Noemi Rook

Postdoc in the Biopsychology lab @ruhrunibochum. Interested in systems neuroscience, comparative research, evolution, birds 🐦 and cognition.

[MPI for Biological Intelligence @MPIforBI]

A new study suggests that pigeons can fly in their dreams: Researchers studied sleeping pigeons and found brain activity in areas that process visual signals and information from the wings during REM sleep. Read more: https://t.co/wjy3sP5ro5

@ruhrunibochum @BehrooziMehdi

[Maria Bortot @beMaryB]

🎉The program of CogEvo 2023 is finally out!
🗣️Check it on our website to have a glimpse of our wonderful plenary talks: https://t.co/acOdTV9A7J
👉Abstract submission by June 10th
👉Registration by June 20th
@gVallortigara @Matildede_ @ElenaLorenzi3 @ElisaFrasnelli

[Aljoscha Dreisoerner @adreisoerner]

Liebe*r @CaroWagner_in, @JBrandenburgFDP, ich habe Profs, Postdocs, PhDs selten so einig gesehen. Wenn ein Gesetzesentwurf einer gewählten Regierung der angeblich zu helfenden Zielgruppe derart einheitlich abgelehnt wird, muss das ein Signal an die Politik sein. #IchbinHanna

[SFB 1372 @SFB_1372]

Spread the word: we're #hiring! Join our collaborative research center and investigate how vertebrate navigation and magnetoreception work in one of our 16 interdisciplinary scientific projects. More info: https://t.co/W9NeWqsFby #jobseekers #recruiting

[Simone Pika she/her @Evol_of_Com]

New call for 12 fully-funded PhD-positions for our RTG #SituatedCognition, cooperation between researchers of the @UniOsnabrueck and @ruhrunibochum https://t.co/JBtEzoZHth

[Smulders Lab @SmuldersLab]

c-fos is often used as a marker for recent electrophysiological activity in neurons (post-mortem). This paper actually links electrophysiological activity with c-fos expression in individual hippocampal place cells. Very cool! https://t.co/aQrUn7KIsu

[Adi Doron @AdiDoron]

Our paper is now out in @Nature!
https://t.co/a645FvCEOk
What started as a small side project ended up revealing new surprising capabilities of astrocytes - We chronically imaged hippocampal astrocytes and show that they encode reward location.

[Psychology & Brain @bioDGPs_DGPA]

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W3-professorship and 5 (!) postdoc positions in Biological Psychology/Neuroscience at Ruhr University Bochum!

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[Leslie Vosshall PhD @leslievosshall]

If you are a senior PhD graduate student, postdoc, or junior faculty in #neuroscience, consider adding your name to my DIY database of peer reviewers. Many academic journal editors draw from this list and you may be contacted:
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[Lund Vision Group @LundVision]

Want to become a part of the Lund Vision Group? Apply for a tenured Senior Lecturer position with us! https://t.co/sMncaJVwom

[Cell Press @CellPressNews]

"Trigeminal ganglion and sensory nerves suggest tactile specialization of elephants" - Read more in this @CurrentBiology article: https://t.co/5qn5CHDW3A

Michael Brecht @HumboldtUni

[Cell Press @CellPressNews]

The cluster of nerves innervating an elephant's trunk is larger in diameter than the animal's spinal cord, suggesting a high degree of tactile specialization. Read more in this @CurrentBiology article: https://t.co/5qn5CHDW3A

Michael Brecht @HumboldtUni

[ThinkGlobal RUB @thinkglobal_rub]

You are an #international postdoc & interested in doing research with state-of-the-art technology in #Germany? You have a good chance to receive a travel grant of 2000€ from us! Apply now & visit us on site: https://t.co/9U1YjnrwEq (Deadline: 11/30/2021).

[ThinkGlobal RUB @thinkglobal_rub]

Complementing our excellent #research infrastructure: new research building THINK (4,000m² with state-of-the-art technology, including 3T & 9.4T MRI, EEG) will make @ruhrunibochum a #unique place for #neurocognitive research in the world. 👉 https://t.co/tjnyMlByWo

[iScience journal @iScience_CP]

A hierarchical processing unit for multi-component behavior in the avian brain @RookNoemi, @ruhrunibochum https://t.co/by8qORRg5z

[Noemi Rook @RookNoemi]

(8) Future studies could try to disentangle the function of NCL and NIML in multi-component behavior with causal interventions such as optogenetics, which has recently been established in pigeons.

[Noemi Rook @RookNoemi]

New Paper out together with @j_packheiser, @JohnTuff6 and others🐦 https://t.co/zjb1HRfOZb

[Noemi Rook @RookNoemi]

(7) This indicates that not only the avian NCL (comparable to mammalian PFC), but also other areas of the avian nidopallium are specialized for specific executive functions, as NIML shares functional characteristics with the human rIFG in this task.