Martin Dessart

After 5 years of developing, a new preprint from the lab - introducing our workflow for comparative insect connectomics, aimed at democratizing connectomics. @erc.europa.eu @lundvision.bsky.social @biologylu.bsky.social Read it here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Landscape - The Forest of Biologists

This article is part of the #forestofbiologists initiative:
forest.biologists.com/landscape/?i...

ECR Spotlight – Martin Dessart ECR Spotlight is a series of interviews with early-career authors from a selection of papers published in Journal of Experimental Biology and aims to promote not only the diversity of early-career res...

I also had the pleasure of being featured in an interview for early-career researchers in JEB:
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In this study, we showed that two herbicides (glyphosate and atrazine) and paracetamol can interact to alter the cognitive abilities of mosquito larvae, using an automated bioassay. This approach could help us for assessing the health of aquatic environments more effectively.

Acute and chronic sublethal chemical pollution affects activity, learning and memory in mosquito larvae Summary: Examination of the effects of glyphosate, atrazine and paracetamol (acetaminophen) at field-realistic to commercial concentrations on mosquito larvae cognitive ability, introducing a novel ap...

Happy to start the year with the publication of the third chapter from my PhD! 🎉 Special thanks to my supervisor Claudio Lazzari for his invaluable support during the manuscript revisions. journals.biologists.com/jeb/article-...

How Memory Evolves: Integrating Cognitive Ecology, Neuroscience, and Experimental Evolution in Drosophila at University College London on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - How Memory Evolves: Integrating Cognitive Ecology, Neuroscience, and Experimental Evolution in Drosophila at University College London, listed on FindAPhD.com

New PhD position available! For applicants keen to combine evolutionary ecology, neuroscience and animal cognition. Based at UCL with me, @maxreuter.bsky.social, @fcamus.bsky.social and Tamara Boto (Bristol). Directly funded, see here for details and eligibility: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Acute and chronic sublethal chemical pollution affects activity, learning and memory in mosquito larvae Freshwater ecosystems play a critical role in supporting biodiversity and providing essential environmental services. However, these ecosystems are increasingly threatened by human activities, includi...

A new study from @mdessart.bsky.social et al. shows that sublethal chemical polution affects learning and memory in mosquito larvae. @jexpbiol.bsky.social

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It was a real pleasure to meet wonderful people, attend great talks and share our work at #EntSoc25 !(@karthikeyanc.bsky.social 👀)
Now switching to the @animalbehaviour.live annual online conference, come check out my poster if you'd like to learn more about how to jetlag mosquitoes 🕰️ 🦟

As part of the @thevinaugerlab.bsky.social Lab, I'll present my work on mosquitoes facing threats on Wed at 10:30am in MUVE symposium! Sydney Luff from our lab will also present her work on mosquito activity in wild populations. Go check out her poster on Mon at 1:30pm! #EntSoc25

Only 5 days left to register! ⏰

Don’t miss the chance to connect with animal behaviour researchers from around the world and discover the latest in behavioural science.

📅 13–14 November; free, online & open to all worldwide 🌍
🔗https://ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org/

We are looking for a Postdoc (up to 5 years) who wants to study neural mechanisms of spatial memory in honeybees.

This includes tetrode recordings in behaving honeybees.

Application Deadline is 1st of October 2025.

More details:
www.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/services/...

Amazing work leaded by @karthikeyanc.bsky.social !! Well done everyone !!

Nice illustration (and review paper) summarising the ecosystem services provided by spiders 👇

Glad to announce I joined the @thevinaugerlab.bsky.social lab this week! More work on mosquitoes and sensory system to come 🦟

📣SEMINAR SERIES 2025📣
We are kicking off 2025 with our first seminar.

📆Tuesday 29th April 2025 at 2pm GMT on our Youtube channel: @damienfarine.bsky.social will talk about “The costs of collective behaviour” 🐦

🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc9z...

This event is free, no registration required. 🤗

Connectome-driven neural inventory of a complete visual system - Nature A connectome of the right optic lobe from a male fruitfly is presented together with an extensive collection of genetic drivers matched to a comprehensive neuron-type catalogue.

I know there's a 𝒍𝒐𝒕 going on right now, but I couldn’t be prouder to share this long-incubated labor of love: the complete connectome of the male 𝐷𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑎 optic lobe 🧠🪰
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🦋 Nice to meet you, Bluesky! 🦋

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The lab is super excited to welcome @mdessart.bsky.social as a new postdoc fellow! Stay tuned for the work to come on mosquito sensory ecology and chronobiology. Welcome, Martin!

I created a starter pack highlighting Women in the field of Disease Vector Biology and Ecology: go.bsky.app/E7wuQus Please share and let me know if you’d like to be added! 🦟🦠🪰

I made the Insect Sensory Neuro starter pack - let me know in the comments if you'd like to be added! (and also I'm sure I missed tons of people - tag them in!)
go.bsky.app/JW7c5LN

Hi, happy to join as well ! Thanks !

I'm thrilled to announce that I've recently started a postdoc position at Virginia Tech, joining the @thevinaugerlab.bsky.social lab to continue diving into the fascinating world of mosquito behaviour! I'm enthusiastic to collaborate with a talented team and do exciting research on 🦟 🦟 🦟