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Ewelina Knapska @eknapska.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you, Sanja, for putting together a fantastic symposium! It was great meeting all the amazing speakers and hearing about their exciting research!

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Sanja Mikulovic @smikulovic.bsky.social · 4d

Loved hosting this symposium with @rungurselrun.bsky.social! Huge thanks to @eknapska.bsky.social, @drnancypadilla.bsky.social and Takashi Kitamura for coming all the way to Germany to share their amazing data — and to our own @c0rr34m.bsky.social and Jeimmy Gonzalez for their great contributions!

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BRAINCITY @braincitywarsaw.bsky.social · Jul 4

We are pleased to announce that BRAINCITY received new grant from the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) under the International Research Agendas Programme (IRAP FENG). Nearly PLN 30 million has been awarded for the period from July 1, 2025, to December 31, 2029. #FunduszeUE #FunduszeEuropejskie

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ALBA Network @network-alba.bsky.social · Apr 2

🎉 Great news from @ebbsociety.bsky.social
👏 Congrats to our Chair, @francescacirulli.bsky.social, for receiving the Diversity Award in recognition of her dedication to fostering diversity and inclusion in research!
📅Join us in celebrating this achievement at the ALBA session at #EBBS2025

ebbsociety.bsky.social @ebbsociety.bsky.social · Apr 2

🌟We are proud to announce
🌍Diversity Award: Congratulations to Francesca Cirulli, Research Director at Istituto Superiore di Sanità (Italy), for her dedication to promoting diversity and inclusion in research
🙌 Join us in applauding her achievement
@francescacirulli.bsky.social

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ebbsociety.bsky.social @ebbsociety.bsky.social · Jun 28

The heat won’t stop the energy — science (and fans!) in full swing!
🔆🪭💪
#EBBS2025

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ebbsociety.bsky.social @ebbsociety.bsky.social · Jun 28

And now, the stage belongs to the young researchers with the Blitz Presentations of the Young Investigators Awar👏👏👏
#EBBS2025

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Ewelina Knapska @eknapska.bsky.social · Jun 28

Enjoy the EBBS 2025!

Oliver Bosch @olibosch.bsky.social · Jun 28

EBBS 2025 kick-off @murielkoehl.bsky.social @eknapska.bsky.social
@ebbsociety.bsky.social

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Oliver Bosch @olibosch.bsky.social · Jun 28

EBBS 2025 kick-off @murielkoehl.bsky.social @eknapska.bsky.social
@ebbsociety.bsky.social

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Lisa Genzel (she/her) @lgenzel.bsky.social · Jun 18

We are hiring! 2 PhD position available on semi-naturalistic behavioral phenotyping and housing projects to increase translation. www.genzellab.com/we-are-hiring

We are hiring! — Semantic memory Lab

www.genzellab.com

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · Mar 1

#Swarm science just got a shake-up! 🦗🦗🦗For decades, #locusts were thought to move like particles but new research indicates they actually use sensory & cognitive mechanisms, not simple alignment @icouzin.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @sercansayin.bsky.social

Rewriting the rules of locust swarms

Classical models of collective behavior fail to explain the mechanisms driving desert locust swarms

www.mpg.de

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Ewelina Knapska @eknapska.bsky.social · Dec 18

Join us for the European Brain and Behaviour Society meeting in beautiful Bordeaux from June 28 to July 1, 2025!

🗓️ Registration opens January 15, 2025.

Check out the program here: ebbs2025.azuleon.org/programme

Stay tuned for updates! We can’t wait to see you!

#EBBS2025 #Neuroscience #Bordeaux

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Denis Jabaudon @djabaudon.bsky.social · Nov 28

LLMs are better than humans at distinguishing fake abstracts from real ones. Not necessarily surprising, but a clear design and some really interesting points on the power and limitations of AI (summed up in thread)

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Large language models surpass human experts in predicting neuroscience results - Nature Human Behaviour

Large language models (LLMs) can synthesize vast amounts of information. Luo et al. show that LLMs—especially BrainGPT, an LLM the authors tuned on the neuroscience literature—outperform experts in pr...

www.nature.com

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Tara Spires-Jones 🌈🔬 @tspiresjones.bsky.social · Nov 28

From Lim, Hellard, and Aitken 2005 BMJ

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ALBA Network @network-alba.bsky.social · Nov 28

