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Florbela Rocha-Almeida

@flor-bela

Neuroscience PhD ๐Ÿง  | Social behaviour & the brain | From a small corner of rural Portugal

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Title page of King Solomonโ€™s Ring: New Light on Animal Ways by Konrad Z. Lorenz, translated by Marjorie Kerr Wilson, with a foreword by Julian Huxley, published by The Reprint Society London.

Title page of King Solomonโ€™s Ring: New Light on Animal Ways by Konrad Z. Lorenz, translated by Marjorie Kerr Wilson, with a foreword by Julian Huxley, published by The Reprint Society London.

Page from King Solomonโ€™s Ring by Konrad Z. Lorenz with a paragraph of text and a small illustration of a bird flying at the bottom.

Page from King Solomonโ€™s Ring by Konrad Z. Lorenz with a paragraph of text and a small illustration of a bird flying at the bottom.

"And how infinitely grateful I should be, if, in my lifeยดs work, I could find one small โ€œup-currentโ€ which might lift some other scientist to a point from which he could see a little further than I do." - Konrad Z. Lorenz

A lovely parting souvenir I found in a charity shop in Edinburgh๐Ÿค

12.03.2026 11:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congrats Adrian!

20.10.2025 22:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Jane Goodall Institute of Canada has learned this morning, Wednesday, October 1st, 2025, that Dr. Jane Goodall DBE, UN Messenger of Peace and Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, has passed away due to natural causes.

She was in California as part of her speaking tour in the United States.

01.10.2025 18:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 693 ๐Ÿ” 315 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 52 ๐Ÿ“Œ 145

โ˜บ๏ธ๐Ÿฅฐ Thank you!

23.09.2025 13:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you very much Ann! ๐Ÿ™‚

21.09.2025 13:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Thesis cover titled 'Food or Companion? A Study of Cortical and Subcortical Activities During Food and Social Decision-Making in Rats' by Florbela da Rocha Almeida, Sevilla, 2025. The illustration shows a rat imagining cheese on one side and another rat on the other side.

Thesis cover titled 'Food or Companion? A Study of Cortical and Subcortical Activities During Food and Social Decision-Making in Rats' by Florbela da Rocha Almeida, Sevilla, 2025. The illustration shows a rat imagining cheese on one side and another rat on the other side.

I am standing with a bouquet of colorful flowers, standing in a living room with a cat sitting on a table in the background.

I am standing with a bouquet of colorful flowers, standing in a living room with a cat sitting on a table in the background.

Parecia impossรญvel pensar nisto uns meses atrรกs, mas esta semana defendi a minha tese de doutoramento.
Tenho tanto a agradecer a tanta gente que me ajudou durante estes anos dentro e fora do laboratรณrio.
E sem dรบvida ร  educaรงao pรบblica que sem ela nรฃo teria nunca chegado aqui. ๐Ÿง ๐Ÿ€๐Ÿง€
#Neuroscience #PhD

20.09.2025 17:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿง  Are you an early-career brain science researcher interested to attend #FENS2026 in Barcelona, Europeโ€™s largest #neuroscience meeting? Apply for the ALBA-CHS Travel Awards!

โœˆ๏ธ Tiered grants for EU & non-EU candidates
โœ… Final-year PhD/MD or โ‰ค10 years post-PhD/MD
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๐Ÿ“† 21 Oct 2025

02.09.2025 04:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 11 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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late to share, but still exciting ๐Ÿคฉ our latest paper is now published tinyurl.com/2s4zecr9

โœจOntogeny of tactile, vocal and kinship dynamics in rat pup huddling

๐Ÿ‘ great work team
@flor-bela.bsky.social
@hughtakemoto.bsky.social
@kinshiplab.bsky.social

05.08.2025 10:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 32 ๐Ÿ” 11 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

5 DAYS!!

Do not miss the abstract submission deadline and early bird date this FRIDAY!!

