Sha Liu 刘沙
Neurobiologist studies sleep, biological rhythms, and insect cognition.
Group Leader @VIB_CBD @cbdresearch.bsky.social | Assistant Professor @KU_Leuven ||
http://www.flysleeplab.com
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- Reposted by Sha Liu 刘沙🚀 Proudly introducing the VIB-KU Leuven Center For Neuroscience, a merger of the two former VIB research centers VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research and Neuro-Electronics Research Flanders (NERF)! Our new motto: Bold Science, Real Impact. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhaq...
- Reposted by Sha Liu 刘沙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...
- Reposted by Sha Liu 刘沙Our paper is published today in Current Biology and is featured on the cover! We report a neat, and somewhat counter-intuitive, finding: higher-ranking baboons get less and more interrupted night-time rest.
- Reposted by Sha Liu 刘沙📢 Join us, the Haberkern lab, @uni-wuerzburg.de for a postdoc studying neural circuit mechanisms of navigation. You’ll spearheading neurophysiology experiments on our brand new 2P! ⏳ Apply by 28th February 2026 Details: www.haberkernlab.de/docs/ENPostd... #neuroscience #academicjobs #postdoc
- Reposted by Sha Liu 刘沙Honoured to have contributed to a new paper in @currentbiology.bsky.social led by Mario Bronzati and lots of excellent and brainy (yes, pun intended) colleagues, showing that pterosaurs and birds evolved flight-capable brains but in different ways. www.cell.com/current-biol...
- 🚨 Postdoc openings! We’re looking for postdocs excited about sleep, synapses & cellular neurophysiology (fly or mouse). Yes, we also have mouse projects! See details: www.flysleeplab.com/positions
- Reposted by Sha Liu 刘沙Nature research paper: Convergent genome evolution shaped the emergence of terrestrial animals go.nature.com/4i0i61w
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- Reposted by Sha Liu 刘沙Quanta contributing writer @maxlevy.bsky.social has received a Kavli Gold Award from @aaas.org and @kavlifoundation.org for “The Hidden World of Electrostatic Ecology,” a detailed account of how small organisms use static electricity to their advantage. www.quantamagazine.org/quantanews/q...
- Reposted by Sha Liu 刘沙Evidence from 14 research funding programmes confirms that early winners tend to keep winning (Matthew effect). But the idea that an early setback makes you stronger later doesn’t replicate widely. buff.ly/UEtcRd4
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- Reposted by Sha Liu 刘沙Apply for our International PhD Call! Discover the 11 new projects for this edition and apply until the 20th of November. 🔗More info: cbd.sites.vib.be/en/phdcall2026
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- Reposted by Sha Liu 刘沙First neurons didn’t appear overnight. We trace their roots to ancient secretory cells - showing how lifestyle & behavior shaped the evolution of first synapses.🧠🌊 #Evolution #Neuroscience Our latest in @natrevneuro.nature.com Link: rdcu.be/eMX3E @jeffcolgren.bsky.social @msarscentre.bsky.social
- Reposted by Sha Liu 刘沙New work from Sha Liu's lab connecting a cellular level process to behavior! 🪰💤
- Presynaptic Release Probability Determines the Need for Sleep biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
- Reposted by Sha Liu 刘沙Edward Kravitz, a Harvard biochemist who proved GABA's inhibitory power, passed away last month. He will "be remembered for his humanity, for his social conscience and his desire to help those less fortunate than he,” says Ronald Harris-Warrick. By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social bit.ly/479Ggmo
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- Reposted by Sha Liu 刘沙what Piali said! Looking to recruit a new assistant professor to our fabulous neuroscience group and department at Brandeis. Please circulate far and wide and alert anyone you know who is on the job market! #neuroscience
- TT faculty job opening in #Neuroscience! We are looking for a colleague to join us in our fantastic Biology Department and Neuroscience Program at Brandeis. We are a group of *very* collaborative, supportive, and productive scientists (& humans!) so please apply academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30961
- Reposted by Sha Liu 刘沙We're very proud to be releasing the complete male fly CNS connectome! It's the product of a huge team effort here at Janelia in partnership with the Cambridge Fly Connectomics group (@jefferis.bsky.social and colleagues), plus invaluable collaborators. More soon... www.janelia.org/project-team...
- Reposted by Sha Liu 刘沙Ed Kravitz passed away yesterday. He was a remarkable scientist and mentor- brilliant, curious, creative, and kind. I am grateful to have learned from him. His legacy will endure through his science and through the many people he inspired. We will miss you, Ed.
- Reposted by Sha Liu 刘沙This is a disaster if the EU doesn't follow up by doubling the budget 😬🧪
- record 17,058 Marie Curie proposals in 2025 vs. 10,360 in 2024!!! the reason is pretty obvious, but wow that is a huge jump marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/news/msca-po...
- Reposted by Sha Liu 刘沙The discovery of an unusual reproductive system for one ant species solves a long-standing puzzle go.nature.com/47mxGkM
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- Reposted by Sha Liu 刘沙New prize at our center! Our Liu Lab received the Outstanding Early Investigator Award, by the Sleep Research Society. This distinction was awarded to Joana Dopp, former PhD student at our center, following their publication on Nature Neuroscience. Congratulations! cbd.sites.vib.be/en/news#/new...
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- Reposted by Sha Liu 刘沙Now online! Adaptive radiation and social evolution of the ants
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- Reposted by Sha Liu 刘沙Just published, expansion in situ genome sequencing, where you can sequence DNA while still inside the cell, mapping its organization relative to proteins and other markers, with the help of expansion microscopy! Led by @jbuenrostro.bksy.social. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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- Reposted by Sha Liu 刘沙We are very pleased to share that our paper on sexual dimorphism in circadian rhythms has been published in @plosbiology.org. This work was led by the very talented Aishwarya Iyer and includes contributions from three undergraduate co-authors. You can read the full study here:
- Sexual dimorphism in the #Drosophila #circadian pacemaker. @aishwaryaramak6.bsky.social @mariadelapax.bsky.social &co show that female flies are more resilient to disruptions in circadian rhythms caused by changes in the PDF pathway or pacemaker cell clock speed @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4kbWuzg
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- Reposted by Sha Liu 刘沙In a new Science study, cryo–electron tomography captures the in-cell architecture of the mitochondrial respiratory chain, illuminating how the coordinated action of molecular machines drives life’s fundamental energy conversion. Learn more in this week's issue: scim.ag/3FA3Ygq
