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Daniela Rößler @roesslerdaniela.bsky.social · Sep 6

🚨 PhD alert! IMPRS brain & behavior in Bonn just opened their calls for applications. Great PhD funding opportunities. Check it out! PS- I just joined their faculty, meaning you could do a rotation in my lab or even a PhD with me on spider sleep 🙃 Apply! 🚨

IMPRS for Brain and Behavior @imprsbb.bsky.social · Aug 27

📢Apply now! Join our IMPRS for Brain&Behavior to pursue a #PhD in #neuroethology. Learn how brain circuits are linked to interesting animal behaviors!
📅 Deadline: October 31, 2025
🔗 imprs-brain-behavior.mpg.de
#neuroscience #Neuroskyence #neurojobs #sciencejobs #PhDsky #PhDOffers #FundedPhD

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Daniela Rößler @roesslerdaniela.bsky.social · Sep 6

🕷️ 🚨 Are you at the #DZG in Berlin next week? @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social my PhD @nadjageiger.bsky.social and I are very excited to tell you the latest about our spider sleep 💤 work! Come check out our talks on Friday and ask all your questions! :) 🚨 🕷️

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MultiplEye Lab @multipleye-lab.bsky.social · Sep 6

Incredible news, congratulations!!

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George Kolyfetis @gkolyfetis.bsky.social · Sep 3

Our findings on bees' photoreceptors are now officially published in Biology Letters of the Royal Society Publishing!! Thanks again for a productive collaboration @jjfosterlab.bsky.social and @gregoeur.bsky.social !!
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

George Kolyfetis @gkolyfetis.bsky.social · May 4

I'm really happy to share the first preprint of my PhD work in @jjfosterlab.bsky.social! During a fruitful collaboration with @gregoeur.bsky.social, we uncovered a surprising feature of bees' eyes!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

www.biorxiv.org

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Visual Insect Neuroethology Group @insect-vision.bsky.social · Sep 4

New work from our neighbours @jjfosterlab.bsky.social lab with lead ‪@gkolyfetis.bsky.social‬
- check out their findings on the coupling of #photoreceptors in different #bee species 🐝👇👇

George Kolyfetis @gkolyfetis.bsky.social · Sep 3

Our findings on bees' photoreceptors are now officially published in Biology Letters of the Royal Society Publishing!! Thanks again for a productive collaboration @jjfosterlab.bsky.social and @gregoeur.bsky.social !!
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

George Kolyfetis @gkolyfetis.bsky.social · May 4

I'm really happy to share the first preprint of my PhD work in @jjfosterlab.bsky.social! During a fruitful collaboration with @gregoeur.bsky.social, we uncovered a surprising feature of bees' eyes!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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MultiplEye Lab @multipleye-lab.bsky.social · Aug 27

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Kyle J McCulloch (he/him) @kypodseyepods.bsky.social · Jul 25

I am looking for a postdoc! Please share with Evo-devo-neuro-sensory people who might be interested.

We have multiple projects available so don't feel like you are not qualified to apply if you don't check every single box on the job ad!

Apply here: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...

University of Florida - Details - Postdoctoral Associate

explore.jobs.ufl.edu

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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · Jul 16

To identify fundamental neuroscientific principles that generalize across species, systems and circuits, neuroscientists must embrace an evolutionary perspective, argue Karl Farrow and @katjareinhard.bsky.social.

#neuroskyence

www.thetransmitter.org/systems-neur...

Systems and circuit neuroscience need an evolutionary perspective

To identify fundamental neuroscientific principles that generalize across species, neuroscientists must frame their research through an evolutionary lens.

www.thetransmitter.org

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International Society for Neuroethology @neuroethology.org · Jul 16

Mutualisms within light microhabitats are associated with sensory convergence in a mimetic #butterfly community: www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...

PNAS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

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Danai Papageorgiou @danaipapageorgiou.bsky.social · Jul 17

The call for a fellowship at the College for Life Sciences @wiko-berlin.bsky.social is now open. That's an academic paradise! Apply: call.wiko-berlin.de/procedure/52...

