@rijacobsen
Researcher at the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience and Associate Professor at the Department of Biology, both at NTNU Trondheim. Running the @marineneurolab.bsky.social where we study the brains behind bioluminescence www.marineneurolab.com
#OCTRON just got even better!
Annotate dozens of animals in hundreds of frames in minutes and/or skip masks for super fast predictions.
The closest thing to magic I've ever seen for tracking animal behaviour 🪄
Hvordan skal studenter lære norsk fagspråk når mange lærebøker og mye av undervisningen på universitetene er på engelsk?
Svaret: termportalen.no - en åpen ressurs for terminologi på tvers av språk, nå med ny termbase innen dyrefysiologi! 🌟
#NorskFagspråk
termportalen.w.uib.no/2026/02/02/n...
#OCTRON summary 👇
📃Preprint: biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.20.695663v1
📓Documentation: octron-tracking.github.io/OCTRON-docs
🧫Cell videos by S. Kumar: celltrackingchallenge.net/2d-datasets
You can use #OCTRON to track cells too!
It took 10 min to annotate multiple cells in 146 frames, 1.5 hrs to train a model with a GPU, and 10 sec to make these predictions. It doesn't get much easier than that⚡️
Have you tried #OCTRON yet?
Here's a speedy run-through of the pipeline, showing how you go from annotating animals, to training a model, and visualising predictions in new videos. Everything you need to track your favourite species! 💪
Oh wow - I sometimes think about the barber who started counting seconds but never remember where I read that story. Now I do! Sounds like it's time for a reread for me too.
Do you work on animal behaviour? Check out this pipeline created by the incredible @octoscience.bsky.social!
It's simply amazing how quickly you can annotate videos, train a model, and use it to analyse novel videos. Especially if your animal of choice is squishy or uses camouflage 🪱🐛🦑🪼🐙
Maybe we should revise policies that push postdocs out of academic research too early. It selects for early achievers that remain in one field and risks losing the highest impact people
Still at SfN on the last day? During the morning session on the 19th, 8:00AM - 12:00PM, come check out our posters from the Moser, Zong, and Gonzalo Cogno groups in row QQ ('Grid cells and spatially modulated cells'). Ephys, imaging, remapping, development, sweeps and more! 🧠
Detailed thread below 👇
Blue capital letters on a black background with specks of blue. The text says "even in the darkest depths, it is possible to find light". The image was made with ChatGPT
#WorldMentalHealthDay #bioluminescence
According to the book Annelida by G Rouse, F Pleijel and @etilic.bsky.social it's
1: palp
2: acicula
Remember: you can contribute to #OpenScience by sharing funding applications on ogrants.org 🎉
Check out these beautiful, glowing worms! 🤩
Kjempebra! 👏
Akademiet for yngre forskere leter etter 10 nye medlemmer!
AYF samler fantastiske forskere i tidlig karriere der brenner for forskningspolitikk, forskningsformidling og vitenskapelig debatt.
Søknadsfristen er 15. juni
Mer info ⤵
akademietforyngreforskere.no/vil-du-bli-m...
Two square tiramisu pieces stacked on top of each other on a white, circular plate. Underneath the plate is a yellow napkin and an abstract patterned tablecloth. At the front of the image there are two pieces of confectionery in yellow and brown wrapping. The background is an abstract, twirling artwork in dark blues and greens.
In keeping with tradition, a big funding rejection (🥲) means it's treat time! More specifically, tiramisu-tower-time 🎉
It's not easy to start something new, but the like-minded people you meet along the way make it worth it. They keep science fun 🎈🌟
I suspect that my wording was not clear enough and should clarify that it wasn't me who wrote this fantastic piece, but @oaggimenez.bsky.social. 🎩h/t #openscience
Oh I hadn't noticed. The summaries and descriptions i see seem to just be lifted from the publishers'. Should look into that!
For the recommendations?
I second Notion! But as an alternative to Goodreads, try Storygraph - goes above and beyond in my opinon, and you can easily import your entire library from Goodreads
One thing we did last year was to build our lab and in this video made by @nadiave.bsky.social you can see how it all came together!
Our worms naturally live in the deep ocean where sunlight never reaches, so we built a tent where we can house them and do behavioural experiments in total darkness 🌚
Drawing of a gossamer worm made with mathematical equations, by Hamid Naderi Yeganeh
I just learned about Hamid Nedari Yeganeh, who makes amazing drawings using only mathematical equations.
Now I can't begin to understand how he does this, but I wanted to share this one he made of a gossamer worm. So cool! 🤯
The left side of the picture contains part of a power point slide listing 10 tips for young academics ("1. Be kind and build a good reputation, 2. Prioritise punctuality and reliability, 3. Understand the informal work culture, 4. Contribute beyond research, 5. Build a strong network early, 6. Embrace flat hierarchies, 7. Explore diverse funding sources, 8. Engage in interdisciplinary collaboration, 9. Learn the local language, 10. Adapt to local working customs"). Next to the slide, in the bottom right corner of the picture, is a man in a blue shirt and black jacket presenting. The background wall is brown.
Accompanied by 10 tips for young academics, from the young Nordic and Baltic academies
Source of the tips: www.sciencenordic.com/academia-res...
A power point slide titled 'Five lessons' and containing a list of five points ("1. New researchers need to be given space to grow, 2. The research career journey is best done with fellow travellers, 2. Being a researcher is about more than research skills and new researchers need to be equipped accordingly, 4. New researchers should be allowed to shine, 5. There is a need for clarity of expectations (and for recognition of the virtue of patience"). Next to the slide is a man in a blue shirt and black jacket and trousers, and backs of the heads of several people are in the foreground of the picture.
5 lessons in how to nurture and support new young researchers from Professor Michael Woods at a seminar organised by The Letten Prize, The Holberg Prize and The Young Academy of Norway
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Hurray for the non-model organism “renaissance” in neuroscience!
Meet the team at the MNL!
We're a small lab with big ambitions, but also value time off. Because discoveries are made by humans, so you need to put their wellbeing first. Meet our humans below! 👇
Now you can follow the ups and downs of our research on the brains behind bioluminescence!
This is my passion project and by sharing what we do I hope we can make even more people passionate about weird worms and luring lights 🌟🐛
