Martin Haesemeyer

Our latest study on the neurobiology of collective behavior is now posted as a preprint, led by UCSD PhD student Jo-Hsien Yu @anitajhyu.bsky.social @ucsandiego.bsky.social @danionella.bsky.social

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

What a magnificent animal!

Image showing Hobson Lab logo (with parakeets, a social network, and R code), two Monk Parakeets, and several individually-marked parakeets with the text "Now recruiting PhD students!!"

**PhD POSITIONS** I am recruiting 1-2 PhD students to work on sociality and cognition in Monk Parakeets, starting Fall 2026. Full ad is here: hobsonresearch.com/index.php/20... (please help spread the word!)

new pape from our lab, led by the indefatigable @chrisjdallmann.bsky.social. i am very proud of this one.

Tenure-track faculty positions in Neuroscience - Columbus, Ohio job with The Ohio State University, Dept of Neuroscience | 39081 Faculty studying mechanisms underlying normal nervous system function and/or how these mechanisms and interactions are affected by disease or injury

Come be my colleague in the department of neuroscience at OSU. We are hiring for an open rank tenure track faculty position in several focus areas.

neurojobs.sfn.org/job/39081/te...

Hierarchical processing of sensory information across topographically organized thalamocortical-like circuits in the zebrafish brain Thalamocortical projections contribute to the spatial organization and functional hierarchies of the mammalian cortex. Primary sensory cortices receive topographically segregated information from firs...

Check out this exciting study led by Anh-Tuan Trinh from our lab, where we investigated how thalamocortical-like circuits in the zebrafish pallium receive, represent, and integrate sensory information:
🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Space Disco The sound you would dance to in space

Space Disco

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Preprint -
Excited to present WHOLISTIC, which extends the concept of whole-brain functional imaging to the entire body. Pioneering work by incredibly talented Virginia Ruetten @vmsruetten.bsky.social, this platform reveals whole-organism cellular dynamics in vivo.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

I do not understand how this works. The NIH reimburses actual expenses and doesn't hand out checks for the full grant amount. So how does a multi-year award affect how many grants can be awarded? It's not like the NIH can bank the money either across fiscal years either. Is it budget uncertainty?

What a world. Does this mean that R13 grants can only be used for conferences that guarantee domestic-only attendance???

Happy birthday! Here's to hoping they won't ask you to revise the date...

If that point is "what are we doing here anyway" I'm in full support 🤣

I'm not sure that's a relevant question 🦆

We’re searching for a Developmental Neuroscientist! Building on UO’s rich tradition in the field, we’re excited to welcome the next scientist to carry it forward.

Job ad for a tenure-track assistant professor position in the Center for Childhood Cancer Research at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Broad areas of pediatric cancer research will be considered. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis with a final deadline of December 1, 2025.

We are recruiting a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Center for Childhood #Cancer Research. Come work with me!

More information 👇

Assistant Professor - Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Neuroscience - Department of Neuroscience University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

Come join our new Department of Neuroscience @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social as an Assistant Professor! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05041

What a wonderful world that would be...

The ruins of a housing complex near a main road, with an open red arrow indicating the ruins of a serpentine wall that divides the complex from the road. From Dr. Zahi Hawass/Facebook

In 2021, archaeologists announced the discovery of the 3000 year old Egyptian city called "The Dazzling Aten" near Luxor.

I want to call your attention to a brick wall under the red arrow. It's 'serpentine' & a single brick wide, separating a housing complex from the road.

Why the odd shape?

Introducing our new favorite stimulus. A few minutes are enough to map the visual preferences of thousands of neurons.

Mapping the visual cortex with Zebra noise and wavelets
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

By Sophie Skriabine and Max Shinn, with Samuel Picard and
@kenneth-harris.bsky.social

A cell type in the visual system that receives feedback about limb movement Hartman et al. describe a cell type in the Drosophila visual system that is activated during head grooming through visual and non-visual signals arising from foreleg movements. These neurons inhibit a...

New paper from our lab! This was such a fun project to be a part of - proof that sometimes following a spurious observations down the rabbit hole leads to awesome findings.

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

Wouldn't it be nice if money would flow to fund research instead of funding a new layer of glossy paint? But who wants to put that on their CV "bolstered existing programs"...

Lost Lake Whistler

Keystone Neural-Immune Interactions

Symposium talk

Rock climbing preparation at Whistler Cal Cheak

Truly enjoyed the scientific and social interactions at #KSNeuroimmune2025 in Whistler. Besides presenting our work & talking science, I went rock climbing with PhD student Lynette! We also hung out (a lot) with @haesemeyerlab.bsky.social & the #zebrafish crew, including a nice hike to Lost Lake!

If you're interested in moving to Montreal for a postdoc in #NeuroAI or related topics, check out this scholarship opportunity at @fasudem.bsky.social : fas.umontreal.ca/postdoctoral...

And let me know if you'd like to chat about it.

TBH I don't think that Marr's choice reigns supreme 😉, so I don't find it anymore annoying than the general lack of clear definitions for most terms used in (neuro)science 😀

Incredibly excited and grateful to share that I’ll be starting a lab at The Ohio State University this(!) fall! My lab will study human learning and memory, with related interests in sleep, stress, and time perception. More info soon, but do get in touch if you’re interested in joining!

Oh I'm sure you are absolutely correct. I was talking in jest and should probably have added an emoji to signify that 😀

Considering the concept of granular synthesis, I assume that it means to take a meaningful story, rip out some parts and present them out of order, some even reversed

Congratulations!!

Cholinergic feedback for modality- and context-specific modulation of sensory representations The brain’s ability to prioritize sensory information is crucial for adaptive behavior, yet its mechanisms remain unclear. We investigated basal forebrain cholinergic neurons modulating olfactory bulb...

Our new paper is out in Science.

We identified a subgroup of cholinergic neurons that mediate sensory modality-specific attention. They change their funcitonal properties within secs of behavioral context change.

Congrats to Bin for the great thesis, and the team!

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...