My first experimental PhD paper is finally out! 🎉 We investigate trace conditioning in honeybees and its links to awareness processes and serotonin 🐝🧠 Combining behaviour, computational modelling (by Andrea Alamia), and neuropharmacology ⭐ Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.is...

🎓 PhD defended #PhDone (1/3) On Dec 17, I defended my PhD thesis entitled “Exploring dimensions of consciousness in the miniature brain of an insect” 🐝

1/12 Consciousness and attention in honeybees This study provides evidence of consciousness-like states in bees, revealing strong and fascinating parallels with vertebrate awareness. I will try to explain it in a few "tweets". (paper) www.cell.com/iscience/ful... by @catherinemacri.bsky.social

🧪 Friends of all backgrounds: please enjoy this new paper whose findings “reveal that bees engage higher-order cognitive mechanisms under temporal uncertainty, suggesting that core features of awareness may be evolutionarily conserved across distant taxa.” Yeah. 🫢 www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

My first experimental PhD paper is finally out! 🎉 We investigate trace conditioning in honeybees and its links to awareness processes and serotonin 🐝🧠 Combining behaviour, computational modelling (by Andrea Alamia), and neuropharmacology ⭐ Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.is...

What an amazing piece of writing, such a fun read!! Highly recommend 🙂 "How is consciousness possible at all? How could the few pounds of gray goo in my skull give rise to my experience of the particular blue tint of the sky?" slate.com/culture/2010...

What an amazing piece of writing, such a fun read!! Highly recommend 🙂 "How is consciousness possible at all? How could the few pounds of gray goo in my skull give rise to my experience of the particular blue tint of the sky?" slate.com/culture/2010...

The conference is next week!✨ Join us on 13–14 November for a rich two-day schedule of fascinating talks on animal behaviour 🦋🐟🐆 💻 Free, online & open to all worldwide 👉 Explore the program and register 🔗 ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org/resource/pag...

Science isn't done until it's shared! 🔬🌍 Make your research matter beyond the lab & join our outreach workshop at 12:00GMT, 13 Nov at #ABL2025 With: Fran Sconce (@royentsoc.bsky.social) Dr Andy Howe (Insect Investigators) Dr @ellenrotheray.bsky.social (BuzzClub) Register➡️ ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org

Make your science heard 🎙️🌍 Join our second outreach workshop on 14 Nov #ABL2025 at 12:00 GMT, with oceanographer, marine ecologist & communicator Sakina-Dorothée Ayata, sharing how to choose the right media for the right audience. Free registration ➡️ ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org

I will have the opportunity to chair this amazing workshop session during the ABL annual online conference. Please register, it's free! 😊

🌍✨ Join us for #ABL2025! ✨🌍 Our annual online conference is on 📅13–14 Nov and it’s completely FREE 🌐 Streamed live on YouTube, accessible worldwide ✅ Abstract submission is now closed. We’re reviewing them and will contact presenters soon 🔗 Registration open for everyone: ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org

See last article on "The cognitive side of communication in social insects", just published in @TrendsCognSci . Free access under this link! authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

Exciting news for #ASABWinter2025 ! 🚨Abstract deadline extension for Sept 12 !!!!🚨

#ABL2025 Plenary Spotlight: Dr Anna Stöckl @anna-stoeckl.bsky.social ⭐ Join us on Nov 13-14 to learn how Dr Stöckl’s team @insect-vision.bsky.social unravelled the fascinating ways in which pollinators see the hidden patterns of flowers.🦋🌻 Learn more about the conference: ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org

#ABL2025 Plenary Spotlight: Dr Floria Mora-Kepfer Uy ⭐ Join us on Nov 13-14 to learn how @avispatica.bsky.social Dr Mora-Kepfer Uy’s team uncovered captivating ways in which parasites reprogram the behaviour and lifespan of insects. 🐝🪱 Learn more about the conference: ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org

✨3 months until our online conference ! ✨ Discover our amazing plenary speakers in this video! Feel free to share with anyone who might be interested in attending. 🙌 Free registrations here : ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org #animalbehaviour #ethology #onlineconference #ABL2025

See our new work on "Seasonal and nutritional modulation of honeybee olfactory learning by the short neuropeptide F". A great study by Rafael Carvalho da Silva under the supervision of Gabriela de Brito sanchez, with the essential contribution of David Baracchi. doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

See our latest paper in @iScience_CP on opsin type distribution in the ommatidia and ocelli of the 3 castes of the honey bee (workers, queens and drones). A fantastic worker done by A. Durand, S. Larnaudie, D. Champleovier, B. Ronsin & Isabelle Lafon cell.com/iscience/fullt…

📣 SEMINAR TODAY! 🐜 Join us at 14:00 GMT for Prof. Dr. Flavio Roces' talk on how leaf-cutting ants build and climate-control their nests! 🌿 📍 Live on YouTube → www.youtube.com/watch?v=qORc... ✅ Free & open to all! #AnimalBehaviour #LeafCuttingAnts #NestArchitecture

Honored to be a plenary speaker for #ABL2025! #wasplove

📣 1 WEEK TO GO! 🐜 Leaf-cutting ants don’t just build nests; they build climate-controlled cities. 🎥 Watch the teaser for Prof. Flavio Roces’ talk on their environmental adaptations. 🗓️Tuesday 29 July – 14:00 GMT 📍Live on YouTube : www.youtube.com/watch?v=qORc...

