Chief Editor of the journal Zoologica Scripta. Retired Professor in Molecular Systematics at the Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway. Love parkrun.https://bsky.app/profile/lbachmann.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/lbachmann.bsky.social/post/3mltcqbv54c2sAn exciting number of 340 park runners joined the 4th anniversary of Ekebergsletta parkrun (www.parkrun.no/ekebergsletta/). A lot of fun!!! Thank you very much also to the volunteers who made the event possible. #parkrun #ekebergslettaparkrun14 May 2026 17:10 +0000at://did:plc:bdt3wp43h3w7eyhtb4xicdk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltcqbv54c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/lbachmann.bsky.social/post/3mlqrwg5kik2tTomorrow, we will have an extra Ekebergsletta parkrun (edition #179) that will mark and celebrate the 4th anniversary of the event. We are excited to see that the number of participants is continuously increasing (www.parkrun.no/ekebergsletta/). Looking forward to meeting you tomorrow. #parkrun13 May 2026 17:04 +0000at://did:plc:bdt3wp43h3w7eyhtb4xicdk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqrwg5kik2thttps://bsky.app/profile/lbachmann.bsky.social/post/3mlpnyxbkgk2pCongratulations to the team !!! Eventually the paper entitled 'Geographic differentiation of ectoparasitic flatworms in the pelagic zone of Lake Tanganyika, Africa' by Kmentova et al. was published in Frontiers in Zoology (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12983-026-00602-9). #monogenea #parasites #mitogenomes13 May 2026 06:21 +0000at://did:plc:bdt3wp43h3w7eyhtb4xicdk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlpnyxbkgk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/lbachmann.bsky.social/post/3mldauiunbc25Very nice one by the Milinkovitch-Tzika Lab :-) !! Happy Birthday Sir David Attenborough !! [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 May 2026 07:54 +0000at://did:plc:bdt3wp43h3w7eyhtb4xicdk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldauiunbc25https://bsky.app/profile/lbachmann.bsky.social/post/3ml3kkwyka223Exciting news !!! Molecular Ecology accepted the manuscript entitled 'Tracing the drivers of range-wide bowhead whale genomic structure and diversity' by Westbury et al. The paper will certainly soon appear on the journal's webpage. Congrats to the team !!! #bowheadwhales #marinemammals05 May 2026 06:26 +0000at://did:plc:bdt3wp43h3w7eyhtb4xicdk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3kkwyka223https://bsky.app/profile/lbachmann.bsky.social/post/3miqlr4a4pk2kA new Invited Review paper by T. Struck entitled 'Progress and Challenges in Phylogenomics and Genomics of Lophotrochozoa/Spiralia' is now available online early (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/zsc.70056) in the Zoologica Scripta. #zoologicascripta #lophotrochozoa @wileyecology.bsky.social05 Apr 2026 10:58 +0000at://did:plc:bdt3wp43h3w7eyhtb4xicdk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3miqlr4a4pk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/lbachmann.bsky.social/post/3mikz4zlxns2wEventually, the paper entitled 'Four centuries of commercial whaling eroded 11,000 years of population stability in bowhead whales' by Westbury et al. is published in the April 02, 2026 issue of Cell. Congratulations again to all co-authors!! https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(26)00229-1 #ancientDNA #marinemammals03 Apr 2026 05:41 +0000at://did:plc:bdt3wp43h3w7eyhtb4xicdk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mikz4zlxns2whttps://bsky.app/profile/lbachmann.bsky.social/post/3mhxxdfhxuc2sInteresting reading. Miljøstiftelsen ZERO published a report on how to boost the usage of solar energy in Norway (in Norwegian). https://zero.no/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Solkraft_virkemiddelpakke.pdf @stiftelsenzero.bsky.social26 Mar 2026 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:bdt3wp43h3w7eyhtb4xicdk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxxdfhxuc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/lbachmann.bsky.social/post/3mhrzv72kfs2mVery nice tthat the invited review 'A renaissance of microRNAs as taxonomic and phylogenetic markers in animals' by B. Fromm met the interest of our readers and is among the top downloaded papers 2024/2025. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/zsc.12684 @frommlab.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social24 Mar 2026 07:18 +0000at://did:plc:bdt3wp43h3w7eyhtb4xicdk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhrzv72kfs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/lbachmann.bsky.social/post/3mhn2pdrk2k25Parkrun depends on volunteers - without them no parkrun. A big THANK YOU to those that volunteered yesterday for the 171th edition of Ekebergsletta parkrun. #parkrun #ekebergslettaparkrun22 Mar 2026 07:50 +0000at://did:plc:bdt3wp43h3w7eyhtb4xicdk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhn2pdrk2k25https://bsky.app/profile/lbachmann.bsky.social/post/3mhfiv5eo7k2jWelcome to the spring equinox parkrun at Ekebergsletta, Oslo. Meet you at 9:30 am at the start. www.parkrun.no/ekebergsletta/ #parkrun #ekebergslettaparkrun19 Mar 2026 07:42 +0000at://did:plc:bdt3wp43h3w7eyhtb4xicdk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhfiv5eo7k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/lbachmann.bsky.social/post/3mhbbiugejc2aGreat news - the Cell paper by Westbury et al. entitled 'Four centuries of commercial whaling eroded 11,000 years of population stability in bowhead whales' is online now. Congrats to all co-authors !!! https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(26)00229-1 #bowheadwhales #marinemammals17 Mar 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:bdt3wp43h3w7eyhtb4xicdk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhbbiugejc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/lbachmann.bsky.social/post/3mgwhramikc2rBirds attract a lot of attention. Thus, perhaps not too surprising that a paper by Cerqueira et al. on antshrikes in Brazil (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....) tops the list of most downloaded Zoologica Scripta papers published in 2024 & 2025. #zoologicascripta @wileyecology.bsky.social13 Mar 2026 08:12 +0000at://did:plc:bdt3wp43h3w7eyhtb4xicdk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgwhramikc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/lbachmann.bsky.social/post/3mgsdigl7q22bThe Zoologica Scripta published a new virtual issue entitled 'Most downloaded papers published in 2024 and 2025' https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1111/(ISSN)1463-6409.top-downloads-2024-202. The virtual issue compiles 10 exciting and attractive papers - all published open access. #zoologicascripta @wileyecology.bsky.social11 Mar 2026 16:45 +0000at://did:plc:bdt3wp43h3w7eyhtb4xicdk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgsdigl7q22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/lbachmann.bsky.social/post/3mgc6q2vdgc2qLooking forward to the editors meeting of the Zoological Scripta (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14636409) in Stockholm today. #zoologicascripta @wileyecology.bsky.social05 Mar 2026 06:37 +0000at://did:plc:bdt3wp43h3w7eyhtb4xicdk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgc6q2vdgc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/lbachmann.bsky.social/post/3mg65cnvip22eEkebergsletta parkrun #168 (www.parkrun.no/ekebergsletta/) on February 28. Still wintery conditions but, nevertheless, very happy runners and volunteers. You can find the report by Simon Lawrence at https://www.parkrun.no/ekebergsletta/news/ #parkrun #Ekebergslettaparkrun03 Mar 2026 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:bdt3wp43h3w7eyhtb4xicdk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg65cnvip22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/lbachmann.bsky.social/post/3mfy5mbarg22g🙂 Woke up to the first day of my retirement 🙂01 Mar 2026 06:50 +0000at://did:plc:bdt3wp43h3w7eyhtb4xicdk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfy5mbarg22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/lbachmann.bsky.social/post/3mfotj62xhc2bBy now an annual spring routine to visit Nikol Kmentova (https://biodiversity.bitelab.be/lab-members/nikol-kmentova/) and Maarten Vanhove (https://biodiversity.bitelab.be/lab-members/maarten-vanhove/) at Hasselt University, Belgium. #parasitology #flatworms #monogenea #evolutionarygenetics25 Feb 2026 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:bdt3wp43h3w7eyhtb4xicdk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfotj62xhc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/lbachmann.bsky.social/post/3mfofqq74fs2sThe March 2026 issue of the Zoological Scripta has been published. This time, we editors promote the paper by da Silva et al. on the dwarf swamp frog as the issue's featured article on the journal's webpage. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14636409?tabActivePane=undefined. #ZoologicaScripta @wileyecology.bsky.social25 Feb 2026 09:49 +0000at://did:plc:bdt3wp43h3w7eyhtb4xicdk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfofqq74fs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/lbachmann.bsky.social/post/3mfetymvxts22Highly successful retreat of the CEG (comparative and Evolutionary Genomics) research group to Kongsberg. The main aims was to update and upgrade the group's webpage as well as social activities such as a ski tour. https://www.nhm.uio.no/english/research/groups/ceg/index.html21 Feb 2026 14:38 +0000at://did:plc:bdt3wp43h3w7eyhtb4xicdk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfetymvxts22https://bsky.app/profile/lbachmann.bsky.social/post/3mf6vy7n5o22uEin sehr dünner Aufmacher der Tagesschau. Ich bin nun wirklich kein Freund von Trump und Kushner. Aber immerhin haben sie eine (illusorische?) Vision. Von anderen Seiten hat man bisher jedoch so gut wie gar nichts gehört. Europa hat in Gaza völlig versagt. https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/asien/gaza-trump-visionen-realitaet-100.html19 Feb 2026 05:57 +0000at://did:plc:bdt3wp43h3w7eyhtb4xicdk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf6vy7n5o22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/lbachmann.bsky.social/post/3mf55mthiss2lVery nice to join the retreat of the Comparative and Evolutionary Genomics (CEG) research group in Kongsberg. The major aim is to update and rearrange the group's web-presentation. https://www.nhm.uio.no/english/research/groups/ceg/index.html18 Feb 2026 13:09 +0000at://did:plc:bdt3wp43h3w7eyhtb4xicdk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf55mthiss2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/lbachmann.bsky.social/post/3melcf632yc2tInteresting breakfast panel discussion yesterday organised by the @civita.bsky.social thinktank. The key question who will win the Ukraine-Russia war remained unanswered, nevertheless some interesting points worth thinking about. https://civita.no/arrangement/hvem-vinner-krigen-mellom-russland-og-ukraina-2/11 Feb 2026 10:46 +0000at://did:plc:bdt3wp43h3w7eyhtb4xicdk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3melcf632yc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/lbachmann.bsky.social/post/3megetaknys24Nice way to start the week. Congratulations to Kmentova et al. for having the manuscript 'Geographic differentiation of ectoparasitic flatworms in the pelagic zone of Lake Tanganyika, Africa' accepted for publication in Frontiers in Zoology.09 Feb 2026 11:47 +0000at://did:plc:bdt3wp43h3w7eyhtb4xicdk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3megetaknys24https://bsky.app/profile/lbachmann.bsky.social/post/3mebxtfw4j22lVeldig bra kronikk av Espen Skorstad i Dagens Næringsliv om fraser som 'Jeg utviste dårlig dømmekraft'. Slike 1språklige nødutgang' er i virkeligheten bare ansvarsfraskrivelse. 'Språk betyr noe'. Anbefales !! https://www.dn.no/kronikk/jeffrey-epstein/thorbjorn-jagland/terje-rod-larsen/jeg-utviste-darlig-dommekraft/2-1-193990007 Feb 2026 17:43 +0000at://did:plc:bdt3wp43h3w7eyhtb4xicdk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mebxtfw4j22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/lbachmann.bsky.social/post/3mdzuqwtzzk2kLesenswert !! "Es ist ein Unterschied, ob ich reden oder etwas sagen möchte. Diese Grenze verschwimmt immer mehr." [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Feb 2026 12:27 +0000at://did:plc:bdt3wp43h3w7eyhtb4xicdk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdzuqwtzzk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/lbachmann.bsky.social/post/3mdy2c6jrl22mOnly two days of the week have passed and I have already attended two workshops at University of Oslo. I was surprised to learn about a new trend of training scientists like pets through positive reinforcement. Each question was rewarded with a treat that was thrown to the querist. Very strange !!03 Feb 2026 19:01 +0000at://did:plc:bdt3wp43h3w7eyhtb4xicdk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdy2c6jrl22m