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Thomas Bugnyar

University of ViennaORCID 0000-0002-6072-9667Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Animal Behavior & Cognition· 1 Microbiology· 1 Molecular Biology· 1

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Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Organism:non-human primate· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Assay:behavioral assay· 1 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1

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Aada Puhakka· 1 shared Akshata Shetty· 1 shared Alejandro Corregidor‐CastroiD· 1 shared Alessandra CostanzoiD· 1 shared Alex ThorntoniD· 1 shared Alexander LoyiD· 1 shared Alyssa Maree BuddiD· 1 shared Andrea Maree PolanowskiiD· 1 shared

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2025-2026 · peak 2/yr

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The BEAC, an epigenetic clock for birds

Mikaela Hukkanen, Simon Jarman, Alyssa Maree Budd, Flávia A. N. Fernandes, Roberto Ambrosini, C. Anderson, Gaël Bardon, Oliver Berry, Pierre‐Paul Bitton, Thomas Bugnyar, Manuela Caprioli, Nicholas Carlile, Jacopo Giuseppe Cecere, Nina Cossin‐Sevrin, Alessandra Costanzo, , Robin Cristofari

The paper develops BEAC, an epigenetic clock for birds, validated across multiple species and showing strong predictive performance for chronological age.

bioRxiv · Aug 19, 2026 · PreprintMolecular Biology

Associations between gut microbiota and personality traits: insights from a captive common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) colony

Huimin Ye, Vedrana Šlipogor, Buck T. Hanson, Joana Séneca, Bela Hausmann, Craig William Herbold, Petra Pjevac, Thomas Bugnyar, Alexander Loy

This study links gut microbiota composition to personality traits in captive common marmosets, finding specific bacterial taxa associated with behavioral characteristics.

Microbiology Spectrum · Nov 18, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

Common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) do not differentiate between familiar and unfamiliar conspecifics based on pitch contour information

Julia Victoria Grabner, Emma Pigmans, Monika Mircheva, Job Morgan Knoester, Robert Baumgartner, Ulrich Pomper, Thomas Bugnyar, Michelle J. Spierings

This study tests whether common marmosets use pitch contour information from vocalizations to recognize familiar vs. unfamiliar conspecifics, finding no group-level differentiation.

bioRxiv · Oct 27, 2025 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition