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✨3 months until our online conference ! ✨

Discover our amazing plenary speakers in this video! Feel free to share with anyone who might be interested in attending. 🙌

Free registrations here : ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org

#animalbehaviour #ethology #onlineconference #ABL2025

Seasonal and nutritional modulation of honeybee olfactory learning by the short neuropeptide F | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Neuropeptides are crucial molecules in the nervous system, regulating various biological processes. Neuropeptide F (NPF) and its shorter form, short neuropeptide F (sNPF), serve functions in invertebr...

See our new work on "Seasonal and nutritional modulation of honeybee olfactory learning by the short neuropeptide F". A great study by Rafael Carvalho da Silva under the supervision of Gabriela de Brito sanchez, with the essential contribution of David Baracchi.

doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

See our latest paper in @iScience_CP on opsin type distribution in the ommatidia and ocelli of the 3 castes of the honey bee (workers, queens and drones). A fantastic worker done by A. Durand, S. Larnaudie, D. Champleovier, B. Ronsin & Isabelle Lafon

cell.com/iscience/fullt…

YouTube video by Animal Behaviour Live Seminar Series 2025: 3. Dr. Flavio Roces

📣 SEMINAR TODAY! 🐜

Join us at 14:00 GMT for Prof. Dr. Flavio Roces' talk on how leaf-cutting ants build and climate-control their nests! 🌿

📍 Live on YouTube → www.youtube.com/watch?v=qORc...
✅ Free & open to all!

#AnimalBehaviour #LeafCuttingAnts #NestArchitecture

Honored to be a plenary speaker for #ABL2025! #wasplove

📣 1 WEEK TO GO! 🐜

Leaf-cutting ants don’t just build nests; they build climate-controlled cities.
🎥 Watch the teaser for Prof. Flavio Roces’ talk on their environmental adaptations.

🗓️Tuesday 29 July – 14:00 GMT
📍Live on YouTube : www.youtube.com/watch?v=qORc...

We welcome the 2nd plenary speaker at #ABL2025. 🙌🙌

@anna-stoeckl.bsky.social‬ from @uni-konstanz.de‬ reveals how insect pollinators interpret floral patterns to guide foraging. From hawkmoth vision to neural templates—this talk will bridge behaviour, neuroethology & sensory biology. 🦋🪻

Congratulations!! That's amazing news 🎉🎉

📣 SEMINAR SERIES 2025 📣

Only one week to go before our next seminar! 🐘
🎥 Is the teaser tempting you ? Come listen to Dr. TNC Vidya and PhD students Athira TK & Ankana Sanyal

📆 Tuesday 24 June 2025 – 10am GMT
📍 Live on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpdD...
💡 Free & open to all

Thanks to my colleague Michel for this great gift ☺️, I was just in need of some inspiration while writing my PhD introduction !
The french translation of the mind of a bee by Lars Chittka 🐝

Today is #WorldBeeDay! In our team, we try to show our appreciation for these amazing animals every day—not just as research models, but as sentient beings playing a crucial role in our ecosystems.
We also hope to inspire younger generations to care, protect, and stand up for them.
Save the bees! 🐝

May 20th: world bee day! Protect the environnement, save the bees and all the living creatures!

Some of the participants of the Neuroethology meeting, satellite of the annual meeting of the French Neuroscience Society. We had a terrific day in Montpellier with fascinating talks and exciting discussions! Thanks to Manu Perisse and his team for the wonderful hosting!

YouTube video by Animal Behaviour Live Seminar Series 2025: 1. Dr. Damien Farine

⏮️ Missed our first seminar of 2025? No worries!
You can still catch Dr. @damienfarine.bsky.social's talk “The Costs of Collective Behaviour” on YouTube — but only until next Tuesday! 🐦⏳

🎥 Don’t wait — watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc9z...

En 2025, CNRS et France Universités co-organisent les médailles de la médiation scientifique. Objectif : faire rayonner les projets science et société de l’ensemble des établissements d’enseignement supérieur et de recherche.

Infos et candidatures
➡️ franceuniversites.fr/actualite/le...

Free neuroethology meeting next month in Montpellier, France. Join us ! 😊

Influence of the alarm pheromone on olfactory behavior and neurophysiology in the honey bees In vertebrate and invertebrate species, alarm signals can rapidly suppress food-related behaviors, triggering a fight-or-flight response. Likewise, in honey bees, exposure to alarm pheromone component...

A🐝✨ Fully funded 3-year PhD opportunity at the Centre for Food and Taste in Dijon, France! Work with bees, behavior, calcium imaging, and pharmacology.

🔗 See the link below for details & reach out if interested!
📅 Apply by 12.05.25! 🚀 #PhD #Research #Neuroscience #Bees

CogEvo 25 - Workshop on Cognition and Evolution CogEvo 25 Workshop on Cognition and Evolution will be held in Rovereto from 17 to 18 July 2025

‼️ CogEvo 2025 🧠 🚨

A unique workshop on cognition, neuroscience, evolution and development organized by the Center for Mind/Brain Sciences.

🗓️ July 17-18, 2025
📍 Rovereto, Italy 🇮🇹
🔗 Registration: event.unitn.it/cogevo/

#CogEvo2025 #CogEvo #Cognition #Neuroscience

Interested in Neuroethology? Then, join us at the 1-day Meeting of the French Club of Neuroethology, in the beautiful city of Montpellier, on May 13th. NO FEES REQUIRED. Just register and submit your abstract in: www.zebrain.bio.ens.psl.eu/neuroetholog... .
And enjoy our guest speakers!

US science is under threat ― now scientists are fighting back Researchers are organizing protests and making their voices heard as Trump officials slash funding and lay off federal scientists.

Thanks to @nature.com for featuring Stand Up for Science! ☀️🧬🧪

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Aversive learning reduces aversive-reinforcer sensitivity in honey bees - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Aversive learning reduces aversive-reinforcer sensitivity in honey bees

See our last work on the effect of learning on how bees respond to the unconditioned stimulus (US) after learning! We show that learning changes not only conditioned-stimulus processing but also US processing.

A wonderful work by Yuan Lai et al. doi.org/10.1038/s415...

🐝 Missed our 2024 seminar by @dremlichtenberg.bsky.social on decision-making by foraging bees? Great news! The replay is now available! 📺✨

🔗 Watch here: www.youtube.com/live/rnJqqgk...

Even more powerful, though, are arguments against *any* cultural explanation. For example, the illusion shows up in non-human animals like guppies & lizards. That’s what you’d expect if the illusion arises from deep within us, not from the circumstances of our upbringing. (7/13)

Check out our latest work on transitive inferences (A > B, B > C, therefore A > C) in honey bees, just published in Frontiers in Psychology: www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...

Are you PhD student or Postdoc working in the field of Neuroethology? Then apply as a speaker for the Webinar Series 'The Future Of Neuroethology'

Head of a bee drinking sugar from a toothpick

Drink it up little bee ! 🐝 I really enjoy showing bees under the binocular magnifier to young interns. Their reactions are always fun! Of course, they are shocked at how hairy bees really are 😄

Inspired by @hleisthen.bsky.social and @denizhanpak.bsky.social I've put together a starter pack for neuroethology (broadly defined). Follow these people if you're interested in learning about the mechanisms underlying animal behaviour.

Suggestions welcome!

go.bsky.app/T5JTFzE

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

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