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Research Unit/ FORschungsgruppe 5424, Modulation in olfaction: How recurrent circuits govern state-dependent behaviour. #olfaction #neuromodulation #DFG
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sophiesteculorum.bsky.social
🤯🎉 Our study on how early exposure to fatty foods rewires the brain and influences obesity risk has been selected as one of the 12 Max Planck Society Research Highlights of 2025! 🧠✨ So proud to see our team’s work recognised at this level 😊

www.mpg.de/25933453/res...
Research highlights 2025
Research highlights 2025: the year 2025 saw Max Planck scientists publishing exceptional research across disciplines. We have selected twelve highlights to share.
www.mpg.de
January 10, 2026 at 12:49 PM
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sophiesteculorum.bsky.social
You probably know that calories in the maternal diet matter 🤰🍔, but did you know that smell matters too👃? Check out this fantastic radio piece about our recent paper from @deutschlandfunk.de.web.brid.gy (in German) 📻☺️

www.deutschlandfunk.de/der-duft-von...
Der Duft von Speck - Frühe Geruchsreize als Risiko für Fettleibigkeit bei Mäusen
Eine Studie mit Tierversuchen hat gezeigt, dass Mäuse ein höheres Krankheitsrisiko haben, wenn sie vor der Geburt Speckaromen ausgesetzt wurden.
www.deutschlandfunk.de
December 16, 2025 at 8:48 AM
modolfor.bsky.social
Congratulations, Sophie!!!🥳🎉💐🥂
sophiesteculorum.bsky.social Sophie Steculorum @sophiesteculorum.bsky.social · Dec 1
🤩 I’m beyond excited to finally share our paper! 🎉 It’s been a long journey and a true team effort. Congratulations to our outstanding first authors, @lcreimon.bsky.social and Ayden Gouveia, and to all of the co-authors who made this possible 🙌!

www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Fat sensory cues in early life program central response to food and obesity - Nature Metabolism
Non-nutritive sensory components of high-fat diet, such as bacon flavour, are sufficient to impair metabolic health in offspring in mice.
www.nature.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
modolfor.bsky.social
Congratulations!!! Exciting new paper from our MODOLFOR member Andreas Schaefer! 🥳🎉
andreas-t-schaefer.bsky.social Andreas Schaefer @andreas-t-schaefer.bsky.social · Nov 27
X-rays can resolve ultrastructure - milestone for ultrastructure imaging w/o cutting. Thanks to an amazing team -
@carlesbosch.bsky.social
@adrianawanner.bsky.social
Ana Diaz and collaborators
@crick.ac.uk
@psich.bsky.social and
@esrf.fr
and funders
@wellcometrust.bsky.social
@ukri.org
carlesbosch.bsky.social Carles Bosch @carlesbosch.bsky.social · Nov 27
#paper!
X-rays can resolve #ultrastructure in tissues non-destructively.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Shoutout to key collaborators at @crick.ac.uk and @psich.bsky.social Ana Diaz, @adrianawanner.bsky.social and @andreas-t-schaefer.bsky.social, and to the whole team that made this possible.
November 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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crick.ac.uk
Congratulations to @andreas-t-schaefer.bsky.social on receiving a £3.8 million @wellcometrust.bsky.social Discovery Award, working with @esrf.fr, to chart the brain circuity behind the sense of smell in mice.

www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-10...
New £3.8m project to map the mouse olfactory system
Andreas Schaefer, Principal Group Leader of the Sensory Circuits and Neurotechnology Laboratory at the Crick, has received a Wellcome Discovery Award to chart the brain circuitry behind the sense of s...
www.crick.ac.uk
October 22, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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andreas-t-schaefer.bsky.social
Very excited to continue our amazing collaboration with @apacureanu.bsky.social at @esrf.fr - thank you @wellcometrust.bsky.social and all the collaborators at @crick.ac.uk and @esrf.fr
November 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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sophiesteculorum.bsky.social
Thrilled our discovery of a novel sensory pathway controlling satiety in mice is featured in the General-Anzeiger @gabonn 🐭👃🍽️!

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Kölner Studie: Geruch macht satt (zumindest Mäuse) ga.de/news/wissen-...
Mäuse schnuppern an Grapefruits und haben dann keinen Hunger mehr: Wie praktisch: Geruch kann satt machen
Kölner Wissenschaftler finden einen überraschenden Auslöser für Sättigungsgefühl – nämlich das Riechen. Ein neuer Weg zum Schlankwerden? Leider funktioniert es bis jetzt nur bei Mäusen.
ga.de
August 21, 2025 at 7:54 AM
modolfor.bsky.social
Congratulations to our spokesperson Veronica Egger for receiving an ERC Advanced Grant!!🥂🐭🎉
uniregensburg.bsky.social Universität Regensburg @uniregensburg.bsky.social · Jun 17
Ein großer Erfolg für die Uni Regensburg: Prof. Dr. Veronica Egger erhält einen ERC Advanced Grant (3,5 Mio €) für ihr Projekt COLUMNET zur olfaktorischen Objekterkennung. Ihre Forschung beleuchtet, wie das Gehirn aus Duftsignalen komplexe Geruchswahrnehmungen formt. -> shorturl.at/MqTJJ
Prof. Veronica Egger I Fotografie-Rosin
June 24, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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sophiesteculorum.bsky.social
📢 🤩Excited to share our latest paper👃🧠! Huge thanks to the amazing first author @janice-bulk.bsky.social‬ and all co-authors, especially @andreas-t-schaefer.bsky.social and ‪@tobiasackels.bsky.social‬ 🙌! ‬‬
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
A food-sensitive olfactory circuit drives anticipatory satiety - Nature Metabolism
The authors describe a sensory circuit involving the medial septum (MS), where MS glutamatergic neurons integrate food odours to prime satiety and regulate nutrient intake.
www.nature.com
June 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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uni-wuerzburg.de
Wir begrüßen Professorin @silkesachse.bsky.social‬ als neue Leiterin des Lehrstuhls für #Neurobiologie und #Genetik! Sie kommt aus Jena zu uns (@mpi-ce.bsky.social) und erforscht den Geruchssinn von #Insekten.
➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/aktuelles/ei...
Die neue Würzburger Professorin Silke Sachse. (Foto: Nives Kramberger)
May 21, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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yuxinzhang.bsky.social
My PhD project is out as a preprint!
We combined 2P and synchrotron X-ray to understand mouse olfactory bulb circuits, linking physiology to structure in 3 animals!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🙌 @carlesbosch.bsky.social, @apacureanu.bsky.social, @andreas-t-schaefer.bsky.social, @esrf.fr, @crick.ac.uk
May 1, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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viveknityananda.bsky.social
Cool set of talks by early career researchers on the neural basis of behaviour! Organized by @neuroethology.org
Alt text: Poster for a seminar series organised by the International Society for Neuroethology: The Future of Neuroethology May 20th 2025 1400 UTC. Registration link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ZzMNjMB09V1uoBJlg2cGnuGUzSd6om_iFVCHkzskXwA/ Speakers: Sercan Sayin, University of Konstanz Germany: The behavioral mechanisms governing collective motion in swarming locusts. Andrew Matheson, Columbia University, USA: Environmental Plasticity of the Newt Olfactory System. Emily Lessig, University of Texas at Austin, USA: The neural basis of reciprocity in a highly social cichlid. Panel discussion after the talks on the financial landscape for science and its impact on the society. Speakers: Cindy Moss, ISN president, Professor at John Hopkins University Mathias Wernet, ISN member, Professor at Freie Universitaet Berlin Daniel Tomsic, ISN member, Professor at Universidad de Buenos Aires
April 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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dzg2025berlin.bsky.social
👋 Looking forward to the 117th Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society. Please like and share 🤩
March 31, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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mpi-ce.bsky.social
PhD project offer: Sensing the unseen: How diatoms detect and respond to highly dilute sex-inducing pheromones

