Kim L. Holzmann
@kimholzmann.bsky.social
Animal Ecology & Tropical Biology @ Würzburg University | Biodiversity, elevational gradients, thermal limits, climate change, caves
🪲🐆🌳🏔️🔥❄️
Adventure seeker & mountain lover
https://kimleaholzmann.wordpress.com
🪲🐆🌳🏔️🔥❄️
Adventure seeker & mountain lover
https://kimleaholzmann.wordpress.com
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Want to join a global 🌎 initiative to test the thermal limits of 🐟 using standardised approach? Led by @patricepottier.bsky.social, we are planning a globally distributed experiment to collect data on fish embryonic heat tolerance 🌡️. Make this experiment global!
🔗: www.thermalecologyalliance.org
🔗: www.thermalecologyalliance.org
October 28, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Want to join a global 🌎 initiative to test the thermal limits of 🐟 using standardised approach? Led by @patricepottier.bsky.social, we are planning a globally distributed experiment to collect data on fish embryonic heat tolerance 🌡️. Make this experiment global!
🔗: www.thermalecologyalliance.org
🔗: www.thermalecologyalliance.org
A year ago I started with #cave #research in my free time. The idea came while reading a random book I found at a field station in Peru. I told my colleagues "I want to become a caver" - Well, I'm fully addicted now. My future research might turn towards cave insects.
#speleology #biospeleology
#speleology #biospeleology
November 24, 2025 at 7:17 AM
A year ago I started with #cave #research in my free time. The idea came while reading a random book I found at a field station in Peru. I told my colleagues "I want to become a caver" - Well, I'm fully addicted now. My future research might turn towards cave insects.
#speleology #biospeleology
#speleology #biospeleology
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Looking for a PhD / researcher position on #arthropods in #urban green spaces? Our colleague @nadja-simons.bsky.social @cofeuniwue.bsky.social @uni-wuerzburg.de has a 3 year position advertised here:
www.uni-wuerzburg.de/karriere/sin...
www.uni-wuerzburg.de/karriere/sin...
Researcher Position at the Chair of Conservation Biology and Forest Exology
Universität Würzburg Sanderring 2 97070 Würzburg
www.uni-wuerzburg.de
October 28, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Looking for a PhD / researcher position on #arthropods in #urban green spaces? Our colleague @nadja-simons.bsky.social @cofeuniwue.bsky.social @uni-wuerzburg.de has a 3 year position advertised here:
www.uni-wuerzburg.de/karriere/sin...
www.uni-wuerzburg.de/karriere/sin...
New ANDIV paper published! 🐝🧬🧪What determines the insect microbiome along a tropical elevation gradient? Exciting study led by Andrea Pinos and Alexander Keller from @lmumuenchen.bsky.social
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social
@biologie-uniwue.bsky.social
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mic...
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social
@biologie-uniwue.bsky.social
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mic...
Frontiers | Host identity, more than elevation, shapes bee microbiomes along a tropical elevation gradient
Understanding how host-microbiome interactions respond to abiotic and biotic factors is key to elucidating the mechanisms influencing ecological communities ...
www.frontiersin.org
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
New ANDIV paper published! 🐝🧬🧪What determines the insect microbiome along a tropical elevation gradient? Exciting study led by Andrea Pinos and Alexander Keller from @lmumuenchen.bsky.social
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social
@biologie-uniwue.bsky.social
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mic...
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social
@biologie-uniwue.bsky.social
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mic...
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What I wish I knew: 33 thoughts for early career researchers
Reflections I wish someone had shared with me early in my research career.
predirections.substack.com/p/what-i-wis...
Reflections I wish someone had shared with me early in my research career.
predirections.substack.com/p/what-i-wis...
What I wish I knew: 33 thoughts for early career researchers
Thirty three reflections I wish someone had shared with me early in my research career.
predirections.substack.com
April 29, 2025 at 3:08 AM
What I wish I knew: 33 thoughts for early career researchers
Reflections I wish someone had shared with me early in my research career.
predirections.substack.com/p/what-i-wis...
Reflections I wish someone had shared with me early in my research career.
predirections.substack.com/p/what-i-wis...
First day at #gfoe2025 was a great experience with a very exciting session on climate change effects on biodiversity, which Hendrik Mohr and I have the pleasure to chair. Looking forward to hearing more in the coming days! 🌎 📈
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social @gfoesoc.bsky.social
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social @gfoesoc.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
First day at #gfoe2025 was a great experience with a very exciting session on climate change effects on biodiversity, which Hendrik Mohr and I have the pleasure to chair. Looking forward to hearing more in the coming days! 🌎 📈
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social @gfoesoc.bsky.social
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social @gfoesoc.bsky.social
You're attending #gfoe2025? Want to hear what animals do when the tropical rainforest is suddenly freezing? 🥶 I will talk about this on Monday afternoon
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social @biologie-uniwue.bsky.social
@gfoesoc.bsky.social
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social @biologie-uniwue.bsky.social
@gfoesoc.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 6:26 AM
You're attending #gfoe2025? Want to hear what animals do when the tropical rainforest is suddenly freezing? 🥶 I will talk about this on Monday afternoon
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social @biologie-uniwue.bsky.social
@gfoesoc.bsky.social
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social @biologie-uniwue.bsky.social
@gfoesoc.bsky.social
Heute im Interview mit SWR! Es geht um spannende Feldarbeit in den Tropen, Biodiversität, und unvergessliche Momente 🌄
www.swr.de/swrkultur/wi...
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social
@biologie-uniwue.bsky.social
@uni-wuerzburg.de
www.swr.de/swrkultur/wi...
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social
@biologie-uniwue.bsky.social
@uni-wuerzburg.de
August 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Heute im Interview mit SWR! Es geht um spannende Feldarbeit in den Tropen, Biodiversität, und unvergessliche Momente 🌄
www.swr.de/swrkultur/wi...
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social
@biologie-uniwue.bsky.social
@uni-wuerzburg.de
www.swr.de/swrkultur/wi...
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social
@biologie-uniwue.bsky.social
@uni-wuerzburg.de
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Congratulations to our colleague @sabinenooten.bsky.social from the Chemical Ecology group at @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social on receiving the Marcella Boveri Prize of the @uni-wuerzburg.de Biocenter, and on her great presentation of her work on insect #ecology and #biogeography
July 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Congratulations to our colleague @sabinenooten.bsky.social from the Chemical Ecology group at @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social on receiving the Marcella Boveri Prize of the @uni-wuerzburg.de Biocenter, and on her great presentation of her work on insect #ecology and #biogeography
Check out this new, exciting opportunity, allowing you to specialize on a very "hot topic" and receive a prestigious MSc double degree. I loved my masters program, but this would've been such a perfect match considering my research focus nowadays!
We’re excited to launch our Double Degree Master’s in Global Change Ecology – a unique collaboration between the University of Würzburg (Germany) and the University of Bergen (Norway)! Passionate about biodiversity🐛, ecosystems🗻, and today’s urgent environmental challenges🌍? This program is for you!
July 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Check out this new, exciting opportunity, allowing you to specialize on a very "hot topic" and receive a prestigious MSc double degree. I loved my masters program, but this would've been such a perfect match considering my research focus nowadays!
Next one added to the reading list 📚 sounds super interesting and nicely written!
I finally got Alex Riley's new book "Super Natural: how life thrives in impossible places".
A fantastic book about life in extreme environments, which talks about our work in #Chornobyl and more...
A fantastic book about life in extreme environments, which talks about our work in #Chornobyl and more...
July 18, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Next one added to the reading list 📚 sounds super interesting and nicely written!
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4 year fixed term postdoc position in Tasmania, Australia. Drones, camera traps, population monitoring.
careers.utas.edu.au/en/job/50114...
careers.utas.edu.au/en/job/50114...
Current Vacancies
careers.utas.edu.au
July 16, 2025 at 5:03 AM
4 year fixed term postdoc position in Tasmania, Australia. Drones, camera traps, population monitoring.
careers.utas.edu.au/en/job/50114...
careers.utas.edu.au/en/job/50114...
