We show, using a combination of data analysis and theory, that behavioral plasticity, or adaptation, is enough to explain the widespread observation of heavy tails in animal behavior. All you need is slowly varying transition rates!  4/12

From a dataset of C. elegans posture dynamics, we first extract a reduced-order stochastic description of the transitions between run and pirouette behaviors, encoding the faster chaotic posture dynamics effectively as noise  5/12

By directly inferring reduced-order stochastic models, we show that to explain the observed heavy-tailed distributions and long-range correlations, we need explicitly time-dependent model parameters that map onto a fluctuating potential landscape  6/12

Why are power laws and heavy-tailed distributions so widespread in animal behavior? We show how behavioral plasticity might be the minimal necessary ingredient w/ M Vergassola Laboratoire de Physique de l'ENS, Gautam Sridhar Wyart Lab Claire Wyart rb.gy/184fke (thread below) 1/12

Our obituary for Richard Miles is published today in Journal of Physiology, along with a collection of all his papers published in the journal. 32 years of major contributions to our understanding of Alin synapses, circuits and synchronous activity.

How to understand long time scale occuring during navigation in animals? The approach of Antonio Costa with Massimo Laboratoire de Physique de l'ENS and Gautam Sridhar in our Wyart Lab has a lot to bring to the field of animal behavior.

science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… Check out our paper! Congrats to Simon Lavaud, @charbichara, Mattia D'Andola and ShuHao Yeh! 1/n

PSA: Spectra of Janelia Fluor dye-HaloTag conjugates are available at FPbase . Go to the spectral viewer and type in the dye of choice. fpbase.org/spectra/

A 'cognitive bias' is a systematic error in thinking that ruins decision-making.

The 12 most powerful cognitive biases I've found:

Presenting in lab meeting when you don't have new data

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My body my choice
I hope one day all women in the world will have the right to choose

Consider applying for this world-class course on all things #zebrafish !

Non-neuronal brain cells modulate behaviour go.nature.com/42U1WPN

Studying Salmonella infection and macrophage interactions in zebrafish embryos. elifesciences.org/articles/89828…

Join us to learn more about “Neural Ensembles” from circuits to development and disease from the top experts. Online and free registration. This will be exciting, don’t miss it !!! Columbia University NTNUnorway INMED Tianqiao & Chrissy Chen Institute

Wow our government made it into Nature AND Science this week 🫠

French scientists alarmed by ‘disastrous’ cut to research budget | Science | AAAS science.org/content/articl…

Absolutely recommended Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) ! I met the most amazing people here and they are still my zebrafish crew I can turn to with any questions or just to have the best time! Haleh Fotowat, Dave Dingal at Dallas, The Social Scientist, and many more.

Kicking off the Brain Body Cognition meeting with Catherine Tallon Baudry E.N.S. Institut du Cerveau - Paris Brain Institute ! How do the activities of the heart and stomach correlate with our brain activity? What s the point ? Come to find out ! Conference for 3 days open to the public!

Development of a transgenic zebrafish embryo. Credit to Mario Mendieta. #ZebrafishZunday