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Katrin Vogt @katrinvogt.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations, Jonny!!!🥳🥳🥳

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Federation of European Neuroscience Societies - FENS @fens.org · 2d

The #HertieFoundation and #FENS are excited to announce the winner of the Eric Kandel Young Neuroscientists Prize 2025: Johannes Kohl!

He will be awarded EUR 100,000 and will deliver the Eric Kandel Prize Lecture at #FENS2026 in Barcelona! 🇪🇸

👉 https://loom.ly/xsDFNzo

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Institute of Neurobiology - UPR @neurobio-upr.bsky.social · 2d

Apply now!!! 🔥

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Richard Benton @bentonlab.bsky.social · 2d

Having personally sworn for years that insects don’t use GPCRs for odour detection, Suguru Takagi (@sugurutakagi.bsky.social) discovers that, in fact, they sometimes do …

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

A GPCR signaling pathway in insect odor detection

Odor detection differs fundamentally in vertebrates, which use G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), and insects, which employ ion channels. Here, we report the first evidence for a GPCR defining tunin...

www.biorxiv.org

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Greg Jefferis @jefferis.bsky.social · 3d

Exciting news for #drosophila #connectomics and #neuroscience enthusiasts: the Drosophila male central nervous system connectome is now live for exploration. Find out more at the landing page hosted by our Janelia FlyEM collaborators www.janelia.org/project-team....

Male CNS Connectome

A team of researchers has unveiled the complete connectome of a male fruit fly central nervous system —a seamless map of all the neurons in the brain and nerve cord of a single male fruit fly and the ...

www.janelia.org

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Ben de Bivort @debivort.bsky.social · 6d

Now that the spooky season is upon us, fill your mind with zombie bugs featuring @zombiflied.bsky.social

Mindy Weisberger @laminda.bsky.social · 6d

Maybe you need a break from *flaps hands distractedly,* perhaps w/some diverting zombie science? Have a listen as @byrdest.bsky.social & I talk about Rise of the Zombie Bugs on @vox.com's Unexplainable podcast, we spent some quality time with the "fly-destroyer" zombifying fungus & now you can too 🧪

Real-life zombies

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Universität Konstanz @uni-konstanz.de · 6d

Die #UniKonstanz Gesundheitspsychologin Britta Renner bildet die neue Präsidiumsspitze der @dgewissen.bsky.social zusammen mit Ute Nöthlings (@unibonn.bsky.social) und Anette Buyken (@unipaderborn.bsky.social). https://t1p.de/5bbs6

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Anita Devineni @anitadevineni.bsky.social · 7d

My department at Emory is a hiring a tenure-track neuroscientist!

Anyone who's talked to me in the last 4 years knows I cannot say enough good things about my dept and the neuroscience community here. My colleagues are so wonderfully supportive. Postdocs, please apply!

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Institute of Neurobiology - UPR @neurobio-upr.bsky.social · 8d

Applications are now open for our course on connectomics & brain simulation.
Organizers: Sven Dorkenwald (MIT), Stefanie Hampel (UPR), Andrew Seeds (UPR), Sebastian Seung (Princeton), and Srini Turaga (Janelia).
Interested? Apply here ➜ sjcabs.com

San Juan Winter School on Connectomics and Brain Simulation

Two-week intensive course on connectomics and brain simulation in San Juan, Puerto Rico. December 29, 2025 - January 10, 2026.

sjcabs.com

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Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience @bernsteinneuro.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you to all workshop organizers for 2 days of fascinating science! Now we move on to day 1 of the Main Conference #BernsteinConference

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Junior European Drosophila Investigators @fly-jedi.bsky.social · 8d

Hello everyone!
We decided to automate our sign-up process for the JEDI network. Please register using this link:
docs.google.com/forms/d/1IdO...

