IU Gill Institute for Neuroscience

We are excited to announce the 2026 Gill Awardees that we will be honoring at our upcoming Symposium:
@seeleyrj.bsky.social, Ph.D.
@loraheisler.bsky.social, Ph.D.
Timo Müller, Ph.D. (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
Brian Finan, Ph.D. (Eli Lilly)
Save the date-September 23 in the IMU at IUB!

We are inviting submissions for the Neuroscience Image Award for the 2026 Gill Symposium.
All images must be submitted by April 1st to be considered for selection to appear on the 2026 Gill Symposium t-shirts. Submit here:
iubgill-fireform.eas.iu.edu/online/form/...

This is a photo of IU Biology Professor Orie Shafer.

A new study, led by Biology Professor and Gill Chair @iugillinstitute.bsky.social Orie Shafer, is reshaping how scientists study sleep by revealing that fruit flies experience multiple distinct sleep states rather than a unitary state. @currentbiology.bsky.social @bdsc.bsky.social

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Happy first day of classes, Hoosiers! Wishing everyone a great start to the semester.

people Group leader: Norbert Hájos, PhD, DSc; Postdoc researcher: Judit Veres, PhD; Ph.D. students: Bence Barabás, Zsuzsanna Fekete, Péter Földi, Dániel Magyar, Petra Nagy-Pál, Zsófia Reéb

Congratulations, Norbert Hájos, Head of Laboratory of Network Neurophysiology, HUN-REN Institute of Experimental Medicine for being elected a member of Academia Europaea in 2025! koki.hun-ren.hu/researchgrou...

🐜 A new study by researchers at IU, including PBS Professor Andrea Hohmann, investigates how velvet ant stings can provide insights that may inform pain-related medical research.⁠
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Deletion of Endocannabinoid Synthesizing Enzyme DAGLα in Pcp2-Positive Cerebellar Purkinje Cells Decreases Depolarization-Induced Short–Term Synaptic Plasticity, Reduces Social Preference, and Heighte... The endocannabinoid (eCB) signaling system is robustly expressed in the cerebellum from embryonic developmental stages to adulthood. It plays a key role in regulating cerebellar synaptic plasticity an...

Our new research on cannabinoid signaling in cerebellar development and function is published in eNeuro.
@iupsychbrain.bsky.social #cannabinoid #cerebellum #Purkinje #DevelopmentalNeuroscience #endocannabinoid #AcademicSky #neuroskyence #Science

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At the Crossroads of Neuroscience & Music Two fields converge in PBS neuroscientist Anna Kalinovsky’s unique course.

Thank you, @iupsychbrain.bsky.social, for this wonderful article!

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Velvet ants have the Swiss Army knife of venoms A velvet ant bite like “hot oil from the deep fryer” delivers an array of peptides that inflicts pain on insects and mammals alike.

Nice story about our most recent work
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25 years of Drosophila “Sleep genes” The field of Drosophila sleep research, which began 25 years ago, has identified more than 200 genes influencing sleep. In this review, I summarize the foundation of the field and the growing list ...

New review article in Fly: Dr. Orie Shafer highlights how Drosophila has become a powerful model for dissecting the molecular and neural circuits of sleep, paving the way for future discoveries in both basic and clinical sleep science.