Marine Neuroscience Laboratory
@marineneurolab.bsky.social
Aiming to take neuroscience into the future by going back to where it all began: the ocean. Here to share how we study the brains behind bioluminescence
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We're a lab dedicated to marine neuroscience, focusing on a little worm that glows to communicate. What does it say with its flashes of light? And what role does its nervous system play? Stay tuned to find out! 🌟🌊🧠
We spent a week at Sletvik field station collecting worms! MSc student Amalie from the University of Copenhagen joined and stayed for 3 weeks to work in our lab 🌟
We caught ~60 Tomopteris with R/V Gunnerus during the day and were treated to great views of the northern lights at night
We caught ~60 Tomopteris with R/V Gunnerus during the day and were treated to great views of the northern lights at night
November 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
We spent a week at Sletvik field station collecting worms! MSc student Amalie from the University of Copenhagen joined and stayed for 3 weeks to work in our lab 🌟
We caught ~60 Tomopteris with R/V Gunnerus during the day and were treated to great views of the northern lights at night
We caught ~60 Tomopteris with R/V Gunnerus during the day and were treated to great views of the northern lights at night
October 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Celebrating the lab turning 5 years old at the restaurant Troll 🎉
September 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Celebrating the lab turning 5 years old at the restaurant Troll 🎉
We just published our third major funding application, including the evaluation it received, for the benefit of future applicants 🙌
Because #OpenScience is also about sharing ideas and examples that others can learn from 🌟
www.ogrants.org/grants/jacob...
Because #OpenScience is also about sharing ideas and examples that others can learn from 🌟
www.ogrants.org/grants/jacob...
Funding application (RCN, 2024): Deciphering bioluminescent communication in marine annelids · Open Grants
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September 4, 2025 at 12:45 PM
We just published our third major funding application, including the evaluation it received, for the benefit of future applicants 🙌
Because #OpenScience is also about sharing ideas and examples that others can learn from 🌟
www.ogrants.org/grants/jacob...
Because #OpenScience is also about sharing ideas and examples that others can learn from 🌟
www.ogrants.org/grants/jacob...
Meet our first MSc student!
This is @noralied.bsky.social 🌟 She is in her 5th year studying natural science with teacher education at #NTNU, and for her thesis she will optimize immunohistochemical methods for detecting neurons in marine annelid brains 🧠💪
This is @noralied.bsky.social 🌟 She is in her 5th year studying natural science with teacher education at #NTNU, and for her thesis she will optimize immunohistochemical methods for detecting neurons in marine annelid brains 🧠💪
August 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Meet our first MSc student!
This is @noralied.bsky.social 🌟 She is in her 5th year studying natural science with teacher education at #NTNU, and for her thesis she will optimize immunohistochemical methods for detecting neurons in marine annelid brains 🧠💪
This is @noralied.bsky.social 🌟 She is in her 5th year studying natural science with teacher education at #NTNU, and for her thesis she will optimize immunohistochemical methods for detecting neurons in marine annelid brains 🧠💪
Happy #InternationalPolychaeteDay! 🌍🪱
To celebrate, here’s a glimpse of the bioluminescence of our gossamer worms! This video was captured in the lab by @nadiave.bsky.social using a monochrome camera — so it's in black and white — but in real life, the worms glow in a stunning bright yellow.
To celebrate, here’s a glimpse of the bioluminescence of our gossamer worms! This video was captured in the lab by @nadiave.bsky.social using a monochrome camera — so it's in black and white — but in real life, the worms glow in a stunning bright yellow.
July 1, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Happy #InternationalPolychaeteDay! 🌍🪱
To celebrate, here’s a glimpse of the bioluminescence of our gossamer worms! This video was captured in the lab by @nadiave.bsky.social using a monochrome camera — so it's in black and white — but in real life, the worms glow in a stunning bright yellow.
To celebrate, here’s a glimpse of the bioluminescence of our gossamer worms! This video was captured in the lab by @nadiave.bsky.social using a monochrome camera — so it's in black and white — but in real life, the worms glow in a stunning bright yellow.
Are you at the Gordon Research Conference on Neuroethology in Florence later this week? 👀
@nadiave.bsky.social will present a poster supported by a grant from the Tom Wilhelmsen’s Foundation (thank you for the support)!
We celebrated the grant with Nadia’s favourite treat: lemon meringue pie 🍋
@nadiave.bsky.social will present a poster supported by a grant from the Tom Wilhelmsen’s Foundation (thank you for the support)!
