Jérôme Micheletta
@jmicheletta.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Animal Behaviour, Centre for Comparative and Evolutionary Psychology at the University of Portsmouth. Communication, cognition and social behaviour in macaques. Co-director of the Macaca Nigra Project: https://macaca-nigra.org/
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📢Two fully-funded #PhD opportunities to work with us:
Topic: Social monitoring & manipulation
UK-domiciled black-heritage scheme: tinyurl.com/aja54nr6
NERC DLTP: tinyurl.com/4jfy47pp
Cosupervisors: #PatrickKennedy @ljnbrent.bsky.social
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
#bioacoustics #mammals #fieldwork
Topic: Social monitoring & manipulation
UK-domiciled black-heritage scheme: tinyurl.com/aja54nr6
NERC DLTP: tinyurl.com/4jfy47pp
Cosupervisors: #PatrickKennedy @ljnbrent.bsky.social
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
#bioacoustics #mammals #fieldwork
November 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
📢Two fully-funded #PhD opportunities to work with us:
Topic: Social monitoring & manipulation
UK-domiciled black-heritage scheme: tinyurl.com/aja54nr6
NERC DLTP: tinyurl.com/4jfy47pp
Cosupervisors: #PatrickKennedy @ljnbrent.bsky.social
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
#bioacoustics #mammals #fieldwork
Topic: Social monitoring & manipulation
UK-domiciled black-heritage scheme: tinyurl.com/aja54nr6
NERC DLTP: tinyurl.com/4jfy47pp
Cosupervisors: #PatrickKennedy @ljnbrent.bsky.social
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
#bioacoustics #mammals #fieldwork
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⚠️ New Postdoc or PhD position open (3 years+) ⚠️
🚩Developmental milestones across cultures 🌍
Based @leuphana.bsky.social , in collaboration with @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social
Please share/apply!
Link: tinyurl.com/58dsn43u
🚩Developmental milestones across cultures 🌍
Based @leuphana.bsky.social , in collaboration with @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social
Please share/apply!
Link: tinyurl.com/58dsn43u
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November 19, 2025 at 11:39 AM
⚠️ New Postdoc or PhD position open (3 years+) ⚠️
🚩Developmental milestones across cultures 🌍
Based @leuphana.bsky.social , in collaboration with @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social
Please share/apply!
Link: tinyurl.com/58dsn43u
🚩Developmental milestones across cultures 🌍
Based @leuphana.bsky.social , in collaboration with @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social
Please share/apply!
Link: tinyurl.com/58dsn43u
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Fully funded #PhDposition in Comparative Cultural Psychology @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social.
We will use touchscreen experiments & eyetracking to study mental simulations in nonhuman apes & human children across different cultures.
All info here: www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...
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We will use touchscreen experiments & eyetracking to study mental simulations in nonhuman apes & human children across different cultures.
All info here: www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...
Please share / apply!🙏
Positions available - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
www.eva.mpg.de
November 13, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Fully funded #PhDposition in Comparative Cultural Psychology @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social.
We will use touchscreen experiments & eyetracking to study mental simulations in nonhuman apes & human children across different cultures.
All info here: www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...
Please share / apply!🙏
We will use touchscreen experiments & eyetracking to study mental simulations in nonhuman apes & human children across different cultures.
All info here: www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...
Please share / apply!🙏
Really pleased (and surprised!) that my design was chosen 😃🥳 It took some trial and error but I am super happy with the minimalist design. It was taken from this pict of a crested macaque in Tangkoko near the Macaca Nigra Project field station. Can't wait to see how it will look like once printed 😊
November 19, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Really pleased (and surprised!) that my design was chosen 😃🥳 It took some trial and error but I am super happy with the minimalist design. It was taken from this pict of a crested macaque in Tangkoko near the Macaca Nigra Project field station. Can't wait to see how it will look like once printed 😊
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T-shirt design competition results 🚨 Congratulations to Katarina Piponi (left) who received first place in the public vote🥇. Additionally, Congratulations to Jerome Micheletta (right), who has won the Council’s Choice🎨. Both designs will be made available for printing soon on our online store. (1/2)
November 11, 2025 at 10:58 AM
T-shirt design competition results 🚨 Congratulations to Katarina Piponi (left) who received first place in the public vote🥇. Additionally, Congratulations to Jerome Micheletta (right), who has won the Council’s Choice🎨. Both designs will be made available for printing soon on our online store. (1/2)
Great opportunity to work with a great team!
