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Evolutionary Ecology Group, Cambridge @eegcam.bsky.social · 2d

#newpreprint: "Climate Shaped the Global Population Structure of Leopards and their Extinction in Europe": www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...! Leopards are charming big cats but there are many mysteries around them. Thread 🧵

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Cecilia Baldoni @cecibaldoni.bsky.social · 22d

PhD Alert! 😍 Our lab is hiring a PhD student to study how shrews shrink in winter and grow in spring. Yes, you read that right!
tinyurl.com/shrinkingshr...
Join us at the @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social, study a super cool animal, and join the @imprs-qbee.bsky.social community!

DM me for questions!

Seasonal size change and aging in shrews

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Magdalena Boch 🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺🇦🇹 @magdalenaboch.bsky.social · Aug 31

Super happy & proud to share that I’ll return to @univie.ac.at in june 2026 as a tenure track professor to start my own research group exploring the neural basis of social cognition in humans, dogs & their wild relatives 🧠🐩👫
More on my current research: 🎥 youtu.be/q7H1dT4IU9w 📰 bit.ly/4mE8mLI

🐕 How Dog Brains Help Us Understand Ourselves | University of Vienna

YouTube video by Universität Wien

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tdcapellini.bsky.social @tdcapellini.bsky.social · Aug 27

1) I am delighted to present this terrific tour de force research conducted by my post-doc Dr. Gayani Senevirathne @gayani.bsky.social and published today in Nature -
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The evolution of hominin bipedalism in two steps - Nature

The human pelvis exhibits distinct spatiotemporal ossification patterns and an ilium cartilage growth plate that is shifted perpendicularly compared with those of other mammals and non-human primates—...

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katja heuer @k4tj4.bsky.social · Jul 27

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To predict the behaviour of a primate, would you rather base your guess on a closely related species or one with a similar brain shape? We looked at brains & behaviours of 70 species, you’ll be surprised!

🧵Thread on our new preprint with @r3rt0.bsky.social , doi.org/10.1101/2025...

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Gwen Wirobski @gwenwiro.bsky.social · Jun 5

I'm very excited and happy to share that the canid cognition team in Neuchâtel is growing fast! We'll be hiring soon, so keep your eyes and ears open 🐺🐶

NCCR Evolving Language @nccrlanguage.bsky.social · Jun 5

NCCR researchers Klaus Zuberbühler, Gwendolyn Wirobski, and researcher Friederike Range have received a 1.4 million CHF grant to study communication and cognition in wolves and dogs 🐺🐶. 👉 More in this new article!

@cogcompneuch.bsky.social

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1.4 million Swiss Francs to study wolves - NCCR Evolving Language

NCCR researchers Klaus Zuberbühler, Gwendolyn Wirobski (University of Neuchâtel), and Friederike Range (University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna) have received a 1.4 million CHF WEAVE grant from the A...

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Magdalena Boch 🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺🇦🇹 @magdalenaboch.bsky.social · Jun 9

such a game changer for comparative neuroimaging! i am very proud to have played a small part in this 🧠

Austin Benn @neurabenn.bsky.social · Jun 6

Precon_all is finally citeable! I’m relieved, pleased, thrilled and all other superlatives to present to you our preprint describing the inner workings of the precon_all pipeline for semi-automated non-human cortical surface reconstruction! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 1/10

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NeuroecologyLab @neuroecologylab.bsky.social · Mar 18

Always thought we should use connectivity blueprints to investigate differences between human, chimpanzee, and macaque brains? www.jneurosci.org/content/earl... For Katherine Bryant’s latest masterpiece.

Connectivity profile and function of uniquely human cortical areas

Determining the brain specializations unique to humans requires directly comparative anatomical information from other primates, especially our closest relatives. Human ( Homo sapiens ) (m/f), chimpan...

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Bruce Stallsmith @laimosemion.bsky.social · Dec 28

Almost the entire editorial board of the Journal of Human Evolution have resigned in protest of changes made by the publisher Elsevier. These changes degrade the quality of articles through the use of AI and also double the publishing fee over what similar journals charge. 🧪🌍🌿

Evolution journal editors resign en masse to protest Elsevier changes

All but one member of the editorial board of the Journal of Human Evolution (JHE), an Elsevier title, have resigned, saying the “sustained actions of Elsevier are fundamentally incompatible with th…

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Magdalena Boch 🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺🇦🇹 @magdalenaboch.bsky.social · Nov 27

great starter pack! would you mind adding me? :)

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Roberto Toro @r3rt0.bsky.social · Nov 21

🧠 Come work with us! In addition to our postdoc position on modelling, our lab at @institutpasteur.bsky.social we also seek a postdoc to help us create the most complete open atlas of brain folding development! This is part of our ERC Synergy project Unfold (unfold-lab.github.io). Join us! (1/10)

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Dr Kirsty Graham @kirstyegraham.bsky.social · Nov 20

Applications are now open for an Assistant Professorship in Animal Behavior & Conservation, Psychology at Hunter College, CUNY 🐿️ Come join our fabulous faculty!! 🐘 Find more information and apply here: bit.ly/abcjob

Now hiring! Hunter College CUNY - Assistant Professor in Psychology, Animal Behavior & Conservation. bit.ly/abcjob

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Magdalena Boch 🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺🇦🇹 @magdalenaboch.bsky.social · Nov 21

thank you ♥️

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Roberto Toro @r3rt0.bsky.social · Nov 18

🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨 We're looking for a postdoc for our ERC Synergy project Unfold (unfold-lab.github.io). Join our lab at @institutpasteur to model brain morphogenesis! (1/10)

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Andrew Iwaniuk @evoneuro.bsky.social · Nov 18

Time is running out, but with more people added to Bluesky, please contact me if you are interested in applying for a MSc or PhD with us on sensory systems of living and extinct birds. CT scanning and access to the world's biggest bird brain collection!
#ornithology #neuroskyence

Andrew Iwaniuk @evoneuro.bsky.social · Nov 1

Our lab is looking for potential graduate students interested in working with us and the Smithsonian Institution on the sensory systems of extinct birds and using our large bird brain collection.

Details here: evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...

#ornithology #evolution #neuroskyence #AcademicSky

https://evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldir/GradStudentPositions//ULethbridge_Canada.AvianPaleoneurology

The Iwaniuk lab at the University of Lethbridge currently has an opening for a MSc or PhD student interested in avian paleoneurology. The successful applicant will work on a collaborative project with...

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Magdalena Boch 🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺🇦🇹 @magdalenaboch.bsky.social · Mar 25

Curious about how dogs process social interactions? Wondering if unexpected turns elicit a “social prediction error“ analogous to humans and non-human primates? Don’t miss my poster today at #S4SN 🧲🐩🧠 #dogfMRI @s4sn.bsky.social

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Nencki Open Lab @openlab.bsky.social · Dec 11

We are happy to announce the second Workshop of Ideas in 2024! On April 19-21th in Warsaw, we will discuss the origins of order in behaviour. Is instinct a useful term in modern neuroscience?
How do genes influence and constrain behavioural development?
nenckiopenlab.org/origins_of_order

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Kim Doell @kimdoell.bsky.social · Nov 13

🚨We have a new perspective out today in @natureclimate called “Leveraging neuroscience for climate change research” shorturl.at/dyN35 where we call on #Neuroskyence researchers to help combat #climatechange 🧠

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Vienna Cognitive Science Hub @viennacogscihub.bsky.social · Nov 8

Hello #CogSci,
We just announced our 2023 Seed Grant Call which provides funds for applicants to develop, write, and submit an interdisciplinary research proposal in the broad field of cognitive science that will help them move their career forward.
Feel free to share with interested colleagues!

2023 Seed Grant Call

cogsci.univie.ac.at

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Siri Leknes @sirileknes.bsky.social · Nov 9

Symposium proposals for the Japan Society for Social Neuroscience meeting are due tomorrow - poster deadline is January 15

I am SO excited about going to Japan, hope to see lots of you there 🧠

#NeuroSkyEnce
#PsychSciSky

Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · Nov 9

Thank you to everyone for making the S4SN 2023 meeting such a great success 🔥

In the meantime… it's already time to start planning S4SN 2024 in Tsukuba, Japan (March 25th-28th 2024)!

You still have time to submit your symposium proposals and poster abstracts until November 10th, 2023.

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NeuroecologyLab @neuroecologylab.bsky.social · Oct 31

Always wanted to know about white matter anatomy in the gibbon brain (but were afraid to ask)? doi.org/10.1007/s00429-023-02709-9 #neuroskyence #evolsky #brain #anatomy

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Magdalena Boch 🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺🇦🇹 @magdalenaboch.bsky.social · Oct 20

thanks! unfortunately, they are only not allowed to have it on their website for a week, but if you’re interested i can forward you the recording once i received it :)

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NeuroecologyLab @neuroecologylab.bsky.social · Oct 10

The Multiple Demand Network of the human brain is often associated with tasks measuring fluid intelligence. Here, we investigate its structural basis and compare it to the macaque. Nice work by Katrin Karadachka: doi.org/10.1093/cerc... #neuroscience #evolution

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Magdalena Boch 🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺🇦🇹 @magdalenaboch.bsky.social · Oct 8

yesterday, @clauslamm.bsky.social and I explained our research on Austrian kids TV 🧠🐕as you can see in the pics, we had a lot of fun doing it but my favourite moment was getting a picture of my niece watching the show! ♥️ #1: shorturl.at/isxPY #2: shorturl.at/gsN89 #neuroscience #outreach #dogfMRI

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SCAN Unit @scanunit.bsky.social · Oct 7

#HiSciSky, we are the Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Unit based at @univie.ac.at. We do a lot of what our lab name says 🧠 but also study comparative cognition 🐶, environmental neuroscience 🌍, stress and many other exciting things. Follow us to learn more!
#PsySciSky #neuroskyence

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