Reposted by Max FarnworthTessa Montague @tessamontague.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I'm excited to share our new preprint: Generation of a transgenic cephalopod tinyurl.com/pc86jxz8 Cephalopods (cuttlefish, octopus & squid) are crazy critters that dynamically camouflage to their surroundings by changing the color, pattern, & texture of their skin, which they control w their brain. 13317101
Max Farnworth @maxfarnworth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Thanks for putting a spotlight onto our upcoming work! Exciting times ahead... 0120
Reposted by Max FarnworthCatherine Sheard @sheardcat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I cannot even begin to stress how important mentors have been for my career thus far, especially informal and/or peer mentorship. Sometimes mentoring is from your supervisor, or a formal programme, but more often it's a diffuse network of people in your corner. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comSuccessful early-career scientists rely on network of mentorsLarge networks are particularly beneficial to researchers in under-represented groups. 1127
Max Farnworth @maxfarnworth.bsky.social · 23/09/2026open.spotify.com/album/3y9ho8... This album.open.spotify.comFull Circle - Album by Tom Misch | SpotifyTom Misch · album · 2026 · 11 songs 100
Reposted by Max FarnworthChristophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 23/09/2026As they are not active here, I left a comment on the LinkedIn post from Nikon Small World about the concerns I think I share with many (first screenshot is their post, second screenshot is my comment) lnkd.in/p/ecdT6saZ 78917
Max Farnworth @maxfarnworth.bsky.social · 22/09/2026includes a wonderful thread on Emmy Noether herself - thanks for highlighting! 040
Reposted by Max FarnworthNikos Konstantinides @nkonst4.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This is today! Whoever can make it is in for a treat :-) 021
Reposted by Max FarnworthJustus Kebschull @justuskebschull.bsky.social · 21/09/2026NEW PREPRINT! An evo-devo look at how new cerebellar nuclei are made. Spoiler: it’s all driven by region-specific excitatory progenitors in the early rhombic lip; inhibitory neurons fill in later. If you care about brain evolution or cerebellar development, check it out: tinyurl.com/CNdevelopment 26127
Reposted by Max FarnworthMany Minds podcast @manymindspod.bsky.social · 16/09/2026News!! 🎉🎉🎉 We've officially re-launched our newsletter! Our first post is a "starter pack"—a brief orientation for newcomers to the show, with suggested episodes on different themes. Feel free to make alternate suggestions in the comments! manymindspodcast.substack.com/p/many-minds...manymindspodcast.substack.comMany Minds podcast: A starter packA guide for new listeners 13913
Reposted by Max FarnworthStephen Montgomery @ebablab.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Are you a #NewPI in Ecology & Evolution? Would you like to meet with peers to chat about work, the future and life as a new PI? 🍪☕️ Then I have the form for you! 📋 Help us gauge interest in a new network/event by filling in this short survey: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/K4wUiuLuFn Please RT! 🙏 05297
Max Farnworth @maxfarnworth.bsky.social · 15/09/2026everyneuron.com this is so beautifully made.everyneuron.comEvery neuron, every connectionThe complete wiring diagram of a male fruit fly's nervous system, and the AI team at Google Research that helped draw it. 060
Reposted by Max FarnworthRichard Merrill @dickmerrill.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Very excited to see this multi-faceted* study, led by Shane Wright and representing years of work on visual evolution and perception in Heliconius as part of our ERC Starting Grant, released into the world! 🦋*pun very much intended www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.org 35222
Max Farnworth @maxfarnworth.bsky.social · 10/09/2026@samjakeengland.bsky.social giving a fantastic talk at #DZG2026 130
Reposted by Max FarnworthUniversity of Bristol Biological Sciences @bristolbiosci.bsky.social · 09/09/2026We are hiring a new lecturer in Bioinformatics! Hit the link below to find out more and apply: www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de... #bristoluni #wearebristoluni #biologicalsciences 01020
Reposted by Max FarnworthDZG Neurobiology @dzg-neurobiology.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Several days in and slightly late with this tweet, but thanks very much particularly to @maikekittelmann.bsky.social and @hannazwaka.bsky.social for both giving fantastic talks, covering hardcore neuroanatomy to genetics to neuroethology. 051
Max Farnworth @maxfarnworth.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Münster is pretty. And enough specialty coffee shops to keep you busy for several weeks. @posnienlab.bsky.social looking at you 👀🥲 190
