Yuki Fujishima
@yukifujishima.bsky.social
M.D. | Neuroscience PhD student in Long lab and Buzsáki lab at NYU
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Ever see a mouse stand on its hind legs and belt out a [email protected], @cliffscience.bsky.social, and @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social track this behavior in Alston’s singing mice. See what it might say about the origins of communication. cshl.edu/singing-mice-speak-volumes/
Singing mice speak volumes | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
All mice squeak, but only some sing. Scotinomys teguina, aka Alston’s singing mice, hail from the cloud forests of Costa Rica. More than 2,000 miles north, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) neurosc...
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December 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Ever see a mouse stand on its hind legs and belt out a [email protected], @cliffscience.bsky.social, and @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social track this behavior in Alston’s singing mice. See what it might say about the origins of communication. cshl.edu/singing-mice-speak-volumes/
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After the Ngogo chimpanzee group killed 21 members of neighboring groups and expanded their territory by 22%, female birth rates more than doubled and infant survival increased sharply—showing clear fitness benefits from intergroup killing. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/TKmf50XuPjY
November 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
After the Ngogo chimpanzee group killed 21 members of neighboring groups and expanded their territory by 22%, female birth rates more than doubled and infant survival increased sharply—showing clear fitness benefits from intergroup killing. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/TKmf50XuPjY
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A reminder to anyone interested in #brains #birds or behaviour, our new book is available for FREE as an ebook in addition to print copies.
#neuroethology #neuroskyence #ornithology 🧪🧠🪶
direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...
#neuroethology #neuroskyence #ornithology 🧪🧠🪶
direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...
Bird Brains and Behavior: A Synthesis
From two avian neurobiologists, a captivating deep dive into the mechanisms that control avian behavior.The last few decades have produced extensive resear
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November 20, 2025 at 11:58 AM
A reminder to anyone interested in #brains #birds or behaviour, our new book is available for FREE as an ebook in addition to print copies.
#neuroethology #neuroskyence #ornithology 🧪🧠🪶
direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...
#neuroethology #neuroskyence #ornithology 🧪🧠🪶
direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...
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As a longtime fan of cool papers in @currentbiology.bsky.social, I am really thrilled to see this out!
This study sets the stage for understanding the origins of novel (vocal) behaviors.
Big shout out to the main architects of this work @xmikezheng20.bsky.social and @cliffscience.bsky.social
This study sets the stage for understanding the origins of novel (vocal) behaviors.
Big shout out to the main architects of this work @xmikezheng20.bsky.social and @cliffscience.bsky.social
Great @currentbiology.bsky.social study by @xmikezheng20.bsky.social @cliffscience.bsky.social @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social 🧪🧠🐭🎶
Vocal repertoire expansion in singing mice by co-opting a conserved midbrain circuit node
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Vocal repertoire expansion in singing mice by co-opting a conserved midbrain circuit node
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Vocal repertoire expansion in singing mice by co-opting a conserved midbrain circuit node
Zheng and Harpole et al. show that singing mice produce two major vocal modes: ancestral
USVs and novel songs that follow a linearly decelerating rhythm. Although acoustically
distinct, songs and USVs...
www.cell.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
As a longtime fan of cool papers in @currentbiology.bsky.social, I am really thrilled to see this out!
This study sets the stage for understanding the origins of novel (vocal) behaviors.
Big shout out to the main architects of this work @xmikezheng20.bsky.social and @cliffscience.bsky.social
This study sets the stage for understanding the origins of novel (vocal) behaviors.
Big shout out to the main architects of this work @xmikezheng20.bsky.social and @cliffscience.bsky.social
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How does life evolve to adapt to modern cities?
Out now in Science, my PhD work with @lindymcbr.bsky.social uncovers the ancient origin of the “London Underground mosquito” – one of the most iconic examples of urban adaptation.
🧵(1/n)
@science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady4515
Out now in Science, my PhD work with @lindymcbr.bsky.social uncovers the ancient origin of the “London Underground mosquito” – one of the most iconic examples of urban adaptation.
🧵(1/n)
@science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady4515
Ancient origin of an urban underground mosquito
Understanding how life is adapting to urban environments represents an important challenge in evolutionary biology. In this work, we investigate a widely cited example of urban adaptation, Culex pipie...
www.science.org
October 25, 2025 at 4:46 AM
How does life evolve to adapt to modern cities?
