Jean Laurens
Neuroscientist - Vestibular system, Spatial navigation - Group leader at the Ernst Strüngmann Institute for Neuroscience, Frankfurt, Germany.
- Reposted by Jean LaurensIf that’s its V1 then this monkey’s got the power to see into the future.
- Reposted by Jean LaurensBeing grumpy is not a character flaw. People have moods & emotions. They influence their decision making and actions. Negative affect isn’t something that has to be eradicated from science, nevermind life. bsky.app/profile/nico...
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- Reposted by Jean LaurensDu willst deine Begeisterung für Wissenschaft und Forschung teilen – und lernen, wie das professionell geht? 🔬🐒 Bewirb dich als Volontär*in in der Stabsstelle Kommunikation am DPZ! 🎤📣 Vielfältige Einblicke in die Wissenschaftskommunikation warten auf dich. www.dpz.eu/karriere/ste...
- Reposted by Jean LaurensNature research paper: Plastic landmark anchoring in zebrafish compass neurons go.nature.com/4qP4HwB
- Reposted by Jean LaurensCan humans & animals really use internal maps to take shortcuts? Tolman famously said yes - based largely on his Sunburst maze. Our new review & meta-analysis suggests evidence is far weaker than you might think. 🧵👇 doi.org/10.1111/ejn.... @uofgpsychneuro.bsky.social @ejneuroscience.bsky.social
- Reposted by Jean LaurensVery happy for this @ejneuroscience.bsky.social editorial on the importance of diverse research animals in neuroscience. We make the case that embracing a plurality of model organisms enriches the field and accelerates both basic and translational research. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- Reposted by Jean LaurensCoincidence of thalamic HD signal and retrosplenial visual input is detected in the Presubiculum! 🎯 This may be the neuronal basis for landmark anchoring of the HD signal. Pleased to announce the VOR is now available elifesciences.org/articles/92443 Congrats first author Louis Richevaux 🙌
- Reposted by Jean LaurensI definitely didn’t just scrape the web to get the h-index and total citation count as of 12/30/2025 for 319 living and dead nonhuman primate researchers to get a sense of publication metrics by rank on tenure-track.
- Reposted by Jean LaurensOne thing to add here is the immense impact this incredibly tiny fraction of PIs has had on our knowledge of the brain! To quote a great NHP neuroscientist that shall remain anonymous: this is real science!
- Reposted by Jean Laurens📢 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 Jean LaurensNew grant, new openings coming up… www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...
- Reposted by Jean Laurens📣We have 2 open faculty positions for senior researchers in Neuroscience at Queen's University! healthsci.queensu.ca/administrati... 1. a new Director for our Centre for Neuroscience Studies 2. a non-human primate NeuroAI researcher Please share widely and reach out for questions!
- Reposted by Jean LaurensGreat news! We are looking for an NHP neuroscientist as the assistant professor level. We have no preconceived ideas -- looking for the most exciting research going. If you have any questions, please reach out. universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...
- Reposted by Jean LaurensPetition in Germany with 40,000 signatures calls for a phased EU-wide end to primate research. EARA stresses that #NHP studies remain vital for developing treatments and vaccines and warning against politically driven restrictions before alternatives are ready. www.eara.eu/post/petitio...
- Reposted by Jean LaurensCome and join our lab! We have TWO fully funded PhD positions AND a paid field assistant opportunity in our Behavioral Ecology group @uni-goettingen.de & @primatenzentrum.bsky.social. Projects will be part of @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social & @sfb1528.bsky.social!! Details in thread. Please re-post!
- Reposted by Jean Laurens📢 We are organising the Senses in Motion conference for the third time, and we are now accepting abstracts for posters or talks. Deadline for abstracts: 19 December Conference dates: 18–21 May 2026 Location: Harnack House, Berlin Register via this page👇 sensesinmotion.org #neuroskyence #neurosky
- Reposted by Jean LaurensUnser Heft 11/2025 ist raus! Titelthema: Kunst trifft Wissenschaft Außerdem: - Serien Premiere des Elfenbeinwurms❗ - Methoden Special #RNA-Sequenzierung - #Tierversuchspolitik; - Pathologie; - Forschungsförderung; - tRNA-#Chaperone; - … Das ganze Heft online: www.laborjournal.de/rubric/aktue...
- I entirely agree. Research in rodents has enabled remarkable technical advances and deepened our understanding of brainstem circuits and general brain physiology. However, only NHPs possess cognitive, visual, and motor faculties necessary to advance human-relevant systems neuroscience.
- Research in primate brains has been essential for the development of brain-computer interfaces and artificial neural networks. New funding and policy changes put future such advances at risk, write Cory Miller, @movshon.bsky.social and Doris Tsao. #neuroskyence bit.ly/47MXYLH
- Reposted by Jean LaurensFear, monkeys, and institutional courage When news broke of an explosion inside Harvard’s neurobiology building early Saturday morning, every scientist who works with monkeys felt it—an involuntary jolt, a spike of cortisol, the silent thought: what if it had been us? Neither animals nor people…
- Reposted by Jean LaurensWhy are primates essential for brain research? 🎧 Watch Episode #3 with Prof. Gail to uncover #Neuroscience, #DecisionMaking, and #Neuroprosthetics: youtu.be/HN4YFhGU_6Y?...
- A major blow to neuroscience and biomedical research.
- Dutch lawmakers have approved the phase-out of primate research at one of Europe’s biggest facilities. Neuroscientists are worried. By Lauren Schenkman #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/animal-model...
- Reposted by Jean LaurensA sad day for Neuroscience in the Netherlands.
- Dutch lawmakers have approved the phase-out of primate research at one of Europe’s biggest facilities. Neuroscientists are worried. By Lauren Schenkman #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/animal-model...
- Reposted by Jean LaurensWe’re having lots of fun designing tasks to study neural circuits of spatial orientation in mice, and we’re looking for PhD candidates to join the adventure! Email me to learn more or apply for a PhD with us: www.keshavarzilab.com 🗓️ Deadline for expressions of interest: 30 October.
- Reposted by Jean LaurensHintergründe zur deutschen Forschung an der #Xenotransplantation aus erster Hand gibt es u.a. im Podcast #FabelnFellFakten: www.tierversuche-verstehen.de/s3e5-xenotra... Darin erklärt Eckhard Wolf @lmumuenchen.bsky.social die Gründe und verrät wann es mit dem #Schweineherz so weit sein könnte.
- Reposted by Jean LaurensLet's recap: Everything* is everywhere** * Except language, motor, memory, facial recognition, spatial perception, ... ** Except white matter, human brains, or anything else that is not a mouse brain
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@benhayden.bsky.social @tyrellturing.bsky.social @jmgrohneuro.bsky.social @pessoabrain.bsky.social I see a lot of talk on here about how we should avoid "x does y" talk because the brain is "a dynamic, reverberant, reciprocally interconnected system". But this does not follow. A thread... - Reposted by Jean LaurensI think the church of everything is everywhere should check tumor removal surgeries. They all start by making sure they won't remove a specific function when removing a specific region. Can you guess how they do it? @benhayden.bsky.social @pessoabrain.bsky.social hint: it is not with decoders
- @benhayden.bsky.social @tyrellturing.bsky.social @jmgrohneuro.bsky.social @pessoabrain.bsky.social I see a lot of talk on here about how we should avoid "x does y" talk because the brain is "a dynamic, reverberant, reciprocally interconnected system". But this does not follow. A thread...
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View full threadReposted by Jean LaurensOf course. It’s extraordinarily that we even need to have this discussion - again - I despair.
- Reposted by Jean LaurensThis graph, taken from an article @science.org by @sarareardon.bsky.social is problematic. Actually, it's outright wrong. And that's probably due to ill definitions. Short 🧵⬇️
- Reposted by Jean LaurensThis week's @thelancet.com cover and editorial www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
- Reposted by Jean LaurensWe express deep concern over the recent dangerous precedent of political interference in #Canada regarding research involving #dogs. Decisions about biomedical research should be guided by fact-based evaluation and evidence, not crude political grandstanding. More: www.eara.eu/post/the-dan...
- Reposted by Jean LaurensVery timely and insightful OpEd by Prof. Cory Miller on WSJ. It lays out an important point - Advanced AI cannot be developed in a vacuum without understanding the sophisticated machines we have in our brains. www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
- Reposted by Jean Laurenshi this is my favorite writing advice, it's from former simpsons writer john swartzwelder (i think about the crappy little elf all the time) www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
- Reposted by Jean LaurensThis had me laughing to tears. The person sitting next to me on the flight must have thought I was nuts. A must read for the FEP curious. www.researchgate.net/publication/...
