At long last, the version of record of our paper on the #platynereis #connectome "Whole-body connectome of a segmented annelid larva" is out. Explore the rich online presentation with all the videos, figures and source data here: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.97964 @eLife @biology […]

With a related Insight piece written by Alex Winsor and Paul Katz "Connectomes: The wiring diagram of an entire animal" https://elifesciences.org/articles/108573 @eLife

In our new preprint we describe the synaptic #connectome of the nerve net in the ctenophore gravisensory organ. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.26.661250v1 #biology #neuroscience #ctenophore #vem

#クシクラゲ の平衡器官を構成する900個の細胞のネットワークを３次元的に再構築し、重力センサーの神経回路からその制御機構の謎に迫りました。 重力センサーの動きを高速度カメラで撮影し、その同期・非同期パターンから、これまで謎に包まれていたクシクラゲの神経の機能に焦点を当てています。

Our latest preprint is out! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... How do #ctenophores control their sense of balance "without a brain"? We used connectomics to uncover the neural network behind their gravity sensing!

クシクラゲの融合 有櫛動物はクラゲに似たゼラチン質の海洋生物でクシクラゲとも呼ばれているが，マサチューセッツ州にあるウッズホール海洋生物学研究所の研究者は奇妙なものに気づいた。 尻が2つある個体がいたのだ。 日経サイエンス2025年4月号【SCOPE】

Neural Connectome of the Ctenophore Statocyst 🤩. @kei-jokura.bsky.social, @jekely.biologists.social.ap.brid.gy team identify a new syncytial nerve net in older animals & differences in innervation patterns. Great collaboration & co-submission to bioRxiv. Exciting times! doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Doing some preliminary PIV of a ctenophore with @kei-jokura.bsky.social

"Biophysics of Motile Cilia" Heraeus workshop: program online! Application deadline: 12.01.25. Topics: #axoneme #synchronization #navigation #ciliopathies ... Bad Honnef, Germany, 30.03.-02.04.2025 www.we-heraeus-stiftung.de/veranstaltungen/the-biophysics-of-motile-cilia-from-structure-to-function

Hello origins of eukaryotes enthusiasts! @jekely.biologists.social.ap.brid.gy and I are excited to announce an interdisciplinary discussion meeting in Heidelberg May 19-20! #protistsonsky Places are strictly limited. Register here to avoid disappointment! www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research-...