Kit D. Longden @theflyside.bsky.social Neuroscience: flies, vision, and mitochondria.
Drosophila Connectomics Group, Cambridge University &
Visiting Scientist, Francis Crick Institute
Bradley Jamieson @bradleyjamieson.bsky.social Kiwi in London - Neuroscience Postdoc - Postnatal Development, Social Behaviour, Fertility and Stress - Electrophysiologist - 🔬🧠🎓👓🏳️🌈
He/him
International Society for Neuroethology @neuroethology.org Promoting the study of the neural bases of behavior.
Irene Miguel-Aliaga @irenemiguel-aliaga.bsky.social Eternally asking questions.
Likes guts.
Has guts.
And a lab at the Francis Crick Institute @thecrick.bsky.social
https://www.crick.ac.uk/research/labs/irene-miguel-aliaga
Roberta Bianco @robertabianco.bsky.social Associate professor
Dept. of Translational Research & New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa | Neuroscience, Audition, Music and Memory
Geoff McFadden @fad1.bsky.social Identified the apicoplast in 1996. Coasting ever since.
Nico Posnien @posnienlab.bsky.social genotype-phenotype, evo-devo, genetics, transcriptomics, gene regulatory networks, flies, beetles, spiders.
https://www.posnien-lab.net/ 
Philip Hubbard @philiphubbard.bsky.social Computer science, biology.
https://www.janelia.org/people/philip-hubbard
https://fediscience.org/@philiphubbard
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6746-5035
Suguru Takagi @sugurutakagi.bsky.social Incoming Assistant Professor at Florida State University. Interested in neurobiology, evolution, and olfaction. He/him
https://sugurutakagi.com
GEValT @gevaltcrispr.bsky.social Next-generation CRISPR technologies for arthropods
RasgonLab Penn State @vectorgen.bsky.social
Kaiser Lab @clocksevolution.bsky.social Evolution x Ecology x Biological Clocks x Intertidal:
focus on lunar rhythms in development & reproduction of marine insects.
+ Genomics | MolBio | Behaviour | ChemEcol | Biodiversity | SciCom
bit.ly/KaiserLab
@mpi-evolbio.bsky.social @maxplanck.de
Jason Rasgon @vectorgen.bsky.social Mosquitoes, watches and whatever. Huck Chair of Disease Epidemiology and Biotechnology at Penn State. My opinions do not reflect those of my employer (they want nothing to do with them whatsoever)
rasgonlab.wordpress.com
Takeshi Morita @takeshimorita.bsky.social Itching to understand why mosquitos always find and bite me 🦟 | Assistant Professor @fiu.bsky.social 🐆 | PhD @berkeleymcb.bsky.social🧸 | Postdoc @rockefelleruniv.bsky.social🗽 | https://www.moritalaboratory.org
Yuki Haba @yukihaba.bsky.social Evolution, genomics, neuroethology - from mosquitoes to mole-rats | Leon Levy Scholar at Columbia Zuckerman Institute / Abdus-Saboor lab | PhD at Princeton McBride lab | Tokyo native, 麻布高/東大 alum 🇯🇵
yukihaba.github.io
Paul Szyszka @paulszyszka.bsky.social Insect brain researcher. Olfaction and cognition. University of Otago, New Zealand
Andreas Schaefer @andreas-t-schaefer.bsky.social Neuroscientist @crick.ac.uk asking how information is processed in the brain.
Odours. Circuits. Neurotechnology. Synchrotrons. BCIs.
Co-founder Paradromics
Twitter: @AndreasTSchafer
@tomtom-auer.bsky.social @tomtom-auer.bsky.social Assistant Professor @UniFr studying evolution of circuits and behaviors in drosophilids. Co-Director @TReNDinAfrica - strengthening education capacity.
Tony Southall @tonysouthall.bsky.social Reader (Associate Professor) at Imperial College London
Michael Winding @michael-winding.bsky.social Group Leader, the Francis Crick Institute.
Social Behaviour and Connectomics
https://www.crick.ac.uk/research/labs/michael-winding
matthew capek @matthewcapek.bsky.social 🪰🪲 www.matthewcapek.com | postdoctoral fellow at Bellono Lab, Harvard MCB | PhD from @GallioLab | he/they 🏳️🌈
Posit @posit.co We make free, open-source software for data scientists like the RStudio IDE.
We're formerly known as RStudio. You can always download our open-source IDE here. https://posit.co/download/rstudio-desktop/
Ryusuke Niwa @ryuniwa.bsky.social Professor, Physiological Dynamics, TARA, Univ. of Tsukuba, Japan / Drosophila / Parasitoid wasps / X: TsukubaNiwaLab / 丹羽隆介
Richard Benton @bentonlab.bsky.social Professor at the University of Lausanne interested in genetics, neuroscience and evolution
Matthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social Professor Emeritus (University of Manchester), writes on biology, history of science & French Resistance. Most recent book: a biography of Francis Crick. Now writing THE IDEA OF HEREDITY.
Link to publications: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8258-4913
Rudolf Meier @rudolf-meier.bsky.social Professor and Head of the Center for Integrative Biodiversity Discovery, Berlin. Taxonomy, robotics, AI, imaging and nanopore sequencing for biodiversity discovery at scale.
Tim Behrens @behrenstimb.bsky.social Slowly becoming a neuroscientist.
EiC @elife.bsky.social
Nate Himmel @natehimmel.bsky.social Sensory biology, genetics, behavior, and evolution (especially in the Twilight Zone) | Assistant Professor, NJIT Biological Sciences
https://himmellab.org
Aimee McKinnon @aimeeemac.bsky.social Senior Research Scientist / Adjunct Research Fellow
Entomopathogenic fungi | symbioses & endophytes | microbiomes & ecology | Biocontrol Science 💚🪰🪲🐝🌿🌾🍄🍄🟫
Jesse Huisken @jessehuisken.bsky.social PhD candidate in the Rehan Lab. York University. Evolution, social behaviour, behavioural ecology, social insects, pollinators.
Bryon Silva @neurogut.bsky.social Decoding how the gut thinks 🦠🪱🧠💪
Neuroscientist with interests in
#EnergyMetabolism #EntericNeurons #Fats
@crick.ac.uk @institutducerveau.bsky.social
Einat Couzin-Fuchs @einatcouzin.bsky.social Neurobiologist interested in sensory processing, motor control and decision making in insects. Group Leader @unikonstanz @CASCB
Lab: https://www.couzin-fuchs-lab.com/
farzaan @flyzaan.bsky.social 🧠🦟🧭 in the Lee Lab | wvu➡️hms | he/him | 🇵🇰 | 304
kelsey tobin @kelseytobin.bsky.social post doc @CornellAgriTech working on tree fruit entomology
phd in forest entomology @purdue
Fiorella @fiorella.bsky.social Entomologist, lover of all things microscopy, microCT and 3D printing. Researcher at Macquarie University.
https://fiorellamicroscopy.wordpress.com/
Mabenga Peter @mabengapeter.bsky.social Researcher at NIMR Tanzania, GLP Coordinator
Medical entomology and Parasitology, Field Veterinarian.
Vector ecology and control, Blackflies and Mosquitoes. Insecticide resistance and Evaluation on the effectiveness and efficacy of ITNs and IRS products.
PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org A leading life science journal that champions inclusive, high-impact research across all disciplines—from molecules to ecosystems. We offer innovative formats and collaborative editorial support to ensure your work achieves its full scientific impact.
Lisa Fenk @fleyes.bsky.social Vision, active sensing, eye movements, flies | Lise Meitner Research Group Leader at MPI for Biological Intelligence
Greg Jefferis @jefferis.bsky.social Neural Circuits and Behaviour in Drosophila @ MRC LMB. PI @ flyconnectome @ CamZoology and @ virtualflybrain. Cambridge, UK. Previously @gsxej.
Catherine (Katie) Schretter @ceschretter.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Southern Methodist University | Postdoc in the Rubin lab at Janelia | Ph.D. Caltech | she/her | https://www.schretterlab.org
Tyler Ryan Sizemore @tsizzle2.bsky.social Post-doc in @CarlsonLab_Yale. Insectophile. Sensory Neurobiology. Social Media Coordinator for @CSHLflycourse. #FirstGen. He/Him. Opinions are my own. tylersizemore.com
Sweta Agrawal @hokuba.bsky.social Insect neurobiologist who ❤️ flies, fungi, fiber, and fbooks. Campaniform nut. Assistant prof @ UBC Zoology
Wolf Huetteroth @wolfhuette.bsky.social Associate Prof at Northumbria U, looking at Droso learning, memory, neuropeptides, play.
