Carolina is a wonderful person and scientist, her lab is highly recommended!!

Carolina Rezaval@crezaval.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Deeply honoured to have been awarded a Wellcome Trust Discovery Award to study how competition is encoded in the brain. This builds on the discoveries of outstanding past/present lab members. Grateful to mentors/collaborators/colleagues for their support. We are recruiting postdocs/PhD students.

We have got a great program. ⏰⏰Time to register to our @fens.org Satelite 👉 youngpisymposium2026.com

The School of Biosciences @unibirmingham.bsky.social is recruiting five Assistant/Associate Professors working across a range of areas, including neuroscience. Join a vibrant interdisciplinary research environment. Deadline: 14 April 2026 edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Assistant or Associate Professor (Research and Education) - School of Biosciences - 107106 - Grade 8 or 9

Evidence of a developing track record in publishing work of high academic quality and impact is essential, as is an emerging portfolio (or clear potential) of external research funding. Applicants mus...

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Check out this cool new preprint by the Rezeval lab on goal directed behaviors

Carolina Rezaval@crezaval.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Our new preprint is out! A state-dependent neural circuit resolves approach–avoidance conflicts www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Fantastic work led by Devika Bodas, with key contributions from Marine Balcou, and a great collaboration with Lisa Scheunemann Lab, fearuting Şevval Demirci.

Registration and abstract submission for the international CE neuro meeting are now open!

Meital Oren@meital.bsky.social · 9mo ago

C. elegans enthusiasts- save the date for two consecutive C. elegans meetings, taking place in Bordeaux, 29 June–3 July 2026. Abstract submission will open around January, with many opportunities for oral presentations. Check out our website for more details: ceneuroeuro2026.sciencesconf.org.

Registrations are now open !!! Come join us at @fens.org Forum 2026….

Federation of European Neuroscience Societies - FENS@fens.org · 9mo ago

🚨 Big news for the neuroscience community! The Call for Abstracts, Travel Grants and Registrations for #FENS2026 is officially open! 🧠 👉 Register and submit your work today: https://loom.ly/usQR0ao

C. elegans enthusiasts- save the date for two consecutive C. elegans meetings, taking place in Bordeaux, 29 June–3 July 2026. Abstract submission will open around January, with many opportunities for oral presentations. Check out our website for more details: ceneuroeuro2026.sciencesconf.org.

highlight of two recent fantastic comparative inter-species single-cell atlases, by @live-large.bsky.social from @jisaacmurray.bsky.social, and Itai Toker from Oliver Hobert's lab www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Evolution of nervous systems: Molecular divergence in a conserved body plan

Comparative inter-species single-cell atlases of Caenorhabditis whole embryos and larval nervous systems reveal deep conservation of cell type identit…

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Such a fine resource for the community! 👏👏🙏

Surojit Sural@surojitsural.bsky.social · last yr.

Decoding sexual dimorphism of the sex-shared nervous system at single-neuron resolution www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

I share Alon’s hope : "I look forward to the day when Israeli scientists can freely collaborate with scientists in Iran and do good for the region and for humanity. I wish the same for scientists in Gaza and throughout the Middle East." @WeizmannScience www.nature.com/articles/d41...

How we’re rebuilding the Weizmann Institute — and our hopes for a better future

Scientific research is at the heart of Israel’s success and has worldwide benefits. Our work will continue despite adversity.

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For #worm25, here are updated lists of 200+ researchers for the #Celegans community to easily follow: C. elegans #1 (150 full) - go.bsky.app/HP1h3nW C. elegans #2 (50+) - go.bsky.app/J7soTHG ==> Reply to this if you'd like to be added! cc: @genetics-gsa.bsky.social #CeleganSky 🪱 🧪 1/n

I am excited (as usual) about attending #Worm25. But I am also sad that so many friends and colleagues can't be there. Because you know....insane policies and war and such. Hoping the science will provide at least a temporary distraction from the unending chaos.

I think we just witnessed the first ever nematode ménage a trois! #worm25

Today! Correction- 1PM eastern not 12:30 🫣

Meital Oren@meital.bsky.social · last yr.

C. elegans enthusiasts - join me and @stern-lab.bsky.social ‪‪for a pre #worm25 meeting online workshop on *Monitoring inter-individual diversity across multiple levels and timescales* - Jun 26, 2025 12:30 PM Eastern Time us06web.zoom.us/j/8544967372... please share!

C. elegans enthusiasts - join me and @stern-lab.bsky.social ‪‪for a pre #worm25 meeting online workshop on *Monitoring inter-individual diversity across multiple levels and timescales* - Jun 26, 2025 12:30 PM Eastern Time us06web.zoom.us/j/8544967372... please share!

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Sam Connell@samuelconnell.3i.social · last yr.

