I’m thrilled to share that my PhD work has been just published in Cell. After a long and bumpy ride, we uncovered the core function of nuclear speckles -splicing of GC-levelled exons- and traced the evolution of this gene architecture and condensates themselves to amniotes.
New preprint from us and @emiliapsantos.bsky.social’s #NERC grant, led by Jake Morris, @gadusmo.bsky.social et al
Using an interspecific cross between two #cichlids to think about models of #brainevolution 🐟🧠
Feedback and suggestions welcome! 🙏🏻
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Time for giant bugs again
MODERN giant bugs
Huge giant terrifying bugs with transit passes and laptops
Explore “Brainstorming,” @thetransmitter.bsky.social’s new LinkedIn newsletter that looks at how neuroscientists are solving research challenges. The first edition features nontraditional model organisms that are well suited for studying certain behaviors or neurological conditions.
bit.ly/4v6x506
Important new work by @pfcook.bsky.social & colleagues
on the neurobiology underlying vocal production learning in pinnipeds, out in @science.org 🧪🧠
This rarely-seen Glass Octopus was caught on camera. The clear sea creature was filmed by an underwater robot during an expedition off of the Phoenix Islands more than 3,200 miles northeast of Sydney, Australia.
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Looking forward to spending time @pasteur.fr this week. Talk on ancient DNA, brain evolution & organoids on Thursday. Thanks Anne-Lise Giraud for the invite
The Crossness Pumping Station in London
The Crossness Pumping Station in London, built in 1865, is a Victorian sewage facility famous for its ornate ironwork, cathedral-like interior, and role in revolutionizing urban sanitation infrastructure worldwide history.
I resisted the growing hype for ten days before clicking, but now, I must share. It is so ... joyful. #musicfornerds #anginedepoutine youtu.be/0Ssi-9wS1so
The Landgericht Halle (Regional Court) in Halle (Saale), Germany
The Landgericht Halle (Regional Court) in Halle (Saale), Germany
Reminder: there's a GitHub page, started by the CORSA project, that collects guidance, documents, examples, templates for open-source software projects, such as on governance, roadmaps, contributing, licenses, codes of conduct. Please suggest PRs or issues to update it.
github.com/corsa-center...
I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
New excavations at the Grotta Guattari, just south of Rome, have yielded beautiful new Neanderthal fossils. They may add a lot to our knowledge of how Neanderthals maintained their populations as they fled the advance of the ice sheets.
www.johnhawks.net/p/a-neandert...
Not something you see in textbooks very often: tripolar mitosis.
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Deadline in 3 days (Thursday 5th) to apply for a PhD with me and @ktsetsos.bsky.social at Trinity College Dublin in Cognitive Computational Neuroscience / neuro-AI. Please share!
The weirdophile can no longer resist the uncontrollable urge to share his love for DEVO, so let’s <Whip it> ! 👉 youtu.be/bDVuQyzDECs
#MusicForNerds #BoojiBoy 👇
Westfield Hamburg-Überseequartier
Westfield Hamburg-Überseequartier
Westfield Hamburg-Überseequartier
Westfield Hamburg-Überseequartier
Westfield Hamburg-Überseequartier features a 5,800 m² metal and glass roof designed by Werner Sobek as part of the ongoing HafenCity development in Hamburg.
We're about to get started! Join us www.crowdcast.io/c/comparativ...
see you later for this talk!
Excited for the upcoming TIBBE online talks &discussions with the amazing @stanley-heinze.bsky.social around
How can we increase our comparative dataset and make it more transferable between disciplines?
Next Wednesday, January 28, 3pm UTC, 4pm Paris 🧠🐜🪰🪳🦟🪲🐝 Join us www.crowdcast.io/c/comparativ...
The oral surface of Asterias rubens is covered with hundreds of tube feet. CREDIT: Amandine Deridoux
Sea stars control their movement speed and adapt to different loads and orientations by dynamically adjusting how long their tube feet stick to surfaces, demonstrating sophisticated locomotion without a central brain. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/lYwr50Y4uUe
Come and join us to learn about insect brains with @stanley-heinze.bsky.social
Come to the TIBBE seminar next Wednesday, where we will learn about the insect brain database!
Excited for the upcoming TIBBE online talks &discussions with the amazing @stanley-heinze.bsky.social around
How can we increase our comparative dataset and make it more transferable between disciplines?
Next Wednesday, January 28, 3pm UTC, 4pm Paris 🧠🐜🪰🪳🦟🪲🐝 Join us www.crowdcast.io/c/comparativ...
The floor of Florence Cathedral
The floor of Florence Cathedral
Dresden, Germany
Dresden, Germany
The world feels rough right now
So please enjoy this shrimp, filmed off Cozumel, Mexico. It may be a larval reef shrimp, but we don’t know what species or how long it lives or what it eats. The world is still full of wonder and beauty and mystery.
🎥 @pedrovalenciam scuba diver on Insta
