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Professor in Neurobiology at University of Fribourg @unifr @unifrBiology bringing #neurogenetics from #Drosophila to #Cephalopods and #Cnidaria -View are my own
Now published: elifesciences.org/articles/99368
Dopamine is doing many jobs in our brains! One way that neurons can can distinguish what Dopamine as "signal" means are the Receptor proteins that detect Dopamine- biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
Excited to announce that the preliminary program for the Cephalopod Neuroscience GRC is now online! Applications are now open! Attendance is limited so be sure to register early in case space fills up! grc.org/cephalopod-neu…

I am looking for a new postdoc to join the lab. Interested in pluripotency, germ cells, and in investigating these in a genetically tractable cnidarian? Get in touch! We offer a long-term contract, excellent research environment, and a lovely city #Galway. urifranklab.org
Officially starting a joint project with @SeuntjensLab and Oleg Simakov lab- studying the link between genomes, gene expression and cell type diversity in #Cephalopod brains! Open positions to apply- Please RT!

We have open PhD positions in the lab to work in the Neuroscience of #Cephalopods and #Drosophila- please RT


Welcome @simon_sprecher to our association!🧠 At @unifr, Simon’s lab uses genomics & AI to uncover dementia's genetic roots, testing insights in innovative models. He is passionate about brain health, science & cooking! #MemberMonday Learn more: lmy.de/hKZZz
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Happy to share that the Gahan lab will be branching out (or more like returning) to working on Nematostella in the near future. Details will follow but for now if anyone is interested in doing a Postdoc or PhD in 2025 on chromatin in Nematostella drop me a message :)
This year, the Department of Biology @unifrBiology will support outstanding young scientists who aim to apply for the SNSF Professorship: unifr.ch/bio/en/departm… Please share😃
never doubt the capacity of molecular reagents!!! ;-)
Used this bad boy today, worked perfectly (even in ‘adverse’ reaction conditions!). Honestly not sure what the basis for these expiry dates are but NEB enzymes are unquestionably stupidly good quality 😂
Wow- blows my mind… very cool!
Used this bad boy today, worked perfectly (even in ‘adverse’ reaction conditions!). Honestly not sure what the basis for these expiry dates are but NEB enzymes are unquestionably stupidly good quality 😂
How did brains/CNS evolve and how do they compare in early diverging bilaterians? The nervous system of Xenacoelomorpha are an important proxy, to understand neurogenesis to behavior! Here an update on recent advances, thanks to Pedro to pushing this forward!!!
Here our latest, a thorough description of the state of the (key) field of “Acoel Neurobiology” With @simon_sprecher , @bailly43410630 and Volker Hartenstein. neuraldevelopment.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…