Fixed-term Research Assistant post in primate behaviour, likely desk based but good experience before applying for PhD funding. Join us at NTU! @ntupsychology.bsky.social
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vacancies.ntu.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Research Assistant in Primate Behaviour:City Campus
Join us as a Research Assistant in Primate Behaviour! Gain excellent experience and skills working with a range of primatologists across NTU. A great stepping stone before embarking on a PhD!
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November 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Great opportunity to work with a great team!
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Are humans really the only rational animals? Our NEW PAPER 🎉 out in @science.org suggests otherwise! In a large collaboration led with my joint first author @hanna-schleihauf.bsky.social, we show that “Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs” 🧵
Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs
The selective revision of beliefs in light of new evidence has been considered one of the hallmarks of human-level rationality. However, tests of this ability in other species are lacking. We examined...
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October 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Are humans really the only rational animals? Our NEW PAPER 🎉 out in @science.org suggests otherwise! In a large collaboration led with my joint first author @hanna-schleihauf.bsky.social, we show that “Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs” 🧵
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Bielefeld University seeks a postdoc for a 6-year scientific assistant position in Animal Behaviour, starting March 2026. Apply by Sept 10, 2025. More info: www.uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/biologie/forschung/arbeitsgruppen/behaviour #job
Animal Behaviour - Bielefeld University
With a team of over 50 people, the different research groups study animal behaviour within the framework of the four questions of Tinbergen, both in the lab and in the field. Current model systems include laboratory studies on zebra finches (
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July 26, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Bielefeld University seeks a postdoc for a 6-year scientific assistant position in Animal Behaviour, starting March 2026. Apply by Sept 10, 2025. More info: www.uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/biologie/forschung/arbeitsgruppen/behaviour #job
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Calling all artists! 🧑🎨🎨 We are running a t-shirt design competition - craft some primate artwork and submit it to us by the 1st October. The winning design will be sold on our online store, with generated funds used to support our work promoting primate conservation, research and captive care. See 🧵
July 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Calling all artists! 🧑🎨🎨 We are running a t-shirt design competition - craft some primate artwork and submit it to us by the 1st October. The winning design will be sold on our online store, with generated funds used to support our work promoting primate conservation, research and captive care. See 🧵
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Very excited to announce that our latest feral cattle paper “Strategic third-party interventions in feral ungulate affiliation” is out today in @royalsociety.org Proceedings of the Royal Society B royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... by myself, Kate Flay, Tania Perroux & @amcell.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Very excited to announce that our latest feral cattle paper “Strategic third-party interventions in feral ungulate affiliation” is out today in @royalsociety.org Proceedings of the Royal Society B royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... by myself, Kate Flay, Tania Perroux & @amcell.bsky.social
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We're hiring📢📢📢
To complement our team we're currently looking for a postdoctoral researcher with expertise in animal communication and behaviour, ideally canids but not a must! Position is based in Vienna, Austria, and available for 4 years. Please check the attachment for details 🐺🐶😊
To complement our team we're currently looking for a postdoctoral researcher with expertise in animal communication and behaviour, ideally canids but not a must! Position is based in Vienna, Austria, and available for 4 years. Please check the attachment for details 🐺🐶😊
June 23, 2025 at 12:26 PM
We're hiring📢📢📢
To complement our team we're currently looking for a postdoctoral researcher with expertise in animal communication and behaviour, ideally canids but not a must! Position is based in Vienna, Austria, and available for 4 years. Please check the attachment for details 🐺🐶😊
To complement our team we're currently looking for a postdoctoral researcher with expertise in animal communication and behaviour, ideally canids but not a must! Position is based in Vienna, Austria, and available for 4 years. Please check the attachment for details 🐺🐶😊
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New review paper on primate facial expression! 🙈🙊🙉 with @jamiewhitehouse.bsky.social @jmicheletta.bsky.social and Olivia O’Callaghan @ntupsychology.bsky.social
Facial expression production and perception in non-human primates
Review by Bridget M. Waller, Olivia O’Callaghan, Jérôme Micheletta & Jamie Whitehouse
Web: go.nature.com/43NLtid
PDF: rdcu.be/erdXJ
Review by Bridget M. Waller, Olivia O’Callaghan, Jérôme Micheletta & Jamie Whitehouse
Web: go.nature.com/43NLtid
PDF: rdcu.be/erdXJ
June 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
New review paper on primate facial expression! 🙈🙊🙉 with @jamiewhitehouse.bsky.social @jmicheletta.bsky.social and Olivia O’Callaghan @ntupsychology.bsky.social
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Applications are now open for our 2025 Field Skills Workshop! The Field Skills Workshop is a 3-day workshop aimed to develop theory and practice in field skills. See 🧵
May 20, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Applications are now open for our 2025 Field Skills Workshop! The Field Skills Workshop is a 3-day workshop aimed to develop theory and practice in field skills. See 🧵
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Only two weeks left to apply!
Come and join me, Alban Lemasson, Katie Slocombe and Simon Townsend!
And spread the word to whoever might be interested!
@efp2024.bsky.social @lasfdp.bsky.social @ips-primatenews.bsky.social
Come and join me, Alban Lemasson, Katie Slocombe and Simon Townsend!
And spread the word to whoever might be interested!
@efp2024.bsky.social @lasfdp.bsky.social @ips-primatenews.bsky.social
🚨 Job opportunity 🚨
A 3-year post doc position is opening as part of my #APELANG project funded by the @agencerecherche.bsky.social
It’s about multimodal combinatorial communication in wild #chimpanzees 🐵
Job ad here: maelleroux-research.weebly.com/apelang.html
And here 👇🏻
A 3-year post doc position is opening as part of my #APELANG project funded by the @agencerecherche.bsky.social
It’s about multimodal combinatorial communication in wild #chimpanzees 🐵
Job ad here: maelleroux-research.weebly.com/apelang.html
And here 👇🏻
May 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Only two weeks left to apply!
Come and join me, Alban Lemasson, Katie Slocombe and Simon Townsend!
And spread the word to whoever might be interested!
@efp2024.bsky.social @lasfdp.bsky.social @ips-primatenews.bsky.social
Come and join me, Alban Lemasson, Katie Slocombe and Simon Townsend!
And spread the word to whoever might be interested!
@efp2024.bsky.social @lasfdp.bsky.social @ips-primatenews.bsky.social
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📢 @jmicheletta.bsky.social's, @bridgetwaller.bsky.social's, and my PhD student Holly Radford will deliver a @craeioe.bsky.social webinar Thursday at 4 pm UK/11 am ET/8 am PT from her PhD on nonverbal behaviours and first impressions during video calls between autistic and non-autistic adults.
Still plenty of time to book for Thursday’s #CRAEwebinar with @UoP_CIDD’s Holly Radford
Nonverbal behaviours and first impressions during video calls Between autistic and non-autistic adults.
Booking:
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Nonverbal behaviours and first impressions during video calls Between autistic and non-autistic adults.
Booking:
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Nonverbal behaviours and first impressions during video calls
How do nonverbal behaviours relate to first impressions, and does partner-neurotype matter?
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June 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
📢 @jmicheletta.bsky.social's, @bridgetwaller.bsky.social's, and my PhD student Holly Radford will deliver a @craeioe.bsky.social webinar Thursday at 4 pm UK/11 am ET/8 am PT from her PhD on nonverbal behaviours and first impressions during video calls between autistic and non-autistic adults.
@kate-lewis.bsky.social latest paper documenting the first anatomically based ethogram of horses' facial behaviour using NetFACS 🥳 I'm grateful to @kate-lewis.bsky.social and @leanneproops.bsky.social for the opportunity to contribute 🙂
🚨 New paper alert! 🚨
We have created the first anatomically based ethogram of horse facial behaviour, covering a broad range of distinct behaviours from aggression through to play 🐴
Check it out here: peerj.com/articles/193...