Thanks to everyone who reached out! We are looking forward to building our community with you. Share and repost!!!
#Drosophila @fly-eds.bsky.social

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Maria Paz Fernandez @mariadelapax.bsky.social · 15d

Ed Kravitz passed away yesterday.
He was a remarkable scientist and mentor- brilliant, curious, creative, and kind. I am grateful to have learned from him. His legacy will endure through his science and through the many people he inspired.

We will miss you, Ed.

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Ahmed El Hady @zamakany.bsky.social · 10d

Proud of my PhD student @rodento.bsky.social for her first study on the effect of environmental structure on social phenotype of desert locusts.

An amazing collaboration with @einatcouzin.bsky.social , who got me to work on locusts.

You want to know more: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Junior European Drosophila Investigators @fly-jedi.bsky.social · 12d

Dear JEDIs,
as we are self-organizing using the #EDRC as a nucleator we decided it is time for a JEDI database to boost our network! If you identify as a JEDI, please contact us here or send a mail to [email protected] to be added to our database.
#Drosophila
@fly-eds.bsky.social

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Gabriele Uhl @uhl-lab.bsky.social · 13d

We had a great European Symposium for Insect Taste and Olfaction, ESITO, on Sardinia where I was invited to talk about evolutionary aspects. This was how spiders entered an insect meeting 😉.🕷🧪
#SilkeSachse and #MarkusKnaden for organizing it!

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European Drosophila Society @fly-eds.bsky.social · 9d

The #EDS has the pleasure to announce that, after #EDRC2027 in Bonn, we will have #EDRC2029 in Szeged! Don’t forget these hashtags!

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Lucas Waltzer @lucaswaltzer.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks to the organisers and all attendants for this great meeting #EDRC2025 . See you in Bonn! #drosophila #edrc2027

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Lucas Waltzer @lucaswaltzer.bsky.social · 11d

#edrc2025 European #drosophila Society meeting announces the 2029 meeting location : see you all in Szeged (and Bonn in 2027 of course)!

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Katrin Vogt @katrinvogt.bsky.social · 11d

How is valence computed in the brain? Check out our new preprint about a single cell that integrates excitatory and inhibitory input across modalities according to valence and impacts behavioral decisions. An exciting collaboration across many labs. Enjoy reading!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

A multisensory, bidirectional, valence encoder guides behavioral decisions

A key function of the brain is to categorize sensory cues as repulsive or attractive and respond accordingly. While we have some understanding of how sensory information is processed in the sensory pe...

www.biorxiv.org

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Science Magazine @science.org · 14d

U.S. court orders NIH to restore killed grants to California researchers. https://scim.ag/46xy9hY

U.S. court orders NIH to restore killed grants to California researchers

Judge says district court is proper forum to protest mass grant terminations

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Katrin Vogt @katrinvogt.bsky.social · 20d

Congratulations!!!🎉🎉🎉

Dan Tracey @hoosierflyman.bsky.social · 20d

Poster prize for my student Ian Peasley at the Maggot Meeting!

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 29d

Springboard for an international scientific career! 🧬🧪🔭⚛️🧠🌱 Call for #MaxPlanckResearchGroups launched; applications are possible until October 14, 2025 www.mpg.de/max-planck-r... #ScienceCareer

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 23d

Early-career researchers: want to run your own lab? 🌟Max Planck Research Groups offer 6+ years, up to €2.7M in funding, open-topic freedom, team support & tenure-track opportunities. Intrigued? 😃Apply by Oct 14, 2025! www.mpg.de/max-planck-r...

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 21d

Open Call for Expressions of Interest: become a Max Planck Director & redefine what’s possible in science! We offer scientific independence, long-term stable funding & exceptional infrastructure. Lead your own department & open new frontiers of research. Apply by 31 Oct 2025 → www.mpg.de/directors

Directors

The Max Planck Society offers Directors a unique platform for groundbreaking research and leadership in diverse scientific fields.

www.mpg.de

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 20d

Walking and feasting on the German shore of Lake Constance

Waterside trails, tastings and cosy inns are just some of the highlights of an autumn break in southern Germany

www.theguardian.com

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