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Our latest: "Choanoflagellates and the ancestry of neurosecretory vesicles" with Ronja Göhde Benjamin Naumann Davis Laundon Cordelia Imig & many others. Nice collaboration with @Sars_Centre Universität Jena MBA - Marine Biological Association UC Berkeley EML Université de Lausanne & mpi-em bioRxiv biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Revealing the evolutionary trajectory of the first nervous systems: genomics, structure and dynamics. Together with Fred Wolf (MPI for Dynamics and Self-Organization) I am organizing a virtual symposium: nwg-goettingen.de/2021/ Deadline: 15. March 2021. Please retweet.

What was the structure that deserved to be called a nervous system once it was in place? What function did it enable that was not possible before & how does it relate to cognition? New Theme Issue of Royal Society Publishing led by Pamela Lyon, Fred Keijzer, Arendt Lab and Michael Levin

Our latest on the evolutionary origin of first neurons: "The unique neuronal structure and neuropeptide repertoire in the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi" bioRxiv @Sars_Centre biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Maria Sachkova Maria Sachkova predicted de novo ctenophore neuropeptides. The cool thing, many are expressed in the nerve net of the ctenophore. Check out these beautiful in situs:

The evolution of the nervous system may have followed multiple paths and risen independently in two early lineages of animals, according to a new study in comb jellies. Check out that research and more this week in Science: scim.ag/2jI

Thrilled to see ctenophores on the cover of Science Magazine🤩. Our latest work on the Syncytial Nerve Net in a ctenophore out now. Link: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… Work supported by Michael Sars Centre, Universitetet i Bergen, European Research Council (ERC). #ctenophores #evolution #syncytium.

An extraordinary day for Group Leader Pawel Burkhardt alongside Maike Kittelmann making the cover of Science Magazine! Huge congratulations to authors Jeffrey Colgren Eva Nordmann Joan J. Soto-Angel Maria Sachkova Astrid Medhus @DigelLeonid Benjamin Naumann bit.ly/4413UOu Universitetet i Bergen