We welcome the 2nd plenary speaker at #ABL2025. 🙌🙌 @anna-stoeckl.bsky.social‬ from @uni-konstanz.de‬ reveals how insect pollinators interpret floral patterns to guide foraging. From hawkmoth vision to neural templates—this talk will bridge behaviour, neuroethology & sensory biology. 🦋🪻

📣 SEMINAR SERIES 2025 📣 Only one week to go before our next seminar! 🐘 🎥 Is the teaser tempting you ? Come listen to Dr. TNC Vidya and PhD students Athira TK & Ankana Sanyal 📆 Tuesday 24 June 2025 – 10am GMT 📍 Live on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpdD... 💡 Free & open to all

Thanks to my colleague Michel for this great gift ☺️, I was just in need of some inspiration while writing my PhD introduction ! The french translation of the mind of a bee by Lars Chittka 🐝

Today is #WorldBeeDay! In our team, we try to show our appreciation for these amazing animals every day—not just as research models, but as sentient beings playing a crucial role in our ecosystems. We also hope to inspire younger generations to care, protect, and stand up for them. Save the bees! 🐝

May 20th: world bee day! Protect the environnement, save the bees and all the living creatures!

Some of the participants of the Neuroethology meeting, satellite of the annual meeting of the French Neuroscience Society. We had a terrific day in Montpellier with fascinating talks and exciting discussions! Thanks to Manu Perisse and his team for the wonderful hosting!

⏮️ Missed our first seminar of 2025? No worries! You can still catch Dr. @damienfarine.bsky.social's talk “The Costs of Collective Behaviour” on YouTube — but only until next Tuesday! 🐦⏳ 🎥 Don’t wait — watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc9z...

En 2025, CNRS et France Universités co-organisent les médailles de la médiation scientifique. Objectif : faire rayonner les projets science et société de l’ensemble des établissements d’enseignement supérieur et de recherche. Infos et candidatures ➡️ franceuniversites.fr/actualite/le...

Free neuroethology meeting next month in Montpellier, France. Join us ! 😊

A🐝✨ Fully funded 3-year PhD opportunity at the Centre for Food and Taste in Dijon, France! Work with bees, behavior, calcium imaging, and pharmacology. 🔗 See the link below for details & reach out if interested! 📅 Apply by 12.05.25! 🚀 #PhD #Research #Neuroscience #Bees

‼️ CogEvo 2025 🧠 🚨 A unique workshop on cognition, neuroscience, evolution and development organized by the Center for Mind/Brain Sciences. 🗓️ July 17-18, 2025 📍 Rovereto, Italy 🇮🇹 🔗 Registration: event.unitn.it/cogevo/ #CogEvo2025 #CogEvo #Cognition #Neuroscience

Interested in Neuroethology? Then, join us at the 1-day Meeting of the French Club of Neuroethology, in the beautiful city of Montpellier, on May 13th. NO FEES REQUIRED. Just register and submit your abstract in: www.zebrain.bio.ens.psl.eu/neuroetholog... . And enjoy our guest speakers!

Thanks to @nature.com for featuring Stand Up for Science! ☀️🧬🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

See our last work on the effect of learning on how bees respond to the unconditioned stimulus (US) after learning! We show that learning changes not only conditioned-stimulus processing but also US processing. A wonderful work by Yuan Lai et al. doi.org/10.1038/s415...

🐝 Missed our 2024 seminar by @dremlichtenberg.bsky.social on decision-making by foraging bees? Great news! The replay is now available! 📺✨ 🔗 Watch here: www.youtube.com/live/rnJqqgk...

Even more powerful, though, are arguments against *any* cultural explanation. For example, the illusion shows up in non-human animals like guppies & lizards. That’s what you’d expect if the illusion arises from deep within us, not from the circumstances of our upbringing. (7/13)

Check out our latest work on transitive inferences (A > B, B > C, therefore A > C) in honey bees, just published in Frontiers in Psychology: www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...

Are you PhD student or Postdoc working in the field of Neuroethology? Then apply as a speaker for the Webinar Series 'The Future Of Neuroethology'

Drink it up little bee ! 🐝 I really enjoy showing bees under the binocular magnifier to young interns. Their reactions are always fun! Of course, they are shocked at how hairy bees really are 😄

Inspired by @hleisthen.bsky.social and @denizhanpak.bsky.social I've put together a starter pack for neuroethology (broadly defined). Follow these people if you're interested in learning about the mechanisms underlying animal behaviour. Suggestions welcome! go.bsky.app/T5JTFzE

Reminder that there's one week left to apply for this job. Please pass on the information to anyone who might be interested!

🦋 Nice to meet you, Bluesky! 🦋 We are Animal Behaviour Live (ABL), an international platform promoting sustainable & inclusive events in animal behavior research. 💚 📌 Conferences, seminars & roundtables freely broadcast on YouTube. 📢 Follow us for updates & replays, or visit animalbehaviour.live

hey everyone! i made a list of some useful starter packs (primarily biology/earth sciences with a few bonus things thrown in) to share with friends who have joined bsky in the last week and thought it may be useful for some people here too! 🌍🧪 #SciSky #BioSky docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Hier j'ai assisté à une après-midi de discussion organisée par @themeta.news autour de la question 🗨️"La recherche vous fait-elle toujours rêver?" Même si j'ai encore des questions sans réponse, et je pense que le système peut évoluer, je suis plutôt optimiste alors oui, la recherche me fait rêver !

I recently participated in a workshop on animal welfare at the Animal Behaviour Live online conference, talking about 'Evaluating measures of animal welfare' - video now available here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrUs...