Join our webinar on how to approach working with a new animal model - June 29th, 4PM CEST! We will share practical advice on how to select a proper model, how to learn about its ecology and behaviour and how to avoid common pitfalls!

We are happy to announce the first workshop in our new series: Back to Basics! The goal of this series is to take a fresh look at the basic assumptions held in our field. In the first workshop, we will ask the most fundamental question: What is a neuron?

Am I right that this paper just shows that 1) chicks have a basic preference for round shapes, 2) this preference disappears when a stress-evoking sound is being played in the background? 1/4

One more week left to apply - fee waivers are also available!

Nencki Open Lab@openlab.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Our next workshop is here! Learn how to design behavioural setups that answer your research questions efficiently. We’ll take you from theory to practice—covering experiment planning, equipment building, and data acquisition!

What irritates me a lot in Cobbs' biography of Crick is that every time any appaling views of him are mentioned, we are spoon-fed an assurance that it was TYPICAL OF THE ERA, this paragraph being probably the most absurd case.

We are super happy to announce the fifth edition of our Transatlantic Behavioural Neuroscience School, that will be held Aug 11-22nd in Poland! Join us to learn everything you need to build your behavioural setup with open source tools!

Join us on the first edition of our Walking Book Club in Heidelberg! We meet on Saturday, Jan 31st at 11 AM to talk about The Party, a book by Tessa Hadley, @ powerful story about attention, power and sisterhood!

The deadline for registration is tomorrow!

Heidelberg Open Lab@openlabhd.bsky.social · 9mo ago

There’s only one week left to apply for our workshop! Join us in Heidelberg on December 5th to discuss the stories we tell ourselves about our career trajectories and the often-overlooked factors that shape our research decisions!

Netanyahu: ‘These So-Called Genocide Experts Have Probably Never Committed A Genocide In Their Lives’

Netanyahu: ‘These So-Called Genocide Experts Have Probably Never Committed A Genocide In Their Lives’

JERUSALEM—In response to an independent United Nations inquiry concluding that Israel is committing an ongoing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a defiant...

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I am pretty sure there is a special place in hell for Western media headline writers. The deliberate and painstaking effort to whitewash genocide requires a special talent that only total moral emptiness can produce.

The deadline is approaching! We wait for your applications till Monday, July 21st!

Former Israeli prime minister calls Gaza 'humanitarian city' a concentration camp - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-ehud-olmert-calls-gaza-humanitarian-city-concentration-camp

Former Israeli prime minister calls Gaza 'humanitarian city' a concentration camp

Ehud Olmert says proposal to confine Palestinians in Rafah is 'ethnic cleansing' and the Israeli government is already committing war crimes in Gaza

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Oh, I have been to so many of those lectures. (To Rest Our Minds and Bodies by Harriet Armstrong).

VERY HARD TO PROVE AND YET WE MARCH ON

Yes, contrary to what many people would tell you, the whole is simpler than its parts. (biography of American chemist Willard Gibbs by Muriel Rukeyser, published by @mcnallyeditions.com)

My thoughts exactly (from McEwan's Atonement).

I had no idea that Immanuel Kant was among the first to talk about learned bird song as a tradition! academic.oup.com/auk/article-...

We are happy to announce our first workshop - Organizing Scientific Events! Join us on April 7th to learn how to plan your workshop, symposium, or summer school, get funding, promote it, and make it unforgettable! More info and the registration form can be found here - openlabhd.org/2025/03/25/o...

We meet tomorrow, 5:30 PM at COS!

Heidelberg Open Lab@openlabhd.bsky.social · last yr.

Join us on the kick-off meeting! Learn more about our initiative and join us to create a community of life scientists in Heildeberg to share skills & knowledge!

I've seen Professors attacked by right-wing culture warriors (Gad Saad, ect) who used the mantle of "free speech" to demonize speech they didn't like. Now these folks are celebrating forced disappearance...for speech. They eroded the meaning of words because they don't have the truth on their side.

Yashar Ali 🐘@yasharali.bsky.social · last yr.

Democratic Senator Chris Murphy on Mahmoud Khalil.

We are happy to announce a next workshop by @cam-openlab.bsky.social! This time you can learn everything you need to know about electronics to know your equipment better, improve your setup and get a deeper understanding of the processes you are studying! nenckiopenlab.org/electronics-...

We are super happy to present our first Open Lab preprint! We look critically at the concept of "naturalistic behaviour" and point out that "naturalistic" doesn't always mean "better"!

Nencki Open Lab@openlab.bsky.social · last yr.

We are super happy to present our first preprint - the effect of our Rethinking Naturalistic Behaviour Workshop - where we look more critically at the term "naturalistic behaviour" and point to its vagueness and inconsistency in its use! osf.io/preprints/os...

Join us on the kick-off meeting! Learn more about our initiative and join us to create a community of life scientists in Heildeberg to share skills & knowledge!

Heidelberg Open Lab Kick-off Meeting

We are happy to invite you to the first meeting of Heidelberg Open Lab! Heidelberg Open Lab will be a node of the Nencki Open Lab project. It is a grassroots initiative aiming to create local scien…

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The first slide of every predictive coding talk:

Me neither, me neither. (Muriel Spark, A far cry from Kensington).

We are super happy to announce the fourth edition of our Transatlantic Behavioural Neuroscience School! This time we are coming back to Argentina - join us to learn everything you need to build your own behavioural setup: from Arduino, trough 3D printing,Bonsai, @deeplabcut.bsky.social and more!

Wishing you all beautiful things in the days and year to come.

I'm working on a piece on dealing with complexity in neuroscience. And hence my question: do you feel overwhelmed with the complexity of the system you study? And - if so - what is your personal remedy for that feeling?

Modern systems neuroscience logic in a nutshell.

THESIS DEFENDED.