"The connectome is like a road map."
October 3, 2025 at 1:23 PM
"The connectome is like a road map."
Neuropeptides specify and reprogram division of labor in the leafcutter ant Atta cephalotes
Cell 🎉
I was delighted to provide multi-ant pose and segmentation analysis for this incredible new work from the Berger lab @upenn.edu
Cell 🎉
I was delighted to provide multi-ant pose and segmentation analysis for this incredible new work from the Berger lab @upenn.edu
Neuropeptides specify and reprogram division of labor in the leafcutter ant Atta cephalotes
We identify specific neuropeptides mediating worker division of labor in the leafcutting
ant A. cephalotes, finding two neuropeptides associated with characteristic behaviors
of leafcutting and of bro...
www.cell.com
June 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Neuropeptides specify and reprogram division of labor in the leafcutter ant Atta cephalotes
Cell 🎉
I was delighted to provide multi-ant pose and segmentation analysis for this incredible new work from the Berger lab @upenn.edu
Cell 🎉
I was delighted to provide multi-ant pose and segmentation analysis for this incredible new work from the Berger lab @upenn.edu
NetNeuroLab posters + talks at @ohbmofficial.bsky.social
synapse types! neurotransmission connectomes! mouse maps! neuromorphic networks! generative models! neuropeptides! ⤵️
synapse types! neurotransmission connectomes! mouse maps! neuromorphic networks! generative models! neuropeptides! ⤵️
June 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
NetNeuroLab posters + talks at @ohbmofficial.bsky.social
synapse types! neurotransmission connectomes! mouse maps! neuromorphic networks! generative models! neuropeptides! ⤵️
synapse types! neurotransmission connectomes! mouse maps! neuromorphic networks! generative models! neuropeptides! ⤵️
Nature research paper: Ancient feeding-related neuropeptides regulate alloparenting in ants
go.nature.com/4h2qHSO
go.nature.com/4h2qHSO
Ancient feeding-related neuropeptides regulate alloparenting in ants - Nature
Pharmacological screening and behavioural assays in ants identify two specific neuropeptides that have key and opposite effects in regulating brood care, and that link nutritional state to age-dependent changes in parenting behaviour.
go.nature.com
July 13, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Nature research paper: Ancient feeding-related neuropeptides regulate alloparenting in ants
go.nature.com/4h2qHSO
go.nature.com/4h2qHSO
In an article published today, we show that ancient feeding-related neuropeptides have been repurposed to control brood care in clonal raider ants. Photo: Bart Zijlstra, UNIL /1
July 8, 2026 at 6:12 PM
In an article published today, we show that ancient feeding-related neuropeptides have been repurposed to control brood care in clonal raider ants. Photo: Bart Zijlstra, UNIL /1
For #FluorescenceFriday, some really pretty RNAscope labeling for neuropeptides localized to inhibitory neurons in the medial prefrontal cortex of the mouse 🧠. Image credit to PhD student Aaron Salisbury in the JHU Neuroscience Training Program 🔬🧪🤩
April 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
For #FluorescenceFriday, some really pretty RNAscope labeling for neuropeptides localized to inhibitory neurons in the medial prefrontal cortex of the mouse 🧠. Image credit to PhD student Aaron Salisbury in the JHU Neuroscience Training Program 🔬🧪🤩
Thrilled to join this @alleninstitute.bsky.social NGL cohort! Looking forward to learning from this incredible group and advancing interdisciplinary approaches to uncover how neuropeptides modulate behavior and physiology. Let’s push boundaries together!
Meet our 2024 cohort of Next Generation Leaders! For the next 3 years, they will network with other rising stars, participate in professional development, and share their ideas for future research directions.
December 20, 2024 at 1:44 AM
Thrilled to join this @alleninstitute.bsky.social NGL cohort! Looking forward to learning from this incredible group and advancing interdisciplinary approaches to uncover how neuropeptides modulate behavior and physiology. Let’s push boundaries together!
Mapping neuropeptide signaling in the human brain | doi.org/10.1101/2024...
Neuropeptides are among the functionally diverse signaling molecules in the brain and body.
@cebric.bsky.social curates an atlas of neuropeptide receptors and relates it brain function 🧩 🧠 ⤵️
Neuropeptides are among the functionally diverse signaling molecules in the brain and body.
@cebric.bsky.social curates an atlas of neuropeptide receptors and relates it brain function 🧩 🧠 ⤵️
December 19, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Mapping neuropeptide signaling in the human brain | doi.org/10.1101/2024...
Neuropeptides are among the functionally diverse signaling molecules in the brain and body.
@cebric.bsky.social curates an atlas of neuropeptide receptors and relates it brain function 🧩 🧠 ⤵️
Neuropeptides are among the functionally diverse signaling molecules in the brain and body.
