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Monika Scholz

@monikakscholz.bsky.social

PI at meep-neep (MPI for neurobiology of behavior) studying worm feeding and foraging behavior. I ❤️ imaging, watching worms wiggle and Friday experiments. scholz-lab.com

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Spooky Neighborhood Spider-Menace@icanfly42.bsky.social · last wk.

I also want to challenge the people integrating it ino workflows to think about how OpenAI and Anthropic are going to act if they successfully enmesh themselves in society. Because I'm pretty sure they'll need to monetize everything so hard we'll think back on Adobe and Microsoft fondly

Monika Scholz@monikakscholz.bsky.social · 3w ago

Today was the day of the first worm cup @mpinb.mpg.de! Three teams, 3 scopes: "Fast-ish and furious", "optoPilot" and "fast mroW" were using optogenetic activation of neurons to pilot their worm over 20 mm (10 m sprint in human terms!)! This year "optoPilot" took home the Cup!

A screen showing multiple users sharing their screens. The screens show microscope interfaces with worms.
Monika Scholz@monikakscholz.bsky.social · 3mo ago

this article beautifully captures the vibe of KITP! (also some fun science tidbits and intransigent neuroscientists 😂)

Claire L. Evans@theuniverse.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I was lucky enough to spend a few days at the Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics recently, observing an interdisciplinary group of scientists as they grappled with the limits of language in the face of biological complexity. My scene report: clairelevans.substack.com/p/report-fro...

Roxana Zeraati@roxana-zeraati.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Our paper "Neural timescales from a computational perspective" is finally out in @natneuro.nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41... We discuss how computational models and methods can distill empirical observations on neural timescales into quantitative, testable theories of brain computation.

Neural timescales from a computational perspective - Nature Neuroscience

This review integrates computational approaches to provide a unified view on how data analysis methods, biophysical mechanistic models and machine learning approaches can help to uncover the origins a...

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Monika Scholz@monikakscholz.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Scientists would simply wait. They would sit in their offices and count the days. This was not the reflective period we intended. The oak tree ensures that the applicant has genuinely spent time nurturing something from nothing. inpreparation.substack.com/p/erc-now-re...

ERC Now Requires Rejected Applicants To Grow Oak Tree From Acorn Before Resubmission

BRUSSELS—In an effort to ensure that rejected applicants have undergone “sufficient personal and scientific growth” before resubmitting, the European Research Council announced Tuesday that scientists...

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Javier Apfeld@javierapfeld.bsky.social · 4mo ago

C. elegans friends: If you participated in the mentor match program last year, we want your feedback on what worked, what didn't, and how to make the program better! Please fill out this survey: forms.gle/xYCF19saFfoj...

C. elegans Community Mentor Match 2025 feedback survey

Thank you for providing feedback about your experiences as a mentee, mentor, and peer group member in the last cycle of the C. elegans Community Mentor Match program! Please skip questions that are n...

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Teresa Lee@snickclunk.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Worm-friends, we can't wait to science with you in Japan! 🪱 🇯🇵🪱 🇯🇵🪱 🇯🇵 🪱 Save the date for #worm27!

Maureen Barr@barrlab.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The International C. elegans meeting #worm27 is going to Kobe, Japan in 2027! genetics-gsa.org/celegans/ Organizers: Erik Andersen @erikandersen.bsky.social, Johns Hopkins University Kavita Babu @kavita-babu.bsky.social, IISc Bangalore Suhong Xu, Zhejiang University @genetics-gsa.bsky.social

Genetics Society of America. 26th International Worm Meeting July 18-22, 2027 Kobe, Japan Kobe Convention Center
Katie Mack@astrokatie.com · 6mo ago

When Einstein developed general relativity the closest thing to a practical application that could even be imagined at the time was a slightly more precise description of where to look for the planet Mercury in the sky, and yet now we’d all be literally lost without it. Anyway: fund basic research.

Mike Boylan-Kolchin@mbkplus.bsky.social · 6mo ago

GPS satellites move at 1/100000 the speed of light, causing their clocks to tick slower by 7 microseconds per day, and orbit at a height that makes their clocks tick faster by 45 microseconds per day. Two relativistic effects, both at the 1 part in 10 billion level, both essential for GPS accuracy 🧪

Piali Sengupta@senguptalab.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Such an exciting time to be in neuroscience. To study how animals do the amazing things they do: from collective behaviors to navigation, camouflage and more. How can we define the constraints of a sensory system if we don't study diverse animals and their behaviors? Oh and #fundscience.

Tessa Montague@tessamontague.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Excited to share a new review by @kocherlab.bsky.social and me: Nature-inspired neuroscience We discuss diverse sensory systems and behaviors across the animal kingdom and argue for their integration into neuroscience. New tools in diverse systems are making this possible ✨ tinyurl.com/y5y9du27

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

We’re recruiting! Exciting opportunities in our lab supported by a @wellcometrust.bsky.social Discovery Award. • Postdoctoral researchers • Research assistant/PhD students Join us to study how neural circuits drive decision-making. Deadline 26/04 Learn more and Apply here: rezavallab.org

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Carolina Rezaval@crezaval.bsky.social · 7mo 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.