Meital Oren
@meital.bsky.social
Senior Scientist @Weizmann Institute. We study sexually dimorphic neuronal circuits. Views are my own
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Registrations are now open !!! Come join us at @fens.org Forum 2026….
🚨 Big news for the neuroscience community!
The Call for Abstracts, Travel Grants and Registrations for #FENS2026 is officially open! 🧠
👉 Register and submit your work today: https://loom.ly/usQR0ao
The Call for Abstracts, Travel Grants and Registrations for #FENS2026 is officially open! 🧠
👉 Register and submit your work today: https://loom.ly/usQR0ao
November 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Registrations are now open !!! Come join us at @fens.org Forum 2026….
C. elegans enthusiasts- save the date for two consecutive C. elegans meetings, taking place in Bordeaux, 29 June–3 July 2026.
Abstract submission will open around January, with many opportunities for oral presentations.
Check out our website for more details: ceneuroeuro2026.sciencesconf.org.
Abstract submission will open around January, with many opportunities for oral presentations.
Check out our website for more details: ceneuroeuro2026.sciencesconf.org.
European C. elegans and CeNEURO Meeting 2026 - Sciencesconf.org
2026 European C. elegans and CeNEURO meeting
ceneuroeuro2026.sciencesconf.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
C. elegans enthusiasts- save the date for two consecutive C. elegans meetings, taking place in Bordeaux, 29 June–3 July 2026.
Abstract submission will open around January, with many opportunities for oral presentations.
Check out our website for more details: ceneuroeuro2026.sciencesconf.org.
Abstract submission will open around January, with many opportunities for oral presentations.
Check out our website for more details: ceneuroeuro2026.sciencesconf.org.
highlight of two recent fantastic comparative inter-species single-cell atlases, by @live-large.bsky.social from @jisaacmurray.bsky.social, and Itai Toker from Oliver Hobert's lab
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Evolution of nervous systems: Molecular divergence in a conserved body plan
Comparative inter-species single-cell atlases of Caenorhabditis whole embryos and larval nervous systems reveal deep conservation of cell type identit…
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August 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
highlight of two recent fantastic comparative inter-species single-cell atlases, by @live-large.bsky.social from @jisaacmurray.bsky.social, and Itai Toker from Oliver Hobert's lab
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Such a fine resource for the community! 👏👏🙏
Decoding sexual dimorphism of the sex-shared nervous system at single-neuron resolution
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Decoding sexual dimorphism of the sex-shared nervous system at single-neuron resolution
scRNA-seq of neurons of the two sexes of C. elegans reveals sex differences in function, behavior, and connectivity.
www.science.org
July 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Such a fine resource for the community! 👏👏🙏
I share Alon’s hope : "I look forward to the day when Israeli scientists can freely collaborate with scientists in Iran and do good for the region and for humanity. I wish the same for scientists in Gaza and throughout the Middle East." @WeizmannScience www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How we’re rebuilding the Weizmann Institute — and our hopes for a better future
Scientific research is at the heart of Israel’s success and has worldwide benefits. Our work will continue despite adversity.
www.nature.com
July 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I share Alon’s hope : "I look forward to the day when Israeli scientists can freely collaborate with scientists in Iran and do good for the region and for humanity. I wish the same for scientists in Gaza and throughout the Middle East." @WeizmannScience www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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For #worm25, here are updated lists of 200+ researchers for the #Celegans community to easily follow:
C. elegans #1 (150 full) - go.bsky.app/HP1h3nW
C. elegans #2 (50+) - go.bsky.app/J7soTHG
==> Reply to this if you'd like to be added!
cc: @genetics-gsa.bsky.social
#CeleganSky 🪱 🧪 1/n
C. elegans #1 (150 full) - go.bsky.app/HP1h3nW
C. elegans #2 (50+) - go.bsky.app/J7soTHG
==> Reply to this if you'd like to be added!
cc: @genetics-gsa.bsky.social
#CeleganSky 🪱 🧪 1/n
June 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
For #worm25, here are updated lists of 200+ researchers for the #Celegans community to easily follow:
C. elegans #1 (150 full) - go.bsky.app/HP1h3nW
C. elegans #2 (50+) - go.bsky.app/J7soTHG
==> Reply to this if you'd like to be added!
cc: @genetics-gsa.bsky.social
#CeleganSky 🪱 🧪 1/n
C. elegans #1 (150 full) - go.bsky.app/HP1h3nW
C. elegans #2 (50+) - go.bsky.app/J7soTHG
==> Reply to this if you'd like to be added!
cc: @genetics-gsa.bsky.social
#CeleganSky 🪱 🧪 1/n
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I am excited (as usual) about attending #Worm25. But I am also sad that so many friends and colleagues can't be there. Because you know....insane policies and war and such. Hoping the science will provide at least a temporary distraction from the unending chaos.
June 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I am excited (as usual) about attending #Worm25. But I am also sad that so many friends and colleagues can't be there. Because you know....insane policies and war and such. Hoping the science will provide at least a temporary distraction from the unending chaos.
Today! Correction- 1PM eastern not 12:30 🫣
C. elegans enthusiasts - join me and @stern-lab.bsky.social for a pre #worm25 meeting online workshop on *Monitoring inter-individual diversity across multiple levels and timescales* - Jun 26, 2025 12:30 PM Eastern Time
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June 26, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Today! Correction- 1PM eastern not 12:30 🫣
C. elegans enthusiasts - join me and @stern-lab.bsky.social for a pre #worm25 meeting online workshop on *Monitoring inter-individual diversity across multiple levels and timescales* - Jun 26, 2025 12:30 PM Eastern Time
us06web.zoom.us/j/8544967372...
please share!
us06web.zoom.us/j/8544967372...
please share!
Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting
Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise cloud communications.
us06web.zoom.us
June 25, 2025 at 8:19 AM
C. elegans enthusiasts - join me and @stern-lab.bsky.social for a pre #worm25 meeting online workshop on *Monitoring inter-individual diversity across multiple levels and timescales* - Jun 26, 2025 12:30 PM Eastern Time
us06web.zoom.us/j/8544967372...
please share!
us06web.zoom.us/j/8544967372...
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Talks...on the train! What? @odedrechavi.bsky.social, @natanellae.bsky.social, @meital.bsky.social, @svobodalab.bsky.social, @paveltomancak.bsky.social, @itaiyanai.bsky.social, @zernickagoetz.bsky.social Register now for: "an atmosphere of enthusiasm, lucid criticism, nonconformism, and friendship".
Who does that? We rented a train JUST for the conference, that will take the participants from Prague to the woods of Bohemia. There'll be talks ON THE TRAIN. In Prague we'll have 5 locations with different atmospheres.
#theconferencetoendallconferences Register now:
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#theconferencetoendallconferences Register now:
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April 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Don’t miss out on #theconferencetoendallconferences @odedrechavi.bsky.social @itaiyanai.bsky.social @svobodalab.bsky.social @meital.bsky.social and many more will be there! 🪇🪈🪗🪕
On June 10-13 in Prague, there will be a celebration of science (and music!) for a ‘Woodstock’ meeting of the life sciences.
Visit: woodstock.img.cas.cz for more info!
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Visit: woodstock.img.cas.cz for more info!
@natanellae.bsky.social
March 25, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Don’t miss out on #theconferencetoendallconferences @odedrechavi.bsky.social @itaiyanai.bsky.social @svobodalab.bsky.social @meital.bsky.social and many more will be there! 🪇🪈🪗🪕
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How do different sources of variation, acting on distinct timescales, integrate to shape behavioral diversity?
It was a pleasure writing this review with Meital Oren-Suissa @meital.bsky.social and Steve Flavell.
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It was a pleasure writing this review with Meital Oren-Suissa @meital.bsky.social and Steve Flavell.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Sources of behavioral variability in C. elegans: Sex differences, individuality, and internal states
Animal behavior varies across different timescales. This includes rapid shifts in behavior as animals transition between states and long-term changes …
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March 24, 2025 at 8:14 AM
How do different sources of variation, acting on distinct timescales, integrate to shape behavioral diversity?
It was a pleasure writing this review with Meital Oren-Suissa @meital.bsky.social and Steve Flavell.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
It was a pleasure writing this review with Meital Oren-Suissa @meital.bsky.social and Steve Flavell.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Neuromodulation, sex specific responses, peptides, oh my!
After a long wait, our paper is out! We show that differences in learning between the sexes are modulated by the NPY receptor, which gates sensory perception. Great work by PhD student, soon to be Dr, Sonu Kurien
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Modulation by NPY/NPF-like receptor underlies experience-dependent, sexually dimorphic learning - Nature Communications
Experience-dependent decision-making is vital for survival. Here, authors uncover how the neuromodulator npr-5 regulates sex- and state-specific learning in C. elegans, shaping behavioral responses.
www.nature.com
January 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Neuromodulation, sex specific responses, peptides, oh my!
After a long wait, our paper is out! We show that differences in learning between the sexes are modulated by the NPY receptor, which gates sensory perception. Great work by PhD student, soon to be Dr, Sonu Kurien
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Modulation by NPY/NPF-like receptor underlies experience-dependent, sexually dimorphic learning - Nature Communications
Experience-dependent decision-making is vital for survival. Here, authors uncover how the neuromodulator npr-5 regulates sex- and state-specific learning in C. elegans, shaping behavioral responses.
www.nature.com
January 17, 2025 at 9:06 AM
After a long wait, our paper is out! We show that differences in learning between the sexes are modulated by the NPY receptor, which gates sensory perception. Great work by PhD student, soon to be Dr, Sonu Kurien
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Co-wrote w/ Rohini this hopefully easily understandable article @thehindu.com on curiosity driven research w/ the worm, its many contributions to scientific advances, including several Nobels.
🙏🏾 @1amnerd.bsky.social & Upendra Kulkarni for editing
www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/sci...
🙏🏾 @1amnerd.bsky.social & Upendra Kulkarni for editing
www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/sci...
