That is the longer one 😉

Insect spatial memory is thought to be based on panoramic snapshots that are modelled as retinotopic images. This idea won't allow a distinction of landmarks from the scene. Unexpectedly, our data suggest that 🐝 learn 3D-objects as individual landmarks. #neuroethology
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Me too 😁 #dzg2025

The rig for conducting intracellular recordings from the 🐝🧠 is getting in shape. If you are interested using it here in Würzburg 🇩🇪 contact me. We have an open PhD position expected to be filled until spring 2026.
www.spatial-navigation.com/open-positio...

#neurethology

Thanks @waspwoman.bsky.social for writing this inspiring book. Although feeling guilty as being part of "ying" (a bee-guy 😉), I always enjoy observing "yin", i.e., sandwasps and adore their episodic spatial memory. Wish I could breed them in the lab.

Heading to Lucca 🇮🇹 to my 1st Neuroethology Gordon Research Conference. An exciting week full of science and nice colleagues ahead. 😊 @neuroethology.org

A must read for all neuroethologists. The new book by Nachum Ulanovsky addresses recent advancements of studying brain and behavior in the field.
@neuroethology.org @mitpress.bsky.social

With 12 photoreceptor classes, mantis shrimps have highly complex eyes. A study from Justin Marshall's lab shows behavioral evidence for color opponency, shedding light on visual processing in these eyes.
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
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@jexpbiol.bsky.social
Photo credit: Roy Caldwell

My highlight was #inav2024 (interdisciplinary navigation symposium) in Merano and having lunch with Jeff Taube, Nachum Ulanovsky & @mameister4.bsky.social

I am so excited to share the incredible news that I have received funding from the DFG to start my Emmy-Noether group in Würzburg next year to study the neural mechanisms of the bee's waggle dance including their spatial memory. #Neuroethology