iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Gabriele Uhl @uhl-lab.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Postdoc Alert! New Postdoc Position for 3 years (max 3 more)- offers the freedom to develop your own research projects in close interaction with my group. Research on invertebrates preferred. Apply by October 31. Please RP. zoologie.uni-greifswald.de/en/organizat... 🧪

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Open Postdoc position (3 + max 3 years)

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University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk · 05/10/2026

How long does a butterfly live? 🦋 A few weeks for most, but pollen-eating Heliconius can live up to a year – and have much bigger brains. @ebablab.bsky.social from @camzoology.bsky.social is exploring how brains and behaviour can drive the evolution of new species 👉 bit.ly/4jFJJzG

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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A basic-basic-translational trifecta! A discovery in alga leads to a new technology that transforms both neuroscience research and leads to a brand new type of human therapy. I love that everyone in my feed is smiling this morning. Congrats, @deisseroth.bsky.social.

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Andrew Iwaniuk @evoneuro.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The answer to this question is a very loud and resounding NO. And neurobiologists don't just consider the notion of a "lizard brain" in humans misleading. It is wrong. Very wrong. The only lizard brain is that found within lizards. #neuroethology #neuroskyence www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

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Do humans really have a ‘lizard brain’ lurking beneath our rational minds?

It’s a powerful analogy that captured the popular imagination, but the biological reality is quite different

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Universities cannot expect researchers to take risks if they are repeatedly at risk of redundancy while losing professional services support, grappling with the gratuitous vagaries of home and international student number swings and both teaching and assessing in an age of unregulated AI.

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Tessa Montague @tessamontague.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'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.

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Max Farnworth @maxfarnworth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Thanks for putting a spotlight onto our upcoming work! Exciting times ahead...

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Catherine Sheard @sheardcat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I 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...

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Successful early-career scientists rely on network of mentors

Large networks are particularly beneficial to researchers in under-represented groups.

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Christophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

As 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

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Max Farnworth @maxfarnworth.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

includes a wonderful thread on Emmy Noether herself - thanks for highlighting!

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Nikos Konstantinides @nkonst4.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is today! Whoever can make it is in for a treat :-)

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Justus Kebschull @justuskebschull.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

NEW 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

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Max Farnworth @maxfarnworth.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Apply, apply, apply (till Monday!)

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Many Minds podcast @manymindspod.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

News!! 🎉🎉🎉 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.com

Many Minds podcast: A starter pack

A guide for new listeners

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Stephen Montgomery @ebablab.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Are 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! 🙏

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Richard Merrill @dickmerrill.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Very 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...

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University of Bristol Biological Sciences @bristolbiosci.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

We 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

Job Alert! Lecturer in Bioinformatics. Come and join use in the world class Life Sciences Building at the University of Bristol! Closing date: Sunday 27 September.

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DZG Neurobiology @dzg-neurobiology.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Several 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.

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Max Farnworth @maxfarnworth.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Thanks for coming and giving a wonderful talk!

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Max Farnworth @maxfarnworth.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Münster is pretty. And enough specialty coffee shops to keep you busy for several weeks. @posnienlab.bsky.social looking at you 👀🥲

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Max Farnworth @maxfarnworth.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

How did the coffee shop know I work on insects? 😱🫶🏻

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Max Farnworth @maxfarnworth.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Reminder 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!

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Andy 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

Front cover of Trends in Ecology & Evolution featuring a dwarf mongoose.

Front cover of Nature Ecology & Evolution featuring a dwarf mongoose

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Max Farnworth @maxfarnworth.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I 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 :-)

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Max Farnworth @maxfarnworth.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

on the way to Münster for this years DZG conference. See you there!

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dzg-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!

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Detailed Programm | DZG Meeting

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Andrew Straw @andrewstraw.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

We 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...

Bee trajectories in agricultural landscape and two photon microscope for in-vivo calcium activity imaging.

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Max Farnworth @maxfarnworth.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

And everyone else ➡️🗑️. Jk of course. I think. Maybe.

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Max Farnworth @maxfarnworth.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

No, go to Bristol and work with Lauren 💪🏻💪🏻😊

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Max Farnworth @maxfarnworth.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

No that’s definitely not the case lol. It was just not that bureaucratic luckily

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Kayson 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...

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Sinead English @englishse.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

First 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!

Sign outside building saying "Anthropology, Life-History Evolution" with trees in background

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Marlies Oomen @marliesoomen.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Guess it's official now! #NewPI #TEsky #UMassChan

Picture shows the door to the office of Marlies Oomen at UMass Chan Medical School

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Philipp Brand @pbrand.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

We 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...

Description of job ad for Research Assistant in the lab of Evolutionary Neuroscience and Behavior Lab at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research.

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Chris Schnaitmann @cschnaitmann.eurosky.social · 31/08/2026

Highly recommended! Join our vibrant Mainz Neuroscience community!

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Max Farnworth @maxfarnworth.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

IMPORTANT: I invite applicants from all backgrounds. It's going to be nice. Also, stay tuned for some info on how I want to run this lab. Find the ad pdfs here: linktr.ee/max.farnworth

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Max Farnworth @maxfarnworth.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I am also advertising a 4 year (!) PhD student position. The PhD student will design developmental brain atlases and help establish comparative projectomics in key cell groups of the central complex and mushroom bodies. See details in the ad.

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