Salil Bidaye

Here’s our latest preprint on uncovering neural control of a coordinated walking pattern! doi.org/10.64898/202... (author-list jumbled, see pdf for corrected). Video shows the central paradigm in this study, we optogenetically induce walking in headless flies and sequentially reduce proprioception.

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A new study by Silvia Arber’s team at FMI & @biozentrum.unibas.ch @unibas.ch, with collaborators at @alleninstitute.org, delivers the most detailed map yet of the mouse motor cortex—offering new insight into the brain circuits that link intention, sensation and movement. www.fmi.ch/news-events/...

New preprint! TLDR: We mapped the genetic architecture of neonatal vocalization in deer mice, and found candidate genes expressed in the cerebellum that could be contributing to the evolution of temporal structure in infant cries #Bioacoustics #neuroskyence www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Applications are now open for the San Juan Winter School 2027 on Connectomics and Brain Simulation! Join us to learn how to analyze and simulate connectomes. sjcabs.com

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

a good summary of how we got here and what it means. i would add is that everyone who works with the fly connectome datasets knows that they all far from "complete". each one, though monumental, has major reconstruction/annotation issues, not to mention the lack of a peripheral nervous system.

This article is so frustrating to read. First, this is not just “google’s brain” - there has been so much effort made by scientists around the world to get these connectomes to where they are today, and none of that is recognized here, instead it’s all turned into “big tech company 👍🏻”. And second -

Thank you Natalia Mesa at the @thetransmitter.bsky.social for highlighting our labs preprint on synaptic mechanisms of head direction learning!! 🪰🧭 Work from @markplitt.bsky.social in my lab in collaboration with the Jayaraman lab! www.thetransmitter.org/learning-and...

We’re looking for a lab manager (+research work) position for my laboratory @mpfneuro.bsky.social ideal for someone with strong drosophila experience looking for a stable long term position doing lab management and work closely with active fly neuro research. Apply @ www.mpfi.org/our-labs/bid...

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Zandawala lab is looking to recruit a postdoc to work on neuromodulation of feeding in Drosophila and other arthropods at KU Leuven (Leuven, Belgium). Details for the position can be found here: www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo... Please share!

We are hiring a postdoc! We study neural activity and movement using holographic optogenetics, imaging, and recordings in awake mice. My first postdoc, Masashi, is starting his own lab, so now we have an opening. Seeking candidates excited about circuits, optics, coding, or ephys. oldenburglab.com

We are looking for a new lab manager to join our team! See jobs.smartrecruiters.com/HarvardUnive... or DM if interested - neuroscience background a big plus but not required

We're hiring a postdoc to develop and use custom optical instruments for measuring and manipulating neural activity in worms and flies. Please apply via interfolio: apply.interfolio.com/186001

"The smallest organisms may hold the biggest answers." Here, two new studies on the fruit fly connectome led by Tuthill, Brunton, and Bidaye address the mechanisms underlying walking. It's well summarized by a piece in the Transmitter: www.thetransmitter.org/systems-neur...

New preprint from the lab, led by Bradley Cutler. With the @james-gagnon.bsky.social lab we use zebrafish to show that fever is not a reduction in the perception of warmth. Immune signals instead increase the valence of warming stimuli while cooling turns aversive. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Our recent work covered in this cool piece by @natmesanash.bsky.social @thetransmitter.bsky.social . Thanks for using our videos!

Max Planck PhD program deadline on Dec 1. I’m hiring through this. Shoot a DM if you have any questions.

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Our manuscript on the role of Nf1 in regulating motor behavior is out. Neurofibromatosis type 1 affects brain/neuronal fxn. We found that the Nf1 protein impacts the patterning & prioritization of motor behaviors in a state-dependent manner in Drosophila: www.jneurosci.org/content/45/1...

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