Georg Langebrake

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PhD student in Miriam Liedvogels lab at the Insitute of Avian Research in Germany. Originally a computer scientist, now would call myself a bioinformatician.

There will probably be some work related stuff here on #PopulationGenetics, #Genetics of #BirdMigration, #python, #math, #stats

Githubhttps://github.com/gmanthey
Websitehttps://ifv-vogelwarte.de/en/home-ifv/staff/msc-georg-manthey
Georg LangebrakeJun 10, 2025
Universität OldenburgJun 10, 2025

🐦🗺️ Teil 2 unserer Miniserie zu den Oldenburger Exzellenzclustern: Auch unsere Tiernavigationsforschung ist exzellent! 🏅

🌐🦋 Wie gelingt es Zugvögeln oder Schmetterlingen, über tausende Kilometer ihren Weg zu finden? Das will das Team des neu bewilligten Clusters NaviSense herausfinden.

🦇 Die gewonnenen Erkenntnisse sollen dabei helfen, wandernde Tierarten zu schützen. Das Team arbeitet zudem an den Grundlagen für neue technische Entwicklungen.

Mehr dazu hier: 👉 https://uol.de/exzellenz/presse#c748700

Georg LangebrakeMay 29, 2025

Have you ever wondered what a #bee does when it rains? This one seems to have decided to seek shelter under a rather exposed flower, it is still getting quite wet..

#nature #bloomscrolling

Georg LangebrakeApr 26, 2024
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Apr 25, 2024

How evolution has optimized the magnetic sensor in birds
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-evolution-optimized-magnetic-sensor-birds.html

Adaptive #evolution and loss of a putative magnetoreceptor in #passerines: Corinna Langebrake et al. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.2308

"there have been significant evolutionary changes in the gene for the protein #cryptochrome 4 and certain groups of #birds have lost it entirely. This is indicative of adaptation to varying environmental conditions and supports the theory that cryptochrome 4 functions as a sensor protein."

How evolution has optimized the magnetic sensor in birds

Migratory birds are able to navigate and orientate with astonishing accuracy using various mechanisms, including a magnetic compass. A team led by biologists Dr. Corinna Langebrake and Prof. Dr. Miriam Liedvogel from the University of Oldenburg and the Institute of Avian Research "Vogelwarte Helgoland" in Wilhelmshaven has now compared the genomes of several hundred bird species and found further evidence that a specific protein in the birds' eyes is the magnetoreceptor which underlies this process.