Today in @natneuro.nature.com, researchers led by @felsenberg.bsky.social report that memories can persist as silent traces, recoverable with the right reminder. But misleading cues can distort recall and create false memories—showing how remembering can rewrite the past. www.fmi.ch/news-events/...

Forgotten memories can leave silent traces in the brain

A forgotten memory is not always a vanished one. FMI neuroscientists investigating the fruit fly brain found that some memories become inaccessible while leaving a silent trace behind. The right remin...

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I'm pretty sure this is parody, right? Opinion: I Was Not Allowed To Type Prompts Into ChatGPT During My Chalk Talk And This Is Discrimination open.substack.com/pub/inprepar...

Opinion: I Was Not Allowed To Type Prompts Into ChatGPT During My Chalk Talk And This Is Discrimination

By Dr. Rachel Simmons, Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University

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👋 Happy Friday! Here is the first preprint from the lab, starring Sophie Waldron and Yixin (Demi) Liu! We present a single-nucleus atlas of peptidergic neurons from the Drosophila brain, which we use to identify changes in gene expression under protein deprivation. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

This September, I will be running the Great North Run and raise funds for the Samaritans. If you would like to support their fantastic work, or if the thought of me suffering for a couple of hours brings you some joy, don't hesitate to make a donation 🏃😅👟 www.justgiving.com/page/vincent...

Zandawala lab is looking to recruit a postdoc to work on neuromodulation of feeding in Drosophila and other arthropods at KU Leuven (Leuven, Belgium). Details for the position can be found here: www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo... Please share!

Postdoctoral Researcher in Neuromodulation of Feeding

We are recruiting a postdoctoral scientist to join the recently opened Zandawala Lab at KU Leuven. The position is funded by an Odysseus grant from FWO (Research Foundation – Flanders). For more infor...

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🎉 Exciting news for our lab: we will have open positions soon #PostdoctoralResearcher #ResearchTechnician! If you are interested in #SocialBehaviour, #FearResponses, and #DrosophilaMelanogaster, get in touch with a short CV and a statement of research interests.

Real solutions, unity over division, and a plan to deliver for all of our communities- what you'll get when you vote Green this Thursday 🗳️✅

When you see the relentless attacks from other parties on the Greens across the media remember this: They hate our plan to end Rip Off Britain. They don't want a wealth tax. They don't want public ownership & lower bills. They're trying everything in their power to stop us.

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Can a single brain cell decide whether to eat or not? 🧠🪰 Turns out... yes. And we found it in the fruit fly. A pair of neurons called SELKs (subesophageal leucokinin neurons) can drive feeding behavior in both directions. They promote it or suppress it. Here's how: 🧵

If it's sometimes hard to tell the difference between fossil-fuel lobbyists and the billionaire press, that's because there isn’t one. My column on the politicians, journalists and junktanks using the Iran crisis as an excuse to extract our remaining gas and oil. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

UK energy prices are soaring – and propagandists want to sell you a false reason why | George Monbiot

The war on Iran has put fossil-fuel prices centre stage, but don’t believe those who tout ‘maximising the North Sea’ as our salvation, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Save the date for #NeuroBioUK26 Do you like neurons? Maybe glia? Molecules? Cell biology? - The venue is booked and we are excited to see you and your incredible science there on the 11th of September! Please do join our email list to stay up to date. neurobiouk.sites.sheffield.ac.uk

EXCL: Zack Polanski overheard speaking loudly on his phone on a train saying there's shit loads of new green party members. And the Greens are going to win elections right across England and Wales in May. Join.greenparty.org.uk

🚨 We are #hiring a PhD Student to study cerebellum-like circuits in #Drosophila. Please spread the word! www.groschner-lab.org/join #Neuroscience #PhD

🚨 Postdoc opportunity to study memory or nutrition in #Drosophila 🪰 I am looking for a candidate to support for a 3 year Addison Wheeler Fellowship application lnkd.in/e2rvNf5x Interested? Please send a CV & cover letter with brief research outline by 20th February to vincent.croset@durham.ac.uk

Fully-funded PhD with me and @srikipedia.bsky.social to study serotonin functions with cutting-edge experimental-computational approaches in a #NeuroAI framework. Based at @durhampsych.bsky.social & @newcastleuni.bsky.social 🔗 www.findaphd.com/phds/project... ⏰ Deadline: 27 Feb 2026 More info👇

Control of top-down and bottom-up information by serotonin: a combined experimental and computational approach at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Control of top-down and bottom-up information by serotonin: a combined experimental and computational approach at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com

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I watched much of Ian Chapman's (Head of @ukri.org) appearance this morning at @ukparliament.parliament.uk Science, Innovation and Technology Committee.. A few points and new information that bioscientists may find interesting... A 🧵

Congrats to all the grant recipients! Extra happy for Burak and Dennis from my lab. And in this context: we’re hiring—open postdoc positions in the lab. Feel free to reach out if you’re interested.

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In 2025, early-career researchers at the FMI secured highly competitive fellowships and grants, including postdoctoral fellowships from @embo.org and @hfspo.bsky.social, which support outstanding research. Read more about the winning projects here 👇 www.fmi.ch/news-events/...

Interested in the neurobiological basis of social behaviour and its dysfunction? Join the Ferreira and @wolfhuette.bsky.social groups at Northumbria University for a fully funded PhD opportunity studying group behaviour in flies. Further details are available here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Neuronal circuit-level action of genes underlying social behaviour dysfunction in Drosophila melanogaster (Ref: RDF26/SE/GNS/FERREIRA) at Northumbria University on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Neuronal circuit-level action of genes underlying social behaviour dysfunction in Drosophila melanogaster (Ref: RDF26/SE/GNS/FERREIRA) at Northumbria University, listed on FindAPhD.com

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We have two advertised fully-funded PhD positions to work on memory or disease models in Drosophila! Please check the SWBio DTP website for more information and reach out if you are interested: www.swbio.ac.uk/molecular-me...

@senapati.bsky.social latest and greatest! Charly Treiber on board too. Over and out. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Visceral signaling of post-ingestive malaise directs memory updating in Drosophila

Consolidation is a time when labile memories transition to a stable form. Malaise learning in Drosophila reveals consolidation to also permit memory updating. Flies taught to associate one of two odor...

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I'm looking to recruit a post-doc to help push forward our growing interests in insect ecotoxicology. Apply here by Nov 30th! (thanks for reposting) career5.successfactors.eu/sfcareer/job...

A gut-brain axis for aversive interoception drives innate and anticipatory emesis in Drosophila. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.01.679515v1

Having personally sworn for years that insects don’t use GPCRs for odour detection, Suguru Takagi (@sugurutakagi.bsky.social) discovers that, in fact, they sometimes do … www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

A GPCR signaling pathway in insect odor detection

Odor detection differs fundamentally in vertebrates, which use G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), and insects, which employ ion channels. Here, we report the first evidence for a GPCR defining tunin...

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Excited to share our collaborative PhD project with Adam Dobson (Adam.Dobson@glasgow.ac.uk) on interorgan signalling in the ageing gut. Please contact Adam If you are a highly motivated student wanted to work on a super exciting Fly project.

You still have some time to apply! don't miss this opportunity

Emmanuel Perisse@manuperisse.bsky.social · 11mo ago

You just finished your PhD and you are looking for a postdoc to study stress-dependent modulation of learning. We are using the powerful fly model to understand the underlying circuits and mechanisms. You can apply here: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

👀 Highly recommended 👇🏻

Emmanuel Perisse@manuperisse.bsky.social · 11mo ago

You just finished your PhD and you are looking for a postdoc to study stress-dependent modulation of learning. We are using the powerful fly model to understand the underlying circuits and mechanisms. You can apply here: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

Just a reminder...

New preprint, taking our lab into ecotoxicology, with a nifty combination of experimental evolution and CRISPR screening in cells, to help unravel the still-mysterious resistance of Drosophila sechellia to its favorite fruit: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Intersecting experimental evolution and CRISPR screens to identify novel toxin resistance loci

Understanding toxin resistance in insects is key to appreciate niche adaptations and for pest management, but remains challenging due to complex genetics. To investigate how Drosophila sechellia evolv...

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I'm looking for teaching materials to help encourage cellular biology students to drop AI illustration and instead sketch during lectures—as well as while conceptualizing the future of food—without fear of lacking hard art skills. Suggestions, anyone?