Dr. Ralph Simon

@NXT4EU Let’s get one thing straight: penguins can’t fly 😅 Europe can! 💪🇪🇺🪽

German Government just posted this video on TikTok with the caption "Europe. For sure."

Excited to talk today at the ZOOlogy2025 Meeting at Artis Zoo, Amsterdam!
📍 Session: Digital Technology, Koningszaal
🕛 12:00 ⚠️ Note the updated title Would love to see you there and discuss how our work! 
#ZOOlogy2025 #ConservationTech #WildlifeResearch #AIforGood 🦇 🐬

A rare glimpse into the secret social lives of these giants 🦇 Read the full study here: doi.org/10.1371/journa…

Spectral bats, the largest 🦇 in the Americas, aren’t just fierce carnivores with up to one meter wingspan. New research from @MarisaTietge @MKnornschild Lab shows they hug, share food, play with bugs & huddle in “cuddle balls" doi.org/10.1126/scienc…

Congratulations to… Colombia! We’ll be seeing you all in 2028 🦇 #ibrc2028 #ibrc2025

Wow – what an intense and truly amazing 6 days @IBRC2025! 🦇 Reconnected with old friends, made new ones, and had incredible conversations — all in the spirit of bat conservation and research. Huge shoutout to the organizers for a perfectly run event! 🙌 #BatCommunity #Grateful

Just attended a very captivating and fun speed talk by Veli Monday Mdluli on bat education in South African schools 🦇📚 @IBRC2025 Inspiring work on breaking down prejudice through knowledge! 👏 #IBRC2025 #BatConservation #SciComm #EducationMatters

A full house in the main auditorium for @MerlinsBats #ibrc2025

Two super nice talks from @MKnornschild ‘s lab today @IBRC2025! @RaffaellaCastiglione introduced an amazing touchscreen setup for bat cognition studies; @MarisaTietge explored the social complexity of Vampyrum spectrum, the largest bat in the Americas 🤩🦇 #BatsRule #IBRC2025

If you happen to be at the @IBRC2025 in Cairns, come by my talk tomorrow at 9:45 AM! I’ll be speaking about self-medication in phyllostomid #bats and a new technique to identify individual bats by their wingprints. Would love to see you there! #IBRC2025 #BatResearch 🍈🦇

Amazing start to the International Bat Research Conference in Cairns! 🦇 🇦🇺So great to reconnect with my esteemed friend and colleague Merlin Tuttle - nothing beats sharing our passion for bats with fellow researchers from around the world. #IBRC2025 #BatResearch #BatConservation

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Today 10th of June at 4 PM Panama time, I'll be giving a Tupper talk @stri_panama on self-medication in bats. Curious? Join me online and discover what bats are up to when they are immune-challenged!

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Hey all, it’s time for change you can find me under the same handle!

Check out this story in @SmithsonianMag about our SELFCURE project, funded by @HFSP with additional support from the Scientist4Scientist initiative, helping us integrate talented Ukrainian scientists into the project 🇺🇦🦇🇵🇦 @stri_panama @bats_ukraine bit.ly/40hhkq8

We’re overjoyed to celebrate another #HFSPAwardee Nobelist!😃🎉 HFSP Research Grantee David Baker has been awarded the @NobelPrize in #Chemistry 2024 for his groundbreaking work in computational protein design. 🧬🏆 2024 marks two incredible Nobel wins for the HFSP Family✨🥳

Had an incredible time at last week's #HFSPMeeting2024 @theNASciences in Washington DC. Truly grateful for the inspiring talks, discussions and amazing organization. Thank you @HFSP for a fantastic event! 👏

@OdedRechavi 🤣

Transferring your paper between Nature sister journals

7:30pm Berlin time, 8:30 Kiev time, 12:30pm Panama time/Oklahoma time

Please join us tomorrow for an interesting talk on the work of @bats_ukraine wether in person or via Zoom, presented by Kseniia, Maryna, Valeria @Couchpotato_19 at the Naturkundehaus of Nuremberg Zoo 🦇🇺🇦 📅 Date: 12th June 🕒 Time: 7:30 pm 🔗 Zoom link: fau.zoom-x.de/j/62592184834?…