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Misha Ahrens @mishaahrens.bsky.social · Sep 8

Preprint -
Excited to present WHOLISTIC, which extends the concept of whole-brain functional imaging to the entire body. Pioneering work by incredibly talented Virginia Ruetten @vmsruetten.bsky.social, this platform reveals whole-organism cellular dynamics in vivo.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Neurophysics Lab, University of Trento @neurophysicstn.bsky.social · May 9

PhD position in Magnetoreception Research!🐝🧠🔬
📍 Center for Mind/Brain Sciences #cimec_unitreno, University of Trento #unitrento, Italy
Reception🦟,Neural processing🧠🔬,Behaviour🌀
🌐 Apply: phd.unitn.it/drcimec/116/...
📅 Deadline: June 5, 2025
📩 Contact: [email protected]
🌍 Please spread the word!

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fly paper broadcast @fly-broadcast.bsky.social · May 21

Control of odor sensation by light and cryptochrome in the Drosophila antenna
#Drosophila

Control of odor sensation by light and cryptochrome in the Drosophila antenna #Drosophila

PubMed link

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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Cell Press @cellpress.bsky.social · May 21

"Weak anthropogenic electric fields affect honeybee foraging" http://dlvr.it/TKvZJt

@bristoluni.bsky.social @victoriamallinson.bsky.social‪, Fraser Woodburn, & Liam O’Reilly
@cp-iscience.bsky.social

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Neurophysics Lab, University of Trento @neurophysicstn.bsky.social · May 20

🐝 Happy World Bee Day, everyone! 🐝

RAI Leonardo showed on this occasion a short feature (in Italian) about our recent publication on imaging the brain of honey bees during sleep:

www.rainews.it/tgr/rubriche...

Min. 4:45

@cimecunitrento.bsky.social

#Honeybees #Neuroscience #Sleep

Puntata del 20/05/2025 ore 14:50 | TGR Leonardo, Rubrica del TGR

TGR Leonardo. Leonardo è un telegiornale tematico, un'esperienza unica in Europa che coniuga l'attenzione all'attualità del quotidiano con il rigore della documentazione e dell'approfondimento. Tra gl...

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Neurophysics Lab, University of Trento @neurophysicstn.bsky.social · May 14

#Calcium_imaging in sleeping #bees: Antennal lobe neurons synchronise stronger during #sleep, likely due to reduced GABAergic coupling. #SNN simulations show reduced #odour processing, similar to human sleep: doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
Thanks to all collaborators at #CIMeC, e.g. @urihasson.bsky.social

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CIMeC_UniTrento @cimecunitrento.bsky.social · May 13

Researchers at CIMeC UniTrento have observed brain activity in sleeping #bees🐝
The study reveals striking similarities with human sleep and offers insight into pollinator health and memory.
🛈 pressroom.unitn.it/comunicato-stampa/sleep-bees-so-human
@neurophysicstn.bsky.social
@urihasson.bsky.social

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Neurophysics Lab, University of Trento @neurophysicstn.bsky.social · May 9

PhD position in Magnetoreception Research!🐝🧠🔬
📍 Center for Mind/Brain Sciences #cimec_unitreno, University of Trento #unitrento, Italy
Reception🦟,Neural processing🧠🔬,Behaviour🌀
🌐 Apply: phd.unitn.it/drcimec/116/...
📅 Deadline: June 5, 2025
📩 Contact: [email protected]
🌍 Please spread the word!

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Carles Bosch @carlesbosch.bsky.social · May 1

#preprint:

We mapped the structure and function of olfactory bulb circuits with in vivo 2-photon microscopy and synchrotron #Xray holographic nanotomography.

doi.org/10.1101/2025...

@yuxinzhang.bsky.social @andreas-t-schaefer.bsky.social @apacureanu.bsky.social
@crick.ac.uk @esrf.fr

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NITheCS @nithecs.bsky.social · Apr 23

NITheCS Mini-school: 'An Introduction to Quantum Biology' by Dr Betony Adams (Stellenbosch University). Attend 4 lectures online – taking place on Wed 7, 14, 21 & 28 May 2025 @ 14h00-15h00 SAST. buff.ly/itI4ok9
#quantum #biology #quantumbiology #iyq2025

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Matt Wachowiak @dmattw.bsky.social · Mar 10

Glad to share this review of odor concentrations in nature versus experiments, just out in J Neurosci. Spoiler: they are far apart. We discuss implications for olfactory neuroscience and welcome debate. With @neuroboz.bsky.social @dewanlab.bsky.social, Betty Hong. www.jneurosci.org/content/45/1...

Comparison of odorant concentrations in experimental studies, headspace of natural sources, and detection thresholds in rodents.

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Silke Sachse @silkesachse.bsky.social · Apr 17

Dear colleagues fascinated by olfaction and taste! 👃🏾👅
We are happy to announce that the registration has started for the upcoming ESITO 2025 meeting taking place September 19-24, 2025 in Sardinia, Italy.
Please register and submit your abstract here: events.gwdg.de/e/esito2025
Deadline: July 1st!

Beach at Hotel Cormoran in Sardinia, Italy.

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Neurophysics Lab, University of Trento @neurophysicstn.bsky.social · Apr 16

Open call for papers on #Olfaction and #Taste covering the full spectrum of these research areas.
Deadline for submissions: 22 July 2025
Edited by @paulfeinstein-phd.bsky.social, Massimiliano Zampini, and myself.
Please spread the word. @natureportfolio.nature.com
www.nature.com/collections/...

