Reposted by Katrin VogtPortugues Lab @portugueslab.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The Department of Neurobiology and Behavior at Cornell University is hiring! Come and do cutting edge research on the neural basis of natural behaviors at NBB (nbb.cornell.edu). No animal too small, no behavior too strange! Apply here: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32592 14835
Reposted by Katrin VogtBen de Bivort @debivort.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Hello friends, the Harvard Life Science departments have banded together to hire a new colleague working at the intersection of Life Sciences and AI. Could be primarily an experimentalist, or could be primarily a compute/theorist. academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/16773academicpositions.harvard.eduTenure-Track Professor in Life Science and AIThe Life Sciences Departments in Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences seek to recruit a tenure-track professor whose research is at the interface of AI and life sciences, from methodological developme... 34052
Katrin Vogt @katrinvogt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I presented our work on social context and internal state-dependent chemosensory processing in Drosophila larvae at the #ECRO2026 in Paris. Big thanks to the organizers for selecting our symposium!!!🪰🐜🐟🐁 070
Reposted by Katrin VogtInstitute of Neurobiology - UPR @neurobio-upr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Applications are open for the San Juan Winter School on Connectomics & Brain Simulation 2027! 🧠 📍 San Juan, Puerto Rico 📆 Jan. 10–23, 2027 💻 Lectures, hands-on connectomics and neural modeling, and research projects Apply by Oct. 22: sjcabs.com 023
Reposted by Katrin VogtCarolina Rezaval @crezaval.bsky.social · 16/09/2026We’re hiring two postdocs! Join the our Lab @unibirmingham.bsky.social to uncover how the brain resolves behavioural conflicts. Deadline: 22 September 2026 @wellcometrust.bsky.social Please share! www.rezavallab.orgjobs.ac.ukResearch Fellow (Postdoctoral) at University of BirminghamApply for the Research Fellow (Postdoctoral) role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now. 01715
Reposted by Katrin VogtEarl K. Miller @earlkmiller.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A review of mathematical models of ephaptic coupling, how neurons can influence each other through electrical field effects. link.springer.com/article/10.1... #neurosciencelink.springer.comEphaptic coupling between neurons: a systematic review of mathematical models - BMC BioinformaticsBackground Ephaptic coupling is a relatively underexplored mechanism of neuronal interaction mediated by perturbations of the extracellular electric potential without the formation of conventional che... 0256
Reposted by Katrin VogtMODOLFOR @modolfor.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Meet the MODOLFOR members at the #ECRO2026, Paris: Symposiums organized by @silkesachse.bsky.social and @katrinvogt.bsky.social on 17.09.2026 at 2pm and by @veronicaegger.bsky.social on 16.09.2026 at 10:30 Plenary lecture by @sophiesteculorum.bsky.social on the 18.09.2026 at 9am and many posters!🪰🐭👃 084
Katrin Vogt @katrinvogt.bsky.social · 15/09/2026#Neurofly2026 was a blast! I was excited to talk about flexible foraging decisions in fly larvae, my PhD student @akhila1498.bsky.social presented her work on taste gradient navigation and as always it was so much fun to meet colleagues @modolfor.bsky.social and many talented young researchers! 🪰 1212
Reposted by Katrin VogtMeg Younger @megyounger.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Excited to share this work from @darbly.bsky.social's lab and my lab with @davidhildebrand.bsky.social @briandepasquale.bsky.social and many others! It turns out that the sensory neurons that detect CO2 in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes have lots of recurrent connections! 🦟👃🌟 03710
Reposted by Katrin VogtRainer Friedrich @rainerfriedrichlab.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Just out in Nat Neurosci: disentangling of neural odor manifolds in "olfactory cortex" of adult zebrafish after learning. Great work by Bo, Nesibe et al and wonderful collaboration with @sueyeonchung.bsky.social that fundamentally changed my view of olfactory cortex. www.nature.com/articles/s41...rdcu.be 14718
Reposted by Katrin VogtMax-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 09/09/2026We are hiring! Start at a #MaxPlanckInstitute with your own independent Max Planck Research Group. This position is equivalent to a W2 Professorship at a German university, or Associate Professor internationally. 🔗Apply until October 14th! www.mpg.de/career/max-p... #ScienceCareer #MPRG #TenureTrack 094117
Reposted by Katrin VogtAlex Schier @schierlab.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The first Danionella paper from the lab. Danionella cerebrum is transparent, so you can see all of the internal organs. But what sensory information are the organs sending to the brain? In our new preprint, Emily Bayer wanted to find out. 1/4 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 18135