We celebrated the grant with Nadia’s favourite treat: lemon meringue pie 🍋
June 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Are you at the Gordon Research Conference on Neuroethology in Florence later this week? 👀
@nadiave.bsky.social will present a poster supported by a grant from the Tom Wilhelmsen’s Foundation (thank you for the support)!
We celebrated the grant with Nadia’s favourite treat: lemon meringue pie 🍋
@nadiave.bsky.social will present a poster supported by a grant from the Tom Wilhelmsen’s Foundation (thank you for the support)!
We celebrated the grant with Nadia’s favourite treat: lemon meringue pie 🍋
Reposted by Marine Neuroscience Laboratory
Here's the video again but hopefully less blurry! ☺️
I'd never seen so many Tomopteris in one place - absolutely wild
I'd never seen so many Tomopteris in one place - absolutely wild
May 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Here's the video again but hopefully less blurry! ☺️
I'd never seen so many Tomopteris in one place - absolutely wild
I'd never seen so many Tomopteris in one place - absolutely wild
Reposted by Marine Neuroscience Laboratory
Had a great time presenting at the NTNU-wide symposium "NeuroSYS" last week. A 5-minute datablitz is short, but I hope I made a few people curious about bioluminescent worms! ✨️
@marineneurolab.bsky.social
@kavlintnu.bsky.social #neuroscience #bioluminescence #research
@marineneurolab.bsky.social
@kavlintnu.bsky.social #neuroscience #bioluminescence #research
March 31, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Had a great time presenting at the NTNU-wide symposium "NeuroSYS" last week. A 5-minute datablitz is short, but I hope I made a few people curious about bioluminescent worms! ✨️
@marineneurolab.bsky.social
@kavlintnu.bsky.social #neuroscience #bioluminescence #research
@marineneurolab.bsky.social
@kavlintnu.bsky.social #neuroscience #bioluminescence #research
In keeping with tradition, a big funding rejection (🥲) means it's treat time! More specifically, tiramisu-tower-time 🎉
It's not easy to start something new, but the like-minded people you meet along the way make it worth it. They keep science fun 🎈🌟
It's not easy to start something new, but the like-minded people you meet along the way make it worth it. They keep science fun 🎈🌟
February 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
In keeping with tradition, a big funding rejection (🥲) means it's treat time! More specifically, tiramisu-tower-time 🎉
It's not easy to start something new, but the like-minded people you meet along the way make it worth it. They keep science fun 🎈🌟
It's not easy to start something new, but the like-minded people you meet along the way make it worth it. They keep science fun 🎈🌟
One thing we did last year was to build our lab and in this video made by @nadiave.bsky.social you can see how it all came together!
Our worms naturally live in the deep ocean where sunlight never reaches, so we built a tent where we can house them and do behavioural experiments in total darkness 🌚
Our worms naturally live in the deep ocean where sunlight never reaches, so we built a tent where we can house them and do behavioural experiments in total darkness 🌚
January 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
One thing we did last year was to build our lab and in this video made by @nadiave.bsky.social you can see how it all came together!
Our worms naturally live in the deep ocean where sunlight never reaches, so we built a tent where we can house them and do behavioural experiments in total darkness 🌚
Our worms naturally live in the deep ocean where sunlight never reaches, so we built a tent where we can house them and do behavioural experiments in total darkness 🌚
Meet the team at the MNL!
We're a small lab with big ambitions, but also value time off. Because discoveries are made by humans, so you need to put their wellbeing first. Meet our humans below! 👇
We're a small lab with big ambitions, but also value time off. Because discoveries are made by humans, so you need to put their wellbeing first. Meet our humans below! 👇
December 11, 2024 at 8:14 AM
Meet the team at the MNL!
We're a small lab with big ambitions, but also value time off. Because discoveries are made by humans, so you need to put their wellbeing first. Meet our humans below! 👇
We're a small lab with big ambitions, but also value time off. Because discoveries are made by humans, so you need to put their wellbeing first. Meet our humans below! 👇
We're a lab dedicated to marine neuroscience, focusing on a little worm that glows to communicate. What does it say with its flashes of light? And what role does its nervous system play? Stay tuned to find out! 🌟🌊🧠
December 6, 2024 at 12:34 PM
We're a lab dedicated to marine neuroscience, focusing on a little worm that glows to communicate. What does it say with its flashes of light? And what role does its nervous system play? Stay tuned to find out! 🌟🌊🧠