New chairperson of the Biotechnology Institute Thurgau (BITg)

University of Konstanz Professor Thomas Brunner (biochemical pharmacology) was selected by the board of the Thurgau foundation for science and research to become the new chair of the BITg managing board. Thomas Brunner fills the position that has been vacant since his predecessor, Professor Marcus Groettrup, passed away in June.

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Keep the beat!

Rhythmic accuracy pays off, as researchers from Konstanz (Germany) and Israel show in their behavioural study on the courtship song of the rock hyrax. Males that sang more often and kept the beat with greater precision had higher reproductive success than their less rhythmically accurate peers.

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Migrating insects

By flying with hawkmoths during migration, scientists reveal the insects employ sophisticated flight strategies similar to vertebrates.

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Can jumping spiders dream?

Contribution to a better understanding of the evolution of sleep in animals: Konstanz biologist Daniela Rößler and her team discover jumping spiders experience a state similar to REM sleep.

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