Clemens Küpper
@chorlnev.bsky.social
Interested in Biodiversity and why there is so much variation out there. Evolution, Genetics, Behaviour, Ecology, Conservation, nowadays also Physiology. Studying Waders/Shorebirds. Currently at Max Planck BI.
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Clemens Küpper
@chorlnev.bsky.social
· Jan 24
A single gene underlies male mating morphs in ruff sandpipers, a new Science study finds. The results show how evolutionary changes in a single gene's structure, sequence, and regulation can drive significant diversity within a single species.
Learn more in our new issue: https://scim.ag/4arzNmU
Learn more in our new issue: https://scim.ag/4arzNmU
A wonderful team effort to characterize the actions of HSD17B2, a gene that helps some #ruff males to dial down their testosterone levels, got published @science.org (1/n)
In other news @alexzemella.bsky.social rocked his PhD defense @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social last Friday and is now Dr. Zemella 🎉. Celebrations in Berlin and Seewiesen with all smiles and two fancy hats.
December 9, 2025 at 8:55 AM
In other news @alexzemella.bsky.social rocked his PhD defense @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social last Friday and is now Dr. Zemella 🎉. Celebrations in Berlin and Seewiesen with all smiles and two fancy hats.
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📣 New paper out now in @conbiology.bsky.social!
#Headstarting - hatching eggs and/or rearing chicks in captivity & releasing them back to the wild - has been increasingly used for #wader #conservation. But it can be challenging and expensive.
So why do it and when❓
📷WWT/Bob Ellis #godwit
(1/4)
#Headstarting - hatching eggs and/or rearing chicks in captivity & releasing them back to the wild - has been increasingly used for #wader #conservation. But it can be challenging and expensive.
So why do it and when❓
📷WWT/Bob Ellis #godwit
(1/4)
December 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
📣 New paper out now in @conbiology.bsky.social!
#Headstarting - hatching eggs and/or rearing chicks in captivity & releasing them back to the wild - has been increasingly used for #wader #conservation. But it can be challenging and expensive.
So why do it and when❓
📷WWT/Bob Ellis #godwit
(1/4)
#Headstarting - hatching eggs and/or rearing chicks in captivity & releasing them back to the wild - has been increasingly used for #wader #conservation. But it can be challenging and expensive.
So why do it and when❓
📷WWT/Bob Ellis #godwit
(1/4)
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Please help! We are looking for tissue-specific RNA-seq datasets or pubs with both male and female individual gene expression data, not pooled, from animal species. If you know of any relevant resources, please drop a link in the comments or send me a DM. Also, please help spread the word - thanks!
December 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Please help! We are looking for tissue-specific RNA-seq datasets or pubs with both male and female individual gene expression data, not pooled, from animal species. If you know of any relevant resources, please drop a link in the comments or send me a DM. Also, please help spread the word - thanks!
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When you deploy a tracking device, how long do you expect it to last? We all hope for the best, but that's often not reality. 😞 For more information, check out Emily Weiser's new paper with help from many (many) folks in the shorebird community. nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Power source, data retrieval method, and attachment type affect success of dorsally mounted tracking tag deployments in 37 species of shorebirds
Animal-borne trackers are commonly used to study bird movements, including in long-distance migrants such as shorebirds. Selecting a tracker and attachment method can be daunting, and methodological ...
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
When you deploy a tracking device, how long do you expect it to last? We all hope for the best, but that's often not reality. 😞 For more information, check out Emily Weiser's new paper with help from many (many) folks in the shorebird community. nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Our new article how sex roles shape androgen and hematocrit profiles (or the other way round?) of classically polyandrous red phalaropes and polygynous pectoral sandpipers
academic.oup.com/beheco/advan...
academic.oup.com/beheco/advan...
Sex differences in testosterone and hematocrit levels reflect mating system differences of two Arctic-breeding shorebird species
Differences in mating strategies are often accompanied by differences in physiology. In two species of shorebirds, we found that testosterone levels reflec
academic.oup.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Our new article how sex roles shape androgen and hematocrit profiles (or the other way round?) of classically polyandrous red phalaropes and polygynous pectoral sandpipers
academic.oup.com/beheco/advan...
academic.oup.com/beheco/advan...
