InsectNeuroLab

Massive congratulations to Matthew Quinn for passing his PhD viva today!! And many thanks to the examiners @ebablab.bsky.social and Sean Twiss. Matt is the first student to graduate from the lab - very exciting! 👨‍🎓🎓📖🦟🦟

we are sorry to see you go!!! 😭😭😭

Feeling incredibly grateful for these past 3.5 years at @insectneurolab.bsky.social I'm leaving with a heart full of wonderful memories, amazing experiences, and so much learned. It's been an unforgettable chapter—and now I'm enjoying the best gift ever!

RES Great Welfare Survey 2025 - Royal Entomological Society Insect Research Practices and Ethics in the UK Share Your Experience on Ethics Applications Are you a researcher working with insects? We need your insights! The Royal Entomological Society is conduct...

🪲Know someone working with insects based in the UK? 🦟

Please share the RES
Insect Welfare Survey with your colleagues and students! 🙌🏽

www.royensoc.co.uk/news/res-wel...

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Welcome to the lab @christiandrerup.com !!! happy to have you join us!

Please re-post: We have 2 new PhD positions on insect behaviour. We are looking for people with interests and expertise in development of behavioural assays, working with insects, computer vision, image processing and data analysis, and previous research experience. Please email us to discuss! 🦟💻🐝

Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries - Nature Human Behaviour What is the state of trust in scientists around the world? To answer this question, the authors surveyed 71,922 respondents in 68 countries and found that trust in scientists is moderately high.

"Most people trust scientists and agree that scientists should engage more in society and policymaking"
From a 68-country assessment. Open-access
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

An alarming trend for UK undergrad science courses. Not only in itself, but because it reduces the pool of second-level science teachers with the confidence and skills to teach it.

Antennal sensilla pattern distribution and odor detection in Bombus pauloensis foragers (Hymenoptera: Apidae) - Apidologie Insects rely on chemical information from the environment to survive. The reception of this information mainly occurs through the antennae, when the stimuli contact the sensory receptors located withi...

It is out!
We evaluated olfactory lateralization in the bumblebee Bombus pauloensis through SEM and EAG. Unlike honeybees, our results show that there are not differences between right and left antennae.
Congrats Florencia Palottini!! 👏
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Germany, this smells very much like dirty money...

UK students - still time to apply for this project! Please send me your enquiries by the 31st December. 🐝🧠

🎓 Looking for a new PhD student to investigate the neuronal and molecular basis of learning and memory in #Drosophila!

This is a competitive, but fully funded position. More info here: tinyurl.com/drosobrain 🧠 🪰

Deadline: 8th January 2025

#Neuroskyence
#Memory
#Neuroscience
#Dopamine

as seen elsewhere... Visual Neuro Course in Woods Hole!!

this poster looks amazing!

Automated assay to study mosquito development and behaviour in changing climatic conditions at Durham University on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Automated assay to study mosquito development and behaviour in changing climatic conditions at Durham University, listed on FindAPhD.com

Exciting news! We are advertising 2 more PhD projects in our and a collaborator's labs - please get in touch *by the 22nd of January 2025* with your *CV and a Cover/Motivation letter*:

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Pls RT: Interested in doing a PhD on the behaviour of #bees & other animals at CRAB Uni Exeter and Bristol Uni? Check out SWBio swbio.ac.uk www.swbio.ac.uk/programme/pr... (apply by 11.12.) & NERC GW4 www.nercgw4plus.ac.uk/projects-202... @seanrands.bsky.social @bethbees.bsky.social apply by 13.01.

Please remember to attach your CV and a cover letter outlining: 1) why you are interested in this project specifically; 2) what relevant skills you have and what skills you want to learn; 3) what's in it for you? how will this PhD help you advance towards your goals?

The window for non- UK applicants is sadly closed now, but the *UK* applicants can still send me enquiries until the *31st of December*!

Congratulations to @imanmuktar.bsky.social on winning a poster prize at the @ukvbd.bsky.social today!!! Well done Iman!

Reminder that there's one week left to apply for this job. Please pass on the information to anyone who might be interested!

Only a couple of days left for non-UK applicants to express interest in this project!

Book cover with the title "Beyond Doubt" in yellow against a red background. The author's name "Vivek Nityananda" is in black. A graphic shows a hand holding an umbrella that has three layers. Two quotes are to the sides. Rob Brooks "Coherent and Entertaining". Olvia Judson "Fascinating and Sobering"

Big day today! I've written a book on overconfidence and it's out in India! Equal parts nervous and excited 😊

Out in bookstores and online. Have a read and tell me what you think!

We're hiring! Please share!

Exciting opportunities for #PhD students, #postdocs, and #research assistants to join our team in exploring how the brain prioritizes actions in conflict.

#Neuroscience #Drosophila

Interested? Reach out! rezavallab.org

Durham cathedral in crepuscular winter light

📣 I'm recruiting PhD students for several projects: jonathanpdrury.com/opportunitie... #PleaseRepost

are there any black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) researchers on here? 🪰

Mosquito taste responses to human and floral cues guide biting and feeding - Nature Taste neurons of the mosquito Aedes albopictus regulate biting, feeding and egg-laying behaviours by responding to taste cues in human sweat, nectar and egg-laying sites via excitation or inhibition.

I feel incredibly proud of my postodc work published on today’s issue of @natureportfolio.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

What can 🦟 taste? 👤🌸💧
Are some people "tastier" to 🦟 than others?

Here we examined the taste system of mosquitoes 🦟👅. I was astounded by its beautiful complexity!

Download our database of 492 (!) funding opportunities for EARLY-CAREER FACULTY AND RESEARCHERS.

For each entry, we provide link to funder, description, amount, deadline, and eligibility criteria (e.g. citizenship).

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Brain evolution and comparative anatomy across bumblebee species

We are advertising a funded PhD project to work on bumblebees and their brains! If you are a non-UK applicant, please get in touch with me by the **6th of December** with your CV and Cover/Motivation letter.
iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships...

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