New primer on Danionella cerebrum, with @xinwei-wang.bsky.social . What a fun little fish :) Free access here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1ndEe_LsQS...

We're hiring 4 postdocs at @unibo.it to study nervous system evolution. Seeking expertise in single-cell genomics, molecular or developmental biology in ctenophores, cnidarians, echinoderms, flies or human stem cells. 2+2 yrs contract. Deadline: 26 Aug. Please share! bandi.unibo.it/s/apos7/proc...

Procedura di valutazione comparativa per titoli e colloquio per il conferimento di n. 4 contratti di ricerca presso il Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali - SSD BIOS-04/A - GSD...

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Preprint for the first manuscript of the Angueyra Lab is out! We delve deep into cell-fate decisions during photoreceptor development and discover that the 𝘵𝘣𝘹2 paralogues play multiple roles to control the fate of the five photoreceptor subtypes in zebrafish.

bioRxiv Developmental Biology@biorxiv-devbio.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Transcriptional regulation by Tbx2 paralogs creates diversity within photoreceptor subtypes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.20.739565v1

Join our HFSP team on this amazing project! This will be an experimental postdoc position based in Amsterdam. There will be a more bioinformatic/evolutionary postdoc position based in Cambridge coming up soon. #socialfluids

Joris M. Koene@joriskoene.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Are you a biologist with experience in and enthusiasm for imaging and -omics techniques? Apply for working in Amsterdam (@vuamsterdam.bsky.social) on the exciting topic of socially transferred materials! 🐌 🐸 🐜🧬🔬 workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/po...

Beyond proud of @atal-pande.bsky.social, whose first PhD chapter is out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social! Atal shows that spiders that use their vision to hunt have convergently evolved similar eye arrangements, which imply lots of resampling of frontal space www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Hunting ecology predicts eye arrangements in the modular visual system of spiders

Vision is one of the most important senses used by animals and contributes to fundamental behaviors, including foraging, navigation, and mate detectio…

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Terrific resource, now on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social: The Vertebrate Genomes Project Phase I: A global reference genome resource 🧪🧬 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

The Vertebrate Genomes Project Phase I: A global reference genome resource

The Vertebrate Genomes Project (VGP) aims to produce complete and near-error-free reference genomes for all ∼70,000 extant vertebrate species. Organized in four phases, it progressively targets all ve...

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Frog-tech opening in the lab in beautiful Brighton. This is on @mforst.bsky.social ‘s Wellcome grant, to help with all manners of fancy frog-business! Transgenics, viruses, spooking tadpoles, tempting froglets with fake bugs, you name it!

Michi Forsthofer@mforst.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Join the Baden Lab! I'm looking for a Research Assistant on a project exploring how the brain interprets what the eye is telling it (pic), and how that's reprogrammed during frog metamorphosis. You’ll help 1) generate transgenic lines and 2) map visual connections. jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/d073a562...

Delighted that a new online talk is up for viewz on Youtube: "Evolution of the Vertebrate Eye". Thanks to Marion Silies and Luisa Ramirez for hosting! www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrYJ....

Tom Baden - Evolution of the Eye

YouTube video by BadenLab

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Thanks for the invite and looking forward :)

SPP 2205@spp2205.bsky.social · 4mo ago

SPP 2205 colloquium Happy to announce that Tom Baden @neurofishh.bsky.social will give a presentation on the #evolution of the vertebrate eye in the next session on May 21 (14-15h). Would you like to join? See uni-goettingen.de/de/706145.html #neuroscience #compneuro #brain

It does not happen often that a Current Biology review is turned into a YouTube video, but when it is done like this here by Anton Petrov, it is something that should happen more often!👁️👁️👁️ www.cell.com/current-biol... www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LP3...

We Actually Have a Third Eye (And It’s Not Metaphysical)

YouTube video by Anton Petrov

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Calling all neuroscience postdocs! Come and share your work with the London neuroscience community. No CVs, publication records or recommendation letters needed. Learn more about SWC’s Emerging Neuroscientists Seminar Series and apply by 30 June: www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/content/...