Out now in Science, my PhD work with @lindymcbr.bsky.social uncovers the ancient origin of the “London Underground mosquito” – one of the most iconic examples of urban adaptation.
🧵(1/n)
@science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady4515
Out now in Science, my PhD work with @lindymcbr.bsky.social uncovers the ancient origin of the “London Underground mosquito” – one of the most iconic examples of urban adaptation.
🧵(1/n)
@science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady4515
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One week until this fantastic seminar with speakers @cliffscience.bsky.social and @leo-perrier.bsky.social
Register here for the link!
braincoustics.com
#bioacoustics
#neuroskyence
Register here for the link!
braincoustics.com
#bioacoustics
#neuroskyence
The next Bridging Brains and Bioacoustics seminar is happening in 2 weeks!
Join us to learn all about the neuroscience and ecology of acoustic communication in mice from @cliffscience.bsky.social and @leo-perrier.bsky.social
🗓️ October 23rd @ 10:00 EST
✅ Register here: braincoustics.com
Join us to learn all about the neuroscience and ecology of acoustic communication in mice from @cliffscience.bsky.social and @leo-perrier.bsky.social
🗓️ October 23rd @ 10:00 EST
✅ Register here: braincoustics.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
One week until this fantastic seminar with speakers @cliffscience.bsky.social and @leo-perrier.bsky.social
Register here for the link!
braincoustics.com
#bioacoustics
#neuroskyence
Register here for the link!
braincoustics.com
#bioacoustics
#neuroskyence
Reposted by Yuki Fujishima
Neuroscience projects last several years, and you are usually a bit jaded by the time you wrap it up. Not this one– spending several months on an island in the middle of nowhere, away from all the craziness of the world reminds you how beautiful the world really is.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=46sv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=46sv...
Bat Island: The New Era of Science
YouTube video by Weizmann Institute of Science
www.youtube.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Neuroscience projects last several years, and you are usually a bit jaded by the time you wrap it up. Not this one– spending several months on an island in the middle of nowhere, away from all the craziness of the world reminds you how beautiful the world really is.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=46sv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=46sv...
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The work with bats on barren, 7-acre Latham Island was Nachum Ulanovsky’s most complex undertaking yet.
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/neuroetholog...
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/neuroetholog...
October 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The work with bats on barren, 7-acre Latham Island was Nachum Ulanovsky’s most complex undertaking yet.
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/neuroetholog...
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/neuroetholog...
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New paper on precise tool use learning in carrion crows @currentbiology.bsky.social. We show that—like New Caledonian crows—expert carrion crows pay close attention to the working end of their tool, suggesting tool integration into their peripersonal space. 🧵 & vids! 👇
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
September 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
New paper on precise tool use learning in carrion crows @currentbiology.bsky.social. We show that—like New Caledonian crows—expert carrion crows pay close attention to the working end of their tool, suggesting tool integration into their peripersonal space. 🧵 & vids! 👇
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Singing mice made their concert debut! The Secret Lives of Rodent Divas, a 4 movement piece by Kathryn Mishell, was recently performed in Austin, TX. I was happy to contribute some songs. Kathryn kindly shared the concert video. Please take a listen ♬
youtu.be/IHn0b7kgo34?si…
youtu.be/IHn0b7kgo34?si…
July 4, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Singing mice made their concert debut! The Secret Lives of Rodent Divas, a 4 movement piece by Kathryn Mishell, was recently performed in Austin, TX. I was happy to contribute some songs. Kathryn kindly shared the concert video. Please take a listen ♬
youtu.be/IHn0b7kgo34?si…
youtu.be/IHn0b7kgo34?si…
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My latest Aronov lab paper is now published @Nature!
When a chickadee looks at a distant location, the same place cells activate as if it were actually there 👁️
The hippocampus encodes where the bird is looking, AND what it expects to see next -- enabling spatial reasoning from afar
bit.ly/3HvWSum
When a chickadee looks at a distant location, the same place cells activate as if it were actually there 👁️
The hippocampus encodes where the bird is looking, AND what it expects to see next -- enabling spatial reasoning from afar
bit.ly/3HvWSum
June 11, 2025 at 10:24 PM
My latest Aronov lab paper is now published @Nature!
When a chickadee looks at a distant location, the same place cells activate as if it were actually there 👁️
The hippocampus encodes where the bird is looking, AND what it expects to see next -- enabling spatial reasoning from afar
bit.ly/3HvWSum
When a chickadee looks at a distant location, the same place cells activate as if it were actually there 👁️
The hippocampus encodes where the bird is looking, AND what it expects to see next -- enabling spatial reasoning from afar
bit.ly/3HvWSum
My pre-PhD work is out in @currentbiology.bsky.social! We studied Alston’s singing mice, a Central American rodent that produces loud, human-audible 'songs' and engages in vocal turn-taking. Using thermal imaging in semi-natural arena, we probed song use in different social contexts.
May 16, 2025 at 10:25 PM
My pre-PhD work is out in @currentbiology.bsky.social! We studied Alston’s singing mice, a Central American rodent that produces loud, human-audible 'songs' and engages in vocal turn-taking. Using thermal imaging in semi-natural arena, we probed song use in different social contexts.
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posted from the wrong account but too lazy to retype 🥲
So much for our objective editorial voice 🗣️
Anyways check out this sick mice pape
So much for our objective editorial voice 🗣️
Anyways check out this sick mice pape
Why do (Alston's singing) mice sing? 🎤🐀
Unclear but previous work points to male-male interactions
To study this further
@yukifujishima.bsky.social & Mike Long developed a semi-natural terrarium
(out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social)
1/2
www.cell.com/current-biol...
#prattle 💬
#bioacoustics
Unclear but previous work points to male-male interactions
To study this further
@yukifujishima.bsky.social & Mike Long developed a semi-natural terrarium
(out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social)
1/2
www.cell.com/current-biol...
#prattle 💬
#bioacoustics
Advertisement vocalizations support home-range defense in the singing mouse
Fujishima and Long combine sound analysis with thermal imaging and position tracking
in a semi-natural environment to demonstrate that singing mice (S. teguina) produce
identifiable advertisement call...
www.cell.com
May 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
posted from the wrong account but too lazy to retype 🥲
So much for our objective editorial voice 🗣️
Anyways check out this sick mice pape
So much for our objective editorial voice 🗣️
Anyways check out this sick mice pape
Reposted by Yuki Fujishima
Why do (Alston's singing) mice sing? 🎤🐀
Unclear but previous work points to male-male interactions
To study this further
@yukifujishima.bsky.social & Mike Long developed a semi-natural terrarium
(out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social)
1/2
www.cell.com/current-biol...
#prattle 💬
#bioacoustics
Unclear but previous work points to male-male interactions
To study this further
@yukifujishima.bsky.social & Mike Long developed a semi-natural terrarium
(out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social)
1/2
www.cell.com/current-biol...
#prattle 💬
#bioacoustics
Advertisement vocalizations support home-range defense in the singing mouse
Fujishima and Long combine sound analysis with thermal imaging and position tracking
in a semi-natural environment to demonstrate that singing mice (S. teguina) produce
identifiable advertisement call...
www.cell.com
May 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Why do (Alston's singing) mice sing? 🎤🐀
Unclear but previous work points to male-male interactions
To study this further
@yukifujishima.bsky.social & Mike Long developed a semi-natural terrarium
(out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social)
1/2
www.cell.com/current-biol...
#prattle 💬
#bioacoustics
Unclear but previous work points to male-male interactions
To study this further
@yukifujishima.bsky.social & Mike Long developed a semi-natural terrarium
(out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social)
1/2
www.cell.com/current-biol...
#prattle 💬
#bioacoustics
I wrote a blog post on canonical correlation analysis (CCA), where I attempt to explain how it works, how it relates conceptually to other methods, and how it can be applied in neuroscience research. I’d appreciate any feedback!
yukifujishima.com/blog/2025/05...
yukifujishima.com/blog/2025/05...
Canonical Correlation Analysis
I explore canonical correlation analysis—a matrix factorization method that links two data matrices—explaining how it works, how it relates conceptually to other methods, and how it can be applied in ...
yukifujishima.com
May 9, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I wrote a blog post on canonical correlation analysis (CCA), where I attempt to explain how it works, how it relates conceptually to other methods, and how it can be applied in neuroscience research. I’d appreciate any feedback!
yukifujishima.com/blog/2025/05...
yukifujishima.com/blog/2025/05...
made it here. thank you @dhasemusic.bsky.social
September 30, 2023 at 3:29 AM
made it here. thank you @dhasemusic.bsky.social