Hello Bsky!
We are the Max Planck Research Group Biological Clocks.
#evolution #evobio #ecology #adaptation #biodiversity #behaviour #genetics #genomics #chronobiology #circadian #circalunar #biologicalclock #moon #tides #marine #molbio #biology #nature #research #science #scicomm #insect #clunio
We are the Max Planck Research Group Biological Clocks.
#evolution #evobio #ecology #adaptation #biodiversity #behaviour #genetics #genomics #chronobiology #circadian #circalunar #biologicalclock #moon #tides #marine #molbio #biology #nature #research #science #scicomm #insect #clunio
February 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Hello Bsky!
We are the Max Planck Research Group Biological Clocks.
#evolution #evobio #ecology #adaptation #biodiversity #behaviour #genetics #genomics #chronobiology #circadian #circalunar #biologicalclock #moon #tides #marine #molbio #biology #nature #research #science #scicomm #insect #clunio
We are the Max Planck Research Group Biological Clocks.
#evolution #evobio #ecology #adaptation #biodiversity #behaviour #genetics #genomics #chronobiology #circadian #circalunar #biologicalclock #moon #tides #marine #molbio #biology #nature #research #science #scicomm #insect #clunio
#Inspired by @nikihubbard.bsky.social I made a #colour palette for #Clunio marinus.
What a #colourful world! 🪰🪰🪰🪰🦟🪰🪰🪰
#marinelife #invertebrates #scicomm #dataviz #insects #entosky #clocks #chronobiology
@mpi-evolbio.bsky.social
What a #colourful world! 🪰🪰🪰🪰🦟🪰🪰🪰
#marinelife #invertebrates #scicomm #dataviz #insects #entosky #clocks #chronobiology
@mpi-evolbio.bsky.social
May 1, 2026 at 11:16 AM
#Inspired by @nikihubbard.bsky.social I made a #colour palette for #Clunio marinus.
What a #colourful world! 🪰🪰🪰🪰🦟🪰🪰🪰
#marinelife #invertebrates #scicomm #dataviz #insects #entosky #clocks #chronobiology
@mpi-evolbio.bsky.social
What a #colourful world! 🪰🪰🪰🪰🦟🪰🪰🪰
#marinelife #invertebrates #scicomm #dataviz #insects #entosky #clocks #chronobiology
@mpi-evolbio.bsky.social
#Moonstruck #Midges: Introducing Clunio marinus
#Clunio is a midge and a truly #marine #insect. You can find it on the #European #Atlantic #coast in the #intertidal zone. This is the region between the low #tide and high tide, alternating between marine and terrestrial conditions.
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#Clunio is a midge and a truly #marine #insect. You can find it on the #European #Atlantic #coast in the #intertidal zone. This is the region between the low #tide and high tide, alternating between marine and terrestrial conditions.
(1/5)
June 23, 2025 at 8:46 AM
#Moonstruck #Midges: Introducing Clunio marinus
#Clunio is a midge and a truly #marine #insect. You can find it on the #European #Atlantic #coast in the #intertidal zone. This is the region between the low #tide and high tide, alternating between marine and terrestrial conditions.
(1/5)
#Clunio is a midge and a truly #marine #insect. You can find it on the #European #Atlantic #coast in the #intertidal zone. This is the region between the low #tide and high tide, alternating between marine and terrestrial conditions.
(1/5)
Here is a nice piece on #Clunio #biology and #rhythms by @ulrikegebhardt.bsky.social
- including some of our #research @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social
with @juleneumann.bsky.social and @kokkonut.bsky.social.
(In German only.)
#chronobiology #moon #MarineEcology #Science #SciCom
#taktvoll #Mond #Natur
- including some of our #research @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social
with @juleneumann.bsky.social and @kokkonut.bsky.social.
(In German only.)
#chronobiology #moon #MarineEcology #Science #SciCom
#taktvoll #Mond #Natur
Die Mücke und der Mond
Die Meeresmücke Clunio marinus im Rhythmus der Gezeiten
steady.page
September 4, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Here is a nice piece on #Clunio #biology and #rhythms by @ulrikegebhardt.bsky.social
- including some of our #research @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social
with @juleneumann.bsky.social and @kokkonut.bsky.social.
