Behaviour

Investigate how neural circuits generate and regulate behaviour in model organisms. The search emphasizes large-scale measurements and perturbations of neural activity, molecular tools, functional recording and complex behaviours in naturalistic environments. The successful scholar joins Biology or Psychological and Brain Sciences, develops independent research and teaches and mentors students. Priority review is 15 November 2026.

Develop a research programme in urban ecology, behaviour and evolution addressing biological challenges where ecology and society meet. Areas include biodiversity conservation, nature-based climate solutions, environmental genomics and multi-omics, conservation in modified landscapes and green infrastructure. Responsibilities include independent and collaborative research, teaching, mentoring and service. Priority review is 15 November 2026.

…affects brain activity and behaviour.

…morphology, development, physiology, behaviour and ecology. Symposia connect neural sensing to movement; test developmental and evolutionary responses to climate; investigate regeneration of bodies, brains and behaviour; and combine extinct and living organisms to reconstruct biological change. Further sessions examine dormancy, compliant structures, host–microbiome feedback, mutualisms, shark development, polyploidy, crustacean life cycles and animal aesthetics. Neuromechanics sessions compare how muscle–tendon

…understand how neural systems support behaviour and cognition. Research connects systems neuroscience with computational models, emphasizing explanations of brain function and exchange between empirical and theoretical researchers. The main meeting is at Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth and workshops are at Le Westin Montréal. Abstract submission is closed. Abstracts use double-blind review, with deci

…applying evolutionary explanations to behaviour. It spans behavioural ecology, comparative and developmental psychology, ethology, anthropology, cultural evolution and archaeology, with contributions from other relevant social and biological sciences. The programme encourages interdisciplinary work on the relationships among biology, social environments, culture and human behaviour.

Develop sensor technologies that quantify behaviour and synchronise those measurements with neural activity. The BRAIN Initiative call supports methods capable of capturing richer interactions among brain activity, behaviour and the surrounding environment, with emphasis on practical research utility. U01 projects may last up to five years, and individual budgets should reflect project needs. The next application deadline is 15 June 2027 at 5 p.m. in the applicant organisation’s local time. The programme-wide funding allocation is not an individual award limit.

…and cell-type diversity support the behaviour of social species such as ants. Mechanisms in insect mushroom bodies are compared with changes in the mammalian cortex.

Brad Gemmell discusses how changing environmental conditions affect the behaviour and ecology of small marine organisms. Topics include ctenophore predation, diatoms and ocean carbon cycling, and the role of upside-down Cassiopea jellyfish as ecosystem engineers. The conversation connects organismal physiology and movement with broader changes in marine ecosystems.

…and how population activity relates to behaviour. Topics include causal interpretations, evolutionary claims, motor control and the limits of low-dimensional descriptions, along with work on restoring movement after spinal-cord injury.

…implement computations underlying behaviour? Achieving this goal requires models that are consistent with biophysical mechanisms and circuit dynamics, yet flexible enough to capture behaviourally relevant computations. We develop simulation-based machine learning methods that address this challenge. I will show how these approaches—in combination with connectomic measurements—make it possible to bu

This presentation delves into the necessity for simplified models in the field of psychological sciences to cater to a diverse audience of practitioners. We introduce the #PsychMapping model, evaluate its merits and limitations, and discuss its place in contemporary scientific culture. The #PsychMapping model is the product of an extensive literature review, initially within the realm of sport and exercise psychology and subsequently encompassing a broader spectrum of psychological sciences. This model synthesizes the progress made in psychological sciences by categorizing variables into a fra

This presentation delves into the necessity for simplified models in the field of psychological sciences to cater to a diverse audience of practitioners. We introduce the #PsychMapping model, evaluate its merits and limitations, and discuss its place in contemporary scientific culture. The #PsychMapping model is the product of an extensive literature review, initially within the realm of sport and exercise psychology and subsequently encompassing a broader spectrum of psychological sciences. This model synthesizes the progress made in psychological sciences by categorizing variables into a fra

…analyses of decision-making behaviour, seeking to characterise not just the variation between subjects but also a subject's variability across time. When analysing the behaviour of each subject in a choice task, we ideally want to know not only when the subject has learnt the correct choice rule but also what the subject tried while learning. I introduce a simple but effective Bayesian approach to inferring the probability of different choice strategies at trial resolution. This can be used both for inferring when subjects le

…for potential and sequential upcoming behaviour. In my talk, I will present a series of our recent studies that have started to reveal emerging principles of a working memory that looks forward – highlighting, amongst others, how selective attention plays a vital role in prioritising internal contents for behaviour, and the bi-directional links between visual

The goal of neuroscience is to understand how the nervous system controls behaviour, not only in the simplified environments of the lab, but also in the natural environments for which nervous systems evolved. In pursuing this goal, neuroscience research is supported by an ever-larger toolbox, ranging from optogenetics to connectomics. However, often these tools are coupled with reductionist approaches for linking nervous systems and behaviour. This course will introduce advanced techniques for measuring and analysing behaviour, as well as three fundamental principles as necessary to understan

…how cellular activity contributes to behaviour and mental experience. The lecture connects the discovery and development of these tools with questions about emotions, the neural pathways that generate our inner experience, and processes disrupted in psychiatric illness. It considers both basic research and clinical possibilities, includin

…with neural activity to shape Hydra behaviour. We will discuss our findings and thoughts on how this simple nervous system may self-organize to produce purposeful behavior.

…understanding of brain function and behaviour, but is often prohibitively difficult for non-experts to implement and is limited to few laboratories worldwide. We developed BonVision as an easy-to-use open-source software for the display of virtual or augmented reality, as well as standard visual stimuli. BonVision has been tested on humans and mice, and is capable of supporting new experimental designs in other animal models of vision. As the architecture is based on the open-source Bonsai graphical program

“Call me a marine vision scientist. Some years ago - never mind how long precisely - having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see what animals see in the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of dividing off the spectrum, and regulating circular polarisation.” Sometimes I wish I had just set out to harpoon a white whale as it would have been easier than studying stomatopod (mantis shrimp) vision. Nowhere near as much fun of course and certainly less dangerous so in this presentation I track the histo

Environmental insults alter brain function and behaviour inboth rodents and people. One putative underlying mechanism that has receivedsubstantial attention recently is the gut microbiota, the ecosystem ofsymbiotic microorganisms that populate the intestinal tract, which is known toplay a role in brain health and function via the gut-brain axis. Two keyenvironmental insults known to affect both brain function and behaviour, andthe gut microbiome, are poor diet and psychological stress. While there isstrong evidence for interactions between the microbiome and host physiology inthe context of ch

…level to the macroscopic network and behavioural level. How can we incorporate the knowl

…into childhood, as assessed by both behaviour and neural representations. This approach forms the basis for a newer question: the scope for the nervous

Foraging research aims at describing, understanding, and predicting resource-gathering behaviour. Optimal Foraging Theory (OFT) is a sub-discipline that emphasises that these aims can be aided by segmenting foraging behaviour into discrete problems that can be formally described and examined with mathematical maximization techniques. Examples of such segmentation are found in the isolated treatment of issues such as patch residence time, prey selection, information gathering, risky choice, intertemporal decision making, resource allocation, competition, memory updating, group structure, and so