@cebric.bsky.social curates an atlas of neuropeptide receptors and relates it brain function 🧩 🧠 ⤵️
🚨 NEW PAPER 🚨
Thrilled to share our latest work in "The Neurobiology of Stress" where we highlight the intricate roles of neuropeptides and neurosteroids in psychiatric disorders, & how new technologies can answer old questions about these important signallers. sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Thrilled to share our latest work in "The Neurobiology of Stress" where we highlight the intricate roles of neuropeptides and neurosteroids in psychiatric disorders, & how new technologies can answer old questions about these important signallers. sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Expanding our understanding of (mal)adapted stress physiology in psychiatric disorders: achieving single-cell characterisation of steroids and neuropeptides
Steroid hormones and neurosteroids (collectively neuroactive steroids), alongside neuropeptides, are key modulators of the central nervous system. The…
sciencedirect.com
June 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
🚨 NEW PAPER 🚨
Thrilled to share our latest work in "The Neurobiology of Stress" where we highlight the intricate roles of neuropeptides and neurosteroids in psychiatric disorders, & how new technologies can answer old questions about these important signallers. sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Thrilled to share our latest work in "The Neurobiology of Stress" where we highlight the intricate roles of neuropeptides and neurosteroids in psychiatric disorders, & how new technologies can answer old questions about these important signallers. sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Giulia is waiting for you at the poster 208 at @eseb2025.bsky.social to talk about neuropeptides in #ants infected by #cestodes! Find out more about it! #ESEB #ESEB2025 #WomeninSTEM
August 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Giulia is waiting for you at the poster 208 at @eseb2025.bsky.social to talk about neuropeptides in #ants infected by #cestodes! Find out more about it! #ESEB #ESEB2025 #WomeninSTEM
Organization of neuropeptide systems in the human brain | doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Neuropeptides are functionally diverse signaling molecules in the brain and body.
@cebric.bsky.social curates an atlas of neuropeptide receptors and relates it to brain function @natneuro.nature.com 🧩 🧠 ⤵️
Neuropeptides are functionally diverse signaling molecules in the brain and body.
@cebric.bsky.social curates an atlas of neuropeptide receptors and relates it to brain function @natneuro.nature.com 🧩 🧠 ⤵️
March 17, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Organization of neuropeptide systems in the human brain | doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Neuropeptides are functionally diverse signaling molecules in the brain and body.
@cebric.bsky.social curates an atlas of neuropeptide receptors and relates it to brain function @natneuro.nature.com 🧩 🧠 ⤵️
Neuropeptides are functionally diverse signaling molecules in the brain and body.
@cebric.bsky.social curates an atlas of neuropeptide receptors and relates it to brain function @natneuro.nature.com 🧩 🧠 ⤵️
Pivoting from current events to some current science! Excited to share this pre-print where we had the opportunity to collaborate with @jsrinivasanwpi.bsky.social! We introduce a technique that I hope will transform the way we study neuropeptides in C. elegans.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
March 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Pivoting from current events to some current science! Excited to share this pre-print where we had the opportunity to collaborate with @jsrinivasanwpi.bsky.social! We introduce a technique that I hope will transform the way we study neuropeptides in C. elegans.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Presenting her work on today's poster session @marwaalkhalidi.bsky.social talking about ZFHX3 and it's molecular action on energy balance neuropeptides @bsneuroendo.bsky.social @ntuneuro.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social #BSNbradford2025
September 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Presenting her work on today's poster session @marwaalkhalidi.bsky.social talking about ZFHX3 and it's molecular action on energy balance neuropeptides @bsneuroendo.bsky.social @ntuneuro.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social #BSNbradford2025
I’m thrilled to share our preprint presenting MORSE: a new way to simultaneously & quantitatively track patterns of neuromodulators/neuropeptides in vitro & in vivo using spatially multiplexed 3D imaging of 10+ green optical sensors on a microendoscope
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.26.634931v1
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.26.634931v1
January 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I’m thrilled to share our preprint presenting MORSE: a new way to simultaneously & quantitatively track patterns of neuromodulators/neuropeptides in vitro & in vivo using spatially multiplexed 3D imaging of 10+ green optical sensors on a microendoscope
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.26.634931v1
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.26.634931v1
La figure
L'article "Neuropeptides specify and reprogram division of labor in the leafcutter ant Atta cephalotes " www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
L'article "Neuropeptides specify and reprogram division of labor in the leafcutter ant Atta cephalotes " www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
June 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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L'article "Neuropeptides specify and reprogram division of labor in the leafcutter ant Atta cephalotes " www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
L'article "Neuropeptides specify and reprogram division of labor in the leafcutter ant Atta cephalotes " www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
Very cool review from Gáspár Jékely and Rafael Yuste :
Nonsynaptic encoding of behavior by neuropeptides sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Nonsynaptic encoding of behavior by neuropeptides sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 5, 2024 at 1:21 PM
Very cool review from Gáspár Jékely and Rafael Yuste :
Nonsynaptic encoding of behavior by neuropeptides sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Nonsynaptic encoding of behavior by neuropeptides sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
If you have some time off these holidays have another look at our beautiful review on #LC neuropeptides 🔵🧠
Neuropeptides fine-tune the brain’s noradrenergic centre. This review maps how they regulate the locus coeruleus to shape behaviour. #PharmRev Danai Riga 🧪
https://ow.ly/SrCq50XMrCq
https://ow.ly/SrCq50XMrCq
December 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
If you have some time off these holidays have another look at our beautiful review on #LC neuropeptides 🔵🧠
Join us for this talk by @janhaaker.bsky.social on "A functional view on how we respond to others’ pain: Empathy, threat learning and neuropeptides"
11 November, 1pm CET
tu-dresden.de/mn/psycholog...
