Tomer J. Czaczkes
@tomerczaczkes.bsky.social
Social insects (mainly ants). Cognition. Comparative psychology. Collective behaviour. Invasive ants. Information use.
Professor of Applied Zoology and Animal Ecology at the Freie Universität Berlin.
Professor of Applied Zoology and Animal Ecology at the Freie Universität Berlin.
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Hello all! A bit about my groups research:
We study the #behaviour and #cognition of insects - especially #ants. The lab has four major themes:
- Cognition and Comparative psychology
- Animal behavioural economics
- Learning and memory
- All sorts of random stuff we find interesting!
A 🧵 on these!
We study the #behaviour and #cognition of insects - especially #ants. The lab has four major themes:
- Cognition and Comparative psychology
- Animal behavioural economics
- Learning and memory
- All sorts of random stuff we find interesting!
A 🧵 on these!
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We publish *imaginary* research abstracts!
The Journal of Imaginary Research is now accepting submissions of new short fictional pieces. Click to read:
Why Abstract fiction?
The theme
How to get started
What to submit to us
What *not* to submit
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The Journal of Imaginary Research is now accepting submissions of new short fictional pieces. Click to read:
Why Abstract fiction?
The theme
How to get started
What to submit to us
What *not* to submit
journalofimaginaryresearch.home.blog/2025/10/28/c...
Call for Abstracts – Journal Of Imaginary Research Volume 11
The Journal of Imaginary Research is now accepting submissions of new short fictional pieces for our annual volume produced each November to celebrate Global Academic Writing Month. We pu…
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October 29, 2025 at 9:38 AM
We publish *imaginary* research abstracts!
The Journal of Imaginary Research is now accepting submissions of new short fictional pieces. Click to read:
Why Abstract fiction?
The theme
How to get started
What to submit to us
What *not* to submit
journalofimaginaryresearch.home.blog/2025/10/28/c...
The Journal of Imaginary Research is now accepting submissions of new short fictional pieces. Click to read:
Why Abstract fiction?
The theme
How to get started
What to submit to us
What *not* to submit
journalofimaginaryresearch.home.blog/2025/10/28/c...
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Apply for an ISBE travel award until December 15!
TRAVEL AWARDS - Apply for a travel award to support your trip, accommodation and registration! Application guidelines on www.isbe2026.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Apply for an ISBE travel award until December 15!
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Come and join our lab! We have TWO fully funded PhD positions AND a paid field assistant opportunity in our Behavioral Ecology group @uni-goettingen.de & @primatenzentrum.bsky.social. Projects will be part of @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social & @sfb1528.bsky.social!!
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November 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Come and join our lab! We have TWO fully funded PhD positions AND a paid field assistant opportunity in our Behavioral Ecology group @uni-goettingen.de & @primatenzentrum.bsky.social. Projects will be part of @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social & @sfb1528.bsky.social!!
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📢I would like to share with you two opportunities to work in urban ecology with birds. The urban group at University of Granada is looking for a PhD candidate and a postdoc. More info in the attachments! #urbanEcology #birds #PhDcandidate #Postdoc #ResearchOpportunities
November 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
📢I would like to share with you two opportunities to work in urban ecology with birds. The urban group at University of Granada is looking for a PhD candidate and a postdoc. More info in the attachments! #urbanEcology #birds #PhDcandidate #Postdoc #ResearchOpportunities
Got some nice work about ant foraging? Can't decide where to send it? We have a special issue just for you!
And, as a bonus, it's in (afaiac*) the best journal in the world @insectessociaux.bsky.social
link.springer.com/collections/...
*As Far As I Am Concerned
And, as a bonus, it's in (afaiac*) the best journal in the world @insectessociaux.bsky.social
link.springer.com/collections/...
*As Far As I Am Concerned
Foraging Behaviours of Ants
While the collective foraging of ants has been studied extensively, there has been much emphasis on the mechanisms that underlie ant foraging; however, ...
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November 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Got some nice work about ant foraging? Can't decide where to send it? We have a special issue just for you!
And, as a bonus, it's in (afaiac*) the best journal in the world @insectessociaux.bsky.social
link.springer.com/collections/...
*As Far As I Am Concerned
And, as a bonus, it's in (afaiac*) the best journal in the world @insectessociaux.bsky.social
link.springer.com/collections/...
*As Far As I Am Concerned
PhD position - How jumping spiders see
- Put cute spiders on trackballs!
- Program fancy automated experiments!
- Do cutting edge research!
- Hang out in beautiful Italian cities!
- Be supervised by a super nice chap!
Like invertebrate behaviour and computation stuff? You'll love this.
Link in 🧵
- Put cute spiders on trackballs!
- Program fancy automated experiments!
- Do cutting edge research!
- Hang out in beautiful Italian cities!
- Be supervised by a super nice chap!
