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
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Carolina Rezaval
@crezaval.bsky.social
· Dec 24
Balancing reproductive pursuit and visual danger - Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology - Balancing reproductive pursuit and visual danger
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We're delighted to see our study, "Mating proximity blinds threat perception" pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39198656/, featured by Nature Structural & Molecular Biology.
Thank you for spotlighting our work!
Thank you for spotlighting our work!
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Very happy for this @ejneuroscience.bsky.social editorial on the importance of diverse research animals in neuroscience. We make the case that embracing a plurality of model organisms enriches the field and accelerates both basic and translational research. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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January 6, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Very happy for this @ejneuroscience.bsky.social editorial on the importance of diverse research animals in neuroscience. We make the case that embracing a plurality of model organisms enriches the field and accelerates both basic and translational research. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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We had a lot of fun working on this project (led by Itzel Ishida, not on bluesky). Some interesting highlights from the paper -
We had a lot of fun working on this project (led by Itzel Ishida, not on bluesky). Some interesting highlights from the paper -
Neuronal calcium spikes enable vector inversion in the Drosophila brain
In the fly central complex, PFNa neurons switch from firing classical sodium spikes
when depolarized to firing non-canonical T-type calcium spikes when hyperpolarized.
This bidirectional spiking allow...
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January 6, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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We had a lot of fun working on this project (led by Itzel Ishida, not on bluesky). Some interesting highlights from the paper -
We had a lot of fun working on this project (led by Itzel Ishida, not on bluesky). Some interesting highlights from the paper -
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How do animals channel sensory information into motor pathways to generate flexible behavioral output? Excited to share a new preprint addressing this question by leveraging the new #maleCNS connectome, behavioral experiments, and in-vivo recordings: doi.org/10.64898/202.... A long🧵...
December 19, 2025 at 7:02 AM
How do animals channel sensory information into motor pathways to generate flexible behavioral output? Excited to share a new preprint addressing this question by leveraging the new #maleCNS connectome, behavioral experiments, and in-vivo recordings: doi.org/10.64898/202.... A long🧵...
Happy to share our Current Opinion on the 'Neural basis of sexually dimorphic decision-making', written with Megan Day.
Many thanks to @jefferis.bsky.social for the invite to be part of this special issue on Sexual Dimorphism in the Brain.
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Many thanks to @jefferis.bsky.social for the invite to be part of this special issue on Sexual Dimorphism in the Brain.
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Neural basis of sexually dimorphic decision-making
Animals continually arbitrate between incompatible behaviors: whether to feed or flee, mate or fight, sleep or explore. The brain must select, suppres…
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December 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Happy to share our Current Opinion on the 'Neural basis of sexually dimorphic decision-making', written with Megan Day.
Many thanks to @jefferis.bsky.social for the invite to be part of this special issue on Sexual Dimorphism in the Brain.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Many thanks to @jefferis.bsky.social for the invite to be part of this special issue on Sexual Dimorphism in the Brain.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Applications are now open for the University of Birmingham’s 125th Anniversary Fellows & Chairs, celebrating 125 years of research excellence with 125 outstanding researchers.
Deadline: 11 Jan 2026
@unibirmingham.bsky.social
Deadline: 11 Jan 2026
@unibirmingham.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Applications are now open for the University of Birmingham’s 125th Anniversary Fellows & Chairs, celebrating 125 years of research excellence with 125 outstanding researchers.
Deadline: 11 Jan 2026
@unibirmingham.bsky.social
Deadline: 11 Jan 2026
@unibirmingham.bsky.social
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*First preprint from our lab* !!!!!
How does the brain learn to anchor its internal sense of direction to the outside world? 🧭
led by Mark Plitt @markplitt.bsky.social & Dan Turner-Evans, w/ Vivek Jayaraman:
“Octopamine instructs head direction plasticity” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Thread ⬇️
How does the brain learn to anchor its internal sense of direction to the outside world? 🧭
led by Mark Plitt @markplitt.bsky.social & Dan Turner-Evans, w/ Vivek Jayaraman:
“Octopamine instructs head direction plasticity” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Thread ⬇️
December 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
*First preprint from our lab* !!!!!
How does the brain learn to anchor its internal sense of direction to the outside world? 🧭
led by Mark Plitt @markplitt.bsky.social & Dan Turner-Evans, w/ Vivek Jayaraman:
“Octopamine instructs head direction plasticity” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Thread ⬇️
How does the brain learn to anchor its internal sense of direction to the outside world? 🧭
led by Mark Plitt @markplitt.bsky.social & Dan Turner-Evans, w/ Vivek Jayaraman:
“Octopamine instructs head direction plasticity” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Thread ⬇️
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📣We have 2 open faculty positions for senior researchers in Neuroscience at Queen's University!
healthsci.queensu.ca/administrati...