(In German only.)
#chronobiology #moon #MarineEcology #Science #SciCom
#taktvoll #Mond #Natur
- including some of our #research @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social
with @juleneumann.bsky.social and @kokkonut.bsky.social.
(In German only.)
#chronobiology #moon #MarineEcology #Science #SciCom
#taktvoll #Mond #Natur
Years of work distilled to 1 minute:
Our recent paper with @kokkonut.bsky.social has made it to #youtube !
The AI illustrations do not look anything like real-life #Clunio - but they are captivating.
And the scientific content is accurate and well explained!
Original paper: tinyurl.com/28hxwree
Our recent paper with @kokkonut.bsky.social has made it to #youtube !
The AI illustrations do not look anything like real-life #Clunio - but they are captivating.
And the scientific content is accurate and well explained!
Original paper: tinyurl.com/28hxwree
Unglaublich: Clunio marinus & das Geheimnis des Mondes! 🌕🦟
YouTube video by Naturwunder erklärt
www.youtube.com
September 8, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Years of work distilled to 1 minute:
Our recent paper with @kokkonut.bsky.social has made it to #youtube !
The AI illustrations do not look anything like real-life #Clunio - but they are captivating.
And the scientific content is accurate and well explained!
Original paper: tinyurl.com/28hxwree
Our recent paper with @kokkonut.bsky.social has made it to #youtube !
The AI illustrations do not look anything like real-life #Clunio - but they are captivating.
And the scientific content is accurate and well explained!
Original paper: tinyurl.com/28hxwree
@juleneumann.bsky.social from the MPI for Evolutionary Biology talks about lunar rythms of Clunio marinus.
June 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM
@juleneumann.bsky.social from the MPI for Evolutionary Biology talks about lunar rythms of Clunio marinus.
How can larval #competition for space, adult #reproductive #timing and the #tides interact to produce different timing strains, aka #chronotypes, of the marine insect #Clunio?
See our latest preprint with Alec Jacobsen & @gokhalecs.bsky.social
#evolution #ecology #chronobiology #circalunar #clock
See our latest preprint with Alec Jacobsen & @gokhalecs.bsky.social
#evolution #ecology #chronobiology #circalunar #clock
How competition can drive allochronic divergence: a case study in the marine midge, Clunio marinus
Synchronizing mating to extrinsic environmental cycles can increase the chance of successful reproduction. However, the resulting temporally-assorted mating may precipitate speciation if coupled with ...
www.biorxiv.org
September 17, 2025 at 8:12 AM
How can larval #competition for space, adult #reproductive #timing and the #tides interact to produce different timing strains, aka #chronotypes, of the marine insect #Clunio?
See our latest preprint with Alec Jacobsen & @gokhalecs.bsky.social
#evolution #ecology #chronobiology #circalunar #clock
See our latest preprint with Alec Jacobsen & @gokhalecs.bsky.social
#evolution #ecology #chronobiology #circalunar #clock
#Lunar #Clocks - “The dating tool of #marine organisms”
#GEO highlights Tobias Kaiser’s research at #MPIEvolBio, where 11 #Clunio marinus strains help reveal how lunar #rhythms are encoded in #genes.
#MaxPlanck #Chronobiology #SciComm #EvoBio #Ecology #Biodiversity
www.evolbio.mpg.de/3873148/news...
#GEO highlights Tobias Kaiser’s research at #MPIEvolBio, where 11 #Clunio marinus strains help reveal how lunar #rhythms are encoded in #genes.
#MaxPlanck #Chronobiology #SciComm #EvoBio #Ecology #Biodiversity
www.evolbio.mpg.de/3873148/news...
March 30, 2026 at 8:02 AM
#Lunar #Clocks - “The dating tool of #marine organisms”
#GEO highlights Tobias Kaiser’s research at #MPIEvolBio, where 11 #Clunio marinus strains help reveal how lunar #rhythms are encoded in #genes.
#MaxPlanck #Chronobiology #SciComm #EvoBio #Ecology #Biodiversity
www.evolbio.mpg.de/3873148/news...
#GEO highlights Tobias Kaiser’s research at #MPIEvolBio, where 11 #Clunio marinus strains help reveal how lunar #rhythms are encoded in #genes.
#MaxPlanck #Chronobiology #SciComm #EvoBio #Ecology #Biodiversity
www.evolbio.mpg.de/3873148/news...
#MarineLife … and #insects? Yes!
The #marine #midge #Clunio lives for only one low #tide
and its emergence follows the #lunar #cycle!
Read the full thread below.
#addOcean #MarineEcology #Entomology
@gettoknownature.bsky.social @wonderofscience.bsky.social
The #marine #midge #Clunio lives for only one low #tide
and its emergence follows the #lunar #cycle!
Read the full thread below.
#addOcean #MarineEcology #Entomology
@gettoknownature.bsky.social @wonderofscience.bsky.social
#Moonstruck #Midges: Introducing Clunio marinus
#Clunio is a midge and a truly #marine #insect. You can find it on the #European #Atlantic #coast in the #intertidal zone. This is the region between the low #tide and high tide, alternating between marine and terrestrial conditions.
(1/5)
#Clunio is a midge and a truly #marine #insect. You can find it on the #European #Atlantic #coast in the #intertidal zone. This is the region between the low #tide and high tide, alternating between marine and terrestrial conditions.
(1/5)
July 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
#MarineLife … and #insects? Yes!
The #marine #midge #Clunio lives for only one low #tide
and its emergence follows the #lunar #cycle!
Read the full thread below.
#addOcean #MarineEcology #Entomology
@gettoknownature.bsky.social @wonderofscience.bsky.social
The #marine #midge #Clunio lives for only one low #tide
and its emergence follows the #lunar #cycle!
Read the full thread below.
#addOcean #MarineEcology #Entomology
@gettoknownature.bsky.social @wonderofscience.bsky.social
Our work with @kokkonut.bsky.social on #temporal #niches and #coexistence in #Clunio (see tinyurl.com/bderptbr and tinyurl.com/28hxwree) has been featured in a Research Highlight @animalecology.bsky.social:
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#ecology #evolution #chronobiology
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#ecology #evolution #chronobiology
Temporal niche partitioning: Mechanism of coexistence or competitive exclusion via priority effects?
Temporal niche partitioning receives increasing attention as a potential mechanism of coexistence. Here, I highlight recent research on a unique marine midge system that reveals the opposite: differe...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 19, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Our work with @kokkonut.bsky.social on #temporal #niches and #coexistence in #Clunio (see tinyurl.com/bderptbr and tinyurl.com/28hxwree) has been featured in a Research Highlight @animalecology.bsky.social:
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#ecology #evolution #chronobiology
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#ecology #evolution #chronobiology
Excited to share that our former postdoc, PhD student, Master student and intern @juleneumann.bsky.social will give a #TEDx talk on #lunar #rhythms in #marine organisms next week.
I'm very much looking forward to see the video!
#chronobiology #ecology #moon #tides #clunio #crabs
I'm very much looking forward to see the video!
#chronobiology #ecology #moon #tides #clunio #crabs
February 20, 2026 at 7:31 AM
A question to the #Naturalists 🌿 out there:
Have you ever met this strange critter at the #beach?
You should be able to find Clunio species on rocky #coasts around the world – but only around full #moon and new moon!
See full thread @clocksevolution.bsky.social
@inaturalist.bsky.social #nature
Have you ever met this strange critter at the #beach?
You should be able to find Clunio species on rocky #coasts around the world – but only around full #moon and new moon!
See full thread @clocksevolution.bsky.social
@inaturalist.bsky.social #nature
#Moonstruck #Midges: Introducing Clunio marinus
#Clunio is a midge and a truly #marine #insect. You can find it on the #European #Atlantic #coast in the #intertidal zone. This is the region between the low #tide and high tide, alternating between marine and terrestrial conditions.
(1/5)
#Clunio is a midge and a truly #marine #insect. You can find it on the #European #Atlantic #coast in the #intertidal zone. This is the region between the low #tide and high tide, alternating between marine and terrestrial conditions.
(1/5)
July 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
A question to the #Naturalists 🌿 out there:
Have you ever met this strange critter at the #beach?
You should be able to find Clunio species on rocky #coasts around the world – but only around full #moon and new moon!
See full thread @clocksevolution.bsky.social
@inaturalist.bsky.social #nature
Have you ever met this strange critter at the #beach?
You should be able to find Clunio species on rocky #coasts around the world – but only around full #moon and new moon!
See full thread @clocksevolution.bsky.social
@inaturalist.bsky.social #nature
イスラム文化圏で火葬が忌避される理由が “政敵に勝って新政権を樹立すると、先王朝の墓地を暴いて遺体を焼却するデモンストレーションを繰り返してきたから” というのびっくりするな。論文へのリンクもある
https://x.com/Clunio/status/1953125940353184054
https://x.com/Clunio/status/1953125940353184054
https://x.com/Clunio/status/1953125940353184054
x.com
August 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
イスラム文化圏で火葬が忌避される理由が “政敵に勝って新政権を樹立すると、先王朝の墓地を暴いて遺体を焼却するデモンストレーションを繰り返してきたから” というのびっくりするな。論文へのリンクもある
https://x.com/Clunio/status/1953125940353184054
https://x.com/Clunio/status/1953125940353184054
Thanks for the invitation! I learnt a lot about Clunio fascinating biological clocks and the genetics of it 🙂
This week, the Clunios @clocksevolution.bsky.social had the pleasure of hosting @clairemerot.bsky.social and hear about her awesome research on the role of inversions in adaptive evolution! We explored the baltic sea and found wrackbeds full of seaweed flies. Thanks again for visiting us, Claire!
April 11, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Thanks for the invitation! I learnt a lot about Clunio fascinating biological clocks and the genetics of it 🙂
Happy to share our new publication @plos.org!
Lead by our former PhD student Alec Jacobsen
(alecjacobsen.github.io),
now postdoc with Anja Felmy @lunduniversity.bsky.social.
A valuable collaboration with @gokhalecs.bsky.social,
former colleague at @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social,
now @uni-wuerzburg.de.
Lead by our former PhD student Alec Jacobsen
(alecjacobsen.github.io),
now postdoc with Anja Felmy @lunduniversity.bsky.social.
A valuable collaboration with @gokhalecs.bsky.social,
former colleague at @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social,
now @uni-wuerzburg.de.
How competition can drive allochronic divergence: A case study in the Marine Midge, Clunio marinus
Author summary Reproduction timed to extrinsic environmental cycles is common across the tree of life, and can even result in speciation if reproductive timing were to diverge within a population. Tho...
journals.plos.org
May 8, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Happy to share our new publication @plos.org!
Lead by our former PhD student Alec Jacobsen
(alecjacobsen.github.io),
now postdoc with Anja Felmy @lunduniversity.bsky.social.
A valuable collaboration with @gokhalecs.bsky.social,
former colleague at @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social,
now @uni-wuerzburg.de.
Lead by our former PhD student Alec Jacobsen
(alecjacobsen.github.io),
now postdoc with Anja Felmy @lunduniversity.bsky.social.
A valuable collaboration with @gokhalecs.bsky.social,
former colleague at @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social,
now @uni-wuerzburg.de.
(4/5) #LocalAdaptation
But the tides differ along the coastline. Therefore, the lunar clock of Clunio populations from different places needs specific adaptations to the local tides.
But the tides differ along the coastline. Therefore, the lunar clock of Clunio populations from different places needs specific adaptations to the local tides.
June 23, 2025 at 8:46 AM
(4/5) #LocalAdaptation
But the tides differ along the coastline. Therefore, the lunar clock of Clunio populations from different places needs specific adaptations to the local tides.
But the tides differ along the coastline. Therefore, the lunar clock of Clunio populations from different places needs specific adaptations to the local tides.
Two midge strains, one coastline — yet no competition. Clunio marinus turns moon phases into maps: full moon vs. new moon means different times, different spaces. Time becomes space. Evolution dances by moonlight. 🌕🌑
www.evolbio.mpg.de/3828955/news...
#Evolution #MoonTiming #MaxPlanck
www.evolbio.mpg.de/3828955/news...
