Über Vampirismus kann man heute noch forschen? 🧛‍♀️ Ja, kann man. Der Historiker Peter Mario Kreuter sucht am @leibniz-ios.de nach den Wurzeln des Volksglaubens. Für das #LeibnizMagazin haben wir ihn in Wien besucht. Jetzt reinlesen: www.leibniz-magazin.de/alle-artikel...

Mehrheit lehnt Angriff auf Iran ab#DeutschlandTrend#Sonntagsfrage#Iran

Leipzig U and the MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPI-EVA) have an open faculty position (W2) in evolutionary population genetics! This position is tenured and comes with generous core funding. We are eager to welcome a new colleague! Deadline March 11. www.uni-leipzig.de/en/newsdetai...

First whole-brain recording of social sound processing in a vertebrate. Surprises start in the hindbrain; thalamus gates conspecific calls; male and female brains diverge downstream. Work by @joerghenninger.bsky.social, @mh123.bsky.social sky.social and team. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Some gut bacteria talk to the heart – through the brain. Researchers at the #mdcBerlin identified a gut–brain–heart pathway in zebrafish. A microbial metabolite (IAA) influenced specific neurons and heart function. 🔗 Full story: www.mdc-berlin.de/news/news/gu... #CardiovascularResearch

No excuses to not apply now!

🛠️📚 Workshops at NeuroDoWo Join our workshops and learn through hands-on sessions and insightful discussions. 💻 Software Carpentry 🤖 AI in Science Communication 📝 Grant Writing 🧠 Critical reasoning and Logic Don't miss this oportunity and register via the link in our bio until March 10th.

Come join us! We are looking for a Professor or Associate Professor of Computational Genomics in Health and Disease at University College London. Details 👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... Post funded by UCL Health Strategy.

We’re looking for a new Research Tech! Our research tech is heading to graduate school (very exciting!), which means we’re recruiting someone new to join our team. The position involves hands-on neuroscience research in a collaborative environment. brandeis.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/Jobs/job/Bra...

Another fintastic program, for those interested!

After 5 years of developing, a new preprint from the lab - introducing our workflow for comparative insect connectomics, aimed at democratizing connectomics. @erc.europa.eu @lundvision.bsky.social @biologylu.bsky.social Read it here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

🚀 Postdoc Alert! Are you passionate about social learning & cultural evolution? @dominikdeffner.bsky.social & I have a 3-year position with freedom to develop your research and work on cutting-edge multiplayer and immersive experiments. Apply by March 30! hmc-lab.com/SocialLearni... Pls share 🙏

Did you know the DANIO-ReCODE projects funds 15 PhD studentships on various projects related to all things regeneration! Track their progress by following @daniorecode.bsky.social 🧪

🚨Preprint alert🚨 Mapping of 3D collagen architecture with #tissueclearing, @mesospim.bsky.social #lightsheet #Microscopy, the Schmidt #multiimmersion microscope objective & #deeplearning in healthy tissue & wound healing by Wout Houbart & Thomas Naert & Co! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Regeneration powers activate! 🔥🐟

New paper out : "Synchronization of behavioral and cardiac dynamics in larval zebrafish" Here, we report a pretty striking relationship between behavioral state and heart rate in larval zebrafish, and then explore the mechanisms that lead to this coupling bit.ly/4ciYt3R

Check this out! Latest collaborative work from my and Mark Fishman's labs - led by Roy Harpaz, with help from Pedro Piquet and Yasuko Isoe (@yasukoisoe.bsky.social)

Entomology technician post in my lab in London (position is for 11 months starting August 2026). The work is about sentience and cognition in a variety of insect species. Thank you for sharing (and applying)! qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/...

Spread the word! "The International Zebrafish Society (@izfs.bsky.social) is thrilled to announce that the 2027 Strategic Conference of Zebrafish Investigators (SCZI) will take place at the Hyatt Regency Merida, in Merida, Mexico, on January 10-13, 2027!" 1/2 🧪

After several years of work, my lab is starting to put out our first papers on learning in a unicellular organism (Stentor coeruleus). Here we show evidence for a form of associative learning in Stentor: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Come join us!

Interested in expanding your zebrafish skills or completely new to zebrafish as model system for your research question? Then this course is for YOU! Deadline for applying is on March 2nd, so get your applications in. PS: It's a fantastic course - changed my own career! www.mbl.edu/education/ad...

Help out the Somerville Fire Department and get a free ice cream cone!! Shovel out the fire hydrant in front of your house, take a picture and then come into Gracie’s (whenever we’re open next) for a free cone.

Among the amazing keynote speakers at the @young-pi-neuro26.bsky.social, a Satellite Event of @fens.org in Barcelona, is Noelia Antón Bolaños 🤩. Noelia will tell us about her journey from Spain to Boston, and now to her lab at @umcutrecht.bsky.social. Register! youngpisymposium2026.com

The semi-aquatic dinosaur, Spinosaurus mirabilis, was discovered by an international team of scientists working in Niger. n.pr/4rygjEV

Build hands-on skills in optical & electrophysiological methods at the TENSS 2026 course & advance your skills in modern systems #neuroscience 🔗 Apply by 1 Mar: https://ibro.org/training-opportunity/perc4_romania/#neuroscience #IBROinAsiaPacific #IBROinUSCanada #IBROinAfrica #IBROinLatAm #IBROinEurope #training

For those on the job market, University of Toronto 🇨🇦 is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Zebrafish Models of Genetic and Metabolic Pathologies 🐟 Yes, they want #zebrafish! 🔗 jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

University of Toronto is hiring: Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology #assistantprofessorposition

You can find the #zebrafish husbandry basics in multiple languages at the ZHA website: www.zhaonline.org/resources/ze... Are you fluent in a language that’s not listed? Help others like you by volunteering to translate the guidelines. If keen, please reach out to @zebrafishhusbandry.bsky.social 🐟 🧪

Shame! 😠 #WomenInScience ##WomenInSTEM

I'm thrilled to be co-teaching this wonderful course again this fall. Come join us at the MBL for a transformative experience!

Have you ever asked yourself, how insect brains represent places? And whether insects do have place cells? Then move to Germany this summer and start your PhD in my lab. We conduct tetrode recordings from bumblebees that freely forage laboratory mazes. 🧠🐝#BeeSpace @erc.europa.eu @neuroethology.org

This is…not an ant. It’s the ant-mimicking nymph of a true bug (Heteroptera). Check out the long proboscis, which the bug has inserted into a leaf to suck phloem sap. Proof once again that everything wants to be an ant. Sabah, Borneo.

🤔 #AskZebrafish

🚨🚨🚨 Attention science communicators! 🚨🚨🚨 The 2026 Science IRL mini-grant application is NOW OPEN! Submit your creative ideas for connecting people with actionable science information *offline*. The deadline for this round of grants is March 23, 2026. Apply here! forms.gle/4emvpRPddmEt...

Many experts had thought sharks didn't exist in the frigid waters of Antarctica. n.pr/4rHpYsZ

🐜 Super interesting & important @pnas.org study by @mpi-ce.bsky.social research team @yukoulrich.bsky.social revealing how complex the consequences of pollutants can be 😱 I was asked for my opinion about the study for @trouw.nl. A friend living in Amsterdam just sent me a copy of the newspaper 📰🥰

Applications are now open for the summer school: 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 🧠 Apply before March 15: www.compneuronrsn.org 📍 Located in beautiful Eresfjord 🇳🇴 🗓️ Between July 6-24 Supported by the @kavlifoundation.org In collaboration with @kavlintnu.bsky.social

Artificial light at night, urban noise, psychoactive pollutants, agriculture, introduced species & a warming world are making it difficult to sleep. John Lesku & Anne Aulesebrook review how species are affected & suggest ways to minimise the impact #SensoryPerceptionInAChangingWorld bit.ly/469cNrT

Still time to apply!

Trainees: check out the Neurobiology of Cognition Gordon Research Seminar that is taking place this summer in New Hampshire. The theme is "Cells, Circuits, and Computation". www.grc.org/neurobiology...

🎉 Registration is officially OPEN! 🎉 Registration for the NeuroDoWo is now open! Join us for amazing talks, interactive workshops and networking events. 🎟️ Sign up now — scan the QR code or visit our website (see bio) 🗓️ Deadline: 10th March

Using our bee-tracking drone, we discovered that honey bees 🐝 have highly precise and individual routes. Now published at @currentbiology.bsky.social : doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

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Two PhD positions in dolphin genomics and behavioral ecology are available at the University of Zurich, starting May/June 2026. Applicants must have relevant degrees and experience. More info: www.michaelkruetzenlab.org. #phd

Researchers celebrate early results of a drug that may become the first treatment for a serious complication of pregnancy called preeclampsia. It's got the potential to save many lives.

🚨 We are #hiring a PhD Student to study cerebellum-like circuits in #Drosophila. Please spread the word! www.groschner-lab.org/join #Neuroscience #PhD

We’re hiring a Group Leader! Join us to lead a transformative initiative in human systems neuroscience. Find out more and apply ⤵️ www.sainsburywellcome.org/content/curr...

Happy #ValentinesDay