Neuro of cool animals and natural behaviors
This starter pack is to follow leading and up-and-coming neurobiologists striving to study brains and behaviors of cool animals outside the main canon and/or focused on their natural behaviors.
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@neuroetho.bsky.social
@neurophysicstn.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary research lab, Center for Mind/Brain Sciences #CIMeC PI: Albrecht Haase | #Neuroscience | #QuantumBiology | #Olfaction | #Vision | #Magnetoreception | #CalciumImaging | #Insects | #Honeybees | #UniTrento https://r.unitn.it/en/cimec/nphys
@yukihaba.bsky.social
Studying behavioral evolution, from mosquitoes to mole-rats. Currently a Leon Levy Scholar in the Abdus-Saboor lab at Columbia Zuckerman Institute. PhD Princeton (w/ Lindy McBride), MA Columbia (w/ Dustin Rubenstein), UG UTokyo. yukihaba.github.io
@drnancypadilla.bsky.social
Studying the neural basis of social behaviors https://www.padillacoreanolab.com/ Co-founder of @storiesofwin https://www.storiesofwin.org/ (ella,she,her) McKnight and Klingenstein Fellow
@neuroluci.bsky.social
Group Leader @TheCrick // Neuroscience - Evolution // Africa development through scientific innovation // Founder of @TReNDinAfrica https://prietogodinolab.org/
@gallinaciega.bsky.social
Comparative Neurobiologist. Interested in brain and behaviour evolution. Research associate at the Biological Science dept., U of Alberta. Chileno. He-Him.
@talmo.bsky.social
PI @ Salk Institute β talmolab.org | PhD @Princeton | BS @ UMBC Quantifying biological motion with sleap.ai
@mpiforbi.bsky.social
Max Planck Institute investigating how animals acquire, store, apply and pass on knowledge about their environment.
@tessmarraiblelabs.bsky.social
Shared account Tessmar & Raible labs, University of Vienna @univie.ac.at and AWI. Marine clocks and rhythms, moon- and sun light, stem cells, hormones, regeneration and biomaterials.
@rijacobsen.bsky.social
Researcher at the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience and Assistant Professor at the Department of Biology, both at NTNU Trondheim. Running the @marineneurolab.bsky.social where we study the brains behind bioluminescence www.marineneurolab.com
@maxshafer.bsky.social
Assistant Professor UofT Cell & Systems Biology - ππ π‘ comparative genomics/ethology & evolutionary cell biology of sleep π€ π΄ + adventures with @hilsawh - https://csb.utoronto.ca/faculty/maxwell-shafer/
@kevinstaras.bsky.social
NeuroProf at University of Sussex, UK β’ Synapses, Circuits, Plasticity, Disease, Decision-making https://www.thestaraslab.org/
@kerrywalker.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Auditory Neuroscience University of Oxford; Exeter College
@polavieja.bsky.social
Scientist at Champalimaud Foundation (polaviejalab.org) and co-founder of Algebraic AI (algebraic.ai). #Maths4AI #AI4Science, #BehaviorAI #NeuroAI #CognitionAI #CollectiveBehavior
@annikaboussard.bsky.social
Evolutionary biologist | brains | cognition | collective behaviour | fish sound ππ π§
@jonnasingh.bsky.social
Interoception, psychedelics, pain, flashy neurons, and everything in between prev basal ganglia and birds Postdoc @ Andermann lab
@sterrett-sc.bsky.social
computational neuroscience and natural behaviors | postdoc at Allen Institute | alum UW & JHU | he/him
@georgeordiway.bsky.social
Postdoc at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute studying the neuroscience of birdsong and auditory perception. π§ͺ Also a classical music nerd and DnD nerd and video game nerd.
@elegansdiversus.bsky.social
We are a behavioral neuroscience lab that uses C. elegans and orb-weaving spiders (Uloborus diversus) to understand the neuronal and genetic underpinnings of behavior. https://gorduslab.bio.jhu.edu/
@crowbrain.bsky.social
Postdoc @ Weizmann Institute on bats' navigation | PhD @ Uni TΓΌbingen, Germany on numerical cognition in crows | birds/bats, brains & behavior
@neuromari.bsky.social
NIH MOSAIC K99 postdoc studying how hormones reorganize auditory circuits πΈ | dabbles in ctenophores πͺΌ | π΅π·
@octoscience.bsky.social
PostDoc at the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience at NTNU Trondheim. Whitman Scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, MA. I am studying sleep in octopuses and cuttlefish. π
@healeylab.bsky.social
Professor, Neuroscience and Behavior, Center for Neuroendocrine Studies. umass.edu/healeylab/
@ishmailsaboor.bsky.social
Associate Prof | Columbia Biology & Zuckerman Institute Freeman Hrabowski Scholar | HHMI We study how the skin-brain axis drives somatosensory behaviors https://www.abdus-saboorlab.com/
@kelseytea.bsky.social
skilled motor behavior and circuitsβ¦in deer mice! | postdoc at Harvard OEB/MCB, BRAIN K99/R00 | plant grower, music maker, crafter, bike rider, sometimes mountain climber | she/her
@zeronoiselab.bsky.social
Lab @ ESI Frankfurt. We believe the brain is noise-free. Or mostly-noise-free-ish. And that if we stare at behaving brains long enough, it will ALL MAKE SENSE.
