Hippocampal place code plasticity in CA1 requires postsynaptic membrane fusion Rapid delivery of glutamate receptors to the postsynaptic membrane via vesicle fusion is a central component of synaptic plasticity. However, it is un…

New paper! Congrats to @markplitt.bsky.social, Konstantin and team! The brain’s spatial map isn’t static but for hippocampus CA1 maps to change with experience, they need postsynaptic membrane fusion. A new link between synaptic machinery and flexible coding!

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

FTS

Massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration Budget proposal would also curb federal payments for scientific publishing.

For the second year in a row, US President Donald Trump has proposed significant cuts to the budgets of major US science agencies.

go.nature.com/4sWP07S

Pablo Villar et al discover male octopus mating arms are sensory organs used to find females, navigate internally to the oviduct & deliver sperm. From behavior to structure, these findings offer a framework for how sensory systems shape reproduction & species barriers
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Oh my god, the alt text is a gift. 😹

Ever wonder why everything is blurry when you open your eyes underwater?

The answer explained in this video seminar by @tannermierow.bsky.social and myself, recapping our new paper on amphibious vision in compound eyes!

cassyni.com/events/Ur5pU...

So excited to have received an #HFSPResearchGrant to study trilobite eyes with Luke Parry @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social and Gil Ju Lee (Pusan National University)!🥳

I'll be recruiting a postdoc @bristolbiosci.bsky.social - if 3D data, optical modelling, and fossils tickle your interest, stay tuned!

Awesome! Congrats and v. Cool stuff!

Hi all. I am very excited that after 6 years I finally got my phylogenetic comparative methods book and online exercises online. Feel free to use and share. The book is here: nhcooper123.github.io/pcm-primer/. Note that it is not finished, we had to abandon it before the sunk costs fallacy broke us

Conserved optical adaptations enable amphibious vision in compound eyes Abstract. The visual systems of amphibious animals must perform in two optically distinct environments: air and water. Little is known about how diffractio

So proud of the Toebiter team Tanner @tannermierow.bsky.social, Kate @drkatefeller.bsky.social, Jess, and Rick for our paper out in @royalsociety.org Proceedings B. Check out how we learned about the optics and performance of the eyes of amphibious insects: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

@rossonisergio.bsky.social

Thanks for introducing me to these weird bugs in the first place! Hope you are doing well old chum!

New paper on seeing in air and water with compound eyes!

The problem: physics

The solution: physics

Elegantly described with the dream team @tannermierow.bsky.social and @alexkingston.bsky.social

royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

Conserved optical adaptations enable amphibious vision in compound eyes Abstract. The visual systems of amphibious animals must perform in two optically distinct environments: air and water. Little is known about how diffractio

🚨🚨TOE-BITER TIME🚨🚨 Interested in how the eyes of amphibious insects transition from an aquatic to amphibious ecology? Check out my new paper with @drkatefeller.bsky.social and @alexcnkingston.bsky.social! Super psyched to have published on my beloved toe-biters!
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

Leaning in to joke lab name by making it official lab name w/ logo (curteosy of student artist)

BUGS. ARE. SHRIMPS.

It me, about papers with @jimmybernot.bsky.social and @ostratodd.bsky.social 🧪🦑

RA positions with potential PhD continuation are now open! We're seeking two candidates with slice patch clamp or programming skills for the projects outlined in the advert: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50040/
Apply by 21 February!

Trump’s ban on funds to ‘promote gender ideology’ could threaten hundreds of NIH research projects Sweeping executive order likely to be read broadly, experts predict

Fear and uncertainty dominated conversations this week among those doing NIH-funded research involving people who are transgender, gender fluid, nonbinary, or otherwise gender minorities. scim.ag/3Ce2Tto

Sexually antagonistic coevolution can explain female display signals and male sensory adaptations Abstract. The prevalence and diversity of female ornaments pose a challenge to evolutionary theory because males should prefer mates that spend resources o

A really exciting new study: evidence that males evolve better sight in order to detect female dishonesty in dance flies. One for the textbooks! A male resistance trait!
Great one from @rosalindmurray @luc_bussiere @dtgwynne & team

academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...

My only professional regret to date is that I did not take this course when I was in grad school. Don't miss your own chance!

Evidence of my advanced age: i cannot type without beaucoup errors when typing on my phone (see above for raw data)

I'm too rar along for thos, but I know there are a lot of great early career folks out there this would be a great opportunity for! I wanna hear about your work!

Long live the king crablet!

I want to remind everyone that your local library is both physical AND digital.

You hate streaming everything because the price is ridiculous? Library.

You hate ads because they're every 3 mins or less? Library.

You want to reduce your digital footprint? Library.

You want sourced info? Library.

Surprise!!

Ants best humans at test of collective intelligence Insects put their minds together in ways that sometimes eludes people

Interesting new pub on collective intelligence: ants vs. humans at problem solving. www.science.org/content/arti...

Oooooooooh!

Awesome! Hopefully next time, Shubham!

THANK YOU! Both for tue link, and for creating this in the first place!