Register and submit ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡
ccmar.ualg.pt/activity/xxi...

14.07.2025 08:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸšจWe will soon be offering #NewPositions for lab technicians, research assistants and postdocs, to join us in #Coimbra, Portugal
If interested in investigating the neural circuits of #SocialCognition in rats, contact us!
Details ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿพ
dynabrain.cnc.uc.pt
@caixaresearch.bsky.social
@fct_pt

09.07.2025 12:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 21 ๐Ÿ” 11 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
This photograph captures Sir David Attenborough seated outdoors on the rugged terrain of Skomer Island. Behind him, the ocean and coastal cliffs form a scenic backdrop under a clear sky. Sir David, dressed in a khaki jacket and light trousers, looks towards the camera with a gentle expression, exuding a sense of warmth, calm, and wisdom. Around him, puffins can be seen flying and perched on the rocky ground, illuminated in rays of golden sunlight as the sun sets behind the cliffs.

This photograph captures Sir David Attenborough seated outdoors on the rugged terrain of Skomer Island. Behind him, the ocean and coastal cliffs form a scenic backdrop under a clear sky. Sir David, dressed in a khaki jacket and light trousers, looks towards the camera with a gentle expression, exuding a sense of warmth, calm, and wisdom. Around him, puffins can be seen flying and perched on the rocky ground, illuminated in rays of golden sunlight as the sun sets behind the cliffs.

Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. ๐ŸŽ‰

Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.

You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.

08.05.2025 07:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 43181 ๐Ÿ” 7967 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 651 ๐Ÿ“Œ 478

Enhorabuena Carlos y a todos los autores ๐ŸŽ‰

21.04.2025 22:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a man in a red shirt and black gloves is holding a box with the word success on it ALT: a man in a red shirt and black gloves is holding a box with the word success on it

PREPRINT๐ŸšจEver wonder how electricalโšก๏ธ stimulation of the brain๐Ÿง modulates neuronal activity? Are you working with brain stim and variability makes you want to smash your pc and go to a mountain to grow tomatoes? Are you a family member or a friend who really appreciate me? 1/13

15.04.2025 17:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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New preprint โœ๏ธ๐Ÿšจ

โœจOntogeny of tactile, vocal and kinship dynamics in rat pup huddling

-Huddle dynamics develop w/o kinship selectivity
-Vocal/internal-state quiets w/ huddling & kin/ touch in yng pups

tinyurl.com/y7vhkwjc

๐Ÿ‘ @flor-bela.bsky.social @hughtakemoto.bsky.social @kinshiplab.bsky.social

09.04.2025 09:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 66 ๐Ÿ” 21 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

I am hiring a PhD student in my lab in beautiful Edinburgh to keep investigating the neural mechanisms underlying flexible decision-making and individual variability.

Email or DM me with any questions, or let's chat at the CoSyNe Main Meeting next week!

Apply here: tinyurl.com/2cxr6nbg

24.03.2025 19:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 30 ๐Ÿ” 14 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Postdoctoral Research Associate We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to join our group at the Centre for Regenerative Medicine (CRM) and the Institute for Regeneration and Repair (IRR), The University of Edinburgh.

๐Ÿ“ข We are hiring! ๐Ÿ“ข

We are looking for a postdoc to help us work out why mice cannot regenerate the spinal cord but spiny mice *can*.

More info and how to apply: tinyurl.com/4m6yzbef

Get in touch if interested!

05.03.2025 18:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 36 ๐Ÿ” 20 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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Nikolai Vavilov and the Living Library of Resilience: The Story of the Worldโ€™s First Seed Bank and the Tragic Hero of Science Who Set Out to End Humanityโ€™s Suffering The most moving story of self-sacrifice in the history of science.

The seeds, the siege, and the world's first living library of resilience โ€“ the moving story of botanist Nikolai Vavilov, who set out to salve the world's suffering

19.03.2025 19:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 26 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1