Christian Drerup
@christiandrerup.com
Postdoctoral Research Associate at @insectneurolab.bsky.social at @durham-university.bsky.social 🇬🇧🇩🇪 Interested in #Behaviour, #SensoryEcology, #Physiology & #Cognition of Invertebrates 🦑🐙🦟🦋🦀🦐
🔗 https://christiandrerup.com
🔗 https://christiandrerup.com
🚨Our new paper is out NOW in @jexpbiol.bsky.social 👀 Here we show that cuttlefish use visual contrast cues to inform their 3D camouflage, but these contrast cues can derive from true background features as well as exposure to dynamic lighting patterns. 🦑🔆
🔗 doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
🔗 doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
August 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
🚨Our new paper is out NOW in @jexpbiol.bsky.social 👀 Here we show that cuttlefish use visual contrast cues to inform their 3D camouflage, but these contrast cues can derive from true background features as well as exposure to dynamic lighting patterns. 🦑🔆
🔗 doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
🔗 doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
🚨New paper alert! If you want to know more about #trumpetfish and how their colours affect the behaviour of their prey, check out our new paper in @behavecol.bsky.social #BehavioralEcology.
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🔴New #trumpetfish content!🔴 This species is colour #polymorphic so we dove (pun intended) into how the relative abundance and saliency of each morph influences the #behaviour of their prey. Find out more via the link below! 🎺🐠
🔗 tinyurl.com/39vn5skp #behavioralecology
🔗 tinyurl.com/39vn5skp #behavioralecology
Antagonistic effects of predator color morph abundance and saliency on prey anti-predator responses
Predators can have different color morphs, but whether morph abundance or saliency is more influential in shaping antipredator behavior in prey remains unc
tinyurl.com
July 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🚨New paper alert! If you want to know more about #trumpetfish and how their colours affect the behaviour of their prey, check out our new paper in @behavecol.bsky.social #BehavioralEcology.
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🚨 New paper alert! 👀 In our new opinion piece in TREE @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social, we propose #cephalopods as model systems to investigate the link between tactical #deception and #cognition in animals 🐙🦑🪄✨🧠
Read the paper here:
🔗 www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
Read the paper here:
🔗 www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
Tactical deception in cephalopods: a new framework for understanding cognition
Many animals rely on deception, including signalling misinformation, to gain advantages
over others. While many deceptive strategies rely on deterministic patterns or conditioning,
some taxa can flexi...
www.cell.com
May 27, 2025 at 10:42 AM
🚨 New paper alert! 👀 In our new opinion piece in TREE @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social, we propose #cephalopods as model systems to investigate the link between tactical #deception and #cognition in animals 🐙🦑🪄✨🧠
Read the paper here:
🔗 www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
Read the paper here:
🔗 www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
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🚨Our new paper is out NOW in @ecol-evol.bsky.social 👀 Here we show that prior exposure to dynamic illumination can have a persisting effect on the visual perception of 🦀, reducing their ability to detect predators even after the dynamic illumination has ended.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Motion After‐Effects Induced by Dynamic Illumination in Crab Vision
While in humans, background motion can disrupt the detection of visual cues even after the moving background component has ceased, it remains unknown whether natural forms of background motion might ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 12, 2025 at 9:59 AM
🚨Our new paper is out NOW in @ecol-evol.bsky.social 👀 Here we show that prior exposure to dynamic illumination can have a persisting effect on the visual perception of 🦀, reducing their ability to detect predators even after the dynamic illumination has ended.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
🚨Our new paper is out NOW in @ecol-evol.bsky.social 👀 Here we show that prior exposure to dynamic illumination can have a persisting effect on the visual perception of 🦀, reducing their ability to detect predators even after the dynamic illumination has ended.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Motion After‐Effects Induced by Dynamic Illumination in Crab Vision
While in humans, background motion can disrupt the detection of visual cues even after the moving background component has ceased, it remains unknown whether natural forms of background motion might ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 12, 2025 at 9:59 AM
🚨Our new paper is out NOW in @ecol-evol.bsky.social 👀 Here we show that prior exposure to dynamic illumination can have a persisting effect on the visual perception of 🦀, reducing their ability to detect predators even after the dynamic illumination has ended.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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In our latest paper, we describe how the passing-stripe hunting display of the broadclub cuttlefish camouflages the hunting predator during the final moments of the attack.