11 November, 1pm CET
tu-dresden.de/mn/psycholog...
November 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Join us for this talk by @janhaaker.bsky.social on "A functional view on how we respond to others’ pain: Empathy, threat learning and neuropeptides"
11 November, 1pm CET
tu-dresden.de/mn/psycholog...
11 November, 1pm CET
tu-dresden.de/mn/psycholog...
What are the molecular underpinnings of behavioral programming? What about reprogramming behavior? In this new exciting paper from the Berger lab, they report that a cocktail of neuropeptides specifies division of labor and and reprograms it in the leafcutter 🐜! www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Neuropeptides specify and reprogram division of labor in the leafcutter ant Atta cephalotes
We identify specific neuropeptides mediating worker division of labor in the leafcutting
ant A. cephalotes, finding two neuropeptides associated with characteristic behaviors
of leafcutting and of bro...
www.cell.com
July 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
What are the molecular underpinnings of behavioral programming? What about reprogramming behavior? In this new exciting paper from the Berger lab, they report that a cocktail of neuropeptides specifies division of labor and and reprograms it in the leafcutter 🐜! www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Leafcutter ants’ specialized roles can be reprogrammed by adjusting two neuropeptides, a new Cell study shows. And the molecular mechanisms that control the labor roles of ants may also be conserved in mammals.
By @shaena.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/social-behav...
By @shaena.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/social-behav...
Neuropeptides reprogram social roles in leafcutter ants
The mechanisms that control the labor roles of ants may also be conserved in naked mole rats, a new study shows.
www.thetransmitter.org
July 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Leafcutter ants’ specialized roles can be reprogrammed by adjusting two neuropeptides, a new Cell study shows. And the molecular mechanisms that control the labor roles of ants may also be conserved in mammals.
By @shaena.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/social-behav...
By @shaena.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/social-behav...
Hi #ACNP2024! Come hear me talk Wednesday afternoon about alcohol & neuropeptides in the prefrontal cortex, or find me at any point before then enjoying iced coffee and sunshine ☀️
We are officially on the ground in Phoenix so it's time for the #ACNP2024 role call 📣
Introduce yourself, your science, tell us if you're a veteran or first-timer, promote your poster/talk/favorite social - whatever you want, this is your space to say it ⬇️
Introduce yourself, your science, tell us if you're a veteran or first-timer, promote your poster/talk/favorite social - whatever you want, this is your space to say it ⬇️
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December 8, 2024 at 12:55 AM
Hi #ACNP2024! Come hear me talk Wednesday afternoon about alcohol & neuropeptides in the prefrontal cortex, or find me at any point before then enjoying iced coffee and sunshine ☀️
In an era of overt sexism in the sciences, Dr. Susan E. Leeman made two major discoveries of neuropeptides, including identifying a chemical signal in the brain later tied to chronic pain & migraines. By Delthia Ricks www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/s...
Susan Leeman, 95, Dies; Explored How the Brain Influences the Body
www.nytimes.com
February 26, 2026 at 3:48 AM
In an era of overt sexism in the sciences, Dr. Susan E. Leeman made two major discoveries of neuropeptides, including identifying a chemical signal in the brain later tied to chronic pain & migraines. By Delthia Ricks www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/s...
I forgot the neuropeptides RIP arginine-vasopressin
December 9, 2024 at 5:29 AM
I forgot the neuropeptides RIP arginine-vasopressin
Deux des messagers les plus connus de la douleur (la substance P et CGRPα) ne seraient finalement pas aussi essentiels que ce qu'on pensait.
Des souris dépourvues de ces 2 neuropeptides semblent, contre toute attente, ressentir aussi bien la douleur que les autres.
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
Des souris dépourvues de ces 2 neuropeptides semblent, contre toute attente, ressentir aussi bien la douleur que les autres.
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
Pain: Revisiting the role of Substance P and CGRPα
Mice lacking two neuropeptides thought to be essential for processing pain show no change in how they respond to a wide range of harmful stimuli.
elifesciences.org
April 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Deux des messagers les plus connus de la douleur (la substance P et CGRPα) ne seraient finalement pas aussi essentiels que ce qu'on pensait.
Des souris dépourvues de ces 2 neuropeptides semblent, contre toute attente, ressentir aussi bien la douleur que les autres.
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
Des souris dépourvues de ces 2 neuropeptides semblent, contre toute attente, ressentir aussi bien la douleur que les autres.
elifesciences.org/articles/106...