We had a wonderful time at the 3rd Senses in Motion Conference, with so many exciting talks, posters, and discussions. A big thank you to all the participants, our funders — @maxplanck.de and @mpinb.mpg.de — and my fellow co-organisers, @petrznam.bsky.social and Jason Kerr. sensesinmotion.org

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New paper just out! We tend to think of rapid movement as something that blurs vision but for houseflies this does not apply. They turns fast motion into an advantage, reorganising visual signals so efficiently that perception keeps pace with behaviour almost perfectly www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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New paper out today! Insect eyes do not just record images - they actively sample the world in rapid bursts. We show that this drives synaptic high-frequency jumping, reshaping visual signals to boost speed, timing and hyperacute vision during flight. doi.org/10.1038/s414...

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Big time congrats to @larschittka.bsky.social on receiving the Exemplar Award this year! Lars and his team has discovered several previously unimaginable cognitive capacities in the itty bitty brains of bees giving us new insights into the evolution of learning. chittkalab.sbcs.qmul.ac.uk

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Flies keep their vision razor-sharp even at top speed: we found their synapses “jump” into higher frequencies during saccades, wiping out delays and boosting acuity. This self-sharpening trick shows how brains sync perception with rapid behaviour. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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