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Marine Neuroscience Laboratory
@marineneurolab.bsky.social
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Aiming to take neuroscience into the future by going back to where it all began: the ocean. Here to share how we study the brains behind bioluminescence
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We spent a week at Sletvik field station collecting worms! MSc student Amalie from the University of Copenhagen joined and stayed for 3 weeks to work in our lab 🌟

We caught ~60 Tomopteris with R/V Gunnerus during the day and were treated to great views of the northern lights at night
Three smiling women wearing orange life vests and hard hats on the deck of a boat. Two women in orange life vests and hard hats working on securing a plankton net A smiling woman in an orange life vest and hard hat holding a red, rectangular piece of equipment. In the background is a fjord and blue sky with the sun covered by a white cloud. A woman sitting in relative darkness looking up at the sky where green northern lights play.
November 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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#WorldMentalHealthDay #bioluminescence
Blue capital letters on a black background with specks of blue. The text says "even in the darkest depths, it is possible to find light". The image was made with ChatGPT
October 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Celebrating the lab turning 5 years old at the restaurant Troll 🎉
Two women sitting on either side of a brown table facing the camera and smiling. Two red plates and glasses are on the table and lit light bulbs are hanging from the ceiling.
September 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Meet our first MSc student!

This is @noralied.bsky.social 🌟 She is in her 5th year studying natural science with teacher education at #NTNU, and for her thesis she will optimize immunohistochemical methods for detecting neurons in marine annelid brains 🧠💪
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August 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Happy #InternationalPolychaeteDay! 🌍🪱

To celebrate, here’s a glimpse of the bioluminescence of our gossamer worms! This video was captured in the lab by @nadiave.bsky.social using a monochrome camera — so it's in black and white — but in real life, the worms glow in a stunning bright yellow.
July 1, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Are you at the Gordon Research Conference on Neuroethology in Florence later this week? 👀

@nadiave.bsky.social will present a poster supported by a grant from the Tom Wilhelmsen’s Foundation (thank you for the support)!

We celebrated the grant with Nadia’s favourite treat: lemon meringue pie 🍋
Two lemon meringue pies, each on a separate white plate, next to an orchid. White background.
June 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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How to make a biologist happy: provide almost 100 specimens of their favourite marine worm (how many do you see in the video?)

Big thank you to Snorre Bakke and his students at #NTNU #Ålesund. We had a busy weekend! 🤩
May 2, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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In keeping with tradition, a big funding rejection (🥲) means it's treat time! More specifically, tiramisu-tower-time 🎉

It's not easy to start something new, but the like-minded people you meet along the way make it worth it. They keep science fun 🎈🌟
Two square tiramisu pieces stacked on top of each other on a white, circular plate. Underneath the plate is a yellow napkin and an abstract patterned tablecloth. At the front of the image there are two pieces of confectionery in yellow and brown wrapping. The background is an abstract, twirling artwork in dark blues and greens.
February 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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One thing we did last year was to build our lab and in this video made by @nadiave.bsky.social you can see how it all came together!

Our worms naturally live in the deep ocean where sunlight never reaches, so we built a tent where we can house them and do behavioural experiments in total darkness 🌚
January 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Nadia @nadiave.bsky.social is our 1st PhD student. She has her BSc in neuroscience and her MSc in marine biology, both from the University of Groningen (NL). She also likes to read books, take walks through the Norwegian nature, and have coffee and cinnamon buns at the coziest spots in the city ☕☺️
A smiling woman wearing a green and black hiking clothes is sitting on a high, grey, stone, outcrop with a view. In the background there are green trees and a blue fjord with mostly clear sky above. Two cups of coffee (one with foam), two cinnamon buns, a green plant and a folded purple hat are on a narrow, wooden table by a cafe window. Outside the window cobblestones are visible.
December 11, 2024 at 8:14 AM
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Our group leader Ragnhild @rijacobsen.bsky.social is a systems neuroscientist who spends most of her time studying the brain's GPS and teaching animal physiology, running the MNL on the side. But she also loves spending time in the mountains 🏔️ and reading fiction 📚
A woman wearing blue and black hiking clothes and wearing a black backpack and sunglasses, is standing on the right side of the picture next to a wide river flowing through the centre of the image. There are mountains in the background and the sky is cloudy. An open book is at the forefront of the picture, with the readers feet resting on a white windowsill visible underneath. A mug with red flowers stands on the same windowsill and outside the sky is clear and leafy trees are visible.
December 11, 2024 at 8:14 AM