1. a new Director for our Centre for Neuroscience Studies
2. a non-human primate NeuroAI researcher
Please share widely and reach out for questions!
healthsci.queensu.ca/administrati...
1. a new Director for our Centre for Neuroscience Studies
2. a non-human primate NeuroAI researcher
Please share widely and reach out for questions!
Administrative Opportunities
healthsci.queensu.ca
December 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
📣We have 2 open faculty positions for senior researchers in Neuroscience at Queen's University!
healthsci.queensu.ca/administrati...
1. a new Director for our Centre for Neuroscience Studies
2. a non-human primate NeuroAI researcher
Please share widely and reach out for questions!
healthsci.queensu.ca/administrati...
1. a new Director for our Centre for Neuroscience Studies
2. a non-human primate NeuroAI researcher
Please share widely and reach out for questions!
Reposted by Carolina Rezaval
🧠🪰 The adult Drosophila brain connectome now gives us a complete wiring diagram of ~140k neurons. But a wiring diagram alone isn’t understanding.
How is this massive network organized?
Our paper tackles that question by mapping community structure across the entire fly brain. 1/
How is this massive network organized?
Our paper tackles that question by mapping community structure across the entire fly brain. 1/
New lab paper - will say more about this in a little while
December 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
🧠🪰 The adult Drosophila brain connectome now gives us a complete wiring diagram of ~140k neurons. But a wiring diagram alone isn’t understanding.
How is this massive network organized?
Our paper tackles that question by mapping community structure across the entire fly brain. 1/
How is this massive network organized?
Our paper tackles that question by mapping community structure across the entire fly brain. 1/
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I am proud to present my latest research at the ISSCR 2026 Annual Meeting, taking place in Montréal, Canada on 8-11 July 2026. Register to hear my presentation! #ISSCR2026 invt.io/1bxbzdbzjfq @isscr.org
I'm speaking at ISSCR 2026 Annual Meeting, join me
Register now
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December 15, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I am proud to present my latest research at the ISSCR 2026 Annual Meeting, taking place in Montréal, Canada on 8-11 July 2026. Register to hear my presentation! #ISSCR2026 invt.io/1bxbzdbzjfq @isscr.org
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Why do humans dance, if our ancestors and primates in general are not vocal learners? It is widely thought that only vocal-learning species are able of moving to a beat... Right? In this new paper authors show that macaques can synchronize to a beat spontaneously www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1... 🙊🙉🙈💃
Monkeys have rhythm
Synchronizing movements to music is a hallmark of human culture, but its evolutionary and neurobiological origins remain unknown. This ability requires (i) extracting a steady rhythmic pulse, or beat,...
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December 14, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Why do humans dance, if our ancestors and primates in general are not vocal learners? It is widely thought that only vocal-learning species are able of moving to a beat... Right? In this new paper authors show that macaques can synchronize to a beat spontaneously www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1... 🙊🙉🙈💃
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lab preprint! Interopceptive predictions are central to many brain-body interactions theories, but it's unclear if/how they affect bodily physiology. We (fearless Einav Litvak et al) show that insular cortex predictions are essential for glucose homeostasis-THREAD.. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Insular cortex predictions regulate glucose homeostasis
Brain-body interactions are essential for physical and emotional homeostasis. The brain uses information from the external world to predict upcoming bodily changes. This process involves interoceptive...
www.biorxiv.org
December 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
lab preprint! Interopceptive predictions are central to many brain-body interactions theories, but it's unclear if/how they affect bodily physiology. We (fearless Einav Litvak et al) show that insular cortex predictions are essential for glucose homeostasis-THREAD.. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Lee, S. J., Dallmann, C. J., Cook, A., Tuthill, J. C., Agrawal, S. (2025). Divergent neural circuits for proprioceptive and exteroceptive sensing of the Drosophila leg. Nat Commun, 16(1):4105 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Divergent neural circuits for proprioceptive and exteroceptive sensing of the Drosophila leg - Nature Communications
Determining whether somatosensory neurons are involved in internal or external sensing remains a challenge. Here, the authors show that analyzing connectivity is a powerful approach to identify putati...
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December 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Lee, S. J., Dallmann, C. J., Cook, A., Tuthill, J. C., Agrawal, S. (2025). Divergent neural circuits for proprioceptive and exteroceptive sensing of the Drosophila leg. Nat Commun, 16(1):4105 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Erginkaya, M., Cruz, T., Brotas, M., Marques, A., Steck, K., Nern, A., Torrao, F., Varela, N., Bock, D. D., Reiser, M., Chiappe, M. E. (2025). A competitive disinhibitory network for robust optic flow processing in Drosophila. Nat Neurosci, 28(6):1241-1255 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A competitive disinhibitory network for robust optic flow processing in Drosophila - Nature Neuroscience
Navigation relies on detecting left versus right body asymmetries for gaze and course stability. A central three-layer optic flow-sensitive network with competitive lateral disinhibition extracts asym...
