Christian Drerup

Thanks for organising such a brilliant conference @dzg-behaviour.bsky.social

Thanks @grahancock.bsky.social! It was a pleasure to present at #ISBE2026 !

Ever wondered what mosquito pupae do when they get flushed out of their aquatic habitat? The answer surprised us - and might surprise you too. 🦟 📍Room 500 | 🕓 4:45 pm | #ISBE2026 @isbe2026.bsky.social

On my way to #ISBE2026 @isbe2026.bsky.social 🐠🦀🐌🦗🦟🪲🐞🐝🪱🐛 Is anyone else already in Turin today and up for a 🍺 or 🍕 this evening? #ISBE #Behaviour #Pizza #Beer

Do you have a background in behavioural ecology and are you interested in doing a PhD in Australia? I’m looking for new grad students so check out our website (BobWongLab.org) or come find me in Torino at #ISBE2026. 🐟🐠

Thrilled to announce that earlier this month I started my new position as a Fellow by Examination at @magdalenoxford.bsky.social, University of Oxford. Over the next three years, I will be investigating the costs and benefits of specular colouration and mirror-like camouflage in fish. 🐟🪩☀️👀🦈

Today was my last day at @durham.ac.uk. What an incredible, exciting, and productive year it was! A huge thank you to the amazing @lenariab.bsky.social for welcoming me to her @insectneurolab.bsky.social group. Stay tuned for our findings on mosquito pupae behaviour and my next academic endeavour!

Work brilliantly led by #ECR @sammatchette.bsky.social With @nadia-hamilton.bsky.social @christiandrerup.com #JeroenSchneider @sandrawinters.bsky.social @marinebehavecol.bsky.social @camzoology.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social #predator #marine #fish #ocean doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

Check out our new paper on trumpet fish camouflage! ⬇️⬇️⬇️ 🔵🎺🐟🟡

🚨New paper alert! If you want to know more about #trumpetfish and how their colours affect the behaviour of their prey, check out our new paper in @behavecol.bsky.social #BehavioralEcology. 🎺🐠➡️🟤🔵🟡➡️🐟👀🏃

🚨 New paper alert! 👀 In our new opinion piece in TREE @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social, we propose #cephalopods as model systems to investigate the link between tactical #deception and #cognition in animals 🐙🦑🪄✨🧠 Read the paper here: 🔗 www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

🚨Our new paper is out NOW in @ecol-evol.bsky.social 👀 Here we show that prior exposure to dynamic illumination can have a persisting effect on the visual perception of 🦀, reducing their ability to detect predators even after the dynamic illumination has ended. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

In our latest paper, we describe how the passing-stripe hunting display of the broadclub cuttlefish camouflages the hunting predator during the final moments of the attack. Read more here www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @drmartinjhow.bsky.social @jtroscianko.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social

Big thanks to @biologists.bsky.social for organising the amazing #biologists100 conference in #Liverpool and giving me the opportunity to present my work on the effect of background motion on animal visual systems. 🙏

Merry #MolluscMonday - here are some Sepioteuthis australis attempting to mate at the Rainbow Reef in Fiji - thanks @christiandrerup.com for the id and explanation 🦑 youtu.be/9qf4H49IRSI?...

I'm thrilled to announce that I've started a Postdoctoral Research Associate position at @insectneurolab.bsky.social @durham-university.bsky.social this week, working with @lenariab.bsky.social on behavioural and physiological adaptations in mosquito pupae. In summary, I'll be working on 🦟🚱🦟👁️👃➡️💧?

I made the Insect Sensory Neuro starter pack - let me know in the comments if you'd like to be added! (and also I'm sure I missed tons of people - tag them in!) go.bsky.app/JW7c5LN

Is #MolluscMonday a thing? Here is some type of Sepiolida (Bobtail Squid) from Anilao in the Philippines. One of the best things about night dives in the tropics is finding these little ones. #MarineLife #Inverts

Lots of great sounding PhD projects available from the NERC GW4+ DTP: www.nercgw4plus.ac.uk Including (a very flexible) one with us on the role of brain and behavioural adaptation, and hybrid disruption, in speciation: www.nercgw4plus.ac.uk/projects-202... 🧪 #evolution #behaviour

Merry fishmas from the MBE group! 🐟

Let's try to fill this starter pack with people involved in cephalopod research! 🦑🐙 Please share and let me know if you want to be added! 💪

It's #Nudivember so please enjoy these #nudibranch pictures I took over the last couple of years. For more nudibranch (and other marine creatures) images, check out my underwater pictures at 🔗 christiandrerup.com/photography/

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Let's try to fill this starter pack with people involved in cephalopod research! 🦑🐙 Please share and let me know if you want to be added! 💪

We are advertising a funded PhD project to work on bumblebees and their brains! If you are a non-UK applicant, please get in touch with me by the **6th of December** with your CV and Cover/Motivation letter. iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships...

Please re-post: I have a postdoc position open! Helsinki is great and working environment is fantastic! #colours #polymorphism #behavior #experiments #lepidoptera jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

Check out our recent paper in Current Biology! 👇Here we provide the first direct evidence of how a predator - the trumpetfish - can use ANOTHER ANIMAL for concealment when hunting! 🎺 🔗https://tinyurl.com/4p424mbx