ASSAB @animbehav.bsky.social The objective of the Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASSAB) is:
to promote the scientific study of Animal Behaviour and provide opportunities for discussion among its members
Account run by @sramellini.bsky.social
Will Allen @wlallen.bsky.social Associate Professor in Evolutionary and Sensory Ecology - Swansea University, Wales www.easelab.uk
co-Director @crocus-dla.bsky.social
Senior Editor @ecol-evol.bsky.social
Ritobroto Chanda @rito-23.bsky.social Birds| Ecology| Behaviour| Conservation| he/him
@NCF-India
Vivek Nityananda @viveknityananda.bsky.social I research behaviour, mostly with insects.
I write (Book out here: https://tinyurl.com/ypu67rb9; Play: https://tinyurl.com/cjscz4c4).
Illustration. Improv. Scicomm. Personal account. (He/Him) π³οΈβπ
website: www.viveknityananda.com
Mackenzie Weygandt Mathis @trackingactions.bsky.social Scientist π©βπ¬ & EPFL Assoc Prof π¨π | Devloper of DeepLabCut.org , π¦ cebra.ai | neuroscience & ML π§ mackenziemathislab.org
Dr. Faelan Mourmourakis π³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈπ @fumblebeefae.bsky.social PhD in cognitive bee science | Working at Australian Museum and Taronga Zoo | Sydney π¦πΊ
faemourmourakis.wordpress.com
Carlos Ribeiro @ribeirocarlitos.bsky.social Neuroscientist at Champalimaud - #food #brain #microbiome using #Drosophila. PI @RibeiroLab and former Secretary General @FENSorg on X
Natasha Mhatre @natashamhatre.bsky.social I introduce Biology to Physics, Science to Art. Good things happen. I like thinking about thinking.
Canada Research Chair in Invert Neurobio @ Western U.
Views always my own.
Jennifer Bussell PhD @jenbussell.bsky.social Neuroscientist studying information seeking and curiosity via mouse models at Columbia University. Previously at Vosshall Lab at Rockefeller University. Mom in Brooklyn, former S Carolinian www.jenniferbussell.org
Fiona Cross @drspidernz.bsky.social Arachnologist at University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Spider cognition, SciComm, and writer π· #LoveSpiders
www.doctorspider.net
HL Eisthen, defective human product @hleisthen.bsky.social Neuroethologist, chemosensory scientist, herp lover. Immigrant and child of a refugee. Haver of snarky opinions. Mostly here to discuss Moby-Dick.
John Tuthill @tuthill.bsky.social Neuroscientist at University of Washington studying proprioception and motor control. Promoting the people and work in my lab (www.tuthill.casa). Also pursuing a snow fly side habit (www.snowflyproject.org).
Stephen Montgomery @ebablab.bsky.social Prince Philip Professor of Ecology & Evolution
@camzoology.bsky.social
I like brains.
www.shmontgomery.co.uk
Daniela RΓΆΓler @roesslerdaniela.bsky.social Behavioral & Evol Ecologists | Emmy Noether Group Leader Uni Bonn | @sleeblab.bsky.social | Spider Sleepπ·οΈπ€ | Pred-Prey Interactions | Sens Ecol | LGBTQ+ π | firstgen | she/her | https://danielaroessler.weebly.com
Prev: Harvard, Uni Konstanz & MPI-AB
Shoko Sugasawa @shokosugasawa.bsky.social Academic Track Research Fellow at Newcastle University. Studying object manipulation by animals without hands ππ₯πͺΊ animal behaviour, ecology, cognition, evolution. Dog and food lover. Mum. Views my own. she/her https://shokosugasawa.weebly.com/
Jeff Riffell @riffelllab.bsky.social Sensory Neuroecology Lab. Mosquitoes, moths, and chemicals. Professor at the University of Washington, Department of Biology riffelllab.org
Anna Dornhaus @dornhaus.bsky.social scientist, science communicator, mom, prof, desert dweller - not always in this order
Lauren Sumner-Rooney @laurensr.bsky.social Evolutionary biologist (invertebrates, vision), Group Leader @multipleye-lab.bsky.social, Lecturer @bristolbiosci.bsky.social. Gradual learner of π©πͺ She/her. Views mine, all mine!