Reposted by Katrin VogtJan M. Ache @jan-ache.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I am extremely excited - or should I say rather chuffed? - to share that I am joining the University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk as Associate Professor of Animal Behaviour in the Department of Biology @biology.ox.ac.uk and as a Fellow of Merton College. 8693
Reposted by Katrin VogtRainer Friedrich @rainerfriedrichlab.bsky.social · 08/09/2026New preprint by Tommaso: olfactory cortex (of zebrafish) represents not only odor information but also temporal context, and these multimodal representations are sharpened after learning. And check out Tommaso's new method for 2P imaging in awake adult zebrafish! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.orgJoint experience-dependent representations of odors and temporal context in the zebrafish homolog of piriform cortexIntelligent behavior requires experience-dependent internal representations of relevant information. We examined representational learning in telencephalic area pDp of adult zebrafish, the homolog of ... 12712
Katrin Vogt @katrinvogt.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Arrived in Cologne in time (!) and looking forward to a week of the newest Drosophila neuroscience #Neurofly2026 0200
Reposted by Katrin VogtItai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 07/09/2026🔥Does academia stifle creativity? This new perspective argues that academia is currently structured to select against creativity, intellectual risk-taking and bold ideas. Young scientists – best positioned for new ideas – are particularly incentivized to play it safe. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 36410
Reposted by Katrin VogtAndrew Straw @andrewstraw.bsky.social · 04/09/2026We are hiring! Come join us in the Straw Lab at the @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social . Seeking a scientist to work on the neural and computational mechanisms of visual navigation in honey bees. uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00005... 18061
Katrin Vogt @katrinvogt.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Excited to finally see this one out from my postdoc lab 🥳🪰🐛 How and when is olfactory information integrated across brain hemispheres? The larval Drosophila mushroom body balances lateralized sensing and interhemispheric integration | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgThe larval Drosophila mushroom body balances lateralized sensing and interhemispheric integrationBilaterian animals must integrate sensory input from both sides of their bodies to make coherent perceptual decisions. In Drosophila larvae, olfactory receptor neurons target the ipsilateral brain hem... 0247
Katrin Vogt @katrinvogt.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I made my first doctor!!🎓🥳 My student @akhila1498.bsky.social defended her PhD thesis last week. After a very successful and productive PhD, she is now off to new science adventures - all the best for the future!🪰🎉 #proudPI 2350
Reposted by Katrin VogtInternational Society for Neuroethology @neuroethology.org · 01/09/2026Olfactory cues are undoubtedly relevant for fruitflies seeking for rotten 🍊🍒🍐🍌. The Ruta demonstrates the neural computations of olfactory-guided vector memories in the central complex and their relevance for plume tracking. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comA vector-based strategy for olfactory navigation in Drosophila - NatureUsing a virtual reality system, experiments in Drosophila show that flies use memory mechanisms to navigate along the boundary of an odour plume and track the source of a smell. 02610
Reposted by Katrin VogtJudith A.H. Smit @judithsmit.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Caterpillars eat plants, right? 🌿 Not always, some are carnivorous! 🥩🐛 Our new paper documents the life history, behavior, and vibrations of Juditha odites. It feeds on treehoppers, then moves into ant nests to consume ant brood! 🐜🐛🦋 link.springer.com/article/10.1... @insectessociaux.bsky.sociallink.springer.comAn insect-eating caterpillar associated with arboreal ants: life cycle, diet, social integration and substrate-borne vibrations - Insectes SociauxHerbivory is the predominant feeding strategy in Lepidoptera, whereas carnivory has evolved rarely. The life cycles of carnivorous species, however, remain poorly documented. Here, we confirm that Jud... 413254
Reposted by Katrin VogtVolker Nehring @volkernehring.bsky.social · 20/08/2026#IUSSI26 is almost over. Kind of sad.. 43313
Reposted by Katrin VogtYannick Günzel @yguenzel.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Last day of #IUSSI26 in Freiburg and it's been great! Here's my poster again for anyone who missed it. 0283
