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Max Farnworth @maxfarnworth.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent talk by Andrea Adden of the @neuroluci.bsky.social lab @crick.ac.uk. @neuroethology.org @dzg-neurobiology.bsky.social Check out her Nature paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Pingkalai R. Senthilan @pingkalai.bsky.social · 26d

Delighted that my PhD student @v-kirsch.bsky.social received an award for her poster on RHODOPSIN 7 in the @dzg-neurobiology.bsky.social section. Many thanks to the @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social for a wonderful and inspiring meeting!
#DZG #Drosophila #Rhodopsin7

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Max Farnworth @maxfarnworth.bsky.social · 26d

Our paper on central complex evolution in Heliconiini butterflies is now available as reviewed preprint at @elife.bsky.social 🎉🎉. Please check out the helpful and constructive reviews which we are going to address in the next weeks 🤗 elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre... @ebablab.bsky.social

Distinct evolutionary trajectories of two integration centres, the central complex and mushroom bodies, across Heliconiini butterflies

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International Society for Neuroethology @neuroethology.org · 26d

José Borrero from Richard Merrill's lab studies how the visual acuity changes with age in different species of Heliconius butterflies and how it is related to brain morphology and neurogenesis. #dzg2025
@borreroja.bsky.social
@dickmerrill.bsky.social

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DZG Neurobiology @dzg-neurobiology.bsky.social · 27d

Jerome is also looking to hire PhD candidates and postdocs! 👀

DZG Neurobiology @dzg-neurobiology.bsky.social · 27d

And switching to neuroethology from start to finish, we heard about @beetzjerome.bsky.social 's amazing work into navigation and neural coding in the monarch butterfly and bee brain. FInd out more abotu Jerome's research here: www.spatial-navigation.com

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DZG Neurobiology @dzg-neurobiology.bsky.social · 27d

First up was Merly Vogt of @helmholtz.de Munich on her fascinating work into neural plasticity in mice and worms. Find out more about her research here 🤗 www.helmholtz-munich.de/en/idc/pi/me...

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DZG Neurobiology @dzg-neurobiology.bsky.social · 27d

Yesterday we also had two fantastic invited speakers, representing also the wide diversity of approaches and model system that the section of neurobiology covers. @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social @neuroethology.org

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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 27d

🤩 It's always a pleasure to present our #ant #research 🧪🐜🧭☀️, especially to such a nice audience 🧠💖 @dzg-neurobiology.bsky.social
✨️New level of proudness: @chiaratenne.bsky.social presents parts of her project in her very 1st conference talk @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social🥳 Brilli🐜 presentation🤩 #ProudPi

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Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 27d

Additional @neuroethology.org highlights of the @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social on the second day:

The second @dzg-neurobiology.bsky.social invited talk was by @beetzjerome.bsky.social from @uni-wuerzburg.de on his work on compass and place coding in insects 🧭🧠🦋🐝

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DZG Neurobiology @dzg-neurobiology.bsky.social · 27d

Massive news for our past section speaker @anna-stoeckl.bsky.social - congratulations!

International Society for Neuroethology @neuroethology.org · 27d

Congratulations to Anna Stöckl receiving the prestigious Walther-Arndt award from the German Zoological Society. #dzg2025 @anna-stoeckl.bsky.social 🥳🥂

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Max Farnworth @maxfarnworth.bsky.social · 27d

@silkesachse.bsky.social ’s plenary talk @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social on the neural basis of insect olfaction. 👀👀 👏🏻 also another neuro talk. Just sayin’ 💅 @dzg-neurobiology.bsky.social

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Hannah Haberkern @hannah-haberkern.bsky.social · Sep 1

Many organizations providing grants or scholarships in academia aim to consider challenges that follow from chronic illness. However, in practise often an exessive ammount documentation to "prove" the existance and impact of the condition is requested. 1/n

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DZG Neurobiology @dzg-neurobiology.bsky.social · 27d

Our last speaker of the contributed talk session was Patrick Schultheiss of @uni-wuerzburg.de, talking about visually-based navigation behaviour in ants.

Concluding our wonderful session of Neurobiology 😍

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DZG Neurobiology @dzg-neurobiology.bsky.social · 27d

What followed was a double pack of ant navigation research! 🤩 First up was Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social of the University of Oldenburg, presenting her lab's fascinating work into the magnetic sense of Cataglyphis ants.

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DZG Neurobiology @dzg-neurobiology.bsky.social · 27d

Nina Schwarz of @einatcouzin.bsky.social 's lab then followed with her fascinating research into migratory locust neurobiology @uni-konstanz.de

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DZG Neurobiology @dzg-neurobiology.bsky.social · 27d

Next was our very own Susanne Neupert, section speaker of Neurobiology, about her research at @unikassel.bsky.social www.uni-kassel.de/fb10/institu...

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DZG Neurobiology @dzg-neurobiology.bsky.social · 27d

Next was @pingkalai.bsky.social of @uni-wuerzburg.de presenting work on Rhodopsin-7. More on this here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... :-) FIrst author Valentina Kirsch also had a poster at our poster session!

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DZG Neurobiology @dzg-neurobiology.bsky.social · 27d

EEG in elephants - mind blown

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DZG Neurobiology @dzg-neurobiology.bsky.social · 27d

We started off with a very interesting talk by Ashley Barker @humboldtuni.bsky.social on the feasibility of EEG in... elephants!

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DZG Neurobiology @dzg-neurobiology.bsky.social · 27d

We had a fantastic contributed talk and invited talk session today at @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social for the section Neurobiology. Disclaimer: I didn't manage to take pictures of all of our fabulous speakers which only reflects my personal failure more than anything else 🫠

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DZG Neurobiology @dzg-neurobiology.bsky.social · 27d

new paper by last years invited speaker at DZG24! check it out

Felix W. Moll @mollfw.bsky.social · 27d

New paper on precise tool use learning in carrion crows @currentbiology.bsky.social. We show that—like New Caledonian crows—expert carrion crows pay close attention to the working end of their tool, suggesting tool integration into their peripersonal space. 🧵 & vids! 👇

www.cell.com/current-biol...

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DZG Neurobiology @dzg-neurobiology.bsky.social · Sep 1

1 WEEK to go for DZG 2025 in Berlin 😱😍
See you soon!
@dzg2025berlin.bsky.social @dzg-behaviour.bsky.social @dzg-sysbiodiv.bsky.social

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DZG 2025 Berlin @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social · Jul 31

We have already filled all available slots for contributed talks 🤩

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DZG 2025 Berlin @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social · Jul 31

🚨 Final Call!
Don't miss your last chance to submit a poster abstract for the Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society 🦎🐦🧬
Contribute your research, connect with colleagues — and be part of it!
Submission closes tomorrow. Be there or be square!

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