Ann Clemens

Most Nature papers are published in Current Biology

Induction of menstruation in mice reveals the regulation of menstrual shedding During menstruation, an inner layer of the endometrium is selectively shed, while an outer, progenitor-containing layer is preserved to support repeated regeneration. Progress in understanding this co...

I’m thrilled to share my postdoc work and the first paper from the McKinley Lab! 🎉
@karalmckinley.bsky.social
We built the first transgenic model of menstruation in mice.
We used it to uncover how the endometrium organizes and sheds during menstruation. 🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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congrats!! 🪅

merci Bordeaux for a great week of science, beautiful weather, food and some 🍷

Happy to share that my ebike made it to 9000 km, and late to share, but I made tenure 🎉 thanks to everyone that helped me along the way, especially the trainees that made the journey fun and my bike for getting me to the lab everyday 🚲 looking forward to all the great science that is yet to come 🔬👩‍🔬

congratulations @flor-bela.bsky.social very happy to hear this news! you must feel relieved

Scottish Neuroscience Initiative Takes Basic Science From Lab to Clinic The Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain aims to discover biological mechanisms underlying autism and related neurodevelopmental disorders and to use that information to deliver therapeutic…

Meet the Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain: a center devoted to deconstructing the secrets of neurodevelopmental disorders and the developing brain. Read more: annualreports.simonsfoundation.org/2024/scottis... #science #neuroscience

Good news! Brian Knutson contributed a truly special article to our Behavioural Brain Research special issue on Ultrasonic Communication in Rodents:

How we stumbled upon the rat play vocalizations: A recollection

A true tale of scientific serendipity!

www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

late to share, but still exciting 🤩 our latest paper is now published tinyurl.com/2s4zecr9

✨Ontogeny of tactile, vocal and kinship dynamics in rat pup huddling

👏 great work team
@flor-bela.bsky.social
@hughtakemoto.bsky.social
@kinshiplab.bsky.social

Scotland 9pm ☀️

it was great working with you all!

settling back into Edinburgh after a great USA trip for the 2025 somatosensory rat module with another outstanding group of students, faculty, course managers & directors @nsb-mbl.bsky.social @mblscience.bsky.social & bonus visit to the Dulac lab @dulaclab.bsky.social

Neuroethology: How the brain controls natural behaviours Neuroethology, the study of the neural mechanisms underlying natural behaviours, has faced challenges due to the complexity of behaviours, limitations in genetic manipulation, and recording constrai…

Advances in #MachineLearning, #Genetics and more can revolutionize neuroethology. Learn more at India | EMBO Lecture Course "Neuroethology: How the brain controls natural behaviours" in Pune, IN, 7–11 Dec

Deadline: 31 Jul

meetings.embo.org/event/25-neu...
#EMBOneuroethology #GeneSky #EMBOevents 🧪

thanks! here with the 🐙 again this year ?

Hello Eel Pond, looking forward to another great summer @nsb-mbl.bsky.social @mblscience.bsky.social 🐙🔬

congrats to our undergraduate, Isabel for winning outstanding poster prize at the @embo.org unconventional vertebrate models conference, debuting her 1st class thesis work on social behaviour of the Spiny mouse @sidb-edinburgh.bsky.social @cmvm-edinburghuni.bsky.social @edinunineuro.bsky.social 🤩👏

The Neural Systems & Behavior Course at the Marine Biological Laboratory is going to be looking for a co-director. If you're a faculty member who is interested in helping to organize and run this incredible course, submit a brief statement and your CV at this website. www.mbl.edu/education/ad...

Congrats Neven and @jkohl.bsky.social !

just returned from a wonderful visit @uofgpsychneuro.bsky.social hosted by the great @katejj.bsky.social very much enjoyed hearing about the growing psychology / neuro community and discussing our work w a diverse audience. forgot to take photos until the train home, but the weather was lovely ☀️

I would be happy to host a HFSP fellowship @hfspo.bsky.social in Edinburgh. Write to me if you're interested 🧠🐀🔬

An amazing line up of speakers will explore the bidirectional crosstalk between the central nervous system and the body.

📣 Registrations and abstract submissions for our international conference BrainBody have just opened!
📅 1-3 October 2025
📍 Bordeaux, France
📝Abstract submission and early bird registration deadline: July 1st!
brainconf.u-bordeaux.fr/en/

My lab @kinshiplab.bsky.social is recruiting a postdoc 🚨 with Sept start date

Preference for in-vivo ephys / circuits experience / interest in applying quantitative methods to natural social behaviour.

Funding & visa fees for 1-yr with possible extension. Send me your CV & visit kinshiplab.org

Natural Neuroscience Natural neuroscience departs from the classical reductionist approach, which emphasizes control at the expense of natural behaviors, by proposing a shift tow...

I highly recommend this inspiring new book by Nahum Ulanovsky! A plea for neuroscientists to embrace “Natural Neuroscience”: use emerging technologies to uncover meaningful behavior and neural representations in free-roaming animals exposed to real-world stimuli.
mitpress.mit.edu/978026204499...

Signs of spring around #leith 😎🍓🌱

Abstract submitted 👍 submit yours too! (abstract deadline tomorrow 11th April; general registration deadline 8th May) see you at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh- let's talk science alongside Dolly the Sheep 🐑

love the technical term "aggregon" for a cuddle puddle

Fascinating! 🧪🧠 #NeurobiologyofStress

New preprint ✍️🚨

✨Ontogeny of tactile, vocal and kinship dynamics in rat pup huddling

-Huddle dynamics develop w/o kinship selectivity
-Vocal/internal-state quiets w/ huddling & kin/ touch in yng pups

tinyurl.com/y7vhkwjc

👏 @flor-bela.bsky.social @hughtakemoto.bsky.social @kinshiplab.bsky.social

the account disappeared sadly!