Hintergründe zur deutschen Forschung an der #Xenotransplantation aus erster Hand gibt es u.a. im Podcast #FabelnFellFakten: www.tierversuche-verstehen.de/s3e5-xenotra... Darin erklärt Eckhard Wolf @lmumuenchen.bsky.social die Gründe und verrät wann es mit dem #Schweineherz so weit sein könnte.

Let's recap: Everything* is everywhere** * Except language, motor, memory, facial recognition, spatial perception, ... ** Except white matter, human brains, or anything else that is not a mouse brain

‪@benhayden.bsky.social‬ @tyrellturing.bsky.social‬ @jmgrohneuro.bsky.social‬ @pessoabrain.bsky.social I see a lot of talk on here about how we should avoid "x does y" talk because the brain is "a dynamic, reverberant, reciprocally interconnected system". But this does not follow. A thread...

I think the church of everything is everywhere should check tumor removal surgeries. They all start by making sure they won't remove a specific function when removing a specific region. Can you guess how they do it? @benhayden.bsky.social @pessoabrain.bsky.social hint: it is not with decoders

Of course. It’s extraordinarily that we even need to have this discussion - again - I despair.

This graph, taken from an article @science.org by ‪@sarareardon.bsky.social is problematic. Actually, it's outright wrong. And that's probably due to ill definitions. Short 🧵⬇️

This week's @thelancet.com cover and editorial www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

We express deep concern over the recent dangerous precedent of political interference in #Canada regarding research involving #dogs. Decisions about biomedical research should be guided by fact-based evaluation and evidence, not crude political grandstanding.  More: www.eara.eu/post/the-dan...

Very timely and insightful OpEd by Prof. Cory Miller on WSJ. It lays out an important point - Advanced AI cannot be developed in a vacuum without understanding the sophisticated machines we have in our brains. www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

hi this is my favorite writing advice, it's from former simpsons writer john swartzwelder (i think about the crappy little elf all the time) www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

This had me laughing to tears. The person sitting next to me on the flight must have thought I was nuts. A must read for the FEP curious. www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Kleiner Sneak Peek in unser neues Video: Wir schauen Tierpfleger Justin bei seinem Arbeitsalltag am Deutschen Primatenzentrum über die Schulter. 🎥 Hier den ganzen Film ansehen: youtu.be/x8FI2xuklds

Die Welt gewinnt den "War on Cancer" - titelt der @economist.com. Langsam, aber stetig fallen die Todesraten, immer mehr Menschen überleben eine Krebserkrankung. Und die Forschung hat noch ein paar Pfeile im Köcher: Neue Immuntherapien, mRNA-"Impfungen" uvm. #ForschungWirkt

Aaaand we have our final line-up for ESI-SyNC 2025! Check it out! :) Join us for two exciting days of figuring out what altered states of consciousness do to your brain! More info: esi-frankfurt.de/newevent/ Go register (100 Euro, free for junior researchers): survey.academiccloud.de/index.php/18...

Guinea-Paviane im Senegal treffen ihre nächtlichen Entscheidungen offenbar unabhängig von potenziellen Risiken durch Fressfeinde oder Parasiten und bevorzugen es, in guter Nachbarschaft zu schlafen. Dabei nutzen sie überwiegend hohe Bäume in den Galeriewäldern entlang des Gambia-Flusses. 🌴👉 (1/2)

I’m doing some research on IACUC practices. Does your institution make public the meeting minutes? If so can you DM me with the link to them. [email protected]. Thanks!

Amidst everything, the lab's first preprint is out! It's just a methods paper, no scientific results (yet!), but it's still great to see it all pulled together. We hope that these open-source behavioral tools will be useful for others!

In our upcoming episode, Dr. Raymundo Baez Mendoza @raymundobaez.bsky.social, neuroscientist at the German Primate Center @primatenzentrum.bsky.social, explains how game theory is used to understand cooperation, competition, and social risk in controlled lab settings. 🐒 youtube.com/shorts/Ac34u...

Machtverhältnisse bei Primaten: Klar dominante Geschlechter sind die Ausnahme! Neulich war der NDR bei uns zu Gast und hat unsere Forschenden Claudia Fichtel & Peter Kappeler zu ihrer neuen Studie interviewt. 👉 Hier geht’s zum Beitrag: www.ndr.de/fernsehen/se... #DPZ #patriarchat

Is it just me or do others find it super hypocritical that health agency officials (HHS/FDA/NIH) have suddenly become anti-animal research activists for "ethical reasons" while being quiet about, if not actively promoting, more consumption of red meat, tallow and other forms of animal fat and flesh?

Wofür braucht es Affen in der #Forschung? @stefantreue.bsky.social, Direktor des @primatenzentrum.bsky.social und Sprecher der Initiative "Tierversuche verstehen" @tvvde.bsky.social, zu Gast im TVV-Podcast "Fabeln, Fell & Fakten". www.tierversuche-verstehen.de/s4e18-wofuer... #Tierversuche #Podcast

Curious about the visual human brain, a vibrant and collaborative lab, and pursuing a PhD in the heart of Europe? My lab is recruiting for a 3-year PhD position. More details: www.rademakerlab.com/job-add

🎥 Eindrücke von der Nacht des Wissens 2025 Am Deutschen Primatenzentrum haben wir Einblicke in unsere Forschung gegeben. Das Video zeigt einige Impressionen vom Abend: youtube.com/shorts/sMTEj... #NachtDesWissens #DPZ #Forschung

"And this is the thing about science: it's easy to make it sound made-up and stupid. Someone who just want's to cut funding can trivialize any research." Yes, that is exactly what we see in many public debates about #AnimalResearch youtube.com/shorts/Xxcz9...

