@sfb1372
Collaborative Research Centre on Magnetoreception & Navigation in Vertebrates. www.sfb1372.de Uni Oldenburg, Bochum, Berlin, @ifv-whv.bsky.social, Weizmann Institute, Uni Oxford. Funded by @dfg.de. Find our tweets from X here: @sfb1372-x.bsky.social
Women of SFB1372
Spring crocus
✨️💜 Women's power 💜✨️
At today's @sfb1372.bsky.social meeting we had discussion on #diversity #equity and #inclusion and are solidary with #WomensStrikeDay #OhneUnsStehtAllesStill #WomenInSTEM 💜👩🔬🧪🙎♀️💜
“Empowered women empower women.” 👭
As we celebrate International Women's Day, we asked our fantastic senior female scientists to share a few words for the next generation of researchers; about curiosity, resilience, and lifting each other up along the way.
Illustrated by Charlotte Hintzmann.
No GPS. No maps. 🧭
Just molecular teamwork.
Ümmügülsüm Güzelsoy Flügge & Srdan Vujinovic @sfb1372.bsky.social reveal how birds anchor their magnetic compass inside the eye.
#Magnetoreception #Biochemistry #BirdNavigation #sfb1372
I’m so over-the-moon happy to share that our lovely @mjgarciabianco.bsky.social, so far with us as a fellow funded by @sfb1372.bsky.social, will be able to continue her work in the common tern team as a PhD student, co-funded by ANID and the @daadworldwide.bsky.social.
four panel figure with a bee on a forget-me-not flower upper left, ants finding their way upper right, migratory bird on the lower right and the logo of the special intestest group on animal navigation of the royal institute of navigation on the lower left. in the middle it is written "royal institute of navigation (RIN) - animal navigation group with the RIN logo"
12th RIN Conference on Animal Navigation - one of my favourites 🧭🦉🐟🦇🐝🐜 - this time we tried a new format, inviting topical sessions to make sure we represent the wonderfully broad range of research in #animal #orientation and #navigation and are super excited about the lineup s.gwdg.de/EBROf7
Great to have Sandra Bouwhuis and her @commonternproject.bsky.social in our SFB team! Check out her latest outreach project:
Celebrating the curiosity, courage and brilliance of women and girls in science today and everyday👩🔬✨️🙌
Dr. Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social and Chiara Tenneriello @chiaratenne.bsky.social investigating neuroethology of navigation and magnetoreception in desert ants.
Featuring Prof. Dr. Karin Dedek investigating retinal signal processing.
Featuring Dr. Nathalie Kuerten investigating the causes of variation in the migratory phenotype of a long lived seabird.
PhD researcher Alisha Bhanu
Investigates light-dependent protein interactions that may allow migratory birds to sense Earth’s magnetic field, with colleagues Gül Güzelsoy, Dr. Franziska Curdt, and Annika Peter.
Prof. Dr. Miriam Liedvogel
Explores bird migration by linking behaviour and genetics to uncover how migration is controlled at the molecular level. @genmig.bsky.social
Prof. Dr. Sandra Bouwhuis
Tracks endangered gull-billed terns with GPS to understand breeding, foraging, and migration routes, helping expand conservation beyond nesting sites. @commonternproject.bsky.social
Today we celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science by highlighting the incredible women of SFB 1372 advancing our understanding of birds, behaviour, and the natural world 🐦🔬
A small glimpse of the brilliant minds behind our research ⬇️
##WomenInScience
Prof. Dr. Sandra Bouwhuis @commonternproject.bsky.social
Tracks endangered gull-billed terns with GPS to understand breeding, foraging, and migration routes, helping expand conservation beyond nesting sites.
This #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience I would like to say a big THANK YOU to the amazing women and girls I currently have the pleasure of sharing my #ternscience journey with. Onwards and upwards we go! ❤️
Featuring Prof. Dr. Karin Dedek investigating retinal signal processing.
Featuring Dr. Nathalie Kuerten investigating the causes of variation in the migratory phenotype of a long lived seabird.
PhD researcher Alisha Bhanu
Investigates light-dependent protein interactions that may allow migratory birds to sense Earth’s magnetic field, with colleagues Gül Güzelsoy, Dr. Franziska Curdt, and Annika Peter.
Prof. Dr. Miriam Liedvogel
Explores bird migration by linking behaviour and genetics to uncover how migration is controlled at the molecular level. @genmig.bsky.social
No GPS.📍
No map.🗺
Just tiny brains of Cataglyphis hellenica doing elite navigation. 🐜🧭
Find a #video on the story of our SFB researchers @chiaratenne.bsky.social and @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social below & the article at link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#Cataglyphis #ants #magneticsense #navigation
A warm welcome to @mguidotti29.bsky.social who joined our lab now as an @sfb1372.bsky.social fellow
In the next 10 months he will work on orientation 🧭
in Northern Wheatears together with @annikapeter.bsky.social
Meet Matteo!
Our new @sfb1372.bsky.social songbird orientation fellow
With a background in waterbirds, he is excited to dive deeper into migration research
Originally from 🇮🇹, he is strongly motivated to contribute to various research activities & firmly believes that lunch should never be rushed
We're excited to welcome Dr. Alina Sigaeva, a cell biologist, to SFB 1372👩🔬🙌
Her research explores how cells organize themselves, their architecture, stem cell differentiation, and the fascinating world of cryptochromes, where biology meets quantum mechanisms. 🔬
#SFB1372 #FEL03 #universitätoldenburg
To learn more details, watch our #SciCom video on this surprising finding!
#Birds can see without #oxygen. At least part of their retina does. A new @nature.com study of scientists from @au.dk with #SFB1372 contribution shows that the avian inner #retina functions under chronic anoxia, supported by anaerobic metabolism and the #pecten. 🐔👁️ doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09978-w