📣Please share: We are looking for a field assistant to join our team in studying #ruffs on coastal meadows at Botnian Bay in Finland. The job will provide fantastic insights into lekking behaviour and provide essential skills in field ornithology. Details here www.bi.mpg.de/2790786/2512...
December 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
📣Please share: We are looking for a field assistant to join our team in studying #ruffs on coastal meadows at Botnian Bay in Finland. The job will provide fantastic insights into lekking behaviour and provide essential skills in field ornithology. Details here www.bi.mpg.de/2790786/2512...
Smart and undeniably true...
Studie: Abschiebung aller Männer würde Gewaltkriminalität um 85% senken www.der-postillon.com/2019/11/maen...
Studie: Abschiebung aller Männer würde Gewaltkriminalität um 85% senken
Wird es Zeit für einen neuen Ansatz in der Verbrechensbekämpfung? Laut einer Studie der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München ließe sich die Kriminalität in Deutschland um 80 Prozent senken, indem…
www.der-postillon.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Smart and undeniably true...
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We’re hiring a doctoral researcher in the area of migration ecology.
The work will focus on the question of how and when migratory songbirds learn where their home is using #Motus.
Part of the Cluster of Excellence NaviSense and linked with @sfb1372.bsky.social
uol.de/job788en
#ornithology
The work will focus on the question of how and when migratory songbirds learn where their home is using #Motus.
Part of the Cluster of Excellence NaviSense and linked with @sfb1372.bsky.social
uol.de/job788en
#ornithology
October 20, 2025 at 10:13 AM
We’re hiring a doctoral researcher in the area of migration ecology.
The work will focus on the question of how and when migratory songbirds learn where their home is using #Motus.
Part of the Cluster of Excellence NaviSense and linked with @sfb1372.bsky.social
uol.de/job788en
#ornithology
The work will focus on the question of how and when migratory songbirds learn where their home is using #Motus.
Part of the Cluster of Excellence NaviSense and linked with @sfb1372.bsky.social
uol.de/job788en
#ornithology
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3 days left to apply for our emerging scientist talk series!!
www.bi.mpg.de/ess
www.bi.mpg.de/ess
Apply now to become a speaker at our Institute! We invite excellent postdocs in neuroscience, ecology and other fields related to our research to apply for our Emerging Scientist Talk Series. Apply by October 24: www.bi.mpg.de/ess
@chr-mayer.bsky.social @fleyes.bsky.social @michaelahau.bsky.social
@chr-mayer.bsky.social @fleyes.bsky.social @michaelahau.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 9:12 AM
3 days left to apply for our emerging scientist talk series!!
www.bi.mpg.de/ess
www.bi.mpg.de/ess
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Interested in a PhD in ornithology? Funding available for projects at the interface of ecology, behaviour & evolution from Oct '26 working on long-term population studies of tits at Wytham, based in @biology.ox.ac.uk in the new Life & Mind Building in Oxford
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
October 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Interested in a PhD in ornithology? Funding available for projects at the interface of ecology, behaviour & evolution from Oct '26 working on long-term population studies of tits at Wytham, based in @biology.ox.ac.uk in the new Life & Mind Building in Oxford
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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What is the genetic basis of bird migration? Find out in our next keynote lecture by Miriam Liedvogel @genmig.bsky.social, Professor of Ornithology at the Uni Oldenburg and Director of the Institute of Avian Research!
📍October 21 at 11am in House 4 in Seewiesen
Art by @somedonkey.bsky.social
📍October 21 at 11am in House 4 in Seewiesen
Art by @somedonkey.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
What is the genetic basis of bird migration? Find out in our next keynote lecture by Miriam Liedvogel @genmig.bsky.social, Professor of Ornithology at the Uni Oldenburg and Director of the Institute of Avian Research!
📍October 21 at 11am in House 4 in Seewiesen
Art by @somedonkey.bsky.social
📍October 21 at 11am in House 4 in Seewiesen
Art by @somedonkey.bsky.social
Looks like a mesmerizing new paper!
Amazing riflebirds! We did not dare to write that males 'mesmerize' females with their spectacular displays, but .... judge yourself!
Photo by Thomas MacGillavry
www.cell.com/current-biol...
@thomasmacgillavry.bsky.social @klivvvienna.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
Photo by Thomas MacGillavry
www.cell.com/current-biol...
@thomasmacgillavry.bsky.social @klivvvienna.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
September 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Looks like a mesmerizing new paper!
The diversity in plumage and behaviors of #ruffs is stunning and probably an underused asset for their #conservation @simonvandepitte.bsky.social #IWSG2025 #shorebirds #ornithology
September 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The diversity in plumage and behaviors of #ruffs is stunning and probably an underused asset for their #conservation @simonvandepitte.bsky.social #IWSG2025 #shorebirds #ornithology
Something to look for in #wader nests. Blue eggs are becoming increasingly common in #ruff clutches @jellybb.bsky.social #IWSG2025 #shorebirds #conservation
September 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Something to look for in #wader nests. Blue eggs are becoming increasingly common in #ruff clutches @jellybb.bsky.social #IWSG2025 #shorebirds #conservation
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Want to join our flock? Everyone is welcome irrespective of their age, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, nationality or socio-economic status
#waders #shorebirds #ornithology
Find out more ➡️ www.waderstudygroup.org/join-us/
#waders #shorebirds #ornithology
Find out more ➡️ www.waderstudygroup.org/join-us/
September 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Want to join our flock? Everyone is welcome irrespective of their age, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, nationality or socio-economic status
#waders #shorebirds #ornithology
Find out more ➡️ www.waderstudygroup.org/join-us/
#waders #shorebirds #ornithology
Find out more ➡️ www.waderstudygroup.org/join-us/
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Looking for enthusiastic candidates with training in behavioural ecology and experience in bird fieldwork. MSc also required!
Please share!🙏
🚨 PhD Oportunity in Avian Behavioural Ecology in Spain
The BirdBond Project (MNCN & IREC) studies how pair bonds form, change & affect reproduction/survival in the spotless starling 🐦
🚨 PhD Oportunity in Avian Behavioural Ecology in Spain
The BirdBond Project (MNCN & IREC) studies how pair bonds form, change & affect reproduction/survival in the spotless starling 🐦
September 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Looking for enthusiastic candidates with training in behavioural ecology and experience in bird fieldwork. MSc also required!
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Apply now to become a speaker at our Institute! We invite excellent postdocs in neuroscience, ecology and other fields related to our research to apply for our Emerging Scientist Talk Series. Apply by October 24: www.bi.mpg.de/ess
@chr-mayer.bsky.social @fleyes.bsky.social @michaelahau.bsky.social
@chr-mayer.bsky.social @fleyes.bsky.social @michaelahau.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Apply now to become a speaker at our Institute! We invite excellent postdocs in neuroscience, ecology and other fields related to our research to apply for our Emerging Scientist Talk Series. Apply by October 24: www.bi.mpg.de/ess
@chr-mayer.bsky.social @fleyes.bsky.social @michaelahau.bsky.social
@chr-mayer.bsky.social @fleyes.bsky.social @michaelahau.bsky.social
Schönheit allein ist nicht unbedingt attraktiv. Attraktivität ist vielschichtig, zumindest bei Kampfläufern. (Und vermutlich auch bei vielen anderen Tieren.) www.bi.mpg.de/2778645/news...
Schön ist anders
Bunte Farben, prächtige Federn – doch am Ende erwählen weibliche Zebrafinken und Kampfläufer nicht den Schönsten, sondern den mit dem besten Auftritt oder der cleversten Strategie. Wolfgang Forstmeier...
www.bi.mpg.de
September 18, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Schönheit allein ist nicht unbedingt attraktiv. Attraktivität ist vielschichtig, zumindest bei Kampfläufern. (Und vermutlich auch bei vielen anderen Tieren.) www.bi.mpg.de/2778645/news...
