Crablab

10/25/2025

https://www.thetransmitter.org/neurotransmitters/remembering-gaba-pioneer-edward-kravitz/

The biochemist, who died last month at age 92, was part of the first neurobiology department in the world and showed that gamma-aminobutyric acid is inhibitory.

10/17/2025

Tomorrow!!!

01/28/2025

Tomorrow!!

Join us for the free SFN & Kavli Foundation webinar "Neural Adaptation in Changing Ecosystems". Jan 29, 2025, 11AM - 12PM CT (5-6pm UTC).
https://tinyurl.com/ynajpw4y

Our 3 speakers Amanda Lauer, Cosima Porteus, and Joseph Santin will cover topics from auditory processing, to olfaction and neuromuscular system. Registration is required, but it is free to attend.
The Kavli Foundation Neuroscience News and Research Society for Neuroscience

01/16/2025

Our newest collaboration paper with the Vidal-Gadea lab is out ! Ever wondered what all these mechanoreceptors in muscles do? They modulate behaviors without the nervous system!
Free download: https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1kS6g1SPT7-uk

01/15/2025

Join us for the free SFN & Kavli Foundation webinar "Neural Adaptation in Changing Ecosystems". Jan 29, 2025, 11AM - 12PM CT (5-6pm UTC).
https://tinyurl.com/ynajpw4y

Our 3 speakers Amanda Lauer, Cosima Porteus, and Joseph Santin will cover topics from auditory processing, to olfaction and neuromuscular system. Registration is required, but it is free to attend.
The Kavli Foundation Neuroscience News and Research Society for Neuroscience

11/28/2024

Interested in a fully funded PhD in Germany working on tick neurobiology? Join the lab of our former postdoc Carola Staedele!

10/10/2024

The ISU crablab at the Society for Neuroscience meeting 2024, with PhD student Mackenzie Seymour and undergraduate researcher Ella Nelson presenting their posters.

10/02/2024

Join us for the Neuroethology social at the Society for Neuroscience meeting in Chicago.
Sunday, October 6th
• 6:45- 8:45pm
• McCormick Place, Room N136
https://www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/ #!/20433/session/176

09/22/2024

There is still time to apply! We are looking for a new colleague with expertise in Physiology. Join our vibrant research community at ISU!

The School of Biological Sciences is hiring two new colleagues on tenure track positions. Join our vibrant research community by applying here:

Evolutionary Ecology: https://jobsearch.illinoisstate.edu/en-us/job/519269/assistant-professor-of-evolutionary-ecology

and

Physiology: https://jobsearch.illinoisstate.edu/en-us/job/519270/assistant-professor-of-physiology

09/05/2024

Nervous systems must work irrespective of dramatic 🌡️ fluctuations. Our new study with Carola Staedele shows that neuropeptides buffer temperature-induced increases in leak conductance of motor pattern generators in 2🦀species.

09/05/2024

08/27/2024

Come join us! We are hiring a physiologist and an evolutionary ecologist!

The School of Biological Sciences is hiring two new colleagues on tenure track positions. Join our vibrant research community by applying here:

Evolutionary Ecology: https://jobsearch.illinoisstate.edu/en-us/job/519269/assistant-professor-of-evolutionary-ecology

and

Physiology: https://jobsearch.illinoisstate.edu/en-us/job/519270/assistant-professor-of-physiology