Björn Kscheschinski obtained his bachelor’s degree at the Institute for Nonlinear Dynamics at the Georg-August University and is currently in his second master’s semester. He joined the group for his master’s thesis on the role of calcium in Physarum polycephalum. Björn moved on after his master’s thesis to become a Ph.D. student in Eric van Nimwegen’s group at the Biozentrum at the University of Basel.