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Neurophysics Lab, University of Trento
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Interdisciplinary research lab, Center for Mind/Brain Sciences #CIMeC
PI: Albrecht Haase | #Neuroscience | #QuantumBiology | #Olfaction | #Vision | #Magnetoreception | #CalciumImaging | #Insects | #Honeybees | #UniTrento https://r.unitn.it/en/cimec/nphys
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Neurophysics Lab, University of Trento @neurophysicstn.bsky.social · 21d
Our Master's program is now open for applications. The Neurophysics lab is engaged in the FBN track: Fundamental Behavioural Neuroscience.
cimecunitrento.bsky.social CIMeC_UniTrento @cimecunitrento.bsky.social · 21d
Applications are open for the 2026/27 MSc in Cognitive Science at @cimecunitrento.bsky.social.

First-call deadline for non-EU applicants: 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟰, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲.
Apply now: corsi.unitn.it/en/cognitive...

#cimec_unitrento #neuroscience
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szymanikjakub.bsky.social
🚀 Hiring: Tenure Track Researcher at CiMeC,
UniTrento! 🧠💻

Field: #CompLing, #AI & Cognitive Modeling. Join an interdisciplinary hub (AI + Neuroscience + Psych) in beautiful Trentino! 🏔️✨

📅 Deadline: Feb 12, 12:00 CET
🔗 lavoraconnoi.unitn.it/bando-dr-val...

#AcademicJobs #NLP
January 14, 2026 at 9:53 AM
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tobiasackels.bsky.social
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 ⬇️
The research group “Sensory Dynamics and Behaviour” of Prof. Dr. Tobias Ackels at the Institute of Experimental Epilepsy and Cognition Research at the University Hospital Bonn invites applications for a position as: Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/d) The position is initially limited to three years (TV-L E13/100%), starting from April 2026 or as soon as possible.
February 1, 2026 at 8:46 PM
neurophysicstn.bsky.social
Our Master's program is now open for applications. The Neurophysics lab is engaged in the FBN track: Fundamental Behavioural Neuroscience.
cimecunitrento.bsky.social CIMeC_UniTrento @cimecunitrento.bsky.social · 21d
Applications are open for the 2026/27 MSc in Cognitive Science at @cimecunitrento.bsky.social.

First-call deadline for non-EU applicants: 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟰, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲.
Apply now: corsi.unitn.it/en/cognitive...

#cimec_unitrento #neuroscience
January 26, 2026 at 6:39 PM
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impvienna.bsky.social
Scientists around former IMP group leader David Keays (@lmumuenchen.bsky.social show that #pigeons detect magnetic fields through their inner ear. Their discovery was now published in the journal @science.org: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
More: www.imp.ac.at/news/article...
A global screen for magnetically induced neuronal activity in the pigeon brain
How animals detect the Earth’s magnetic field remains a mystery in sensory biology. Despite extensive behavioral evidence, the neural circuitry and molecular mechanisms responsible for magnetic sensin...
www.science.org
November 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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mishaahrens.bsky.social
Preprint -
Excited to present WHOLISTIC, which extends the concept of whole-brain functional imaging to the entire body. Pioneering work by incredibly talented Virginia Ruetten @vmsruetten.bsky.social, this platform reveals whole-organism cellular dynamics in vivo.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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neurophysicstn.bsky.social
PhD position in Magnetoreception Research!🐝🧠🔬
📍 Center for Mind/Brain Sciences #cimec_unitreno, University of Trento #unitrento, Italy
Reception🦟,Neural processing🧠🔬,Behaviour🌀
🌐 Apply: phd.unitn.it/drcimec/116/...
📅 Deadline: June 5, 2025
📩 Contact: albrecht.haase@unitn.it
🌍 Please spread the word!
May 9, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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fly-broadcast.bsky.social
Control of odor sensation by light and cryptochrome in the Drosophila antenna
#Drosophila
Control of odor sensation by light and cryptochrome in the Drosophila antenna #Drosophila
PubMed link
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
May 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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cellpress.bsky.social
"Weak anthropogenic electric fields affect honeybee foraging" http://dlvr.it/TKvZJt

@bristoluni.bsky.social @victoriamallinson.bsky.social‪, Fraser Woodburn, & Liam O’Reilly
@cp-iscience.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
neurophysicstn.bsky.social
🐝 Happy World Bee Day, everyone! 🐝

RAI Leonardo showed on this occasion a short feature (in Italian) about our recent publication on imaging the brain of honey bees during sleep:

www.rainews.it/tgr/rubriche...