Kristyn Lizbinski @kristyn-lizbinski.bsky.social Neuroscientist. Neural circuits - Olfaction - Neuromodulation - Sensory processing. Assistant Professor- SUNY Albany -Biological Sciences. She/her
https://kristynlizbinski.com
Eyal Rozenfeld @eyalrozenfeld.bsky.social Neuroscientist | Leon Levy Scholar, Postdoctoral fellow at the Dayu Lin Lab @NYU | PhD at the @MosheParnas Lab | https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=43zia5QAAAAJ&hl=en
Visual Insect Neuroethology Group @insect-vision.bsky.social https://insect-vision.com/
@anna-stoeckl.bsky.social @lochlanw.bsky.social @yvonneh96.bsky.social @manel-a-pama.bsky.social @andrew-mccauley.bsky.social @andreagonsek.bsky.social
@ronjabigge.bsky.social @emmarusconi.bsky.social @arha2.bsky.social
Martin Dessart @mdessart.bsky.social Postdoc associate at Virginia Tech - Vinauger Lab
https://martindessart.github.io/
Leah Houri-Zeevi @leahhouri.bsky.social Postdoc in the Leslie Vosshall lab, Rockefeller University.
A molecular biologist mixing neuroscience, evolution, and immunology.
Random thoughts & interesting papers
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
Volker Nehring @volkernehring.bsky.social May contain ants
http://evolution.vnehring.de | Behaviour, Evolution, Ecology | Assistant Prof @uni-freiburg.de, Germany | AE @PlosONE | Secretary Central European IUSSI
@imanmuktar.bsky.social @imanmuktar.bsky.social PhDin’ InsectNeuroLab 🦟
Neurophysics Lab, University of Trento @neurophysicstn.bsky.social Interdisciplinary research lab, Center for Mind/Brain Sciences #CIMeC
PI: Albrecht Haase | #Neuroscience | #QuantumBiology | #Olfaction | #Vision | #Magnetoreception | #CalciumImaging | #Insects | #Honeybees | #UniTrento https://r.unitn.it/en/cimec/nphys
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.
Natalie Hempel @nataliehempel.bsky.social Neuroethologist, research on animal senses, colour vision, insect learning, pollination, navigation, bees. Assoc Prof Exeter Uni, Mother, she/her/hers
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)
Uwe Töpfer @uwe689.bsky.social Postdoc Fellow
#Drosophila #Genetics #ExtracellularMatrix #DevelopmentalBiology #Morphogenesis
European Drosophila Society @fly-eds.bsky.social The European Drosophila Society bsky account is maintained by N.Tapon, S.J. Araújo, I.Grunwald Kadow, N.Brown, M.Milan. Logo: MC Diaz de la Loza, fly picture: N.Gompel
https://europeandrosophilasociety.org/
Thorben Danke @sagaoptics.bsky.social Alles Insekten (ohne KI)
Autor bei Rheinwerk & Kosmos
📸Nat.Geographic, Netflix, Nikon, Zeit, Spiegel, BigPicture, Smithsonian, BBC, Geo, Wash.Post
David L. Stern @gallseeker.bsky.social Biologist
A little obsessed by aphid galls
Run a little lab @stowersinstitute.bsky.social
Provide unsolicited advice to improve your science (or any) talk at howtogiveatalk.com
Vector-Borne Diseases in the UK @ukvbd.bsky.social Contact us: livvec@liverpool.ac.uk
Drew Berry wehi.tv @drewberry.bsky.social Biomedical animation at WEHI, Melbourne Australia
Animation playlist
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD0444BD542B4D7D9
Lucia Prieto Godino @neuroluci.bsky.social Group Leader @TheCrick
// Neuroscience - Evolution // Africa development through scientific innovation // Founder of @TReNDinAfrica
https://prietogodinolab.org/
Anand Ray @anandray.bsky.social Lab on olfactory behavior, neurobiology, machine learning, gene expression, epigenetics etc and serial entrepreneur ...