@leanneproops.bsky.social
@uop-ccep.bsky.social
We have created the first anatomically based ethogram of horse facial behaviour, covering a broad range of distinct behaviours from aggression through to play 🐴
Check it out here: peerj.com/articles/193...
@leanneproops.bsky.social
@uop-ccep.bsky.social
An ethogram of facial behaviour in domestic horses: evolutionary perspectives on form and function
Understanding cause and function of animal facial behaviour can provide key insights into the animal’s cognitive and emotional state. The Equine Facial Action Coding System (EquiFACS) has characterise...
peerj.com
May 29, 2025 at 9:02 AM
@kate-lewis.bsky.social latest paper documenting the first anatomically based ethogram of horses' facial behaviour using NetFACS 🥳 I'm grateful to @kate-lewis.bsky.social and @leanneproops.bsky.social for the opportunity to contribute 🙂
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📢 The MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship call is now open!
Join our international expert team to explore minds across species.
We study:
🐒 Primates
🐕 Dogs
🐘 Elephants
🐴 Donkeys and horses
🔗 contact one of us to discuss your application: marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post...
#MSCA
Join our international expert team to explore minds across species.
We study:
🐒 Primates
🐕 Dogs
🐘 Elephants
🐴 Donkeys and horses
🔗 contact one of us to discuss your application: marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post...
#MSCA
Postdoctoral Fellowships call: 6 steps to prepare your application
These tips and tricks will help you find the best host organisation and prepare a successful proposal.
marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu
May 13, 2025 at 12:41 PM
📢 The MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship call is now open!
Join our international expert team to explore minds across species.
We study:
🐒 Primates
🐕 Dogs
🐘 Elephants
🐴 Donkeys and horses
🔗 contact one of us to discuss your application: marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post...
#MSCA
Join our international expert team to explore minds across species.
We study:
🐒 Primates
🐕 Dogs
🐘 Elephants
🐴 Donkeys and horses
🔗 contact one of us to discuss your application: marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post...
#MSCA
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New Postdoc position!
🐵🐵🐵🐵
On the socioecology of cognition in primates, based in Paris @mnhn.fr @cnrs.fr, with field work
It has it all:
- the best science
- the best macaques
- the best beaches
- the best people
- the best office view #Eiffeltower
Join us!
🐵🐵🐵🐵
On the socioecology of cognition in primates, based in Paris @mnhn.fr @cnrs.fr, with field work
It has it all:
- the best science
- the best macaques
- the best beaches
- the best people
- the best office view #Eiffeltower
Join us!
April 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
New Postdoc position!
🐵🐵🐵🐵
On the socioecology of cognition in primates, based in Paris @mnhn.fr @cnrs.fr, with field work
It has it all:
- the best science
- the best macaques
- the best beaches
- the best people
- the best office view #Eiffeltower
Join us!
🐵🐵🐵🐵
On the socioecology of cognition in primates, based in Paris @mnhn.fr @cnrs.fr, with field work
It has it all:
- the best science
- the best macaques
- the best beaches
- the best people
- the best office view #Eiffeltower
Join us!
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🧠🐒 Interested in comparative cognition, sociality and animal behaviour?
I am open to hosting MSCA postdoc fellowship applicants! marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/calls/msca-p...
I am open to hosting MSCA postdoc fellowship applicants! marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/calls/msca-p...
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships enhance the creative and innovative potential of researchers holding a PhD and who wish to acquire new skills through advanced training, international, interdisciplinary ...
marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu
March 23, 2025 at 10:47 AM
🧠🐒 Interested in comparative cognition, sociality and animal behaviour?
I am open to hosting MSCA postdoc fellowship applicants! marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/calls/msca-p...
I am open to hosting MSCA postdoc fellowship applicants! marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/calls/msca-p...
