Interested in rodent ultrasonic vocalizations? Please feel free to check out our latest review “Ultrasonic vocalizations in mice and rats: New applications and recent developments from sender to receiver" – a true @wohrlab.bsky.social group effort: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

⏰ Deadline approaching! The Behaviour Young Investigator Award 2027 recognises outstanding research by early career researchers. 🏆 Winner: €1,000 | 🥈 Runner-up: €500. Submit your new, original research before 31 October 2026. @copan-leiden.bsky.social

The award covers research across all aspects of behaviour, including ecology, psychology, cognition, emotion, neurophysiology, AI, robotics and plant signalling behaviour. To enter, select the appropriate article type and mention the award in your cover letter.

📢 Don’t miss out! If you’re an eligible ECR, submit your manuscript to Behaviour before 31 October 2026 to enter the 2027 Young Investigator Award.

Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel win the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work on optogenetics, which has revolutionized neuroscience go.nature.com/4yBpO9O

Medicine Nobel awarded for brain ‘switch’ that controls neurons with light: live updates

Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel win the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work on optogenetics, which has revolutionized neuroscience.

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Symposia Submissions for #EBPS2027 in Cork, Ireland are now open. We have a great lineup of keynote presentations and are seeking symposia proposals covering a range of behavioural pharmacology topics. More information on our website ebps.org/events/ebps-...

That’s a wrap! The scientific part of our LBP retreat is over. We talked about genetic mouse models for ASD, bipolar disorder, naturalistic environment & pro-social behaviour. Thanks @eliskbv.bsky.social Emilie Bartsoen, @fjrsousa.bsky.social @ozgesungur.bsky.social @liviadicrescenzo.bsky.social

Here we are again: our annual LBP retreat! On the first day, some colleagues from @wohrlab.bsky.social are presenting data on Tph2 KO rats, social behaviour, USV and placebo effect. Thanks Maria Willadsen, @parnian-saberi.bsky.social, @pvsarchi.bsky.social, Henry Werk

Thanks also to Guy Bosmans for joining us and giving a very interesting lecture on attachment theory!

🎂🥂🎈🪩🎉 Happy Birthday, Alexander von Humboldt – a visionary who understood that science knows no borders. At a time when the world feels increasingly divided, his belief in interconnectedness is more relevant than ever.

A big thank you to the speakers of our mini September Seminar Series on Social and Affective Neuroscience 2026 @wohrlab.bsky.social: Prof. Dr. Michael Bader from the @mdc-berlin.bsky.social, Berlin, Germany, and Prof. Dr. Jinye Dai from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA.

Proud mentor moment. Happy to share that @tianhuawang.bsky.social @wohrlab.bsky.social has successfully defended her PhD thesis. Congrats, Tianhua. Excellent work. It has been a pleasure to see you grow as a scientist throughout this journey. (Picture credit: Dr. @pvsarchi.bsky.social)

Mark your calendar: Oct 6-7 2027 the first VIB conference on neurodevelopment and neuropsychiatry in beautiful Leuven, Belgium. Amazing line-up of speakers check below - in partnership with Cell Press - www.vibconferences.be/events/new-h...

New horizons in neurodevelopment and neuropsychiatry

6-7 October 2027, Leuven, Belgium

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Congratulations to @tianhuawang.bsky.social on successfully defending her PhD! Her hard work on Tph2-deficient rats resulted in a series of studies exploring the role of serotonin in social behaviour during different developmental stages. For more details 👉🏻 orcid.org/0009-0008-38...

⏰ The clock's ticking: abstract submission and early-bird registration close this Friday, September 4th. Don't miss it!

📣 Congratulations to our FENS Forum 2026 Travel Grant Awardees! 👏👏👏 We are delighted to have supported our awardees in participating in FENS Forum 2026 and sharing their research with the neuroscience community🧠

With expansion of several stem cell based initiatives @lieberinstitute.bsky.social - we are hiring! We are looking for a Staff Scientist with expertise in hiPSCs and iPSC-derived neuronal models to join our Stem Cell Core, directed by @tsawada1.bsky.social recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/j...

😖 Chronische Schmerzen? 😖 Dann suchen wir dich für unsere neue #Onlinestudie (Dauer: 30 min, Aufwandsentschädigung 15 Euro)! 🤩 Hilf uns herauszufinden, wie chronische Schmerzen das Denken, Fühlen und Handeln beeinflussen. 🤔 ▶️ Zum Fragebogen: tinyurl.com/Online-Schme...

Great experience attending @ibnsconnect.bsky.social annual meeting in Cape Town! I presented work from my PhD from @Wohrlab in a poster and a talk in a symposium session. I am grateful to IBNS for the Travel Grant and for this opportunity. It was also wonderful experience #IBNS2026 #PhDLife

Last week Dr. Theresa Kisko, @fjrsousa.bsky.social & @parnian-saberi.bsky.social had the opportunity to share their work at #IBNS2026! What a great experience! Thanks @ibnsconnect.bsky.social

Max Planck, a legendary pioneer of quantum mechanics and the 1918 Nobel laureate in physics, had two papers retracted decades after his death for reasons that remain mysterious. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4exoz3T

Today, 26 June 2026, I’m presenting a poster at the IBNS conference in Cape Town (Hall D, 11:00). I'd be more than happy to chat and hear your thoughts on my PhD work. Looking forward to seeing you there! #IBNS2026 #IBNS #IBNSConnect

📢 We just published a review of the methods and tools for processing and analyzing #mouse vocalizations, including #USVs, proposing new labels and a novel hierarchical classification for all types of 🐭 vocalizations. Check it out! ▶️https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2026.116337 @klivvvienna.bsky.social

Visiting the mausoleum of Emil von Behring, who received the first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine „for his work on serum therapy, especially its application against diphtheria“, in Marburg.

#PuG2026 was a fantastic conference! Now you can already safely the date for #PuG2027 in Oldenburg: 6-8 May, 2027! 🧠

Postdoc position @unimarburg.bsky.social in the project: "Bridging the Gap Between Verbal Psychological Theories & Formal Statistical Modeling with Large Language Models" (funded by @volkswagenstiftung.de) 📅Start: 01.10.2026 |⏳3 years 🔗 Job posting: uni-marburg.de/78NrWT Thanks for sharing!

🌟 #FENS Open Calls!🌟 🧠 Want to learn about opportunities in #neuroscience? Check out our open calls to see what your next step can be! 👉️ Start swiping to see more open calls! 🔗 See the full list here: buff.ly/Cpt728H

Serotonin plays a key role in neurodevelopment. Here, we take a cross-species perspective and synthesize recent findings highlighting its role in early social development. Special thanks to first author @tianhuawang.bsky.social from @wohrlab.bsky.social! sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Serotonin’s fundamental role in early social development: Socio-affective communication through ultrasonic vocalizations, maternal affiliation, and the bidirectional nature of mother-infant interactio...

Serotonin (also known as 5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) is a conserved neurotransmitter implicated in modulating social behavior across mammals, yet its s…

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How much do treatment expectations matter in depression? Our new paper underscores the translational value of experimental placebo models for understanding and predicting real-world expectation effects. Part of our work in @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social Read more: rdcu.be/fiAkd

Acute placebo responsiveness predicts longitudinal expectation effects in antidepressant treatment

Translational Psychiatry - Acute placebo responsiveness predicts longitudinal expectation effects in antidepressant treatment

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📣The Laboratory of Biological Psychology is hiring! 📣 We are looking for a full-time lab tech to help us in the daily operation of the lab. Friendly & inclusive work environment guaranteed! Check here for more details: www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo... ⏰Apply by May 27th.