The hoverfly motion vision lab, located at Flinders University and Uppsala University

Joined March 2022
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Please RT Attention neuroscience researchers! We're seeking a postdoc to explore how the brain prioritises actions in conflict. Join our dynamic team and bring your innovative ideas to the table. Apply by 30/5 rezavallab.org/ #postdoc #neuroscience #Drosophila
So very grateful to receive a @LeverhulmeTrust grant . Thanks to my brilliant lab for producing amazing science. @LaCzl you rock! Grateful to reviewers, colleagues and funders for their support. We'll be recruiting a @post-doc and @research tech soon. Stay tuned!
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We rarely post content from @nature😉, but here we make an exception! A wonderful & rare job opening for an editor at Current Biology!!! Do you love #biology but not necessarily doing biology? Consider joining our team! nature.com/naturecareers/job…
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Get buzzing and enter the 2022 #OzPollinatorWeek Pollinator Photography Competition. We’re seeking photographs that showcase our local pollinators, with prizes for the winning entrants. For info: australianpollinatorweek.org… #bees #pollinators #photography
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First paper from my PhD showing that mice can use olfaction to orient themselves in space is now out: nature.com/articles/s41467-0…. Huge thanks to my amazing mentors (@apeyrache & Stuart Trenholm) and the entire team for bringing this work together! Enjoy
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Today we are honouring the long career (and 92.5th birthday) of professor emeritus Rolf Elofsson with a mini symposium! #lifelongpassion
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Hawkmoths use mechanosensory feedback from their antennae to stabilize their head when their body rotates quickly or when they have little visual input. elifesciences.org/articles/7…
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The Stepping-Feet Illusion features two rectangles apparently moving like a pair of stepping feet, but they're actually moving at the same constant speed. The illusion is broken when the striped texture is removed. [source, read more: buff.ly/3eSzghH]
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Individual tracking reveals long-distance flight-path control in a nocturnally migrating moth science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
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I love my department-- Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology at the University of Chicago! And we're hiring! Please RT! apply.interfolio.com/111205
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New Paper with Dan-Eric Nilsson (@LundVision) and @ScienceDjinn in @FrontEcolEvol, using environmental light measurement to explore the potential ecological relevance of the vertical light gradient in diverse animal habitats. /1 frontiersin.org/articles/10.…
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Amazing thread on a beautiful new study from @casa_tuthill and lab & @NatashaMhatre. This might be the most interesting and exciting result in sensory biology I’ve heard about in a while! Congratulations to the whole team!!!
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2nd Quarter Profits Exxon: $17.9 billion - highest ever Chevron: $11.62 billion - highest ever Shell: $11.5 billion - highest ever BP: $8.5 billion - highest in 14 years The UN Secretary General is right: This "grotesque greed" is destroying the planet and punishing the poor.
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Another exciting seminar this week as we hear from @KatjaSporar
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Last few days to apply for a postdoc in my group @SussexUni looking at pollen foraging in social and solitary #bees. More info below, deadline 10th May #PostdocPosition #insect #AnimalBehaviour #pollination #AcademicChatter
Pls RT🐝JOB ALERT!🐝 We're recruiting a postdoc with insect #behaviour expertise to conduct floral choice experiments with #bumblebees and solitary #bees in our lab @SussexLifeSci in beautiful sunny Brighton, UK. Apply online by 10th May tinyurl.com/yk2ree6u #academicjobs
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We are recruiting a Staff Scientist! If you are a PhD/PD who wants to continue doing bench science, learn cool new methods as they come along, & teach/mentor lab members in an interactive environment, please apply! Feel free to DM/email. 🙏🏽 for RTs brandeis.wd5.myworkdayjobs.c…
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🚨🚨🚨GRANT ALERT🚨🚨🚨 #Scicomm grants for community engagement with Inspiring SA
Inspiring SA is now offering grants up to $2500 to fund community science engagement! 💰 Grants are available to organisations or community groups to connect with #SouthAustralians through #STEMM projects, events or activities. Apply here: buff.ly/37R1Jox #sciencegrants
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Searching for an alternative for the discontinued pipette holder used with Piezo PM10 micromanipulator. Any help would be much appreciated! @HoverflyLab
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Due to a clash with another conference, we had to move the the dates for ICIV 2023 at Bäckaskog castle by a few days. The new dates are: 27/7 (arrival) to 3/8 – 2023 (departure). The homepage as well as the Facebook page will soon be up to date.
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In this #BestoftheBest submission, the neural mechanisms of hoverflies are studied to better understand how they target, chase and intercept their fast-moving prey. @Flinders @uppsalauni
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