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pwashlab.bsky.social
@pwashlab.bsky.social
UO Professor studying social behavior and the circuits that drive it
Zebrafish sex as you have never seen it before. (Turn up the volume.)

If you want to work on the neurobiology behind this behavior as a postdoc, contact me.
September 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
A POSTDOCTORAL POSITION ON THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT: We are recruiting a postdoctoral fellow to work on a Neurobiology in Changing Ecosystems (NiCE) award from NSF and the Kavli Foundation (www.kavlifoundation.org/news/kavli-a...).
Kavli and NSF Announce New Grant Awards to Advance Neurobiology in…
An initiative to explore how nervous systems function and evolve in dynamic natural environments
www.kavlifoundation.org
September 19, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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The Kavli Foundation & #NSF announce four new NiCE grants to study how brains adapt to a changing world - linking genes, cells, behavior, and ecosystems.

From bees to bats to jellyfish, check out the 2025 awardees. Learn more here: http://bit.ly/4fYz8vK

#KavliNeuro #Neuroscience
Kavli and NSF Announce New Grant Awards to Advance Neurobiology in…
An initiative to explore how nervous systems function and evolve in dynamic natural environments
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September 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
We are honored to be selected for an award from the Neurobiology in Changing ecosystems (NiCE) program at NSF and the @kavlifoundation.org. Our research aims to understand the resilience of fish reproduction in the face of combined temperature rise and environmental contaminants. such as dioxins.
Kavli and NSF Announce New Grant Awards to Advance Neurobiology in…
An initiative to explore how nervous systems function and evolve in dynamic natural environments
www.kavlifoundation.org
September 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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The University of Oregon is searching for an Assistant Professor with a focus on Developmental Neuroscience. We are excited to have you come join us - apply!
Application information can be found at: careers.uoregon.edu/cw/en-us/job...
Current Opportunities | UO HR Website
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August 14, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Exciting news that we are conducting a faculty search for developmental neuroscience. Please consider applying if you are interested in how neuronal circuits are formed or maintained, and how they generate behavior.
careers.uoregon.edu/cw/en-us/job...
Current Opportunities | UO HR Website
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August 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Congrats to @stednitz.bsky.social and Andrew Lesak on their @currentbiology.bsky.social paper! They use HMM to identify two interaction states in #zebrafish: one visual for long-range interactions and one lateral line for quick, close interactions.

Free link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lCYh3QW8S...
June 4, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Happy to share some new work on social interactions of zebrafish: using Hidden Markov models, @stednitz.bsky.social and Andrew Leszak show that there are three states of social approach behavior, and they differ in their sensory components.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Coordinated social interaction states revealed by probabilistic modeling of zebrafish behavior
Stednitz and Lesak et al. apply probabilistic modeling to classify larval zebrafish social behavior and characterize the sensory underpinnings of distinct interaction types.
www.cell.com
June 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM