1/8 Breathing seems automatic. But it's a finely tuned motor behavior that has to be controlled. In this preprint, I map the circuits that match a fly's respiration to the metabolic demands of flight and mitigate the risk of dehydration. 🧵🪰 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

✨️Another highlight of the #ICN2026 today 🤩 The very first #neuroethology #scienceslam - start of a new tradition? Many thanks to the program committee co-chairs Marie Dacke and Michael Dickinson and coach @anna-stoeckl.bsky.social 😊 And of course the science slammers 👇

We had a fantastic opening ceremony today for the #ICN2026. We are thankful for all sponsors that make this meeting possible. Special thanks to @jexpbiol.bsky.social

Excited to share a new preprint from the lab, by @andrewmatheson.bsky.social and team, where we dive into the superpower of newts: plasticity! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Like many good projects, this started with a serendipitous observation... 🧵1/5

A journalist has asked me to find them an entomologist for a story they’re doing on mosquitoes. Any entomologists down?

Day 1 of the #ICN2026 Mosquito Satellite meeting is off to a great start with talks about all the senses mosquitoes use to find mating partners or tasty hosts to bite. @trevorsorrells.bsky.social presented his work on the neural basis of CO2 + heat sensory integration.

12. Here's the key insight though: as labor-augmenting technologies LLMs make researchers more productive and therefore they *raise the opportunity cost of researcher time*. As a result researchers will have incentives to invest less time in polishing a current project before moving on to a new one.

Some really good news, if you need some. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Sale of family farm helps clear way for first-of-its-kind I-5 crossing in WA

Five generations of the Erickson family tended this land that borders I-5. Now, it could help reconnect mountain ranges.

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Oregon State University's Department of Integrative Biology is currently hiring up to three tenure-track faculty members, with an emphasis on organismal biology. Note: Previous links are no longer active due to a change in our hiring system. oregonstate.wd501.myworkdayjobs.com/OSU_Careers_...

Assistant Professor

Department: Special Instructions to Applicants: To ensure full consideration, applications must be received by 10/1/26. Applications will continue to be accepted after the full consideration date, unt...

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Excited for my first Canadian research grant from #NSERC. This money will fund exciting work on proprioceptive circuits, including a project looking at how sensor placement co-evolves with leg morphology. research.ubc.ca/news/july-7-...

Nessus sphinx! In the back yard! I used to count myself lucky if I saw one at all 😍 #bugsky

Most flies appear to follow the same aerodynamic blueprint. Mosquitoes are the exception, beating their wings up to 1,000 times a second and flying about three times less efficiently than similar-sized fruit flies. doi.org/hb926b

Physical laws explain why most flies evolved similar flight, with mosquitoes as outliers

A new study in PLOS Biology of 133 species of flies, mosquitoes and their relatives shows that most species fly in surprisingly similar ways.

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Revised preprint on mitochondria in central brain of Drosophila now online: much new analysis + details of largest resource for analyzing neuronal mitochondria generated so far, with ~6M mitochondria, >20k neurons, >5k cell types. Much thanks to all coauthors, enjoy! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Connectomic Analysis of Mitochondria in the Central Brain of Drosophila

Mitochondria are integral to the metabolism and cell biology of a neuron. Electron microscopy images of fly brain volumes, taken for connectomics, can be analyzed for mitochondria as well as the cells...

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I’m very excited to share that I’ll be opening my lab and starting as a tenure track assistant professor and Simons Empire Faculty Fellow in the Department of Biological Sciences at University at Albany (SUNY) this Fall 2026.

By comparing the proprioceptive systems of mosquitos and fruit flies, Sweta Agrawal @hokuba.bsky.social aims to uncover fundamental features of proprioception. #neuroskyence By @callimcflurry.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/neuros-ark/w...

What mosquitos lay bare about proprioception

By comparing the proprioceptive systems of mosquitos and Drosophila, Sweta Agrawal aims to uncover key features of the ability to sense self-movement.

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International grad workers deserve dignity. International grad workers deserve respect. International grad workers *deserve to be paid for their labor.* /fin

really enjoyed chatting with @callimcflurry.bsky.social from @thetransmitter.bsky.social about some of the non-Drosophila work happening in the lab! www.thetransmitter.org/neuros-ark/w...

