Andrew Lin
@andrewclin.bsky.social
Neuroscientist studying olfaction
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Research Associate: Neuroscience (2 Posts)
Research Associate: Neuroscience (2 Posts)
jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk
We're hiring!
Join us as a postdoc to study how the brain is optimised for sensory coding and memory
Please spread the word!
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Deadline: 5 October 2026
Learn more at: www.aclinlab.org
Join us as a postdoc to study how the brain is optimised for sensory coding and memory
Please spread the word!
Apply at jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...
Deadline: 5 October 2026
Learn more at: www.aclinlab.org
We're hiring!
Join us as a postdoc to study how the brain is optimised for sensory coding and memory
Please spread the word!
Apply at jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...
Deadline: 5 October 2026
Learn more at: www.aclinlab.org
Join us as a postdoc to study how the brain is optimised for sensory coding and memory
Please spread the word!
Apply at jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...
Deadline: 5 October 2026
Learn more at: www.aclinlab.org
Research Associate: Neuroscience (2 Posts)
Research Associate: Neuroscience (2 Posts)
jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk
September 15, 2026 at 1:52 PM
We're hiring!
Join us as a postdoc to study how the brain is optimised for sensory coding and memory
Please spread the word!
Apply at jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...
Deadline: 5 October 2026
Learn more at: www.aclinlab.org
Join us as a postdoc to study how the brain is optimised for sensory coding and memory
Please spread the word!
Apply at jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...
Deadline: 5 October 2026
Learn more at: www.aclinlab.org
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We’re recruiting postdocs!
Join our @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded programme 'Decoding competition in the brain'.
How does the brain resolve competing needs and prioritise behaviour?
📅 Deadline: 1 September
Apply: rezavallab.org
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www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSM781/r...
Join our @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded programme 'Decoding competition in the brain'.
How does the brain resolve competing needs and prioritise behaviour?
📅 Deadline: 1 September
Apply: rezavallab.org
Please share!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSM781/r...
August 12, 2026 at 12:12 PM
We’re recruiting postdocs!
Join our @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded programme 'Decoding competition in the brain'.
How does the brain resolve competing needs and prioritise behaviour?
📅 Deadline: 1 September
Apply: rezavallab.org
Please share!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSM781/r...
Join our @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded programme 'Decoding competition in the brain'.
How does the brain resolve competing needs and prioritise behaviour?
📅 Deadline: 1 September
Apply: rezavallab.org
Please share!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSM781/r...
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🪰 How does a fly see so well while moving so fast?
@neveenmansour.bsky.social and colleagues show that, through a process they termed synaptic high-frequency jumping, flies can transmit visual information at bandwidths up to ~1000 hz during rapid movement!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@neveenmansour.bsky.social and colleagues show that, through a process they termed synaptic high-frequency jumping, flies can transmit visual information at bandwidths up to ~1000 hz during rapid movement!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Synaptic high-frequency jumping synchronises vision to high-speed behaviour - Nature Communications
How insects maintain precise vision during rapid motion remains unclear. Here, the authors show that motion-driven photoreceptor dynamics and synaptic high-frequency jumping enable hyperacute, minimal...
www.nature.com
May 17, 2026 at 3:17 AM
🪰 How does a fly see so well while moving so fast?
@neveenmansour.bsky.social and colleagues show that, through a process they termed synaptic high-frequency jumping, flies can transmit visual information at bandwidths up to ~1000 hz during rapid movement!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@neveenmansour.bsky.social and colleagues show that, through a process they termed synaptic high-frequency jumping, flies can transmit visual information at bandwidths up to ~1000 hz during rapid movement!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Andrew Lin
Our paper is out today in Nature Communications!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
It started with a simple question: how do visual systems cope with extremely fast movements?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
It started with a simple question: how do visual systems cope with extremely fast movements?
