Video abstract for our preprint, “Connectome simulations identify a central pattern generator circuit for fly walking”, bit.ly/4pubCuN Animated by T Sloan @quorumetrix.bsky.social, narrated by @sarahpugly.bsky.social, music by J McNamara, collab w @bingbrunton.bsky.social. youtu.be/twAZlL6olS4

I'm no purist when it comes to participating in things we all know are bad. I try to reduce my harm but I'm an honest hypocrite. I won't judge you for still using Spotify, just try this rad alternative. I'm listening to music from Dar es Salaam. Where will you listen to? radio.garden/listen/furah...

(1/n) We are excited to share our new paper in Nature Communications, by Hagar Lavian (@hlavian.bsky.social) and team, revealing how the zebrafish brain integrates visual navigation signals! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Job Alert! The Institute for Neuro- and Behavioural Biology at the Faculty of Biology @uni-muenster.de invites applications for a Full Professorship (W3) in “Systems Neuroscience” - Highly attractive research environment at the Multiscale Imaging Center. Apply by January 5th. See shorturl.at/VczFp

First neurons didn’t appear overnight. We trace their roots to ancient secretory cells - showing how lifestyle & behavior shaped the evolution of first synapses.🧠🌊 #Evolution #Neuroscience Our latest in @natrevneuro.nature.com Link: rdcu.be/eMX3E @jeffcolgren.bsky.social @msarscentre.bsky.social

Finally, someone has solved a real problem with AI! No more having to take a paper in the format for a journal that rejected you, and reformat it for a new journal. Well done!! formatmypaper.com

Which processes underlie collective intelligence in naturalistic human groups? In new work led by Valerii Chirkov, we show that payoff selectivity is key in transforming a group of individuals into an intelligent collective 🤝🧠 www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY7n... Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...

New study from #UniKonstanz @cbehav.bsky.social and @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social shows: animal swarms don’t need to follow fixed rules; their coordination emerges from brain dynamics. Flexible “ring attractor” networks create complexity from simplicity: https://t1p.de/4c6cd#UniKonstanz@icouzin.bsky.social

Proud of my PhD student @rodento.bsky.social for her first study on the effect of environmental structure on social phenotype of desert locusts. An amazing collaboration with @einatcouzin.bsky.social , who got me to work on locusts. You want to know more: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

"Superefficient" weaver ants show remarkable strength in numbers. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4lpTGOQ

FlyBase, a Drosophila database, will lose a third of its team in early October because the Harvard grant that covered the employees’ salaries was canceled. Scientists warn that losing FlyBase could devastate fly research. By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/community/ha...

In humans, bigger teams often mean less effort per person — the #Ringelmann effect. Weaver #ants 🐜 flip the script: #teamwork makes them superefficient! Video + paper out now in Current Biology! @cellpress.bsky.social tinyurl.com/44yrvp6m tinyurl.com/3jnnevfn

Check out the newest episode of our podcast "In the Swarm"! Have you ever wondered how tiny insects navigate the world? In this episode, @anna-stoeckl.bsky.social explains how the tiny but mighty insect brain controls behaviour of stunning complexity. www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/collective-b...

Registration for the ASAB conference is now open - come join us!

Our postdoc Dr Dila Atak has received a big grant from Health Institutes of Türkiye to investigate alterations in human astrocytes associated with epilepsy. Thanks to fantastic clinicians of Koç University School of Medicine Drs: Solaroglu, Kulac, Gurses, Akyoldas, Baran for their generous support.

New paper out 🥳 The physiological costs of leadership in collective movements. - Trying to lead the group can be stressful, so it might not always be worth it!#openaccess at @currentbiology.bsky.social @cbehav.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social

Crazy two weeks: From the field research with mormon crickets at arid Utah/Colorado to lush Tuscany, discussing desert locusts collectives #grc #neuroethology. In either case, cannibalistic insects are cool 😎

Are you a scientist with an interest in photography? We're delighted to announce that the Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition is now open for entries until 15 August 2025! 🎉 Find out more: royalsociety.org/journals/pub... #RSPphotocomp

🚨 New paper out! 🚨 We used interpretable machine learning on data from 55 countries (N = 4,635) to identify the most important individual- and nation-level factors predicting climate beliefs, policy support, and behaviors. 📄 doi.org/10.1038/s441... Led by @todorova.bsky.social

Excited to share my PhD paper is out! We studied how motion vision is processed beyond the optic lobes to help flies walk straight. It has been a wonderful collaboration with @michaelreiser.bsky.social, @dddavi.bsky.social and many others not in bluesky! Paper + digest here: bsky.app/profile/cham...

Please mark your calendars and join us next May 20th in the next session of the webinar series "The future of Neuroethology". We will have a line-up of amazing scientists as usual, we will learn about locusts, newts and cichlids!

Fly larvae keep on surprising us - check out this new paper from the Louis lab: www.cell.com/current-biol... Sensation of electric fields in the Drosophila melanogaster larva. Such cool little critters 🪰

When bats emerge from roosts by the thousands, they experience a "cocktail party nightmare" of jammed echolocations. Scientists didn't know how bats avoid colliding. Now, they do. Study by @ayagoldshtein.bsky.social and team from Tel Aviv Uni ▶️ www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... youtu.be/mIockHSehYw

🌍 We are launching a new #ManyLabs!!! Join the Heat & Cognition project! We're studying how extreme heat affects human thinking, social behavior & well-being — globally. Contribute & co-author: 🔗 Info: heatandmind.wordpress.com 📋 Sign up: www.soscisurvey.de/HeatandCogni... #EnvironmentalPsychology

Hello World! After almost a month of starting a research group - finally the announcement :) We are the 'Active Sensing Collectives' group (tinyurl.com/yckehxys) at the CASCB in the University of Konstanz. We're still growing, see PhD position ad below. @cbehav.bsky.social @uni-konstanz.de z.de

The first paper from the lab is out on biorxiv - enjoy reading! Social context and interactions influence our behavioral decisions - the same is true for the little fly larva!

Our next Collective Behaviour Seminar #CollBehavSeminar is by @sercansayin.bsky.social from @uni-konstanz.de on 18th March 2025, @2pm UK time. Talks are 15 minutes long, with 15 minutes of questions. Subscribe to lnkd.in/eCWT2dvF to keep up to date and for information on our seminars.

New field/lab work from Sercan Sayin,…& Iain Couzin at Universität Konstanz. More evidence the classic “self propelled particle” model is insufficient. Who even proposed THAT?! Overview: www.campus.uni-konstanz.de/en/science/s... Paper: doi.org/10.1126/scie... #ALife #collective #behavior #locusts

Here is a great summary of work @science.org, with some steamy soundtrack! Locust swarms call for a rewrite of the swarming rules. Take a look at our field, lab (2000 locusts tracked at the same time), VR, and modeling study of locusts:

A locust swarm descended upon collective behavior! Excited to share my postdoc work with @icouzin.bsky.social

🦗 The Behavioral Plasticity Research Institute (BPRI) launches its docuseries on locusts! 🌍✨ Discover how science reveals the transformation of solitary locusts into swarming pests. Join the journey! 📺▶️ #nsfbpri #NSF www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTOy...

Students + postdocs in theoretical biophysics , Join us @hhmijanelia.bsky.social in October to present your research, engage in lively discussions, and network with peers. Hotel, meals, & travel covered Learn more + apply by June 10 @ janelia.news/THB25 @allysonsgro.bsky.social @hhmi.bsky.social

Pls share: Konstanz School of Collective behavior from 21st July - 8th August. Application deadline: April, 15. An amazing line up of speakers spanning all aspects of collective behavior . For info: www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/kscb/ @cbehav.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social

Recruiting a #PhD student to work on collective behaviour in real and artificial systems. Oct 2025 start. Working with @shoalgroup.bsky.social, Rob Heathcote, @willallennz.bsky.social, @joefresna.bsky.social, @marinapapap.bsky.social Advert: www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate... Deadline: 24.02

Hi all! We are happy to announce that we are now on bluesky!! 🥳 We are The Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour (CASCB) based in @uni-konstanz.de, Germany focused on the study of collective behaviour across species and environments Here to bluer skies! 🦋

My systems neuroscience lab at ISTAustria is hiring a tech. Please check out and share! ista.ac.at/en/job/?titl...