Min. 4:45

@cimecunitrento.bsky.social

#Honeybees #Neuroscience #Sleep
Puntata del 20/05/2025 ore 14:50 | TGR Leonardo, Rubrica del TGR
TGR Leonardo. Leonardo è un telegiornale tematico, un'esperienza unica in Europa che coniuga l'attenzione all'attualità del quotidiano con il rigore della documentazione e dell'approfondimento. Tra gl...
www.rainews.it
May 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
neurophysicstn.bsky.social
#Calcium_imaging in sleeping #bees: Antennal lobe neurons synchronise stronger during #sleep, likely due to reduced GABAergic coupling. #SNN simulations show reduced #odour processing, similar to human sleep: doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
Thanks to all collaborators at #CIMeC, e.g. @urihasson.bsky.social
May 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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cimecunitrento.bsky.social
Researchers at CIMeC UniTrento have observed brain activity in sleeping #bees🐝
The study reveals striking similarities with human sleep and offers insight into pollinator health and memory.
🛈 pressroom.unitn.it/comunicato-stampa/sleep-bees-so-human
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@urihasson.bsky.social
The sleep of bees. So human
May 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
neurophysicstn.bsky.social
PhD position in Magnetoreception Research!🐝🧠🔬
📍 Center for Mind/Brain Sciences #cimec_unitreno, University of Trento #unitrento, Italy
Reception🦟,Neural processing🧠🔬,Behaviour🌀
🌐 Apply: phd.unitn.it/drcimec/116/...
📅 Deadline: June 5, 2025
📩 Contact: albrecht.haase@unitn.it
🌍 Please spread the word!
May 9, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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carlesbosch.bsky.social
#preprint:

We mapped the structure and function of olfactory bulb circuits with in vivo 2-photon microscopy and synchrotron #Xray holographic nanotomography.

doi.org/10.1101/2025...

@yuxinzhang.bsky.social @andreas-t-schaefer.bsky.social @apacureanu.bsky.social
@crick.ac.uk @esrf.fr
May 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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nithecs.bsky.social
NITheCS Mini-school: 'An Introduction to Quantum Biology' by Dr Betony Adams (Stellenbosch University). Attend 4 lectures online – taking place on Wed 7, 14, 21 & 28 May 2025 @ 14h00-15h00 SAST. buff.ly/itI4ok9
#quantum #biology #quantumbiology #iyq2025
April 23, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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dmattw.bsky.social
Glad to share this review of odor concentrations in nature versus experiments, just out in J Neurosci. Spoiler: they are far apart. We discuss implications for olfactory neuroscience and welcome debate. With @neuroboz.bsky.social @dewanlab.bsky.social, Betty Hong. www.jneurosci.org/content/45/1...
Comparison of odorant concentrations in experimental studies, headspace of natural sources, and detection thresholds in rodents.
March 10, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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silkesachse.bsky.social
Dear colleagues fascinated by olfaction and taste! 👃🏾👅
We are happy to announce that the registration has started for the upcoming ESITO 2025 meeting taking place September 19-24, 2025 in Sardinia, Italy.
Please register and submit your abstract here: events.gwdg.de/e/esito2025
Deadline: July 1st!
Beach at Hotel Cormoran in Sardinia, Italy.
April 17, 2025 at 6:36 AM
neurophysicstn.bsky.social
Open call for papers on #Olfaction and #Taste covering the full spectrum of these research areas.
Deadline for submissions: 22 July 2025
Edited by @paulfeinstein-phd.bsky.social, Massimiliano Zampini, and myself.
Please spread the word. @natureportfolio.nature.com
www.nature.com/collections/...
Olfaction and taste
This Collection welcomes original research articles that investigate the senses of olfaction and taste. Animal studies as well as clinical studies that report ...
www.nature.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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mpi-ce.bsky.social
Alcohol makes male fruit flies sexier! New study from Ian Keesey, Bill Hansson et al. in Science Advances shows that alcohol boosts sex pheromone production in male D. melanogaster, making them more attractive to females. But too much is a turnoff!
www.ice.mpg.de/493119/PR_Ke...
Alcohol makes male flies sexy
Alcohol consumption has a direct and positive effect on the mating success of male fruit flies. This effect is due to the increased production of sex pheromones after alcohol consumption: males who ha...
www.ice.mpg.de
April 2, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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cimecunitrento.bsky.social
📢 CIMeC is now on BlueSky!