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Are you a PI in a biology field looking for students to join your lab as a PhD student? I made a Starter Pack to help PIs and potential PhD students connect! If you would like to be added to this pack, please let me know! go.bsky.app/EFj87fi
July 17, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Are you a PI in a biology field looking for students to join your lab as a PhD student? I made a Starter Pack to help PIs and potential PhD students connect! If you would like to be added to this pack, please let me know! go.bsky.app/EFj87fi
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go.bsky.app/8zZNEGV
Great resource to connect early career folks with more senior scientists looking to hire postdocs! 🧪
Great resource to connect early career folks with more senior scientists looking to hire postdocs! 🧪
July 17, 2025 at 3:41 AM
go.bsky.app/8zZNEGV
Great resource to connect early career folks with more senior scientists looking to hire postdocs! 🧪
Great resource to connect early career folks with more senior scientists looking to hire postdocs! 🧪
I vividly remember this field work day. Exhausted and sweaty, carrying heavy gear through the tropical rainforest, the appearance of this tree full of monkeys feeding on its flowers made all our effort worth it again! And now this beautiful moment made it on the cover of the Bulletin, thanks! 🐒
Take a taste of the Bulletin's July issue! Thanks to @kimholzmann.bsky.social for the cover monkey, from her Photo Gallery submission documenting a study of mammal diversity in Peruvian old-growth forest
Find the Photo Gallery, & lots more, here: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/23276096...
Find the Photo Gallery, & lots more, here: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/23276096...
July 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I vividly remember this field work day. Exhausted and sweaty, carrying heavy gear through the tropical rainforest, the appearance of this tree full of monkeys feeding on its flowers made all our effort worth it again! And now this beautiful moment made it on the cover of the Bulletin, thanks! 🐒
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We are offering the 4th iteration of our free & online crash course in Evolutionary Biology, catered to students in the Global South! Join us this summer for an incredible line of up classes & tutorials from amazing graduate student researchers, covering a vast array of topics!
We are offering the 4th iteration of our free & online crash course in Evolutionary Biology, catered to students in the Global South! Join us this summer for an incredible line of up classes & tutorials from amazing graduate student researchers, covering a vast array of topics!
June 4, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Please share widely!
We are offering the 4th iteration of our free & online crash course in Evolutionary Biology, catered to students in the Global South! Join us this summer for an incredible line of up classes & tutorials from amazing graduate student researchers, covering a vast array of topics!
We are offering the 4th iteration of our free & online crash course in Evolutionary Biology, catered to students in the Global South! Join us this summer for an incredible line of up classes & tutorials from amazing graduate student researchers, covering a vast array of topics!
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When warnings of Insectageddon were issued a few years ago, there was widespread denial. Less so now. It's devastating. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
www.theguardian.com
June 3, 2025 at 9:12 AM
When warnings of Insectageddon were issued a few years ago, there was widespread denial. Less so now. It's devastating. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Are you a scientist with an interest in photography? We're delighted to announce that the Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition is now open for entries until 15 August 2025! 🎉 Find out more: royalsociety.org/journals/pub... #RSPphotocomp
June 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Are you a scientist with an interest in photography? We're delighted to announce that the Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition is now open for entries until 15 August 2025! 🎉 Find out more: royalsociety.org/journals/pub... #RSPphotocomp
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social went for a little walk again, together with over 1000 other participants! 100 km in <24 hours while enjoying beautiful landscapes, from sunset to sunrise again. The next field work season can come, we're ready to walk! 🐝🪲🪰🐜🦗
May 27, 2025 at 5:43 AM
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social went for a little walk again, together with over 1000 other participants! 100 km in <24 hours while enjoying beautiful landscapes, from sunset to sunrise again. The next field work season can come, we're ready to walk! 🐝🪲🪰🐜🦗
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Have you ever wondered what happens when you put 400g of cow dung in the Bavarian Forest? - A feast! 🪲🪲
@betafor.bsky.social
@betafor.bsky.social
May 24, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Have you ever wondered what happens when you put 400g of cow dung in the Bavarian Forest? - A feast! 🪲🪲
@betafor.bsky.social
@betafor.bsky.social
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🦤🧬🧑🔬 Junior Group Leader in Conservation Genomics Wanted! 🪲🌿🔬
Help bridge gaps between evolutionary genetics & conservation with museum and monitoring collections.
🔗 Info: tinyurl.com/biodivgen
⏰ Deadline: June 15th
📩 Contact me!
🚀 Excited to explore new horizons!
Please share 🕊️
Help bridge gaps between evolutionary genetics & conservation with museum and monitoring collections.
🔗 Info: tinyurl.com/biodivgen
⏰ Deadline: June 15th
📩 Contact me!
🚀 Excited to explore new horizons!
Please share 🕊️
Jobs | Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart
Open positions
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April 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
🦤🧬🧑🔬 Junior Group Leader in Conservation Genomics Wanted! 🪲🌿🔬
Help bridge gaps between evolutionary genetics & conservation with museum and monitoring collections.
🔗 Info: tinyurl.com/biodivgen
⏰ Deadline: June 15th
📩 Contact me!
🚀 Excited to explore new horizons!
Please share 🕊️
Help bridge gaps between evolutionary genetics & conservation with museum and monitoring collections.
🔗 Info: tinyurl.com/biodivgen
⏰ Deadline: June 15th
📩 Contact me!
🚀 Excited to explore new horizons!
Please share 🕊️
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🧬 Another exciting opportunity at SMNS—this time in our Zoology Department!
🦎🔬 Looking for a Postdoc in molecular biogeography, conservation genetics, or evolutionary morphology.
🤝 Interdepartmental collaboration encouraged!
🔗 naturkundemuseum-bw.de/en/research/zoology
🦎🔬 Looking for a Postdoc in molecular biogeography, conservation genetics, or evolutionary morphology.
🤝 Interdepartmental collaboration encouraged!
🔗 naturkundemuseum-bw.de/en/research/zoology
The State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart is looking to fill the following position as soon as possible:
Postdoc (m/f/d) to work in research programms of the zoological department
E13 TV-L, 100%, limited until Sep 30th 2026
Application deadline: Jun 30th 2025
www.naturkundemuseum-bw.de/en/jobs
Postdoc (m/f/d) to work in research programms of the zoological department
E13 TV-L, 100%, limited until Sep 30th 2026
Application deadline: Jun 30th 2025
www.naturkundemuseum-bw.de/en/jobs
May 21, 2025 at 4:52 AM
🧬 Another exciting opportunity at SMNS—this time in our Zoology Department!
🦎🔬 Looking for a Postdoc in molecular biogeography, conservation genetics, or evolutionary morphology.
🤝 Interdepartmental collaboration encouraged!
🔗 naturkundemuseum-bw.de/en/research/zoology
🦎🔬 Looking for a Postdoc in molecular biogeography, conservation genetics, or evolutionary morphology.
🤝 Interdepartmental collaboration encouraged!
🔗 naturkundemuseum-bw.de/en/research/zoology
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Uppsala University seeks a PhD student for climate-change adaptation and speciation research on flycatchers. Applicants must hold a Master's degree in biology. More info: https://www.uu.se/en/department/ecology-and-genetics/research/animal-ecology/qvarnstrom-lab. Apply by March 18, 2025. #phd
Qvarnström lab - Uppsala University
Speciation
www.uu.se
February 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Uppsala University seeks a PhD student for climate-change adaptation and speciation research on flycatchers. Applicants must hold a Master's degree in biology. More info: https://www.uu.se/en/department/ecology-and-genetics/research/animal-ecology/qvarnstrom-lab. Apply by March 18, 2025. #phd
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We are looking for a research ecologist to join the Board of @britishecologicalsociety.org. This influential role will help to set the strategic direction and priorities of the Society. Deadline 30 June with the role to start in December.
Join the BES Board of Trustees - British Ecological Society
We are seeking an ecologist working in academic research
www.britishecologicalsociety.org
May 19, 2025 at 8:30 AM
We are looking for a research ecologist to join the Board of @britishecologicalsociety.org. This influential role will help to set the strategic direction and priorities of the Society. Deadline 30 June with the role to start in December.
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Check out the new honey bee paper of our PhD student @giuliamai.bsky.social! 🐝
Floral diversity enhances winter survival of honeybee colonies across climatic regions 🐝
Highlights the critical role of including floral resource diversity and weather conditions in a comprehensive framework for studying honeybee hibernation 🌻🌏🧪
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Highlights the critical role of including floral resource diversity and weather conditions in a comprehensive framework for studying honeybee hibernation 🌻🌏🧪
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
May 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Check out the new honey bee paper of our PhD student @giuliamai.bsky.social! 🐝