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The registration for the NeuroDoWo 2026 will open on February 15th🧠
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February 11, 2026 at 6:52 PM
The registration for the NeuroDoWo 2026 will open on February 15th🧠
While you wait, you can check out our program on the website🔍
👉🏼Link in bio
We hope to see you soon!
Stay tuned for more details👀
Suported by @biologists.bsky.social, @neurowissg.bsky.social and @dzg-neurobiology.bsky.social
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Stay tuned for more details👀
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All of the Reviews and Commentaries in our new Special Issue, Sensory Perception in a Changing World, are available for FREE!
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February 11, 2026 at 1:47 PM
All of the Reviews and Commentaries in our new Special Issue, Sensory Perception in a Changing World, are available for FREE!
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I am proud to present our recent #neuroethology paper on #magnetoreception in #ants today on the #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience where all authors are #WomenInSTEM @chiaratenne.bsky.social 🤩👩🔬🧪🧠🐜🧭
Thanks to @sfb1372.bsky.social for featuring our research in a video 🤩 doi.org/10.1007/s003...
Thanks to @sfb1372.bsky.social for featuring our research in a video 🤩 doi.org/10.1007/s003...
February 11, 2026 at 7:40 AM
I am proud to present our recent #neuroethology paper on #magnetoreception in #ants today on the #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience where all authors are #WomenInSTEM @chiaratenne.bsky.social 🤩👩🔬🧪🧠🐜🧭
Thanks to @sfb1372.bsky.social for featuring our research in a video 🤩 doi.org/10.1007/s003...
Thanks to @sfb1372.bsky.social for featuring our research in a video 🤩 doi.org/10.1007/s003...
Today is #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience 💜👩🔬🧪🧠🧫🔬 #WomenInSTEM #Neuroethology
Check out the #Unesco virtual museum about #Women in #Science ↘️ www.unesco.org/en/virtual-s... ↙️
Feel free to post interesting facts about women researchers and link women neuroethologists below 👇
Check out the #Unesco virtual museum about #Women in #Science ↘️ www.unesco.org/en/virtual-s... ↙️
Feel free to post interesting facts about women researchers and link women neuroethologists below 👇
Women in Science
A Journey Through the Discoveries and Challenges of Women Scientists Across History and the World
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February 11, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Today is #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience 💜👩🔬🧪🧠🧫🔬 #WomenInSTEM #Neuroethology
Check out the #Unesco virtual museum about #Women in #Science ↘️ www.unesco.org/en/virtual-s... ↙️
Feel free to post interesting facts about women researchers and link women neuroethologists below 👇
Check out the #Unesco virtual museum about #Women in #Science ↘️ www.unesco.org/en/virtual-s... ↙️
Feel free to post interesting facts about women researchers and link women neuroethologists below 👇
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A new theme issue of #PhilTransB examines the mechanisms of learning from social interaction. Read articles for free: buff.ly/K8v43YM
February 5, 2026 at 2:19 PM
A new theme issue of #PhilTransB examines the mechanisms of learning from social interaction. Read articles for free: buff.ly/K8v43YM
🚨 Recent study in @pnas.org by Jiang et al. @yukoulrich.bsky.social from @mpi-ce.bsky.social shows that "Oxidizing pollutants can disrupt nestmate recognition in ants" 🐜🧪 ↘️ doi.org/10.1073/pnas... ↙️ #ozone #ants #nestmaterecognition
Oxidizing pollutants can disrupt nestmate recognition in ants | PNAS
Eusocial hymenoptera recognize nestmates based on colony-specific profiles of cuticular
hydrocarbons (CHCs). While these profiles contain a variety...
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February 10, 2026 at 9:16 AM
🚨 Recent study in @pnas.org by Jiang et al. @yukoulrich.bsky.social from @mpi-ce.bsky.social shows that "Oxidizing pollutants can disrupt nestmate recognition in ants" 🐜🧪 ↘️ doi.org/10.1073/pnas... ↙️ #ozone #ants #nestmaterecognition
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Jellyfish and sea anemones show sleep patterns similar to humans, reports @natcomms.nature.com. Study suggests sleep may have evolved early to help repair DNA damage from wakefulness: spklr.io/63326DuMNn
#AnimalBehaviour #Neuroskyence
#AnimalBehaviour #Neuroskyence
February 6, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Jellyfish and sea anemones show sleep patterns similar to humans, reports @natcomms.nature.com. Study suggests sleep may have evolved early to help repair DNA damage from wakefulness: spklr.io/63326DuMNn
#AnimalBehaviour #Neuroskyence
#AnimalBehaviour #Neuroskyence
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These ultra-fine structures shown at 30X magnification are the reason why geckos can adhere to most surfaces, using Van der Waals force.