Max Farnworth @maxfarnworth.bsky.social · 08/09/2026How did the coffee shop know I work on insects? 😱🫶🏻 040
Max Farnworth @maxfarnworth.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Reminder I am hiring a postdoc and PhD student. Thanks to all the applications I already received 🙏 If you know anyone particularly with single cell expertise for the postdoc position, please let me know! 178
Reposted by Max FarnworthAndy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · 07/09/2026🌟Congratulations🌟 to @josharbon.bsky.social on two great #OpenaAccess papers about pre-emptive behaviour & intergroup conflict from his #NERC funded postdoc out within a month of one another: doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... doi.org/10.1038/s415... @bristolbiosci.bsky.social #mammals #birds #cognition 14011
Max Farnworth @maxfarnworth.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I am presenting my lab's future work (or what I hope will happen...) at the DZG conference today, so come have a look at Poster Neuro 2 tonight and have a chat :-) 081
Max Farnworth @maxfarnworth.bsky.social · 07/09/2026on the way to Münster for this years DZG conference. See you there! 040
Reposted by Max Farnworthdzg-gerzoolsociety.bsky.social @dzg-gerzoolsociety.bsky.social · 05/09/2026#DZG2026 news: The detailed programme, guidelines & abstract book are out. If you haven't checked out already: dzg-meeting.de/en/programme... Now that everything is set, we are looking forward to an exciting meeting, big thanx to the Münster organising team!! Have a save trip and see you you soon!dzg-meeting.deDetailed Programm | DZG Meeting 054
Reposted by Max FarnworthAndrew 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
Reposted by Max FarnworthKayson Fakhar @kayson.bsky.social · 15/12/2025🚨new work with the dream team @danakarca.bsky.social @loopyluppi.bsky.social @fatemehhadaeghi.bsky.social @stuartoldham.bsky.social @duncanastle.bsky.social We use game theory and show the brain is not optimally wired for communication and there’s more to its story: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 56930
Max Farnworth @maxfarnworth.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Wooohoo. Congrats to the mighty @pbrand.bsky.social 120
Reposted by Max FarnworthSinead English @englishse.bsky.social · 01/09/2026First day at work on this lovely, leafy campus and it made me very happy to see "Life-History Evolution" on the sign outside our building. Looking forward to growing our group, research and teaching here at @unimainz.bsky.social in the next years! 0291
Reposted by Max FarnworthMarlies Oomen @marliesoomen.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Guess it's official now! #NewPI #TEsky #UMassChan 8383
Reposted by Max FarnworthPhilipp Brand @pbrand.bsky.social · 01/09/2026We are looking for a research assistant to join our team. brain.mpg.de/brand Apply using the link below if you are interested in doing research on the neural and genetic underpinnings of behavioral evolution. jobs.brain.mpg.de/jobposting/6... 31430
Reposted by Max FarnworthChris Schnaitmann @cschnaitmann.eurosky.social · 31/08/2026Highly recommended! Join our vibrant Mainz Neuroscience community! 021
Max Farnworth @maxfarnworth.bsky.social · 31/08/2026🚨 I AM HIRING a 3-year postdoc & 4-year PhD student 🚨 [PLEASE SHARE WIDELY] My Emmy Noether @dfg.de funded Neural Circuit & Systems Evolution lab (🌟) at the @unimainz.bsky.socialÍ wants to start existing. So..., what do we need? WELL... we need you! APPLY UNTIL 21 SEPTEMBER.static.klipy.comALT: 15765
Reposted by Max FarnworthMadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Do you work with microscopy images and segment to quantify or track? Do you study cell biology? development? Gather round! Let me tell you about FOCUS-3D, a segmentation algorithm that is fast, accurate and can be used on any model. We used it here to study zebrafish development. 🧪 (thread)biorxiv.orgFOCUS‑3D: Robust, generalizable volumetric cell segmentation for three‑dimensional fluorescence microscopyUnderstanding how cells establish spatial organization within tissues is a fundamental question in life sciences. While modern three-dimensional fluorescence microscopy captures large-volume tissue ar... 1525182
Reposted by Max FarnworthHanna Kokko @kokkonut.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Come and work with us (the Kokkonuts) as a postdoc! Our research within (theory-evo-eco) is broad; let's say it's implicitly defined by the journal club papers we read. Which is why the application process includes a JC-related task, I hope it'll be a fun one for you! www.evoldir.net/brian/evoldi...evoldir.net 195117
