Events at the MPIAB

Doctoral defense by Simeon Smeele

Supervised by Lucy Aplin
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Institute Seminar by Alfonso Perez-Escudero

Institute Seminar by Alfonso Perez-Escudero
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TerraX: "SCHLAUE SCHWÄRME“

with nature filmmaker Robin Jähne and researchers from CASCB
Join the Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behavior for a screening of the documentary "Schlaue Schwärme" and a discussion with the filmmaker and scientists involved in the production. [more]

Getting Organized: Modern Knowledge Management for Researchers, organized in collaboration with ChemBiol

Articles, videos, podcasts, conversations - everywhere, you can find potentially relevant ideas, information, and insights for your own research. This hands-on workshop teaches techniques, tools, and workflows to manage this abundance of information productively. In the first part, we explore methods to enhance time management when searching for new information and creating notes. The second part ... [more]

Data Visualization with R

This practical online course enables you to effectively create figures based on your quantitative data. If you want to understand your data better and add impact to your publications, Data Visualization with R is the course for you! Participants: 6 - 12 [more]

A Systems Approach to Wild Animal Welfare

Institute Seminar by Becca Franks
  • Date: Oct 31, 2023
  • Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Becca Franks
  • Becca Franks is Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at New York University. After earning a BA in Anthropology from New York University and a Ph.D. in Psychology from Columbia University, she was a Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Animal Welfare Program at the University of British Columbia, where she was awarded the Killam Research Prize. Specializing in animal behavior, human-animal relationships, aquatic animal welfare, and quantitative methods, her research and teaching lie at the intersection of environmental and animal protection. The core question driving her work is: How can we advance our understanding of animals to address the urgent demands of the Anthropocene?
  • Host: Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
  • Contact: zgoldsborough@ab.mpg.de
Wild animals face mounting threats from a variety of human-driven crises: climate extremes, habitat loss, habitat fragmentation, and pollution. While conservation biology has a strong track record of protecting animal populations and species, individual animal welfare is generally understood to be outside the scope of its historical mandate. In this talk, I will discuss the newly emerging field of ... [more]

What can bat genomes teach us and why should we care?

Institute Seminar by Emma Teeling
  • Date: Nov 7, 2023
  • Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Emma Teeling
  • Prof. Emma Teeling is a world-class leader in the cross-cutting fields of mammalian phylogenetics and comparative genomics, with particular-expertise, in bat biology. She established the Laboratory of Molecular Evolution and Mammalian Phylogenetics in 2005, is a Founding Director of the genome consortium Bat1K and the Full Professor of Zoology at University College Dublin, Ireland. She has pioneered and leads global research into the development of bats as new models for healthy ageing and disease tolerance. She has been awarded prestigious personal grants to pursue this research- European Research Council (ERC) Starting grant (2013-2018), a Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), President of Ireland Young Researcher Award (2006-2012), an Irish Research Council (IRC) Laureate Award (2018-2022), and an SFI Future Frontiers Award (2020-2025). She has published >121 peer reviewed research articles, 25 of which have been published in the highest interdisciplinary journals for her field (e.g. Nature, Science, Cell, PNAS), as they over-turned conventional paradigms in mammalian biology. Her research has been cited more than 15,351 times, with >28 publications cited >100 times (Goggle Scholar, September 2023). She has given prestigious international keynote lectures and public presentations (e.g. TED talk; >571,574 views; EU Parliament; World Economic Forum, Davos; BBC’s Science Club, NOVA documentary, Royal Institution Christmas Lectures), has been elected to prestigious academic boards and institutes (e.g. Irish Research Council Board, 2015-2021; Member of Royal Irish Academy, 2016) and was awarded Chevalier des Palmes Académiques, 2017 for her research.
  • Room: Seminar room MPI-AB Möggingen + Online
  • Host: Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
  • Contact: ddechmann@ab.mpg.de
Of all mammals, bat possess the most unique and peculiar adaptations that render them as excellent models to investigate the mechanisms of extended longevity and potentially halted senescence. Indeed, they are the longest-lived mammals relative to their body size, with the oldest bat caught being >41 years old, living approx. 8 times longer than expected. Bats defy the ‘rate-of-living’ theories ... [more]

Institute Seminar by Katrin Heer

Institute Seminar by Katrin Heer
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Modelling energetics & behavior: Insights from mammalian swimmers, flyers, & runners

Institute Seminar by Cara Gallagher
  • Date: Nov 21, 2023
  • Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Cara Gallagher
  • Cara Gallagher is currently a postdoctoral researcher in the BioMove group at the University of Potsdam, Germany. Her research focuses on using agent-based simulation models and physiological theory to advance our knowledge of wildlife population and community dynamics, as well as to develop effective conservation strategies in the face of a rapidly changing world. With a specific emphasis on diverse mammalian species, she develops predictive models to assess the impacts of various environmental changes, such as noise pollution, habitat degradation, and climate change, on wildlife populations. Cara is also passionate about the intersection of art and science, utilizing graphic art and visual media as a means of communicating science.
  • Host: Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
  • Contact: mscacco@ab.mpg.de
Climate change and habitat degradation are major drivers of decline in ecological systems. A comprehensive understanding of the impacts of these drivers on population dynamics is essential for the development of effective conservation strategies. In this seminar, I will present my research on agent-based energy budget and movement models focusing on diverse mammalian species inhabiting marine ... [more]

Institute Seminar by Daniel Oro

Institute Seminar by Daniel Oro
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Institute Seminar by Verena Behringer

Institute Seminar by Verena Behringer
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Institute Seminar by Ulrike Schneeberg

Institute Seminar by Ulrike Schneeberg
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Advanced writing course

Being a scientist means one must have many skills and talents -intimidatingly so sometimes. Writing papers is one of the most important ones. It's the currency into which we turn our research and also the most important means for the community to judge us by. Luckily, like most aspects of science it's a skill that we can improve on and this course will help you do just this. We will spend a couple ... [more]
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