Thomas Wagner
@tiberian1986.bsky.social
PhD student, studying social insects, mainly ants. Focus on cognition, collective behaviour, ecology and evolution of invasive species. Exploring how individual interactions shape colony organisation and adaptability.
We are looking for a motivated and collaborative MSc student to join us @humboldtuni.bsky.social for their thesis on body mass inequality in Arabian babblers. Preferably based in Berlin. Co-supervised with brilliant @benmocha.bsky.social Call: danaipapageorgiou.weebly.com/join-us.html
A fully funded 4-year PhD position is available in Dr. Danai Papageorgiou's new Emmy Noether Group at Humboldt University of Berlin. Project: social behaviour in fish using real & robotic fish plus long-term datasets. Deadline: 6 July 2026 Call: www.hu-berlin.de/en/universit...
Making sure you're not a bot!
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And here is a proof-of-principle paper where we use the method to show that Argentine ants Linepithema humile do not dislike three major toxicants, but don't much like egg protein in their sugar solution: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Here is the methods paper doi.org/10.1002/ps.7...
A high‐throughput and sensitive method for food preference assays in the argentine ant
A high-throughput and sensitive method for food preference assays in the Argentine ant. The dual feeder detects dispreference for food with low levels of an aversive compound (quinine) and preference....
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What do ants prefer to eat? A new assay designed to sensitively test for food preference in ants. Hopefully useful when designing baits for controlling #invasivespecies From Thomas Wagner @tiberian1986.bsky.social, Henrique Galante and me #bioinvasions #biologicaInvasions OA link next post!