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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 2d

‼️It’s happening!
We’re officially kickstarting the joint SPP x SFB1233 Women’s Retreat!
So wonderful to see all the inspiring PhDs, PIs, and beyond coming together to connect, share, and support each other. 💬✨
Here’s to a retreat full of inspiration, collaboration, and connection!

#SPPXSFB #Neuro

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Julio Hechavarria @talking-bat.bsky.social · 2d

And we are delighted to have you here! Welcome!

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 6d

LOOPs webinar is back after the summer break! 🔄🎉
Don’t miss @ycabral.bsky.social on Competing Rhythms: Understanding and Modulating Auditory Neural Entrainment uncovering how neural oscillations shape auditory perception.🧠🎶

🗓️ Oct 8th, 2025
🕓 4 PM CEST
📍 Register: www.crowdcast.io/c/loops-semi...

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Matteo Carandini @carandinilab.net · 8d

Neuropixels Ultra!

By @steinmetzneuro.bsky.social, who led a big collaboration

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Ultra-high-density Neuropixels probes improve detection and identification in neuronal recordings

To understand the neural basis of behavior, it is essential to sensitively and accurately measure neural activity at single-neuron and single-spike re…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Rosanne Rademaker @rademaker.bsky.social · 9d

We’re looking for a postdoc to join our Max Planck group in Germany some time in 2026. If you have computational and/or neuroimaging expertise, and are interested in questions intersecting perception and cognition, please reach out! I’ll also be happy to chat at the #Bernsteinconference this week.

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FU Berlin Dept. Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy @fubcp.bsky.social · 13d

Glückwunsch zum Buch! 🎉
Wir freuen und auf die bestimmt spannende Lektüre! 📗 :-)

Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 15d

Morgen (am 25.9.25) erscheint mein Buch "Mutter Erde", geschrieben gemeinsam mit dem Wissenschaftsjournalisten Jörg Blech. Im Buch schildere ich auch den wissenschaftlichen Prozess der Erforschung des Bodens und seiner Ökologie.

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Julio Hechavarria @talking-bat.bsky.social · 15d

Congrats!

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Jerome Beetz @beetzjerome.bsky.social · 21d

Two weeks are left to apply for a 5 year Postdoc position in #neuroscience, #behavior, #neuroethology in collaboration with @puh23.bsky.social from Flinders University. 🇦🇺🇩🇪🐝 👀

Jerome Beetz @beetzjerome.bsky.social · Aug 1

We are looking for a Postdoc (up to 5 years) who wants to study neural mechanisms of spatial memory in honeybees.

This includes tetrode recordings in behaving honeybees.

Application Deadline is 1st of October 2025.

More details:
www.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/services/...

Postdoctoral Position (f/m/d) at the Chair of Behavioral Physiology & Sociobiology

Biocenter of the University of Würzburg Am Hubland 97074 Würzburg

www.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de

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Bridging Brains and Bioacoustics @braincoustics.bsky.social · 22d

Bridging Brains and Bioacoustics is back!

Please join us next week for fantastic talks from speakers Rada Mihalcea, Álvaro Vega-Hidalgo, and Tamás Faragó

@barkslab.bsky.social
@radamihalcea.bsky.social

🗓️September 25th 10:00 EST
✅ Register here: braincoustics.com

#bioacoustics
#neuroskyence

Bridging Brains and Bioacoustics seminar for Thursday, September 25th at 10:00 EST

From Rada Mihalcea and Álvaro Vega-Hidalgo: Cross-Species AI Models for Decoding Animal Communication

From Tamás Faragó: Mapping dogs' vocal repertoires

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Nicolas Mathevon @nicolasmathevon.bsky.social · 25d

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#bioacoustics

Songs of the striped mouse show who’s friend and who’s foe

Ultrasonic calls, too high for the human ear to detect, convey a wealth of information across the rodent’s territory.

www.nature.com

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Julio Hechavarria @talking-bat.bsky.social · 25d

If you are interested in 🧠 LOOPS this is for YOU.

We are curating an article collection on cortico-subcortical interactions in the vertebrate brain. Participating journals include @commsbio.nature.com @natneuro.nature.com @natcomms.nature.com & SciRep.

We look fwd to your contributions!!

LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 25d

🌀 Join the Loop! 🌀

Submit to @natureportfolio.nature.com’s Loops Collection on circuits, feedback & cycles, guest-edited by our own Loops crew @talking-bat.bsky.social , Markus Rothermal & @stefanieliebe.bsky.social

📅 Deadline: 28 Feb 2026 ‼️
🔗 www.nature.com/collections/...

Submit now! 🧠🔁

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Nicolas Mathevon @nicolasmathevon.bsky.social · 25d

Ultrasonic signals support a large-scale communication landscape in wild mice. 👇 New paper by the ENES Bioacoustics Research Team in @currentbiology.bsky.social

authors.elsevier.com/a/1llMH3QW8S...

authors.elsevier.com

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Nicolas Mathevon @nicolasmathevon.bsky.social · 28d

Nice article about our paper published today in @royalsocietypublishing.org Interface.

