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Silke Sachse

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Neuroscientist, Professor @uni-wuerzburg.de, Chair of Neurobiology & Genetics, former GroupLeader @mpi-ce.bsky.social, studying the neural basis of olfaction 🧠🪰 Lab website: https://www.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/neurogenetics/research/wg-sachse/

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Silke Sachse @silkesachse.bsky.social · Dec 4

In the name of filling Bluesky with science: I am happy to highlight our recent study showing a novel odor coding rule in migratory locusts by genetically expressing GCaMP in olfactory neurons!
Please find details here: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

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Greg Jefferis @jefferis.bsky.social · 1d

Excited to share our new #biorxivpreprint:
“Sexual dimorphism in the complete connectome of the Drosophila male central nervous system” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

We describe the #connectomics reconstruction and analysis of an entire adult #maleCNS #drosophila central nervous system. 1/10

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Richard Benton @bentonlab.bsky.social · 10d

Having personally sworn for years that insects don’t use GPCRs for odour detection, Suguru Takagi (@sugurutakagi.bsky.social) discovers that, in fact, they sometimes do …

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A GPCR signaling pathway in insect odor detection

Odor detection differs fundamentally in vertebrates, which use G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), and insects, which employ ion channels. Here, we report the first evidence for a GPCR defining tunin...

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Silke Sachse @silkesachse.bsky.social · 17d

Thank you for joining and giving an excellent talk Gabriele!

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Gabriele Uhl @uhl-lab.bsky.social · 21d

We had a great European Symposium for Insect Taste and Olfaction, ESITO, on Sardinia where I was invited to talk about evolutionary aspects. This was how spiders entered an insect meeting 😉.🕷🧪
#SilkeSachse and #MarkusKnaden for organizing it!

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Silke Sachse @silkesachse.bsky.social · 18d

It was a great pleasure giving the last plenary lecture! Thank you @edrc2025.bsky.social for organizing a fantastic conference in Alicante! 🪰☀️ See you all at EDRC 2027 in Bonn!

Silke Sachse @silkesachse.bsky.social · 21d

It was an incredible week at ESITO 2025 in Sardinia filled with exciting science, vibrant discussions in a pleasant atmosphere! 🪰🐝🐜🌴🌊
Huge thanks to all participants! Hope you all have a safe trip home! See you in 2027!

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · Sep 15

Early-career researchers: want to run your own lab? 🌟Max Planck Research Groups offer 6+ years, up to €2.7M in funding, open-topic freedom, team support & tenure-track opportunities. Intrigued? 😃Apply by Oct 14, 2025! www.mpg.de/max-planck-r...

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · Jul 22

New research from @danielkronauer.bsky.social's lab in @pnas.org sheds light on how a young ant’s future is determined by genetics and the environment, finding that genes not only influence size, they change what a given size means for the colony. #RockefellerScience

How ant queens are made - News

Daniel Kronauer’s research on an unusual ant species illuminates the biochemistry and genetics behind complex social behavior—and potentially offers clues to the evolution of our own social brains.

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Silke Sachse @silkesachse.bsky.social · Jun 27

Thanks so much for inviting me! As a small update, I would like to add that I recently started as a professor at @uni-wuerzburg.de in the chair of neurobiology and genetics! Looking forward to #EDRC2025!

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Pingkalai R. Senthilan @pingkalai.bsky.social · Jun 13

Two days left....
Abstract submission is opened until Sunday 15th June 2025
Clocks for Life - a life's journey in chronobiology
Farewell symposium Prof. Charlotte Helfrich-Förster
#GermanClockClub #Drosophila #CircadianClock @uni-wuerzburg.de @biologie-uniwue.bsky.social @flyneuro.bsky.social

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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · May 8

#ECR attention! Just finishing your #PhD and wondering if the DFG’s Walter Benjamin Programme might be a funding option for you? Come and find out in our info talk in our research career series #Prospects (in English). The link to the meeting will be published here:
➡️ www.dfg.de/en/research-...

Walter Benjamin Programme
Monday, 26 May 2025, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. CET

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DZG 2025 Berlin @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social · Mar 31

👋 Looking forward to the 117th Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society. Please like and share 🤩

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International Society for Neuroethology @neuroethology.org · May 5

Open university professor (W3) position for #BehavioralPhysiology in Würzburg, Germany @uni-wuerzburg.de: ↘️ www.nature.com/naturecareer... ↙️ Share or apply 🤗 #InsectResearch 🧪🐝🐜🦟

University Professor (m/w/d) for Behavioral Physiology (grade W3) - Würzburg (Stadt), Bayern (DE) job with Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg - Faculty of Biology | 12839249

The University of Würzburg is offering a position of a University Professor (m/w/d) for Behavioral Physiology (grade W3) (Chair of Zoology II).

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Silke Sachse @silkesachse.bsky.social · Apr 17

Dear colleagues fascinated by olfaction and taste! 👃🏾👅
We are happy to announce that the registration has started for the upcoming ESITO 2025 meeting taking place September 19-24, 2025 in Sardinia, Italy.
Please register and submit your abstract here: events.gwdg.de/e/esito2025
Deadline: July 1st!

Beach at Hotel Cormoran in Sardinia, Italy.

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Silke Sachse @silkesachse.bsky.social · Apr 10

Herzlichen Glückwunsch und einen guten Start!!!

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Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology @mpi-ce.bsky.social · Apr 2

Alcohol makes male fruit flies sexier! New study from Ian Keesey, Bill Hansson et al. in Science Advances shows that alcohol boosts sex pheromone production in male D. melanogaster, making them more attractive to females. But too much is a turnoff!
www.ice.mpg.de/493119/PR_Ke...

Alcohol makes male flies sexy

Alcohol consumption has a direct and positive effect on the mating success of male fruit flies. This effect is due to the increased production of sex pheromones after alcohol consumption: males who ha...

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MODOLFOR @modolfor.bsky.social · Mar 25

Our Symposium takes place tomorrow at the Sternwarte in Göttingen. We are looking forward to exciting talks from @nawrot.bsky.social, @xenofrog.bsky.social, Lisa Scheunemann, Andre Fiala and Celine Riera. What a great start of the #NWG meeting @neurowissg.bsky.social

MODOLFOR @modolfor.bsky.social · Nov 20

Join us for the MODOLFOR Satellite Symposium on Modulation of Olfaction at the 16th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society in spring 2025 🐭🐝👃
@neurowissg.bsky.social

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Silke Sachse @silkesachse.bsky.social · Mar 10

Thanks so much Simon!

Silke Sachse @silkesachse.bsky.social · Mar 10

Thank you Andrew!

Silke Sachse @silkesachse.bsky.social · Mar 9

Vielen Dank liebe Katrin!

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Gedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand @gdwberlin.bsky.social · Mar 8

Heute am #Weltfrauentag erinnern wir an #FrauenImWiderstand gegen den Nationalsozialismus. Sie bezahlten diesen Kampf oft mit ihrem Leben.
Mehr über ihre Biografien: https://www.frauen-im-widerstand-33-45.de

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Silke Sachse @silkesachse.bsky.social · Mar 8

Vielen Dank Ivan! Bis bald in Göttingen!

Silke Sachse @silkesachse.bsky.social · Mar 8

Thank you Max!

Silke Sachse @silkesachse.bsky.social · Mar 8

Thank you Carolina!

Silke Sachse @silkesachse.bsky.social · Mar 8

Lieben Dank Tobias! Bis bald bei der NWG!