Talks...on the train! What? @odedrechavi.bsky.social, @natanellae.bsky.social, @meital.bsky.social, @svobodalab.bsky.social, @paveltomancak.bsky.social, @itaiyanai.bsky.social, @zernickagoetz.bsky.social Register now for: "an atmosphere of enthusiasm, lucid criticism, nonconformism, and friendship".

Don’t miss out on #theconferencetoendallconferences @odedrechavi.bsky.social @itaiyanai.bsky.social @svobodalab.bsky.social @meital.bsky.social and many more will be there! 🪇🪈🪗🪕

Plant Cell Atlas@plantcellatlas.bsky.social · last yr.

On June 10-13 in Prague, there will be a celebration of science (and music!) for a ‘Woodstock’ meeting of the life sciences. Visit: woodstock.img.cas.cz for more info! @natanellae.bsky.social

How do different sources of variation, acting on distinct timescales, integrate to shape behavioral diversity? It was a pleasure writing this review with Meital Oren-Suissa @meital.bsky.social and Steve Flavell. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Sources of behavioral variability in C. elegans: Sex differences, individuality, and internal states

Animal behavior varies across different timescales. This includes rapid shifts in behavior as animals transition between states and long-term changes …

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Neuromodulation, sex specific responses, peptides, oh my!

Meital Oren@meital.bsky.social · 2y ago

After a long wait, our paper is out! We show that differences in learning between the sexes are modulated by the NPY receptor, which gates sensory perception. Great work by PhD student, soon to be Dr, Sonu Kurien www.nature.com/articles/s41...

After a long wait, our paper is out! We show that differences in learning between the sexes are modulated by the NPY receptor, which gates sensory perception. Great work by PhD student, soon to be Dr, Sonu Kurien www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Modulation by NPY/NPF-like receptor underlies experience-dependent, sexually dimorphic learning - Nature Communications

Experience-dependent decision-making is vital for survival. Here, authors uncover how the neuromodulator npr-5 regulates sex- and state-specific learning in C. elegans, shaping behavioral responses.

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Co-wrote w/ Rohini this hopefully easily understandable article @thehindu.com on curiosity driven research w/ the worm, its many contributions to scientific advances, including several Nobels. 🙏🏾 @1amnerd.bsky.social & Upendra Kulkarni for editing www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/sci...

How curiosity-driven research in a worm won four Nobel Prizes

Discover the significance of C. elegans in biological research, from Nobel Prize-winning discoveries to insights into gene expression control.

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Fascinating talk by @ella-pbn.bsky.social today a Weizmann’s dev club, on the evolution and regulation of complex morphologies in #drosophila

Awesome to be highlighted by @naturecellbiology.bsky.social #science #art #MBR #midbody #extracellularvesicles @uwmadscience.bsky.social

Bridging art and science - Nature Cell Biology

Ahna Skop is a geneticist and artist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA. Ahna’s lab studies the assembly and function of mammalian midbody and midbody remnant, which are assembled at the end ...

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In time for the new year! Our single-cell dataset of male and hermaphrodite brains is online! & a freely available website weizmann.ac.il/dimorgena/ A Blueprint of Sex-Specific Neuronal Regulation in the C. elegans Nervous System at Single-Cell Resolution www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

A Blueprint of Sex-Specific Neuronal Regulation in the C. elegans Nervous System at Single-Cell Resolution

Sex-specific behaviors within a species are often attributed to variances in neuronal wiring and molecular signatures. However, how the genetic sex shapes the molecular architecture of the nervous sys...

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Turns out parental brains are thinking about offspring. @odedrechavi.bsky.social @bjornschumacher.bsky.social @meital.bsky.social Impressive!

Oded Rechavi@odedrechavi.bsky.social · 2y ago

Scared to share this after 10 freaking years of waiting, but here we go: We found that temperature *perception* can change the biology of the next generations, even when “it’s just in the parents' head”. Read how C. elegans neurons control epigenetic inheritance! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Thank you ERC for the generous support 🤩

@fkne-scholars.bsky.social · 2y ago

Congratulations to our FKNE scholars @meital.bsky.social @gjorjulijana.bsky.social and Alex Galic for getting ERC consolidator grants.

Reposting because of the great influx of people here. Long story short: like inhibitory DREADDs but with light and switchable.

Jonas Wietek@jwietek.bsky.social · 2y ago

Against all odds: PdCO, a versatile switchable optogenetic tool for inhibiting synaptic transmission in neuronal terminals in vivo is finally published @naturemethods #neuroskyence #optogenetics www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Important opinion piece on openness and transparency in animal research, by FENS-Kavli scholars onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Openness and transparency in animal research: Why and how

Nonhuman animal models continue to be indispensable in neuroscience research for the foreseeable future. In recent years, animal-right activists have been increasing the pressure on politicians and p...

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