We were thrilled to hear our research highlighted on the BBC World Service programme Unexpected Elements in the episode In the name of science . Marmoset using vocal communication in the wild You can listen to the full episode of Unexpected Elements on BBC Sounds: Unexpected Elements — In the name of science The relevant moment in the episode starts at 03:21. For more details about the study and related research, visit the Omer Lab website and explore our Publications pa

The Israeli Society for Neuroscience (ISFN) Discovery Day is a key event that gathers researchers, students, and professionals to share the latest findings in neuroscience. This year, the Omer lab had the opportunity to present its work on social neuroscience at Haifa University. The event provided a platform to discuss how brain mechanisms influence social behavior, a field that is rapidly expanding and gaining importance.

Last week, David Omer presented in the Interspecies Conversations lecture series, hosted by the Interspecies Internet—a pioneering...

In a new commentary in Learning & Behavior  (2025), we address concerns raised by Jaakkola about our Science paper and clarify: common marmosets use socially learned, arbitrary vocal labels  for specific individuals. These labels are not  imitations of the receiver’s calls. Classifier analyses show that callers reliably aim their labels at the intended receiver, and “family dialects” explain where across-caller generalization is limited. The behavior is not explained by vocal

Recently, our team had the opportunity to participate in a joint lab meeting with our collaborators from the Derdikman lab at the...

David Omer's latest report discusses a new study indicating that male–male counter-singing in Alston’s singing mice plays an ethological...

Our lab has been chosen as one of the four finalist labs for the Coller-Dolittle prize! Learn more about it: https://coller-dolittle-24.s...

On the final day of the ELSC retreat at the Golan Heights, we rose at 4 a.m. to join our kayak guide and watch the sunrise over the...

David (Didi) was awarded the Sieratzki prize for his contributions to the field of neuroscience. https://www.isfn2025.com/awards

Yup, our humble little study, “Vocal Labeling of Others by Nonhuman Primates”  made the cut and is officially part of the conversation...

Roni successfully completed her MSc. defense with outstanding results! Congratulations Roni!

Whether it's navigating through Pablo Escobar's cocaine lab or our own lab at ELSC, we are familiar with the surroundings. We marked the...

🎉Exciting news! Our lab's first paper, "Vocal labeling of others by nonhuman primates," is now published @Science! 🐒 Dive into our...

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Reuven has been awarded the best poster prize at the ELSC annual retreat meeting. Congratulations! Where is Waldo (Aner)?

We are happy to share that our work on time coding for self and others in the hippocampus, is now finally online . We report on two...

We are thrilled to announce that we have been awarded the 2022 ERC-Synergy grant in collaboration with Dori Derdikman from the Technion,...