The power of hairy lizard toes!
(🔬: Power & Syred, SciencePhotoLibrary)
The power of hairy lizard toes!
(🔬: Power & Syred, SciencePhotoLibrary)
February 6, 2026 at 5:14 PM
These ultra-fine structures shown at 30X magnification are the reason why geckos can adhere to most surfaces, using Van der Waals force.
The power of hairy lizard toes!
(🔬: Power & Syred, SciencePhotoLibrary)
The power of hairy lizard toes!
(🔬: Power & Syred, SciencePhotoLibrary)
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A new theme issue of #PhilTransB examines the mechanisms of learning from social interaction. Read articles for free: buff.ly/K8v43YM
February 6, 2026 at 9:30 PM
A new theme issue of #PhilTransB examines the mechanisms of learning from social interaction. Read articles for free: buff.ly/K8v43YM
Interesting review on plant-pollinator interaction. Many insects show flower constancy, i.e., visiting one flower species for the whole foraging trip. @chrisleduck.bsky.social reviews pros and cons for this strategy and also for inconstancy. royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
Flower constancy in pollinators: a bouquet of agendas shapes interactions among mutualistic partners
Abstract. Plant–pollinator interactions have become a major research area because of their impact on key ecosystem services. One pollinator behaviour of pa
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February 6, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Interesting review on plant-pollinator interaction. Many insects show flower constancy, i.e., visiting one flower species for the whole foraging trip. @chrisleduck.bsky.social reviews pros and cons for this strategy and also for inconstancy. royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
It is not only about "reward" or "punishment" when insects learn. A new study @royalsocietypublishing.org shows that Drosophila larvae learn relative values to a set of odors, i.e., less or more rewarding than other odors. royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
Relative value learning in Drosophila melanogaster larvae
Abstract. The ability to learn from past experiences to inform future decision making is crucial for humans and animals alike. One question with important
royalsocietypublishing.org
February 6, 2026 at 8:43 PM
It is not only about "reward" or "punishment" when insects learn. A new study @royalsocietypublishing.org shows that Drosophila larvae learn relative values to a set of odors, i.e., less or more rewarding than other odors. royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
New data suggest that voluntary movements of honeybee antennae may reflect active sensing analogous to sniffing in mammals. @jexpbiol.bsky.social @chrisjernigan.bsky.social 🐝
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Active sensing: Different plume structures affect movements of antennae in honey bees (Apis mellifera)
Insects move their antennae to actively sense their environment. Regarding olfaction, it is not clear how these movements might be optimized for sampling the odor environment. Honey bees have movable ...
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February 6, 2026 at 1:24 PM
New data suggest that voluntary movements of honeybee antennae may reflect active sensing analogous to sniffing in mammals. @jexpbiol.bsky.social @chrisjernigan.bsky.social 🐝
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Echolocation-based detection of targets becomes complex in cluttered environments. A behavioral study @jexpbiol.bsky.social shows how bats adjust sonar beam and call pattern when azimuthal positions of targets unpredictably change. 🦇 journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Biosonar dynamics and spatial attention in an unpredictable virtual localization task
Echolocating big brown bats hunt insects flying along unpredictable paths in front of vegetation. We conducted three psychophysical experiments to investigate how these bats alter their spatial attent...
journals.biologists.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Echolocation-based detection of targets becomes complex in cluttered environments. A behavioral study @jexpbiol.bsky.social shows how bats adjust sonar beam and call pattern when azimuthal positions of targets unpredictably change. 🦇 journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
New study shows that Cataglyphis hellenica 🐜 learns a nest direction by using a magnetic compass 🧲🧭. Demonstrating that a magnetic compass is widespread in Cataglyphis ants. @chiaratenne.bsky.social @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Magnetoreception in Cataglyphis hellenica ants - Journal of Comparative Physiology A
Magnetoreception is the ability of animals to detect and use the geomagnetic field (GMF) for spatial orientation. Cataglyphis ants are experimental models for insect navigation and magnetoreception. A...