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December 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Erginkaya, M., Cruz, T., Brotas, M., Marques, A., Steck, K., Nern, A., Torrao, F., Varela, N., Bock, D. D., Reiser, M., Chiappe, M. E. (2025). A competitive disinhibitory network for robust optic flow processing in Drosophila. Nat Neurosci, 28(6):1241-1255 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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I am super thrilled to announce that I have been awarded an @erc.europa.eu Consolidator Grant to build novel interventions for #OCD. The plan is to exploit recent insights from computational neuroscience and closely work together with people with lived experience of OCD to create novel treatments.
a little girl is dancing in front of a group of people sitting on chairs .
ALT: a little girl is dancing in front of a group of people sitting on chairs .
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December 9, 2025 at 11:05 AM
I am super thrilled to announce that I have been awarded an @erc.europa.eu Consolidator Grant to build novel interventions for #OCD. The plan is to exploit recent insights from computational neuroscience and closely work together with people with lived experience of OCD to create novel treatments.
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How do neural circuits generate the walking rhythm?
Using connectome simulations, @sarahpugly.bsky.social found a minimal central pattern generator (CPG) that produces oscillations in leg motor neurons. Same circuit motif for each 🪰 leg.
w @bingbrunton.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Using connectome simulations, @sarahpugly.bsky.social found a minimal central pattern generator (CPG) that produces oscillations in leg motor neurons. Same circuit motif for each 🪰 leg.
w @bingbrunton.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
December 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
How do neural circuits generate the walking rhythm?
Using connectome simulations, @sarahpugly.bsky.social found a minimal central pattern generator (CPG) that produces oscillations in leg motor neurons. Same circuit motif for each 🪰 leg.
w @bingbrunton.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Using connectome simulations, @sarahpugly.bsky.social found a minimal central pattern generator (CPG) that produces oscillations in leg motor neurons. Same circuit motif for each 🪰 leg.
w @bingbrunton.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Beyond excited to be awarded an ERC consolidator! Exciting times ahead for the lab. Very thankful to lab members for their work every day that made this possible!! Time to celebrate!
December 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Beyond excited to be awarded an ERC consolidator! Exciting times ahead for the lab. Very thankful to lab members for their work every day that made this possible!! Time to celebrate!
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I am grateful and excited to receive the Humboldt-Forschungspreis (Humboldt Research Award) from the @humboldt-foundation.de I look forward to inspiring interactions with this amazing scientific community. Thank you to Prof Robin Hiesinger for the nomination and the award committee for selecting me.
December 8, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I am grateful and excited to receive the Humboldt-Forschungspreis (Humboldt Research Award) from the @humboldt-foundation.de I look forward to inspiring interactions with this amazing scientific community. Thank you to Prof Robin Hiesinger for the nomination and the award committee for selecting me.
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I’m proud to have helped launch the #PITraining survey of FKNE @fkne-scholars.bsky.social
We ask PIs to share what really matters for effective research leadership. Your feedback = better support, better science.
Take part or share:
fenskavlinetwork.org/fkne-pi-surv...
Deadline: 29 Dec 2025
We ask PIs to share what really matters for effective research leadership. Your feedback = better support, better science.
Take part or share:
fenskavlinetwork.org/fkne-pi-surv...
Deadline: 29 Dec 2025
November 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I’m proud to have helped launch the #PITraining survey of FKNE @fkne-scholars.bsky.social
We ask PIs to share what really matters for effective research leadership. Your feedback = better support, better science.
Take part or share:
fenskavlinetwork.org/fkne-pi-surv...
Deadline: 29 Dec 2025
We ask PIs to share what really matters for effective research leadership. Your feedback = better support, better science.
Take part or share:
fenskavlinetwork.org/fkne-pi-surv...
Deadline: 29 Dec 2025
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A 4-year fully funded international PhD project in the lab in collaboration with Johan Vande Voorde.
Apply if you are interested in working on an exciting project on CRC and interorgan communication in flies and mice.
www.crukscotlandinstitute.ac.uk/cruk-si-educ...
Apply if you are interested in working on an exciting project on CRC and interorgan communication in flies and mice.
www.crukscotlandinstitute.ac.uk/cruk-si-educ...
Interorgan communication in Colorectal Cancer
www.crukscotlandinstitute.ac.uk
December 8, 2025 at 10:36 AM
A 4-year fully funded international PhD project in the lab in collaboration with Johan Vande Voorde.