BjΓΆrn Brembs @brembs.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Professorial student of Neurogenetics
Spontaneous behavior and operant learning
Open Science Insurrectionist
Other Fediverse accounts:
Blog: @bjoern
ORCID [β¦]
π bridged from β https://mastodon.social/@brembs, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Esteban Fernandez-Juricic @estebanfj.bsky.social Prof at Purdue University. Visual ecology, visual physiology and anatomy, animal behavior, conservation ecology. Mixed-model and research reproducibility enthusiast.
David Pritchard @davidpritchard.bsky.social Lecturer in Psychology at Newcastle University
Studying how animals acquire and use information to do useful things. Navigation, foraging, and comparative cognition. π¦ββ¬
All opinions are my own. He/him. OCD & ADHD
Vincent Croset @vincentcroset.bsky.social Neurogeneticist - Associate Professor, Durham University, UK https://crosetlab.net/
Daniel MΓΌnch @dahaniel.muench.bio Neuroscientistπ₯Ό father of 3 π¨βπ©βπ§βπ§πΆπ₯ chemo-sensory processing ππ
calcium imaging π¬ open science π insect brains π§ Prof. of Animal Neurophysiology @jlugiessen.bsky.social
Corinna Gebehart @corinnagebehart.bsky.social Postdoc @ Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown - Chiappe Lab - Neuroscience/Sensorimotor Integration - Locomotion - VNC to brain and back - hobbies include poking bugs with glass needles π§ πͺ°π¦Ώπ¬
Lochlan W @lochlanw.bsky.social @insect-vision.bsky.social
Uni Konstanz PhD student with the International Max Planck Research School (QBEE) π¦π§ π©οΈ
Intrigued by invertebrate sensorimotor control, vision, quantitative ethology π¨π¦
Tomer J. Czaczkes @tomerczaczkes.bsky.social Social insects (mainly ants). Cognition. Comparative psychology. Collective behaviour. Invasive ants. Information use.
Professor of Applied Zoology and Animal Ecology at the Freie UniversitΓ€t Berlin.
Karin NordstrΓΆm @puh23.bsky.social The map is not the territory.
Mikkel Roald-ArbΓΈl @roald-arboel.com Thinking about what brains are doing and how they ended up doing it.
π©πͺ Postdoc in @sleeblab.bsky.social
πͺ² Quantitative ethology, neuroethology and behavioural ecology
π§ Developing open science software (mostly #rstats) and hardware
Emily Jane Dennis (she | her) @emilyjanedennis.bsky.social scientist, socialist, and Saga superfan
Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social Cataglyphilosophine: Philosophisticated Anthusiast (she/her)π
#Neuroethology #Navigation #Magnetoreception, views my own
Adam J Calhoun @neuroecology.bsky.social I can't imagine smells. Neuro, ecology, behavior, punctuation art.
Now: @Meta @RealityLabs, ML for neural interfaces.
Prev: @Princeton, @SalkInstitute, @Intel
Will Schneider @wschneider.bsky.social Postdoc at Bangor University
Ebi Antony George @ebiantonygeorge.com
Norman Lee @normanlee.bsky.social Neuroethologist, Associate Professor of Biology, PI of Lee Lab Neural Systems and Behavior and Director of the Neuroscience Program @ St. Olaf College, Northfield MN
Lars Chittka @larschittka.bsky.social Lars Chittka, Professor of Sensory and Behavioural Ecology and author of The Mind of a Bee
Scott Waddell @scottishwaddell.bsky.social Neurobiologist. Learning. Memory. Motivation. Dopamine.
Matt Smear @mattsmear.bsky.social Associate professor, University of Oregon
Follows your nose
https://github.com/Smear-Lab
https://ion.uoregon.edu/research/faculty-page/270
https://niceinneuro.org/
Piali Sengupta @senguptalab.bsky.social Brandeis Bio/Neuro. We study multiple aspects of sensory biology. Mostly in worms. Lab appears to be powered by vast quantities of junk food. Opinions mine.
senguptalab.org
Paul Garrity @paulgarrity.bsky.social Prof. of Biology, Brandeis University (MCB/Neuro). My lab studies the molecular basis of sensation in flies and vector mosquitoes. (B&W mosquito drawing by Rachel Busby; CMYK mosquito by Crystal Zhu)
Bing Wen Brunton @bingbrunton.bsky.social Scientist interested in all aspects of brain and behavior. Loves to talk math and data. Professor of Biology at University of Washington, Seattle. Mom of 2 epsilons; paints in watercolor here, there, and anywhere.
lab website www.bingbrunton.com/people
Denizhan @denizhanpak.bsky.social PhD @IU doing Computational Neuroethology, Graduate Worker, aspiring children's cartoon writer.
