Max Farnworth

After 5 years of developing, a new preprint from the lab - introducing our workflow for comparative insect connectomics, aimed at democratizing connectomics. @erc.europa.eu @lundvision.bsky.social @biologylu.bsky.social Read it here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Tony Benn was right then, and if he were alive today I'm sure he'd be right now.

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This should be a great read - looking forward to the papers as well. Congrats Valentin and @stanley-heinze.bsky.social @lundvision.bsky.social

@annaryba.bsky.social's paper on the neural underpinnings of intraspecific behavioral variation is now out in @currentbiology.bsky.social

Highly recommend! -> Paper identifies neural substrate for variation in promiscuity among Drosophila melanogaster strains🧪

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congrats! looks super interesting!

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Calcium spikes know which way the wind blows!

Lily Nguyen and I wrote a dispatch on this fascinating work led by Itzel Ishida+@sethisachin.bsky.social+Gaby Maimon!

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Evolution, genomics and conservation of butterflies and moths - Nature Reviews Biodiversity Butterflies and moths are key indicators of functioning and healthy ecosystems around the world. This Review describes the evolutionary history of the order Lepidoptera and tracks shifts in researcher...

Now online! In this review, we cover four major topics on butterflies and moths: their evolutionary history and diversification dynamics, genomics, global diversity patterns, and conservation 🦋🌏 (1/8) @natrevbiodiv.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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Apply to Comparative Developmental Biology by July 26. This intensive 2-week lab course is designed for graduate students in their second or later year of Ph.D studies and post-docs.

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Picard management tip: Tolerate failure, not incompetence. Learn the difference.

Just adding to the interesting comments below: insects have brains too 🙂
there are many books, papers, conferences in this field that should actually come out and specify “vertebrate comparative neuroscience” or, maybe just include people working on invertebrates...

Our next @neuroethology.org webinar is on March 12!

Behavioral and Evolutionary Adaptations to Changing Environments <p>In this webinar, the speaker will cover data visualization in MATLAB for new users and brush up on topics for those who are familiar with MATLAB coding. </p>

Register for “Behavioral & Evolutionary Adaptations to Changing Environments" here: neuronline.sfn.org/scientific-r...
#KavliNeuro

Neuroscience has a species problem If neuroscience is serious about building general principles of brain function, cross-species dialogue must become a core organizing principle.

If neuroscience is serious about building general principles of brain function, cross-species dialogue must become a core organizing principle rather than an afterthought, writes @suthanalab.bsky.social.

#neuroskyence

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Butterfly optic lobes are so pretty - maybe I should switch...

JOB ALERT! Lecturer in Biological Sciences Come and join us in the world class Life Sciences Building at the University of Bristol! Closing date: Sunday 8 March

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We are excited to announce that we are recruiting three new academics at lecturer level!

Click the link below for more info on how to apply, and don’t forget to explore our research themes too!

We look forward to receiving your applications!

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Ansgar Büschges Interview with Ansgar Büschges, who studies the neural mechanisms of locomotion at the University of Cologne.

Interesting interview with Ansgar Bueschges of Uni Cologne.

"Today, neuroscience often focuses on genetically tractable organisms..." "But identifying true general principles requires comparison — between targeted, mechanism-specific processes." 💯💯

www.cell.com/current-biol...

Look at the replies and then understand why I yell at the nonsense initiatives the EU has pulled instead of reinforcing what we already have 🧪

Epstein files reveal deeper ties to scientists than previously known Latest batch of documents show researchers consulting the financier and sex offender on publications, visas and more.

Newly released files from the investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein reveal that his ties to the scientific community were deeper than previously known.

go.nature.com/3Oq4Po2

Congratulations!! 🤩

Magnetoreception in Cataglyphis hellenica ants - Journal of Comparative Physiology A Magnetoreception is the ability of animals to detect and use the geomagnetic field (GMF) for spatial orientation. Cataglyphis ants are experimental models for insect navigation and magnetoreception. A...

🤩 Very proud to announce that today @chiaratenne.bsky.social first #ant paper has been published in #JCP-A @springernature.com 🥳🧪👩‍🔬
We show that also C. hellenica has a magnetic sense suggesting that magnetoreception is rather common than unique in #Cataglyphis ants 🧭🐜🇬🇷
↘️ doi.org/10.1007/s003... ↙️

Oriented cell divisions induce basal progenitors and regulate neural expansion across tissues and species A fundamental role for division orientation in progenitor output driving cortical and retinal growth is revealed.

Happy to announce that our latest paper is now out! Have you ever wondered how neural tissues control their size? In this paper, we show that cell division orientation is critical in both the cortex and retina. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Excited to share my first PhD preprint! w/ Sören Kannegieser and @anna-stoeckl.bsky.social @insect-vision.bsky.social

We investigated how hawkmoths coordinate lateralized sensory and motor control for appendage guidance, revealing similar control principles to vertebrates doi.org/10.64898/202...

Uppsala in late autumn

Join us at the Evolutionary Biology Centre at Uppsala University. We’re searching for an Assistant Professor in Biology. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

see you later for this talk!

🤩 Join us for the next TIBBE seminar:
Comparative databasing
January 28, 3–4pm UTC

This event hosts an outstanding neuroscientist & biologist particularly interested in insect brains who will present his work, followed by an interactive discussion with the audience: www.crowdcast.io/c/comparativ...

Does anybody know how to solve this Zenodo problem? I am also looking for alternative data storage sites...

Model organisms promise insights into the human brain only if they’re representative. This new paper argues that convenience-driven choices weaken extrapolation in neuroscience, and highlights growing calls for comparative, evolution-informed approaches. link.springer.com/article/10.1...