Synaptic high-frequency jumping synchronises vision to high-speed behaviour - Nature Communications
How insects maintain precise vision during rapid motion remains unclear. Here, the authors show that motion-driven photoreceptor dynamics and synaptic high-frequency jumping enable hyperacute, minimal...
www.nature.com
May 5, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Our paper is out today in Nature Communications!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
It started with a simple question: how do visual systems cope with extremely fast movements?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
It started with a simple question: how do visual systems cope with extremely fast movements?
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Finally online @natmethods.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This was a fun collaboration with @finkryan.bsky.social @massecklab.bsky.social @tpatriarchi.bsky.social @martinfuhrmann.bsky.social @campbell-lab.bsky.social @jangrundemann.bsky.social
🧪🧠🔬🧬
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This was a fun collaboration with @finkryan.bsky.social @massecklab.bsky.social @tpatriarchi.bsky.social @martinfuhrmann.bsky.social @campbell-lab.bsky.social @jangrundemann.bsky.social
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April 24, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Finally online @natmethods.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This was a fun collaboration with @finkryan.bsky.social @massecklab.bsky.social @tpatriarchi.bsky.social @martinfuhrmann.bsky.social @campbell-lab.bsky.social @jangrundemann.bsky.social
🧪🧠🔬🧬
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This was a fun collaboration with @finkryan.bsky.social @massecklab.bsky.social @tpatriarchi.bsky.social @martinfuhrmann.bsky.social @campbell-lab.bsky.social @jangrundemann.bsky.social
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Reposted by Andrew Lin
Permeabilization with fenchone enhances cryopreservation of Drosophila embryos
#Drosophila
#Drosophila
Permeabilization with fenchone enhances cryopreservation of Drosophila embryos
#Drosophila
PubMed link
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
March 18, 2026 at 6:23 AM
Permeabilization with fenchone enhances cryopreservation of Drosophila embryos
#Drosophila
#Drosophila
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The School of Biosciences @unibirmingham.bsky.social is recruiting five Assistant/Associate Professors working across a range of areas, including neuroscience.
Join a vibrant interdisciplinary research environment.
Deadline: 14 April 2026
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Join a vibrant interdisciplinary research environment.
Deadline: 14 April 2026
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Assistant or Associate Professor (Research and Education) - School of Biosciences - 107106 - Grade 8 or 9
Evidence of a developing track record in publishing work of high academic quality and impact is essential, as is an emerging portfolio (or clear potential) of external research funding. Applicants mus...
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March 9, 2026 at 4:22 PM
The School of Biosciences @unibirmingham.bsky.social is recruiting five Assistant/Associate Professors working across a range of areas, including neuroscience.
Join a vibrant interdisciplinary research environment.
Deadline: 14 April 2026
edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Join a vibrant interdisciplinary research environment.
Deadline: 14 April 2026
edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Check out our latest paper - In neural networks with inhibitory feedback, local homeostatic adaptation can conflict with adaptation at the network level doi.org/10.1113/JP29...
Conflicting adaptations in an inhibitory feedback circuit
Abstract figure legend We studied activity-dependent adaptation in the fruit fly Drosophila’s memory centre, the mushroom body. Here, excitatory Kenyon cells (KCs) receive feedback inhibition from th...
doi.org
March 9, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Check out our latest paper - In neural networks with inhibitory feedback, local homeostatic adaptation can conflict with adaptation at the network level doi.org/10.1113/JP29...
Reposted by Andrew Lin
Birds have a thick retina devoid of blood vessels - so how do they ensure sufficient oxygen availability?
They don't - neurons rely on glycolysis, metabolizing glucose released from the pecten.
Insane new study that includes comparative data on lizards and crocs.🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
They don't - neurons rely on glycolysis, metabolizing glucose released from the pecten.
Insane new study that includes comparative data on lizards and crocs.🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Oxygen-free metabolism in the bird inner retina supported by the pecten - Nature
While the photoreceptor outer segments in the bird outer retina have access to oxygen, the inner retina operates under chronic anoxia, supported by anaerobic glycolysis in the retinal neurons.
www.nature.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Birds have a thick retina devoid of blood vessels - so how do they ensure sufficient oxygen availability?