Wiko Application Platform

call.wiko-berlin.de

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MultiplEye Lab @multipleye-lab.bsky.social · Jul 11

Fresh(ish) from the week at BESSY II @helmholtz.de looking at the changes associated with eye loss in spiders! Not pictured: our valiant night shifters, @mikebok.bsky.social, Karla Lopez Reyes, and Constance Coubris 💪🏼🌃

Three members of the group stand on a bridge over the ring at the BESSY II synchrotron

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Alex M Winsor @amwinsor.bsky.social · Jun 25

Can jumping spiders extract implied object shape from motion? Check out our new preprint to find out. Collab with Massimo De Agrò @neuroethology.org

doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Biological point-light displays scanning by the principal eyes of a jumping spider

The semi-rigid structure of bodies forces animals to move in rhythmic patterns shared by all creatures with skeletons, exoskeletons, or limb connections. This pattern, known as biological motion, is i...

doi.org

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Lochlan W @lochlanw.bsky.social · Jun 30

Very cool brief visit with the @multipleye-lab.bsky.social 🕷️👁️ forgot to take a spider photo but the fish collection was quite cool 🐟

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MultiplEye Lab @multipleye-lab.bsky.social · Jun 11

Early-bird registrations closes TODAY!! Sign up now to join us for #DZG2025 in beautiful Berlin this September - includes the conference dinner and icebreaker under the dinosaurs here at @mfnberlin.bsky.social 😍🦕

DZG 2025 Berlin @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social · Jun 10

Gentle reminder: #DZG2025 in Berlin!

The extended Early Bird registration is ending soon. Nab the reduced rate NOW and join us in Berlin. 🤩

dzg-meeting.de

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DZG 2025 Berlin @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social · Jun 10

Gentle reminder: #DZG2025 in Berlin!

The extended Early Bird registration is ending soon. Nab the reduced rate NOW and join us in Berlin. 🤩

dzg-meeting.de

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MultiplEye Lab @multipleye-lab.bsky.social · May 27

(updated to share the PDF only and not our entire lab Google Drive 🥲 thank you @emmadnn.bsky.social !!)

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MultiplEye Lab @multipleye-lab.bsky.social · May 27

We've just added our shiny new lab handbook to our website! Adapted from the Aly Lab at Columbia and developed with the group, we hope this will be useful to prospective group members and collaborators, or to other new PIs! drive.google.com/file/d/1rvBX...
(feedback and additions welcome!)

LabHandbook-2.docx.pdf

drive.google.com

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DZG 2025 Berlin @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social · May 12

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN 👋
Join us in Berlin for the Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society! Visit our website for all the details: dzg-meeting.de
Early Bird offers are available—register now to secure your spot!
We look forward to seeing you in Berlin.
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DZG 2025 Berlin @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social · May 17

Registration NOW OPEN.
Join us in Berlin!
#DZG2025

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

👋 Looking forward to the 117th Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society. Please like and share 🤩

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DZG 2025 Berlin @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social · May 18

Why join #DZG2025 in Berlin? Reason #1: Outstanding plenary speakers!
For example…
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dzg-meeting.de
www.nwg-info.de/de/council/e...

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MultiplEye Lab @multipleye-lab.bsky.social · May 14

Are you an ECR interested in animals that have eyes (preferably, lots of them)? Would you like to come and conduct a research project in our group for 1-3 months? Get in touch about applying for the excellent @biologists.bsky.social ECR visiting fellowship scheme!
www.biologists.com/grants/ecr-v...

ECR Visiting Fellowships

About ECR Visiting Fellowships To celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2023, Journal of Experimental Biology launched two new grants to support junior faculty staff working in the fields covered by the ...

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Max Farnworth @maxfarnworth.bsky.social · May 13

This will be a fun and interesting meeting across the different fields of zoology - and it's in Berlin!

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Max Farnworth @maxfarnworth.bsky.social · May 7

Really excited to announce that I have been selected as one of eight PI fellows for this year. 😌 This will be fun and incredibly helpful in the journey ahead, especially when you have Cassandra Extavour as a mentor 😎

James Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · May 7

Meet the 2025 @dev-journal.bsky.social Pathway to Independence (PI) fellows

Eight developmental and stem cell biologists transitioning from postdoc to principal investigator

journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pi...

PI Fellows 2025 | Development | The Company of Biologists

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MultiplEye Lab @multipleye-lab.bsky.social · May 7

Congratulations Max!!

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Lauren Sumner-Rooney @laurensr.bsky.social · Apr 29

Heading home after a busy weekend @diamondlightsource.bsky.social with @maikekittelmann.bsky.social, @atal-pande.bsky.social and @samjakeengland.bsky.social @multipleye-lab.bsky.social ✨🕷️🪰 it's always a pleasure scanning and snacking through the days and nights!

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