Steven Phelps @evolbrain.bsky.social Biology of intimacy: Evolutionary, neural & genomic studies of sexuality & social bonds (in weird rodents, mostly). Write a bit on biology & culture. First-gen. π³οΈβπ Austin, TX. phelpslab.net
Scott Juntti @scottjuntti.bsky.social Uncovering the roots of social behaviors
Nicole M. Baran, Ph.D. @nmbaran.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Biology at Davidson College | Evolution & development of songbird social behavior, neuroendocrinology, & comparative genomics | STEMinist | Mostly here for the reading recommendations. (she/her) π¦π§ π§¬ππ¬πΏπΊ
Molly C. Womack @mollycwomack.bsky.social evolutionary biologist β’ ice cream enthusiast β’ π³οΈβπ she/they
womacklab.com
Nacho Sanguinetti @neuroetho.bsky.social Uruguayo πΊπΎ Asst. Prof. UPenn.
HSFP fellow at Harvard. PhD in HU Berlin. Systems Neuro, Neuroethologist of fun rodents, Natural Neuro! Painter, Improviser, Artist.
Drew Schreiner @schreinerdrew.bsky.social learning | neuroethology | basal ganglia | birdsong | decision-making | natural history | Current K99 Postdoc Rich Mooney @Duke | PhD Christina Gremel @UC San Diego
On the faculty job market 2026-27: https://drewschreiner.github.io/
Alexander Ophir @alexophir.bsky.social father of 3, husband of 1, mentor to some, student of most. works on mechanisms of social behavior and reproductive decision making. jack of some trades. he/him
John Pearson @jmxpearson.bsky.social Computational neuroscience, neuroML, natural behavior. I charge more for miracles. PI @ pearsonlab.github.io. Center for Neural Science, NYU and Center for Computational Neuroscience, @flatironinstitute.org.
Tim Sainburg @timsainburg.bsky.social Neuro, Cogsci, ML, and Ethology postdoc / Schmidt Science Fellow at Harvard.
Luke Remage-Healey @healeylab.bsky.social Professor, Neuroscience and Behavior, Center for Neuroendocrine Studies.
umass.edu/healeylab/
Cris Niell @crisniell.bsky.social neuroscientist studying vision at Univ of Oregon
nielllab.uoregon.edu
Katrin Vogt @katrinvogt.bsky.social GroupLeader@UniKonstanz, @CASCB, @MPIAnimalBehavior, Postdoc@Harvard, interested in neuroscience, neuromodulation, social modulation, insect behavior, and connectomics. #Maggotmaster #wearyourmodelorganism
Datta Lab @dattalab.bsky.social Neuroscientist @Harvard asking how sensation and action are entwined to facilitate cognition. Natural behavior, circuits for scents and movement, curiosity, biological and artificial intelligence
Brian Trainor @briantrainor.bsky.social Behavioral neuroscientist at Univ. of California at Davis. Studying stress, brains, puberty, and social behavior in a super large mouse. Here for science and other fun stuff. Trainorlab.ucdavis.edu
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4627-5478
Nicholdav @nicholdav.bsky.social I'm interested in how animals communicate with sound and I try to make that easier for everyone to study: https://www.vocalpy.org/
Cat & dog dad, cold brew addict, video gamer, Florida boy, #altac, podcast fan, occasional espanglish. nicholdav.info
Nick Jourjine @nickjourjine.bsky.social Brains and bioacoustics // postdoc using animal diversity to understand animal behavior // nickjourjine.github.io // he, him
I organize the Bridging Brains and Bioacoustics seminar series: braincoustics.bsky.social // braincoustics.com
Daphne Soares @hebeluna.bsky.social
Eric Schuppe @ericschuppe.bsky.social Assistant prof at Claremont McKenna | Studying neural and molecular mechanisms that underlie communication across vertebrates. https://ericschuppe.github.io/
Michael Bok @mikebok.bsky.social Biologist at Lund University, Sweden. Interested in the evolution and function of vision in invertebrates. Middling photographer.
