Drosophila connectomics group at the Department of Zoology (@CamZoology) @Cambridge_Uni

Cambridge, England
Joined September 2016
Closing this Sunday!! #drosophila #Jobs
We've got an open position for a 2y Research Assistant in our group @CamZoology @Cambridge_Uni, to contribute to the generation of the 1st adult fly CNS #connectome. Suited to BSc or MSc, looking for research experience before #PhD. Closing 18 Dec: bit.ly/3XBRGZp
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I wrote a review on Drosophila olfaction. Interesting to reflect on how much the fly's nose has taught us about biology: royalsocietypublishing.org/d…
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Please RT! I am hiring a lab manager to help start my neuroscience lab at NC State in Jan 2023. We’ll use Drosophila to dissect neural mechanisms of hearing. More info at christabakerlab.com
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We've got an open position for a 2y Research Assistant in our group @CamZoology @Cambridge_Uni, to contribute to the generation of the 1st adult fly CNS #connectome. Suited to BSc or MSc, looking for research experience before #PhD. Closing 18 Dec: bit.ly/3XBRGZp
We are delighted to announce that the Cambridge Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership has been awarded new funding from the @BBSRC! Applications open now! Read more: bit.ly/3EuqsLu #Biosciences #Studentships
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Dear Colleagues, we are actively recruiting a PhD student this year. Please RT or notify someone who might be interested. You can read about the work of our most recent graduate @istvan_taisz in this tweeprint xitter.cf/GaliliDana/status/1526…
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Please spread the word. We are offering full scholarships for students from Africa who are interested in coming to @Cambridge_Uni for their postgraduate studies. postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk…
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Last chance to apply... come and join @neruoluci and @LabDarren to do your PhD at the @TheCrick and @dev_neuro !!! 😀👍crick.ac.uk/careers-study/va…
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Hello neuro fly people, next stop: Birmingham 2024 Looking forward to seeing you all here! Neurofly.org Follow us @neurofly2024 #drosophila #neurofly2024 uobevents.eventsair.com/neur…
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Final version of our review is now online: Connectomics and the neural basis of behaviour, with @martamcosta2 @gsxej, doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2022.…
We wrote this piece to summarise the current state of drosophila connectomics and highlight how it contributes to understand behaviour. with @martamcosta2 @gsxej
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Our very own Paul Brooks! 🌟 On a whistle-stop tour of descending neurons, that relay information from the brain to the nerve cord. 🧠🪰
Replying to @CamNeuro
➡️one of our winners was @spencerbalay from @keays_lab @PDN_Cambridge & @LMU_Muenchen🐦🏆 ➡️Paul Brooks @CamZoology f/ @Landgraf10006 @flyconnectome 🪰 ➡️Peter Coppola from @estamatakis lab🧠 ➡️@AmyCourtneyy from @MRC_LMB @LabSchafer 🐙
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We now move on to connectomics in Drosophila with @martamcosta2
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The 2nd day of ECRO 2022 just started with the Keynote Lecture by Gregory Jefferis. 🪰
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Looking forward to all these great speakers including @flyconnectome's own @martamcosta2.
Registration is now open for the 32nd annual @CamNeuro seminar 🖊️tinyurl.com/mrt989f7 📘 Stellar programme 🧪🔬🧠🧫🧬🤖 Six new themes 🎤 Data blitz & poster opportunities 🛍️🔬 Exhibitors 🥪 Lunch included 🧑‍🍳🥂 Dinner and Drinks Reception 🌹 Beautiful gardens @FitzwilliamColl
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Our paper now out @CurrentBiology: sensory information is sampled nonrandomly by the mushroom body (MB), the part of the fly brain responsible for formation and recall of associative memories. authors.elsevier.com/sd/arti… 1/
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Meet our lab, visitors and recent alumni in Paris! We will be presenting 6 posters at #FENS2022. #Drosophila #Circuits #behaviour #connectomics @GaliliDana, @_erika_dona, @SebaCachero, @istvan_taisz, @cwbeetle and @TStuerner. Please be sure to stop by, see thread for details.
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I'm hiring for my first PhD position! Please reach out or apply if you're interested in developing deep learning methods for microscopy that will need much less training data compared to current methods. For details: uni-goettingen.de/de/305402.…. Please RT!
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We would like to inform you that the deadline for our Transatlantic Behavioural Neuroscience Summer School was extended until April 5th!