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Evolutionary Biomechanics lab @uni_greifswald | Diversity & evolution of function in biological materials and animal traits | PI @jonas_o_wolff | @ERC_Research

Greifswald, Germany Katılım Eylül 2022
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Further, the organic salt betaine is present in the viscous glue in high quantities. It might bind water and help in keeping the proteinaceous secretion soft and sticky. Another glue dries quickly and contains a silk protein with a modified end, so it cannot form fibres. 4/4
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Dr. Daniela Rößler
Dr. Daniela Rößler@RoesslerDaniela·
👀👀@jonas_o_wolff invited me to join him in writing a dispatch on the beautiful work on eye evolution in spiders🕷️by @KaylinChong, @Lauren_hSR and co-authors recently published in @CurrentBiology. This was a total pleasure to write!👀👀 doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.…
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Kaylin Chong@KaylinChong

Very excited to share my first paper is out! 🎉 We explore the evolution of the multiple eye pairs in spiders🕷️(cell.com/current-biolog…) Couldn’t have done it without to the mentorship of the brilliant @Lauren_hSR!

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It was a great pleasure to host @EvoBiomech David Labonte for a few days. We enjoyed inspiring discussions about arthropod biomechanics and generated new ideas.
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Royal Society Publishing@RSocPublishing·
Nature’s aquatic architects: Caddisfly larvae use specially adapted silk to construct portable cases and underwater shelters that provide protection and facilitate feeding. New #ProcB paper explores the evolutionary origins of this trait: ow.ly/srZE50SusUJ @paulbfrandsen
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Spiders are masters in silk spinning and possess multiple different silk glands that produce fibres or glues with different properties. Which gland is used for what - web, egg case, dispersal ...? In a new preprint we give a summary on methods to find out: doi.org/10.32942/X2CP7K
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The threads spun by the Southern house spider (Kukulcania) to capture prey are the most extensible fibre material found in nature due to a special loops-on-loops structure with regularly coiled fibres held together by straight connecting fibres. 👉 doi.org/10.1098/rsfs.2… 👈🔓
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Taxon Expeditions
Taxon Expeditions@TaxonExped·
On our expedition to Borneo, we spotted an Amulius assassin bug that weaponises tree resin. It coats its fore legs in it, and when a termite walks past, it gives it a sticky -- and deadly -- embrace and sucks out the prey's insides. 📷 Clister Pangantihon
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Just returned from our #NoFly fieldtrip to Portugal and Catalonia. We tested what is feasible: by opting to travel by #rail from Greifswald to Seville (~3,000km) we cut the CO2 foot print of our fielwork to ~0.3t vs over 2t by flying.
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Visiting a hidden cave with @MDomenech6 to sample silks from the enigmatic Telema spiders was a great finale of our Iberian field trip.
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Pedro Cardoso cardosopmb.bsky.social
Great weekend at @CE3CResearch field station. A total of 15 arachnologists gathered to sample #spiders for different projects. Inventorying the local fauna kickstarting the #BASS project and looking for some species for studies on the evolution of #silk. Further plans ahead.
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Had a nice day visit to the field station Herdade da Ribeira Abaixo (@CE3CResearch) where everything was in flowers 🌼. Thanks @cardosopmb for showing us around and pointing out the interesting spider habitats.
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Jonas Wolff
Jonas Wolff@jonas_o_wolff·
Trapdoor spider (Ummidia algarve) not being happy that I opened the lid of its retreat.
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