Carolina Rezaval
@crezaval.bsky.social
Professor of Neurogenetics, Birmingham University, UK.
Investigating how the brain solves conflicts.
@fkne-scholars.bsky.social
https://www.rezavallab.org
Investigating how the brain solves conflicts.
@fkne-scholars.bsky.social
https://www.rezavallab.org
Pinned
www.biorxiv.org
Our new preprint is out!
A state-dependent neural circuit resolves approach–avoidance conflicts
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Fantastic work led by Devika Bodas, with key contributions from Marine Balcou, and a great collaboration with Lisa Scheunemann Lab, fearuting Şevval Demirci.
A state-dependent neural circuit resolves approach–avoidance conflicts
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Fantastic work led by Devika Bodas, with key contributions from Marine Balcou, and a great collaboration with Lisa Scheunemann Lab, fearuting Şevval Demirci.
Reposted by Carolina Rezaval
Now in its final form published in @devbiol.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
February 16, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Now in its final form published in @devbiol.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Carolina Rezaval
Using our bee-tracking drone, we discovered that honey bees 🐝 have highly precise and individual routes. Now published at @currentbiology.bsky.social : doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
Have you ever wondered what you would find if you could keep your eyes on a bee for more than a few meters? Us, too!
preprint (with videos!) + thread 🧵
Precise, individualized foraging flights in honey #bees 🐝 revealed by multicopter drone-based tracking
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
1/9
preprint (with videos!) + thread 🧵
Precise, individualized foraging flights in honey #bees 🐝 revealed by multicopter drone-based tracking
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
1/9
February 16, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Using our bee-tracking drone, we discovered that honey bees 🐝 have highly precise and individual routes. Now published at @currentbiology.bsky.social : doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
Reposted by Carolina Rezaval
If neuroscience is serious about building general principles of brain function, cross-species dialogue must become a core organizing principle rather than an afterthought, writes @suthanalab.bsky.social.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/animal-model...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/animal-model...
Neuroscience has a species problem
If neuroscience is serious about building general principles of brain function, cross-species dialogue must become a core organizing principle.
www.thetransmitter.org
February 16, 2026 at 8:57 PM
If neuroscience is serious about building general principles of brain function, cross-species dialogue must become a core organizing principle rather than an afterthought, writes @suthanalab.bsky.social.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/animal-model...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/animal-model...
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🚨 We are #hiring a PhD Student to study cerebellum-like circuits in #Drosophila.
Please spread the word!
www.groschner-lab.org/join
#Neuroscience #PhD
Please spread the word!
www.groschner-lab.org/join
#Neuroscience #PhD
February 14, 2026 at 9:42 PM
🚨 We are #hiring a PhD Student to study cerebellum-like circuits in #Drosophila.
Please spread the word!
www.groschner-lab.org/join
#Neuroscience #PhD
Please spread the word!
www.groschner-lab.org/join
#Neuroscience #PhD
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How does evolution influence the brain and its ability to adapt? Join Kavli & @sfn.org on Feb. 18, 11am–12pm EST with PhDs Marco Gallio, Katja Reinhard & Sophie Caron to explore advances in #neuroscience and the mechanisms of flexibility and adaptation. ⬇️
February 13, 2026 at 7:52 PM
How does evolution influence the brain and its ability to adapt? Join Kavli & @sfn.org on Feb. 18, 11am–12pm EST with PhDs Marco Gallio, Katja Reinhard & Sophie Caron to explore advances in #neuroscience and the mechanisms of flexibility and adaptation. ⬇️
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Incredibly excited to share that we've been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant to reach new depths in our memory research! @erc.europa.eu #ERCCoG @biozentrum.unibas.ch @unibas.ch
Congratulations to our Professors Claudia Keller Valsecchi and Flavio Donato, who have both been awarded prestigious ERC Consolidator Grants. @flaviodonato82.bsky.social @kellervalsecchi.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu uropa.eu #ERCCoG More about their projects 👇 www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/news/detail/...
