Jean Laurens

Die Welt gewinnt den "War on Cancer" - titelt der @economist.com.
Langsam, aber stetig fallen die Todesraten, immer mehr Menschen überleben eine Krebserkrankung.
Und die Forschung hat noch ein paar Pfeile im Köcher: Neue Immuntherapien, mRNA-"Impfungen" uvm.
#ForschungWirkt

Aaaand we have our final line-up for ESI-SyNC 2025! Check it out! :)
Join us for two exciting days of figuring out what altered states of consciousness do to your brain!
More info:
esi-frankfurt.de/newevent/
Go register (100 Euro, free for junior researchers):
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Guinea-Paviane im Senegal treffen ihre nächtlichen Entscheidungen offenbar unabhängig von potenziellen Risiken durch Fressfeinde oder Parasiten und bevorzugen es, in guter Nachbarschaft zu schlafen. Dabei nutzen sie überwiegend hohe Bäume in den Galeriewäldern entlang des Gambia-Flusses. 🌴👉 (1/2)

I’m doing some research on IACUC practices. Does your institution make public the meeting minutes? If so can you DM me with the link to them. mbasso@uw.edu. Thanks!

Amidst everything, the lab's first preprint is out! It's just a methods paper, no scientific results (yet!), but it's still great to see it all pulled together. We hope that these open-source behavioral tools will be useful for others!

YouTube video by Neuroscience and Beyond How do researchers study social interactions?

In our upcoming episode, Dr. Raymundo Baez Mendoza @raymundobaez.bsky.social, neuroscientist at the German Primate Center @primatenzentrum.bsky.social, explains how game theory is used to understand cooperation, competition, and social risk in controlled lab settings. 🐒

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Machtverhältnisse bei Primaten: Klar dominante Geschlechter sind die Ausnahme! Neulich war der NDR bei uns zu Gast und hat unsere Forschenden Claudia Fichtel & Peter Kappeler zu ihrer neuen Studie interviewt. 👉 Hier geht’s zum Beitrag: www.ndr.de/fernsehen/se...
#DPZ #patriarchat

Is it just me or do others find it super hypocritical that health agency officials (HHS/FDA/NIH) have suddenly become anti-animal research activists for "ethical reasons" while being quiet about, if not actively promoting, more consumption of red meat, tallow and other forms of animal fat and flesh?

Wofür braucht es Affen in der #Forschung?
@stefantreue.bsky.social, Direktor des @primatenzentrum.bsky.social und Sprecher der Initiative "Tierversuche verstehen" @tvvde.bsky.social, zu Gast im TVV-Podcast "Fabeln, Fell & Fakten".
www.tierversuche-verstehen.de/s4e18-wofuer... #Tierversuche #Podcast

PhD position — Rademaker lab

Curious about the visual human brain, a vibrant and collaborative lab, and pursuing a PhD in the heart of Europe? My lab is recruiting for a 3-year PhD position. More details: www.rademakerlab.com/job-add

YouTube video by Deutsches Primatenzentrum - Leibniz-Institut für Primatenforschung Nacht des Wissens 2025

🎥 Eindrücke von der Nacht des Wissens 2025

Am Deutschen Primatenzentrum haben wir Einblicke in unsere Forschung gegeben.
Das Video zeigt einige Impressionen vom Abend:
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#NachtDesWissens #DPZ #Forschung

YouTube video by The Daily Show Leave it to Pete Hegseth to make science sound as stupid as possible

"And this is the thing about science: it's easy to make it sound made-up and stupid. Someone who just want's to cut funding can trivialize any research."
Yes, that is exactly what we see in many public debates about #AnimalResearch
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A common computational and neural anomaly across mouse models of autism - Nature Neuroscience Noel et al. show aberrant updating of expectations in three distinct mouse models of autism spectrum disorder. Brain-wide neurophysiology data suggest this stems from excess units encoding deviations ...

