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21.10.2026
 

PhD Defensio

June Ordoñez

Molecular patterning of the developing nervous system in the chaetognath Spadella cephaloptera

30.09.2026
 

New paper in Zoologica Scripta

Goshawk Genomics: Genome Wide Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) Confirm Species Status of Astur gentilis and Astur atricapillus.

14.09.2026
 

New paper in Acta ZooBot Austria

Do we have what we need? Biodiversity knowledge in Austria – a status analysis

11.09.2026
 

Sophie Greistorfer

Glowing mucus – Characterisation of the unique defence secretion of Latia neritoides (Gastropoda)

03.09.2026
 

New paper in Nature Communications

Multi-stage single-cell atlas of a chordate non-embryonic development unveils dedifferentiating bud founder cells

18.08.2026
 

New paper in Journal of Morphology

Why Some Bryozoans Poop Themselves: A Novel Defecation Method in Ctenostome Bryozoans.


 Save the date!

18.04.2026
 

Max Hämmerle

received the award for the best talk at the 22. Crusttag at the Natural History Museum Vienna (April 16th to 18th, 2026).

18.04.2026
 

Paul Arthur Höller

achieved 3rd place in the poster prize at the 22. Crusttag at the Natural History Museum Vienna (April 16th to 18th, 2026)


 New publications

30.09.2026
 

New paper in Zoologica Scripta

Goshawk Genomics: Genome Wide Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) Confirm Species Status of Astur gentilis and Astur atricapillus.

14.09.2026
 

New paper in Acta ZooBot Austria

Do we have what we need? Biodiversity knowledge in Austria – a status analysis

03.09.2026
 

New paper in Nature Communications

Multi-stage single-cell atlas of a chordate non-embryonic development unveils dedifferentiating bud founder cells

18.08.2026
 

New paper in Journal of Morphology

Why Some Bryozoans Poop Themselves: A Novel Defecation Method in Ctenostome Bryozoans.

08.06.2026
 

New paper in African Journal of Wildlife Research

Estimating Greater Kudu Abundance Using Non-Invasive Genetic Sampling Methods – A Pilot Study.

03.06.2026
 

New paper in Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology:

The Impact of Substrate Properties on the Kinematics of Locomotion in a Limb-Reduced Skink, Ablepharus kitaibelii (Squamata: Scincidae).


 Degrees

21.10.2026
 

PhD Defensio

June Ordoñez

Molecular patterning of the developing nervous system in the chaetognath Spadella cephaloptera

11.09.2026
 

Sophie Greistorfer

Glowing mucus – Characterisation of the unique defence secretion of Latia neritoides (Gastropoda)

22.07.2026
 

Sara Angjeliu

Aktivitätsmessungen an kleinen Bodentieren mittels moderner Körperschallmessmethoden

19.06.2026
 

Maria Serracanta Fernandez

Segment polarity gene expression in Acanthochitona fascicularis (Mollusca: Polyplacophora), a non-segmented...

20.05.2026
 

Maximillien Jadin

Molecular patterns of adhesion gene expression and lectin moieties in Acanthochitona fascicularis

21.04.2026
 

Congratulations!

Lisa Kindler

Methodological comparison of HCR and WMISH for gene expression analysis in Thylaeodus rugulosus