Zegni Triki @zegnitriki.bsky.social Behavioural ecologist/physiologist interested in animal minds and intelligence π§ π ππ€Ώπ
Lund Vision Group @lundvision.bsky.social Internationally recognized cluster of seven research labs in visual ecology and neuroethology at Lund University, Sweden. https://lundvisiongroup.org/- M Megan Porter @meganlinnay.bsky.social
Julia Notar, PhD @jnotar.bsky.social Visual ecologist studying echinoderms and their weird behavior. Friday Harbor Labs Postdoc, SΓΆnke lab alum. Loves inverts & rugby. jnotar.github.io
Manon Jeschke @mnjeschke.bsky.social PhD Student @unibielefeld | Neurobiology, Neuroethology, Bee-haviour π | Sciency and girly all in one :)
Might spam your feed with cute dog pics πΎ
Adam Blake @ajblake05.bsky.social Postdoc at University of Washington focusing on insect vision. My current project is looking at olfaction and vision in mosquitos.
Website: https://www.ajblake.info/
Floria Mora-Kepfer Uy @avispatica.bsky.social Assistant Professor @urochester.bsky.social| PI @tropbiolab.bsky.social |social behavior & brain |mechanisms underlying parasitic manipulation |adaptations & changing environments| #teamwasp #zombiewasp #strepsiptera |π¨π· #tica
https://tropbiolab.org/FMKU/
Theresa Burt @burt15theresa.bsky.social Professor of Animal Behaviour, Department of Biology, University of Oxford. St Johnβs College. Researches navigation, spatial cognition. Happiest outdoors.
Laura Grima @lauragrima.bsky.social Research Scientist in the Dudman lab @HHMIJanelia. PhD @Oxford, BSc @RoyalHolloway.
dopamine | foraging | decision-making | hippocampus | reinforcement learning
π§ π§ͺπ©βπ¬ππ»
Wondering what mice are thinking about.
Pritty Patel-Grosz @prittypg.bsky.social Linguist (syn-sem-prag interface) β’ gesture & dance in human & non-human primates β’ cross-linguistic diversity β’ evolutionary biology
Professor of Linguistics, University of Oslo π¬π§π³π΄π± PhD Linguistics MIT
Views expressed are mine, repost β endorsement
Andrew MacAskill @macaskillaf.bsky.social UCL neuroscientist investigating the neural basis of contextual decision making. Views are my own.
Prof @uclnpp
lab website: www.macaskilllab.com
UCL profile: https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/5194
also @macaskillaf@fediscience.org
Mick Craig @mickcraig.bsky.social Glaswegian Neuroscientist running a systems neuro lab @uofglasgow.bsky.social. Interests: ephys, interneurons, thalamus, oscillations, dementia, schiz & neuroinflammation. Dad, leftie, runner, wannabe chef, atheist. He/him https://craiglab.org/
Navin Pokala πΊπΈπΊπ¦π¨π¦π¬π± @navinpokala.bsky.social C elegans neuroscientist & recovering biochemist. Prof at NYIT. Alum MIT-Whitehead, UC Berkeley MCB Stanley Hall, Rockefeller U. Dad. Son. Husband. Hoping to return to the timeline without the Palm Beach County Butterfly Ballot. This is my personal account
Ann Clemens @annmclemens.bsky.social neuroscientist, principal investigator, interested in natural behaviour & social brain ontogeny. kinshiplab.org
Andrew Gordus @elegansdiversus.bsky.social We are a behavioral neuroscience lab that uses C. elegans and orb-weaving spiders (Uloborus diversus) to understand the neuronal and genetic underpinnings of behavior.
https://gorduslab.bio.jhu.edu/
Catherine Marler @cmarler.bsky.social My lab studies oxytocin and cooperation, hormonal and neurochemical effects on communication, social bonding, behavioral synchrony and division of labor, and we dabble in neuroplasticity and the immune system. Science is fun! Animal behavior is my passion.
