Nicolas Rohner
@rohner.bsky.social
Professor of Animal Physiology @uni-muenster. Cavefish enthusiast, EvoDevo aficionado. Exploring starvation resistance & overeating in cavefish (and myself: intermittent fasting devotee and food lover).
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New work from @rohner.bsky.social & @alexckeene.bsky.social 🐟
Elevated DNA damage without signs of ageing in the short-sleeping Mexican cavefish offers a unique model to study sleep, DNA repair, and ageing.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:08 AM
New work from @rohner.bsky.social & @alexckeene.bsky.social 🐟
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Elevated DNA damage without signs of ageing in the short-sleeping Mexican cavefish offers a unique model to study sleep, DNA repair, and ageing.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Elevated DNA damage without signs of ageing in the short-sleeping Mexican cavefish offers a unique model to study sleep, DNA repair, and ageing.
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Come join us in Heidelberg for the first German fish meeting 👩🔬👨🔬🧬🔬🐟🐠
November 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Come join us in Heidelberg for the first German fish meeting 👩🔬👨🔬🧬🔬🐟🐠
Please share widely! This is an amazing opportunity. Beautiful new building, great colleagues, cool science, fantastic city. There are not that many opportunities like this!! Apply, if you can! Feel free to DM me if you have questions, I am on the search committee.
Job Alert! The Institute for Neuro- and Behavioural Biology at the Faculty of Biology @uni-muenster.de invites applications for a Full Professorship (W3) in “Systems Neuroscience” - Highly attractive research environment at the Multiscale Imaging Center. Apply by January 5th. See shorturl.at/VczFp
November 20, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Please share widely! This is an amazing opportunity. Beautiful new building, great colleagues, cool science, fantastic city. There are not that many opportunities like this!! Apply, if you can! Feel free to DM me if you have questions, I am on the search committee.
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Want more bat content? Check out this recent NPR feature with Hanna Gray Fellow Jasmin Camacho, who studies wild bats using cutting-edge metabolomics to identify and map the mechanisms that protect against the damaging effects of sugar consumption: www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Some bats eat a ton of sugar and have no health woes. Are there lessons for diabetes?
Bats are able to consume an extraordinary amount of sugar with no ill effects. Scientists are trying to learn more about how bats do it — and whether humans can learn from their sugar response.
www.npr.org
October 31, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Want more bat content? Check out this recent NPR feature with Hanna Gray Fellow Jasmin Camacho, who studies wild bats using cutting-edge metabolomics to identify and map the mechanisms that protect against the damaging effects of sugar consumption: www.npr.org/sections/goa...
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1. Map evolutionary diversity to hack biomedical innovation
2. Revolutionize cancer therapy
3. Target the development of antimicrobial resistance
4. Address Anthropocene-related diseases
5. Support healthier behaviors
6. Improve pandemic responses
by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz & Dan Blumstein!
2. Revolutionize cancer therapy
3. Target the development of antimicrobial resistance
4. Address Anthropocene-related diseases
5. Support healthier behaviors
6. Improve pandemic responses
by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz & Dan Blumstein!
6 ways evolutionary medicine can transform our health
Evolutionary medicine is an emerging interdisciplinary field with huge potential to improve human health and tackle a broad scope of major health challenges.
www.weforum.org
November 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
1. Map evolutionary diversity to hack biomedical innovation
2. Revolutionize cancer therapy
3. Target the development of antimicrobial resistance
4. Address Anthropocene-related diseases
5. Support healthier behaviors
6. Improve pandemic responses
by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz & Dan Blumstein!
2. Revolutionize cancer therapy
3. Target the development of antimicrobial resistance
4. Address Anthropocene-related diseases
5. Support healthier behaviors
6. Improve pandemic responses
by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz & Dan Blumstein!
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If you use Wikipedia, you might have noticed that it isn't cluttered with annoying ads. They depend entirely on donations to remain free & independent.
Why not toss them a few bucks?
donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php
Why not toss them a few bucks?
donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php
Make your donation now - Wikimedia Foundation
Donate to the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia and other crucial free knowledge projects. Each year, the generosity of the 2% of readers who donate allows us to expand the reac...
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November 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
If you use Wikipedia, you might have noticed that it isn't cluttered with annoying ads. They depend entirely on donations to remain free & independent.
Why not toss them a few bucks?
donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php
Why not toss them a few bucks?
donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php
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"Much as granaries and refrigeration transformed food markets, storage will turn electricity from perishable to persistent, unlocking a new era of energy abundance."
In the future we will look back on the oil & gas era the way we look at hunting and gathering.
In the future we will look back on the oil & gas era the way we look at hunting and gathering.
Silos for Sunshine: we've mastered harvesting the sun, but storage is the gamechanger | Ember
The shift to renewables represents an agricultural revolution for energy, moving from searching and extracting scarce fuels to harvesting abundant sunlight in place.
ember-energy.org
November 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"Much as granaries and refrigeration transformed food markets, storage will turn electricity from perishable to persistent, unlocking a new era of energy abundance."
In the future we will look back on the oil & gas era the way we look at hunting and gathering.
In the future we will look back on the oil & gas era the way we look at hunting and gathering.
Bon Appetit
« … Un Français consomme en moyenne plus de 10 000 animaux au cours de sa vie alors qu’il en utilise indirectement seulement 2,5 en moyenne pour la recherche scientifique et biomédicale … »
Les extrêmes mettent en danger notre démocratie mais aussi la science et la santé. J’ai cosigné une tribune publiée dans Le Monde aujourd’hui pour dénoncer les amendements LFI/RN visant à taxer l’expérimentation animale car ils constituent une menace pour la recherche et les découvertes médicales 🔬
October 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Bon Appetit
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« … Un Français consomme en moyenne plus de 10 000 animaux au cours de sa vie alors qu’il en utilise indirectement seulement 2,5 en moyenne pour la recherche scientifique et biomédicale … »
Les extrêmes mettent en danger notre démocratie mais aussi la science et la santé. J’ai cosigné une tribune publiée dans Le Monde aujourd’hui pour dénoncer les amendements LFI/RN visant à taxer l’expérimentation animale car ils constituent une menace pour la recherche et les découvertes médicales 🔬
Budget 2026 : « La taxation des expérimentations animales mettrait en péril la recherche en France »
TRIBUNE. Dans une tribune au « Monde », des représentants de sociétés savantes, de fondations, d’associations et de réseaux scientifiques mettent en garde contre le dépôt d’amendements au projet de lo...
www.lemonde.fr
October 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
« … Un Français consomme en moyenne plus de 10 000 animaux au cours de sa vie alors qu’il en utilise indirectement seulement 2,5 en moyenne pour la recherche scientifique et biomédicale … »
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
Turns out cavefish don’t mourn their dead — they season them. 💀🍴
Congrats on that ‘killer’ preprint #cannibalism #dinnerplans
Congrats on that ‘killer’ preprint #cannibalism #dinnerplans
I am happy to report that the lab has its first preprint! We looked at odor perception in cavefish and found a strong attraction to ancestrally negative odors, including appetitive behavior and brain activity when smelling death!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The evolution of cavefish odor perception shifts fish response from avoidance to approach when exposed to alarm and death odors.
An animals survival is dependent on activating the correct behavioral circuit in response to a sensory stimulus. These stimuli include environmental odorants that evoke positive approach behavior and ...
www.biorxiv.org
October 4, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Turns out cavefish don’t mourn their dead — they season them. 💀🍴
Congrats on that ‘killer’ preprint #cannibalism #dinnerplans
Congrats on that ‘killer’ preprint #cannibalism #dinnerplans
Super cool work on metabolism and regeneration! Congrats
More new work from the lab! @idrm.ox.ac.uk @oxforddpag.bsky.social
Do all zebrafish regenerate their hearts equally? Also featuring the Mexican cavefish☺️
Thanks to all co-authors and especially the incredibly talented DPhil student Kostas Lekkos who drove the project. #zebrafish #heartregeneration
Do all zebrafish regenerate their hearts equally? Also featuring the Mexican cavefish☺️
Thanks to all co-authors and especially the incredibly talented DPhil student Kostas Lekkos who drove the project. #zebrafish #heartregeneration
Do zebrafish regenerate their hearts equally? In our new paper at the @tillymommersteeg.bsky.social lab we uncovered variations in the regenerative response of 7 wt zebrafish strains leading us to identify a critical role of oxidative phosphorylation in long-term heart regeneration.
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October 2, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Super cool work on metabolism and regeneration! Congrats
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Springboard for an international scientific career! 🧬🧪🔭⚛️🧠🌱 Call for #MaxPlanckResearchGroups launched; applications are possible until October 14, 2025 www.mpg.de/max-planck-r... #ScienceCareer
September 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Springboard for an international scientific career! 🧬🧪🔭⚛️🧠🌱 Call for #MaxPlanckResearchGroups launched; applications are possible until October 14, 2025 www.mpg.de/max-planck-r... #ScienceCareer
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Mexican tetras living on the surface (left) look dramatically different from populations that were washed into caves generations ago (right) – and not just on the outside. Featuring @rohner.bsky.social and others. knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
How the cavefish lost its eyes — again and again
Mexican tetras that got swept into pitch-black caverns had no use for the energetically costly organs. They lost their eyes in multiple ways — and gained some nifty traits too.
knowablemagazine.org
August 11, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Mexican tetras living on the surface (left) look dramatically different from populations that were washed into caves generations ago (right) – and not just on the outside. Featuring @rohner.bsky.social and others. knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
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Reminder: Tariffs aren't paid by other countries, no matter what Trump says.
A tariff is an import tax, raising the price of almost everything we buy.
Tariffs are also regressive — taking a higher percentage out of the paychecks of working people than out of the wealthy.
A tariff is an import tax, raising the price of almost everything we buy.
Tariffs are also regressive — taking a higher percentage out of the paychecks of working people than out of the wealthy.
August 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Reminder: Tariffs aren't paid by other countries, no matter what Trump says.
A tariff is an import tax, raising the price of almost everything we buy.
Tariffs are also regressive — taking a higher percentage out of the paychecks of working people than out of the wealthy.
A tariff is an import tax, raising the price of almost everything we buy.
Tariffs are also regressive — taking a higher percentage out of the paychecks of working people than out of the wealthy.
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Director at Max Planck - a unique position! The Open Call for Expressions of Interest in Max Planck Directorships is open now and can be submitted by the 31st of October 2025. ➡️ mpg.de/directors - Please share the Open Call among potential candidates.
August 1, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Director at Max Planck - a unique position! The Open Call for Expressions of Interest in Max Planck Directorships is open now and can be submitted by the 31st of October 2025. ➡️ mpg.de/directors - Please share the Open Call among potential candidates.
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Best Postdoc Symposium Oral Presentation award - Jasmin Camacho @stowersinstitute.bsky.social ! Congratulations! Evolutionary rewiring of insulin signaling in Nectar bats #PASEDB2025 #nectarbats #sweettooth
July 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Best Postdoc Symposium Oral Presentation award - Jasmin Camacho @stowersinstitute.bsky.social ! Congratulations! Evolutionary rewiring of insulin signaling in Nectar bats #PASEDB2025 #nectarbats #sweettooth
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I am beyond thrilled to present my PhD paper with @rohner.bsky.social. We phenotyped a mutation in the circadian regulator Cryptochrome-1 that has evolved repeatedly in subterranean lineages. Now online at @cp-iscience.bsky.social:
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
@stowersgrad.bsky.social
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
@stowersgrad.bsky.social
A repeatedly evolved mutation in Cryptochrome-1 of subterranean animals alters behavioral and molecular circadian rhythms
Chronobiology; Evolutionary biology; Molecular biology; Zoology
www.cell.com
July 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I am beyond thrilled to present my PhD paper with @rohner.bsky.social. We phenotyped a mutation in the circadian regulator Cryptochrome-1 that has evolved repeatedly in subterranean lineages. Now online at @cp-iscience.bsky.social:
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
@stowersgrad.bsky.social
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
@stowersgrad.bsky.social
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The MPI for Biological Cybernetics is seeking two independent Max Planck Research Groups working in scientific disciplines relevant to the institute. Applications should be sent no later than 15th August 2025. Visit our call for applications on the website of the institute for detailed information!
July 8, 2025 at 7:53 AM
The MPI for Biological Cybernetics is seeking two independent Max Planck Research Groups working in scientific disciplines relevant to the institute. Applications should be sent no later than 15th August 2025. Visit our call for applications on the website of the institute for detailed information!
Awesome! Welcome to the dark side! 😈
Just saw that @jexpbiol.bsky.social wrote a highlight on our recent cavefish paper! Turns out, when blind fish lose their lateral line, they go from careful explorers to reckless daredevils.
Here’s the paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.cb...
The highlight is here:
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Here’s the paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.cb...
The highlight is here:
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Blind cave fish navigate through the dark with a sixth sense
Humans have five senses: sight, smell, sound, taste and touch. Fish, however, can tap into an extraordinary sixth sense called the lateral line. This sense – which consists of rows of special cells wi...
journals.biologists.com
July 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Awesome! Welcome to the dark side! 😈
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Are inversions the (re)new "locus of evolution"?
June 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Are inversions the (re)new "locus of evolution"?
Couldn’t agree more. Plus it’s actually really healthy! #Move #10000steps
If you don’t have time to take a walk, then you don’t have time to do science. Charles Darwin would take two walks every day on his "thinking path", not as a break from science, but as a crucial part of it.
June 30, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Couldn’t agree more. Plus it’s actually really healthy! #Move #10000steps