Prestigious postdoc to Florian Muijres

We are very happy that animal flight lab member Florian Muijres receievd 2-year postdoc from VR (The Swedish Research Council). These postdocs are awarded in severe competition and allows the recipient to spend 2 years abroad. Florian will now go to the University of Washington, Seattle, USA, where he will work in Michael Dickinson's lab. We wish all the well for Florian's postdoctoral stay, but we also hope there is a chance that we will see him again in Lund, as these postdocs usually come with a return-funding. But now we look forward to see what interesting questions Florian will investigate in the big country to the left of the Atlantic. Congratulations, and all the best of luck!

Animal Flight Research Highlighted in Research Council Annual Report

In the current "Annual Report for 2010" from the Swedish Research Council (VR), our research on animal flight was selected to illustrate "basic research of the highest quality", which is an investment in the future. It's very nice to be appreciated in this way, I think, by our main funding body and we should see that as a token of achieved quality and visibility. There is also some accompanying text on VR:s website, with answers to some questions about the research. The picture on the left was taken earlier this winter, when AH was performing some critical experiments.