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Katja Reinhard @katjareinhard.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

An exciting speaker list for the Subcortical Sensory Circuits meeting 2027 in Trieste! Visual processing is covered by our 1st keynote speaker Tadashi Isa, followed by Elise Savier and Annette Allen. Our 2nd keynote speaker Viola Priesemann and Peter Neri will guide the Computational Session.

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subcortical 2027

About the Meeting Subcortical circuits play a crucial role in perception and the execution of a wide variety of essential behaviours. The number of laboratories focusing on subcortical areas has incre...

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Katja Reinhard @katjareinhard.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Now that summer breaks are coming to an end everywhere I'd like to remind you of our Subcortical Sensory Circuits meeting in Trieste in February 2027. Registrations and abstract submissions are open until October 31st and there are many slots for short talks! www.subcortical2027.com

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Paola Sgadò @sgadoo.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

We are looking for a Marie Curie Fellow (MSCA-PF) to join our lab at CIMeC, UniTrento, to study social brain development & autism (VPA & genetic models), in chick, zebrafish & rodents. Eligible for MSCA-PF 2026? Email: paola.sgado@unitn.it marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post...

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Postdoctoral Fellowships

The information provided on this page is a summary of the main rules and requirements for Postdoctoral Fellowships (PFs) and who can apply for them.

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Katja Reinhard @katjareinhard.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Flexibility Lab at #FENS2026: Po-Yu (PS01-07AM-627) - light/time effects on escape in nocturnal rodents Cinar (-319) - ...in diurnal rodents Carmen (-322) - role of midbrain in OCD Camilla (-320) - colliculus-Pbg pathway in escape @adiesse.bsky.social (PS04-08PM-716) - context-dependent cell types

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Katja Reinhard @katjareinhard.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

We are happy to announce the 3rd edition of the “Subcortical Sensory Circuits” Meeting on the 9-12 February 2027 at in Trieste, Italy! www.subcortical2027.com Registration will start in August, and we invite you to submit your abstract for a poster or short talk.

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subcortical 2027

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Katja Reinhard @katjareinhard.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Some exciting days, meeting the princess of Belgium and then spending two excellent days at the NN2026 in Bonn taking about naturalistic neuroscience. Thank you for the invitation @sabinekrabbe.bsky.social !

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Andres Bendesky @bendeskylab.com · 17/04/2026

Many wild populations are fragmenting and declining, leading to inbreeding. We are studying how animals avoid inbreeding and the consequences of inbreeding an in a >20 year study of >20,000 wild mice with whole genomes. We are recruiting a postdoc at Columbia and two PhD students in U Zurich.

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Pegah Kassraian @pegahkf.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Hi all! My lab at the University of Bern @unibe.ch 🇨🇭, funded by @snsf.ch, opening in April 2026, is looking for candidates for several fully-funded positions: a postdoctoral scientist, PhD student(s) and a laboratory technician. Please share (and apply)!

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Katja Reinhard @katjareinhard.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

I was very happy to participate in the TWAS-TYAN Neuroscience Workshop at SISSA! TWAS supports and promotes science in developing countries and invited young professors from Brazil, Chile, Ghana and Kyrgyzstan to SISSA. twas.org/article/tyan.... Photos: G.Ortolani (www.flickr.com/photos/twas/...)

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Dinu F Albeanu @dinanthos.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Join us at TENSS 2026 to open black boxes, explain how things/brains work and debate the impact (or lack or it) of various new technologies on understanding of the brain and on society. tenss.ro Apply by: March 15th!

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Katja Reinhard @katjareinhard.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Difficult to top the Erasmus MC speaker present! Thank you Robin Broersen for inviting me to Rotterdam. I enjoyed the many stimulating discussions and learned a lot about the cerebellum!

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Katja Reinhard @katjareinhard.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Mentors in North America, nominate your excellent senior PhDs / junior postdocs!

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Ann Kennedy @antihebbiann.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

You have until March 3rd to apply for the Cajal summer school on Quantitative Approaches to Behavior and VR at Champalimaud! Come surf and track animals with us 🏄🪰🐟🚶 cajal-training.org/on-site/quan...

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Quantitative Approaches to Behavior and Virtual Reality - CAJAL

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Katja Reinhard @katjareinhard.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Happy to be part of this webinar tomorrow!

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Katja Reinhard @katjareinhard.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

up to 5 fully funded PhD positions in Neurobiology at SISSA! Application through the portal until March 25th, start in November. www.sissa.it/bandi/ammiss... Join 1 of our 6 labs studying sensory and motor systems of the peripheral and central nervous system and/or get involved in tool development.

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Ammissione ai corsi di PhD della SISSA per l'Anno Accademico 2026/27 - Admission to SISSA PhD courses for the Academic Year 2026/27

Extra EU candidates are welcome to applyCheck the Information Sheets below for additional information on the examsCLICK HERE FOR ONLINE APPLICATIONSMATHEMATICS AREAGeometry and Mathematical PhysicsInf...

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Katja Reinhard @katjareinhard.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Studying vision across light levels? Interested in rod photoreceptors and related (patho)physiology? Matteo Rizzi, Kate Powell and I wrote a review on rod photoreceptor activity at daylight doi.org/10.1016/j.vi... . Free access link here kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...

