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Martin Giurfa
@martingiurfa.bsky.social
Neuroscientist & Professor @ Sorbonne University, Paris, France | Director of the Institute of Biology Paris-Seine of Sorbonne University | ERC_Research laureate - | El Corazon Mirando al Sur | Gorilas y Libertarios Abstenerse |
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(2/3) Huge thanks to my supervisors @martingiurfa.bsky.social and Guillaume Isabel for their guidance and support.
Between Toulouse and Paris (and even a lab move!), this PhD was a real adventure : full of inspiring people and moments I’ll always cherish. ✨🏙️
December 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
See last article on "The cognitive side of communication in social insects", just published in @TrendsCognSci . Free access under this link!
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September 10, 2025 at 7:18 AM
See our new work on "Seasonal and nutritional modulation of honeybee olfactory learning by the short neuropeptide F". A great study by Rafael Carvalho da Silva under the supervision of Gabriela de Brito sanchez, with the essential contribution of David Baracchi.

doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Seasonal and nutritional modulation of honeybee olfactory learning by the short neuropeptide F | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Neuropeptides are crucial molecules in the nervous system, regulating various biological processes. Neuropeptide F (NPF) and its shorter form, short neuropeptide F (sNPF), serve functions in invertebr...
doi.org
August 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
See our latest paper in @iScience_CP on opsin type distribution in the ommatidia and ocelli of the 3 castes of the honey bee (workers, queens and drones). A fantastic worker done by A. Durand, S. Larnaudie, D. Champleovier, B. Ronsin & Isabelle Lafon

cell.com/iscience/fullt…
July 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
At Galápagos Islands
June 14, 2025 at 12:06 AM
May 20th: world bee day! Protect the environnement, save the bees and all the living creatures!
May 20, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Extremely honored for the opportunity to give the opening Angelique Arvanitaki Lecture at the meeting of the French Society of Neuroscience in Montpellier. Glad that this lecture was named after this brilliant woman who did fundamental work on the nervous system of invertebrates.
May 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Some of the participants of the Neuroethology meeting, satellite of the annual meeting of the French Neuroscience Society. We had a terrific day in Montpellier with fascinating talks and exciting discussions! Thanks to Manu Perisse and his team for the wonderful hosting!
May 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Interested in Neuroethology? Then, join us at the 1-day Meeting of the French Club of Neuroethology, in the beautiful city of Montpellier, on May 13th. NO FEES REQUIRED. Just register and submit your abstract in: www.zebrain.bio.ens.psl.eu/neuroetholog... .
And enjoy our guest speakers!
March 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Interested in Neuroethology? Then, join us at the 1-day Meeting of the French Club of Neuroethology, in the beautiful city of Montpellier, on May 13th. NO FEES REQUIRED. Just register and submit your abstract in: www.zebrain.bio.ens.psl.eu/neuroetholog... .
And enjoy our guest speakers!
March 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM
See our last work on the effect of learning on how bees respond to the unconditioned stimulus (US) after learning! We show that learning changes not only conditioned-stimulus processing but also US processing.

A wonderful work by Yuan Lai et al. doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Aversive learning reduces aversive-reinforcer sensitivity in honey bees - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Aversive learning reduces aversive-reinforcer sensitivity in honey bees
doi.org
February 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Today is Charles Darwin’s birthday

Dear Charles, receive my most sincere thanks for the Theory of Natural Selection and for liberating us from supernatural beliefs and other irrational accounts of our existence; thanks above all for a whole new way to looking at humanity....
February 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Les Buttes Chaumont in Paris, Sunday walk in the park with a frozen lake
February 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Always try my chance in the kitchen to get some extras….
January 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Check out our latest work on transitive inferences (A > B, B > C, therefore A > C) in honey bees, just published in Frontiers in Psychology: www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
January 14, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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Comme divertissement - autre façon de considérer les insectes sociaux que j'étudie depuis une quarantaine d'années - cet article sur les fourmis, abeilles, guêpes et termites vus par la SF. Paru dans la revue La Recherche. Disponible dans tous les kiosques de janvier à mars.
January 6, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Alturas del Valle de Urubamba, 4000 m de altura
January 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Trekking a las cataratas Poc Poc en Chincheros, valle de Urubamba
December 24, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Valle de Urubamba, Cuzco, Perú
December 24, 2024 at 1:59 AM
Nature , una de las revistas científicas mas prestigiosas del mundo, denuncia la destrucción del sistema científico argentino a manos del energúmeno de la foto.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘There will be nothing left’: researchers fear collapse of science in Argentina
One year into President Javier Milei’s presidency, scientists are exiting the country in the face of big budget cuts.
www.nature.com
December 10, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Paris, no todo es Notre Dame
December 8, 2024 at 1:28 PM
En el instituto de Francia, para recibir el premio-medalla 2024 de biología Integrativa de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Francia. Muy agradecido x el honor y sin olvidar que uno es un producto de la educación publica argentina que el gobierno actual quiere destruir
November 26, 2024 at 2:55 PM