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Nencki Open Lab @openlab.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Join our webinar on how to approach working with a new animal model - June 29th, 4PM CEST! We will share practical advice on how to select a proper model, how to learn about its ecology and behaviour and how to avoid common pitfalls!

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Nencki Open Lab @openlab.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

We are happy to announce the first workshop in our new series: Back to Basics! The goal of this series is to take a fresh look at the basic assumptions held in our field. In the first workshop, we will ask the most fundamental question: What is a neuron?

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Mateusz Kostecki @mtkostecki.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Am I right that this paper just shows that 1) chicks have a basic preference for round shapes, 2) this preference disappears when a stress-evoking sound is being played in the background? 1/4

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Nencki Open Lab @openlab.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

One more week left to apply - fee waivers are also available!

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Mateusz Kostecki @mtkostecki.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

What irritates me a lot in Cobbs' biography of Crick is that every time any appaling views of him are mentioned, we are spoon-fed an assurance that it was TYPICAL OF THE ERA, this paragraph being probably the most absurd case.

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Nencki Open Lab @openlab.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

We are super happy to announce the fifth edition of our Transatlantic Behavioural Neuroscience School, that will be held Aug 11-22nd in Poland! Join us to learn everything you need to build your behavioural setup with open source tools!

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Mateusz Kostecki @mtkostecki.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Join us on the first edition of our Walking Book Club in Heidelberg! We meet on Saturday, Jan 31st at 11 AM to talk about The Party, a book by Tessa Hadley, @ powerful story about attention, power and sisterhood!

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Nencki Open Lab @openlab.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

The deadline for registration is tomorrow!

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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

I am pretty sure there is a special place in hell for Western media headline writers. The deliberate and painstaking effort to whitewash genocide requires a special talent that only total moral emptiness can produce.

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Nencki Open Lab @openlab.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

The deadline is approaching! We wait for your applications till Monday, July 21st!

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Mateusz Kostecki @mtkostecki.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Oh, I have been to so many of those lectures. (To Rest Our Minds and Bodies by Harriet Armstrong).

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Mateusz Kostecki @mtkostecki.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

VERY HARD TO PROVE AND YET WE MARCH ON

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Mateusz Kostecki @mtkostecki.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Yes, contrary to what many people would tell you, the whole is simpler than its parts. (biography of American chemist Willard Gibbs by Muriel Rukeyser, published by @mcnallyeditions.com)

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Mateusz Kostecki @mtkostecki.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

My thoughts exactly (from McEwan's Atonement).

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Gregory Kohn @kohngregory.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

I had no idea that Immanuel Kant was among the first to talk about learned bird song as a tradition! academic.oup.com/auk/article-...

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Heidelberg Open Lab @openlabhd.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

We are happy to announce our first workshop - Organizing Scientific Events! Join us on April 7th to learn how to plan your workshop, symposium, or summer school, get funding, promote it, and make it unforgettable! More info and the registration form can be found here - openlabhd.org/2025/03/25/o...

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Heidelberg Open Lab @openlabhd.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

We meet tomorrow, 5:30 PM at COS!

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Gregory Kohn @kohngregory.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

I've seen Professors attacked by right-wing culture warriors (Gad Saad, ect) who used the mantle of "free speech" to demonize speech they didn't like. Now these folks are celebrating forced disappearance...for speech. They eroded the meaning of words because they don't have the truth on their side.

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Nencki Open Lab @openlab.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

We are happy to announce a next workshop by @cam-openlab.bsky.social! This time you can learn everything you need to know about electronics to know your equipment better, improve your setup and get a deeper understanding of the processes you are studying! nenckiopenlab.org/electronics-...

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Mateusz Kostecki @mtkostecki.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

We are super happy to present our first Open Lab preprint! We look critically at the concept of "naturalistic behaviour" and point out that "naturalistic" doesn't always mean "better"!

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Mateusz Kostecki @mtkostecki.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

The first slide of every predictive coding talk:

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Mateusz Kostecki @mtkostecki.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Me neither, me neither. (Muriel Spark, A far cry from Kensington).

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Nencki Open Lab @openlab.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

We are super happy to announce the fourth edition of our Transatlantic Behavioural Neuroscience School! This time we are coming back to Argentina - join us to learn everything you need to build your own behavioural setup: from Arduino, trough 3D printing,Bonsai, @deeplabcut.bsky.social and more!

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Mateusz Kostecki @mtkostecki.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Wishing you all beautiful things in the days and year to come.

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Mateusz Kostecki @mtkostecki.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

I'm working on a piece on dealing with complexity in neuroscience. And hence my question: do you feel overwhelmed with the complexity of the system you study? And - if so - what is your personal remedy for that feeling?

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Mateusz Kostecki @mtkostecki.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Modern systems neuroscience logic in a nutshell.

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Nencki Open Lab @openlab.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

There are only three days left to register!

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Mateusz Kostecki @mtkostecki.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

We finished the first Cambridge Open Lab workshop yesterday. It is super nice to see the project I have once started at Nencki to develop and spread!

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Andre M Chagas @iamchagas.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Also a #starterpack go.bsky.app/QoyBMcu

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Mateusz Kostecki @mtkostecki.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

How come I didn't know that before.

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Mateusz Kostecki @mtkostecki.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

I have finally written a piece on the topic I was obsessed with for the last few months - the inconceivable story of my grandma, the untruth of family tales and the relationship between memory and reality! brainsbooks.substack.com/p/memory-and...

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Memory and causality

Why family stories don't matter (in the way we think they do)

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Nencki Open Lab @openlab.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

We are happy to announce our next online workshop - Organizing Scientific Events! During our workshop, you will learn how to design your event, secure funding and make it effective and enjoyable! Link: nenckiopenlab.org/organizing-s...

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Gregory Kohn @kohngregory.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

The Trump administration is already talking about revamping education to push “conservative values.” If Orbán’s Hungry is a preview this will mean misusing genetics to push a racist and anti-immigrant agenda in our public school and universities. academic.oup.com/genetics/art...

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The racist origins, racialist connotations, and purity assumptions of the concept of “admixture” in human evolutionary genetics

Abstract. The concept of admixture is currently widely being used, both in population genetics research and in DNA ancestry testing discourse. It is assume

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