@nduquewilckens.bsky.social
Assistant Professor Department of Biological Sciences, NC State. Www.DuqueWilckenslab.com
@junglesfury.bsky.social
Animal behaviorist, neuroscience research, former zookeeper, failed jedi, amateur camel trainer, mouse pimp. I spend a lot of time running mice through mazes. Current research is focused on improving welfare through enrichment. πͺπ¦π¦ππΎπ§
@lauragrima.bsky.social
Postdoc in the Dudman lab @HHMIJanelia. PhD @Oxford, BSc @RoyalHolloway. dopamine | foraging | decision-making | hippocampus | reinforcement learning π§ π§ͺπ©βπ¬ππ» Wondering what mice are thinking about.
@harriskaplan.bsky.social
Neurobiologist working on how the infant brain controls behavior Postdoc in @dulaclab.bsky.social @ Harvard PhD was in the Zimmer lab @ IMP, Vienna
@wolfhuette.bsky.social
Associate Prof at Northumbria U, looking at Droso learning, memory, neuropeptides, play.
@wobbologist.bsky.social
Trans, agender, queer, HoH, Phd candidate studying: neuro, biomechanics, anatomy, & behaviour of chondrichthyans π¦ Any nongendered pronouns https://wobbologist.com/ scicomm: https://www.patreon.com/c/Wobbologist?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_lin
@schreinerdrew.bsky.social
learning | neuroethology | basal ganglia | birdsong | decision-making | natural history | Current Postdoc Rich Mooney @Duke | PhD Christina Gremel @UC San Diego
@neurocowbird.bsky.social
Neuroscience, computational neuroethology, behavioral ecology
@ctestard.bsky.social
Neuroethology and Ecology of social behavior in mammals. Special interest in how animals cope with extreme environmental challenges. PhD in Platt lab @Penn, now Junior Fellow @Harvard with Dulac lab
@luxorboero.bsky.social
Experimental neuroscientist working on olfactory processing in mice. π¦π·
@ray-neuro.bsky.social
Real world neuroscience. Neuroscience of animal societies and in the wild. Flying bats, shrinking shrews, running rats.
@arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Neuroscientist. Loves explaining. Bibliophile. Amateur singer. Eternal optimist. Writes the occasional paper. Lab website - www.arkabanerjeelab.com
@kherrera.bsky.social
Post doc in the Fishman and Engert laboratories @Harvard SCRB and MCB exploring the interplay between brain and body. kjherrera.com
@katjareinhard.bsky.social
Group leader at SISSA (IT) - fascinated by neural circuits and behaviour, mostly vision related www.reinhardlab.org / salsa & forrΓ³ dancer / mountain lover / former NERF (BE) and CIN (DE)
@susannehoffmann.bsky.social
Group leader @ MPI-BI, Germany, interested in Neuroethology~Naturalistic Neuroscience~Vocal Communication~Echolocation~Sensory+Motor Systems~π¦~π¦
@nickjourjine.bsky.social
Brains and bioacoustics // postdoc using animal diversity to understand animal behavior // https://nickjourjine.github.io // he, him I organize the Bridging Brains and Bioacoustics seminar series: braincoustics.bsky.social // braincoustics.com
@aubreymkelly.bsky.social
Scientist, Assoc. Professor @EmoryUniversity, Neuroscience, Animal Behavior, Social Behavior, Spiny Mice www.thekellylab.org
@patrickmonari.bsky.social
Postdoc at UPenn exploring the neurobiology of play and cooperation in the Sanguinetti Lab! Fulbright NZ, UW-Madison, and Swarthmore alum. patrickmonari.com. They/he
@cmarler.bsky.social
My lab studies oxytocin and cooperation, hormonal and neurochemical effects on communication, social bonding, behavioral synchrony and division of labor, and we dabble in neuroplasticity and the immune system. Science is fun! Animal behavior is my passion.
@trevorsorrells.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Yale | HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar | Mosquito Behavior and Evolution | he/him π³οΈβπ
@alexophir.bsky.social
father of 3, husband of 1, mentor to some, student of most. works on mechanisms of social behavior and reproductive decision making. jack of some trades. he/him
@annmclemens.bsky.social
neuroscientist interested in natural behaviour & the social brain. PI of @kinshiplab.bsky.social at the University of Edinburgh kinshiplab.org
@bendeskylab.com
Neuroscience β behavior β genetics β evolution Columbia University
@schneiderneuro.bsky.social
Neuroscientist Associate Professor New York University www.schneiderlaboratory.com
@gerrycarter.bsky.social
studies cooperation, communication, social bonds, vampire bats | Assoc Prof at Princeton | Freeman Hrabowski Scholar at HHMI | father of funny toddlers
@benjulab.bsky.social
brainwide circuits, animal communication, danionella, microscopy https://jlab.berlin
@evolbrain.bsky.social
Biology of intimacy: Evolutionary, neural & genomic studies of sexuality & social bonds (in weird rodents, mostly). I write a bit on biology & culture. First-gen. π³οΈβπ Austin, TX. phelpslab.net
@bingbrunton.bsky.social
Scientist interested in all aspects of brain and behavior. Loves to talk math and data. Prof of Biology at University of Washington, Seattle. Mom of 2 epsilons; paints in watercolor here, there, and anywhere.
@crisniell.bsky.social
neuroscientist studying vision at Univ of Oregon nielllab.uoregon.edu
@evoneuro.bsky.social
neurobiologist, ornithologist, scruffy looking nerfherder, social distancing since 1974, currently at U Lethbridge, Treaty 7 lands π¨π¦ but often posts π¦πΊ stuff too
@timsainburg.bsky.social
Neuro, Cogsci, ML, and Ethology postdoc / Schmidt Science Fellow at Harvard.
@tuthill.bsky.social
Neuroscientist at UW studying proprioception and motor control. Promoting the people and work in my lab (www.tuthill.casa). Also pursuing a snow fly side habit (www.snowflyproject.org).
@geffenlab.bsky.social
Brain scientist who studies how we hear and form memories of sounds π§ π§¬π¬π§ͺ; prof at Penn. Lovesπ§ββοΈπ΄ββοΈβοΈπ₯π§Άπ·β·οΈποΈ. Mom to π¦π§π¦ππ. Lab: hosting.med.UPenn.edu/hearing
@kohngregory.bsky.social
Professor specializing in bird social behavior and ethology. Broad interests in enactive cognition, developmental systems thought, ontogenetic niches, organismal agency, anti-racism. PI: Animal Social Interaction lab, kohnlab.wordpress.com.
@asab.org
We promote the study of animal behaviour, organise conferences, fund research & support teaching of animal behaviour in schools. Co-publisher of #AnimalBehaviourJournal. Skeets by @raccoonologist.bsky.social
@larschittka.bsky.social
Lars Chittka, Professor of Sensory and Behavioural Ecology and author of The Mind of a Bee
@janzimmermann.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Neuroscience at UMN. Circuit enthusiast, organic or silicon(e). Opinions all mine.
@dattalab.bsky.social
Neuroscientist @Harvard asking how sensation and action are entwined to facilitate cognition. Natural behavior, circuits for scents and movement, curiosity, biological and artificial intelligence
@cate-cholamine.bsky.social
Neuroscientist and mom. Interested in brain development, early life stress, epigenetics, cats, mountains, donuts, and lots of coffee. www.PenaLab.org
@neurovenki.bsky.social
Neuroscience Professor at Harvard University. Personal account and posts here. Research group website: https://vnmurthylab.org.
@katejj.bsky.social
Neuroscientist and psychologist, ex-pat kiwi slowly reverting to my Scottish roots at UoG. Researching mental map formation in rats and humans. she/her
@dulaclab.bsky.social
Identifying the neural basis of innate social behaviors using molecular and genetic tools @Harvard @HHMINEWS
@hugospiers.bsky.social
Prof of Cognitive Neuroscience & Vice Dean at UCL, Fellow of the Royal Inst. of Navigation. I study how we remember, navigate & imagine space https://spierslab.com/
@trackingactions.bsky.social
Scientist π©βπ¬ & EPFL Prof π¨π | DeepLabCut.org , π¦ cebra.ai | neuroscience & ML π§ mackenziemathislab.org | β¨CSO at Kinematik.ai | occasionally π¦ββ¬birds/π±outdoors/π£food
@neuroetho.bsky.social
Uruguayo πΊπΎ Incoming Asst. Prof. UPenn. HSFP fellow at Harvard. PhD in HU Berlin. Systems Neuro, Neuroethologist of fun rodents, Natural Neuro! Painter, Improviser, Artist.