Cow astonishes scientists with rare tool use

Congratulations IBANGS Investigator Awardees 2026 Distinguished Investigator Award Prof. Leslie Griffith, Brandeis University griffithlabbrandeis.com Early Career Achievment Award Assoc. Prof. Chongyuan Luo, University of California luogenomics.github.io

❗Join us to discuss: ‘Scientifically accurate and ethically responsible science communication in psychiatric genetics’ on 14th Jan ! Organised by the PGC Outreach Committee, BGA Public Science Committee @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social, and @ibangs.bsky.social Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Lecturer position in Neurobiology at UMass Amherst. Come join a great group of instructors teaching in the Biology, Psych & Brain Sci, and Neuroscience majors. Review starts Jan 5, 2026. Please forward/apply! careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u... #NeuroJobs #Neuroscience #AcademicJobs #HigherEd

Do you work with rats? We are genetically predicting behavior, gene expression and other traits in outbred rats. We call it #RATTACA because it’s like the movie GATTACA except it’s not evil. Learn more about how you can use RATTACA at our booth #3925 at #sfn25.

Please join us in congratulating Marissa Ehringer, the new Editor-In-Chief of the Society's Journal, Genes, Brain and Behavior. We look forward to a successful partnership. @wileybrainpsych.bsky.social @ehringermaeiii.bsky.social @ibg.colorado.edu

Genes, Brain & Behavior 2026. Calls for Symposium submissions and Investigator Award nominations. Univ. Pittsburg, Details here: www.ibangs.org/genes-brain-...

Genes, Brain and Behavior 2026. June 8-11 Save the Date

Genome-Wide Association Studies of Delay Discounting and Impulsive Personality Traits in Children From the Adolescent Behavior and Cognitive Development Study onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Ancient viral DNA may play a key role in early human development, new study suggests edition.cnn.com/2025/08/09/s...

Polygenic Scores of Executive Function Provide Limited Support for Genetic Confounding With Socio-Economic Measures onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Genes, Brain and Behavior, is inviting applications for the role of Editor-In-Chief. The position description and requirements are posted on the journal website: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

Sex and Genetic Differences in Behavioral Engagement of Crossed High Alcohol-Preferring and Low Alcohol-Preferring Mice onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #behavior #alcohol #sexdifferences #addiction

Reduced Cacna1c Expression Produces Anhedonic Reactions to Palatable Sucrose in Rats: No Interactions With Juvenile or Adult Stress Patricia Gasalla, Kerrie L. Thomas, Lawrence Wilkinson, Jeremy Hall, Dominic Michael Dwyer onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

"The Drosophila adult brain: short overview of structure, function, and resources Graphical Review Paper": www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @arielframe.bsky.social @ibangs.bsky.social @brentsinclair.bsky.social ‪@westernu.bsky.social‬

✅ ACTION ITEM ✅ The National Science Foundation is under attack. Trump’s budget is moving to dismantle one of the great engines of U.S. innovation, education, and discovery. The fight to save NSF is on—and now there’s a new home base to join the front lines (🧵 1/3): www.savensf.com

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My lab's latest research out now published with @springernature.com in Nature Communications. www.nature.com/articles/s41... We show that a short-chain fatty acid delivering biotherapy given to adults with #type1diabetes remodeled the gut barrier and #microbiome function.

Woods Hole, a community priveleged to host 6 world-class scientific institutions, will be hosting an event at Waterfront Park at noon Friday! Standing up for science is easy. Be there!

I’m trilled to release the largest amount of stress profiling data from our (I think any) lab so far. We asked how the molecular response to acute stress adapts as the stressor becomes chronic. Multiomic profiling in the mouse hippocampus, led by Rebecca Waag and co-last author Pierre-Luc Germain 💪

IBANGS Proudly Presents Our 2nd Fireside Chat: A Virtual Symposium on Biomedical Science Career Paths March 27, 2-3 pm Eastern Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Our latest findings on social behavior circuits is out: how does the brain responds to social isolation? Terrific work by @dingliu.bsky.social et al. uncovering a circuit with similar neural architecture as physiological needs (hunger, thirst, sleep..). Detailed thread soon. rdcu.be/ebo63

Birds-of-paradise are sending secret color signals invisible to human eyes. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/20/s...

IBANGS Trainee Workshop to be held on Monday, May 19th. Come enjoy an afternoon of science and camaraderie before The Genes, Brain, and Behavior Meeting 2025 begins! Meeting details: ibangs.org/genes-brain-...

Thousands of protesters opposing President Trump’s agenda took to the streets on Monday across the U.S., derisively calling him a “king” on Presidents’ Day for his efforts to terminate thousands of federal workers and to fire prosecutors and independent watchdogs. nyti.ms/3CQA2LX

Are the Trump team’s actions affecting your research? How to contact Nature

Sat down with former NIH director Monica Bertagnolli yesterday at #aaasmtg to talk about layoffs set to hit the NIH and other agencies “We’re going to lose the next generation, that is the most difficult loss," she said, adding she got very little sleep Friday 🧪 www.statnews.com/2025/02/16/n...

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

All the best wishes for a fun and relaxing holiday season. Health and good fortune in the New Year.

Large-scale study links dyslexia genetics to brain structure medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12....

So I did an 🎤 interview for a 🎙️ podcast 🧪 @sciencevs.bsky.social and did not realize so many ppl are listening to it! My students, my colleagues, my friends even my family 🤯😳🤗 Hope you will enjoy it 🤓🧠 gimletmedia.com/shows/scienc...

UCLA☀️ summer #neuroscience research internship applications are now open for 2025!

Travel Award Stipends - Students, Postdocs, Junior faculty. GBB25 19-22 May, 2025, Yanuca Island, Fiji Deadline: 17th January 2025. More here: www.ibangs.org/travel-award... @twbredy.bsky.social

Our study on the effects of communal nesting on maternal affiliation deficits caused by Tph2 deficiency is now published in Molecular Autism: rdcu.be/d1T07 Thanks to all collaborators @sinaibrain.bsky.social/ @mdc-berlin.bsky.social/ @radboudumc.bsky.social. Congrats, Tianhua Wang! Great work!

Now accepting Travel Award Applications for GBB25 Fiji, May 19-22. Many Stipends available: Details here: ibangs.org/travel-award... @wimcrusio.bsky.social @karlakaun.bsky.social @camronbryant.bsky.social @davidashbrook.bsky.social Please RT

Our next multi-agent behavior challenge launches in <2 months! Will share bits of info here in the meantime. First, the basics: - 226 hours of top-down video of socially interacting mice - 15 contributor labs - all vids fully manually scored for behavior - 45 unique behaviors across videos (!)

🧪 feelling like the animal behavior research community is stronger than ever ! If you're interested in behavioral science, Join us in @thebehaviourforum.bsky.social ! #neuroscience #animalebehaviour #neuroscience

Please join us in congratulating the IBANGS Distinguished Investigator Awardee for 2025, Hee-Sup Shin, MD & Ph.D. Director of the Center for Cognition and Sociality, Institute for Basic Science. Korea ibs.re.kr/eng/sub06_02...

Please join us in congratulating the IBANGS Early Career Achievement Awardee, Caroline Ménard, Ph.D., Assoc. Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Canada. menardneurolab.com @caromenard666.bsky.social

More information here: www.ibangs.org/genes-brain-...

Call For Symposia Proposals Genes, Brain and Behavior 2024 Western University, London, Ontario, Canada June 3-6th, 2024. Details here: www.ibangs.org/genes-brain-... @karlakaun.bsky.social @simonsocial.bsky.social