Our Postdoc Captain Sam Ginot took us out to ride his dad's boat into the sunset during the wonderful #SEB2022 #sebconference!

Congrats to @Peter_Th_R for winning the 2nd talk prize of the Mechanical Ecology session at #SEB2022 #sebconference for the 'Wackiest device they've ever seen'! Many thanks to the organizers @SEBiology!

Just heard an amazing talk by @EvoBiomech's David Labonte about shear forces and scaling of sticky feet!

If you missed Leandra's (@Bio2Nic) talk on a bioinspired micropalstic filter, you have a second chance to hear it at the Biomimetics session at #SEB2022 #SEBconference starting soon!

Excited to listen to a lot of interesting talks in the Mechanical Ecology session of #SEB2022 #SEBconference @SEBiology!

We had the great pleasure to host @KlunkCristian for two days in our lab! Cristian measured #biteforces of #ants for his #biomechanics studies using our #forceX setup!

Our student Atal working early morning shifts to get some #histology data on #earwig eyes! We're excited to see the results, complementing his #3d analyses on their #vision!

Congrats to @Peter_Th_R and Harry Sterken for the cover image on @RSocPublishing Proceedings B! (1/2)

Leandra visited the Aqauarium La Rochelle in France to film filter-feeding pilchards for her study on biomimetic filters. Thanks to @aqualarochelle for the support and the nice article (only in French): aquarium-larochelle.com/cons… #biomimetics #microplastics

Our newest group member Leandra Hamann @Bio2Nic is presenting her PhD-topic »Developement of a biomimetic filter to reduce #microplastic emissions« as part of the exhibition @SeaLifeOBH. In the next weeks, visitors can learn more about plastic litter, microplastics and solutions

Make sure to visit @Peter_Th_R's poster at the #JointAusBio19 to see how to increase surface contrast of animals, plants and even spider silk in #microCT! @AustEntomology #tomography #morphology #entomology #imaging #contrast #staining

@Peter_Th_R is out catching loads of insects in Far North Queensland for his #insectbiteforces project. Stay tuned for the strongest ever measured insect bite! #entomology #insects #evolution #phdlife

We were super happy to have the inspiring Freddy and David from @EvoBiomech over to share thoughts about our projects and equipment!

An early Christmas for Melina who from now on has a #microtome right next to her desk! #phdlife

A male #Oreophoetes inspecting his results from the bite force measurements. This fern-eating species belongs to one of the oldest extant stick insect groups and is native to Peruvian mountain forests.

@Peter_Th_R's and Markus' paper on how to increase surface contrast in #tomography came out this month at @JAnatomy to round up a 4-your-old idea they had during Peter's Master's Thesis. @UniCologne, @MuseumKoenig, @UniBonn, @ERC_Research Check it out at doi.org/10.1111/joa.13008!

Celebrating #WorldAntDay: Carina is carefully measuring the bite forces of the iconic #Odontomachus trap-jaw ant @stri_panama on #BarroColoradoIsland! 🐜💖