#Evolution #MoonTiming #MaxPlanck
July 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Two midge strains, one coastline — yet no competition. Clunio marinus turns moon phases into maps: full moon vs. new moon means different times, different spaces. Time becomes space. Evolution dances by moonlight. 🌕🌑
www.evolbio.mpg.de/3828955/news...
#Evolution #MoonTiming #MaxPlanck
www.evolbio.mpg.de/3828955/news...
#Evolution #MoonTiming #MaxPlanck
What does seem to work: the ‘new moon strain’ emerges earlier relative to the new moon than the full moon strain does relative to its own favourite moon phase. This means that the timing differences translate into spatial differences, thanks to tidal physics! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
How an Insect Converts Time Into Space: Temporal Niches Aid Coexistence via Modifying the Amount of Habitat Available for Reproduction
Temporal niches do not automatically promote coexistence. Combining field data and modelling, we show that in the marine midge Clunio marinus, sympatric timing strains, which reproduce during full mo...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 21, 2025 at 5:47 AM
What does seem to work: the ‘new moon strain’ emerges earlier relative to the new moon than the full moon strain does relative to its own favourite moon phase. This means that the timing differences translate into spatial differences, thanks to tidal physics! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
(3/5) #Lunar #Rhythm
… and then time these hours to the lowest low tides. These tides always occur at full and new #moon. Clunio has an internal timer, a so-called #circalunar #clock. It enables the midges to predict #moon phases and allows adults to only emerge at the right #time.
… and then time these hours to the lowest low tides. These tides always occur at full and new #moon. Clunio has an internal timer, a so-called #circalunar #clock. It enables the midges to predict #moon phases and allows adults to only emerge at the right #time.
June 23, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Adult Clunio marinus live above the water …for just a couple of hours! Eggs are covered by the incoming tide and that’s where the larvae develop. The moon is relevant because full & new moon tides expose more of the habitat than other times of the month.
July 21, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Adult Clunio marinus live above the water …for just a couple of hours! Eggs are covered by the incoming tide and that’s where the larvae develop. The moon is relevant because full & new moon tides expose more of the habitat than other times of the month.
How competition can drive allochronic divergence: a case study in the marine midge, Clunio marinus https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.16.676472v1
September 17, 2025 at 7:33 AM
How competition can drive allochronic divergence: a case study in the marine midge, Clunio marinus https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.16.676472v1
an die Meeresoberfläche – und das am frühen Morgen nach dem ersten Vollmond im November. Die Meeresmücke Clunio schlüpft nur bei Springflut aus ihrer Puppe, und Winkerkrabben müssen sich beeilen und sehr gute innere Tide-Uhren haben, ... (3/4)
April 12, 2024 at 7:26 AM
an die Meeresoberfläche – und das am frühen Morgen nach dem ersten Vollmond im November. Die Meeresmücke Clunio schlüpft nur bei Springflut aus ihrer Puppe, und Winkerkrabben müssen sich beeilen und sehr gute innere Tide-Uhren haben, ... (3/4)
> この点でゾッとしたのが、YouTubeで家庭教師のトライが配信している教材動画です。私が分析したのは世界史分野だけですが、入試の答案に書けば正答となるタームの間を。歴史学的、史実的にかなり出鱈目な行間ストーリーで埋めて解説してるんです。
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村山茂樹 on X: "@tameemon この点でゾッとしたのが、YouTubeで家庭教師のトライが配信している教材動画です。私が分析したのは世界史分野だけですが、入試の答案に書けば正答となるタームの間を。歴史学的、史実的にかなり出鱈目な行間ストーリーで埋めて解説してるんです。" / X
@tameemon この点でゾッとしたのが、YouTubeで家庭教師のトライが配信している教材動画です。私が分析したのは世界史分野だけですが、入試の答案に書けば正答となるタームの間を。歴史学的、史実的にかなり出鱈目な行間ストーリーで埋めて解説してるんです。
x.com
May 24, 2025 at 9:16 AM
> この点でゾッとしたのが、YouTubeで家庭教師のトライが配信している教材動画です。私が分析したのは世界史分野だけですが、入試の答案に書けば正答となるタームの間を。歴史学的、史実的にかなり出鱈目な行間ストーリーで埋めて解説してるんです。
x.com/clunio/statu...
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