Mice harboring mutations in Fmr1, Cntnap2 or Shank3B show a blunted update of priors during decision-making, suggesting that distinct genetic instantiations of ASD may yield common neurophysiological and behavioral phenotypes

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The Ernst Strüngmann Institute of Neuroscience joined the Be Open about Animal Research Day.
You can join too! Show your support and share on #BOARD25

These organisations got on #BOARD25 in Germany.
Show your support and share on #BOARD25

Only 10 days left to apply for the postdoc position in our lab 👇

The end to animal testing marks the beginning of better biomedicine No longer will our medicines be gated through animals, but rather through entirely human systems — leading to breakthrough options for the humans that need them.

This opinion piece @statnews.com hailing the new FDA approach to animal testing (and by extension the Trump Administration) is a real impertinence.
www.statnews.com/2025/05/19/a...
Here's why: ⬇️ 🧵

Running Paris Spring School practicals this week! The fabulous @maxime-beau.bsky.social is teaching the ins and outs of Neuropixels recordings, with help from the brilliant Marin Dauguet and all the team.
@upcite.bsky.social @sppin-cnrs.bsky.social #neuroscience 👩‍🔬🧠
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YouTube video by Singapore Symphony BEETHOVEN Choral Fantasy for piano, voices, chorus and orchestra, Op. 80

Happy #EuropeDay ! 😀🇪🇺

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If you have an interest in non-human primate systems neuroscience and/or imaging esp. if it relates to development or learning, call me! These are major chair positions that come with at least $4M or $8M over 8 years, depending on career stage.

Of what use? By Isaac Asimov One may detest nature and despise science, but it becomes more and more difficult to ignore them.  Science in the modern world is not an entertainment for some devotees.  It is on i…

Apropos of debates, if anyone is interested in an inspired discussion of the value of basic research, Asimov’s “Of What Use?” is hard to beat.

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Simons Foundation Launches Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience Simons Foundation Launches Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience on Simons Foundation

We are excited to announce our new Simons Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience (SCENE)! This program will unite experts in experimental and computational #neuroscience approaches to investigate how the brain represents sensorimotor interactions. www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/04/24/s... #science

6/6 Let's be honest: no one likes harming an animal, but science is great.

The way forward? The #3Rs, solid science, and real ethical discussions - not extremes, caricatures, or oversimplifications.

#AnimalResearch #Tierversuche #ExperimentationAnimale #wdail

5/ On the other hand, those who misrepresent #animalwelfare in labs, distort scientific arguments about #animalresearch or muddy moral issues with catchwords like "vivisection", "torture" or "cruelty" do NOT participate to the ethical discussion - they’re hindering it.

4/ Transparency about these choices is essential - and scientists are ready for it.

Many initiatives (e.g. ⤵️) track how many animals are used in research and assess their welfare. Openness, accountability - this is ethics.

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3/ Researchers collaborate closely with veterinarians, caretakers, and regulatory bodies to ensure high #animalwelfare standards.

When animals are used in science, it must be done with great care, compassion, and responsibility.

2/ Likewise, everyone agrees that torturing animals for no reason is wrong - that’s the “all black” extreme.

Real-world #ethics live in the grey zones — where scientists work every day.

The ethics of #animalresearch aren’t black & white.

1/ There would be no debate if we could experiment without ever harming an animal - that would be the “all white” extreme.

#wdail #Tierversuche #ExperimentationAnimale

Versuchstierzahlen am DPZ in 2024.

Heute ist Internationaler Tag des Versuchstiers: Wir sagen DANKE 🙏 an unsere Tierpfleger*innen, Tierärztinnen und Wissenschaftler*innen die sich um unsere Tiere kümmern und an die 148 Versuchstiere 🐒 🐁 🐖, die im letzten Jahr für unsere Forschung eingesetzt wurden.
#Tierversuche #Danke #Transparenz

„Das Tiermodell muss für die Forschungsfrage geeignet sein“ Im Interview erklären zwei Wissenschaftlerinnen des HZI zum Internationalen Tag des Versuchstiers 2025, warum nicht alle Tierversuche ersetzbar sind.

#Tierversuche sind unverzichtbar für die Forschung am HZI. Im Interview zum Tag des Versuchstiers am 24. April sprechen die Forscherinnen @jrport.bsky.social & Marina Greweling-Pils über Tiermodelle in der #Infektionsforschung und Hürden bei Tierversuchsanträgen.
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