ERC Consolidator Grants for two Biozentrum researchers
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Prof. Claudia Keller Valsecchi and Prof. Flavio Donato at the Biozentrum, University of Basel, each a prestigious Consolidator Grant. The five-year proj...
www.biozentrum.unibas.ch
December 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Incredibly excited to share that we've been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant to reach new depths in our memory research! @erc.europa.eu #ERCCoG @biozentrum.unibas.ch @unibas.ch
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New lab preprint! Can we study conscious perception of gut sensations in mice to reveal its neuronal basis? Can we train mice to report their gut sensations? Omer Rafael and Stav Shtiglitz in the lab teamed up to discover that…YES! Thread…1/6 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org
February 13, 2026 at 1:11 PM
New lab preprint! Can we study conscious perception of gut sensations in mice to reveal its neuronal basis? Can we train mice to report their gut sensations? Omer Rafael and Stav Shtiglitz in the lab teamed up to discover that…YES! Thread…1/6 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Our new preprint is out!
A state-dependent neural circuit resolves approach–avoidance conflicts
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Fantastic work led by Devika Bodas, with key contributions from Marine Balcou, and a great collaboration with Lisa Scheunemann Lab, fearuting Şevval Demirci.
A state-dependent neural circuit resolves approach–avoidance conflicts
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Fantastic work led by Devika Bodas, with key contributions from Marine Balcou, and a great collaboration with Lisa Scheunemann Lab, fearuting Şevval Demirci.
www.biorxiv.org
February 13, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Our new preprint is out!
A state-dependent neural circuit resolves approach–avoidance conflicts
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Fantastic work led by Devika Bodas, with key contributions from Marine Balcou, and a great collaboration with Lisa Scheunemann Lab, fearuting Şevval Demirci.
A state-dependent neural circuit resolves approach–avoidance conflicts
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Fantastic work led by Devika Bodas, with key contributions from Marine Balcou, and a great collaboration with Lisa Scheunemann Lab, fearuting Şevval Demirci.
Reposted by Carolina Rezaval
🚨 Postdoc opportunity to study memory or nutrition in #Drosophila 🪰
I am looking for a candidate to support for a 3 year Addison Wheeler Fellowship application lnkd.in/e2rvNf5x
Interested? Please send a CV & cover letter with brief research outline by 20th February to vincent.croset@durham.ac.uk
I am looking for a candidate to support for a 3 year Addison Wheeler Fellowship application lnkd.in/e2rvNf5x
Interested? Please send a CV & cover letter with brief research outline by 20th February to vincent.croset@durham.ac.uk
addison-wheeler-fellowship - Durham University
www.dur.ac.uk
February 12, 2026 at 3:31 PM
🚨 Postdoc opportunity to study memory or nutrition in #Drosophila 🪰
I am looking for a candidate to support for a 3 year Addison Wheeler Fellowship application lnkd.in/e2rvNf5x
Interested? Please send a CV & cover letter with brief research outline by 20th February to vincent.croset@durham.ac.uk
I am looking for a candidate to support for a 3 year Addison Wheeler Fellowship application lnkd.in/e2rvNf5x
Interested? Please send a CV & cover letter with brief research outline by 20th February to vincent.croset@durham.ac.uk
Reposted by Carolina Rezaval
Behavioral biases drift in individuals.
• Drift happens on many timescales
• Drift rate depends on genetics and neuromodulators
• It might be adaptive for rapidly changing environments
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
• Drift happens on many timescales
• Drift rate depends on genetics and neuromodulators
• It might be adaptive for rapidly changing environments
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
Drift in Individual Behavioral Phenotype as a Strategy for Unpredictable Worlds
elifesciences.org
February 12, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Behavioral biases drift in individuals.
• Drift happens on many timescales
• Drift rate depends on genetics and neuromodulators
• It might be adaptive for rapidly changing environments
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
• Drift happens on many timescales
• Drift rate depends on genetics and neuromodulators
• It might be adaptive for rapidly changing environments
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
Reposted by Carolina Rezaval
Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
February 12, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
Reposted by Carolina Rezaval
Do you work or study in the fields of psychology, neuroscience, computer science, artificial intelligence, or philosophy?
What does the term 'representation' mean to you?
We invite you to participate in a brief survey on key conceptual questions across fields.
eu.surveymonkey.com/r/VX9GNXM
What does the term 'representation' mean to you?
We invite you to participate in a brief survey on key conceptual questions across fields.
eu.surveymonkey.com/r/VX9GNXM
February 12, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Do you work or study in the fields of psychology, neuroscience, computer science, artificial intelligence, or philosophy?
What does the term 'representation' mean to you?
We invite you to participate in a brief survey on key conceptual questions across fields.
eu.surveymonkey.com/r/VX9GNXM
What does the term 'representation' mean to you?