Read more here www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@drmartinjhow.bsky.social @jtroscianko.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
Read more here www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@drmartinjhow.bsky.social @jtroscianko.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
In our latest paper, we describe how the passing-stripe hunting display of the broadclub cuttlefish camouflages the hunting predator during the final moments of the attack.
Read more here www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@drmartinjhow.bsky.social @jtroscianko.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
Read more here www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@drmartinjhow.bsky.social @jtroscianko.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
Big thanks to @biologists.bsky.social for organising the amazing #biologists100 conference in #Liverpool and giving me the opportunity to present my work on the effect of background motion on animal visual systems. 🙏
March 27, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Big thanks to @biologists.bsky.social for organising the amazing #biologists100 conference in #Liverpool and giving me the opportunity to present my work on the effect of background motion on animal visual systems. 🙏
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Merry #MolluscMonday - here are some Sepioteuthis australis attempting to mate at the Rainbow Reef in Fiji - thanks @christiandrerup.com for the id and explanation 🦑 youtu.be/9qf4H49IRSI?...
Squid Sepioteuthis australis attempting to mate in Viani Bay, Fiji
YouTube video by Emily Mitchell
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March 10, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Merry #MolluscMonday - here are some Sepioteuthis australis attempting to mate at the Rainbow Reef in Fiji - thanks @christiandrerup.com for the id and explanation 🦑 youtu.be/9qf4H49IRSI?...
I'm thrilled to announce that I've started a Postdoctoral Research Associate position at @insectneurolab.bsky.social @durham-university.bsky.social this week, working with @lenariab.bsky.social on behavioural and physiological adaptations in mosquito pupae. In summary, I'll be working on 🦟🚱🦟👁️👃➡️💧?
March 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I'm thrilled to announce that I've started a Postdoctoral Research Associate position at @insectneurolab.bsky.social @durham-university.bsky.social this week, working with @lenariab.bsky.social on behavioural and physiological adaptations in mosquito pupae. In summary, I'll be working on 🦟🚱🦟👁️👃➡️💧?
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Reminder that there's one week left to apply for this job. Please pass on the information to anyone who might be interested!
Job Alert! New postdoc position in our lab investigating cognitive biases in wild bumblebees. Thanks to Wild Animal Initiative for the funding.
Position for 31 months. Deadline: December 9th. Please apply/boost
#PostdocJob #AcademicJobs #Bees
jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...
Position for 31 months. Deadline: December 9th. Please apply/boost
#PostdocJob #AcademicJobs #Bees
jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...
December 2, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Reminder that there's one week left to apply for this job. Please pass on the information to anyone who might be interested!
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I made the Insect Sensory Neuro starter pack - let me know in the comments if you'd like to be added! (and also I'm sure I missed tons of people - tag them in!)
go.bsky.app/JW7c5LN
go.bsky.app/JW7c5LN
December 1, 2024 at 11:06 PM
I made the Insect Sensory Neuro starter pack - let me know in the comments if you'd like to be added! (and also I'm sure I missed tons of people - tag them in!)
go.bsky.app/JW7c5LN
go.bsky.app/JW7c5LN
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Is #MolluscMonday a thing? Here is some type of Sepiolida (Bobtail Squid) from Anilao in the Philippines. One of the best things about night dives in the tropics is finding these little ones.
#MarineLife #Inverts
#MarineLife #Inverts
November 25, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Is #MolluscMonday a thing? Here is some type of Sepiolida (Bobtail Squid) from Anilao in the Philippines. One of the best things about night dives in the tropics is finding these little ones.
#MarineLife #Inverts
#MarineLife #Inverts
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Lots of great sounding PhD projects available from the NERC GW4+ DTP: www.nercgw4plus.ac.uk
Including (a very flexible) one with us on the role of brain and behavioural adaptation, and hybrid disruption, in speciation: www.nercgw4plus.ac.uk/projects-202...
🧪 #evolution #behaviour
Including (a very flexible) one with us on the role of brain and behavioural adaptation, and hybrid disruption, in speciation: www.nercgw4plus.ac.uk/projects-202...
🧪 #evolution #behaviour
November 25, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Lots of great sounding PhD projects available from the NERC GW4+ DTP: www.nercgw4plus.ac.uk
Including (a very flexible) one with us on the role of brain and behavioural adaptation, and hybrid disruption, in speciation: www.nercgw4plus.ac.uk/projects-202...
🧪 #evolution #behaviour
Including (a very flexible) one with us on the role of brain and behavioural adaptation, and hybrid disruption, in speciation: www.nercgw4plus.ac.uk/projects-202...
🧪 #evolution #behaviour
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Merry fishmas from the MBE group! 🐟
November 22, 2024 at 7:39 PM
Merry fishmas from the MBE group! 🐟
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Let's try to fill this starter pack with people involved in cephalopod research! 🦑🐙
Please share and let me know if you want to be added! 💪
Please share and let me know if you want to be added! 💪
November 19, 2024 at 11:10 AM
Let's try to fill this starter pack with people involved in cephalopod research! 🦑🐙
Please share and let me know if you want to be added! 💪
Please share and let me know if you want to be added! 💪
It's #Nudivember so please enjoy these #nudibranch pictures I took over the last couple of years. For more nudibranch (and other marine creatures) images, check out my underwater pictures at 🔗 christiandrerup.com/photography/
November 19, 2024 at 2:41 PM
It's #Nudivember so please enjoy these #nudibranch pictures I took over the last couple of years. For more nudibranch (and other marine creatures) images, check out my underwater pictures at 🔗 christiandrerup.com/photography/
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Announcing a new open access textbook for entry level behavioral neuro. Funded by NSF. Written by a collection of 26 neuro experts. Method demonstration videos and author interviews too. Consider using it in your courses to reduce financial barriers to education.
openstax.org/details/book...
openstax.org/details/book...
November 19, 2024 at 12:14 PM
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Let's try to fill this starter pack with people involved in cephalopod research! 🦑🐙
Please share and let me know if you want to be added! 💪
Please share and let me know if you want to be added! 💪
November 19, 2024 at 11:10 AM
Let's try to fill this starter pack with people involved in cephalopod research! 🦑🐙
Please share and let me know if you want to be added! 💪
Please share and let me know if you want to be added! 💪
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We are advertising a funded PhD project to work on bumblebees and their brains! If you are a non-UK applicant, please get in touch with me by the **6th of December** with your CV and Cover/Motivation letter.
iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships...
iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships...
Brain evolution and comparative anatomy across bumblebee species
iapetus2.ac.uk
November 15, 2024 at 4:53 PM
We are advertising a funded PhD project to work on bumblebees and their brains! If you are a non-UK applicant, please get in touch with me by the **6th of December** with your CV and Cover/Motivation letter.
iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships...
iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships...
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Please re-post: I have a postdoc position open! Helsinki is great and working environment is fantastic! #colours #polymorphism #behavior #experiments #lepidoptera jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
Postdoctoral Researcher in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Postdoctoral Researcher in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
jobs.helsinki.fi
November 8, 2024 at 7:03 AM
Please re-post: I have a postdoc position open! Helsinki is great and working environment is fantastic! #colours #polymorphism #behavior #experiments #lepidoptera jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
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Inspired by @hleisthen.bsky.social and @denizhanpak.bsky.social I've put together a starter pack for neuroethology (broadly defined). Follow these people if you're interested in learning about the mechanisms underlying animal behaviour.
Suggestions welcome!
go.bsky.app/T5JTFzE
Suggestions welcome!
go.bsky.app/T5JTFzE
November 12, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Inspired by @hleisthen.bsky.social and @denizhanpak.bsky.social I've put together a starter pack for neuroethology (broadly defined). Follow these people if you're interested in learning about the mechanisms underlying animal behaviour.
Suggestions welcome!
go.bsky.app/T5JTFzE
Suggestions welcome!
go.bsky.app/T5JTFzE
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Check out our recent paper in Current Biology! 👇Here we provide the first direct evidence of how a predator - the trumpetfish - can use ANOTHER ANIMAL for concealment when hunting! 🎺
🔗https://tinyurl.com/4p424mbx
🔗https://tinyurl.com/4p424mbx
October 16, 2023 at 1:06 PM
Check out our recent paper in Current Biology! 👇Here we provide the first direct evidence of how a predator - the trumpetfish - can use ANOTHER ANIMAL for concealment when hunting! 🎺
🔗https://tinyurl.com/4p424mbx
🔗https://tinyurl.com/4p424mbx