Reposted by Kevin StarasJesper Sjöström @pjsjostrom.bsky.social · 19/06/2025🧪 We recently published our first micro-publication! This paper highlights the pitfalls of using extracellular stimulation to recruit synapses in neocortical circuits, as it lacks specificity. www.micropublication.org/journals/bio... 2282
Reposted by Kevin StarasMatteo Carandini @carandinilab.net · 17/06/2025I'd like to make a list of PhD programs that (1) are in Europe (which does include the UK); (2) offer opportunities in systems neuroscience; and obviously (3) pay a stipend. Please share and/or respond to add your suggestions? 3216
Reposted by Kevin StarasTom Baden @neurofishh.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Sussex Neuroscience 4-year PhD programme www.sussex.ac.uk/study/phd/de...sussex.ac.ukSussex Neuroscience 4-Year Programme PhD at the University of SussexJoin a team of world-leading experts in our high-spec Neuroscience Research Centre whose aim is to understand the nervous system and various neurological disorders. 031
Reposted by Kevin StarasMegan Carey @megancarey.bsky.social · 17/06/2025We are super excited about this news!!! 🤩 #ERCAdG 3334
Reposted by Kevin StarasMegan Carey @megancarey.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Oops the original post was deleted! The news is here: bsky.app/profile/cham... 2231
Reposted by Kevin StarasLucia Prieto Godino @neuroluci.bsky.social · 12/06/2025How do brain circuits evolve? We started looking for some answers by using synapse-resolution cross-species comparative connectomics on an entire olfactory circuit 👇 bit.ly/44aVm9E 514460
Reposted by Kevin StarasMiguel Maravall @mmaravall.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Posting this after some recent conversations with potential international applicants - still time to apply to our Masters courses and International PhD Academy for 2025 entry - join the diverse and vibrant Neuroscience community on our beautiful campus next to Brighton 076
Reposted by Kevin StarasAdrian Wanner @adrianawanner.bsky.social · 09/04/2025I am very happy and thankful for having been part of this amazing journey. Enjoy exploring this incredibly rich dataset! 031
Reposted by Kevin StarasMichael Reiser @michaelreiser.bsky.social · 27/03/2025I know there's a 𝒍𝒐𝒕 going on right now, but I couldn’t be prouder to share this long-incubated labor of love: the complete connectome of the male 𝐷𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑎 optic lobe 🧠🪰 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comConnectome-driven neural inventory of a complete visual system - NatureA connectome of the right optic lobe from a male fruitfly is presented together with an extensive collection of genetic drivers matched to a comprehensive neuron-type catalogue. 1221778
Kevin Staras @kevinstaras.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Aw, we got the cover for our new paper on X-ray imaging and atlas building in the snail brain. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Thanks @pnas.org .. and to @sussexneuro.bsky.social @leverhulme.bsky.social @ukri.org for funding support #invertebrate #brain #neuroscience THREAD: bsky.app/profile/kevi... 1279
Kevin Staras @kevinstaras.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Looking for a quick way to map the brain of your favourite small animal model? See our new paper. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 1/10 1218
Reposted by Kevin StarasScience Magazine @science.org · 27/02/2025From octopuses to snails, the complicated molluscan family tree has now been mapped in unprecedented detail, researchers report in Science. Learn more in this week's issue: scim.ag/4hVhrxB 319445
Reposted by Kevin StarasWolf Huetteroth @wolfhuette.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Join us for a 4-year PhD in Newcastle at @northumbriauni.bsky.social on a fun project (literally)! Building on our recent publication about Drosophila playing on a carousel (doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...), we will explore: 1129
Reposted by Kevin StarasVincenzo Marra @enzomarra.bsky.social · 22/12/2024Applications to the 2025 Paris Spring School in Optical Imaging and Electrophysiological Recording in Neuroscience (AKA the Paris Neuro Course) are now open. Deadline on the 1st of February. The course will run 14-27 May 2025. parisneuro.ovhparisneuro.ovhParis NeuroCourse | Optical Imaging and Electrophysiological Recording in Neuroscience 0128
Reposted by Kevin StarasTom Baden @neurofishh.bsky.social · 12/12/2024come do a phd at sussex neuroscience! 50-ish labs to pick from, doing neuro-stuff from teeny molecules via the obvious sweetspot (zebrafish) to oversized human brainz 0115
Reposted by Kevin StarasMaurice Elphick @mauriceelphick.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Thank you to Sneha Knedkar for writing this splendid article about our research in The Scientist eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.comResearchers Discover How Starfish Cut Ties with Their LimbsA neuropeptide helps starfish shed their arms to escape predators, providing clues about the mechanisms regulating self-amputation. 062
Reposted by Kevin Staraskeithcaldecott.bsky.social @keithcaldecott.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Dear all, my first post! I have postdoc positions available if you would like to join my lab in beautiful Sussex by the Sea! Please contact me on k.w.caldecott@sussex.ac.uk 23619
Reposted by Kevin StarasMichi Forsthofer @mforst.bsky.social · 29/11/2024And for this #FluorescenceFriday, here’s the sequel. Froglet of the same line from the Sweeney lab. 0103
Reposted by Kevin StarasMiguel Maravall @mmaravall.bsky.social · 27/11/2024A huge pleasure to repost this announcement - over 40 students have graduated from our fantastic @sussexneuro.bsky.social PhD programme, and each year brings new perspectives and opportunities for both the new joiners and ourselves as their hosts. Do consider applying! 1167
Kevin Staras @kevinstaras.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Mix neuroscience with the seaside! 4 year PhD programme on the UK's south coast at the University of Sussex. Fantastic community of excellent researchers across the neuro field. Apply now. Please RT. 076
Reposted by Kevin StarasSussex Neuroscience @sussexneuro.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Our Sussex Neuroscience 4-year PhD Programme is open for applications! Deadline Jan 13th, for Sept 2025 entry. Brilliant community of students and supervisors, and a choice of >60 labs for rotations- come and join us by the sea! www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen...sussex.ac.ukSussex Neuroscience 4-year PhD Programme : PhD Programmes in Neuroscience : Sussex Neuroscience : University of Sussex 11315
Reposted by Kevin StarasMatteo Carandini @carandinilab.net · 24/11/2024I recently went to a talk by Tom Baden (@neurofishh.bsky.social). One of the best I've ever seen. It's a radical reinterpretation of what color vision was initially for. And during questions it covered the roles of the green cone and the UV cones (yep, plural) in mouse vision. youtu.be/gzfiUZ2_5pcyoutu.beAncestral photoreceptor diversity as the basis of visual behaviourYouTube video by BadenLab 37619