Simon Sprecher
@simon-sprecher.bsky.social
Professor in Neurobiology at University of Fribourg @unifr @unifrBiology bringing #neurogenetics from #Drosophila to #Cephalopods and #Cnidaria -View are my own
We have open PhD positions in the lab to work in the Neuroscience of #Cephalopods #Cnidaria and #Drosophila-
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March 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
We have open PhD positions in the lab to work in the Neuroscience of #Cephalopods #Cnidaria and #Drosophila-
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Recently completed your #PhD using #Drosophila in a European lab? Apply for the European Drosophila Society best thesis prize!
🏆🪰
Deadline: 28 Feb 2025.
Prize = €1000 & keynote presentation at the EDRC in Alicante @edrc2025.bsky.social!
Info here: europeandrosophilasociety.org/eds-best-phd...
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Deadline: 28 Feb 2025.
Prize = €1000 & keynote presentation at the EDRC in Alicante @edrc2025.bsky.social!
Info here: europeandrosophilasociety.org/eds-best-phd...
EDS best PhD thesis prize | European Drosophila SocietyHome
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February 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Recently completed your #PhD using #Drosophila in a European lab? Apply for the European Drosophila Society best thesis prize!
🏆🪰
Deadline: 28 Feb 2025.
Prize = €1000 & keynote presentation at the EDRC in Alicante @edrc2025.bsky.social!
Info here: europeandrosophilasociety.org/eds-best-phd...
🏆🪰
Deadline: 28 Feb 2025.
Prize = €1000 & keynote presentation at the EDRC in Alicante @edrc2025.bsky.social!
Info here: europeandrosophilasociety.org/eds-best-phd...
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Creamy potato chips and slimy apples - at least for humans, that doesn't seem tasty. Also the fruit fly larva is picky and prefers a certain food hardness: enjoy reading more about that in the primer I wrote for the recent paper from the @simon-sprecher.bsky.social lab.
Food’s smell, look & texture are as important as taste. @katrinvogt.bsky.social explores a @plosbiology.org study showing that fly larvae respond to food texture and integrate information from different modalities within a single neuron 🧪 Primer: plos.io/3CFhaiI Paper: plos.io/3CEv5FJ
January 31, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Creamy potato chips and slimy apples - at least for humans, that doesn't seem tasty. Also the fruit fly larva is picky and prefers a certain food hardness: enjoy reading more about that in the primer I wrote for the recent paper from the @simon-sprecher.bsky.social lab.
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This is a fascinating paper that handled at @plosbiology.org (with thanks to Matthieu Louis as guest ed). The quotation that springs to mind is "Is it nice, my preciousss? Is it juicy? Is it scrumptiously crunchable?" - @simon-sprecher.bsky.social and colleagues titrate agarose to find out...
Sensing food is a complex multisensory experience. A study of food hardness preference in #FruitFly larvae by @simon-sprecher.bsky.social &co reveals that gustatory organ sensory neurons can perceive cues of both chemical & mechanical stimulation 🧪 @plosbiology.org plos.io/3CEv5FJ
January 31, 2025 at 10:59 AM
This is a fascinating paper that handled at @plosbiology.org (with thanks to Matthieu Louis as guest ed). The quotation that springs to mind is "Is it nice, my preciousss? Is it juicy? Is it scrumptiously crunchable?" - @simon-sprecher.bsky.social and colleagues titrate agarose to find out...
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Sensing food is a complex multisensory experience. A study of food hardness preference in #FruitFly larvae by @simon-sprecher.bsky.social &co reveals that gustatory organ sensory neurons can perceive cues of both chemical & mechanical stimulation 🧪 @plosbiology.org plos.io/3CEv5FJ
January 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Sensing food is a complex multisensory experience. A study of food hardness preference in #FruitFly larvae by @simon-sprecher.bsky.social &co reveals that gustatory organ sensory neurons can perceive cues of both chemical & mechanical stimulation 🧪 @plosbiology.org plos.io/3CEv5FJ
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Tackling sensory discrimination in one acoel, with @simon-sprecher.bsky.social and many more friends: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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January 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Tackling sensory discrimination in one acoel, with @simon-sprecher.bsky.social and many more friends: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Dear colleagues fascinated by olfaction and taste! 👃🏾👅
We’ll organize the next ESITO (Symposium of Insect Taste and Olfaction) from September 19-24 2025 in Sardinia at the beautiful Hotel Cormoran again. We are currently updating the website and will start the registration soon! Please stay tuned!
We’ll organize the next ESITO (Symposium of Insect Taste and Olfaction) from September 19-24 2025 in Sardinia at the beautiful Hotel Cormoran again. We are currently updating the website and will start the registration soon! Please stay tuned!
