Alexandra A. de Sousa
@alealisousa.bsky.social
Brain evolution https://alealisousa.github.io/
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CORTICAL EVOLUTION CONFERENCE
June 15-17, 2026
Organizers: Verónica Martínez Cerdeño, Fernando García Moreno, Elena Vecino, and Stephen Noctor.
ventricular.org/corticalevol...
June 15-17, 2026
Organizers: Verónica Martínez Cerdeño, Fernando García Moreno, Elena Vecino, and Stephen Noctor.
ventricular.org/corticalevol...
January 30, 2026 at 1:32 PM
CORTICAL EVOLUTION CONFERENCE
June 15-17, 2026
Organizers: Verónica Martínez Cerdeño, Fernando García Moreno, Elena Vecino, and Stephen Noctor.
ventricular.org/corticalevol...
June 15-17, 2026
Organizers: Verónica Martínez Cerdeño, Fernando García Moreno, Elena Vecino, and Stephen Noctor.
ventricular.org/corticalevol...
I am looking forward to speaking at this fantastic conference!
CORTICAL EVOLUTION CONFERENCE
June 15-17, 2026
Organizers: Verónica Martínez Cerdeño, Fernando García Moreno, Elena Vecino, and Stephen Noctor.
ventricular.org/corticalevol...
June 15-17, 2026
Organizers: Verónica Martínez Cerdeño, Fernando García Moreno, Elena Vecino, and Stephen Noctor.
ventricular.org/corticalevol...
January 31, 2026 at 7:26 PM
I am looking forward to speaking at this fantastic conference!
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Missed our amazing seminar with @stanley-heinze.bsky.social on insect connectomes and insectbraindb.org? You can catch up at the link here www.crowdcast.io/c/comparativ...
Comparative databasing
Register now for Comparative databasing on crowdcast, scheduled to go live on January 28, 2026, 04:00 PM GMT+1.
www.crowdcast.io
January 29, 2026 at 4:53 AM
Missed our amazing seminar with @stanley-heinze.bsky.social on insect connectomes and insectbraindb.org? You can catch up at the link here www.crowdcast.io/c/comparativ...
Reposted by Alexandra A. de Sousa
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🤩 Join us for the next TIBBE seminar:
Evolution of brain cell types.
September 10, 2–3pm UTC
This event brings together 2 outstanding evolutionary and developmental neuroscientists who will present their work, followed by an interactive discussion with the audience: www.crowdcast.io/c/evolution-...
Evolution of brain cell types.
September 10, 2–3pm UTC
This event brings together 2 outstanding evolutionary and developmental neuroscientists who will present their work, followed by an interactive discussion with the audience: www.crowdcast.io/c/evolution-...
September 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Stanley Heinz on comparing insect connectomes
January 28, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Stanley Heinz on comparing insect connectomes
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Stanley Heinz explains the amazing comparative database insectbraindb.org
January 28, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Stanley Heinz explains the amazing comparative database insectbraindb.org
Exciting insect brain database talk on right now! www.crowdcast.io/c/comparativ...
January 28, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Exciting insect brain database talk on right now! www.crowdcast.io/c/comparativ...
Come to the TIBBE seminar next Wednesday, where we will learn about the insect brain database!
🤩 Join us for the next TIBBE seminar:
Comparative databasing
January 28, 3–4pm UTC
This event hosts an outstanding neuroscientist & biologist particularly interested in insect brains who will present his work, followed by an interactive discussion with the audience: www.crowdcast.io/c/comparativ...
Comparative databasing
January 28, 3–4pm UTC
This event hosts an outstanding neuroscientist & biologist particularly interested in insect brains who will present his work, followed by an interactive discussion with the audience: www.crowdcast.io/c/comparativ...
January 23, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Come to the TIBBE seminar next Wednesday, where we will learn about the insect brain database!
Reposted by Alexandra A. de Sousa
🤩 Join us for the next TIBBE seminar:
Comparative databasing
January 28, 3–4pm UTC
This event hosts an outstanding neuroscientist & biologist particularly interested in insect brains who will present his work, followed by an interactive discussion with the audience: www.crowdcast.io/c/comparativ...
Comparative databasing
January 28, 3–4pm UTC
This event hosts an outstanding neuroscientist & biologist particularly interested in insect brains who will present his work, followed by an interactive discussion with the audience: www.crowdcast.io/c/comparativ...