🌟 It’s time to nominate a scientist who made outstanding contributions to promoting #diversity, #equity and #inclusion in neuroscience. This year, ALBA and the FENS-Kavli Scholars are targeting Europe-based students & PIs.
Winner announced @ #FRM2025 (Norway, 16-19 Jun)
👉🏾 loom.ly/elEwkCE
📅 19 Dec

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ALBA Network @network-alba.bsky.social · Nov 28

🧠✨Are you a mid-career neuroscientist (5+ years post-PhD) from an underrepresented group working in relations with the causal mechanisms of brain diseases? Apply for the ALBA-Roche Research Prize for Excellence in Neuroscience!
👉 loom.ly/_EvQvm4
⏰ 20 Jan 2025

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Mathias V. Schmidt @mathiasvschmidt.bsky.social · Nov 28

Don't miss it!

Tasia Asakawa @tasiaasakawa.bsky.social · Nov 27

The Nordic #neuroscience societies welcome you all to the FENS Regional Meeting in Oslo next year - the first time ever in a Nordic country!

The CALL FOR SYMPOSIA is still open until 30 November. Submit now!
frm2025oslo.no

#FRM2025 #brain #FENS
@pirtahotulainen.bsky.social @olekiehn.bsky.social

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Tasia Asakawa @tasiaasakawa.bsky.social · Nov 26

Getting ready for end-of-year #FENS governance meetings for the next few days. How FENS can continue to support and serve the European #neuroscience community and beyond is on the menu. So far so good!
@emreyaksi.bsky.social @francescacirulli.bsky.social @eknapska.bsky.social

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Nancy Padilla-Coreano @drnancypadilla.bsky.social · Nov 25

1/✨ New paper in #eNeuro! We looked at how dominance behaviors vary across mouse strains—turns out, it’s not one-size-fits-all!
Comparing CD1 & C57 male mice, we found strain-specific dominance behaviors that could change how we study social hierarchy in the lab…🧵
Paper here: tinyurl.com/bdeuf6s9

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Nencki Open Lab @openlab.bsky.social · Nov 25

We are excited to invite you to our workshop on Live Mouse Tracker, an open-source tool for an automatic annotation of mouse and rat behaviour. The workshop will take place on-site in Nencki Open Lab on December 4-5th. More info on our webpage!

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Tomás Ryan @tjryan.bsky.social · Nov 22

Registration & Abstract Submission is open for the 2025 "Engram and Ensembles in Learning and Memory" meeting, at Trinity College Dublin in May.

Abstract deadline February 14.

#EngramsandEnsembles2025

Preliminary Agenda at event website:
event.fourwaves.com/engramsensem...

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Igor Branchi @igorbranchi.bsky.social · Nov 22

A 𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤-𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 to 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 in brain sciences: predicting the likelihood of transitioning from mental disorders to wellbeing

See our article in Nature Mental Health:
nature.com/articles/s44...

@dellicolliclaudia.bsky.social

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Tom Kash @superkash.bsky.social · Nov 21

Exciting UNC Job News: We’re seeking up to four researchers for tenure-track assistant professor positions to build a new cross-disciplinary team that will advance substance use disorder (SUD) treatment from the bench to the bedside.

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Sung Han @hanlab.bsky.social · Nov 20

Excited to share my first post here! Our new paper reveals a top-down breathing circuit that slows breathing to ease anxiety & fear. A step forward in understanding how brain-breathing interactions shape emotion. Published in Nature Neuroscience—grateful to my team!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Tasia Asakawa @tasiaasakawa.bsky.social · Nov 20

The next ALBA Webinar Series - Breaking Down the Ivory Tower session will be on the power of self-awareness & accessible #neuroscience research. Register at alba.network/ivorytowerseries-ep6

#InternationalDayOfPersonsWithDisabilities #idpwd2024 #disabilityawareness #albanetwork, a division of #FENS

ALBA Webinar Series: Breaking down the ivory tower

The power of self-awareness: advocating for accessible neuroscience research on 3 December from 9:00 Eastern/15:00 CET

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Alicja (Alka) Puścian @alicjapuscian.bsky.social · Nov 19

I cordially invite you to #Fulbright Women, a special event on Nov 27th, 17:15-18:45, lecture hall no: 0.06 at the Faculty of Physics, UW.

We warmly welcome everyone – whether you’re considering a Fulbright scholarship, supporting someone who is, or simply interested in the topics we’ll discuss ❤️

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