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Peer reviewed and out today in Communications Biology ! nature.com/articles/s4200… Many thanks to our handling editor and our peer reviewer for helping us improve on the manuscript!

Introducing the freshly minted Dr Mahima Bose Mahima Bose TIFR India after an amazing thesis defence with Michele Studer as external examiner. It's been a fantastic ride.. weathered pandemic and pulled off some super work biorxiv.org/content/10.110… biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Excited to share that our new paper on the link between experience and independence for a collective migrant is now out in Current Biology ! doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.… Andrea Flack @anflack.bsky.social Elham Nourani Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

Our paper "Collective behavior from surprise minimization" now published in PNAS PNASNews! Check it out to learn about a new, flexible approach to modelling collective motion with active inference!

Are you or someone you know looking for a postdoc? Consider joining my lab at University of Wyoming where we use imaging and computer vision to study animal behavior in complex natural ecosystems. Collective behavior, salmon, migration, machine learning! kogerlab.com

Excited to announce “Of Fish and Fascists”, with the excellent Joe Bak-Coleman and Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.s! #collectivebehavior #book Centre for the Adv Study of Collective Behaviour Max Planck Society

We are happy to unveil the logo for #Behaviour2025 the International Ethological Congress Ethological Society AnimalBehaviorClinic Animal Behaviour ASAB Animal Behavior Society SSE EvolutionIndia Raghavendra Gadagkar ESEB A huge thanks to Sumana and Shramana!

We developed ‘dynamical social clamp’ (akin to ‘patch clamp’ in neuro)—using VR—allowing realtime bidirectional feedback between real and model-controlled virtual fish. We find temporal coordination considerably impacts spatial responsiveness in groups! nature.com/articles/s4146…

Applications are open for Nencki Open Lab 'Rewilding Lab' expedition at Konstanz. Come join us for a unique experimental workshop rethinking how we study behaviour in and out the lab! Centre for the Adv Study of Collective Behaviour

We have deconstructed the concept of naturalistic behaviour in Terzolas - now we are going to Konstanz to find its meaning again! Join us for a week of exploring nature, studying behaviour inside and outside the lab and engaging discussions! Link below!

We got a lot of great applications! For those who haven't applied yet, we extend our application deadline for one more week until the 1st of July. Fee waivers available.

Unveiling our logo! We are thrilled to organize the 38th International Ethological Congress #Behaviour2025 at Kolkata, India. Save the dates: August 25-30, 2025.

Join us at #ICN2024Berlin for a live demo of our off-the-grid MATREX VR, where real animals form virtual swarms! 🐞 Scalable, open-source, and DIY. Visit poster PS2.092 (Thu, Aug 1) to learn more. #MATREXVR Neuroethology (ISN) Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior Centre for the Adv Study of Collective Behaviour Iain Couzin

India has a different way to limit the number of post-doc years: Faculty jobs come with an age limit of 35 years. This means good postdocs who have crossed 35 yrs (e.g. including late starting of PhDs) are better off searching for jobs abroad only!

RELab - an expedition into the multifarious world of animal behaviour, where the lab meets the wild takes place now! 30 participants from around the globe came to @unikonstanz Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior to join ReLab, a unique experimental workshop in the scenic location of Lake #Konstanz.

Over the course of a week, participants of the #RELab workshop took part in naturalist hikes and field experiments, exploring the natural habitats around Lake #Konstanz (#Bodensee)! @unikonstanz Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

The #RELab program was rounded out by laboratory sessions that employed advanced technologies such as virtual reality, along with collaborative activities that integrated field and lab perspectives in real-time. Universität Konstanz Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

And so wild was the #RELab group! Thank you for coming to #Konstanz to Centre for the Adv Study of Collective Behaviour @unikonstanz Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior to participate in the first #RELab workshop exc.uni-konstanz.de/collective-beh…

Had an amazing time teaching to and discussing with the RELab summer school participants Centre for the Adv Study of Collective Behaviour & Nencki Open Lab! BIG thanks to the organisers ಪವನ ಕುಮಾರ | Pavan Kumar, Iacopo Hachen, Kajal Kumari, August, Cyrill Fromm, Mateusz Kostecki and Ruiheng Wu!