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Go vote! Never again is now!

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You can rely on Berlin-Kreuzberg!!! #bundestagswahl #noafd

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Falls ihr noch unsicher seid - Bitte, geht morgen wählen. Die Entscheidung wen ihr wählt ist nicht einfach, aber wen man sicher nicht wählt, ist so klar wie selten zuvor. Bitte helft mit - es braucht die Stimmen aller Demokratinnen und Demokraten! #Bundestagswahl #WÄHLENGEHEN

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Recently completed your #PhD using #Drosophila in a European lab? Apply for the European Drosophila Society best thesis prize! 🏆🪰 Deadline: 28 Feb 2025. Prize = €1000 & keynote presentation at the EDRC in Alicante @edrc2025.bsky.social! Info here: europeandrosophilasociety.org/eds-best-phd...

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We are fully committed to the principle of scientific freedom as enshrined in Article 5 of the German Basic Law and recognized worldwide as a fundamental human right. #Demokratie #Forschungsfreiheit www.ice.mpg.de/490707/state...

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‼️Save the date‼️The new Max Planck #Postdoc Program kicks off its first call for applications from April 1, 2025; applications can be submitted until May 13, 2025. mpg.de/en/max-planc... #ScienceCareer

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Open positions in our lab. Just sayin…

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PLEASE REPOST AND SHARE! My intro biology course has an "Interview a Biologist" project where students connect with a wide range of biologists using cell/molecular tools. If you are willing to speak with a student for ~30 minutes on Zoom, please fill out this form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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A new round of the Lise Meitner Excellence Program for #tenuretrack group leaders opened today - please consider applying! The program aims to recruit and promote exceptionally qualified female scientists. www.mpg.de/lise-meitner... #LiseMeitnerGroups #WomeninScience #ScienceCareer

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Today, we honor the incredible achievements of women in science. Meet female researchers from our institute: @silkesachse.bsky.social, Sonja Bisch-Knaden, Priya Reddy, Karin Groten, and @shabmohammadi.bsky.social. Let’s continue championing diversity & equality in research! #WomenInScience

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The editorial board of ASN AmNat made a strong statement for the values of academic freedom and diversity. The actions by elected and non-elected individuals in the White House are devastating. @asn-amnat.bsky.social 🧪

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#Wissenschaftsfreiheit ist ein hohes Gut in Deutschland. Die #DFG unterstützt sie auch mit wissenschaftlichen Preisen 🏆🏅💰, die herausragende Forscher*innen in allen Karrierephasen würdigen und ihnen Freiraum für ihre weitere wissenschaftliche Arbeit ermöglichen. Hier ist die Übersicht für 2025:

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Excited for the upcoming #CSHL #Neurobiology of #Drosophila conference! Don’t miss the chance to submit your abstracts for the #neuromodulation and #plasticity session. meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.asp...

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Dear colleagues fascinated by olfaction and taste! 👃🏾👅 We’ll organize the next ESITO (Symposium of Insect Taste and Olfaction) from September 19-24 2025 in Sardinia at the beautiful Hotel Cormoran again. We are currently updating the website and will start the registration soon! Please stay tuned!

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100.000 Menschen in Berlin, 70.000 in Köln: In dunklen Zeiten sind wir ein Lichtermeer der Hoffnung! ♥️ Wir stellen uns gegen die AfD und gegen die Pläne der Merz-CDU, gezielt eine gemeinsame Mehrheit mit den Rechtsextremen im Bundestag zu suchen. Wir sind die Brandmauer!