They don't - neurons rely on glycolysis, metabolizing glucose released from the pecten.
Insane new study that includes comparative data on lizards and crocs.🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
They don't - neurons rely on glycolysis, metabolizing glucose released from the pecten.
Insane new study that includes comparative data on lizards and crocs.🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Elegant, beautiful work from Anissa Kempf’s lab. Congrats!
A Hyperkinetic-dependent redox-sensing mechanism operates specifically in dorsal fan-shaped body neurons to promote sleep
#Drosophila
#Drosophila
A Hyperkinetic-dependent redox-sensing mechanism operates specifically in dorsal fan-shaped body neurons to promote sleep
#Drosophila
PubMed link
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
January 21, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Elegant, beautiful work from Anissa Kempf’s lab. Congrats!
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Step into a Europe-wide community of neuroscience leaders. Junior & mid-career group leaders: apply by 30 Jan to become a FENS-Kavli Network Scholar and connect, collaborate, and contribute to shaping neuroscience in Europe. rb.gy/havqur
January 12, 2026 at 7:25 AM
Step into a Europe-wide community of neuroscience leaders. Junior & mid-career group leaders: apply by 30 Jan to become a FENS-Kavli Network Scholar and connect, collaborate, and contribute to shaping neuroscience in Europe. rb.gy/havqur
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✨ Deadline extended! You now have until 22 January 2026 to nominate inspiring Europe-based students or PIs for the ALBA-FKNE Diversity Prize. Honouring work advancing #diversity #equity & #inclusion in #neuroscience. Self-nominations are welcome.
🏆 €2000 + travel to #FENS2026
👉🏾 loom.ly/elEwkCE
🏆 €2000 + travel to #FENS2026
👉🏾 loom.ly/elEwkCE
January 8, 2026 at 12:15 PM
✨ Deadline extended! You now have until 22 January 2026 to nominate inspiring Europe-based students or PIs for the ALBA-FKNE Diversity Prize. Honouring work advancing #diversity #equity & #inclusion in #neuroscience. Self-nominations are welcome.
🏆 €2000 + travel to #FENS2026
👉🏾 loom.ly/elEwkCE
🏆 €2000 + travel to #FENS2026
👉🏾 loom.ly/elEwkCE
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Call for junior or mid-career group leaders in neuroscience! Apply by 30 Jan to join the FENS-Kavli Network. We are looking for excellent and engaged future scholars who are committed to exchanging scientific ideas & improve neuroscience in Europe. fenskavlinetwork.org/who-we-are/a...
November 17, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Call for junior or mid-career group leaders in neuroscience! Apply by 30 Jan to join the FENS-Kavli Network. We are looking for excellent and engaged future scholars who are committed to exchanging scientific ideas & improve neuroscience in Europe. fenskavlinetwork.org/who-we-are/a...
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🌟It’s that time of the year! Nominate Europe-based students or PIs advancing #diversity #equity & #inclusion in #neuroscience. The winner will be celebrated at #FENS2026 in Barcelona, receiving €2000 + travel support to attend the meeting. Self nominations are welcome!
👉🏾 loom.ly/elEwkCE
📅 8 Jan 2026
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📅 8 Jan 2026
November 13, 2025 at 9:57 AM
🌟It’s that time of the year! Nominate Europe-based students or PIs advancing #diversity #equity & #inclusion in #neuroscience. The winner will be celebrated at #FENS2026 in Barcelona, receiving €2000 + travel support to attend the meeting. Self nominations are welcome!
👉🏾 loom.ly/elEwkCE
📅 8 Jan 2026
👉🏾 loom.ly/elEwkCE
📅 8 Jan 2026
Fully funded 4-year PhD position available in my lab! Study neuronal compensation for natural circuit perturbations in the fly brain - learn calcium imaging, electrophysiology, genetics and computational modelling. Apply by 7 Jan 2026. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience DLA Programme: Neuronal compensation for natural circuit perturbations at University of Sheffield on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience DLA Programme: Neuronal compensation for natural circuit perturbations at University of Sheffield, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Fully funded 4-year PhD position available in my lab! Study neuronal compensation for natural circuit perturbations in the fly brain - learn calcium imaging, electrophysiology, genetics and computational modelling. Apply by 7 Jan 2026. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Excited to announce our new pre-print (www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...)!