We invite you to participate in a brief survey on key conceptual questions across fields.
eu.surveymonkey.com/r/VX9GNXM
Reposted by Carolina Rezaval
See our fantastic story in @elife.bsky.social from Karthik Nallasivan and @deepanshund.bsky.social well distilled by our press office champion Michel Addelman @mcf-uom.bsky.social @fbmh-uom.bsky.social
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/f...
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/f...
Fruit fly study reveals how mating triggers behavioural changes in females
Researchers from The Universities of Manchester and Birmingham have identified the exact nerve cells in the brain that drive important behavioural changes in female fruit flies after they mate.The dis...
www.manchester.ac.uk
February 11, 2026 at 5:41 PM
See our fantastic story in @elife.bsky.social from Karthik Nallasivan and @deepanshund.bsky.social well distilled by our press office champion Michel Addelman @mcf-uom.bsky.social @fbmh-uom.bsky.social
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/f...
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/f...
Reposted by Carolina Rezaval
Can we make brains “smarter”? By boosting mitochondrial metabolism in neurons of memory circuits, we improved memory in flies and mice. Thrilled to see this work out - congrats to @amrapalianjali.bsky.social for spectacular work, and to all lab members for invaluable contributions!
February 11, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Can we make brains “smarter”? By boosting mitochondrial metabolism in neurons of memory circuits, we improved memory in flies and mice. Thrilled to see this work out - congrats to @amrapalianjali.bsky.social for spectacular work, and to all lab members for invaluable contributions!
Reposted by Carolina Rezaval
Thrilled to start 2026 with our latest preprint, in which we dive into a dedicated forward-walking circuit in the fly brain: doi.org/10.64898/202.... This effort was spearheaded by the fantastic @chrisjdallmann.bsky.social with help from a bunch of talented people in the lab.
How does the brain control locomotion? In our new preprint, we uncover a brain circuit in Drosophila that controls forward walking independently of turning. This dedicated locomotor circuit enables flexible motor control and might reflect a shared principle across species. doi.org/10.64898/202...
January 5, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Thrilled to start 2026 with our latest preprint, in which we dive into a dedicated forward-walking circuit in the fly brain: doi.org/10.64898/202.... This effort was spearheaded by the fantastic @chrisjdallmann.bsky.social with help from a bunch of talented people in the lab.
Reposted by Carolina Rezaval
🧨🧨🧨 Beautiful work @felsenberg.bsky.social and beautiful dispatch!!!!
Very thankful for this thoughtful dispatch by @shaisrael.bsky.social sky.social and Moshe Parnas about our work. Learning and memory: Forgetting to remember: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...
February 6, 2026 at 10:02 AM
🧨🧨🧨 Beautiful work @felsenberg.bsky.social and beautiful dispatch!!!!
Don’t miss the 2027 Gordon Research Conference on the Modulation of Neural Circuits and Behavior, in beautiful Barcelona!
www.grc.org/modulation-o...
www.grc.org/modulation-o...
2027 Modulation of Neural Circuits and Behavior Conference GRC
The 2027 Gordon Research Conference on Modulation of Neural Circuits and Behavior will be held in Castelldefels, Barcelona Spain. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Don’t miss the 2027 Gordon Research Conference on the Modulation of Neural Circuits and Behavior, in beautiful Barcelona!
www.grc.org/modulation-o...
www.grc.org/modulation-o...
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Making flies is one of my fav things in this job, new tools for all! Cooking some nice ones atm! Just used proteocast.ijm.fr to check if an AA change would be tolerated or not! Nice and easy! Have a look at this super nice tool for Droso and beyond! @laineelodie.bsky.social @michaelrera.bsky.social
ProteoCast
proteocast.ijm.fr
February 6, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Making flies is one of my fav things in this job, new tools for all! Cooking some nice ones atm! Just used proteocast.ijm.fr to check if an AA change would be tolerated or not! Nice and easy! Have a look at this super nice tool for Droso and beyond! @laineelodie.bsky.social @michaelrera.bsky.social
Reposted by Carolina Rezaval
A voltage-dependent switch underlies efficient yet specific learning and memory
#Drosophila
#Drosophila
A voltage-dependent switch underlies efficient yet specific learning and memory
#Drosophila
PubMed link
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
February 6, 2026 at 6:23 AM
A voltage-dependent switch underlies efficient yet specific learning and memory
#Drosophila
#Drosophila
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New #PhD on #bees (BeeHd?)! Despite the ad saying "UK Students only", a limited number of scholarships are available for international candidates. So please apply!