Like invertebrate behaviour and computation stuff? You'll love this.
Link in 🧵
November 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
PhD position - How jumping spiders see
- Put cute spiders on trackballs!
- Program fancy automated experiments!
- Do cutting edge research!
- Hang out in beautiful Italian cities!
- Be supervised by a super nice chap!
Like invertebrate behaviour and computation stuff? You'll love this.
Link in 🧵
- Put cute spiders on trackballs!
- Program fancy automated experiments!
- Do cutting edge research!
- Hang out in beautiful Italian cities!
- Be supervised by a super nice chap!
Like invertebrate behaviour and computation stuff? You'll love this.
Link in 🧵
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🚨Who wants to work with Kalahari meerkats? A MSc project with @mathildemartin.bsky.social at the University of Zurich.
#bioacoustics 🧪
#bioacoustics 🧪
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
🚨Who wants to work with Kalahari meerkats? A MSc project with @mathildemartin.bsky.social at the University of Zurich.
#bioacoustics 🧪
#bioacoustics 🧪
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My lab at Indiana University is searching for a *postdoc* and *technician* to contribute to our work studying the evolution of social behavior using fruit flies as a model system. Details below, feel free to email me with any questions! More info on our research: saltzlab.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
My lab at Indiana University is searching for a *postdoc* and *technician* to contribute to our work studying the evolution of social behavior using fruit flies as a model system. Details below, feel free to email me with any questions! More info on our research: saltzlab.com
Lecturer/ Assistant professor Entomology, University College Dublin:
my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...
Deadline 1st December!
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Deadline 1st December!
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November 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Lecturer/ Assistant professor Entomology, University College Dublin:
my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...
Deadline 1st December!
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Deadline 1st December!
2 year position (Indiana, USA) studying the Neurobiology of insect welfare in the Barrett lab. Sort of a pre-doc position for someone with a BSc (and ideally) MSc in a relevant discipline. An excellent opportunity to gain (paid) research experience!
www.higheredjobs.com/details.cfm?...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:09 AM
2 year position (Indiana, USA) studying the Neurobiology of insect welfare in the Barrett lab. Sort of a pre-doc position for someone with a BSc (and ideally) MSc in a relevant discipline. An excellent opportunity to gain (paid) research experience!
www.higheredjobs.com/details.cfm?...
www.higheredjobs.com/details.cfm?...
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The program of day 2 of #ABL2025 is here!
Another exciting lineup of plenaries, talks, poster sessions and exchanges on animal behaviour 🦋🐙
💻 Free, online & open to all worldwide
🚨Don’t miss it, it’s the last day to register! 🚨
🔗https://ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org/
Another exciting lineup of plenaries, talks, poster sessions and exchanges on animal behaviour 🦋🐙
💻 Free, online & open to all worldwide
🚨Don’t miss it, it’s the last day to register! 🚨
🔗https://ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org/
November 12, 2025 at 8:04 AM
The program of day 2 of #ABL2025 is here!
Another exciting lineup of plenaries, talks, poster sessions and exchanges on animal behaviour 🦋🐙
💻 Free, online & open to all worldwide
🚨Don’t miss it, it’s the last day to register! 🚨
🔗https://ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org/
Another exciting lineup of plenaries, talks, poster sessions and exchanges on animal behaviour 🦋🐙
💻 Free, online & open to all worldwide
🚨Don’t miss it, it’s the last day to register! 🚨
🔗https://ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org/
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It's almost the weekend! 🥳
If you're looking for something for you and/or your kids to do, I've recently re-uploaded my arthropod coloring guide 🎨
Please feel free to share, print, and [definitely] have fun with it!!!
drive.google.com/file/d/1V59i...
If you're looking for something for you and/or your kids to do, I've recently re-uploaded my arthropod coloring guide 🎨
Please feel free to share, print, and [definitely] have fun with it!!!
drive.google.com/file/d/1V59i...
November 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
It's almost the weekend! 🥳
If you're looking for something for you and/or your kids to do, I've recently re-uploaded my arthropod coloring guide 🎨
Please feel free to share, print, and [definitely] have fun with it!!!
drive.google.com/file/d/1V59i...
If you're looking for something for you and/or your kids to do, I've recently re-uploaded my arthropod coloring guide 🎨
Please feel free to share, print, and [definitely] have fun with it!!!
drive.google.com/file/d/1V59i...
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
Some of the entries here made me literally laugh out loud.
@b3ta.com is often very amusing
This was an especially amusing image challenge:
b3ta.com/challenge/tw...
@b3ta.com is often very amusing
This was an especially amusing image challenge:
b3ta.com/challenge/tw...
November 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Some of the entries here made me literally laugh out loud.
@b3ta.com is often very amusing
This was an especially amusing image challenge:
b3ta.com/challenge/tw...
@b3ta.com is often very amusing
This was an especially amusing image challenge:
b3ta.com/challenge/tw...
