#neuroethology — Public Fediverse posts

Since it remains unclear whether my current #PostDoc contract will be prolonged in January, I am starting to look for a new #AcademicJob!

My expertise are #ecology, #ethology, #AnimalBehavior, with a focus on #olfaction in #mammals.
I had a stint in #NeuroEthology, but that wasn't quite my cup of tea, and I am currently working in #AnimalWelfare for husbandry animals (think cows, pigs etc).
I have done field work (wild rodents), lab work (very controlled behavioral assays), and pure data analysis.
I do everything in #rstats, so my standard analysis tools are GLM/GLMM, but I'm currently learning how to properly use Generalized Additive Models, as they seem like the natural next step.
I've also dabbled in #python in order to work with #DeepLabCut and #moseq, so the last few years I spent mostly with #ComputerVision, #DeepLearning, and extracting data from videos.
As that requires heavy GPU calculations, I've done most on my work on institutional and/or national #HPC, and then crunched the masses of resulting data in #rstats

I'm looking for a job in the #EU, preferably anywhere north of Germany, but let's be honest, I'll go wherever there is a job.

My website is a bit outdated, but https://tsievert.com/

Please boost for visibility!

#AnimalBehaviour #FediJobs #FediHire #GetFediHired #LookingForJob

🧠 Interesting review by Montague & Kocher on #naturalistic #neuroscience: Nature-inspired neuroscience argues that neuroscience gains by looking beyond a few standard model organisms. Across the animal kingdom, nervous systems have evolved many different solutions for sensing, acting, and learning. Embracing this diversity may reveal both shared principles and mechanisms that mainstream models have missed:

📝 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2026.103202

#Neuroethology #Evolution #AnimalBehavior

Had a blast teaching the "Animals in Motion" course last week as part of @neuroinformatics Open Software Week!

All course materials—including hands-on coding exercises—are freely available as an online book:
🔗 https://animals-in-motion.neuroinformatics.dev/latest/

This should be a useful resource for anyone interested in using free, open-source tools to track animal motion from video and extract quantitative descriptions of behaviour from the resulting data.

Thanks to @SoftwareSaved and @SWC_Neuro for the support.

#neuroscience #ethology #neuroethology #opensource #openscience

We’re excited to welcome Dr Wen-Sung Chung ( University of Queensland) as plenary speaker at #ABL2025! 🙌
Discover how sexual dimorphism and neural plasticity shape the brains—and behaviours—of octopuses. A deep dive into cognition beyond the vertebrate world. 🐙

Learn more, register, submit an abstract : https://ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org/

#OctopusBehaviour #Neuroethology #Plasticity

We welcome the 2nd plenary speaker at #ABL2025. 🙌

Dr. Anna Stöckl (Universität Konstanz) reveals how insect pollinators interpret floral patterns to guide foraging. From hawkmoth vision to neural templates—this talk will bridge behaviour, neuroethology & sensory biology. 🦋🪻

#InsectVision #Neuroethology #Pollinators #Hawkmoths

#PostocJob: Postdoctoral Researcher in computational neurophysiology and neuroethology

"A fully-funded 24-month (with 36 additional months possible) postdoctoral position is now available in Dr Arthur Lefevre group at the Institute of Cognitive Sciences in Lyon, France.

Topic: Study of neural bases of acoustic communication and affiliation in freely moving and spontaneously behaving marmosets using neurophysiological data already acquired and/or to be acquired. Additionally, we will investigate the effects of oxytocin, a neurohormone that modulates social behavior, on communication and affiliation, as well as the underlying neural activity. [...]"

Deadline: July 2025

-> for more info, contact Dr. Arthur Lefevre on the linked website, or check out the full job advert in this pdf: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/xdpuelsb2lawvfxj2md8c/Postdoctoral-Researcher-in-computational-neurophysiology-and-neuroethology.pdf?rlkey=be5ypcv90w733phg6umfslpic&st=xco6f3w7&dl=0

#Neuroscience #NeuroEthology #NeuroMarmoset

As part of this week-long event, I will be hosting a 2-day “Animals in Motion” workshop in London, with the generous support of @SoftwareSaved.

It’s for anyone who wants to get hands-on experience with using open-source software to track animals from video footage and analyse their motion.

Attendance is free of charge, but spots are limited. A small number of travel stipends are available. More info at https://neuroinformatics.dev/open-software-week/

#neuroscience #behavior #ethology #neuroethology #python

From: @neuroinformatics
https://mastodon.online/@neuroinformatics/114348660994777557

The International Society for Neuroethology has a grant for disadvantaged scientists investigating the mechanisms of animal behaviour. Apply for funds to help overcome any barriers you face!

Membership fees can be included in your application.

Details here: https://www.neuroethology.org/diversity-award/

#diversity #edi #neuroethology #science #funding

movement—our free, open-source Python package for analysing animal motion—just got an upgrade (v0.0.21) and it’s first blogpost. Good time to check it out.

#neuroscience #neuroethology #ethology #behavior

From: @neuroinformatics
https://mastodon.online/@neuroinformatics/113624043410144421

Arrived in Berlin for a week full of #neuroethology and #neuroscience
https://www.icn2024-berlin.org/

Yoo-hoo we received our new #SpikeGadgets order!!
It has all we need to do 128ch and 32ch wired or wireless recordings!!

For context this is in my new lab at the #UniversityOfGlasgow (apparently we might be the only ones in the UK to use SpikeGadgets ?!?!) with Roddy Grieves as PI! Our lab name is #NeuroeSC for #Neuroethology and #SpatialCognition 😁

Anyone here working on #PoseEstimation #animalbehavior #neuroethology ?

You may be interested in the free and open-source Python 🐍 package I’m currently working on, together with @adamltyson @bd_peri and others.

It’s called movement, and it’s made for analysing the pose tracks produced by pose estimation frameworks, like #DeepLabCut and #SLEAP.

Website: https://movement.neuroinformatics.dev
GitHub: https://github.com/neuroinformatics-unit/movement

It’s still in early development 🏗️ but we appreciate feedback/feature requests.

Check out the detailed thread on our team’s mastodon account: @neuroinformatics

"High Resolution Outdoor Videography of Insects Using Fast Lock-On Tracking"

We glue a tiny reflector on a bee. Using its reflection, robotic Fast Lock-On (FLO) tracking keeps a telescope focused on the bee flying in the wild. FLO also works from a drone.

Check out the movies!

Huge thanks to the #VolkswagenStiftung for supporting this work at @unifreiburg

#insects #animal #bees #pollinators #agriculture #biomechanics #neuroethology #video #ScienceMastodon

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.12.20.572558

We typically think of owls as being very binocular with the ability to resolve 3D images in a similar fashion to humans. A new paper out today does not dispute that, but demonstrates that the amount of the visual field that is binocular varies significantly among owl species in relation to habitat and diet. Read more here: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.0664

#owls #ornithology #neuroethology

The application deadline has been extended for this conference to Oct 22:
Bridging Diverse Perspectives on the Mechanistic Basis of Foraging
Date: February 25 - 28, 2024
Where: I’m guessing Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, Virginia, USA

No fees. Hotel + meals covered. Travel support available!

#NeuroConf #Foraging #NeuroEthology

@volephd
I see #NeuroEthology in your profile so I would say follow #NeuroJobs!
If you’re looking in the UK I’d strongly recommend this position (feel free to ask me more info about it!)
https://www.nature.com/naturecareers/job/12804781/research-associate/

I've been digging into mouse behaviour measurements (from my PhD project, using the excellent LiveMouseTracker).

I thought I'd spotted one group of mice making more sharp turns than the others, and wanted to quantify that. Turns out, that's surprisingly hard!

Long story short, I found a couple really cool tools that can help, namely Traja (https://github.com/traja-team/traja) and MovingPandas (https://github.com/movingpandas/movingpandas). Both are well explained and make nice visualizations. #neuroscience #neuroethology