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February 6, 2026 at 1:08 PM
New study shows that Cataglyphis hellenica 🐜 learns a nest direction by using a magnetic compass 🧲🧭. Demonstrating that a magnetic compass is widespread in Cataglyphis ants. @chiaratenne.bsky.social @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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This #MeetASAB features Madam President herself: Melissa Bateson (@melissabateson.bsky.social)
Melissa was elected as ASAB president in 2024. In the past, she has also been on council as grants secretary and as an ordinary member. She has been an ASAB member since she was a PhD in the 90s… 1/6
Melissa was elected as ASAB president in 2024. In the past, she has also been on council as grants secretary and as an ordinary member. She has been an ASAB member since she was a PhD in the 90s… 1/6
February 5, 2026 at 7:58 PM
This #MeetASAB features Madam President herself: Melissa Bateson (@melissabateson.bsky.social)
Melissa was elected as ASAB president in 2024. In the past, she has also been on council as grants secretary and as an ordinary member. She has been an ASAB member since she was a PhD in the 90s… 1/6
Melissa was elected as ASAB president in 2024. In the past, she has also been on council as grants secretary and as an ordinary member. She has been an ASAB member since she was a PhD in the 90s… 1/6
Shedding light on the neural correlate of electrosensitivity in insects. Neural recordings from sensory pits on the cuticle of planthopper nymphs revealed electrosensitvity to electric fields less than 1kV/m. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Electrosensitivity in planthoppers (Insecta: Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoromorpha) - Journal of Comparative Physiology A
Extracellular recordings from the sensory pits, conspicuous sensory organs on the cuticle of planthopper nymphs (suborder Fulgoromorpha), were performed. No responses to sound, ultrasound, direct mech...
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February 5, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Shedding light on the neural correlate of electrosensitivity in insects. Neural recordings from sensory pits on the cuticle of planthopper nymphs revealed electrosensitvity to electric fields less than 1kV/m. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Sleep-like states occur across the animal kingdom. A study @currentbiology.bsky.social describes 3 distinct sleep states based on inactivity duration criteria in 🪰💤. Ultradian oscillations of fly sleep states were reminiscent of mammalian sleep cycles. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Recognition of distinct sleep states in Drosophila uncovers previously obscured homeostatic and circadian control of sleep
Understanding the mechanisms underlying homeostatic sleep regulation is a central, unmet goal of sleep science. Our comprehension of such regulation i…
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February 5, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Sleep-like states occur across the animal kingdom. A study @currentbiology.bsky.social describes 3 distinct sleep states based on inactivity duration criteria in 🪰💤. Ultradian oscillations of fly sleep states were reminiscent of mammalian sleep cycles. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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More exciting updates linked to AD and place cell patterns:
An updated version of the following paper is now available on bioRxiv:
Early spatial and contextual coding deficits in hippocampal CA1 precede performance decline in an Alzheimer's disease model.
Yimei Li, Mary Ann Go, Hualong Zhang, Simon R Schultz.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Early spatial and contextual coding deficits in hippocampal CA1 precede performance decline in an Alzheimer's disease model.
Yimei Li, Mary Ann Go, Hualong Zhang, Simon R Schultz.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
February 4, 2026 at 9:57 AM
More exciting updates linked to AD and place cell patterns:
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Excited to share my first PhD preprint! w/ Sören Kannegieser and @anna-stoeckl.bsky.social @insect-vision.bsky.social
We investigated how hawkmoths coordinate lateralized sensory and motor control for appendage guidance, revealing similar control principles to vertebrates doi.org/10.64898/202...
We investigated how hawkmoths coordinate lateralized sensory and motor control for appendage guidance, revealing similar control principles to vertebrates doi.org/10.64898/202...
February 2, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Excited to share my first PhD preprint! w/ Sören Kannegieser and @anna-stoeckl.bsky.social @insect-vision.bsky.social
We investigated how hawkmoths coordinate lateralized sensory and motor control for appendage guidance, revealing similar control principles to vertebrates doi.org/10.64898/202...
We investigated how hawkmoths coordinate lateralized sensory and motor control for appendage guidance, revealing similar control principles to vertebrates doi.org/10.64898/202...
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Dinomyrmex gigas, the giant forest ant (large workers are ca. 28mm) dissolves territorial disputes with other colonies via a ritualized behavior called “front leg boxing”. This allows the ants to maintain territorial boundaries while avoiding escalated conflict. Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.
February 3, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Dinomyrmex gigas, the giant forest ant (large workers are ca. 28mm) dissolves territorial disputes with other colonies via a ritualized behavior called “front leg boxing”. This allows the ants to maintain territorial boundaries while avoiding escalated conflict. Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.