New PhD alert! We'll be applying animal welfare ideas to look at how stress affects bees, looking at the effect on bee brains with @lenariab.bsky.social, and working with @sensibee.bsky.social developing new monitoring methods.
Please spread the word! #bees #PhD 🧪
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Please spread the word! #bees #PhD 🧪
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
The effect of stress on pollinator behaviour at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - The effect of stress on pollinator behaviour at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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Send us nominations for the FKNE Mentoring Prize 2026!The award will be presented at FENS Forum 2026 in Barcelona to a scientist who has demontrated leadership in fostering the careers of neuroscientists. Deadline: 15 February 2026 2cm.es/1gh-m
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Send us nominations for the FKNE Mentoring Prize 2026!The award will be presented at FENS Forum 2026 in Barcelona to a scientist who has demontrated leadership in fostering the careers of neuroscientists. Deadline: 15 February 2026 2cm.es/1gh-m
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The first paper from the lab is now out in Science Advances: Multimodal social context modulates larval behavior in Drosophila
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We find that fly larvae keep their distance to conspecifics in the absence of food, enjoy reading! @cbehav.bsky.social @uni-konstanz.de
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We find that fly larvae keep their distance to conspecifics in the absence of food, enjoy reading! @cbehav.bsky.social @uni-konstanz.de
February 2, 2026 at 8:31 PM
The first paper from the lab is now out in Science Advances: Multimodal social context modulates larval behavior in Drosophila
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We find that fly larvae keep their distance to conspecifics in the absence of food, enjoy reading! @cbehav.bsky.social @uni-konstanz.de
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We find that fly larvae keep their distance to conspecifics in the absence of food, enjoy reading! @cbehav.bsky.social @uni-konstanz.de
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There is still time to apply! See linked document for details.
Our new 2p microscope got freshly installed and tested this week and is now waiting for you :)
Our new 2p microscope got freshly installed and tested this week and is now waiting for you :)
📢 Join us, the Haberkern lab, @uni-wuerzburg.de for a postdoc studying neural circuit mechanisms of navigation. You’ll spearheading neurophysiology experiments on our brand new 2P!
⏳ Apply by 28th February 2026
Details: www.haberkernlab.de/docs/ENPostd...
#neuroscience #academicjobs #postdoc
⏳ Apply by 28th February 2026
Details: www.haberkernlab.de/docs/ENPostd...
#neuroscience #academicjobs #postdoc
January 16, 2026 at 11:02 AM
There is still time to apply! See linked document for details.
Our new 2p microscope got freshly installed and tested this week and is now waiting for you :)
Our new 2p microscope got freshly installed and tested this week and is now waiting for you :)
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🧨 Check out this peeps🧨 I am very happy with the outcome of this thought baby! @neurogut.bsky.social @michaelrera.bsky.social and Mael Lemoine (yes, a philosopher) twisted our brains over preparing this conceptual review! We give you the "Enterarchon" Enjoy it!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The Enterarchon: An ancient visceral brain
The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is innervated by intrinsic neurites and extrinsic pathways linking it bidirectionally to the central nervous system. T…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:08 PM
🧨 Check out this peeps🧨 I am very happy with the outcome of this thought baby! @neurogut.bsky.social @michaelrera.bsky.social and Mael Lemoine (yes, a philosopher) twisted our brains over preparing this conceptual review! We give you the "Enterarchon" Enjoy it!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Carolina Rezaval
Ahrentlov, N., Kubrak, O., Lassen, M., ...., Nagy, S., Imig, C., Richter, E. A., Texada, M. J., Rewitz, K. (2025). Protein-responsive gut hormone tachykinin directs food choice and impacts lifespan. Nat Metab, 7(6):1223-1245 www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Protein-responsive gut hormone tachykinin directs food choice and impacts lifespan - Nature Metabolism
The gut hormone tachykinin (Tk) is found to be regulated by protein intake in flies and mice. In flies, Tk is shown to impact food choices, sleep and lifespan.
www.nature.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Ahrentlov, N., Kubrak, O., Lassen, M., ...., Nagy, S., Imig, C., Richter, E. A., Texada, M. J., Rewitz, K. (2025). Protein-responsive gut hormone tachykinin directs food choice and impacts lifespan. Nat Metab, 7(6):1223-1245 www.nature.com/articles/s42...