Check out our new paper on how single neurons in the Auditory cortex encode future vocalizations in bats! Really glad to see this out, and big thanks to @susannebabl.bsky.social and Dennis Röhrig
The prize that could make ‘talking to the animals’ a reality
Scientists are decoding the chirps, squeaks and calls of finches, bonobos and more in pursuit of a $10m award aimed at understanding how animals communicate, James Tapper reports
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🔁 LOOPs Webinars!
We’ve got an exciting series of talks coming up from leading researchers across neuroscience. Take a look at the schedule below and join us for some fascinating science all year long! 🧠
Don’t miss: June 10th with Dr. Sarah Ruediger
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Julio Hechavarria
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Today starts the 3rd "Senses in Motion" 👀👂👃🤚👅🧭 conference on "Sensory Processing in Freely Moving Animals" in the Harnack Haus in Berlin @maxplanck.de organised by @sepikeshavarzi.bsky.social , @petrznam.bsky.social and Jason Kerr @mpinb.mpg.de 🧠🧪
↘️ sensesinmotion.org ↙️
Rethinking hierarchy: the auditory system as an integrated cortical–subcortical network
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Tympanic hearing is the textbook example to explain hearing. But, many tetrapods lack tympanic middle ear systems. Here, it is modelled whether non-tympanic hearing can be explained with sounds inducing head vibrations that are detected by the inner ear.
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Neuropixels + Optogenetics = Neuropixels Opto
Combining high-resolution electrophysiology and optogenetics. 960 sites, 28 emitters, 2 colors.
Today in @natmethods.nature.com
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Thanks to @wellcometrust.bsky.social, @alleninstitute.org, @hhmijanelia.bsky.social & team.
The Observer
Supporting young investigators from around the world is essential to maximizing innovation and creativity and to delivering excellence in science. The ISN Mosaic Prize seeks to identify and acknowledg...
Really inspiring and thought-provoking perspective. Thanks for sharing!
Do not miss the next session of the LOOPS webinar :)
The auditory system differs from other senses in the complexity of its subcortical pathways. King and colleagues examine how subcortical structures transform sound representations and integrate sensor...
🚨 New LOOPs webinar!
We’re excited to host @ruedigersarah.bsky.social for our June Loops Webinar as she shares how vision shapes neural maps of space through an ancient midbrain pathway and more! 🧠✨
🗓️ June 10th, 2026
⏰ 16:00 CEST
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Our new paper is now out in @commsbio.nature.com.
We recorded in the auditory cortex of actively vocalizing bats and find that neurons encode class and temporal structure of vocalizations before they are produced. 🎤🦇🧠
doi.org/10.1038/s420...
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My Working Life article @science.org - When I stopped trying to have all the answers, my lab members thrived | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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Scientists are decoding the chirps, squeaks and calls of finches, bonobos and more in pursuit of a $10m award aimed at understanding how animals communicate
Tetrapod tympanic hearing probably emerged in the Triassic with independent origins of middle ear structures in each of the major groups, more than 120 Myr after the origin of tetrapods. During this p...
journals.biologists.com
Senses in Motion: Sensory Processing in Freely Moving Animals.
Neurons in the bat auditory cortex encode upcoming vocalizations before they are emitted, distinguishing call category and temporal structure. These findings reveal predictive, vocalization-specific s...
