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Nick Jourjine @nickjourjine.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

New preprint! TLDR: We mapped the genetic architecture of neonatal vocalization in deer mice, and found candidate genes expressed in the cerebellum that could be contributing to the evolution of temporal structure in infant cries #Bioacoustics #neuroskyence www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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The Genetic Architecture of Neonatal Deer Mouse Cries Implicates the Cerebellum in the Temporal Control of an Infant Social Behavior

Vocal communication is a conserved vertebrate social behavior that begins at birth with the cries of infants. These neonatal vocal signals vary across contexts to elicit parental care that matches inf...

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Arkarup Banerjee @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

How did singing mouse evolve its song? Two research manuscripts published today shed light on peripheral and central circuit modifications underlying this novel vocal capacity.

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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory @cshlnews.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Ever see a mouse stand on its hind legs and belt out a song?@xmikezheng20.bsky.social, @cliffscience.bsky.social, and @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social track this behavior in Alston’s singing mice. See what it might say about the origins of communication. cshl.edu/singing-mice-speak-volumes/

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Singing mice speak volumes | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

All mice squeak, but only some sing. Scotinomys teguina, aka Alston’s singing mice, hail from the cloud forests of Costa Rica. More than 2,000 miles north, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) neurosc...

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Bridging Brains and Bioacoustics @braincoustics.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

The next Bridging Brains and Bioacoustics seminar is happening in 2 weeks! Join us to learn all about the neuroscience and ecology of acoustic communication in mice from @cliffscience.bsky.social and @leo-perrier.bsky.social 🗓️ October 23rd @ 10:00 EST ✅ Register here: braincoustics.com

Bridging brains and bioacoustics talks for October 23rd @ 10:00 am EST:

From Clifford Harpole (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory): Vocal repertoire expansion in singing mice by co-opting a conserved midbrain circuit node

From Léo Perrier (Universite de Neuchatel): Unravelling the acoustic network of striped mice

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Clifford Harpole @cliffscience.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

For no good reason, when I plot a spectrogram for visual inspection or sharing I just use regular ones. I had never really considered it though!

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