A privilege to have Julia with us.

Keep the Batki lab on your radar! Julia has an exciting research program. Can’t wait to see the insights that come out of it.

Thank you Georg! Very happy to have worked on this.
Here is a short 🧵 on what ECT-triggered CSD looks like, and why we think it is going to help shape the future of ECT research.
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Spatial, temporal and Notch determination of terminal selector expression controls neuronal cell fate in the Drosophila optic lobe - Nature Neuroscience The authors characterized the spatial origin of Drosophila medulla neurons, completing their previous characterization of the temporal and Notch origins of these neurons and allowing them to correlate...

Félix Simon's paper is out in its final form 😍
When we got into (extreme) detail in the temporal and spatial patterning of neuroblasts, Félix asked a simple question "sure, but how does this translate into neuronal cell fate?". www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Two individuals, a man and a woman, are seated and smiling in what appears to be an office or conference room setting.

Hans-Werner Hector + Rector Katharina Holzinger signed a new funding agreement for #UniKonstanz. The Hector Stiftung fosters cutting-edge research and enables the university to implement new developments regarding teaching, internationalization and transfer. https://t1p.de/sse8i @cbehav.bsky.social​

For nearly a century, we believed the therapeutic effect of ECT is the seizure. Our latest research suggests we may have been looking at the wrong event.
A thread on why cortical spreading depression (CSD) might be the driver of therapeutic benefit.
Work led by @therehugolad.bsky.social

New preprint with @sevberg.bsky.social! We map Hopfield-like binary networks onto spiking networks with dendrites … and it works! Same memory capacity, bigger basins of attraction, plus selective recall through dendritic gating, and more. How? Dendrites! See below.

Deadline TODAY! Don´t miss it!

We’re recruiting!

Exciting opportunities in our lab supported by a
@wellcometrust.bsky.social Discovery Award.

• Postdoctoral researchers
• Research assistant/PhD students

Join us to study how neural circuits drive decision-making.

Deadline 26/04

Learn more and Apply here: rezavallab.org

@jkohl.bsky.social is doing some really cool stuff and he is an excellent communicator - if you are heading to #FENS2026 then make sure you attend his lecture (unfortunately, I won’t be going this year 😕)

We are so looking forward to CSHL Neurobiology of Drosophila 2026 🔬 🧠.

The new application deadline is April 13th. Come join us!
@cshlnews.bsky.social
@cshlcourses.bsky.social
@rister.bsky.social

Check out our new preprint and learn about the smart foraging behavior of fly larvae!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

We’re hiring!

Our lab is seeking a research technician interested in neurobiology. This position is ideal for recent graduates looking for a 2‑year research experience before their next academic chapter. Experience with Drosophila is a plus.
Please share.

indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/32602

Truly beautiful work. The first good evidence that prediction error driven plasticity actually functions to reduce prediction errors!

Congrats to golddenn.bsky.social and @hannah-haberkern.bsky.social and all others.

Amazing!

Next-generation multicolor indicators for in vivo imaging of norepinephrine - Nature Methods Improved red and green indicators for norepinephrine and their characterization are reported. These indicators allow detection of norepinephrine release in awake behaving mice in dual-color fiber phot...

The most sensitive green and red #norepinephrine #sensors engineered to date are out in #naturemethods! Deeply grateful to all our funders and contributors who made this work possible. A true team effort. @erc.europa.eu @snsf.ch doi.org/10.1038/s415...

💫 We're hiring! The Computational Biology Facility is looking for a Computational Proteomics Scientist to collaborate on cutting-edge proteomics projects, develop new analytical approaches, and publish impactful research.
Apply by April 12 at: www.fmi.ch/education-ca...

This is so cool! Congrats to @andrewstraw.bsky.social and team.

Applications are now open for our PhD and MD-PhD Programs! 🎓🔬
Join us in Basel—Europe’s life sciences hub—and pursue cutting-edge science in a vibrant, international environment.
Apply by April 20 at www.fmi.ch/education-ca...

Fluorescent neurons on black background. We're hiring! PhD Student

🚨 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

Thanks to everyone who joined us for our panel discussion to mark the International Day of Women & Girls in Science. We're grateful to our speakers & moderator for an engaging conversation that highlighted the importance of inclusive leadership, diverse perspectives and sustained commitment. #IDWGS

Can we make brains “smarter”? By boosting mitochondrial metabolism in neurons of memory circuits, we improved memory in flies and mice. Thrilled to see this work out - congrats to @amrapalianjali.bsky.social for spectacular work, and to all lab members for invaluable contributions!

Target-independent retinotopy in Drosophila / Curr. Biol., Feb. 3, 2026 (Vol. 36, Issue 5) YouTube video by Cell Press

Check out this amazing video summarising the recent discovery from Robin Hiesinger's lab on target-independent formation of retinotopic maps in the fly's visual system: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhZP...

Time-Sounds-Memory-Psychophysics in Drosophila? Suewei Lin and colleagues, WTF. I couldnt be more impressed. #myhero www.imb.sinica.edu.tw/en/faculty/p...

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

Very thankful for this thoughtful dispatch by @shaisrael.bsky.social sky.social and Moshe Parnas about our work. Learning and memory: Forgetting to remember: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...

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Several fly larvae are crawling on an agar surface.

The second paper from the lab is now available on bioRxiv: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
We discovered that cannibalistic behavior in fly larvae is social-context dependent. Larval groups avoid dead conspecifics; individuals show high attraction. They only do it when no one is watching 😉