What mosquitos lay bare about proprioception

By comparing the proprioceptive systems of mosquitos and Drosophila, Sweta Agrawal aims to uncover key features of the ability to sense self-movement.

thetransmitter.org

In early 2015, I lost most of my hearing for a few months due to an eventually diagnosed autoimmune condition. The social isolation was surprising and horrible, I will never take my hearing for granted again!

Penn NeuroKnow 🧠@pennneuroknow.bsky.social · last mo.

Acquiring hearing loss later in life is one of the strongest risk factors for dementia. One overlooked community in dementia research could provide new insights: early-deafened people. Learn more in this week's post by Anna Kasper: pennneuroknow.com/2026/06/30/t... #PsychSciSky #SciComm 🧠🟦 🧪

Our ethos is that building a scientific culture that works for more kinds of minds will bring unique discoveries. To that end, we are developing practices for training and retaining neurodivergent researchers, seeking universal designs that can help everybody! research.uoregon.edu/news/neurodi...

An obituary looks back on the life of Avis H. Cohen, who bridged the disciplines of neuroscience, math and engineering to decode lamprey locomotion. By @sarahthau.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/locomotion/r...

Remembering Avis H. Cohen, who bridged disciplines to decode lamprey locomotion

The founding director of the University of Maryland’s Neuroscience and Cognitive Science program brought neuroscience, math and engineering together.

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🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨 The Technical University of Munich @tum.de is recruiting a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Implantable Brain–Computer Interfaces! We’re looking for someone to help build the next generation of robust, clinically scalable #implantable #BCIs. portal.mytum.de/jobs/profess... 🧵👇

My department, Neurobiology and Biophysics at the University of Washington (nbio.uw.edu), is hiring a new tenure-track Assistant Professor, application deadline 09/30/26. It's a broad search — molecular to organismal, all of neuroscience/physiology/biophysics welcome. apply.interfolio.com/187735

Peripheral anatomy and central connectivity of proprioceptive sensory neurons in the Drosophila wing

Peripheral anatomy and central connectivity of proprioceptive sensory neurons in the Drosophila wing

Comprehensive mapping of wing sensory neurons in Drosophila reveals that some proprioceptors make direct connections onto flight steering motor neurons, enabling rapid feedback control during flight.

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Sealant Team Six guarding our vulnerable shores against Algae-Qeada, Algaetifa. And Algae Sharpton.

You know what they say. You miss 100% of the possums you don’t look in the cemetery for.

It is really the joy and curse of being a PI. So much fun seeing young people develop a love for science and go on to do important things for the world. But also so hard to see good people leave!

Harmit Singh Malik@harmitmalik.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In this business, if you do a good job, you are always saying goodbye. I can scarcely believe we are saying goodbye to six remarkable post-bac scholars who are leaving our lab to pursue their dreams in grad/med school. Bon chance Tiia, Hana, Rebecca, Nic, Michelle, Chelsea!

If you’re looking for stellar candidates for your tenure-track faculty search or fantastic seminar speakers, check out the @leadingedgeprogram.bsky.social fellows! 👇🏾

Leading Edge Fellows Program@leadingedgeprogram.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We are thrilled to announce the 2026 Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Fellows! 40 remarkable postdocs pursuing transformative research in biological/biomedical sciences. This is the 7th Leading Edge cohort and we are so excited to welcome them! www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows/

Neuroscientist here, who has talked about the US losing science ground to other countries: The biggest problem for generating future cures for brain diseases is the ongoing utter destruction of US basic neuroscience. It’s not about regulation.

Semafor@semafor.com · 2mo ago

China’s beating the US in neuroscience: “There is a very real possibility that without significant regulatory reform, if you’re a wealthy American, in 10 years, the only place you’ll be able to get your state-of-the-art cancer care is in Shanghai,” said Max Hodak, former president of Neuralink.

Now published - the #BANC! A full central nervous system (CNS) connectome of a limbed animal at single-synapse resolution, enabling us to follow sensory-motor arcs and understand how the CNS controls the body. rdcu.be/fncjS. #neuroscience. Video by @quorumetrix.bsky.social 1/18

Oh sure, you put four legs on a goose and it's "adorable". But you put eight legs on a goose and suddenly it's an "abomination". I see how it is.

tameflowers.bsky.social@tameflowers.bsky.social · 2mo ago

teacup goose horse small size suitable for apartment living