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NERF @nerflabs.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

One week left to apply for the NERF/VIB-KU Leuven Center For Brain & Disease Research international PhD Call 2026! Learn more about the projects & teams and apply now: cbd.sites.vib.be/en/phdcall2026

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Michel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

You are a postdoc looking for an opportunity to present your latest work and discuss with leaders in the field? Apply to the early career scientists seminar series @ircm.bsky.social ! If selected, we pay for your expenses to come spend a day with us and give a seminar! www.ircm.qc.ca/en/news-deta...

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Call for applications: A fifth edition for the Early-Career Scientist Seminar Series

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Heidelberg Open Lab @openlabhd.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

It's time for the second workshop this autumn - this time, you will have an opportunity to learn animal pose estimation with Deeplabcut! Workshop will be held Nov 20-21st in Heidelberg and is free of charge. More info on our webpage!

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Katja Reinhard @katjareinhard.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Very proud of Po-Yu Liao and Cinar Ilhan who beautifully presented their PhD progress reports today! I'm very happy to have you in the lab and about your exciting research!

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MPI for Biological Intelligence @mpiforbi.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Apply now to become a speaker at our Institute! We invite excellent postdocs in neuroscience, ecology and other fields related to our research to apply for our Emerging Scientist Talk Series. Apply by October 24: www.bi.mpg.de/ess @chr-mayer.bsky.social @fleyes.bsky.social @michaelahau.bsky.social

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Katja Reinhard @katjareinhard.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

mouse neuro people who use or consider using neuropixels and/or miniscopes: if there was an implant light enough to do both at the same time (+ maybe optic fiber) in a freely moving mouse, would it advance your research? would you use it? please comment or send me a message!

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Katja Reinhard @katjareinhard.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Excellent end to the Italian Congress for Neuroscience (SINS) - our postdoc Lucia Zanetti chairing a fascinating session on the retina & beyond together with @serenariccitelli.bsky.social! Well done & thanks to the speakers Stefano Di Marco, @santiagorompani.bsky.social, Norma Kühn & Max Joesch

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Katja Reinhard @katjareinhard.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

who came up with the Europass format? it's one of the worst types of CV to read - feels crowded but at the same time it takes a lot of space. the sections make sense (mostly) but the formatting, fonts, uppercase, bold etc. is terrible. and that's what we suggest/force people to use...

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Felix Baier @felixbaier.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

🚨Very happy that my PhD work is now out in @nature.com! We discovered that evolution, by acting in the midbrain, shifted the threshold to escape in Peromyscus mice, to fine-tune defensive strategies in different environments www.nature.com/articles/s41... This was a truly collaborative effort! 🧵⬇️

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Pranav Minasandra @pminasandra.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

🚨 Out this week in @pnas.org 🚨 The flagship paper from my PhD @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @livingingroups.bsky.social - We show surprising statistical similarities in animal behaviour across states, individuals, and even species. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... (🧵 1/10)

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Katja Reinhard @katjareinhard.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Beyond the Lab Workshop - Naturalistic Approaches in Neuroscience! join us in Montevideo, Uruguay, 20-25 October sites.google.com/view/beyondt...

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October 20-25th, 2025 Montevideo, Uruguay

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Katja Reinhard @katjareinhard.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Karl @farrowlab.bsky.social and I wrote a little opinion piece on the importance of comparative neuroscience

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 02/06/2025

Planning to apply for #research #funding from the ERC? From the next application rounds, expect changes to the: • proposal structure • evaluation process • extra funding you can request • eligibility for Starting & Consolidator #Grants (from 2027) More 👇 europa.eu/!RPHWvv

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Changes to the 2026 and 2027 Work Programmes

With the launch of the competitions for grants under ERC Work Programme 2026 in July of this year, several changes to the submission of applications and the evaluation of proposals will apply. The mai...

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Katja Reinhard @katjareinhard.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Now with correct link: Preprint on how to create an equitable and healthy lab environment www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... ! During the SAFE Labs workshop 2024 we came up with concrete action points, summarised in these guidelines for Lab Handbooks github.com/SAFE-Labs-Do...

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The SAFE Labs Handbook: community-driven commitments for group leaders to improve lab culture

Creating positive and equitable lab environments has become a growing priority for the scientific community and funders of scientific research. Research institutions typically respond to this need by ...

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Katja Reinhard @katjareinhard.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Preprint on how to create an equitable and healthy lab environment doi.org/10.1101/2025...! During the SAFE Labs workshop 2024 we came up with concrete action points, summarised in these guidelines for Lab Handbooks github.com/SAFE-Labs-Do...

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Eve Seuntjens @eveseuntjens.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

We're hiring! Our lab is looking for a postdoc to investigate the #evodevo of #cephalopod brains. Did you recently graduate, and do you want to join our EU #WEAVE project with the Simakov and @simon-sprecher.bsky.social labs? Find the application form👇Thanks for RT 🐙🦑 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...