Mice harboring mutations in Fmr1, Cntnap2 or Shank3B show a blunted update of priors during decision-making, suggesting that distinct genetic instantiations of ASD may yield common neurophysiological and behavioral phenotypes www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The Ernst Strüngmann Institute of Neuroscience joined the Be Open about Animal Research Day. You can join too! Show your support and share on #BOARD25

These organisations got on #BOARD25 in Germany. Show your support and share on #BOARD25

Only 10 days left to apply for the postdoc position in our lab 👇

This opinion piece @statnews.com hailing the new FDA approach to animal testing (and by extension the Trump Administration) is a real impertinence. www.statnews.com/2025/05/19/a... Here's why: ⬇️ 🧵

Running Paris Spring School practicals this week! The fabulous @maxime-beau.bsky.social is teaching the ins and outs of Neuropixels recordings, with help from the brilliant Marin Dauguet and all the team. @upcite.bsky.social @sppin-cnrs.bsky.social #neuroscience 👩‍🔬🧠 parisneuro.ovh

Happy #EuropeDay ! 😀🇪🇺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AXn...

If you have an interest in non-human primate systems neuroscience and/or imaging esp. if it relates to development or learning, call me! These are major chair positions that come with at least $4M or $8M over 8 years, depending on career stage.

Apropos of debates, if anyone is interested in an inspired discussion of the value of basic research, Asimov’s “Of What Use?” is hard to beat. speakingofresearch.com/2012/03/23/o...

We are excited to announce our new Simons Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience (SCENE)! This program will unite experts in experimental and computational #neuroscience approaches to investigate how the brain represents sensorimotor interactions. www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/04/24/s... #science

The ethics of #animalresearch aren’t black & white. 1/ There would be no debate if we could experiment without ever harming an animal - that would be the “all white” extreme. #wdail #Tierversuche #ExperimentationAnimale

Heute ist Internationaler Tag des Versuchstiers: Wir sagen DANKE 🙏 an unsere Tierpfleger*innen, Tierärztinnen und Wissenschaftler*innen die sich um unsere Tiere kümmern und an die 148 Versuchstiere 🐒 🐁 🐖, die im letzten Jahr für unsere Forschung eingesetzt wurden. #Tierversuche #Danke #Transparenz

#Tierversuche sind unverzichtbar für die Forschung am HZI. Im Interview zum Tag des Versuchstiers am 24. April sprechen die Forscherinnen @jrport.bsky.social & Marina Greweling-Pils über Tiermodelle in der #Infektionsforschung und Hürden bei Tierversuchsanträgen. www.helmholtz-hzi.de/media-center...

Super happy that our papers #2 and #3 from our 3-person lab just went online on bioRxiv! First large-scale 3D EM dataset from mouse hippocampus CA1 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... - check out the beautiful data on webknossos wklink.org/7023 ! …

Der neue „Kompass #Tierversuche“ ist da! 🧭📘 Fakten zum #TagDesVersuchstiers 👉 www.tierversuche-verstehen.de/kompass-tier... Print-Exemplare 📚 auf Anfrage via [email protected] Wir freuen uns über Feedback! #Forschung #Transparenz #Wissenschaftskommunikation #TierversucheVerstehen

🚨new paper alert Blind mice use stereo olfaction, comparing smells between nostrils, to maintain a stable sense of direction. Blocking this ability disrupts their internal compass. Kudos to @kasumbisa.bsky.social! Another cool chapter of the Trenholm-Peyrache collab😉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🚨Paper alert! Check out our latest publication in @naturecomms.bsky.social by @lukasamn.bsky.social, Virginia Casasnovas, and Alexander Gail: "Visual target and task-critical feedback uncertainty impair different stages of reach planning in motor cortex". www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Julia Fischer (@julxf.bsky.social; @primatenzentrum.bsky.social) is recruiting a field assistant to work at our field site CRP Simenti in Senegal to study the behaviour of Guinea baboons in their natural habitat. Paid position, run-time at least 15 months, starting Nov 2025 s.gwdg.de/ZzyGjT

🧠✨ What makes the human brain so unique? Two special genes found only in humans play a key role! 🔑🧬 Learn more about the latest study here: youtube.com/shorts/uPpFN...

Wir sind natürlich auch wieder dabei! Diesmal am geteiltem Stand mit @eara.eu und morgen mittag auch wieder mit unserem fest etablierten Workshop!

Excited to share our lab’s first marmoset preprint! 🐒✨ We show that marmosets develop structured yet flexible foraging routes in a semi-naturalistic setting. Big congratulations to @elma-nada.bsky.social and Francesca Lanzarini for leading this work! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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"Je n'ai plus les mots face à l'escalade de l'hostilité envers la science aux États-Unis" Jochem Marotzke, directeur de l'Institut Max Planck de Météorologie, parle des conséquences des politiques de l'administration Trump pour ses collègues américains et la recherche internationale climatique 1/2

For those shocked by recent anti-science campaigns, know that the #animalresearch community has endured this for decades. Animal rights activists, some with doctor titles, spread blatant disinformation with complete impunity... 1/2 #Tierversuche #ExperimentationAnimale

Our wonderful friend Scott and the incredible team at U Chicago. www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...

My lab has an opening for a technician! It would be a great 1-2yr opportunity for someone interested in memory mechanisms, looking for ephys/rodent behavior experience before grad or med school. Please share with anyone you think might be interested! uwhires.admin.washington.edu/ENG/candidat...