Successful PAIn trip to ECTE/GTÖ in Passau

Successful PAIn trip to ECTE/GTÖ in Passau

The PAIn lab had a great time at the ECTE/GTÖ conference in February 2026 in Passau, with four talks and a poster presenting the varied work we are doing! For Juliane and Viki, it was their first international scientific conference, with Juliane presenting exciting...
Natural history fieldwork in the fall

Natural history fieldwork in the fall

Fall 2025 marked a busy time in the PAIn lab with fieldwork in Ecuador, Madagascar and South Africa! Agnes had the luxury of travelling to all three countries – in late August, César, Juliane and Agnes left to travel to Quito, where they met up with Agnes’...
PAIn lab hike

PAIn lab hike

We have had a busy and successful spring with multiple people being on fieldtrips (e.g., César pulling off three months of buzz-pollination fieldwork in Brazil, Andrea, Imran and Isa finishing three months of data collection in Borneo!), processing of field samples in...
MountBuzz fieldwork in Madagascar and Borneo started

MountBuzz fieldwork in Madagascar and Borneo started

In the past month, Agnes had the great opportunity to travel to two of the world’s most outstanding islands: Madagascar and Borneo. Madagascar is the world’s oldest island, fourth largest in size, and a global biodiversity hotspot, with over 80% of its...