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🚨 Job opportunity 🚨
A 3-year post doc position is opening as part of my #APELANG project funded by the @agencerecherche.bsky.social
It’s about multimodal combinatorial communication in wild #chimpanzees 🐵
Job ad here: maelleroux-research.weebly.com/apelang.html
And here 👇🏻
A 3-year post doc position is opening as part of my #APELANG project funded by the @agencerecherche.bsky.social
It’s about multimodal combinatorial communication in wild #chimpanzees 🐵
Job ad here: maelleroux-research.weebly.com/apelang.html
And here 👇🏻
March 26, 2025 at 9:05 AM
🚨 Job opportunity 🚨
A 3-year post doc position is opening as part of my #APELANG project funded by the @agencerecherche.bsky.social
It’s about multimodal combinatorial communication in wild #chimpanzees 🐵
Job ad here: maelleroux-research.weebly.com/apelang.html
And here 👇🏻
A 3-year post doc position is opening as part of my #APELANG project funded by the @agencerecherche.bsky.social
It’s about multimodal combinatorial communication in wild #chimpanzees 🐵
Job ad here: maelleroux-research.weebly.com/apelang.html
And here 👇🏻
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New paper from Olivia O'Callaghan's PhD on ERC project FACEDIFF www.facediff.co.uk, macaque facial expression processing gets better with age and good maternal care, so more flex than previously thought? @jamiewhitehouse.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @ntupsychology.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
Maternal care predicts facial expression processing in macaques
Facial expressions are common across mammals and are essential for social communication. In humans, a rich early social environment is important for t…
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March 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
New paper from Olivia O'Callaghan's PhD on ERC project FACEDIFF www.facediff.co.uk, macaque facial expression processing gets better with age and good maternal care, so more flex than previously thought? @jamiewhitehouse.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @ntupsychology.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
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🚨RT!
The Social & Cognitive Origins group at @jhuartssciences.bsky.social (social-cognitive-origins.com), directed by Dr. Christopher Krupenye, is recruiting a full-time research assistant or lab manager to begin Summer 2025. The position has a one-year minimum, w/ the possibility of extension. 1/
The Social & Cognitive Origins group at @jhuartssciences.bsky.social (social-cognitive-origins.com), directed by Dr. Christopher Krupenye, is recruiting a full-time research assistant or lab manager to begin Summer 2025. The position has a one-year minimum, w/ the possibility of extension. 1/
March 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
🚨RT!
The Social & Cognitive Origins group at @jhuartssciences.bsky.social (social-cognitive-origins.com), directed by Dr. Christopher Krupenye, is recruiting a full-time research assistant or lab manager to begin Summer 2025. The position has a one-year minimum, w/ the possibility of extension. 1/
The Social & Cognitive Origins group at @jhuartssciences.bsky.social (social-cognitive-origins.com), directed by Dr. Christopher Krupenye, is recruiting a full-time research assistant or lab manager to begin Summer 2025. The position has a one-year minimum, w/ the possibility of extension. 1/
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There is still time to apply for our 3yr postdoc looking at the role of group size and culture on social coordination in the Republic of Korea, Uganda and the UK! Drop me a message if interested 😊 mss.port.ac.uk/ce0732li_web...
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March 17, 2025 at 9:32 AM
There is still time to apply for our 3yr postdoc looking at the role of group size and culture on social coordination in the Republic of Korea, Uganda and the UK! Drop me a message if interested 😊 mss.port.ac.uk/ce0732li_web...
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New paper on macaque facial muscles with @clarekimock.bsky.social @jamiewhitehouse.bsky.social and others! Macaques don’t show the same extreme variability in facial musculature as humans… anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
March 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
New paper on macaque facial muscles with @clarekimock.bsky.social @jamiewhitehouse.bsky.social and others! Macaques don’t show the same extreme variability in facial musculature as humans… anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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We had a fantastic time showcasing our research at the Science is Wonderful! fair organised by the European Commission in Brussels. Thanks to #MSCA for the invitation and to all children who visited our booth 😃 🐒 @francescadp.bsky.social @jmicheletta.bsky.social @teresa-romero.bsky.social
March 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
We had a fantastic time showcasing our research at the Science is Wonderful! fair organised by the European Commission in Brussels. Thanks to #MSCA for the invitation and to all children who visited our booth 😃 🐒 @francescadp.bsky.social @jmicheletta.bsky.social @teresa-romero.bsky.social