After three years , this joint review with my dear friend Emily Jane Dennis is finally in press. The review provides a glimpse on what constitutes an integrative approach to neurobiology of foraging. Out in the next issue of Annual Reviews of Neuroscience. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Excited to share our work exploring how fly larvae flexibly adjust their foraging decisions based on resource quality and valence, shaped by prior experience 🪰🥳! Check it out: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

How does an animal choose between exploring for a better food source and taking advantage of a known one? Our recent work in Current Biology demonstrates how recent feeding and metabolic state dynamically influence fly local search. bit.ly/3PfrIv3 #Science #Neurosky #Foraging #Drosophila

How do development and genetics shape evidence integration? 🧠 In our new preprint, we dissect how sensory evidence accumulation over time guides decisions. Want to know more? Keep reading or or come to Roberto's poster 1-003 this Thursday at #Cosyne2026. (1/4) Preprint: doi.org/10.64898/202...

New paper out: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🥳 Congratulations to our PhD student Katja for her inspiring work just published in Nature Communications on how the larval zebrafish brain processes multiple visual features. Check out a short summary of the work here: tinyurl.com/yzv4ct9k

An exciting study with Roberto Garza and Armin Bahl biorxiv.org/content/10.6... We combine high-throughput behavioral assays in larval zebrafish with drift-diffusion modeling studying integration dynamics across development and a variety of mutants . Give it a read :D

Another memorable Bahl Lab Winter Retreat made even better by having the Vogt and Bollmann labs join us for two days of sun, snow & science! 🌞❄️

Fruit fly larvae are more social than you think 🐛#UniKonstanz @cbehav.bsky.social researchers discovered that they change their behaviour depending on who’s around - and uncovered the mechanisms behind it. t1p.de/t76uj

The first paper from the lab is now out in Science Advances: Multimodal social context modulates larval behavior in Drosophila www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... We find that fly larvae keep their distance to conspecifics in the absence of food, enjoy reading! @cbehav.bsky.social @uni-konstanz.de

Excited to share my first PhD preprint! w/ Sören Kannegieser and @anna-stoeckl.bsky.social @insect-vision.bsky.social We investigated how hawkmoths coordinate lateralized sensory and motor control for appendage guidance, revealing similar control principles to vertebrates doi.org/10.64898/202...

The second paper from the lab is now available on bioRxiv: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... We discovered that cannibalistic behavior in fly larvae is social-context dependent. Larval groups avoid dead conspecifics; individuals show high attraction. They only do it when no one is watching 😉

Konstanz school of Collective Behavior will take place again from 20th July to 7th August , 2026. We have an amazing line up of speakers covering state of the art research on collective behavior across systems. Application deadline : March 15th Details here: www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/kscb/applica...

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...

How is valence computed in the brain? Check out our new preprint about a single cell that integrates excitatory and inhibitory input across modalities according to valence and impacts behavioral decisions. An exciting collaboration across many labs. Enjoy reading! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Exciting new paper from the Bahl lab @bahllab.bsky.social @zwitscherarmin.bsky.social and Katja Slangewal about parallel and convergent processing pathways of different visual features in the larval zebrafish brain🐟 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

We are proud to have @maxcapelle.bsky.social's paper out on bioRxiv! He found that phototactic behavior in #zebrafish switches during #ontogeny🐟🔆 Through elegant behavioral dissections, he identifies the navigational strategies related to this transition. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Thread 👇

Curious how we study decision-making in the brain? PhD student Max Capelle talks about our research and methods in the @uni-konstanz.de student council podcast (in German): shorturl.at/4W6uF 🎙️ Check it out to learn more about how we combine 2P microscopy, behavioral experiments, and data analysis.

Tomorrow morning at 11:30, March 27th, Akhila Mudunuri @akhila1498.bsky.social is talking in Symposium 19 #NWG2025 @neurowissg.bsky.social about Multimodal social modulation of behavior in larval Drosophila. If you are interested, also check out our new preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

On the way to Göttingen! Tomorrow, check out the poster from my PhD student Hari Narayanan @hari-flies.bsky.social We find that navigating odors is modulated by hunger and social context in fly larvae @modolfor.bsky.social

Thank you for inviting the Vogt lab to your retreat, we had a blast! Sun, snow and amazing science!

Thrilled to share the preprint of my PhD work! Huge thanks to my supervisor, @katrinvogt.bsky.social, for her invaluable guidance throughout, and to Élyse Zadigue-Dubé, a brilliant DAAD summer student, for her contributions!!

Fully-funded PhD position on optimal network design in ant nests and slime mould, which will be split between the University of Bristol (UK) and Macquarie University (Australia) - application deadline: Friday 21st March. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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

📣🚨 Abstract submission deadline extended!!! 🚨📣 In response to continued interest from prospective contributors, we are pleased to announce that the deadline for abstract submission has been extended. 🗓New submission deadline: 15th February 2025. 🗒️Submission requirements: A 300-word abstract.

The RES has announced the winners of its 2024 #PhotographyCompetition, unveiling a selection of amazing up-close images of fascinating insects. 📸 Congratulations to all the winners! View all winning images and enter the 2025 competition 🔽 www.royensoc.co.uk/news/winning...

📢 JOB ALERT ‼️ Interested in animal behaviour and ecology?🔎🦗🐛🐒🐝 👉 Then check out our webpage imprs-qbee.mpg.de/66685/current 👀 for exciting PhD positions 👨‍🎓 Application deadline is Nov 24th, 2024 📨