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Postdoctoral researcher in evolutionary developmental neurobiology

Come join our EU cephalopod consortium to discover how octopuses and other coleoids developed their large nervous system. Postdoc position available in the Seuntjens Lab in Leuven, Belgium.

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Denis Jabaudon @djabaudon.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Still openings, check it out!

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Katja Reinhard @katjareinhard.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

New paper on bioRxiv: "Ambient Light Impacts Innate Behaviors of New-World and Old-World Mice" - together with @farrowlab.bsky.social, with data from NERF master students and two of my lab members! A study across 3 species: Mus musculus, Peromyscus maniculatus & P. polionotus doi.org/10.1101/2025...

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Ambient Light Impacts Innate Behaviors of New-World and Old-World Mice

Animals encounter predators and prey under diverse lighting conditions that signal different risks and opportunities, yet how ambient illumination shapes innate approach and avoidance behaviors remain...

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CIMeC_UniTrento @cimecunitrento.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Explore vision, motor control & predictive processing with a funded PhD @cimecunitrento.bsky.social Project: Predictive neural representations of dynamic events, supervisor Moritz Wurm @moritzwurm.bsky.social 🧠 Apply by June 5, 2025 🔗 Info: phd.unitn.it/drcimec #neuroscience #cognitivescience

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Katja Reinhard @katjareinhard.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

University of Trieste has its first female rector - Donata Vianelli 👏

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Alessandro Gozzi @gozziale.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

🎓 My lab has 2 PhD positions with @cimecunitrento.bsky.social 1️⃣ 🧠 Watch the 🐭 brain in motion, with functional ultrasound imaging (fUSI) 2️⃣🧪 Mess with the 🐭 brain (experimentally) via causal perturbations + imaging 🔬 Neuro/physics/bioengeneering backgrounds welcome 👉Info ▶️https://lnkd.in/dDeTTDj2

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Katja Reinhard @katjareinhard.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Lab outing with n=9 (-2 absentees). What an amazing group of people!

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Vincent Bonin @boninlab.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Hi, We have new open positions – PhD student and postdocs– experimental or computational– in our research groups at @nerflabs.bsky.social in Leuven Belgium on neural circuit basis of visual behavior/developmental disorders. I am at Cosyne Workshops and happy to discuss opportunities.

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Anna Schroeder @annaschroeder.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

📢 🚨 Postdoc Opportunity 📢 🚨 Join us at @lmumuenchen.bsky.social to study how neural circuits 🧠 drive adaptive behavior. The lab uses state-of-the-art neuroscience technologies and offers a supportive environment 🤗! ⏳ Deadline: 15. April 2025 Learn more and apply: www.fens.org/careers/job-...

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Katja Reinhard @katjareinhard.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Do a PhD in Neurobiology at SISSA! 4years paid scholarship in a beautiful place, from molecular, cellular to behaviour and systems neuro. Applications until March 13 through the portal - open to all nationalities www.sissa.it/bandi/ammiss.... Check here too: www.sissa.it/research/neu... #neurojobs

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Ammissione ai corsi di PhD della SISSA per l'Anno Accademico 2025/26 - Admission to SISSA PhD courses for the Academic Year 2025/26

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Florian Jug @florianjug.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

🚨🚨 MEGA JOB ALERT 🚨🚨 Independent Group Leader Positions in Computational Biology @humantechnopole.bsky.social! Are you ready to start your own lab? Do you know someone who is? Repost this + share with everyone who might want to know about it. Thanks!!! 🙏 More details below... check it out! 🧵 1/3

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Katja Reinhard @katjareinhard.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

We had an excellent week at the EMBO Subcortical Circuits Meeting in Assisi. First posters with lab-own data only, presented by the amazing Po-yu Liao and Lucia Zanetti! Great organising by @santiagorompani.bsky.social, Hiroki Asari, Tomomi Shimogori and Judith Hirsch

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Katja Reinhard @katjareinhard.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Excited to be on the way to #EMBOcircuits in Assisi! With two posters and a talk, Lucia Zanetti, Po-yu Liao and I will present what the lab has been doing in the past two years with the help of @erc.europa.eu

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Ahmed El Hady @zamakany.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Pls share: Konstanz School of Collective behavior from 21st July - 8th August. Application deadline: April, 15. An amazing line up of speakers spanning all aspects of collective behavior . For info: www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/kscb/ @cbehav.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social

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Katja Reinhard @katjareinhard.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

behaviour & neuro friends, do I know anybody who will attend the IBNS meeting in Tromso in June and would be interested in sharing a room? It's not the cheapest of meetings...

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Katja Reinhard @katjareinhard.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Technical assistant position in my lab is open now: www.sissa.it/bandi/selezi... Making viruses, helping with rodents, possibility to do some experiments (behavior, surgery, immunohistochemistry...). Please contact me for a chat before applying! Deadline February 6th our lab: www.reinhardlab.org

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Selezione pubblica per titoli e colloquio per il conferimento di n. 1 assegno di ricerca - Area Neuroscienze (ref. prof. K. Reinhard)

La domanda di partecipazione alla selezione, nonché i titoli posseduti, i documenti e le pubblicazioni ritenute utili per la selezione, devono essere presentati, a pena di esclusione, per via telemati...

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