How curiosity-driven research in a worm won four Nobel Prizes
Discover the significance of C. elegans in biological research, from Nobel Prize-winning discoveries to insights into gene expression control.
www.thehindu.com
January 9, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Co-wrote w/ Rohini this hopefully easily understandable article @thehindu.com on curiosity driven research w/ the worm, its many contributions to scientific advances, including several Nobels.
🙏🏾 @1amnerd.bsky.social & Upendra Kulkarni for editing
www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/sci...
🙏🏾 @1amnerd.bsky.social & Upendra Kulkarni for editing
www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/sci...
Fascinating talk by @ella-pbn.bsky.social today a Weizmann’s dev club, on the evolution and regulation of complex morphologies in #drosophila
January 8, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Fascinating talk by @ella-pbn.bsky.social today a Weizmann’s dev club, on the evolution and regulation of complex morphologies in #drosophila
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Awesome to be highlighted by @naturecellbiology.bsky.social
#science #art #MBR #midbody #extracellularvesicles @uwmadscience.bsky.social
#science #art #MBR #midbody #extracellularvesicles @uwmadscience.bsky.social
Bridging art and science - Nature Cell Biology
Ahna Skop is a geneticist and artist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA. Ahna’s lab studies the assembly and function of mammalian midbody and midbody remnant, which are assembled at the end ...
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December 30, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Awesome to be highlighted by @naturecellbiology.bsky.social
#science #art #MBR #midbody #extracellularvesicles @uwmadscience.bsky.social
#science #art #MBR #midbody #extracellularvesicles @uwmadscience.bsky.social
In time for the new year! Our single-cell dataset of male and hermaphrodite brains is online! & a freely available website weizmann.ac.il/dimorgena/
A Blueprint of Sex-Specific Neuronal Regulation in the C. elegans Nervous System at Single-Cell Resolution
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A Blueprint of Sex-Specific Neuronal Regulation in the C. elegans Nervous System at Single-Cell Resolution
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A Blueprint of Sex-Specific Neuronal Regulation in the C. elegans Nervous System at Single-Cell Resolution
Sex-specific behaviors within a species are often attributed to variances in neuronal wiring and molecular signatures. However, how the genetic sex shapes the molecular architecture of the nervous sys...
www.biorxiv.org
December 28, 2024 at 9:12 PM
In time for the new year! Our single-cell dataset of male and hermaphrodite brains is online! & a freely available website weizmann.ac.il/dimorgena/
A Blueprint of Sex-Specific Neuronal Regulation in the C. elegans Nervous System at Single-Cell Resolution
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A Blueprint of Sex-Specific Neuronal Regulation in the C. elegans Nervous System at Single-Cell Resolution
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Turns out parental brains are thinking about offspring.
@odedrechavi.bsky.social
@bjornschumacher.bsky.social
@meital.bsky.social
Impressive!
@odedrechavi.bsky.social
@bjornschumacher.bsky.social
@meital.bsky.social
Impressive!
Scared to share this after 10 freaking years of waiting, but here we go: We found that temperature *perception* can change the biology of the next generations, even when “it’s just in the parents' head”. Read how C. elegans neurons control epigenetic inheritance!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Perception of Temperature Even in the Absence of Actual Change is Sufficient to Drive Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance
Can processes occurring in one individuals nervous system influence the physiology of the descendants? Here we explored the provocative hypothesis that parents sensation or perception of environmental...
www.biorxiv.org
December 6, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Turns out parental brains are thinking about offspring.
@odedrechavi.bsky.social
@bjornschumacher.bsky.social
@meital.bsky.social
Impressive!
@odedrechavi.bsky.social
@bjornschumacher.bsky.social
@meital.bsky.social
Impressive!
Thank you ERC for the generous support 🤩
Congratulations to our FKNE scholars @meital.bsky.social @gjorjulijana.bsky.social and Alex Galic for getting ERC consolidator grants.
December 6, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Thank you ERC for the generous support 🤩
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Reposting because of the great influx of people here.
Long story short: like inhibitory DREADDs but with light and switchable.
Long story short: like inhibitory DREADDs but with light and switchable.
Against all odds: PdCO, a versatile switchable optogenetic tool for inhibiting synaptic transmission in neuronal terminals in vivo is finally published @naturemethods #neuroskyence #optogenetics
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A bistable inhibitory optoGPCR for multiplexed optogenetic control of neural circuits - Nature Methods
PdCO is a switchable optogenetic tool for inhibiting synaptic transmission in neuronal terminals in vivo, as demonstrated in a variety of contexts mainly in the mouse.
www.nature.com
November 14, 2024 at 5:33 AM
Reposting because of the great influx of people here.
Long story short: like inhibitory DREADDs but with light and switchable.
Long story short: like inhibitory DREADDs but with light and switchable.
Reposted by Meital Oren
Important opinion piece on openness and transparency in animal research, by FENS-Kavli scholars
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Openness and transparency in animal research: Why and how
Nonhuman animal models continue to be indispensable in neuroscience research for the foreseeable future. In recent years, animal-right activists have been increasing the pressure on politicians and p...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 17, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Important opinion piece on openness and transparency in animal research, by FENS-Kavli scholars
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....