I am hiring a PhD student to join our group in Lund, Sweden working on an ERC-funded project to untangle color and polarization vision in some amazing crustaceans – minute water fleas and pugnacious mantis shrimp! Please forward this to promising students. Apply here: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

How is the ON and OFF pathway split in the visual system? 🤔 The textbook standard, that bipolar cells are separated simply by the glutamate receptors they express, might be due for an update....a short 🧵

International Colour Vision Society (ICVS) Conference coming up here in Brighton August 14-18 2026. Abstracts open till mid May. www.icvs2026.org! 🌈 🌊 🐬 ☀️

ICVS2026

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FASEB Retinal Neurobiology: Celebrate 30+ years of research on cellular and molecular mechanisms that drive vision, retinal function, and degeneration. Join keynote Massimo Scanziani alongside organizers Wei Li and Wei Wei. Submit your abstract by April 13 and register now: hubs.ly/Q047K6gk0

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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Ohh.... #biology #lego

Sjors Scheres@sjorsscheres.bsky.social · 11mo ago

I just made an account and voted for this biology laboratory made of LEGO to "promote biological research and inspire more people into the world of biology". They need 10K votes. Reposting and/or voting below would be helpful. 🤗 beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...

Happy to see how our collab. paper on the origin of the vertebrate eye is tickling the public interest. Our ongoing shuffle from systems neuro to evo-neuro over recent years continues to be a delight! We are supported by various funders, but I want to point out one in particular: @leverhulme.ac.uk

RoordaLab@roordalab.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Vision Science makes the front page of NYT!! featuring work from @neurofishh.bsky.social and @denilsson.bsky.social with comments from Berkeley's own @karthikshekhar.bsky.social #visionscience www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/s...

Our internal organs are evolutionary marvels. New technologies are transforming our understanding of the evolution of vertebrate organs. You can find more by reading here: rdcu.be/e5EgU #EvoBio #EvoDevo 🐟🦎🐢🦇🐊🦜

The molecular evolution of vertebrate organs

Nature Ecology & Evolution - This Review discusses recent advances in the molecular evolution of vertebrate organs, including rates of evolution of organs and cell types, molecular mechanisms...

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Calling all budding science writers! Applications for our paid London-based internship, starting in June, are now open. Deadline: 9 March 2026 Full info here: springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Spring... #PaidInternship #Internship #Journalism

🚨JOB alert🚨 We have three (yes, THREE) 🌟lectureships🌟 advertised in the School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol. Broad remit, including #AnimalBehaviour & #GlobalChangeBiology ⏱️Deadline: 8th March 2026 🙏Please circulate widely 😊Come join us! Full #job details: tinyurl.com/y3us95rc

From our new paper out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social: www.cell.com/current-biol... w/ @neurofishh.bsky.social @gkafetzis.bsky.social @denilsson.bsky.social Looking across animals, the vertebrate eye is an obvious outlier. Why is it so different that other highly visual animals?

Vision Science makes the front page of NYT!! featuring work from @neurofishh.bsky.social and @denilsson.bsky.social with comments from Berkeley's own @karthikshekhar.bsky.social #visionscience www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/s...

The Rise of Eyes Began With Just One

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Out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social! A dive into the deep history of vertebrate vision, together with @mikebok.bsky.social, @neurofishh.bsky.social and @denilsson.bsky.social Photo credit : Vasilis Karkalas

George Kafetzis@gkafetzis.bsky.social · last yr.

👁️The retina — strikingly conserved across vertebrates, but an oddity among bilaterians! So how did it evolve? With @mikebok.bsky.social, @neurofishh.bsky.social and @denilsson.bsky.social, we argue that retinal complexity may 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑦𝑒 𝑖𝑡𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 1/n

JOB ALERT! We are excited to announce that we are recruiting three new academics at lecturer level! Click the link below for more info on how to apply, and don’t forget to explore our research themes too! We look forward to receiving your applications! www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

We are recruiting three new lecturers! Read on if you'd like to bring your passion for biology to @bristolbiosci.bsky.social at @bristoluni.bsky.social and join our team of ambitious, creative, inclusive and collaborative researcher–educators: www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

We are hiring for group leaders again — EBI is a great place to start your research group! embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/EMBL/job/Hin...

Research Group Leader

Do you want to lead groundbreaking research in computational biology? Join us at EMBL-EBI! EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) is seeking talented and highly-motivated scientists to jo...

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How does a predator sense its prey? 🪱The nematode Pristionchus pacificus preys on other nematodes, but how it detects them in its environment? That is what we have been exploring : www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

For this new year, we are proud to announce the launch of Spikeling v3 ! Spikeling is an Open-Source neuroscience education platform that brings a patch-clamp-style electrophysiology workflow into the classroom. #Neuroscience #OpenScience #OpenHardware #Education

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Artemis Koumoundourou@akoumoundourou.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I’ve been using Spikeling in teaching and outreach for the past 4 years, and it’s been a really effective way to make neuroscience concepts more approachable and engaging. Hands-on tools like this really help move neuroscience teaching forward 🧠⚡ Have a look 👇