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Scott Juntti @scottjuntti.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

When a fish sees the world move, it immediately swims with it. This is the optomotor response: a visual reflex found across animals that helps us maintain our position and orientation as our surroundings appear to drift. 🐟👀

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Scott Juntti @scottjuntti.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Seems like a great time for eager grad students to come to @umdscience.bsky.social and discover how new organelles evolve!

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Julia Van Etten @couchmicroscopy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Protists deserve the spotlight and so do scientists! This was such an honor but mostly, this project reminded me why I have the best job and friends/colleagues in the world! 🔬

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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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eartha mae @endoeartha.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Extremely proud to share @acara333.bsky.social and my new paper, out today in @cp-neuron.bsky.social, where we develop a new fluorescent reporter of neural responses to estrogen! 🔬 paper 📝: www.cell.com/neuron/fullt... addgene page 🧬: www.addgene.org/254753/ #neuroskyence 🧪 1/10

graphical abstract of the manuscript depicting pink estrogen-sensitive neurons with a subset of their nuclei colored in green. These green nuclei represent estrogen receptor dependent neural gene transcription, tracked via the expression of a destabilized GFP with a 2 hour half-life. At top, in green is shown a cartoon of the neural response to estrogen across two estrous cycles, and below there is a cartoon of a mouse implanted with an optic fiber for in vivo imaging.

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Maria Antonietta Tosches @matosches.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Excited 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

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Emília Santos @emiliapsantos.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

🎨 job alert 🐠 Come join us! We have two positions open! These are part of our @erc.europa.eu funded project on the mechanisms underpinning convergence of colour patterns in cichlid fishes! Closing date: 16th August. Postdoc: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc... Technician: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

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Callipterus Cichlid Collecting Shell

ALT: Callipterus Cichlid Collecting Shell

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Cichlid Science 2026 @cichlidscience2026.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Are you affiliated with a research institution in the Global South and interested in attending Cichlid Science 2026? 10 days left to apply for our travel grant Deadline: May 15th 20:00 (GMT+1) Questions? Contact us! Info and form: www.uantwerpen.be/en/conferenc...

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Emília Santos @emiliapsantos.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Unfortunately I cannot be at #ESEB2025, one of my favourite conferences, but the lab is well represented with @aleksandra-marconi.bsky.social presenting her work today on S29 @3.45pm on Transposable elements and nervous and sensory system diversification in cichlid fishes. @eseb2025.bsky.social

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Philipp Brand @pbrand.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

I'm thrilled to be opening my own lab this Fall at the @maxplanck.de MPI for Brain Research in Frankfurt. The lab is going to investigate the neuronal and genetic underpinnings of behavioral evolution. We are hiring on all levels. Don't hesitate to share widely and reach out if interested.

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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

To identify fundamental neuroscientific principles that generalize across species, systems and circuits, neuroscientists must embrace an evolutionary perspective, argue Karl Farrow and @katjareinhard.bsky.social. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/systems-neur...

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Systems and circuit neuroscience need an evolutionary perspective

To identify fundamental neuroscientific principles that generalize across species, neuroscientists must frame their research through an evolutionary lens.

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Dr. Rebecca Calisi-Rodríguez @rebeccacalisi.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Found this in the women’s bathroom of our science building today. Honestly, the most accurate peer review I’ve gotten all week. #LabNotesFromTheStall

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Alex Chesler @alexchesler.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

An example of what we in the NIH Intramural program can accomplish. Excited to share our latest paper in close collaboration with Nick Ryba's group. We examined how inflammation transforms representation in somatosensory neurons to cause pain. Lots of surprises here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Jan Siemens @jansiemens.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

My inaugural post on Bluesky - quite fittingly, I'm thrilled to share our first study on heat acclimation, which identifies a neuronal mechanism that drives heat tolerance in mice. (www.nature.com/articles/s41... ) Here is the gist 🧵 (1/n):

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Thermally induced neuronal plasticity in the hypothalamus mediates heat tolerance - Nature Neuroscience

Ambroziak, Nencini, Pohle and colleagues identify a slowly emerging plasticity mechanism in a discrete set of hypothalamic preoptic neurons that is triggered by long-term heat exposure and that drives...

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Annenberg School at Penn @asc.upenn.edu · 03/04/2025

Researchers at Annenberg and @umdscience.bsky.social show that proposed NIH funding cuts lead to an estimated $16 billion in economic loss and 68,000 jobs lost nationwide. Learn about their project and view the interactive map here:

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Data-Driven, Interactive Map Shows Local Economic Impact of Cuts to Federal Funding for Health Research

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Jasmine Loveland @jasmineloveland.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

A heartfelt thank you to @rosvall-lab.bsky.social for writing such a nice perspective piece about our paper! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Adaptations in surprising places

Testosterone is controlled while it circulates in the bloodstream

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Emily Moore @ecmoore.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

If you know anyone who might be interested in working as a technician before a PhD, I'm looking for someone to work with me to generate some amazing data to understand the genetics of behavior, sex differences, and reproduction in an evolutionary context. Bonus? Amazing and supportive department!

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Steve Shea @neuroshea.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Hey, senior grad student! I see you there, trying to hide. You're probably thinking: "That @CSHL symposium sounds cool, but I'll never be invited because my research is lame" Wrong! Tell your impostor syndrome to take a seat and apply now! Deadline extended to Dec. 15 cshl.edu/research/pos...

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