From now on, we’ll be sharing updates from our Center for Mind/Brain Sciences, including research highlights, academic activities, events, and much more!

🔗 www.cimec.unitn.it

#neuroscience #cognitivescience #unitrento #cimec_unitreno
Welcome to the official profile of our Centre for Mind/Brain Sciences - University of Trento (Italy).
March 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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larschittka.bsky.social
New Primer on Bumblebees now out in Current Biology (with Guillaume Ghisbain & Denis Michez):
www.cell.com/current-biol...
March 26, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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www.nature.com/collections/...

@achems.bsky.social @olfalabs.bsky.social
Olfaction and taste
This Collection welcomes original research articles that investigate the senses of olfaction and taste. Animal studies as well as clinical studies that report ...
www.nature.com
January 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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annikapeter.bsky.social
❗️Symposium for Early Career Researchers working on Magnetoreception and/or Navigation in Animals, 19.-21.11.2025 in Hamburg, Germany❗️
Are you interested in joining us? As part of the Organizing Team, I will happily answer your questions and hope to see you there!
@sfb1372.bsky.social
sfb1372.bsky.social SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · Mar 13
Save the date for our 2nd international conference for early career researchers on Magnetoreception and Navigation in Animals, 19-21.11.2025 in Hamburg. Abstract submission: 7.4. to 30.6., Registration: 1.7.-30.9. www.sfb1372.de/young-resear...
March 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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kristinandrews.bsky.social
@jeffsebo.bsky.social @birchlse.bsky.social and I put a lot of philosophy into our new Science Perspective on animal consciousness. Mill's analogical argument + inference to the best explanation + careful experiments = justification for consciousness in many animals. Where might it end?
Evaluating animal consciousness
An emerging field shows how animal feelings can be studied scientifically
www.science.org
February 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Save the date!

CogEvo 2025 - Rovereto Workshop on #cognition and #evolution

16 July 2025
18 July 2025
Palazzo Piomarta - Corso Bettini 84, Rovereto, Italy

https://webmagazine.unitn.it/en/evento/cimec/123193/cogevo-2025-rovereto-workshop-on-cognition-and-evolution

#neuroscience
CogEvo 2025 - Rovereto Workshop on Cognition and Evolution
16 Luglio 2025: Lectio Magistralis per la cittadinanza (in italiano) Ore 17:30 Relatore: Prof. Gianvito Martino, Direttore Scientifico del San Raffaele di Milano Titolo: Cosa è la vita: dal simbionte al cyborg Il Prof. Martino esplorerà come le nuove tecnologie stanno trasformando la nostra comprensione della vita, analizzando il passaggio dall'essere umano biologico al concetto di "cyborg". Verranno affrontate questioni chiave sulle interazioni tra uomo e macchina e le implicazioni filosofiche, etiche e sociali di un mondo sempre più tecnologico. Accesso libero, sino ad esaurimento di posti.
webmagazine.unitn.it
February 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
neurophysicstn.bsky.social
Please support and spread this appeal by Senator Elena Cattaneo to the Italian Senate on the future of Italian research funding: www.scienzainrete.it/articolo/app...
Un appello per il futuro dell’Italia: sostenere la ricerca scientifica
La ricerca scientifica rappresenta un elemento strategico per lo sviluppo economico e sociale del nostro Paese. Tuttavia, la ricerca pubblica in Italia continua a soffrire di risorse limitate e spesso...
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February 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM