Christian Hof
Ecologist, biogeographer, professor, ornithologist, father, choir singer, political animal. Head of the Global Change Ecology group at University of Würzburg, Germany.
- Thank you to all who attended our inaugural lecture on Friday. We greatly value the interest, the collegial atmosphere and the support. @zarnack-group.bsky.social @biologie-uniwue.bsky.social #WueBiT
- Thanks for a wonderful inaugural lecture event by Kathi Zarnack @zarnack-group.bsky.social & Sabine Fischer @cctb-wue.bsky.social. Packed lecture hall indicates the interest in bioinformatics & computational biology. Very happy to have you as colleagues @biologie-uniwue.bsky.social
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- Faszinierend, wie viele Menschen Katzen für unschuldig erklären, aber (u.a.) Rabenvögeln die Schuld dafür geben, dass wir keine Singvögel mehr haben (was Ökologen genau umgekehrt sehen). Aber Kommentare und Zuschriften sind erfreulich sachlich www.spektrum.de/kolumne/natu...
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- This is how scientific discourse should operate. A respectful + insightful comment by Tomas Uxa on the limits of ML from @jlembrechts.bsky.social's high-impact paper, yet still celebrating it. In return, Jonas applauds Tomas for his detective work. Well done, Tomas and Jonas! A model for us all.
- Vielfalt im Dorf, Ödnis auf der Wiese? Bayerische Wiesen sind laut einer neuen Studie der Universität Würzburg die eintönigsten Insekten-Habitate. #Artenvielfalt #Biodiversität 📷 Johannes Uhler ➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/aktuelles/pr...
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- #Gandhi, #Putin, #Trump: when people become messianic figures, similar mechanisms are at work. Our new Käte Hamburger International Centre, funded by #BMFTR with 7.7 million euros, aims to uncover them. Directors: Professors Barbara Schmitz and Christian Wehr. ➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-...
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- I was delighted to receive a best poster award at the closing ceremony yesterday! Had a great time at #TIBS2026 and look forward to seeing all the wonderful biogeographers again in the future 🌍🌎🌏 @biogeography.bsky.social
- Congratulations to our @esme-ashe.bsky.social for winning one of the @biogeography.bsky.social poster award at #TIBS2026. Well deserved! 🎉
- The @globalchangeeco.bsky.social team (@christianhof.bsky.social, @esme-ashe.bsky.social, @nicolas-willems.bsky.social, @christianzehner.bsky.social & Lars Landgraf) at #TIBS2026 - we really enjoyed great #biogeography science & the exchange with wonderful colleagues from all over the world.
- Unfortunately our MSc student Mara @markusch.bsky.social couldn’t make it #TIBS2026, but her wonderful poster on grasshopper thermoregulation along an elevational gradient made it, and @esme-ashe.bsky.social did a great job presenting and explaining it.
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- To the #TIBS2026 crowd and everyone else: we are hiring! Please spread the word and/or write to @ekengelhardt.bsky.social to hear more about her great project and her PhD position!
- Come work with us! 🪲For our new project bAImo we are searching for a PhD researcher combining modelling 💻 with ecological expertise, aiming to improve interdisciplinary approaches to insect monitoring 🔎🐝 please visit tinyurl.com/bAImo-PhDoffer for more details. Looking forward to your application 🦗😊
- I had the opportunity to present the first results of my Master’s thesis at #TIBS2026 My work focuses on grasshopper colouration along an elevational gradient. Great discussions and valuable feedback! Thanks to everyone who stopped by! 🦗⛰️
- How has landscape heterogeneity changed and how did this influence biodiversity trends? Our MSc student Lars Landgraf presented first results on his poster at #TIBS2026.
- Dark matters! Our MSc student @nicolas-willems.bsky.social presents first results from his studies on colour variation in grasshoppers along an elevational gradient on his poster at #TIBS2026
- Thank you to those who spoke with me at my poster yesterday! The poster is still up for the rest of the #TIBS2026 conference so please come find me or email me if you want to chat
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- 📸 Today at @tibsaarhus2026.bsky.social, Robert Whittaker talked about the island species-area relationship for plants globally. Robert is also the Editor-in-Chief of Frontiers of #Biogeography: biogeography.pensoft.net, the journal of @biogeography.bsky.social we are happy to publish! #TIBS2026
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- Very excited to be sharing my recent paper on microclimate performance during heatwaves at #TIBS2026 today! Come along to poster 2023 to find out more about how insects experience extreme heat 🦋🐜🪲🔥☀️ @biogeography.bsky.social
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- Tomorrow #TIBS2026 is starting! 🌐 We can't wait for the first workshops to begin! 📌To register, please join us at our Welcome Reception: you will be able to follow guided tours to better navigate #TIBS2026 venue 🗺️ get the program booklet 📖 personalize your name badges and meet colleagues !
- Come work with us! 🪲For our new project bAImo we are searching for a PhD researcher combining modelling 💻 with ecological expertise, aiming to improve interdisciplinary approaches to insect monitoring 🔎🐝 please visit tinyurl.com/bAImo-PhDoffer for more details. Looking forward to your application 🦗😊
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- Lots of fun ant hunting with @natejsanders.bsky.social @funkyant.bsky.social and others near Recife during Mirmeco 2025
- Cool critter of the day! 🧐 These are the same moth species, one male one female! There are quite a few amazing moth species active around this time of year where the females don’t bother growing wings (why waste the energy?) and look like completely different insects!! 🤩
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- Join us for this talk by @janhaaker.bsky.social on "A functional view on how we respond to others’ pain: Empathy, threat learning and neuropeptides" 11 November, 1pm CET tu-dresden.de/mn/psycholog...
- At our @globalchangeeco.bsky.social retreat to Austria, we are both taking in the beautiful surrounding landscape and discussing the latest research advancements of the team members. Here, Rasmus Dam Jensen presents our #MultiCrossBEF project as part of @bexplo.bsky.social @uni-wuerzburg.de
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- We warmly welcome Professor @uhammes.bsky.social as the new Head of the Department of #Botany I at our university! He is investigating the proteins that help #plant #hormones reach their sites of action. We wish him every success in his research and teaching! ➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-...
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