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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Feb 12

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!

Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!

#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

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COST TEATIME @cost-teatime.bsky.social · Mar 3

Leonardo Restivo, @marionrivalan.bsky.social Rivalan & James McCutcheon presented the ethogram & ontology development for hashtag #homecage monitoring and @thebehaviourforum.bsky.social.

#behavior #animalresearch @costprogramme.bsky.social #mouse #ontology #ethogram

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TheBehaviourForum.org @thebehaviourforum.bsky.social · Feb 28

If you missed the live workshop on depression like models, it's not too late! The Replay is here 👇

Vootele Voikar @vvoikar.bsky.social · Feb 26

If you missed this workshop and insightful talk by Emma, you can
1) watch recording www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGfL...
2) join www.thebehaviourforum.org for ongoing discussions @thebehaviourforum.bsky.social
@neurodaniela.bsky.social @dhuzard.bsky.social @marionrivalan.bsky.social

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TheBehaviourForum.org @thebehaviourforum.bsky.social · Feb 23

Registration Deadline extended for the Behaviour Conference 2025 👇

Behaviour 2025 @behaviour2025.bsky.social · Feb 22

📣🚨 Extension of Early Bird Registration Deadline 🚨📣

We are pleased to announce that the Early Bird Registration deadline for Behaviour Conference 2025 has been extended to accommodate ongoing interest from participants. 🗓

New registration deadline: 7th April 2025. 🗒️

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COST TEATIME @cost-teatime.bsky.social · Feb 8

Our member @davorvirag.bsky.social presented @thebehaviourforum.bsky.social at the SLAS & CroLASA Symposium on laboratory animals in Zagreb, Croatia, this week.

#animalresearch #behavior #homecage
@costprogramme.bsky.social

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TheBehaviourForum.org @thebehaviourforum.bsky.social · Feb 4

A 3R starter pack 👇

aRukon @arukon0.bsky.social · Feb 3

👋 #WelcomeToBlueSky, fellow scientists and animal research advocates! 🐀🔬

🐭 Follow the "3R Animal Research" starter pack to connect with a community dedicated to improving research practices!

Let’s push for smarter, more ethical science together! 🚀
#3Rs #AnimalResearch
go.bsky.app/ViXEm5A

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COST TEATIME @cost-teatime.bsky.social · Feb 4

Celebrated annually on February 11, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science highlights the remarkable contributions of women in STEM while addressing persistent gender disparities that limit progress.

Get ready to celebrate #WomenInScienceDay with us!

@costprogramme.bsky.social

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TheBehaviourForum.org @thebehaviourforum.bsky.social · Feb 3

ONLY 2 days before our first UNDERSTANDING BEHAVIOUR virtual workshop, on Modelling depression-like behaviors in rodents! It's still time to register !
🧪 #neuroscience #neuroskyence #animalbehavior 🧠📈🐭🐾

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TheBehaviourForum.org @thebehaviourforum.bsky.social · Jan 31

🎉 2,000 followers !!
This community of animal behavior enthusiasts is incredible. From deep discussions to fun discoveries, I’m grateful for every shared curiosity! 🐾🧪🧠📈🐭
👇ONLY ONE PLACE 👇
www.thebehaviourforum.org
#neuroskyence #animalresearch

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Vootele Voikar @vvoikar.bsky.social · Jan 29

It was a great webinar - a lot of information shared on how and why we need to talk about #AnimalResearch (open, transparent, understandable)
@eara.eu @tvvde.bsky.social
@dhuzard.bsky.social @neuromancing.bsky.social
@scinuno.bsky.social @cost-teatime.bsky.social @thebehaviourforum.bsky.social

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TheBehaviourForum.org @thebehaviourforum.bsky.social · Jan 29

🚀 Join @open-neuroscience.com for a talk on Open Hardware for Neuroscience! 🧠🔬
📅 Feb 7, 2025 | 11:30 AM ET
📍 The Neuro (Montreal) & Zoom

🎙️ Dr. André Maia Chagas (@iamchagas.bsky.social) on affordable, customizable, open-source tools for research!

#OpenScience #Neuroscience #OpenHardware #SciComm

Open Neuroscience @open-neuroscience.com · Jan 29

Heard about #openhardware, wanted to know more, but was too afraid to ask?
Fear no more! Join us on Feb 7th when @iamchagas.bsky.social will be at the #openscience office hours held by @theneuro.bsky.social! More info:
openscienceofficehours.github.io/osoh_website...

Open Hardware

The Website of Open Science Office Hours

openscienceofficehours.github.io

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TheBehaviourForum.org @thebehaviourforum.bsky.social · Jan 29

🎥 Big Announcement!
On Feb 5th at 13:00 CET, we kick off the 1st edition of our UNDERSTANDING BEHAVIOUR live workshop experience !

🧠 Emma Robinson will dive into modelling depression-like behaviours in rodents, from assay limitations to innovative approaches.

#Neuroscience #BehavioralResearch

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Behaviour 2025 @behaviour2025.bsky.social · Jan 25

📣🚨 Abstract submission deadline extended!!! 🚨📣

In response to continued interest from prospective contributors, we are pleased to announce that the deadline for abstract submission has been extended.

🗓New submission deadline: 15th February 2025.

🗒️Submission requirements: A 300-word abstract.