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Cool rotifer feeding with it's cilia beating
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November 1, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Cool rotifer feeding with it's cilia beating
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October 31, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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I asked chatGPT about this (irony is not lost on me) and it seems like I was onto sth there 😅
November 1, 2025 at 10:58 AM
I asked chatGPT about this (irony is not lost on me) and it seems like I was onto sth there 😅
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Recently, whenever I read 'intricate' on a scientific abstract or other published work I immediately think 'AI'... #AcademicSky
November 1, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Recently, whenever I read 'intricate' on a scientific abstract or other published work I immediately think 'AI'... #AcademicSky
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New #PhD ad alert!
Interested in wild #bee #cognition and #brains in different #bumblebees? Want to live in #Newcastle and the beautiful north-east of England?
Check out this project with me, @lenariab.bsky.social and Sarah Scott. Contact me for further information.
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Interested in wild #bee #cognition and #brains in different #bumblebees? Want to live in #Newcastle and the beautiful north-east of England?
Check out this project with me, @lenariab.bsky.social and Sarah Scott. Contact me for further information.
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
The cognitive ecology of wild bumblebees
iapetus.ac.uk
October 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
New #PhD ad alert!
Interested in wild #bee #cognition and #brains in different #bumblebees? Want to live in #Newcastle and the beautiful north-east of England?
Check out this project with me, @lenariab.bsky.social and Sarah Scott. Contact me for further information.
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Interested in wild #bee #cognition and #brains in different #bumblebees? Want to live in #Newcastle and the beautiful north-east of England?
Check out this project with me, @lenariab.bsky.social and Sarah Scott. Contact me for further information.
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
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2️⃣weeks to go!
Join us online on 13–14 November for two days of talks and discussions on animal behavior 🐝🐙🐘
💻 It’s free & open to everyone worldwide, don’t miss out!
The full program is out now, have a look 👇
ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org/resource/pag...
Join us online on 13–14 November for two days of talks and discussions on animal behavior 🐝🐙🐘
💻 It’s free & open to everyone worldwide, don’t miss out!
The full program is out now, have a look 👇
ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org/resource/pag...
Animal Behaviour Live: Annual Online Conference 2025 - Sciencesconf.org
ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
October 29, 2025 at 8:14 AM
2️⃣weeks to go!
Join us online on 13–14 November for two days of talks and discussions on animal behavior 🐝🐙🐘
💻 It’s free & open to everyone worldwide, don’t miss out!
The full program is out now, have a look 👇
ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org/resource/pag...
Join us online on 13–14 November for two days of talks and discussions on animal behavior 🐝🐙🐘
💻 It’s free & open to everyone worldwide, don’t miss out!
The full program is out now, have a look 👇
ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org/resource/pag...
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A young PI here in Mainz has a fabulous PhD position that will be filled soon! By you? Keywords: Social insects, ageing, gene expression. www.blogs.uni-mainz.de/fb10-evoluti...
Behavioural Ecology and Social Evolution
www.blogs.uni-mainz.de
October 29, 2025 at 8:36 AM
A young PI here in Mainz has a fabulous PhD position that will be filled soon! By you? Keywords: Social insects, ageing, gene expression. www.blogs.uni-mainz.de/fb10-evoluti...
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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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Reposting for the Monday morning scrollers! Funded PhD opportunity with me @multipleye-lab.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social - spiders, their eyes, and their babies under long- and short-term light pollution!
Exciting times ahead - I'm beyond delighted to be joining @bristolbiosci.bsky.social in 2026! 🎉🕷️🎉🐌🎉
I'm also looking for a PhD student to join @multipleye-lab.bsky.social in our new home! Come and study the effects of light pollution on the evolution and development of spider eyes with us 🌃🕷️👀 👇
I'm also looking for a PhD student to join @multipleye-lab.bsky.social in our new home! Come and study the effects of light pollution on the evolution and development of spider eyes with us 🌃🕷️👀 👇
October 20, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Reposting for the Monday morning scrollers! Funded PhD opportunity with me @multipleye-lab.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social - spiders, their eyes, and their babies under long- and short-term light pollution!
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🚨🚨Job! 🚨🚨Permanent (75% time) job! We are a pretty awesome research group & seek a manager who deals with everything: personnel tasks, organizing retreats, preparing code for teaching / data structures for research... Fluency in German & English essential. stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/51527
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de
October 17, 2025 at 7:38 AM
🚨🚨Job! 🚨🚨Permanent (75% time) job! We are a pretty awesome research group & seek a manager who deals with everything: personnel tasks, organizing retreats, preparing code for teaching / data structures for research... Fluency in German & English essential. stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/51527
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Join us! Oxford is advertising an Associate Professorship in Animal Behaviour. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Job Details
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September 15, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Join us! Oxford is advertising an Associate Professorship in Animal Behaviour. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...