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Georg Pohnert, FSU Jena; Dr. Markus Knaden MPI for Chemical Ecology
More information: www.ice.mpg.de/319540/Proje...
Apply now: jobs.ice.mpg.de/en/jobpostin...
April 17, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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neurowissg.bsky.social
We will continue the programm after the lunch and workshop break at 2.30 pm with Symposia V (S25 - S30). #NWG2025
March 28, 2025 at 12:55 PM
modolfor.bsky.social
Tomorrow morning, March 29th at 11:30 am, check out Symposium 31 at #NWG2025 @neurowissg.bsky.social organized by MODOLFOR member Tobias Ackels @tobiasackels.bsky.social
March 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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katrinvogt.bsky.social
I am excited to speak in the next Symposium 26 at #NWG2025 @neurowissg.bsky.social about our newest results in cannibalistic behavior in fly larvae
March 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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neurowissg.bsky.social
Circuits for behavior: cross-species strategies for adaptation & plasticity. Don´t miss our ibehave.bsky.social -sponsored symposium on the state-dependent dynamics shaping plans, actions and predictions across time scales in flies, mice & mole rats by ggatto.bsky.social jangrundemann.bsky.social
iBehave (@ibehave.bsky.social)
Empowering Behavioral neuroscience with modern computing
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March 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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neurowissg.bsky.social
In Symposium 12 (Hall 103) ten young scientists will get the chance to give a talk and compete for Breaking News Awards in our first Breaking News symposium.

The first place will get 500€ (2nd 300€, 3rd 200€). #NWG2025
March 27, 2025 at 9:28 AM
modolfor.bsky.social
Today, MODOLFOR member @ikadow.bsky.social will open Symposium 14. See you at 14:30 in lecture hall 10.
March 27, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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khallaf.bsky.social
Honored to present my work on naked mole rats from @garyrlewin.bsky.social at the @modolfor.bsky.social symposium (@silkesachse.bsky.social) during the Göttingen Neuroscience Meeting #NWG @neurowissg.bsky.social —and finally getting the famous and amazing Drosophila from @katrinvogt.bsky.social!!
March 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
modolfor.bsky.social
Check out Symposium 6 organized by MODOLFOR member Markus Rothermel - starting today at 14:30
neurowissg.bsky.social German Neuroscience Society e.V. - NWG @neurowissg.bsky.social · Mar 26
After the first Poster Session we will continue with Symposia 1 to 6, starting at 2.30pm.
March 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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katrinvogt.bsky.social
On the way to Göttingen!
Tomorrow, check out the poster from my PhD student Hari Narayanan @hari-flies.bsky.social
We find that navigating odors is modulated by hunger and social context in fly larvae @modolfor.bsky.social
March 25, 2025 at 10:38 AM
modolfor.bsky.social
Our Symposium takes place tomorrow at the Sternwarte in Göttingen. We are looking forward to exciting talks from @nawrot.bsky.social, @xenofrog.bsky.social, Lisa Scheunemann, Andre Fiala and Celine Riera. What a great start of the #NWG meeting @neurowissg.bsky.social
modolfor.bsky.social MODOLFOR @modolfor.bsky.social · Nov 20
Join us for the MODOLFOR Satellite Symposium on Modulation of Olfaction at the 16th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society in spring 2025 🐭🐝👃
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March 25, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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silkesachse.bsky.social
It‘s finally official! I am thrilled to start at the Chair of Neurobiology and Genetics at the @uni-wuerzburg.de on April 1st! I am very grateful to all my mentors, group members, collaborators and friends without whom I could not have achieved this. Please come & visit beautiful Wuerzburg soon!
Official appointment by the president of the University of Wuerzburg.
March 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM