Ed Kravitz passed away yesterday. He was a remarkable scientist and mentor- brilliant, curious, creative, and kind. I am grateful to have learned from him. His legacy will endure through his science and through the many people he inspired. We will miss you, Ed.

Björn Kampa, Willem Wybo and I have organized an exciting symposium at the upcomig #BernsteinConference: bernstein-network.de/bernstein-co... Everything about Dendrites: Check it out!

Co-discoverer of reverse transcriptase at 32, Nobel Prize at 37, played a key role at the 1975 Asilomar comference.

📢Apply now! Join our IMPRS for Brain&Behavior to pursue a #PhD in #neuroethology. Learn how brain circuits are linked to interesting animal behaviors! 📅 Deadline: October 31, 2025 🔗 imprs-brain-behavior.mpg.de #neuroscience #Neuroskyence #neurojobs #sciencejobs #PhDsky #PhDOffers #FundedPhD

We are super excited that our project ***LearnMamBo*** Neuronal Dynamics of Learning and Memory in the Mammillary Body gets an #ercstartinggrant @erc.europa.eu – we will dissect the associated circuits supporting episodic memory – REACH OUT if interested in joining this project!

We are all super happy and proud to see our work on the function and evolution of the #cephalic #furrow published in @nature.com. Let me say a few things about the background and history of this work on the #Evolution_of_Morphogenesis (1/12)

Join us at the #BernsteinConference to hear from renowned voices in #CompNeuro research -- like Tirin Moore from @stanford.edu 🧠 Register here by September 17 👉 bernstein-network.de/bernstein-co... #CompNeuro

Im Rahmen der Gremiensitzungen im Vorfeld des Leibniztages wurden drei neue Mitglieder in die Akademie aufgenommen: der Neurobiologe Frank Bradke (‪@dzne.science‬), der Mediziner Eike Latz (@drfzberlin.bsky.social‬) und der Lebensmitteltechnologe Alexander Mathys (@ethz.ch). Herzlich willkommen!

Neurobiologist Frank Bradke is a new member of the @bbaw.bsky.social. Congratulations! 📸: BBAW 👉 www.dzne.de/en/im-fokus/...

Together with @gtavosanis.bsky.social we secured an ERS (Exploratory Research Space) Seed Fund grant from RWTH Aachen University for our collaborative project, “Micro-Pain: Mechanisms of Microbe-Dependent Pain Perception.”!!!

Did you know? 🧪 "The Interactive Fly" is a wonderful website hosted by @socdevbio.bsky.social where you can learn about their development, the history of gene discovery/name, and it is full of super useful resources for the #DevBio community 🪰https://www.sdbonline.org/sites/fly/aimain/1aahome.htm

The #ClustersOfExcellence have been selected: today, the Excellence Commission approved 70 projects for funding. 45 clusters will continue and 25 will be newly established. Funding starts on 1 Jan 2026 for 7 years, with €539 million per year. The full list: www.dfg.de/resource/blo... 1/3

Die #Exzellenzcluster stehen fest: Heute hat die Exzellenzkommission 70 Projekte zur Förderung ausgewählt. 45 Cluster werden fortgesetzt, 25 neu eingerichtet. Die Förderung beginnt ab 1. Jan. 2026 für 7 Jahre, die Fördersumme beträgt insg. 539 Mio. €/Jahr. Die Liste: www.dfg.de/resource/blo... 1/3

If you encounter problems when registering for #EDRC2025 please email [email protected] . And don’t forget early bird registration finishes tomorrow!

Had a great time at the #EMBOcellBioComm in Crete! Huge thanks to @gtavosanis.bsky.social, @hilliardlab.bsky.social, Claudia Bagni, Nektarios Tavernarakis & @embo.org for organising such a memorable event. Congratulations to Miguel Berbeira Santana, winner of the @reviewcommons.org poster prize!

I highly recommend attending this exciting EMBO workshop. meetings.embo.org/event/25-cel...

Happy birthday!!! www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Safe travels to all the participants to the #EMBOcellBioComm ! Looking forward to seeing you all in Crete!

🚀 iBehave at German Neuroscience Olympiad (DNO) 2025 at @mpinb.mpg.de Bonn 🧠 Jury Members: Anneke Fuß & Dario Sannino @unibonn.bsky.social 🖼️ Poster: AI for early seizure detection 💡 iBOTS Booth: Hands-on coding & neuroscience demos Join us on March 29 & explore the brain with us! 🔬 #DNO #outreach

I know there's a 𝒍𝒐𝒕 going on right now, but I couldn’t be prouder to share this long-incubated labor of love: the complete connectome of the male 𝐷𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑎 optic lobe 🧠🪰 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I had an amazing time delivering a keynote lecture on "The evolutionary origins of neurons" to start the #NWG2025 @neurowissg.bsky.social with the Schram Foundation Symposium. Thankful for the invitation and excellent organization. #choanoflagellates #ctenophores #GermanNeuroscienceSociety

Join us and Frank Bradke for the opening lecture "Mechanisms of axon growth and regeneration" of the scientific program today at 12.00 pm. #NWG2025

Stellar presentation by Frank Bradke with a very impressive attendance!

Join us at the #iBehave #Symposium "Circuits for Behavior: Cross-species Strategies for Adaptation & Plasticity" at the NWG Meeting in Göttingen chaired by @jangrundemann.bsky.social & @ggatto.bsky.social 📅Mar 27 ⏰14:30 - 16:30 📍Lecture Hall 10 @unibonn.bsky.social @UKB @mpinb.mpg.de @dzne.science

Our Symposium takes place tomorrow at the Sternwarte in Göttingen. We are looking forward to exciting talks from @nawrot.bsky.social, @xenofrog.bsky.social, Lisa Scheunemann, Andre Fiala and Celine Riera. What a great start of the #NWG meeting @neurowissg.bsky.social

Abstract submission is now open for #EDRC2025 ! Don’t forget to submit yours! edrc2025alicante.com/abstracts/

On my way to Göttingen for the #NWG2025 @neurowissg.bsky.social - super happy to present my postdoc work on circuits underlying #selfmotionestimation in the Chiappe Lab at Symposium 11 among other fantastic speakers:) Come check it out on Thursday, and let’s talk motor control!

Many congratulations to #Drosophila researcher Helen Skaer for winning the BSDB Waddington Medal! A fantastic scientist, teacher and advocate for developmental biology.

More good news: MEP Christian Ehler's ITRE report adopted by the European Parliament: strong support for an expanded and independent ERC. Happy with the proposal of €220 billion for the EU's next research framework programme! Thank you! Press briefing multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

Intercellular interactions between DIP & Dpr proteins coordinate #NeuralNetwork assembly in flies, but what if they're expressed in the same cell? This study shows that DIPs & Dprs can interact in cis, & that the cis/trans balance plays a role in neural development 🧪 @plosbiology.org plos.io/3XpRs9f

Excited to serve as co-director of the CSHL Drosophila Neurobiology course with Tania Reis and Robert Carrillo! 🧪 Deadline: March 15 meetings.cshl.edu/courses.aspx... #cshlflycourse #scicomm #drosophila

We have extended the deadline of just few days- until March 10th! If you just missed the call- this is your ooportunity! If you need support for your application, get in touch. meetings.embo.org/event/25-cel...

Just 2 days left to register! Don't miss this opportuity: The Deadline for our meetings.embo.org/event/25-cel... EMBO workshop is approaching! Register by March 1st and join us in Crete!

To the Cell BIology of the Neuron Community out there! The Deadline for our meetings.embo.org/event/25-cel... EMBO workshop is approaching! Register by March 1st and join us in Crete!

Registration started for the Janelia meeting on spinal cord and brainstem circuits for sensorimotor adaptation across species. Spinal cord is more than a hub, it does supercomputing! www.janelia.org/you-janelia/...

1/ Meet the five new members of the eLife Board of Directors 👇 Today, we welcome Dinesh Natesan, Kamran Naim, Fiona Watt, Huda Zoghbi and Krishnaswamy VijayRaghavan 🎉 https://buff.ly/4hIvlD7

🐝 iBehave Seminar: 'The Neural Basis of the Honey Bee Dance Language' 🔬 Join us for a fascinating talk by Prof. Dr. Barbara Webb @edinburghuni.bsky.social hosted by Prof. Dr. Ansgar Büschges from @unicologne.bsky.social 📅 Feb 24, 2025 | 🕓 16:00 CET 💻 Zoom details: [email protected] #seminar

Open positions in our lab. Just sayin…

From receptors to circuits: Join our next keynote lecture on mechanisms of adaptive behavior by neuroscientist @rockefelleruniv.bsky.social Vanessa Ruta! TODAY, February 18 at 11am in NQ105 in Martinsried Art by @somedonkey.bsky.social

Well this pretty thing arrived! 😊 Paperback is out March 25th! press.princeton.edu/books/paperb... @princetonupress.bsky.social

To the Cell BIology of the Neuron Community out there! The Deadline for our meetings.embo.org/event/25-cel... EMBO workshop is approaching! Register by March 1st and join us in Crete!

Food’s smell, look & texture are as important as taste. @katrinvogt.bsky.social explores a @plosbiology.org study showing that fly larvae respond to food texture and integrate information from different modalities within a single neuron 🧪 Primer: plos.io/3CFhaiI Paper: plos.io/3CEv5FJ

Excited for the upcoming #CSHL #Neurobiology of #Drosophila conference! Don’t miss the chance to submit your abstracts for the #neuromodulation and #plasticity session. meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.asp...

I am deeply grateful for this award, which not only recognizes my work but also reflects the invaluable contributions of my team, mentors, and supporters! It inspires me to continue working with my lab to deepen our understanding of how we perceive and interpret our environment.

Dear colleagues fascinated by olfaction and taste! 👃🏾👅 We’ll organize the next ESITO (Symposium of Insect Taste and Olfaction) from September 19-24 2025 in Sardinia at the beautiful Hotel Cormoran again. We are currently updating the website and will start the registration soon! Please stay tuned!

Congrats to all. Ivy - @ivychanchiwai.bsky.social What an achievement! Rockstar!

In 2022 we showed surprising network structure in fruit fly mushroom body (site of associative memory formation & recall), but couldn't say what it did. Here @gtavosanis.bsky.social @ivychanchiwai.bsky.social et al., explore the functional consequences! Very nice. :)