Talks & Workshops

My public speaking and teaching work is split between technical training for researchers and public engagement for broader audiences.
I believe that if research is not shared in an accessible way, the work is functionally incomplete.

Technical Training


Upcoming
  • Winter School 2026 - SARA Institute of Science
    January 23-27, 2026
    ~ coming soon ~
Recent

Public Engagement

  • Shrinking shrews: what a small mammal can teach us about brain and behavior
    Univesität Konstanz, Germany · November 20th, 2025
    Open Science Slam - Invited Talk

  • The curious case of the Common Shrew
    Hochrhein-Seminar für Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften · November 7th, 2025
    Event link

  • Live from the nesting box – programming for birds
    MAXCINE, Germany · October 3rd, 4th, 5th, 2025
    Event link · Poster

In the Media

  • “Rare seasonal brain shrinkage in shrews is driven by water loss, not cell death” - Max Planck Society

  • “Cervello del toporagno si restringe in inverno e rinasce in estate: c’è qualcosa da imparare?” - Alzheimer Reise

  • “Wasserverlust lässt das Gehirn von Spitzmäusen im Winter schrumpfen” - Vbio

  • “Rare seasonal brain shrinkage in shrews is driven by water loss, not cell death, MRI study reveals” - Phys Org

  • “Shrews’ Seasonal Brain Shrinkage Tied to Water Loss” - MirageNews

  • “Shrews That Shrink Their Brains with the Seasons May Hold Clues to Treating Brain Disease” - DongaScience

  • “Gene Expression Shifts as Shrews Shrink and Regrow Their Brains” - The Scientist

Scientific Conferences and Seminars

2025

  • Baldoni C. & Dechmann D.
    Beyond the standard: Unconventional vertebrate models in biomedicine, EMBO
    Edinburg, UK
    The shrew as a model for brain shrinkage without neurodegeneration

  • Baldoni C.
    Invited Seminar — Messerli Institute
    Vienna, Austria
    Shrinking Shrews: Cognitive Challenges in a Changing Brain

2024

  • Baldoni C., Farantouri M., Raptis K., Nourani E., Dechmann D.
    International Society for Behavioral Ecology (ISBE)
    Melbourne, Australia
    Seasonal Brain Size Variation and Its Impact on Spatial Navigation and Learning in the Common Shrew (Sorex araneus)

2023

  • Baldoni C., von Elverfeldt D., Dechmann D.
    Wikelski Department Seminar Radolfzell, Germany
    News from the Shrews: Brain structure during Dehnel’s phenomenon from neuroimaging

  • Baldoni C., Farantouri M., Raptis K., Nourani E., Dechmann D.
    Animal Behaviour Conference
    Bielefeld, Germany
    Brain size and spatial learning in the common shrew (Sorex araneus)

  • Baldoni C., Nourani E., Dechmann D.
    IV Convegno Nazionale sui Piccoli Mammiferi
    Grosseto, Italy
    Seasonal brain size changes affect spatial learning in common shrews (Sorex araneus)

2022

  • Baldoni C., Dechmann D.
    Animal Behaviour Society
    San José, Costa Rica
    Seasonal brain changes impact associative learning in common shrews (Sorex araneus)

2019

  • Baldoni C., Scaravelli D., et al. 
    IV Italian Bat Conference
    Padova, Italy
    Nocturnal bat migration at the bird ringing station ‘Bocca di Caset’

  • Baldoni C., Cicero M., et al. 
    XX Italian Ornithology Conference
    Naples, Italy
    Citizen-science approach to Ring-necked parakeet distribution in Bologna

  • Baldoni C., Brucks D., et al. 
    ASAB Summer Conference
    Konstanz, Germany
    Self-control in two macaw species using a rotating paradigm

2018

  • Baldoni C., Giglio G., Scaravelli D.
    II European Meeting of Young Ornithologists
    Torino, Italy
    Effects of fire on birds in Mediterranean woods