Researchers showed people how to lucid-dream (they were conscious and able to control the dream) and then made them transform into wolves. It worked and "about a third of the volunteers achieved the wolf transformation": www.psypost.org/lucid-dreame... Lucid Dreamers are fucking werewolves!

Wir gedenken: Vor 21 Jahren, am 15. Juni 2005, wurde Theodoros Boulgarides in seinem zwei Wochen zuvor eröffneten Schlüsseldienst in #München vom #NSU ermordet. Er wurde 41 Jahre alt. #KeinSchlussstrich 20.6., 15 Uhr: Solidaritätsfestival der Familie: public-history-muenchen.de/veranstaltun...

Loved writing this with @katrinvogt.bsky.social, for all the German speakers and those that wish to practice their German reading skills :D Check out the whole @modolfor.bsky.social collection!

Katrin Vogt@katrinvogt.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Together with Daniel Münch @dahaniel.muench.bio, we contributed a review about complex neural processing across phyla - and how this allows adaptions to a dynamic environment. Enjoy reading!

A big "THANK YOU" to the sponsors who significantly contributed to making this year's JEDI meeting a success: the EDS: @fly-eds.bsky.social , the EMBO society: @embo.org and The Company of Biologists: @biologists.bsky.social!

The amazing JEDI crowd 2026! Hurray for an inspiring #Drosophila meeting at a gorgeous location. Thank you to everyone who attended!

@dahaniel.muench.bio one of the co-organisers of the @fly-jedi.bsky.social 2026 meeting using a gorgeous and scrumptious-looking picnic scene to explain his lab's research question.

The first few talks of this year's conference have been amazing! Here is a picture of @katrin-domsch.bsky.social rocking the stage talking about #Drosophila muscle development!

Today our keynote speaker Eugenia Chiappe from @champalimaudf.bsky.social gave an inspiring talk. The JEDI's enjoyed interacting with a first generation JEDI, who attended these #Drosophila meetings when she first started her lab. Thank you, Eugenia!

Extended registration deadline for our conference (June 1st - 3rd in Palmela, Portugal) to May 15th! Join if you are a Junior #Drosophila PI or senior #postdoc about to transition to independence. Spread the word! 🎬Venue: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_P1n... 🔗Registration: fly-jedi.org/meetings/202...

Pousada de Palmela

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Gentle reminder that there is only about 1 week left to register for the upcoming JEDI meeting in beautiful Portugal in June! If you identify as Junior European Drosophila Investigator you shouldn't miss this! fly-jedi.org/meetings/202...

Junior European Drosophila Investigators@fly-jedi.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Calling all #Drosophila #NewPI #researchers! A few spots remain for the upcoming JEDI Conference - and you won’t want to miss this! Every attendee gives a talk, making the exchange dynamic, personal, and highly interactive - all at a stunning venue that inspires collaboration and creativity.

Our work is out now in PNAS. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

Immense respect for handling this situation with this level of integrity. Mistakes happen. Science is a process.

The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The authors of a Nature paper outlining a mechanism for multisensory memories in Drosophila melongaster have retracted the work after they were unable to replicate a set of imaging experiments. By @callimcflurry.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/retraction/r...

First paper out from the @zsantoslab.bsky.social Congratulations everyone, can't wait to dive into it!

Zita Carvalho-Santos Lab@zsantoslab.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🚨🚨 New preprint 🚨🚨 We found that the ovary directly controls protein appetite in Drosophila. Yes — the ovary doesn’t just make eggs… it tells the fly what to eat! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... If you want all the details, click above ☝️ If you just want the fun, GIF-guided overview, keep reading 👇

Gentle reminder that registrations are open for the upcoming JEDI meeting in June in beautiful Portugal. Don 't miss it!

Junior European Drosophila Investigators@fly-jedi.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Calling all #Drosophila #NewPI #researchers! A few spots remain for the upcoming JEDI Conference - and you won’t want to miss this! Every attendee gives a talk, making the exchange dynamic, personal, and highly interactive - all at a stunning venue that inspires collaboration and creativity.

Registration is open for the JEDI meeting 2026 in Palmela, Portugal in June. Spread the word on join us for a fantastic meeting! fly-jedi.org/meetings/202... #drosophila #portugal #flyresearch #pimeeting

Junior European Drosophila Investigators@fly-jedi.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The registration is open! Junior #Drosophila PIs, join us for inspiring scientific discussion, contribute a talk and listen to our keynote speaker, Eugenia Chiappe. We meet in Palmela, Portugal from June 1st to 3rd. Register soon as spots are limited! congressos.mundiconvenius.pt/geral/inseri...

5 Landesverbände gesichert rechtsextrem, 4 Landesverbände Verdachtsfälle. Ehemalige Jugenorganisatiom gesichert rechtsextrem. Bundespartei gesichert rechtsextrem. Es ist noch zu früh, um sich ein Urteil zu bilden.

​A great disturbance in the Force… ⚡️ ​The next JEDI meeting is landing in Portugal this June. Don't let this opportunity drift away into a galaxy far, far away, clear your schedules for June 1st–3rd. 🇵🇹 ​Registration link coming soon. Prepare your mind! 🧠✨

Junior European Drosophila Investigators@fly-jedi.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Registration will open soon for the next JEDI meeting: June 1st - 3rd in Palmela, Portugal! Join us and our keynote speaker Eugenia Chiappe. Her #neuroscience lab studies how #Drosophila estimates its own movement and integrates sensory inputs to control locomotion. chiappelab.org

Congrats to all the grant recipients! Extra happy for Burak and Dennis from my lab. And in this context: we’re hiring—open postdoc positions in the lab. Feel free to reach out if you’re interested.

FMI science@fmiscience.bsky.social · 7mo ago

In 2025, early-career researchers at the FMI secured highly competitive fellowships and grants, including postdoctoral fellowships from @embo.org and @hfspo.bsky.social, which support outstanding research. Read more about the winning projects here 👇 www.fmi.ch/news-events/...

Tune in to the GASTRONAUTS Bite Size Summit tomorrow to hear @gili-ezranevo.bsky.social talk about dietary amino acids, appetite and the gut microbiome of flies! Register here: bit.ly/3LCXZdE

Our paper on the counterintuitive effects of activating dopamine "reward" neurons is out now! Props to all the trainees, especially Fio Lozada-Perdomo and Yuzhen Chen who did most of the work. Yuzhen is applying for PhD programs now and you'd be lucky to get her! www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

Dual roles of Drosophila reward-encoding dopamine neurons in regulating innate and learned behaviors

Neuroscience; Behavioral neuroscience

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Auch das Präsidium der Justus-Liebig-Universität zeigt heute Flagge! #Giessen

Es gibt Updates zu #Gießen: Das Verwaltungsgericht hat zwei "Verlegungen" von Versammlungen kassiert, diese dürfen nun doch in der Nähe des Treffens der AfD-Jugend stattfinden. Hier der aktuelle Stand zu den laufenden Verfahren: netzpolitik.org/2025/demover...

Demoverbotszone Gießen: DGB legt Beschwerde gegen Beschluss des Verwaltungsgerichts ein

In der juristischen Auseinandersetzung um eine faktische

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Beyond delighted to finally share the main results of my years as a postdoc in the Lowell lab. This was a labour of love, with contributions from many fantastic colleagues, particularly my coauthor @lowensteined.bsky.social

bioRxiv Neuroscience@biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 10mo ago

A hypothalamic circuit for anticipating future changes in energy balance. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.27.678865v1

Excited to share the latest work from the lab: rdcu.be/eRWuD Great team effort, led by @enriberti.bsky.social first at @unil.bsky.social and now @unifr.bsky.social; with fantastic collaborators @ribeirocarlitos.bsky.social and @dahaniel.muench.bio.

My main postdoc work is now out :) In the group of @tomtom-auer.bsky.social with Justine Pascual, @bruzz-1.bsky.social , Noemi Sgammeglia , with crucial collaboration with @dahaniel.muench.bio and @ribeirocarlitos.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Süßes oder Saures? Bei #Fruchtfliegen ist die #Evolution von Ernährungsvorlieben im #Gehirn verwurzelt und nicht in den peripheren Geschmackssensoren – Studie mit Beteiligung der #JLUGiessen in @nature.com veröffentlicht www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...

New work from the lab 🧠🪰🎉 Using pan neuronal volumetric brain imaging in three Drosophila species, we show that niche adaptations arise from central sensory processing, not peripheral tuning. Great collab led by @enriberti.bsky.social @tomtom-auer.bsky.social 🤝 Out now in @nature.com rdcu.be/eRWuD

To survive in new environments, animals must adapt how they eat. @nature.com study with researchers from CF shows that fruit fly diet evolution isn’t just about taste receptors, it’s driven by brain processing of taste 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41... @ribeirocarlitos.bsky.social