#bioacoustics

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Babies’ cries can make humans physically hotter, research finds

When in distress, babies produce chaotic wails which have pronounced effects on humans, including changes in facial temperature

www.theguardian.com

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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 29d

A common cross-species atlas of cortical gray matter https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.08.675002v1

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SfN Journals @sfnjournals.bsky.social · Sep 8

New in #JNeurosci from Adjei et al: Male mice acquire aggressive behaviors after watching peers—not strangers—attack intruders, and this may be mediated by excitatory neurons in a region of the medial amygdala. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1018-25.2025

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Julio Hechavarria @talking-bat.bsky.social · Sep 5

This is awesome Jerome! Very very happy you got this!

Jerome Beetz @beetzjerome.bsky.social · Sep 5

I still can't believe that my ERC starting grant proposal, #BeeSpace got accepted by the @erc.europa.eu. For the next 5 years, we have funding to study place coding in the insect 🐝 brain. Exciting times are ahead. Without the great support of my former PIs this wouldn't have been possible.

Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg @uni-wuerzburg.de · Sep 4

We are very proud of our researchers Beatrice Baragli, Jerome Beetz, Jacqueline Degen, Mona Garvert, Jake Greenfield, and Jens Hör: They have been awarded prestigious ERC Starting Grants worth €1.5 million. Congratulations! @erc.europa.eu #ERCStG
➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-...

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Julio Hechavarria @talking-bat.bsky.social · Sep 2

And a big thank you to all the loopies for being such an amazing community :)

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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · Aug 27

In The Transmitter's reading list, we highlight the most anticipated upcoming neuroscience books and other notable 2025 releases. Featuring titles by @okaysteve.bsky.social, @dr-brein.bsky.social, @nicolecrust.bsky.social,‬ Xiao-Jing Wang and many more.

By @franciscorr25.bsky.social
bit.ly/45MvK41

The Transmitter’s reading list: Six upcoming neuroscience books, plus notable titles in 2025

Dig into an exploration of the fundamental aspects of intelligence, a new textbook about theoretical neuroscience and a memoir about memory research, among other new releases.

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James Hyman @jamesmhyman.bsky.social · Aug 27

During sleep, reuniens theta synchronizes with MEC provoking memory reactivation.

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Isolated theta waves originating from the midline thalamus trigger memory reactivation during NREM sleep in mice

Nature Communications - The neural mechanisms of memory consolidation during sleep are poorly understood. Here the authors show that isolated theta waves from nucleus reuniens initiate neural...

rdcu.be

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Julio Hechavarria @talking-bat.bsky.social · Aug 27

I can only recommend this. Jerome's group is a fantastic hub for insect neuroscience!

Jerome Beetz @beetzjerome.bsky.social · Aug 27

Are you Neuroscientist (Electrophysiologist) interested in how insect brains encode space? Are you on the job market and looking for a Postdoc (up to 5 years) in Germany? Then this position might be a good match. Application deadline: 1st of October. 🐝🧭🗺.
More infos: www.spatial-navigation.com

Jerome Beetz @beetzjerome.bsky.social · Aug 1

We are looking for a Postdoc (up to 5 years) who wants to study neural mechanisms of spatial memory in honeybees.

This includes tetrode recordings in behaving honeybees.

Application Deadline is 1st of October 2025.

More details:
www.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/services/...

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Nicolas Mathevon @nicolasmathevon.bsky.social · Aug 26

For over 5,000 y, chanting has been practiced across many Western and Eastern traditions. Chants share distinctive acoustic traits which have evolved culturally to optimize listener relaxation. 👇 new paper @pnas.org by ENES Bioacoustics Research Lab & Co

#bioacoustics
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Chants across seven traditions share acoustic traits that enhance subjective relaxation | PNAS

For over 5,000 y, chanting has been practiced across many Western and Eastern traditions. However, there is hardly any empirical research on 1) whe...

www.pnas.org

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SfN Journals @sfnjournals.bsky.social · Aug 26

#JNeurosci: Findings from Gao et al. show that cortico-thalamo-cortical pathways in rats can be activated by selectively targeting excitatory neurons with transcranial focused ultrasound stimulation. �€ª@cmu.edu‬ https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2218-24.2025

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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · Aug 21

“This neural configuration before amputation remains after the amputation. And it’s not ‘use it or lose it,’” says John W. Krakauer.

By @avaskham.bsky.social

#neuroskyence

www.thetransmitter.org/plasticity/a...

Adult human cortex does not reorganize after amputation

The results from a new longitudinal study contradict classic findings in monkeys but may not warrant a rewriting of the textbooks just yet.

www.thetransmitter.org

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Jerome Beetz @beetzjerome.bsky.social · Aug 14

We know how visual objects influence spatial tuning in the hippocampus. A new study from @batwoman123.bsky.social shows that auditory objects can be egocentrically or allocentrically encoded in the hippocampus of echolocating bats 🦇.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@currentbiology.bsky.social

Auditory object representation in the bat hippocampus

Cognitive maps enable the flexible selection of navigation paths. Acoustic cognitive maps, constructed from the spatial layout of sonar auditory objec…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Julio Hechavarria @talking-bat.bsky.social · Aug 9

I'm not much online these days (post Twitter era is not the same) but I'd like to announce that I have moved out of Frankfurt to the FU Berlin as full prof on animal behavior. I won't lie. It's sad to leave Frankfurt but I am hyped to be now part of the vibrant Berlin community!
Go #Neuroethology

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