Clara Howcroft Ferreira
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Clara Howcroft Ferreira
@clarahowcroft.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience at Northumbria University, researching social behaviour in Drosophila.
https://ferreira-lab.weebly.com/
It was a lovely first Fly North(East) meeting, diverse and supportive. Thank you all for sharing your science and the enthusiasm in strengthening our community. Thank you @gensocuk.bsky.social for the sponsorship that made it possible.
June 21, 2025 at 7:02 AM
It is already tomorrow, our first Fly North(East) England meeting at Northumbria University Newcastle! Co-organized with @toraks.bsky.social @dpdoupe.bsky.social. Looking forward to a day of bulding bridges and discussing how to nurture our network.
June 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
June 6, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Join us for a fully funded, 4-year PhD, a collaboration between Northumbria, Durham and Mainz Universities to study the evolution of the neuronal basis of defence behaviours in Drosophila!

Application and full PhD advert:
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
February 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Looking forward to 2025, which is coming with exciting lab news to follow soon!
January 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
2. Hosting the fantastic Annika Bast from the fabulous
Marion Silies lab, consolidating our scientific collaboration
January 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
A year in review and a year preview!
2024 highlights:
1. Lab up and running @northumbriauni.bsky.social to study the 'Neural basis of social behaviour in groups', with the support of the Applied Sciences department, a
@royalsociety.org grant and the continued support of @moitalab.bsky.social
January 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM