A new paper from the lab, finally publishing data collected by a group of brilliant students in 2012: rdcu.be/epFaJ

Our university is trying to save about £3.8M per year from their outgoings, and have decided that, even though this is only 0.5% of annual turnover, they need to fire academics, rather than cut down on major infrastructure plans. Anything you can do to support is much appreciated. chng.it/mdHVd8yRg6

Our chair Tom @smulderslab.bsky.social opening the meeting with his welcome address.

✳️ I am recruiting for a fully funded BBSRC NEEDL PhD! ✴️ Create Drosophila (fruit fly) models to study mtDNA mutations in ageing & disease at Teesside Uni! ✅ With Newcastle Uni researchers Prof. Laura Greaves & Dr. James Stewart ! 🤝 📅 Due 12noon on 31st March www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

‼️ CogEvo 2025 🧠 🚨 A unique workshop on cognition, neuroscience, evolution and development organized by the Center for Mind/Brain Sciences. 🗓️ July 17-18, 2025 📍 Rovereto, Italy 🇮🇹 🔗 Registration: event.unitn.it/cogevo/ #CogEvo2025 #CogEvo #Cognition #Neuroscience

Join us for a 4-year PhD in Newcastle at @northumbriauni.bsky.social on a fun project (literally)! Building on our recent publication about Drosophila playing on a carousel (doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...), we will explore:

If you intend to apply, please get in contact with Dr. Huetteroth ([email protected]) with your CV and a brief statement why you’re interested in the project. Application and full PhD advert: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Deadline: March 31, 2025

Loggerhead turtles have an uncontrollable urge to dance whenever they anticipate food—a trait scientists used to test whether the reptiles can memorize their favorite feeding sites based on Earth’s magnetic fields. Learn more: https://scim.ag/42VqsSz

Further musings about how food-hoarding titmice and chickadees remember the locations of their caches.... link.springer.com/10.1007/s100...

PhD position advertised in my department. Please spread the word: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Sign up for ASAB spring meeting, the best conference for early career researchers in my humble opinion!