Davi Bock
@dddavi.bsky.social
Rural neuroscientist. Connectomics. Protists.
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Davi Bock
@dddavi.bsky.social
· Oct 2
The FlyWire connectome: neuronal wiring diagram of a complete fly brain
Artificial intelligence and human expertise meet to generate a map of all the connections in the fly brain. The resource is already being used by experimentalists and theoreticians to further our unde...
www.nature.com
Hard to overstate how pleased I am that the FlyWire consortium converted our FAFB ("Full Adult Fly Brain") EM volume into a connectome, and that the resulting science has been (and will be) so impactful. Thanks to everyone involved. #neuroscience www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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Come learn about in-situ CLEM in beautiful Heidelberg! Registration closes October 25th, don’t miss out! @events.embl.org
We’re at it again! 🙌 🔬Registration is now open for the “In situ CLEM at room temperature and in cryo”
#EMBOCLEM
🗓️ Jan. 31st - Feb. 5th 2027
📍 EMBL Heidelberg
Check out the exciting program and the fantastic group of trainers and speakers we have lined up!
www.embl.org/about/info/c...
#EMBOCLEM
🗓️ Jan. 31st - Feb. 5th 2027
📍 EMBL Heidelberg
Check out the exciting program and the fantastic group of trainers and speakers we have lined up!
www.embl.org/about/info/c...
September 17, 2026 at 1:07 AM
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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
nice job by my former mentee @zhihaozheng.bsky.social :)
September 6, 2026 at 6:10 PM
nice job by my former mentee @zhihaozheng.bsky.social :)
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That contextual signals are broadly available does not mean that signals everywhere are used, or causally involved in behavior, at every moment. They aren’t. A bit like a radio broadcast, information may be widely available while circuits selectively “tune in” when needed. So where still matter.
September 5, 2026 at 7:53 AM
That contextual signals are broadly available does not mean that signals everywhere are used, or causally involved in behavior, at every moment. They aren’t. A bit like a radio broadcast, information may be widely available while circuits selectively “tune in” when needed. So where still matter.
great thread
🚨 New preprint alert! 🚨
Choanoflagellates reorganize their global cytoskeletal architecture within seconds to explore confined microspaces. This is the main PhD work of the amazing @maitefreired.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
A tread 🧵⬇️
Choanoflagellates reorganize their global cytoskeletal architecture within seconds to explore confined microspaces. This is the main PhD work of the amazing @maitefreired.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
A tread 🧵⬇️
Rapid repurposing of microvillar content drives a flagellate-to-amoeboid switch in the closest relative of animals
Animal cells extensively remodel their cytoskeleton during differentiation and can notably switch between two major motility modes: flagellum-based swimming and actin-based crawling. We previously sho...
www.biorxiv.org
September 2, 2026 at 9:30 PM
great thread
I’m happy to see all this movement but still want to see how the various optical methods work out at scale.
@adammarblestone.bsky.social says mapping a whole mouse brain once looked like about a $10B, 15-year project. He argues that's now down to $100–200M and a few years, with a focused effort — and lays out why.
Full conversation on the @juanbenet.bsky.social Podcast >>> youtu.be/X0B_GWTuEFo
Full conversation on the @juanbenet.bsky.social Podcast >>> youtu.be/X0B_GWTuEFo
September 2, 2026 at 8:25 PM
I’m happy to see all this movement but still want to see how the various optical methods work out at scale.
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Last week to apply for these posts. This a great time to join this project — every week we’re finding out new and exciting things about the organisation of the mosquito brain — with super collaborators @darbly.bsky.social and @megyounger.bsky.social. Pls share!
Mosquito Aedes aegypti brain connectome project is super exciting: jobs available
Elizabeth Marin & @jefferis.bsky.social recruiting Research Assistant and Postdoctoral Research Associate
Deadline: 3 September 2026
Brilliant colleagues & bosses - highly recommend
flyconnecto.me/2026/08/01/t...
Elizabeth Marin & @jefferis.bsky.social recruiting Research Assistant and Postdoctoral Research Associate
Deadline: 3 September 2026
Brilliant colleagues & bosses - highly recommend
flyconnecto.me/2026/08/01/t...
LinkedIn
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August 27, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Last week to apply for these posts. This a great time to join this project — every week we’re finding out new and exciting things about the organisation of the mosquito brain — with super collaborators @darbly.bsky.social and @megyounger.bsky.social. Pls share!
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Thanks to @bwjones.bsky.social for the polite education... I had no idea that glutaraldehyde-linked small molecules can indeed be detected in this way, by antibodies raised against the same small molecules cross-linked to BSA.
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August 26, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Thanks to @bwjones.bsky.social for the polite education... I had no idea that glutaraldehyde-linked small molecules can indeed be detected in this way, by antibodies raised against the same small molecules cross-linked to BSA.
bwjoneslab.com/wp-content/u...
bwjoneslab.com/wp-content/u...
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👇👇👇
Honest, i would still recommend this job. I love what i do, and we need good people to keep it going.
Accepting applications for PO positions at NIH until 9/2/2026. If you might be interested feel free to message me. www.usajobs.gov/job/881149400
August 25, 2026 at 2:58 PM
👇👇👇
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Mosquito Aedes aegypti brain connectome project is super exciting: jobs available
Elizabeth Marin & @jefferis.bsky.social recruiting Research Assistant and Postdoctoral Research Associate
Deadline: 3 September 2026
Brilliant colleagues & bosses - highly recommend
flyconnecto.me/2026/08/01/t...
Elizabeth Marin & @jefferis.bsky.social recruiting Research Assistant and Postdoctoral Research Associate
Deadline: 3 September 2026
Brilliant colleagues & bosses - highly recommend
flyconnecto.me/2026/08/01/t...
LinkedIn
This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
lnkd.in
August 21, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Mosquito Aedes aegypti brain connectome project is super exciting: jobs available
Elizabeth Marin & @jefferis.bsky.social recruiting Research Assistant and Postdoctoral Research Associate
Deadline: 3 September 2026
Brilliant colleagues & bosses - highly recommend
flyconnecto.me/2026/08/01/t...
Elizabeth Marin & @jefferis.bsky.social recruiting Research Assistant and Postdoctoral Research Associate
Deadline: 3 September 2026
Brilliant colleagues & bosses - highly recommend
flyconnecto.me/2026/08/01/t...
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Do you want to be part of the RCP (www.raynorcerebellumproject.org) effort to usher in the next generation of closed loop neuromodulation? Work with a one of a kind human dataset? Collaborate with top groups all over the world? Apply. cdn.prod.website-files.com/679cf22d773c...
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August 21, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Do you want to be part of the RCP (www.raynorcerebellumproject.org) effort to usher in the next generation of closed loop neuromodulation? Work with a one of a kind human dataset? Collaborate with top groups all over the world? Apply. cdn.prod.website-files.com/679cf22d773c...
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Adding some deep-sea wonder to your scroll💙✨️
This siphonophore, Erenna richardi, can be identified by the massive clusters of tentilla (the side branches of the tentacle) at the end of the tail (siphosome). In Monterey Bay, this species has been observed at average depths of about 1,100 meters.
This siphonophore, Erenna richardi, can be identified by the massive clusters of tentilla (the side branches of the tentacle) at the end of the tail (siphosome). In Monterey Bay, this species has been observed at average depths of about 1,100 meters.
August 21, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Adding some deep-sea wonder to your scroll💙✨️
This siphonophore, Erenna richardi, can be identified by the massive clusters of tentilla (the side branches of the tentacle) at the end of the tail (siphosome). In Monterey Bay, this species has been observed at average depths of about 1,100 meters.
This siphonophore, Erenna richardi, can be identified by the massive clusters of tentilla (the side branches of the tentacle) at the end of the tail (siphosome). In Monterey Bay, this species has been observed at average depths of about 1,100 meters.
August 13, 2026 at 7:00 AM
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🚨 Now out in @aaas.org Science Advances 🚨: aDISCO: a protocol for clearing & antibody-staining human formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue by Anna Maria Reuss! 🧠🔬#lightsheet #Microscopy @mesospim.bsky.social @ptrrupprecht.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
August 12, 2026 at 6:43 PM
🚨 Now out in @aaas.org Science Advances 🚨: aDISCO: a protocol for clearing & antibody-staining human formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue by Anna Maria Reuss! 🧠🔬#lightsheet #Microscopy @mesospim.bsky.social @ptrrupprecht.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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My newsletter turns five years old this month. It's time to take stock of where the climate is, and where the fight is.
billmckibben.substack.com/p/take-five-...
billmckibben.substack.com/p/take-five-...
Take Five
The Crucial Years at the halfway point
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August 7, 2026 at 2:36 PM
My newsletter turns five years old this month. It's time to take stock of where the climate is, and where the fight is.
billmckibben.substack.com/p/take-five-...
billmckibben.substack.com/p/take-five-...
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Happy to share the CA3 dataset is published. First large-scale dense connectomics from hippocampus. First connectomic dataset imaged in @princetonneuro.bsky.social. A harbinger of many larger datasets to come (for both). doi.org/10.1038/s415... #hippocampus But my personal favorite is (1/2)
Hippocampal CA3 connectomics reveals a gradient of mossy fiber inputs and selective feedforward inhibition onto pyramidal cells - Nature Neuroscience
The authors present a dense connectomic reconstruction of a 0.1 mm3 hippocampal CA3 volume and reveal spatial gradients, high convergence and cell-type-selective feedforward inhibition of inputs to py...
doi.org
August 7, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Happy to share the CA3 dataset is published. First large-scale dense connectomics from hippocampus. First connectomic dataset imaged in @princetonneuro.bsky.social. A harbinger of many larger datasets to come (for both). doi.org/10.1038/s415... #hippocampus But my personal favorite is (1/2)
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#FluorescenceFriday
Our lab studies microglia: microscopic 🔬 immune cells in the retina 👁️
We label them with Green Fluorescence and catalog of some impressive types!
@flaumeye.bsky.social
@urneuroscience.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social
@cvsuor.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social
bit.ly/4kMNErh
Our lab studies microglia: microscopic 🔬 immune cells in the retina 👁️
We label them with Green Fluorescence and catalog of some impressive types!
@flaumeye.bsky.social
@urneuroscience.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social
@cvsuor.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social
bit.ly/4kMNErh
August 6, 2026 at 10:31 PM
#FluorescenceFriday
Our lab studies microglia: microscopic 🔬 immune cells in the retina 👁️
We label them with Green Fluorescence and catalog of some impressive types!
@flaumeye.bsky.social
@urneuroscience.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social
@cvsuor.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social
bit.ly/4kMNErh
Our lab studies microglia: microscopic 🔬 immune cells in the retina 👁️
We label them with Green Fluorescence and catalog of some impressive types!
@flaumeye.bsky.social
@urneuroscience.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social
@cvsuor.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social
bit.ly/4kMNErh
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Come join the @socialfluids.bsky.social lab in Cambridge to study the evolution of Socially Transferred Materials! Fun new HFSP project btwn UK, NL and Costa Rica!
Deadline September 7th #Postdoc #JobAlert #Evolution #Bioinformatics #STM #socialfluids
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc... leboeuflab.com
Deadline September 7th #Postdoc #JobAlert #Evolution #Bioinformatics #STM #socialfluids
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc... leboeuflab.com
Research Associate (Fixed Term)
A Research Associate position is available in the Social Fluids Lab, led by Dr. Adria LeBoeuf, in the Department of Zoology. The post is funded by a new 3-year international Human Frontier Science Pro...
www.cam.ac.uk
August 5, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Come join the @socialfluids.bsky.social lab in Cambridge to study the evolution of Socially Transferred Materials! Fun new HFSP project btwn UK, NL and Costa Rica!