January 28, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Dear colleagues fascinated by olfaction and taste! 👃🏾👅
We’ll organize the next ESITO (Symposium of Insect Taste and Olfaction) from September 19-24 2025 in Sardinia at the beautiful Hotel Cormoran again. We are currently updating the website and will start the registration soon! Please stay tuned!
We’ll organize the next ESITO (Symposium of Insect Taste and Olfaction) from September 19-24 2025 in Sardinia at the beautiful Hotel Cormoran again. We are currently updating the website and will start the registration soon! Please stay tuned!
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We are excited to announce the opening of registrations for the upcoming #EDRC2025 conference (25th-28th September 2025) in Alicante to showcase the latest advances in #Drosophila biology and technology edrc2025alicante.com
EDRC 2025 Alicante
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January 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
We are excited to announce the opening of registrations for the upcoming #EDRC2025 conference (25th-28th September 2025) in Alicante to showcase the latest advances in #Drosophila biology and technology edrc2025alicante.com
To understand how brains do their amazing job, we ultimately need to know how they are wired up. This remains impossible in "large" brains, however FlyWire allows everyone to browse the fruit fly the connectome!
Here my take on what makes this so impacting-
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Here my take on what makes this so impacting-
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Disentangling how the brain is wired
Published in Fly (Vol. 19, No. 1, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
January 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
To understand how brains do their amazing job, we ultimately need to know how they are wired up. This remains impossible in "large" brains, however FlyWire allows everyone to browse the fruit fly the connectome!
Here my take on what makes this so impacting-
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Here my take on what makes this so impacting-
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The European Drosophila Society is delighted to join Bluesky! Follow us for the latest European fly news.
#EDRC2025
#Drosophila
#Drosofeed
#EDRC2025
#Drosophila
#Drosofeed
December 10, 2024 at 3:28 PM
The European Drosophila Society is delighted to join Bluesky! Follow us for the latest European fly news.
#EDRC2025
#Drosophila
#Drosofeed
#EDRC2025
#Drosophila
#Drosofeed
Very cool work: interfere between classic and operant conditioning!
1/ How do animals integrate different forms of learning? Our
@eyalrozenfeld.bsky.social new study in Science Advances
shows that active mechanisms prevent the co-formation of competing memories. Here’s what we found! 🧵👇
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@eyalrozenfeld.bsky.social new study in Science Advances
shows that active mechanisms prevent the co-formation of competing memories. Here’s what we found! 🧵👇
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
December 8, 2024 at 10:30 AM
Very cool work: interfere between classic and operant conditioning!
That’s it! We’re obsolete …. 😉
December 3, 2024 at 11:04 AM
That’s it! We’re obsolete …. 😉
Sunrise at the Lake of Gruyère; winter has arrived in Fribourg
November 24, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Sunrise at the Lake of Gruyère; winter has arrived in Fribourg
Some news about one of my favorite critters: Xenoturbella!
A most complete version of its genome provides insight into a surprisingly „complex“ gene repertoire and molecular features- and raises questions on its phylogenetic position-
Congrats to an exciting paper!
elifesciences.org/digests/9494...
A most complete version of its genome provides insight into a surprisingly „complex“ gene repertoire and molecular features- and raises questions on its phylogenetic position-
Congrats to an exciting paper!
elifesciences.org/digests/9494...
eLife Science Digests
Cutting jargon and putting research in context, digests showcase some of the latest articles published in eLife.
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November 15, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Some news about one of my favorite critters: Xenoturbella!
A most complete version of its genome provides insight into a surprisingly „complex“ gene repertoire and molecular features- and raises questions on its phylogenetic position-
Congrats to an exciting paper!
elifesciences.org/digests/9494...
A most complete version of its genome provides insight into a surprisingly „complex“ gene repertoire and molecular features- and raises questions on its phylogenetic position-
Congrats to an exciting paper!
elifesciences.org/digests/9494...
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I’m sorry, Europe, but without the cancer colours these SIMPLY ARE NOT FROOT LOOPS
November 12, 2024 at 9:38 PM
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And this insect genetics starter pack has a lot of Drosophilists, along with other Good Bugs (they're all good bugs). bsky.app/starter-pack...
November 11, 2024 at 9:15 PM
And this insect genetics starter pack has a lot of Drosophilists, along with other Good Bugs (they're all good bugs). bsky.app/starter-pack...
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It's hot off the press
November 11, 2024 at 9:56 PM
It's hot off the press
Very cool- one day on Bluesky and the feed is getting busy- the „starterpack“ approach works well 👍👍👍
November 12, 2024 at 7:47 PM
Very cool- one day on Bluesky and the feed is getting busy- the „starterpack“ approach works well 👍👍👍
So let’s do this- trying to get my feed busy 👍
November 10, 2024 at 9:07 PM
So let’s do this- trying to get my feed busy 👍