Dori Grijseels @dgrijseels.bsky.social Postdoc @ MPINB π³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈ
Yannick GΓΌnzel @yguenzel.bsky.social Postdoc in the Kronauer Lab at The Rockefeller University
Insect neuroethology β’ Decision-making β’ Collective behavior β’ Sensory processing
Benjamin Judkewitz @benjulab.bsky.social brainwide circuits, acoustic communication, danionella, microscopy
https://jlab.berlin
Angeline J. Dukes, PhD @heydrdukes.bsky.social βπΎπ§ Founding President of #BlackInNeuro π π Neuroscience Professor π©πΎβπ« #HBCUgrad β¨ International Invited Speaker πΉπΉππΉ ΞΞ£ΞπΊ she/her
Meha Jadhav @mehaj.bsky.social Postdoc in @bahllab.bsky.social @uni-konstanz.de
@cbehav.bsky.social|
Neuroscience| Zebrafish|Electrophysiology| Collective Behaviour
Patrick (Patty) Monari @patrickmonari.bsky.social Postdoc at UPenn exploring the neurobiology of play and cooperation in the Sanguinetti Lab! Fulbright NZ, UW-Madison, and Swarthmore alum. patrickmonari.com. They/he
Dr. Susanne Hoffmann @susannehoffmann.bsky.social Group leader @ MPI-BI, Germany, interested in Neuroethology~Naturalistic Neuroscience~Vocal Communication~Echolocation~Sensory+Motor Systems~π¦~π¦
Elli Leadbeater @ellileadbeater.bsky.social Professor of Ecosystems and Biodiversity in University College London's People and Nature Lab; interested in anything to do with ecology/evolution but especially pollinators, fruit flies and memory
Christian Drerup @handle.invalid Fellow by Examination at Magdalen College & Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Biology @ University of Oxford π¬π§π©πͺ Interested in the behavioural and sensory ecology of invertebrates π¦ππ¦π¦π¦π¦ and fish π π
π https://christiandrerup.com
Maximilian E. Kirschhock @crowbrain.bsky.social Postdoc @ Weizmann Institute on bats' navigation | PhD @ Uni TΓΌbingen, Germany on numerical cognition in crows | birds/bats, brains & behavior
animal prattle @animal-prattle.bsky.social The latest n' greatest research about all things animal communication ππππΏπ³π¦π¦π·ππ£π¦ @ me your favorite papers, new results, etc π¬
Sam Matchette @sammatchette.bsky.social The trumpetfish guy | PDRA @ Oxford Biology, University of Oxford | Enduring LUFC fan (he/him)
Philipp Brand @pbrand.bsky.social PI of Evolutionary Neuroscience and Behavior Group at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research.
Evolution of behavior, neural circuits, chemical senses, and speciation.
he/him
https://brain.mpg.de/brand
Jerome Beetz @beetzjerome.bsky.social Neuroethologist studying spatial navigation in diverse species ππ¦π¦. For more infos visit my lab homepage:
https://www.spatial-navigation.com/
Cephalopod Whisperer @ceph-whisperer.bsky.social Cephalopod researcher, loves animals and outdoors and spending time with family.
Jenny Merritt @jennymerritt.bsky.social Evolution. Behavior. Neuroendocrinology. Good trouble. She/they π³οΈβπ
Postdoc at the Zuckerman Institute at Columbia | Incoming Asst Prof in the Dept of Genetics at WashU in St. Louis
Cole Hurwitz @colehurwitz.bsky.social AI Architect, Core AI, IBM | Agentic AI & AgentOps - find my posts on LinkedIn
Lisa Fenk @fleyes.bsky.social Vision, active sensing, eye movements, flies | Lise Meitner Research Group Leader at MPI for Biological Intelligence
Naima Dahir @naimadahir.bsky.social Assistant Professor at UTSW. Sensory processing, feeding, and other motivated behaviors.
Dr. Ina Klocknerπ§¬π©βπ¬π¬ @inaklockner.bsky.social Scientist | former Postdoc at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA) | now at UKM MΓΌnster (Germany) | Gene Therapy & Post-Transcriptional Gene Regulation & Molecular Genetics | she/her | π©πͺ> πΊπ²>π©πͺ
Ben de Bivort @debivort.bsky.social Drosophila neurobiologist. We study insect behavior and individuality using the tools of computational neuroethology.
Harvard Organismic and Evolutionary Biology (co-chair) & Center for Brain Science
https://debivortlab.org
Dr Matt Parker @parkerlab.bsky.social Some days youβre a fish exploring new waters. Other days, youβre stuck in a maze making the same turn over and over. Either way, keep swimming.
Neuroscientist and pharmacologist
Claire Rusch @clairerusch.bsky.social Postdoc in the Chiappe lab. Study internal state and vision in insects. French, feminist and fighting for justice, representation and equity in STEM (she/her)
Saikat Ray @ray-neuro.bsky.social Real world neuroscience.
Neuroscience of animal societies and in the wild.
Flying bats, shrinking shrews, running rats.