January 23, 2026 at 1:04 PM
🤩 Join us for the next TIBBE seminar:
Comparative databasing
January 28, 3–4pm UTC
This event hosts an outstanding neuroscientist & biologist particularly interested in insect brains who will present his work, followed by an interactive discussion with the audience: www.crowdcast.io/c/comparativ...
Comparative databasing
January 28, 3–4pm UTC
This event hosts an outstanding neuroscientist & biologist particularly interested in insect brains who will present his work, followed by an interactive discussion with the audience: www.crowdcast.io/c/comparativ...
Reposted by Alexandra A. de Sousa
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻?
"High-resolution activity maps of PFC did NOT align with cytoarchitecturally defined subregions."
Key tenet in neuroscience is that cytoarchitectonic boundaries correspond to functional ones.
NB: study in the mouse
#neuroskyence
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
"High-resolution activity maps of PFC did NOT align with cytoarchitecturally defined subregions."
Key tenet in neuroscience is that cytoarchitectonic boundaries correspond to functional ones.
NB: study in the mouse
#neuroskyence
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
January 22, 2026 at 5:35 PM
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻?
"High-resolution activity maps of PFC did NOT align with cytoarchitecturally defined subregions."
Key tenet in neuroscience is that cytoarchitectonic boundaries correspond to functional ones.
NB: study in the mouse
#neuroskyence
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
"High-resolution activity maps of PFC did NOT align with cytoarchitecturally defined subregions."
Key tenet in neuroscience is that cytoarchitectonic boundaries correspond to functional ones.
NB: study in the mouse
#neuroskyence
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Our ancestors were nerds 🤓
Sick n tired of evolution smdh. 20 million years ago it took away our tail, 350 million years ago it took away a few extra fingers, now we learn we could've had an extra set of eyes. always takes and never gives 😤 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
An eye-popping discovery: early vertebrates had four eyes rather than two
Eyes on a face’s front or side enable a brain to perceive images. Fossil evidence suggests that two light-sensitive organs on top of ancient vertebrate heads generated images, too.
www.nature.com
January 22, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Our ancestors were nerds 🤓
Who did it?
January 22, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Who did it?
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The oldest documented rock art in the world.
Rock art from at least 67,800 years ago in Sulawesi - Nature
A hand stencil painted on a cave wall on a small island off the coast of Sulawesi more than 67,800 years ago suggests a very early occupation of Wallacea.
www.nature.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:16 PM
The oldest documented rock art in the world.
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Native American Rights Fund
Gathered this info for Native folks to know their rights and what to do should they be stopped by ICE.
Gathered this info for Native folks to know their rights and what to do should they be stopped by ICE.
January 12, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Native American Rights Fund
Gathered this info for Native folks to know their rights and what to do should they be stopped by ICE.
Gathered this info for Native folks to know their rights and what to do should they be stopped by ICE.
Cool new thing I enjoyed reading: reflections on AI through an anthropological lens – From the Paleolithic to artificial intelligence. www.jass-anthropology.com/contents/vol...
JASs, since 1893 - Volume103 (2025)
Volume 103 (2025)
www.jass-anthropology.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Cool new thing I enjoyed reading: reflections on AI through an anthropological lens – From the Paleolithic to artificial intelligence. www.jass-anthropology.com/contents/vol...
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Pls report: We're hiring! Looking for a postdoctoral research fellow to join our study of individual differences in plasticity in #blindness (+ possible extension to #deafness) using fMRI.
Details and application: apply.interfolio.com/177838
#hiring #postdoc #neurojobs #Neuroscience #NeuroTwitter
Details and application: apply.interfolio.com/177838
#hiring #postdoc #neurojobs #Neuroscience #NeuroTwitter
Apply - Interfolio
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apply.interfolio.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Pls report: We're hiring! Looking for a postdoctoral research fellow to join our study of individual differences in plasticity in #blindness (+ possible extension to #deafness) using fMRI.
Details and application: apply.interfolio.com/177838
#hiring #postdoc #neurojobs #Neuroscience #NeuroTwitter
Details and application: apply.interfolio.com/177838
#hiring #postdoc #neurojobs #Neuroscience #NeuroTwitter
I am so skeptical of any lucky numbers, unfortunately! Instead let's show WHY we need more comparative brain data!
I feel like I've lost about 150 friends simply by complaining about Dumbar's number.
It is wrong theoretically, statistically, and also emprically.
It is wrong theoretically, statistically, and also emprically.
"Dunbar's Number" is a zombie that lives forever in the science press it seems. Estimates of Dunbar's Number with 95% intervals, for a range of model specifications (from doi.org/10.1098/rsbl... ):
October 15, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I am so skeptical of any lucky numbers, unfortunately! Instead let's show WHY we need more comparative brain data!
A much needed phylogenetic approach to consciousness. Once you map the question on a tree, a hard problem becomes so much easier!
Can Only Meat Machines be Conscious? New paper in Trends in Cognitive Sciences, free download until November 26 with this URL: authors.elsevier.com/a/1luwh4sIRv...
authors.elsevier.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:04 AM
A much needed phylogenetic approach to consciousness. Once you map the question on a tree, a hard problem becomes so much easier!
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Paul Katz on recognizing neuronal homologues across species in the Evolution of Brain Cell Types seminar.
September 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Paul Katz on recognizing neuronal homologues across species in the Evolution of Brain Cell Types seminar.
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Maria Antonietta Tosches on Cajal-Retzius cells and the evolution of homologous cell types in the Evolution of Brain Cell Types seminar.
September 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Maria Antonietta Tosches on Cajal-Retzius cells and the evolution of homologous cell types in the Evolution of Brain Cell Types seminar.
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On now!
Join us today for a great #TIBBE seminar and discussion!
@neuroluci.bsky.social and I can’t wait to co-chair this 🤩
Starting in less than 2 hours!!!
#EvolutionaryNeuroscience
@neuroluci.bsky.social and I can’t wait to co-chair this 🤩
Starting in less than 2 hours!!!
#EvolutionaryNeuroscience
🤩 Join us for the next TIBBE seminar:
Evolution of brain cell types.
September 10, 2–3pm UTC
This event brings together 2 outstanding evolutionary and developmental neuroscientists who will present their work, followed by an interactive discussion with the audience: www.crowdcast.io/c/evolution-...
Evolution of brain cell types.
September 10, 2–3pm UTC
This event brings together 2 outstanding evolutionary and developmental neuroscientists who will present their work, followed by an interactive discussion with the audience: www.crowdcast.io/c/evolution-...
September 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
On now!
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Happening tomorrow! 👀
🤩 Join us for the next TIBBE seminar:
Evolution of brain cell types.
September 10, 2–3pm UTC
This event brings together 2 outstanding evolutionary and developmental neuroscientists who will present their work, followed by an interactive discussion with the audience: www.crowdcast.io/c/evolution-...
Evolution of brain cell types.
September 10, 2–3pm UTC
This event brings together 2 outstanding evolutionary and developmental neuroscientists who will present their work, followed by an interactive discussion with the audience: www.crowdcast.io/c/evolution-...
September 9, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Happening tomorrow! 👀
Reposted by Alexandra A. de Sousa
Join us today for a great #TIBBE seminar and discussion!
@neuroluci.bsky.social and I can’t wait to co-chair this 🤩
Starting in less than 2 hours!!!
#EvolutionaryNeuroscience
@neuroluci.bsky.social and I can’t wait to co-chair this 🤩
Starting in less than 2 hours!!!
#EvolutionaryNeuroscience
🤩 Join us for the next TIBBE seminar:
Evolution of brain cell types.
September 10, 2–3pm UTC
This event brings together 2 outstanding evolutionary and developmental neuroscientists who will present their work, followed by an interactive discussion with the audience: www.crowdcast.io/c/evolution-...
Evolution of brain cell types.
September 10, 2–3pm UTC
This event brings together 2 outstanding evolutionary and developmental neuroscientists who will present their work, followed by an interactive discussion with the audience: www.crowdcast.io/c/evolution-...
September 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Join us today for a great #TIBBE seminar and discussion!
@neuroluci.bsky.social and I can’t wait to co-chair this 🤩
Starting in less than 2 hours!!!
#EvolutionaryNeuroscience
@neuroluci.bsky.social and I can’t wait to co-chair this 🤩
Starting in less than 2 hours!!!
#EvolutionaryNeuroscience
Let's start a conversation about brain evolution!
We invite you to connect with the TIBBE community on Mattermost, an open-source platform for real-time discussion and collaboration. This is a great space to share ideas, ask questions, and engage in conversations around the Integrative Biology of Brain Evolution.
tibbe-network.github.io
tibbe-network.github.io
September 10, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Let's start a conversation about brain evolution!