Davi Bock's lab used volume EM to take the 21 million images that led to the fly brain connectome. Now—through a $19 million grant—he wants to expand access to this type of data and apply it to more areas in biology.

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A new whole-brain map of the serotonin system in mice shows connections are based on function, rather than proximity. #neuroskyence

By Madeline Shaw

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Many species of migratory animals use the earth’s magnetic field as a compass to guide their journeys—that much is clear. What’s been harder to parse, however, is how the magnetic sense actually works. New work in monarch butterflies could help. Read my latest: www.thetransmitter.org/sensory-syst...

Check out @thetransmitter.bsky.social's directory of new labs in Latin America to learn about the work of more than 20 early-career neuroscientists who have opened labs or established independent lines of research in the region over the past five years.
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