Hany K. M. Dweck (هاني دويك) @dwecklab.bsky.social Dweck's lab (https://www.dwecklab.com/)studies the neurobiology of ecological niche adaptations using Drosophila suzukii as a a model. We also study chemoreception in spotted lanternflies and other harmful insects. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7017-5020
Lauren Sumner-Rooney @laurensr.bsky.social Evolutionary biologist (invertebrates, vision), Group Leader @multipleye-lab.bsky.social, Lecturer @bristolbiosci.bsky.social. Gradual learner of 🇩🇪 She/her. Views mine, all mine!
Dr Beth Nicholls @bethbees.bsky.social UKRI FLF at Sussex uni interested in the not-so-tiny minds of bees | Associate Ed. J. Pollination Ecology | 1st Gen | She/Her
Andrew Lin @andrewclin.bsky.social Neuroscientist studying olfaction
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/
Greg Pask @gregpask.bsky.social Associate Professor of Biology at Middlebury College, lover of insect communication, good teaching, and nerd stuff
Anna Stöckl @anna-stoeckl.bsky.social Research group leader | Neuroethologist | Lepidopterophile
https://www.insect-vision.com/
www.annastoeckl.com
Mike Lush 🐜🪲🪰🐝 @sifolinia.bsky.social Myrmecologist, entomologist and ecologist. Geospatial data specialist. Director @biospatialinsights.bsky.social. Progressive bluegrass fan. Father of two. Wales, UK.
🍁 Alex Smith 🍁 @alexsmithants.bsky.social Assoc. Prof of #Biology at UofG, Guelph, ON, Canada. Inspired by the #Biodiversity in ACG, Costa Rica. #Ecology, #Evolution, #Entomology
Opinions my own & oh so rarely overlap with my employer.
he/him
www.malexsmith.com
www.youtube.com/@Alex_Smith_Ants
Shirley Luckhart @shirleyluckhart.bsky.social Evolutionary and comparative physiology, parasitic and vector-borne diseases, advocate and ally for DEI, BLM, LGBTQIA+, health and healthcare are human rights, FFRF member, posts are my thoughts only, proud to be 💙 💙💙, #fuckcancer
Marianne Alleyne @cotesia.bsky.social Entomologist. Assistant Prof. University of Illinois C-U. Bioinspired Design is my jam, parasitoids my love. #Insect #SciPol #SciCom #Bioinspiration Dutch too.
Ted Pavlic (he/him/his) @tedpavlic.bsky.social ASU Assoc. Prof in SCAI and SOLS.
Decision making and behavior in living and artificial autonomous systems. I ❤️ ants, bees, wasps, robots, and optimal foraging theory.
mastodon: @tedpavlic@mas.to
Twitter/X: @TedPavlic
@TEDx: http://youtu.be/9GWXCRetOjk
Ricardo Caliari Oliveira @ricaliari.bsky.social Evolutionary biologist studying conflicts and cooperation in insect societies. Lecturer in Animal Behaviour and Entomology @ Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
webs.uab.cat/bees
Maria Chait @mariachait.bsky.social Auditory Neuro Prof at UCL
Alex Gould Lab @alexgouldlab.bsky.social Located @Crick.ac.uk in London, we investigate how diet and other factors in the environment affect our metabolism and health
https://www.crick.ac.uk/research/labs/alex-gould
Elisa Galliano @elisagalliano.bsky.social Neurobiologist, serial immigrant, scientist, teacher, espresso addict, bookworm, glomeruli enthusiast. She/Her/Dr. Portrait by a former student.
Cambridge, UK
https://gallianolab.org/
@christophgiez.bsky.social @christophgiez.bsky.social HFSP Postdoctoral fellow @crick.ac.uk, EMBO fellow alumni, Postdoc in the Neuronal Circuits and Evolution Lab
Working on evolution of neuronal circuits #Drosophila
#Neuroscience | #Evolution | Neuronal #Circuits | #Connectome | #Olfaction 🪼🪰
Royal Entomological Society @royentsoc.bsky.social The Royal Entomological Society plays an international role in communicating insect science and connecting entomologists.
Follow our publications @respublications.bsky.social
Dan Jagger @auditorynerves.bsky.social Professor of Cell Physiology, Ear Institute, University College London
Research interests: ion channels, hearing/deafness, cilia, rare diseases, neurons, glia
www.ucl.ac.uk/ear/research/jaggerlab
Insta: @jaggerlab
InsectNeuroLab @insectneurolab.bsky.social InsectNeuroLab at Durham Uni, UK. Insect sensory neuro and ecology. Led by @lenariab.bsky.social. Website: http://insectneurolab.com/ 🦟🐝🪰🌸🌻🥀🧠👃👁️👄🧬🔬🧪🗜️
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) 🏳️🌈
website: www.viveknityananda.com
Leslie B Vosshall PhD @leslievosshall.bsky.social Toward Excellent, Inclusive, & Open Science
Opinions are my own and do not reflect those of my employer.
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/
Christian Drerup @handle.invalid Fellow by Examination at Magdalen College & Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Biology @ University of Oxford 🇬🇧🇩🇪 Interested in the behavioural and sensory ecology of invertebrates 🦑🐙🦟🦋🦀🦐 and fish 🐠 🐟
🔗 https://christiandrerup.com
Olivia Goldman PhD @oliviagoldman.net Neuroimmunology & Bioinformatics 🦠 | Schmidt Science & Weill Neurohub Postdoctoral Fellow | SENse Lab @berkeleymcb.bsky.social | PhD in the deadliest animal 🦟 | Co-founder & Exec Board Secretary @cientificolatino.com 💗 | she/her 🏳️🌈
Chloé Lahondère @lahonderelab.bsky.social Associate Professor at Virginia Tech - disease vector insects eco-physio, thermal bio and neuroetho lab -#DEI - she/elle - #MomInScience
Lindy McBride @lindymcbr.bsky.social Trying to understand how mosquito genomes and brains have evolved to help them exploit humans.
http://mcbridelab.princeton.edu
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)
Jeff Riffell @riffelllab.bsky.social Sensory Neuroecology Lab. Mosquitoes, moths, and chemicals. Professor at the University of Washington, Department of Biology riffelllab.org
Lisa Baik 🦟 @mosquitolady.bsky.social Mosquitologist (aka Asian tiger mosquito mom) 🦟 & Assistant professor @ UC Davis • #WomaninSTEM 👩🏻🔬 • she/her 🇰🇷🇺🇸
🔗 fightthebite.org
Trevor Sorrells @trevorsorrells.bsky.social Assistant Professor, Yale | HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar | Mosquito Behavior and Evolution | he/him 🏳️🌈
In case it wasn’t obvious, opinions are my own and do not reflect those of my employer
Matt DeGennaro @mattdegennaro.bsky.social Mosquito neuroscientist, invertebrate geneticist, & vector biologist
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Director of Biomolecular Sciences Institute at FIU
Views are my own
Clement Vinauger @thevinaugerlab.bsky.social Associate Professor, Biochemistry Dpt & School of Neuroscience at Virginia Tech. Disease vector insects, medical entomology, neuroethology, mosquitoes.
Ben Matthews @benmatthewslab.bsky.social Mosquito Lab @ UBC; Vancouver, Canada
https://mosquitolab.zoology.ubc.ca
Chris Potter @chrispotter.bsky.social Drosophila and mosquito olfaction sensory neuroscientist at Johns Hopkins; likes combining neuroscience and genetics. Professor and Co-Director of Neuroscience Training Program.
https://potterlab.johnshopkins.edu
Lena Riabinina @lenariab.bsky.social Bees, flies, mosquitoes, neurons, ecology and genetics. @Lena_Riab on Twitter. Associate Professor at Durham Biology in the UK. Head of @InsectNeuroLab.bsky.social 👩🔬👩💻🤦♀️🤷♀️🤯🦟🪰🐝👁️👄🧠👃🥀🌻🌸🏖️🌊
Tobias Ackels @tobiasackels.bsky.social Asst. Prof. at the University of Bonn, Germany. Interested in sensory neurophysiology and behaviour with a focus on olfaction 
Shazia Ruybal-Pesántez @drshaziaruybal.bsky.social Genomic epidemiologist & modeller | Junior Research Leader @isglobal.org | La Caixa Junior Leader Fellow | Adjunct Prof @IMUSFQ
Previously @MRC-outbreak.bsky.social @WEHI-research.bsky.social @rladiesmelb.bsky.social
https://shaziaruybal.com