Cellular and synaptic organization of the Octopus vertical lobe https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.29.635406v1?med=mas
Slides containing thousands of neuroanatomical and embryological sections of species ranging from jawless fish to marsupials are now freely available online.
By Shaena Montanari
John Tuthill @tuthill explains why practical summer courses in neuroscience matter and how this tradition helps researchers rekindle the unfettered joy that initially brought them to the field.
More evidence catching #publishers at gaming their journal impact factor (#JIF).
https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.03771
"Sneaked references are references registered in the metadata of publications without being listed in reference section or in the full text of the actual publications where they ought to be found. We document here 80,205 references sneaked in metadata of the International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology (#IJISRT). These sneaked references are registered with Crossref and all cite -- thus benefit -- this same journal."
2 Postdoc positions in experimental and computational neuroscience
George Mason University
Two postdoctoral positions in neuroscience at George Mason University (Fairfax, Virginia, USA) in the labs of Giorgio Ascoli and Holger Dannenberg
See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/george-mason-university-27778-postdoc/?feed_id=89051
#animal_behavior #behavioral_neuroscience #computational_ne...
https://jobrxiv.org/job/george-mason-university-27778-postdoc/?feed_id=89051
We are pleased to announce the 2025 Paris Spring School in Optical Imaging and Electrophysiological Recording in Neuroscience. AKA the Paris Neuro Course.
The course will run 14-27 May 2025.
Please boost (with apologies for duplicates).
Getting started with Mastodon. @thecarpentries and @rOpenSci publish a starter kit for researchers. A very usefull resource for scholars who flee from X/Twitter to a sustainable, open and safe alternative https://zenodo.org/records/14170125
Quick reminder that we are looking for #TheoryFellow|s to join us at @hhmijanelia. The deadline for applications is 1736280000.
Detecting where you are on a moving train without GPS and entirely offline:
https://blog.transitapp.com/go-underground/
Our World in Data now provides APIs to access their datasets programmatically. Here's a quick example that shows how to use them:
https://www.allendowney.com/blog/2024/11/24/download-the-world-in-data/
Researchers led by Xingcong Jiang, Bill Hansson and Silke Sachse report
that odors are represented in rings in the antennal lobe of migratory locusts, a unique pattern differing from other insects and vertebrates.
https://www.ice.mpg.de/473108/PR_Jiang2
The Rezavall lab is recruting postdocs, PhD students and research assistants:
"Our lab investigates how the brain makes decisions "
https://www.rezavallab.org/
Oxford relying on ‘Deliveroo-style’ contracts with most tutorials not taught by full-time staff
"Data obtained through freedom of information requests by the University and College Union and shared exclusively with the Observer reveals that about 61% of core tutorial teaching is done by academics on fixed-term contracts or in hourly-paid roles. The union says that pay is based mainly on contact hours with students, but once preparation, marking and supporting students are taken into account, this often falls below the minimum wage in real terms."
Proud of my peers Oxford UCU for brining this to light.
Mit der Reform des #Schwangerschaftskonfliktgesetzes gilt nun: Bis zu 5.000 Euro Bußgeld drohen bei Belästigung von #Schwangeren vor Beratungsstellen oder Arztpraxen. Gleiches gilt, wenn Ärztinnen und Ärzte, die #Schwangerschaftsabbrüche vornehmen, behindert werden.
Brains! Brain! Brains!
Postdoc in Cambridge, UK working on connectomics.