Katrin Vogt @katrinvogt.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Amazing work - looking forward to seeing results from the first optogenetics experiments!!🐜🚨 050
Reposted by Katrin VogtJane Waters 🏳️⚧️🐜🇵🇸 @lovetheants.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Libby Tseng (Rockefeller) uses clonal raider ants as a model to study collective decision making: do they retrieve distant prey or transport larvae to the prey? Colonies are sensing and integrating many parameters w/ respect to the supply and demand for work! #IUSSI26 @danielkronauer.bsky.social 0131
Reposted by Katrin VogtIngrid Fetter-Pruneda, Ph.D. @ifetter.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Excited to share our new bioRxiv preprint! 🐜🧠🥳 We explore how age, social context, and neuromodulatory systems shape temporal polyethism in harvester ants. If you’re at #IUSSI2026, stop by Carlos Zavaleta’s poster on Wednesday to hear more! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.orgAnatomical mapping and regulation of dopaminergic and octopaminergic neurons during temporal polyethism in the red harvester antMany social insects, such as ants, change their behavior stereotypically from nursing to foraging as they age, a concept known as temporal polyethism. Biogenic amines are associated with these specifi... 0175
Reposted by Katrin VogtBahl Lab @bahllab.bsky.social · 17/08/2026🚨 4 new positions for postdoctoral research available at our @zukunftskolleg.bsky.social in beautiful Konstanz! If you are interested in exploring collective behaviour at the interface of theory and experiment, then consider applying! ⚠️ Deadline October 12 stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/4...stellen.uni-konstanz.deFour 2-year Postdoctoral Fellowships at the ZukunftskollegApplication Deadline: 12 October 2026, 11:00 am (CET) 01727
Katrin Vogt @katrinvogt.bsky.social · 16/08/2026I am very excited to present our work on social modulation of behavior in Drosophila larvae at the #IUSSI2026 🪰 - sneaking in between all the cool social insects 😊 0212
Katrin Vogt @katrinvogt.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Beautiful synaptic circuit dissection👏 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgAn octopamine-glutamate cotransmitting neuron gates aggressive escalation through layered inhibition in DrosophilaAggression is an evolutionarily conserved behavior essential for survival and reproduction, yet escalation to high-intensity forms entails substantial metabolic costs and injury risks, necessitating p... 02911
Reposted by Katrin VogtZebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 15/08/2026New work from @eboyden3.bsky.social et al. 🐟🧠🔬 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comVoltage imaging of neurons distributed across entire brains of larval zebrafish - Nature MethodsVoltage imaging across much of the zebrafish brain is achieved at 200.8 Hz, by optimizing a remote-scanning light-sheet microscope. 0254
Reposted by Katrin VogtDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · 13/08/2026Schon dabei? Noch bis zum 15. September Projekt-Fotos oder -Illustrationen einsenden. 👇 0127
Reposted by Katrin VogtThe Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Fish open their eyes even while the circuits within are developing. A new study shows that what they see in these early stages transforms retinal interneurons and behavior. #neuroskyence By @siddhantpusdekar.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/developmenta... 1319
Reposted by Katrin VogtBahl Lab @bahllab.bsky.social · 12/08/2026The animal is the same. The stimulus is identical. Yet the behaviour varies. Why? In our new study, @ashritocyte.bsky.social explores the sources of this behavioural variability under fully controlled conditions in larval zebrafish doing optomotor response. (1/7) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.orgOpposing influences of sensory and response history in larval zebrafishVariability is a prominent feature of animal behavior across species. Despite highly controlled experimental conditions, the same individual often responds differently to repeated identical stimulatio... 64018
Reposted by Katrin VogtJohannes Felsenberg @felsenberg.bsky.social · 31/07/2026And many thanks to @shaisrael.bsky.social and @mosheparnas.bsky.social for this thoughtful News & Views highlighting our work. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comUnforgettable forgotten memories - Nature NeuroscienceMemory is not always a faithful representation of past events; it can be lost, distorted or even fabricated. A new study provides insights into neural mechanisms that support the formation of true and... 083