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doi.org/10.1073/pnas... Olfaction in spiders. We found that the wall pore sensilla in spiders look similar from the outside to those of insects, but differ ultrastructurally in various ways. Independent evolution! 🧪

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We just re-locate our twitter/X-history with the help of @blueark.app and then our moving will be final. Please help us to build a new #neuroethology community here by asking colleagues to follow us and by using hashtags or linking @neuroethology.org so that we can share your content 🧪🧠🦋🪲🐝🦑🐟🦐🐜🐦🐸🐢🦈🪼

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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'

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If you are a scientist (including graduate students) or professional science communicator who is at least 18 years old and are using Bluesky for any kind of professional purposes, please consider taking our survey. Link: umiami.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Please help share. 🧪🌎 #SciComm

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Facebook & Instagram schaffen die professionellen Faktenchecks ab - ich habe ein Starterpack erstellt mit Menschen & Einrichtungen, die sich für Fakten einsetzen, die Faktenchecks erstellen oder für mehr Aufklärung forschen Als Reaktion auf diese Entwicklung empfehle ich, solchen Accounts zu folgen

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Looking forward to a fabulous European fly meeting in Alicante! #EDRC2025 #Drosophila 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

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We are hiring! We are looking for two PhD students interested in the regulation of habit formation. Habits are useful to decrease cognitive load, but carry the risk of becoming stereotyped and hard to control - it’s hard to shake a bad habit. The fruit fly Drosophila also forms habits and we […]

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I finally deactivated my x account as a good resolution for 2025. It feels really good and can highly recommend it!!!

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🪰The Never Given 2022 Pittendrigh/Aschoff Lecture: The Clock Network in the Brain—Insights From Insects - Charlotte Helfrich-Förster, 2024 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Is your summer 2025 looking boring and monotonous? Apply to the Neural Systems and Behavior course (www.mbl.edu/education/ad...) at MBL in Woods Hole for an 8-week experience that will change your (scientific) life. Deadline: Feb 1st, 2025.

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Why not joining us?

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IT'S OFFICIAL! From today, @plos.org and its journals are no longer posting on Twitter/X. If you want to carry on hearing about great science in our journal, follow @plosbiology.org on Bluesky here: bsky.app/profile/plos...

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The European Drosophila Society @fly-eds.bsky.social has just launched a #prize to the best #PhD thesis using #Drosophila. 🏆🪰 Deadline is Feb 2025. Prize = €1000 & keynote presentation at the #EDRC2025 @edrc2025.bsky.social ! More info here: europeandrosophilasociety.org/eds-best-phd...

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Calling #Drosophila #grad students #postdoc and #pretenure #faculty to participate in FlyCROSS and be matched by a #mentor of your preferences to gain guidance to your unique needs ! #genetics #dros25 #phdlife @flybase.bsky.social @bdsc.bsky.social

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Join us for the MODOLFOR Satellite Symposium on Modulation of Olfaction at the 16th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society in spring 2025 🐭🐝👃 @neurowissg.bsky.social

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Only close to 10 months to go until #EDRC2025 ! Here are the plenary speakers who look forward to welcoming you! #Drosophila #EDRC

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For science 🤓 folks. @bsky.app is now included in @altmetric.com scores for papers and is demonstrating good levels of engagement on publications (sent from @jadeunderwater.bsky.social ) 🐢🌍🧪🦑 🐟🐠🐡🌐🦤

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In the name of filling Bluesky with science: I am happy to highlight our recent study showing a novel odor coding rule in migratory locusts by genetically expressing GCaMP in olfactory neurons! Please find details here: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

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Submit your abstract for a poster or oral presentation at the Biologists @ 100 meeting #biologists100 24-27 March 2025 @ ACCLiverpool. Deadline: 13 December 100yearsconference.biologists.com/abstracts/ Please note, abstract submissions for Sensory perception in a changing world are poster only

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Women are under-represented at senior levels in #academia globally, & across all #science 🧪 disciplines, as shown by these "scissor-shaped curves" ✂️ So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality? We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary #WomeninSTEM www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... 🧵 1/

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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.

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I made the Insect Sensory Neuro starter pack - let me know in the comments if you'd like to be added! (and also I'm sure I missed tons of people - tag them in!) go.bsky.app/JW7c5LN

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Sniffing helps animals identify smells and connect them to places and events, but noses can’t sense time or place. How do brains connect odors with internal models of the world? Our preprint suggests that the olfactory bulb participates in this connection. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Favorite science image #3 olfactory bulb glomeruli. #neuroskyence #neuroscience

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