This collaborative work (co-led by Adriane Otopalik and Gerry Rubin) examines how neuronal circuits regulate social behaviors, like courtship🫶 and aggression🥊, across sexes. #neuroscience #Drosophila #WomenInSTEM 🧪1/
This collaborative work (co-led by Adriane Otopalik and Gerry Rubin) examines how neuronal circuits regulate social behaviors, like courtship🫶 and aggression🥊, across sexes. #neuroscience #Drosophila #WomenInSTEM 🧪1/
October 23, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Excited to announce our new pre-print (www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...)!
This collaborative work (co-led by Adriane Otopalik and Gerry Rubin) examines how neuronal circuits regulate social behaviors, like courtship🫶 and aggression🥊, across sexes. #neuroscience #Drosophila #WomenInSTEM 🧪1/
This collaborative work (co-led by Adriane Otopalik and Gerry Rubin) examines how neuronal circuits regulate social behaviors, like courtship🫶 and aggression🥊, across sexes. #neuroscience #Drosophila #WomenInSTEM 🧪1/
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@senapati.bsky.social latest and greatest! Charly Treiber on board too. Over and out.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Visceral signaling of post-ingestive malaise directs memory updating in Drosophila
Consolidation is a time when labile memories transition to a stable form. Malaise learning in Drosophila reveals consolidation to also permit memory updating. Flies taught to associate one of two odor...
www.biorxiv.org
October 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
@senapati.bsky.social latest and greatest! Charly Treiber on board too. Over and out.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Exciting news for #drosophila #connectomics and #neuroscience enthusiasts: the Drosophila male central nervous system connectome is now live for exploration. Find out more at the landing page hosted by our Janelia FlyEM collaborators www.janelia.org/project-team....
Male CNS Connectome
A team of researchers has unveiled the complete connectome of a male fruit fly central nervous system —a seamless map of all the neurons in the brain and nerve cord of a single male fruit fly and the ...
www.janelia.org
October 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Exciting news for #drosophila #connectomics and #neuroscience enthusiasts: the Drosophila male central nervous system connectome is now live for exploration. Find out more at the landing page hosted by our Janelia FlyEM collaborators www.janelia.org/project-team....
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How is valence computed in the brain? Check out our new preprint about a single cell that integrates excitatory and inhibitory input across modalities according to valence and impacts behavioral decisions. An exciting collaboration across many labs. Enjoy reading!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A multisensory, bidirectional, valence encoder guides behavioral decisions
A key function of the brain is to categorize sensory cues as repulsive or attractive and respond accordingly. While we have some understanding of how sensory information is processed in the sensory pe...
www.biorxiv.org
September 27, 2025 at 5:46 AM
How is valence computed in the brain? Check out our new preprint about a single cell that integrates excitatory and inhibitory input across modalities according to valence and impacts behavioral decisions. An exciting collaboration across many labs. Enjoy reading!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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NIBAI 2025 Workshop on the Nature of Intelligence was held in Sheffield, bringing together over 70 participants from diverse backgrounds in neuroscience, animal cognition, philosophy, and AI.
Thanks to @asab.org the @sheffielduni.bsky.social, and @devjoni.bsky.social for sponsoring this event.
Thanks to @asab.org the @sheffielduni.bsky.social, and @devjoni.bsky.social for sponsoring this event.
September 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
NIBAI 2025 Workshop on the Nature of Intelligence was held in Sheffield, bringing together over 70 participants from diverse backgrounds in neuroscience, animal cognition, philosophy, and AI.
Thanks to @asab.org the @sheffielduni.bsky.social, and @devjoni.bsky.social for sponsoring this event.