Reposted by Katrin VogtJohannes Felsenberg @felsenberg.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Finally out in @natneuro.nature.com! A forgotten memory isn't always gone. We show that forgotten memories persist as silent memory traces, can be recovered by reminders, and can even be reconstructed into false memories. Excited to finally share this work! www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comCreating true and false memories from forgotten information in Drosophila - Nature NeuroscienceForgotten memories in Drosophila persist as silent memory traces and can be recovered by reminder cues. Manipulating reminders can create false memories, showing that memory reconstruction flexibly in... 1214154
Reposted by Katrin VogtbioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 20/07/2026A neural circuit for olfactory motion detection www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 021
Reposted by Katrin VogtAhmed El Hady @zamakany.bsky.social · 21/07/2026The yearly tradition begins again . Welcoming all our amazing students to the Konstanz School of Collective Behavior 2026 . So happy it is happening again . All details here : www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/kscb/ @cbehav.bsky.social @uni-konstanz.de 1162
Reposted by Katrin Vogtfly paper broadcast @fly-broadcast.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Functional Logic of a Cognitive Brain System for Navigation #Drosophilapubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.govFunctional Logic of a Cognitive Brain System for Navigation #DrosophilaPubMed link 052
Reposted by Katrin Vogtfatima1amin.bsky.social @fatima1amin.bsky.social · 04/07/2026We, barnstedtlab.com, will be @ FENS Forum 2026. Check out the posters 👇👇 #fens2026 051
Katrin Vogt @katrinvogt.bsky.social · 07/07/2026It is so much fun to be back in Würzburg to visit the university where I studied and fell in love with Drosophila!!! It was exciting to present the newest work from the lab and meet lots of old friends and new friends! @uni-wuerzburg.de @silkesachse.bsky.social 0241
Reposted by Katrin VogtTim Mosca (he/him) @drosophilosophy.bsky.social · 27/06/2026The 2026 CSHL fly neuro summer course kicks off tonight with the biggest bang! Course pioneers and titans of science Lily and Yuh Nun Jan are here to tell historical tales of Drosophila Neurobiology! What an absolute treat! #cshldros26 1396
Reposted by Katrin VogtVenki Murthy @neurovenki.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Our paper on olfactory evidence accumulation is now officially published with the final clean version! With @luxorboero.bsky.social, Hao Wu, @josephdzak.bsky.social, @paulmasset.bsky.social, Farhad Pashakhanloo, @siddjakes.bsky.social, @btolooshams.bsky.social & Demba Ba.nature.comPerception and neural representation of intermittent odor stimuli in mice - Nature CommunicationsAnimals navigate odor plumes by exploiting dynamic and intermittent cues. Here, the authors show that mice can discriminate among different fluctuating odor signals, and characterize their neural enco... 13411
Reposted by Katrin VogtDaniel Münch @dahaniel.muench.bio · 10/06/2026Loved writing this with @katrinvogt.bsky.social, for all the German speakers and those that wish to practice their German reading skills :D Check out the whole @modolfor.bsky.social collection! 071
Katrin Vogt @katrinvogt.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Together with Daniel Münch @dahaniel.muench.bio, we contributed a review about complex neural processing across phyla - and how this allows adaptions to a dynamic environment. Enjoy reading! 0225
Katrin Vogt @katrinvogt.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Amazing new setup for tracking and imaging all kinds of little critters 🪱🧸🐛 rdcu.be/fjWfSrdcu.beA modular multi-color fluorescence microscope for simultaneous tracking of cellular activity and behaviorNature Communications - Researchers present a low-cost, modular fluorescence microscope built entirely from commercial parts for research and education. Demonstrations include muscle dynamics in... 0100
Reposted by Katrin VogtJunior European Drosophila Investigators @fly-jedi.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Amazing news! The company of biologists @biologists.bsky.social has decided to support our upcoming meeting! We now only have a couple of spots left for the upcoming JEDI #Drosophila meeting. 📍Palmela, Portugal 📅 June 1st to 3rd Register: congressos.mundiconvenius.pt/geral/inseri...congressos.mundiconvenius.ptNew registrationNew registration 0249
Reposted by Katrin VogtMarcus Stensmyr @marcusstensmyr.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Here is a banger! Our new paper in @currentbiology.bsky.social is out! We have used museomics to sequence a 45yr old specimen of Drosophila enhydrobia, a rare and most unusual fly whose larvae are aquatic(!) and predatory(!). Very cool, big success. authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... 08130
Reposted by Katrin VogtMwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Abstract submission deadline extended to May 30th! If you're a postdoc in the job market, in or out of Germany, but want everyone to know about what you've done and are scheming to do, come to Heidelberg! 🐟🧪 0199