another fly scientist looking at memory and reinforcement pathways
Newcastle, UK
Joined September 2013
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Ever wondered if flies enjoy a carousel ride as much as we do? Wonder no more, it seems they do – flies play! Out now: biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… (1/7)
Sorry, this beats the birdshit caterpillar...
In what may be one of Earth’s craziest forms of mimicry, researchers in 2023 reported a species of rove beetle that grows a termite puppet on its back to fool real termites into feeding it.
Learn more during #InsectWeek: scim.ag/40kQtbI
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Join us for a 4-year PhD in Newcastle on a fun project (literally)!
Building on our recent publication about Drosophila playing on a carousel (doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.0…), we will explore:
This project will involve the application of genetic tools combined with state-of-the art behavioural analysis, together with connectomics-supported anatomical examination, co-supervised by @clara_howcroft and @VivekNityananda.
If you intend to apply, please get in contact with me ([email protected]) with your CV and a brief statement why you’re interested in the project.
Application and full PhD advert:
findaphd.com/phds/project/pl…
Deadline: March 31, 2025
Thanks for all the help in both Konstanz and Leipzig, and all the feedback we got on the way – it’s been a long ride! (7/7 - fim)
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Our story about flies on carousels is out in @CurrentBiology! After formally engaging the fantastic Clara H. Ferreira and integrating helpful reviewer feedback, we now present a more concise story with detailed behavioural quantification and cooler videos doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.0…!
Great work, congratulations!
1/ How do animals integrate different forms of learning? Our @Eyal_Roz new study in @ScienceAdvances shows that active mechanisms prevent the co-formation of competing memories. Here’s what we found! 🧵👇
science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…
Art by @Ella_Maru
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We're hiring! Please RT!
Exciting opportunities for #PhD students, #postdocs, and #research assistants to join us in exploring how the brain prioritises actions in conflict.
#Neuroscience #Drosophila
Interested? Get in touch! rezavallab.org/
In other news - two days ago I officially started my new position: Vice Chancellor Fellow Associate Professor in Neurobiology @NorthumbriaUni in Newcastle upon Tyne! Exciting times ahead!
What a journey, what an outcome! Contributing was a tremendously enriching experience: #FlyWire
Big news! The fly connectome is featured on the cover of a special edition of Nature.
This is all possible thanks to the collaboration of 292 members of The FlyWire Consortium!
nature.com/immersive/d42859-…
Check out the thread for an overview of the 9 #flywire papers published today
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Very nice example (from many: reflectionsonpaperspast.com/…) showcasing the role of chance in science.
![Screenshot of this quote: “In the next step we had to prevent them [stickleback fish] from seeing existing differences in red intensity. If it had not been fish, using the same artificial red color on both males would be a good choice. However, older studies from the 40s had tried nail varnish and their sticklebacks went astray. I got the idea to use filtered light instead when I saw the ballet “The Firebird” in the Berne opera house. The dancers changed color again and again. When the main lights were on, one could see that they all had white clothes which appeared red or blue when the color of the light was changed. I tried green lamps and suddenly all red disappeared from the sticklebacks and the different reds looked brownish.” ― Manfred Milinski on Milinski & Bakker (1990) Female sticklebacks use male coloration in mate choice and hence avoid parasitized males.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GX_TNH2WgAAj3Ko.jpg?name=orig)
ALT Screenshot of this quote: “In the next step we had to prevent them [stickleback fish] from seeing existing differences in red intensity. If it had not been fish, using the same artificial red color on both males would be a good choice. However, older studies from the 40s had tried nail varnish and their sticklebacks went astray. I got the idea to use filtered light instead when I saw the ballet “The Firebird” in the Berne opera house. The dancers changed color again and again. When the main lights were on, one could see that they all had white clothes which appeared red or blue when the color of the light was changed. I tried green lamps and suddenly all red disappeared from the sticklebacks and the different reds looked brownish.” ― Manfred Milinski on Milinski & Bakker (1990) Female sticklebacks use male coloration in mate choice and hence avoid parasitized males.
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Barnstedt Lab is going live at the University of Magdeburg! We have 2 fully-funded job openings to study the neural circuits of memory and action using in vivo optical tools. Come join us! 🔬🐭❇️🏃💭
Postdoc: ovgu.b-ite.careers/jobpostin…
PhD: ovgu.b-ite.careers/jobpostin…
USA - in case you thought this was a good idea:
March 1933 The Enabling Act becomes law in Germany, giving the chief executive power enforce his own laws without checks and balances. The passing of the Act marked the formal transition from democratic republic to totalitarian dictatorship. 6 months later, it was a 1 party state
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Excellent supervisor - go for it!
Also pretty wild that almost all of this was figured out within the last 100 years.
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Germany would announce a ‚search, breed and rewild‘ programme and present it 6 years later (or too late).
Old joke goes like this: three countries compete to find a fox on a mountain, China, the U.S., and Russia.
China goes first. They send in two divisions of the Red Army who sweep the countryside. Two weeks later, the Chinese announce, hey, we caught the fox!
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heard UMAP was popular on twitter, anyone have any advice on how to tighten up the clusters?
This is a fantastic opportunity in Southern France - and Manu is great!
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Happy to share our last paper published in @CellReports . Check it out!!
The adhesion G-protein-coupled receptor mayo/CG11318 controls midgut development in Drosophila dlvr.it/T10Vqq