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Latest issue is out!
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Rather than a charismatic cow, this time we feature a cryptic beauty & unsung hero —the detritivore— vital for soil-related ecosystem function.
An orange springtail, devouring detritus in its native edaphic habitat. 👉 www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Rather than a charismatic cow, this time we feature a cryptic beauty & unsung hero —the detritivore— vital for soil-related ecosystem function.
An orange springtail, devouring detritus in its native edaphic habitat. 👉 www.cell.com/current-biol...
February 3, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Latest issue is out!
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Rather than a charismatic cow, this time we feature a cryptic beauty & unsung hero —the detritivore— vital for soil-related ecosystem function.
An orange springtail, devouring detritus in its native edaphic habitat. 👉 www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Rather than a charismatic cow, this time we feature a cryptic beauty & unsung hero —the detritivore— vital for soil-related ecosystem function.
An orange springtail, devouring detritus in its native edaphic habitat. 👉 www.cell.com/current-biol...
Memory consolidates during resting periods 💤. Place cells replay activity that occurred during exploration. @caswell.bsky.social shows that replay events are disrupted in alzheimer's mouse models linked to reduced 🗺️ stabilization. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@currentbiology.bsky.social
@currentbiology.bsky.social
Disrupted hippocampal replay is associated with reduced offline map stabilization in an Alzheimer’s mouse model
Alzheimer’s disease is characterized by progressive memory decline associated with hippocampal degeneration. However, the specific physiological mecha…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Memory consolidates during resting periods 💤. Place cells replay activity that occurred during exploration. @caswell.bsky.social shows that replay events are disrupted in alzheimer's mouse models linked to reduced 🗺️ stabilization. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@currentbiology.bsky.social
@currentbiology.bsky.social
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scrub-jays overcome visual limitations kind of like we do:
- rotate your head to see behind you
- move your eyes for narrow focus
- change your elevation to see over obstructions
how do these relate to habitat-specific predation strategies?
royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/article...
🧪🌎🪶 #corvids
- rotate your head to see behind you
- move your eyes for narrow focus
- change your elevation to see over obstructions
how do these relate to habitat-specific predation strategies?
royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/article...
🧪🌎🪶 #corvids
February 2, 2026 at 10:15 AM
scrub-jays overcome visual limitations kind of like we do:
- rotate your head to see behind you
- move your eyes for narrow focus
- change your elevation to see over obstructions
how do these relate to habitat-specific predation strategies?
royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/article...
🧪🌎🪶 #corvids
- rotate your head to see behind you
- move your eyes for narrow focus
- change your elevation to see over obstructions
how do these relate to habitat-specific predation strategies?
royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/article...
🧪🌎🪶 #corvids
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Postdoc position in systems neuroscience!
Excited to recruit a postdoc for my lab at the University of Bonn.
🔬 In vivo physiology (Neuropixels, 2P/miniscope)
🐭 Head-fixed & freely moving behaviour
💡 Optogenetics/chemogenetics
⏳ Start: ASAP | Application deadline: 28.02.2026
More info below ⬇️
Excited to recruit a postdoc for my lab at the University of Bonn.
🔬 In vivo physiology (Neuropixels, 2P/miniscope)
🐭 Head-fixed & freely moving behaviour
💡 Optogenetics/chemogenetics
⏳ Start: ASAP | Application deadline: 28.02.2026
More info below ⬇️
February 1, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Postdoc position in systems neuroscience!
Excited to recruit a postdoc for my lab at the University of Bonn.
🔬 In vivo physiology (Neuropixels, 2P/miniscope)
🐭 Head-fixed & freely moving behaviour
💡 Optogenetics/chemogenetics
⏳ Start: ASAP | Application deadline: 28.02.2026
More info below ⬇️
Excited to recruit a postdoc for my lab at the University of Bonn.
🔬 In vivo physiology (Neuropixels, 2P/miniscope)
🐭 Head-fixed & freely moving behaviour
💡 Optogenetics/chemogenetics
⏳ Start: ASAP | Application deadline: 28.02.2026
More info below ⬇️
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Still time to apply and register! www.grc.org/the-neurosci...
2026 The Neuroscience of Social Behaviors Conference GRC
The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on The Neuroscience of Social Behaviors will be held in Pomona, California. Apply today to reserve your spot.
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January 17, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Still time to apply and register! www.grc.org/the-neurosci...