Charlie Rosher

How does the brain control locomotion? In our new preprint, we uncover a brain circuit in Drosophila that controls forward walking independently of turning. This dedicated locomotor circuit enables flexible motor control and might reflect a shared principle across species. doi.org/10.64898/202...

Fully-funded International Neuroscience Doctoral Programme🧠 Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal 🇵🇹

Deadline: Jan 31, 2026
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Research program spans systems/computational/theoretical/clinical/sensory/motor neuroscience, neuroethology, intelligence, and more!!

We are looking for early carrer researchers who want to share their fascination for Neuroethology by introducing their work.

📣🚨 Abstract submission deadline extended!!! 🚨📣

In response to continued interest from prospective contributors, we are pleased to announce that the deadline for abstract submission has been extended.

🗓New submission deadline: 15th February 2025.

🗒️Submission requirements: A 300-word abstract.

Attention evolution afficionados!! A new European Conference of Comparative Neurobiology (ECCN) is coming up in beautiful Alicante (Spain). Join us with a spectacular list of speakers, highlighting our keynotes Gilles Laurent, Alain Chedotal, Laura Fenlon and Henrik Kaessmann.

1 second of fame 😅 great shots!

‼️ We're looking for two neuroethologists to join our Social Media Team! Members of this team will share responsibility for posting on behalf of ISN, will have their names listed on our Officers page, and will receive free ISN membership and ICN registration 💸
Interested? Check out how to apply 👇

The European Drosophila Society @fly-eds.bsky.social has just launched a #prize to the best #PhD thesis using #Drosophila.
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Deadline is Feb 2025.
Prize = €1000 & keynote presentation at the #EDRC2025 @edrc2025.bsky.social !
More info here: europeandrosophilasociety.org/eds-best-phd...

A screenshot of a paper on bioarxiv illustrating the lack of blue sky share button!

Would you like to see @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social add a share to blue sky button?! I know I would! Share this post to let @richardsever.bsky.social @erictopol.bsky.social and others at bioarxiv know!

OK If we are moving to Bluesky I am rescuing my favourite ever twitter thread (Jan 2019).

The renamed:

Bluesky-sized history of neuroscience (biased by my interests)

It has been really exciting to be part of this work, a truly unexpected discovery by @annahobbiss.bsky.social 💓

Check out the thread below to learn all about it!! 👇

Thrilled to present our latest BioRXiv on brain/body interactions during defensive freezing behaviour! (www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...). You might think that a frozen animal has, well, frozen muscle activity, right? Wrong! Underneath the still surface of a fly, something in the legs is beating… 🧵