Reposted by Max FarnworthPauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Join us in Oldenburg and study the #SensoryBasis 👀👂👃🤚👅🧭, Mechanisms 🧠🧬🧪, and Impacts of #AnimalNavigation in our Cluster of Excellence "NaviSense" as a PhD student 🎓 👇 In case you would like to discuss project ideas related to #insect #navigation, feel free to contact me 🤗 🐜❤️ #NaviSense #CoE #ExStra 01814
Max Farnworth @maxfarnworth.bsky.social · 24/08/2026static.klipy.comObama Mic Drop: Enough SaidALT: Obama Mic Drop: Enough Said 010
Reposted by Max FarnworthPatrick Kennedy @patrick-kennedy.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Proud of fantastic students Ayla Webb, Ellie Trelfa-Stewart, and Dylan Thatcher for giving two great talks and one great (and wine-fuelled) poster at #IUSSI2026! 1151
Reposted by Max FarnworthSinead English @englishse.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Exciting times both professionally and personally - we're moving to Mainz as I am starting a professorship in September! Thank you to the Wübben foundation @w-s-w.org for the amazing support. Really looking forward to the work and life adventures to come! (1/3) 5353
Reposted by Max FarnworthMieke Roth 🟥 @miekeroth.com · 18/08/2026www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comThe narwhal tusk assembles its macroscopic helix from building blocks with opposing twists - Nature CommunicationsNarwhal tusks are macroscopically helical and chiral. This structure originates from left- and right-handed helices of tusk nanostructural components. The double helix creates a straight, mechanically... 021
Reposted by Max FarnworthThe Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 18/08/2026In this month’s “Liftoff,” our Q&A series with PIs who opened new labs, @jhennig.bsky.social discusses fostering a culture of polite and constructive disagreement and @droligo.bsky.social talks about the value of being kind. By @franciscorr25.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/liftoff-new-...thetransmitter.orgLiftoff: New lab alertsLearn about early-career scientists starting their own labs. 01910
Reposted by Max FarnworthMarcus Ghosh @marcusghosh.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Now published @commsaicomp.nature.com with @neural-reckoning.org We: 🤖 Define a taxonomy of neural network architectures (here 128 unique structures) 🦾 Train > 25,000 models on different navigation tasks #RL 🧠 Link each architecture's behaviour to its memory dynamics doi.org/10.1038/s444... 13411
Reposted by Max FarnworthHarris Kaplan @harriskaplan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I'm thrilled to announce the opening of the Kaplan lab at the University of Virginia @uvabio.bsky.social ! We are a neuroscience lab aiming to define circuits underlying naturalistic behaviors in infants and adults. We're actively recruiting students and postdocs. Learn more at kaplan-lab.org. 96917
Max Farnworth @maxfarnworth.bsky.social · 12/08/2026My Emmy Noether funding got funded via the Global Minds Initiative Germany. More info here: www.dfg.de/de/foerderun...dfg.deGlobal Minds Initiative Germany 081
Max Farnworth @maxfarnworth.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Our book chapter from 7 (?!?!) years ago, is now also available as protocols.io version! That's pretty neat. www.protocols.io/view/the-red...protocols.ioThe Red Flour Beetle as Model for Comparative Neural Development: Genome Editing to Mark Neural Cells in Tr...The Red Flour Beetle as Model for Comparative Neural Development: Genome Editing to Mark Neural Cells in Tribolium Brain Development. . Read full protocol, s... 173
Reposted by Max FarnworthMaria Antonietta Tosches @matosches.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Excited to share a new preprint from the lab, by @andrewmatheson.bsky.social and team, where we dive into the superpower of newts: plasticity! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Like many good projects, this started with a serendipitous observation... 🧵1/5 68245
Reposted by Max FarnworthJohnny Davila-Sandoval @johnnyds.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Very happy to announce that my first paper is officially out in Evolution & Development. In this article, we showed that species from two major annelid clades with similar fate maps have conserved mechanisms of specification of their central nervous system. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comPatterns of Autonomous and Conditional Neural Specification for the Brain and Ventral Nerve Cord in AnnelidaDiagrams of blastomere isolations in Capitella teleta and Platynereis dumerilii showing autonomous head neural tissue (from 1q) and trunk neural tissue (from 2d) as well as a decoupling of D–V axis f... 1147
Reposted by Max FarnworthCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Wow. Just wow. 11669251652