- Reposted by Jean LaurensKleiner Sneak Peek in unser neues Video: Wir schauen Tierpfleger Justin bei seinem Arbeitsalltag am Deutschen Primatenzentrum über die Schulter. 🎥 Hier den ganzen Film ansehen: youtu.be/x8FI2xuklds
- Reposted by Jean LaurensDie Welt gewinnt den "War on Cancer" - titelt der @economist.com. Langsam, aber stetig fallen die Todesraten, immer mehr Menschen überleben eine Krebserkrankung. Und die Forschung hat noch ein paar Pfeile im Köcher: Neue Immuntherapien, mRNA-"Impfungen" uvm. #ForschungWirkt
- Reposted by Jean LaurensAaaand we have our final line-up for ESI-SyNC 2025! Check it out! :) Join us for two exciting days of figuring out what altered states of consciousness do to your brain! More info: esi-frankfurt.de/newevent/ Go register (100 Euro, free for junior researchers): survey.academiccloud.de/index.php/18...
- Reposted by Jean LaurensGuinea-Paviane im Senegal treffen ihre nächtlichen Entscheidungen offenbar unabhängig von potenziellen Risiken durch Fressfeinde oder Parasiten und bevorzugen es, in guter Nachbarschaft zu schlafen. Dabei nutzen sie überwiegend hohe Bäume in den Galeriewäldern entlang des Gambia-Flusses. 🌴👉 (1/2)
- Reposted by Jean LaurensI’m doing some research on IACUC practices. Does your institution make public the meeting minutes? If so can you DM me with the link to them. mbasso@uw.edu. Thanks!
- Reposted by Jean LaurensAmidst everything, the lab's first preprint is out! It's just a methods paper, no scientific results (yet!), but it's still great to see it all pulled together. We hope that these open-source behavioral tools will be useful for others!
- Reposted by Jean LaurensIn our upcoming episode, Dr. Raymundo Baez Mendoza @raymundobaez.bsky.social, neuroscientist at the German Primate Center @primatenzentrum.bsky.social, explains how game theory is used to understand cooperation, competition, and social risk in controlled lab settings. 🐒 youtube.com/shorts/Ac34u...
- Reposted by Jean LaurensMachtverhältnisse bei Primaten: Klar dominante Geschlechter sind die Ausnahme! Neulich war der NDR bei uns zu Gast und hat unsere Forschenden Claudia Fichtel & Peter Kappeler zu ihrer neuen Studie interviewt. 👉 Hier geht’s zum Beitrag: www.ndr.de/fernsehen/se... #DPZ #patriarchat
- Reposted by Jean LaurensIs it just me or do others find it super hypocritical that health agency officials (HHS/FDA/NIH) have suddenly become anti-animal research activists for "ethical reasons" while being quiet about, if not actively promoting, more consumption of red meat, tallow and other forms of animal fat and flesh?
- Reposted by Jean LaurensWofür braucht es Affen in der #Forschung? @stefantreue.bsky.social, Direktor des @primatenzentrum.bsky.social und Sprecher der Initiative "Tierversuche verstehen" @tvvde.bsky.social, zu Gast im TVV-Podcast "Fabeln, Fell & Fakten". www.tierversuche-verstehen.de/s4e18-wofuer... #Tierversuche #Podcast
- Reposted by Jean LaurensCurious about the visual human brain, a vibrant and collaborative lab, and pursuing a PhD in the heart of Europe? My lab is recruiting for a 3-year PhD position. More details: www.rademakerlab.com/job-add
- Reposted by Jean Laurens🎥 Eindrücke von der Nacht des Wissens 2025 Am Deutschen Primatenzentrum haben wir Einblicke in unsere Forschung gegeben. Das Video zeigt einige Impressionen vom Abend: youtube.com/shorts/sMTEj... #NachtDesWissens #DPZ #Forschung
- Reposted by Jean Laurens"And this is the thing about science: it's easy to make it sound made-up and stupid. Someone who just want's to cut funding can trivialize any research." Yes, that is exactly what we see in many public debates about #AnimalResearch youtube.com/shorts/Xxcz9...
- Reposted by Jean LaurensMice harboring mutations in Fmr1, Cntnap2 or Shank3B show a blunted update of priors during decision-making, suggesting that distinct genetic instantiations of ASD may yield common neurophysiological and behavioral phenotypes www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Jean LaurensThe Ernst Strüngmann Institute of Neuroscience joined the Be Open about Animal Research Day. You can join too! Show your support and share on #BOARD25
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- Reposted by Jean LaurensOnly 10 days left to apply for the postdoc position in our lab 👇
- We’re hiring a postdoc with slice patch-clamp expertise to study head direction circuits and plasticity during spatial learning. Ideal for a neurophysiologist excited to combine ex vivo and in vivo approaches. Come join us in beautiful Cambridge! 🐭🧭🧠 📝 Apply by 9 June: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51282/
