Have we surpassed peak time spent on social media? https://flowingdata.com/2025/10/03/passed-peak-social-media-maybe/

Astrocytes get less attention than their neuronal neighbors, partly because they’re harder to study. But the glial cells could help explain how memories take a more stable form after recall.

By Lauren Schneider

https://www.thetransmitter.org/memory/engrams-in-amygdala-lean-on-astrocytes-to-solidify-memories/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=20251015-news-engrams-amygdala-lean-astrocytes-solidify-memories

This year we have 7 exciting #PhD projects for BBSRC MIBTP scheme
Please spread the words and Boost!
http://sites.google.com/view/neuro-insect-leicester/home
#neuroscience #insect #ecology

Meanwhile in Ireland, a cultural Basic Income (focussed on artists) has moved from pilot to sustained policy, with the confirmation of an ongoing programme of awarding 2,000 artists €18k per annum.

Interestingly the cost of the programme was less than the benefits to the Irish economy, and the artists in receipt of funds were able to switch earnings from non-art activities to work related to their art practice.

A more general lesson here for UBI?

#UBI #workers
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ireland-basic-income-artists-program-permanent-1234756981/

Looking forward to visiting @irbbarcelona.org and @milanlab.bsky.social on Friday. Will talk about our work updating the toolbox for engineering the fly genome. Come by if you are in the area. @araujolabub.bsky.social @gonzalezlabbcn.bsky.social @mirimiam.bsky.social @monicabettencourt.bsky.social

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jla4i7v6ucofx4abyjpi575l/post/3m32u4mqrjk2j

Apply to do your PhD in computer science in the Basque country, with Ignacio Arganda and others:

Application period: October 11–31, 2025

Details:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q0mHzSTFNLo7mzj6VmFLdvcnfw109d4p/view

#PhDPosition #PhDJobs

Bye bye, Windows 10! Microsoft is stopping support for the operating system today. If you're still using it, now is a good time to consider alternatives such as Linux, which is free and open source (like LibreOffice): https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/10/14/end-of-10-ten-reasons-to-switch-from-windows-to-linux/ @Endof10 #endof10

I enjoyed reading this interview in Development with Azim Surani. I didn't know anything about his background or route in academia (despite one of my colleagues being from the Surani Lab).

@Co_Biologists

https://journals.biologists.com/dev/article/152/19/dev205182/369333/An-interview-with-Azim-Surani

Back on the picket line for Day 12 of the @ucu action at the University of Leicester Hearing from our under threat of redundancy colleagues from the School of Geography, Geology and Environment about their work, and it's importance to the planet!

If for instance the @eLife website goes down, it's no problem because all the elife articles are also available in parallel at EuropePMC.

This was a solved problem 20 years ago but it keeps on happening 🤣

Those who pay for the current publishing system really need to think hard about if we should keep on tolerating these major downtime events. Arbitrary "Knowledge Blackouts" ? Not acceptable in my opinion.

Hello #Neuroscience mastodon,

we have a BBSRC funded #Phd position open!
A cool project utilise #Drosophila transcriptome and connectome to map out the novel #sleep controlling visual pathway!

see details here:

https://www.kofanchenlab.net/come-join-us

please boost and spread the words!

📰 "Cell-type-resolved RNA-seq reveals molecular engrams of sexual experience in Drosophila neuromodulatory neurons."
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.12.681849v1?rss=1
#Circadian
#Metabolism #Drosophila #Behaviour

Scientists have uncovered how social life shapes aggression in fruit flies: while loners rely on quick jabs, group-raised males prefer intense, full-on tussles, a shift that helps them win territory and mates.
https://elifesciences.org/articles/104212?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic

🔎 Check out MetaGraph – a powerful search engine for DNA, RNA and protein sequences in large public repositories. This important milestone in computational genomics was published in Nature, by SIB scientists at ETH Zurich. https://www.sib.swiss/news/a-fast-accurate-sequence-search-engine

It's Monday so it must be time to picket! Lots of support from the students and... We seem to have acquired a frog today, but fortunately amphibians are well known for their solidarity with the workers! #picket @ucu

"Algorithmic dissection of optic flow memory in larval zebrafish", Tanaka & Portgues 2025
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982225011133

#neuroscience #zebrafish #CompNeurosci

Most adults consume more protein than the recommended amount. They could reduce meat without risking inadequate protein intake. 🥦🥩

Read more: https://tcnv.link/HbVcazF

📰 "Notch canonical activity in a subset of glial cells regulates short-term memory in Drosophila"
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.10.681599v1?rss=1
#Drosophila #Sleep

Scientists in China have developed a tough new bamboo-based plastic that biodegrades in 50 days. The new material matches the strength of engineering plastics used in cars and appliances while retaining 90% of its durability after recycling. Researchers say bamboo’s rapid growth makes it a promising, renewable alternative to oil-based plastics. New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/article/2499052-biodegradable-plastic-made-from-bamboo-is-strong-and-easy-to-recycle/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
#ShareGoodNewsToo

@jonny @elduvelle wow...that is a big number!