📢 Predictive saccades and decision making in the beetle-predating saffron robber 🪰 📜 Paper out in @CurrentBiology today! 🔗 manuscript. authors.elsevier.com/sd/arti…

When @neuroethology #icn2022lisbon and the visual field giants are gathered in front of you… Eric warrant, Herman Wagner, Justin Marshall, Barrie Frost, Jack Pettigrew, Tom cronin… and thinking of Michael Land of course.

For the love of science. I am giving a talk on the 14th of Feb in NY. 🧠❤️🪰👀 Register and say hi if you are around… ( or if you are into -#decisions #prediction #robberfly #predation #neuroscience )

But most, most ,most crucially thanks to my family! My Parents, who more than once have been field assistants! and sibling @Aitanagb , husband @trevorwardill and our incredible daughter. Academia is a rollercoaster, but you keep it all soo real. 7/7

To those who I do not see but play a big role... the grant and paper reviewers, the program managers, the editors, the reporters . Thanks making our research possible, better and known. 6/7

To the colleagues and institutions in our path that welcomed us with open arms, and became part of our story @MBLScience @bmssheffield @umncbs 5/7

To the incredible collaborators I have the extreme luck of learning from. Best part: After all my research mistakes... and they are still my friends! @puh23 @trevorwardill @hanchuanpeng , Jennifer talley ( not on twitter?) . 4/7

To the mentors who have seen my struggles and my limitations, and supported me always, specially when making incredibly difficult decisions. @camouGuy , Apostolos Georgopoulos, and Rob Olberg in particular. 3/7

The present and past lab members!! All of them! For teaching me something everyday and for trusting me. Including @mozliu @SiddhantPus @DrKateFeller 2/7

📣 hey, hey, I got THE letter 📣 the one that says promotion, associate and tenure in one sentence! So much to celebrate. So many people that made this happen. 👇 1/7

Our 6 year old daughter just surprised us with a lego lab! 👩‍🔬 This lockdown is brutal on kiddos, but she continues to bring on her resilience and kindness. @trevorwardill

These robber flies specialize on hunting beettles, and we are discovering what cues they use to recognize beetle vs other flying insects! #WorldRobberFlyDay

The Saffron Robber Fly, Laphria saffrana, munching on a tiger beetle... on my hat! (Florida fieldwork 2019) #WorldRobberFlyDay

The lab may be shut down. But we are still 'rearing' insects !

My family sent me this from Malaga..

🌱 At school, our kiddo got asked to draw what March looks like... ✈ I think she is. So. Ready. for a family spring break

CALLING ALL NEUROETHOLOGISTS: Implementing NWB (Neurodata Without Borders) and making all our ephys and behavior data accessible would be major for our field. Is your lab using it? Would you like to implement it? nwb.org/about-nwb/