Back home, another badge to add to the collection! Thanks @ebbsociety.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to present my PhD work at @wohrlab.bsky.social. It’s always exciting to talk about science! And also thanks @fens.org for awarding me the Childcare grant! #FENS2026

It was impressive to be among 8,000 neuroscientists and connect with researchers from around the world at #FENS2026. I'm happy with my poster presentation and the interesting discussions and feedback I received. Many thanks to the @dfg.de for supporting my attendance through the @rtg2271.bsky.social

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

#FENS2026 happening this week! I’ll be presenting my poster tomorrow about ASD-like behavioural alterations caused by a specific mutation of Reelin. Come to check it out (poster #224)!

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

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

Abstract submission deadline for the European Synapse Meeting 2026 is 2 weeks away! Check out our poster, we are adding an #ERC info session to the program, with ERC neuroscience coordinators on site. Submit your abstract here: www.vibconferences.be/events/europ... #EUSYN2026

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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📣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.

Congratulations to @ozgesungur.bsky.social & Emilie Bartsoen for this achievement! Dr. Özge Sungur was nominated IBNS Fellow for her contribution to the Society and to the field of behavioral neuroscience, while Emilie Bartsoen is the new Trainee Representative 🎉. Thanks @ibnsconnect.bsky.social!

Great poster sessions at the joint DGBP and AGNP meeting in Berlin. Thanks to all poster presenters representing @wohrlab.bsky.social: Alper Demir, Nadine Faesel, @gnade-aaron.bsky.social, Lars Tacken, @bvdvoort.bsky.social, @tianhuawang.bsky.social, and Maria Willadsen. You did a great job!

Big news! Our WöhrLab team members received an impressive number of awards recently! Thanks to @ebbsociety.bsky.social, @neurowissg.bsky.social & @fens.org, @liviadicrescenzo.bsky.social, Sara Mejía Chávez, @tianhuawang.bsky.social & @fjrsousa.bsky.social will be able to attend #FENS2026! Congrats🎉

Second great news of the day: Dr. Theresa Kisko received a Early Career Achievement award from @ibnsconnect.bsky.social! And @fjrsousa.bsky.social won a second travel award this year to attend #IBNSSouthAfrica! Congrats 🎉

HIRING a Post Doctoral Fellow to work with us! In collaboration with Andrea Escelsior. Required skills: - Systems neuroscience, translational psychiatry - In vivo calcium imaging (e.g., fiber photometry, miniscope) - Optogenetics and/or circuit manipulation Contract length: 2-4 years

🚀 We are hiring: a PhD position is available in my lab (gozzilab.it) at @iitalk.bsky.social, Italy. Project: large-scale brain network mapping in behaving mice using functional ultrasound imaging (FUSI). 📅 Deadline: March 31 🔗 tinyurl.com/4jtetxa9 Reshares appreciated 😊

Thanks @ebbsociety.bsky.social for this amazing opportunity! It’s a pleasure for me to share my work at such international conference. #FENS2026

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🎉Great news! The EBBS Awards for #FENS2026 are out! Supporting young scientists also means giving them real opportunities to grow, connect, and share their research at international meetings. Congrats to all awardees! 🚀🧠 www.ebbs-science.org/EBBS_awards

I’m delighted to announce that I’ve been awarded a #MargueriteMarieDelacroix research grant to continue studying ASD-related biological mechanisms in a new mouse model. I’m deeply grateful for the renewed support and looking forward to starting this new project. Stay tuned for the results!

Starting 2026 at the Wöhrlab’s New Year Dinner!🎄 Grateful for this team and excited for all the science ahead.

👉 "Neurobiology of Socio-Emotional Dysfunctions" Regensburg, Germany, May 8th to 10th, 2026 www.go.ur.de/neuro-dysfunction

📢 new paper alert! Check it out below 👇🏼

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The party drug MDMA (“ecstasy”) shows promising efficacy as adjunct to psychotherapy. The psychostimulant with entactogenic properties is known to induce arousal and euphoria. We now studied the neurochemistry underlying the behavioral effects of MDMA in rats lacking serotonin in the brain.

Konrad Danielewski has just started our first @deeplabcut.bsky.social workshop at COS!

Great poster presentation on placebo effects in a rat model for depression by Dr. Nadine Faesel at the @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social retreat. Congrats, Nadine! It was an inspiring retreat. A big thanks to @ulrikebingel.bsky.social and team.

Just attended another interesting meeting organized by #StichtingMarguerite-MarieDelacroix. Very intriguing talks and discussions. I’m very glad to be part of this! Thanks to the organizing committee and scientific board, and for the inspiring words by Prof. Dr. Rudy Van Coster.

programme of the 4th USV conference has been published. if you registered, you should have received an email for the conference (zoom) link. i am so excited to listen about these thrilling studies and to learn about different software assessing USV patterns. #USVConference

I feel honored for the opportunity to present our recent work on the role of serotonin in regulating ultrasonic vocalizations in mice and rats across development at the 4th Ultrasonic Vocalization Conference tomorrow (online): ultrasonicvocalizations.net

I will talk about our recent publication on tame mice 🐭 and hamsters 🐹 tomorrow at the USV conference (online) ultrasonicvocalizations.net

There is always a bit of time for fun! Last week we had a LBP social event with a customised quiz about our colleagues and faculty, pizza and..

🧠 How do emotion and memory shape behavior? Join live webinar with Dr. Oliver Barnstedt @obarnstedt.bsky.social l & Dr. Anne Petzold @neuroadept.bsky.social(European Neuroscience Institute Göttingen) 🗓️ November 13th | 14:00 CET 👉 Clickto register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Our Behavioural Brain Research special issue on Ultrasonic Communication in Rodents is growing, rapidly – and actually a lot faster than I manage to post about it. Nine new manuscripts got accepted since my last post. Quite impressive work. Check it out: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

Thrilled to have spent the last few days at the last CRC 393 Scientific Retreat in Dresden! Huge thanks to everyone who stopped by my poster and shared their insights. What a great time we all spent together! www.SFB-TRR393.de #ScientificMeeting #TrajectoriesOfAffectiveDisorders #CRC393