A good reminder that global challenges, as daunting as they are, can be resolved.
September 11, 2025 at 11:04 AM
A good reminder that global challenges, as daunting as they are, can be resolved.
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Our new study shows that, for the three vastly different examples and 38 other species, the way how survival & reproduction respond to threats is also vastly different! But, overall, populations fluctuate strongly when several climatic variables change in tandem: doi.org/10.1093/pnas...
Comparative life-cycle analyses reveal interacting climatic and biotic drivers of population responses to climate change
Abstract. Responses of natural populations to climate change are driven by how multiple climatic and biotic factors affect survival and reproduction, and u
doi.org
September 9, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Our new study shows that, for the three vastly different examples and 38 other species, the way how survival & reproduction respond to threats is also vastly different! But, overall, populations fluctuate strongly when several climatic variables change in tandem: doi.org/10.1093/pnas...
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We might be nerdy, but we’re definitely fast! At the #B2Run Munich, 60 employees of the @mpibiochem.bsky.social ochem.bsky.social and @mpiforbi.bsky.social sky.social laced up their running shoes and showed the world that scientists can be seriously fit, despite spending a lot of time in the lab!
July 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
We might be nerdy, but we’re definitely fast! At the #B2Run Munich, 60 employees of the @mpibiochem.bsky.social ochem.bsky.social and @mpiforbi.bsky.social sky.social laced up their running shoes and showed the world that scientists can be seriously fit, despite spending a lot of time in the lab!
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1/Spring bird migration is getting earlier, right? Not necessarily! In our latest paper, led by former lab MSc student Lauren Puleo, we found that a population of Hudsonian Godwits breeding in Alaska is now arriving 6 days later than they were a decade ago. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Flexibility in the face of climate change? A rapid and dramatic shift towards later spring migration in Hudsonian godwits (Limosa haemastica) | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
With rapid environmental change, shifts in migration timing are vitally important
for population stability in migratory species and have been widely documented. However,
little remains known about how...
royalsocietypublishing.org
July 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
1/Spring bird migration is getting earlier, right? Not necessarily! In our latest paper, led by former lab MSc student Lauren Puleo, we found that a population of Hudsonian Godwits breeding in Alaska is now arriving 6 days later than they were a decade ago. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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Come join our next talk in the "Emerging Scientist Series"! @marwakavelaars.bsky.social is a Postdoc @humboldtuni.bsky.social and will speak on decision-making in a complex world.
📍July 25th at 11am in House 4 in Seewiesen
Art by @somedonkey.bsky.social
📍July 25th at 11am in House 4 in Seewiesen
Art by @somedonkey.bsky.social
July 10, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Come join our next talk in the "Emerging Scientist Series"! @marwakavelaars.bsky.social is a Postdoc @humboldtuni.bsky.social and will speak on decision-making in a complex world.
📍July 25th at 11am in House 4 in Seewiesen
Art by @somedonkey.bsky.social
📍July 25th at 11am in House 4 in Seewiesen
Art by @somedonkey.bsky.social
Belated but wonderful news: Kriszti Kupán has won a 3-year grant from the Bauer-Hollmann Stiftung for monitoring and developing an integrative #conservation management approach for threatened #ruffs and #dunlins at #Liminganlahti! 🥚🎉🐣
July 9, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Belated but wonderful news: Kriszti Kupán has won a 3-year grant from the Bauer-Hollmann Stiftung for monitoring and developing an integrative #conservation management approach for threatened #ruffs and #dunlins at #Liminganlahti! 🥚🎉🐣
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5/5 In addition, a huge effort is made to protect the #critically #endangered southern #dunlin. With expertise of Vroni Rohr-Bender and others, 26 chicks got an advantage be growing up in our aviary, before they got released back in the meadows, hopefully successfully #boosting the #population.
July 6, 2025 at 12:22 PM
5/5 In addition, a huge effort is made to protect the #critically #endangered southern #dunlin. With expertise of Vroni Rohr-Bender and others, 26 chicks got an advantage be growing up in our aviary, before they got released back in the meadows, hopefully successfully #boosting the #population.