Happy to share the latest from the lab! A microbiome-generated metabolite affects male-male aggression and social dominance in mice via the main olfactory system. Gut-Nose-Behavior.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Send us nominations for the FKNE Mentoring Prize 2026!The award will be presented at FENS Forum 2026 in Barcelona to a scientist who has demontrated leadership in fostering the careers of neuroscientists. Deadline: 15 February 2026 2cm.es/1gh-m
📢 iBehave Seminar Series 2026!
🎙 Prof. Dr. Veronica Egger, @uniregensburg.bsky.social
🧠 “Rhythms in the olfactory bulb: From neuronal network oscillations to heartbeat interoception"
📅 Jan 12, 2026 • 10:30
Host: Gaia Tavosanis @rwth.bsky.social
💻 Zoom link via iBehave@uni-bonn.de
#ibehave
The project studies how the hippocampal CA1 integrates olfactory and spatial information for goal-directed navigation. The position is a 3-year DFG-funded PhD (TV-L E13, 65%) starting April 2026, jointly supervised by Prof. Tobias Ackels at University Hospital Bonn and Dr. Oliver Barnstedt at the European Neuroscience Institute Göttingen. The project uses dual-colour miniscope calcium imaging, optogenetics, and behavioural experiments in freely moving mice. Application deadline is 31 January 2026, with applications sent by email.
PhD position in systems neuroscience!
Excited to start a new DFG-funded project together with @obarnstedt.bsky.social to study olfactory–spatial coding in CA1.
🔬 Dual-colour miniscope Ca2+ imaging
🐭 Freely moving behaviour & optogenetics
⏳ Start: April 2026 | Deadline: 31.01.2026
More info below ⬇️
What if the DNA methylation enzyme DNMT1 isn’t just about DNA?
Our new preprint reveals a cytosolic role for DNMT1 as a scaffold controlling neuronal morphology via DOCK7–Rac1/STMN1 signaling & mitochondrial trafficking.
A paradigm shift in DNMT1 biology! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🚨 We are looking for 2 PhD students! 🧠🐸👃
Join the Manzini Lab @jlugiessen.bsky.social to explore the olfactory system in #aquatic #vertebrates.
We mainly use #amphibians, combining:
🔬 Imaging
👩🔬 Cell biology
🐝 Behavior
👉 bit.ly/neurophd
🌍 bit.ly/manzinilab
Please share!
#PhD #neuroscience #job
🌍 Open Call! RWTH Aachen University invites postdocs from outside the EU to apply for the “Port to Europe” Fellowship (24 months funding, all disciplines). Start your research journey at one of Europe’s top universities! 🚀 Deadline: Oct 5, 2025. 👉https://rwth-aachen.de/go/id/botjje/lidx/1
Studie von RWTH-Professorin und ihrem Team in der Fachzeitschrift Nature Communications veröffentlicht 📃💡: Die Forschenden untersuchen die Bedeutung des Enzyms DNMT1 für die Entstehung von Schizophrenie, Autismus und Epilepsie.
➡️ Mehr Infos: www.rwth-aachen.de/go/id/bouvms...
While I’m a big fan of new technologies that help us study human biology…there’s still no replacement for animal research! See my article in Gen News. www.genengnews.com/topics/trans...
Die neue Würzburger Professorin Silke Sachse. (Foto: Nives Kramberger)
Wir begrüßen Professorin @silkesachse.bsky.social als neue Leiterin des Lehrstuhls für #Neurobiologie und #Genetik! Sie kommt aus Jena zu uns (@mpi-ce.bsky.social) und erforscht den Geruchssinn von #Insekten.
➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/aktuelles/ei...
🚨 Preprint alert! 🚨
Can mice estimate the distance to an odour source?
New work led by Cristina Marin and colleagues, jointly supervised by @andreas-t-schaefer.bsky.social at the @crick.ac.uk and myself.
Spoiler alert: Yes, they can!