Thanks to @asab.org the @sheffielduni.bsky.social, and @devjoni.bsky.social for sponsoring this event.
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First episode is out! I spoke with Professor James Marshall @sheffielduni.bsky.social @opteran.bsky.social about his research on modelling the #brain of #bees and implications for #ai . Take a listen! #neuroscience #sciencecommunication
September 4, 2025 at 10:20 PM
First episode is out! I spoke with Professor James Marshall @sheffielduni.bsky.social @opteran.bsky.social about his research on modelling the #brain of #bees and implications for #ai . Take a listen! #neuroscience #sciencecommunication
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We all know that correlation doesn't imply causation. So we took some correlations and tested if they were causal. Here's what happened:
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
An optical brain-machine interface reveals a causal role of posterior parietal cortex in goal-directed navigation
Relating neural circuitry to behavior is challenging due to closed loop interactions
between neural activity, actions, and sensations. Sorrell et al. present evidence
for a causal role of mouse PPC in...
www.cell.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:09 AM
We all know that correlation doesn't imply causation. So we took some correlations and tested if they were causal. Here's what happened:
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Excited to share our latest work - expressing the bacterial sodium channel in fly Kenyon cells surprisingly *decreases* their excitability, thanks partly to decreased endogenous sodium channels. This prevents learning and decreases odor-evoked calcium influx doi.org/10.1113/JP28...
Ectopic sodium channel expression decreases excitability of Drosophila Kenyon cells
Abstract figure legend: We tested the effects of expressing the bacterial voltage-gated sodium channel NaChBac in the Kenyon cells of the Drosophila memory centre, the mushroom body. NaChBac expressi...
doi.org
September 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Excited to share our latest work - expressing the bacterial sodium channel in fly Kenyon cells surprisingly *decreases* their excitability, thanks partly to decreased endogenous sodium channels. This prevents learning and decreases odor-evoked calcium influx doi.org/10.1113/JP28...
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🚨new paper alert
Blind mice use stereo olfaction, comparing smells between nostrils, to maintain a stable sense of direction. Blocking this ability disrupts their internal compass.
Kudos to @kasumbisa.bsky.social! Another cool chapter of the Trenholm-Peyrache collab😉
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Blind mice use stereo olfaction, comparing smells between nostrils, to maintain a stable sense of direction. Blocking this ability disrupts their internal compass.
Kudos to @kasumbisa.bsky.social! Another cool chapter of the Trenholm-Peyrache collab😉
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Stereo olfaction underlies stable coding of head direction in blind mice - Nature Communications
Stereo olfaction involves comparing odor differences between the two nostrils. Here, using neuronal recordings and a behavioral test, the authors demonstrate that blind mice use stereo olfaction to fo...
www.nature.com
April 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
🚨new paper alert
Blind mice use stereo olfaction, comparing smells between nostrils, to maintain a stable sense of direction. Blocking this ability disrupts their internal compass.
Kudos to @kasumbisa.bsky.social! Another cool chapter of the Trenholm-Peyrache collab😉
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Blind mice use stereo olfaction, comparing smells between nostrils, to maintain a stable sense of direction. Blocking this ability disrupts their internal compass.
Kudos to @kasumbisa.bsky.social! Another cool chapter of the Trenholm-Peyrache collab😉
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Andrew Lin
2024 marked the 10-year anniversary of the FENS-Kavli Network of Excellence. We warmly invite you to explore the 10-Year Report, showcasing its impact on science, mentoring, outreach, advocacy, and personal achievements. @fens.org @kavlifoundation.bsky.social fenskavlinetwork.org/fkne-10-year...
February 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
2024 marked the 10-year anniversary of the FENS-Kavli Network of Excellence. We warmly invite you to explore the 10-Year Report, showcasing its impact on science, mentoring, outreach, advocacy, and personal achievements. @fens.org @kavlifoundation.bsky.social fenskavlinetwork.org/fkne-10-year...