Deadline September 7th #Postdoc #JobAlert #Evolution #Bioinformatics #STM #socialfluids
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc... leboeuflab.com
Deadline September 7th #Postdoc #JobAlert #Evolution #Bioinformatics #STM #socialfluids
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc... leboeuflab.com
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New preprint! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Nearly a decade after starting the project, the first major results from our comparative connectomics work is online! Comparing the head direction circuits of the central complex in bees, ants and flies, recapitulating >300million years of evolution.
July 30, 2026 at 5:12 AM
New preprint! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Nearly a decade after starting the project, the first major results from our comparative connectomics work is online! Comparing the head direction circuits of the central complex in bees, ants and flies, recapitulating >300million years of evolution.
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Biology is once again full of surprises most if us couldn’t dream up if we tried.
Avocados come in 2 varieties - A-types start each day female and switch to male midday. B-types do the reverse. In work just published from the last chapter of my PhD, we show this system evolved 40+million yrs ago and is regulated by alleles of 1 transcription factor
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Balanced polymorphism in a floral transcription factor underlies the ancient rhythm of daily sex alternation in avocado | PNAS
In avocado and certain wild relatives in Lauraceae, a highly synchronized daily rhythm
of floral sex timing promotes cross-pollination between two ...
www.pnas.org
July 28, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Biology is once again full of surprises most if us couldn’t dream up if we tried.
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How does the brain know where the body has been touched?
In our new eLife paper, we map how touch-sensitive bristles on the fruit fly head connect to circuits that guide precisely aimed grooming, revealing how brain maps turn touch into action.
(elifesciences.org/articles/108...)
In our new eLife paper, we map how touch-sensitive bristles on the fruit fly head connect to circuits that guide precisely aimed grooming, revealing how brain maps turn touch into action.
(elifesciences.org/articles/108...)
A comprehensive mechanosensory connectome reveals a somatotopically organized neural circuit architecture controlling stimulus-aimed grooming of the Drosophila head
A synaptic-resolution map reveals how spatially organized touch pathways in the fly brain shape aimed head grooming through parallel excitatory circuits and inhibitory control.
elifesciences.org
July 28, 2026 at 3:06 PM
How does the brain know where the body has been touched?
In our new eLife paper, we map how touch-sensitive bristles on the fruit fly head connect to circuits that guide precisely aimed grooming, revealing how brain maps turn touch into action.
(elifesciences.org/articles/108...)
In our new eLife paper, we map how touch-sensitive bristles on the fruit fly head connect to circuits that guide precisely aimed grooming, revealing how brain maps turn touch into action.
(elifesciences.org/articles/108...)
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Do #tintinnids dream of electric sheep? 🤯
Here is a single cell capable of building a lorica and living inside it for protection... it also swims, feeds, hunts
Can even detect and habituate to mechanical cues! #celllearning #protistsonsky #cilia
Read more in our preprint
doi.org/10.64898/202...
Here is a single cell capable of building a lorica and living inside it for protection... it also swims, feeds, hunts
Can even detect and habituate to mechanical cues! #celllearning #protistsonsky #cilia
Read more in our preprint
doi.org/10.64898/202...
July 21, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Do #tintinnids dream of electric sheep? 🤯
Here is a single cell capable of building a lorica and living inside it for protection... it also swims, feeds, hunts
Can even detect and habituate to mechanical cues! #celllearning #protistsonsky #cilia
Read more in our preprint
doi.org/10.64898/202...
Here is a single cell capable of building a lorica and living inside it for protection... it also swims, feeds, hunts
Can even detect and habituate to mechanical cues! #celllearning #protistsonsky #cilia
Read more in our preprint
doi.org/10.64898/202...
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The cell that wasn't there grist.org/science/nitr...
The tiny cell that broke a big rule of biology
It took two scientists decades to find a new nitrogen-fixing organelle. It could change the future of sustainable agriculture.
grist.org
July 13, 2026 at 6:00 AM
The cell that wasn't there grist.org/science/nitr...
This profile of the artist on the Challenger expedition and his contributions to protistology was a very nice Saturday morning read. Though with some irksome bits...
July 11, 2026 at 12:57 PM
This profile of the artist on the Challenger expedition and his contributions to protistology was a very nice Saturday morning read. Though with some irksome bits...