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TheBehaviourForum.org @thebehaviourforum.bsky.social · Jan 24

🎥 Webinar Alert!
Join us on Feb 5th at 13:00 CET for the 1st TheBehaviourForum Webinar Series!

🧠 Prof. Emma Robinson will discuss Modelling Depression-Like Behaviours in Rodents & new approaches to enhance translational validity.

✅ Register: cost-teatime.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?...

🧪🧠📈🐭

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TheBehaviourForum.org @thebehaviourforum.bsky.social · Jan 24

Stress responsiveness and survival: "We show that individuals with greater stress responsiveness to previous droughts later had higher survival across a severe El Niño drought."

Sofia Carrera @sccarrera.bsky.social · Jan 22

🧪 Check out our new paper in Sciences Advances! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

🐒 When a severe drought hit a population of wild monkeys in Costa Rica, individuals with a stronger stress response were more likely to survive

@jbeehner.bsky.social @irene-godoy.bsky.social

Stress responsiveness in a wild primate predicts survival across an extreme El Niño drought

White-faced capuchins with a stronger stress response to previous droughts were more likely to survive a severe El Niño drought.

www.science.org

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TheBehaviourForum.org @thebehaviourforum.bsky.social · Jan 22

"• Female rats engage in structured patterns of sexual bouts and time-outs.
• Higher receptivity leads to more sexual bouts and shorter time-outs.
• Sexual bouts serve as an indicator of copulatory intensity."
#animalbehaviour #behavioralresearch #neuroskyence

Eelke Snoeren @eelkesnoeren.bsky.social · Jan 22

New paper alert! We studied the temporal copulatory patterns of female rat sexual behavior and proposed a new behavioral assessment method. #behavioralneuroscience #UiTtheArcticUniversityofNorway #neuroscience

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The temporal copulatory patterns of female rat sexual behavior

Female sexual behavior is a naturally rewarding activity that plays an important role in reproduction and species survival. For female rats, regulatin…

www.sciencedirect.com

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TheBehaviourForum.org @thebehaviourforum.bsky.social · Jan 21

Join the discussion here: www.thebehaviourforum.org/t/eln-and-ma...

TheBehaviourForum.org

A place to discuss experimental methods in animal behaviour

www.thebehaviourforum.org

TheBehaviourForum.org @thebehaviourforum.bsky.social · Jan 21

📚 Searching for the perfect Electronic Lab Notebook or lab management software?
Key needs: workflows, 📊 data export and🔍 Task tracking

Tools: Seatable.io, JupyterHub, and eLabFTW.. What do you use? Share below! 👇

#LabManagement #ResearchTools #BehavioralScience #OpenSource #ScientificData

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TheBehaviourForum.org @thebehaviourforum.bsky.social · Jan 17

Ever dreamt about 'a “language” capable of capturing the details of any behavioral protocol' ? We surely did and Leonardo Restivo had the answer, here: www.thebehaviourforum.org/t/controlled...
#neuroskyence #animalbehaviour #behavioralresearch #ontology
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TheBehaviourForum.org @thebehaviourforum.bsky.social · Jan 14

How to study behavior in vertebrates with focus on fish and rodents - a research training course organized by Upsala University Behavioral facility (UUBF). For more information see the Forum link: www.thebehaviourforum.org/t/research-t...
#animalbehavior #trainingschool

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TheBehaviourForum.org @thebehaviourforum.bsky.social · Jan 14

Do Not miss this training school on the use of homecage monitoring solutions:
#neuroscience #animalbehavior #homecagemonitoring 🧪🧠📈🐁🐾

COST TEATIME @cost-teatime.bsky.social · Jan 14

The call for applications to participate in our 4th Training School is open! See you in #Bratislava this June.

cost-teatime.org/training/sec...

#animalresearch #behavior #training @costprogramme.bsky.social

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TheBehaviourForum.org @thebehaviourforum.bsky.social · Jan 9

@socneuro.bsky.social @cost-teatime.bsky.social @liftcostaction.bsky.social @ebbsociety.bsky.social @abcmicrogrants.bsky.social @biorxiv-behav.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @abcmicrogrants.bsky.social @eurbehavpharm.bsky.social @s4sn.bsky.social @neuroethology.org @animalbehaviour.live

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TheBehaviourForum.org @thebehaviourforum.bsky.social · Jan 9

📣 Open call to neuroscience, ethology & behavioral societies! 📣
Add www.TheBehaviourForum.org to newsletters, PhD schools, and resource lists. Let’s boost collaboration! Share widely with your networks & organizations. 🌐
🧪🧠📈🐭🐾
#Neuroscience #BehavioralScience #OpenScience #AnimalBehaviour #Ethology

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TheBehaviourForum.org @thebehaviourforum.bsky.social · Jan 6

2024 rocked for TheBehaviourForum! 🥳 To the best community of animal behavior scientists! Sharing, discussing & creating new projects. Free, open & positive vibes only! ✨
Share the link, invite colleagues. Let's grow together in 2025! 🚀
www.thebehaviourforum.org
#AnimalBehavior #neuroScience

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OpenBehavior @openbehavior.bsky.social · Jan 3

If you're working with LFP data in Python, ghostipy is worth checking out. It provides a really nice implementation of the continuous wavelet transform and other unique analyses. #opensource #neuroscience

Read about it in this week's post on OpenBehavior:
edspace.american.edu/openbehavior...

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