Apply if you are interested in working on an exciting project on CRC and interorgan communication in flies and mice.
www.crukscotlandinstitute.ac.uk/cruk-si-educ...
Apply if you are interested in working on an exciting project on CRC and interorgan communication in flies and mice.
www.crukscotlandinstitute.ac.uk/cruk-si-educ...
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New review out! 🔥🧊
We break down how rodents, primates & insects encode temperature in Nature Reviews Neuroscience.
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
View-only: rdcu.be/eThU1
We break down how rodents, primates & insects encode temperature in Nature Reviews Neuroscience.
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
View-only: rdcu.be/eThU1
The neuronal circuits and cellular encoding of thermosensation - Nature Reviews Neuroscience
The thermosensory system across insects and mammals has shared principles of neuronal wiring and encoding. In this Review, Carta, Vestergaard and Poulet discuss how the nervous systems of insects and ...
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December 8, 2025 at 6:23 AM
New review out! 🔥🧊
We break down how rodents, primates & insects encode temperature in Nature Reviews Neuroscience.
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
View-only: rdcu.be/eThU1
We break down how rodents, primates & insects encode temperature in Nature Reviews Neuroscience.
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
View-only: rdcu.be/eThU1
Reposted by Carolina Rezaval
Join the 4th Asia Pacific #Drosophila Neurobiology Conference in China: lhs.suat-sz.edu.cn/info/1031/13...
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December 4, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Join the 4th Asia Pacific #Drosophila Neurobiology Conference in China: lhs.suat-sz.edu.cn/info/1031/13...
@fly-eds.bsky.social
@flybase.bsky.social
@the-node.bsky.social
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Apply for a PhD in Paris!! A project to come and work with me and my team at the GutSense lab included in the list! 🪰🧠⛽
📚 The international DIM C-BRAINS PhD program is back!
Up for grabs: 7 fully funded, 3-year doctoral contracts in the Île-de-France region, 3 of which will be hosted by Paris Brain Institute.
📆 Application deadline: February 1, 2026.
👉 Find out more: parisbraininstitute.org/dim-c-brains...
Up for grabs: 7 fully funded, 3-year doctoral contracts in the Île-de-France region, 3 of which will be hosted by Paris Brain Institute.
📆 Application deadline: February 1, 2026.
👉 Find out more: parisbraininstitute.org/dim-c-brains...
The DIM C-BRAINS international PhD program opens its 2026 call for applications. | Paris Brain Institute
The international DIM C-BRAINS PhD program is back. Up for grabs: 7 fully funded, 3-year doctoral contracts in the Île-de-France region, 3 of which will be hosted by the Institut du Cerveau. Applicati...
parisbraininstitute.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Apply for a PhD in Paris!! A project to come and work with me and my team at the GutSense lab included in the list! 🪰🧠⛽
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Want to carry a PhD in London, in one of the best Universities in the world?
We have two calls for PhD students to join our lab at Imperial College. Deadline January 12th. More details for applications in the link below. Feel free to keep in touch!
We have two calls for PhD students to join our lab at Imperial College. Deadline January 12th. More details for applications in the link below. Feel free to keep in touch!
Available Jobs – gilestro laboratory
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December 5, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Want to carry a PhD in London, in one of the best Universities in the world?
We have two calls for PhD students to join our lab at Imperial College. Deadline January 12th. More details for applications in the link below. Feel free to keep in touch!
We have two calls for PhD students to join our lab at Imperial College. Deadline January 12th. More details for applications in the link below. Feel free to keep in touch!
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Mind-bogglingly detailed recordings from virtually every neuron in the higher olfactory centres of the Drosophila brain reveal how innate odour values (= nice/nasty) are encoded by different processes (also, attractive pheromones share the nice process). www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Distinct circuit motifs evaluate opposing innate values of odors
Innate hedonic values of odors are computed in the Drosophila higher olfactory area,
the lateral horn, where distinct neurons represent opposing values in a graded manner.
Representations of negative ...
www.cell.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Mind-bogglingly detailed recordings from virtually every neuron in the higher olfactory centres of the Drosophila brain reveal how innate odour values (= nice/nasty) are encoded by different processes (also, attractive pheromones share the nice process). www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Reposted by Carolina Rezaval
Artificial intelligence promises rapid and polite feedback on papers — but we must first review the reviewer, says Giorgio F. Gilestro
go.nature.com/3McjUsw
go.nature.com/3McjUsw
AI reviewers are here — we are not ready
Artificial intelligence promises rapid and polite feedback on papers — but we must first review the reviewer.
go.nature.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Artificial intelligence promises rapid and polite feedback on papers — but we must first review the reviewer, says Giorgio F. Gilestro
go.nature.com/3McjUsw
go.nature.com/3McjUsw