Olfaction and taste

This Collection welcomes original research articles that investigate the senses of olfaction and taste. Animal studies as well as clinical studies that report ...

www.nature.com

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Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology @mpi-ce.bsky.social · Apr 2

Alcohol makes male fruit flies sexier! New study from Ian Keesey, Bill Hansson et al. in Science Advances shows that alcohol boosts sex pheromone production in male D. melanogaster, making them more attractive to females. But too much is a turnoff!
www.ice.mpg.de/493119/PR_Ke...

Alcohol makes male flies sexy

Alcohol consumption has a direct and positive effect on the mating success of male fruit flies. This effect is due to the increased production of sex pheromones after alcohol consumption: males who ha...

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CIMeC_UniTrento @cimecunitrento.bsky.social · Mar 22

📢 CIMeC is now on BlueSky!

From now on, we’ll be sharing updates from our Center for Mind/Brain Sciences, including research highlights, academic activities, events, and much more!

🔗 www.cimec.unitn.it

#neuroscience #cognitivescience #unitrento #cimec_unitreno

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Lars Chittka @larschittka.bsky.social · Mar 26

New Primer on Bumblebees now out in Current Biology (with Guillaume Ghisbain & Denis Michez):
www.cell.com/current-biol...

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Paul Feinstein @paulfeinstein-phd.bsky.social · Jan 17

www.nature.com/collections/...

@achems.bsky.social @olfalabs.bsky.social

Olfaction and taste

This Collection welcomes original research articles that investigate the senses of olfaction and taste. Animal studies as well as clinical studies that report ...

www.nature.com

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Annika Peter @annikapeter.bsky.social · Mar 13

❗️Symposium for Early Career Researchers working on Magnetoreception and/or Navigation in Animals, 19.-21.11.2025 in Hamburg, Germany❗️
Are you interested in joining us? As part of the Organizing Team, I will happily answer your questions and hope to see you there!
@sfb1372.bsky.social

SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · Mar 13

Save the date for our 2nd international conference for early career researchers on Magnetoreception and Navigation in Animals, 19-21.11.2025 in Hamburg. Abstract submission: 7.4. to 30.6., Registration: 1.7.-30.9. www.sfb1372.de/young-resear...

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Kristin Andrews 🇨🇦🇺🇸 @kristinandrews.bsky.social · Feb 21

@jeffsebo.bsky.social @birchlse.bsky.social and I put a lot of philosophy into our new Science Perspective on animal consciousness. Mill's analogical argument + inference to the best explanation + careful experiments = justification for consciousness in many animals. Where might it end?

Evaluating animal consciousness

An emerging field shows how animal feelings can be studied scientifically

www.science.org

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Björn Brembs @brembs.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Feb 11

Save the date!

CogEvo 2025 - Rovereto Workshop on #cognition and #evolution

16 July 2025
18 July 2025
Palazzo Piomarta - Corso Bettini 84, Rovereto, Italy

https://webmagazine.unitn.it/en/evento/cimec/123193/cogevo-2025-rovereto-workshop-on-cognition-and-evolution

#neuroscience

CogEvo 2025 - Rovereto Workshop on Cognition and Evolution

16 Luglio 2025: Lectio Magistralis per la cittadinanza (in italiano) Ore 17:30 Relatore: Prof. Gianvito Martino, Direttore Scientifico del San Raffaele di Milano Titolo: Cosa è la vita: dal simbionte al cyborg Il Prof. Martino esplorerà come le nuove tecnologie stanno trasformando la nostra comprensione della vita, analizzando il passaggio dall'essere umano biologico al concetto di "cyborg". Verranno affrontate questioni chiave sulle interazioni tra uomo e macchina e le implicazioni filosofiche, etiche e sociali di un mondo sempre più tecnologico. Accesso libero, sino ad esaurimento di posti.

webmagazine.unitn.it

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Neurophysics Lab, University of Trento @neurophysicstn.bsky.social · Feb 17

Please support and spread this appeal by Senator Elena Cattaneo to the Italian Senate on the future of Italian research funding: www.scienzainrete.it/articolo/app...

Un appello per il futuro dell’Italia: sostenere la ricerca scientifica

La ricerca scientifica rappresenta un elemento strategico per lo sviluppo economico e sociale del nostro Paese. Tuttavia, la ricerca pubblica in Italia continua a soffrire di risorse limitate e spesso...

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Nature @nature.com · Feb 13

Nature research paper: Learned magnetic map cues and two mechanisms of magnetoreception in turtles

https://go.nature.com/40U04WB

Learned magnetic map cues and two mechanisms of magnetoreception in turtles - Nature

Loggerhead sea turtles, which undergo long-distance migrations, can learn magnetic signatures associated with different geographic areas and have two different magnetic senses, each based on a different underlying mechanism.

go.nature.com

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Chiara Stringari @chiarastringari.bsky.social · Feb 13

See you on Friday February 21st for the @eurobioimaging.bsky.social Virtual Pub on "Fluorescence Lifetime Microscopy (FLIM) for label-free metabolic imaging of living tissues"!
#FLIM #labelfree #microscopy #metabolism

You can register online here!
www.eurobioimaging.eu/events/flim-...

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Wolf Huetteroth @wolfhuette.bsky.social · Feb 10

Our story about flies on carousels is out in @currentbiology.bsky.social! After formally engaging the fantastic @clarahowcroft.bsky.social and integrating helpful reviewer feedback, we present a more concise story with detailed behavioural quantification and cooler videos! doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

a dog sits on a merry go round while a boy sits on a scooter

ALT: a dog sits on a merry go round while a boy sits on a scooter

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Feb 4

Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines?

Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take.

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INTRODUCTION

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