities.
www.evolbio.mpg.de/3858689/pnas...

ATLASea: progress on sequencing marine biodiversity Join us for the first ERGA Plenary meeting of 2026! On Monday, January 19, at 15:00 CET, Hugues Roest Crollius will present an update on the progress of the ATLASea program, which aims to unlock the p...

Join us on Monday at 15:00 CET for the first @ergabiodiv.bsky.social Plenary meeting of 2026!
Hugues Roest Crollius will present an update on the progress of the French marine #genomes ATLASea programme
www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/atlasea... #biodiversity #genomics

@sangerinstitute.bsky.social @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @ebpgenome.bsky.social @biogeneurope.bsky.social

#evolution #ecology #biodiversity #ReferenceGenome #squamata #podarcis

Happy to share exciting work by my colleague Nathalie Feiner @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social, and coauthors @joanameier.bsky.social, @nataliazajac.bsky.social, Guannan Wen, Tobias Uller & more.

Also see their preprint on #lizard (& snake) #genomics:
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎= 10 #genomes

The Earth BioGenome Project: Building the Ultimate Library of Life Earth is full of amazing life forms, from giant whales to tiny microbes. Scientists want to understand and protect this biodiversity—but first, they need to know what is out there. That is where the E...

Frontiers for Young Minds now has a plain and concise introduction to the Earth BioGenome Project! @ebpgenome.bsky.social
Good read for older kids and the general public!

#SciCom #STEM #Biodiversity #Genome #Conservation

kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....

What a cool way to get people engaged with #population #genomics!

But why is there no episode on parentage analysis ... ?

#Conservation #EvoBio #R
#MayTheForceBeWithYou #StarWars #LukeSkywalker
@lauradbertola.bsky.social @drobledoruiz.bsky.social @seaprof.bsky.social @robynshaw.bsky.social

🎓 IMPRS EvolBio opens its 2026 PhD call! Up to 10 doctoral positions in evolutionary biology at MPI-EB — work in an international, cutting-edge research environment where others go on vacation. Start: Sept 2026 | Deadline: Jan 11, 2026 👉
www.evolbio.mpg.de/3848518/impr... #PhD #EvolutionaryBiology

A very interesting piece on the evolution of #photoperiodism and its relation to #circadian #clocks by Luisa Jabbur @jabbur.bsky.social and Carl Johnson.

Big congratulations to Dr Nikhil Sharma on receiving the Kiel Life Science Postdoc Award 2025! His outstanding work in theoretical biology and evolutionary graph theory makes us proud. Well deserved! 👏 #KLS #MPIEvolBio
www.evolbio.mpg.de/3847270/kiel...

(Photo: Christian Urban, Kiel University)

Rajalekshmi N. Sarma (MPI EvolBio) will be speaking at Kiel University’s Night of the Profs this Friday!
Catch her Science Show talk at 21:00 in the Frederik-Paulsen Lecture Hall.
Free admission — bring your friends and family!
More info: uni-kiel.de/de/veranstaltungen/night-of-the-profs
(CAU Kiel)