Read the paper here: bit.ly/43A9tF9
Short 🧵 below
Highly recommended:
youtu.be/8H34jcpEsFs?...
P.S.: If you cannot get enough of this, stop by at our poster at AChemS 2025 on Thursday morning.
www.jneurosci.org/content/45/1...
Excited to see this out (now in print).
A fantastic collaboration by former student Rudolf Degen and current PhD student Victoria Switacz, who did an amazing job closing the deal on this one.
Give it a read if you like, but beware - it's nerdy ephys at its best.
Olfactory neuroscientists have known for a while that their stimuli stink. A new analysis illuminates the extent of the problem.
By @callimcflurry.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/olfaction/sm...
This Week in The Journal #JNeurosci | The Neural Underpinnings of Waiting; Behavioral Outcomes from Neurofibromin Deficiency
www.jneurosci.org/content/45/1...
Vorzeitige #Wehen und #Präeklampsie können bei einer #Schwangerschaft die #Gesundheit von Mutter und Baby gefährden. Forscher um @marcspehr.bsky.social von der @rwth.bsky.social und @physiologyiscool.bsky.social von @washumedicine.bsky.social zeigen einen zentralen Auslöser dieser Komplikationen.
A scientific excursion for us, and a fun collaboration with Polina Lishko and her team. In this new study, led on our end by Lina Kenzler and Jerome Schrőer, we address a molecular mechanism that controls uterine contractions in mice and humans.
Enjoy the read.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
📣 Science matters!
#FENS and its allies unite in solidarity with the U.S. scientific community facing challenges to research, collaboration, and academic freedom. 🔬
🔗 Read the full statement: loom.ly/cn7vJR4
#sciencematters #standupforscience #sciencenotsilence #scienceforall
2024 marked the 10-year anniversary of the FENS-Kavli Network of Excellence. We warmly invite you to explore the 10-Year Report, showcasing its impact on science, mentoring, outreach, advocacy, and personal achievements. @fens.org @kavlifoundation.bsky.social fenskavlinetwork.org/fkne-10-year...
With the huge challenges facing scientists, I call on peer reviewers to reflect on their role as gatekeepers to trainee career development and scientific progress. You can maintain high standards for rigor while being kind and not demanding an extra year of studies for every paper revision.
...and well deserved.
Congrats!!!
I am deeply grateful for this award, which not only recognizes my work but also reflects the invaluable contributions of my team, mentors, and supporters!
It inspires me to continue working with my lab to deepen our understanding of how we perceive and interpret our environment.
⏰ Last chance! Today is the final day to submit your #AChemS2025 abstract!
Submit now: achems.org/2025/abstrac...
We are hiring!
We are looking for two PhD students interested in the regulation of habit formation. Habits are useful to decrease cognitive load, but carry the risk of becoming stereotyped and hard to control - it’s hard to shake a bad habit. The fruit fly Drosophila also forms habits and we […]
🎉✨ Happy New Year ! ✨🎉
Wishing you a year filled with inspiration, discovery, & happiness! Here's to making 2025 remarkable together.
#happynewyear #thanks #community
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There's a movement in neuroscience suggesting we should be pursuing bigger bets with larger teams. I think there's a case for doing a bit of this, but I think it's a bad idea to prioritise it for two reasons, and a good case for saying we should be moving in the exact opposite direction. 🧠🧪
I joined 75+ @nobelprize.bsky.social laureates urging US Senators to oppose RFK Jr.'s confirmation as DHHS Secretary. If you’re in a state with GOP senators, PLEASE reach out to them! I’d deeply appreciate it if you amplified this post! 🙏
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/h...
On Giving Tuesday, please consider making a donation to a nonprofit like AChemS (@achems.bsky.social) that supports academic scientific research, which is essential for building new knowledge about how our bodies work!
Check out our new review in PLoS Biology on how dynamic odour information can help mammals to navigate through their environment.
Led by the fantastic Anantu Sunil & Olivia Pedroncini, this also marks my first last author publication from the University of Bonn!
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...