Jess Kanwal

Neurobiology Postdoc @Caltech studying beetles, brains, behavior | PhD @PiN_Harvard | chemical sensing, flavor, evolution, neuroethology, neurodance

[@HokeCSU @HokeCSU]

Reminder -- please preregister for these two (free) training workshops at #SICB2022! You'll receive an email with necessary information. Let any of our organizing team know if you preregistered and can no longer attend (@zapkapow @niko_hensley @BrainExplorer me or Sara Wasserman)

[@HokeCSU @HokeCSU]

Attending #SICB2022? If not, it's not too late to book your flights. The Spatio-temporal Dynamics in Animal Communication team is back with an incredible program of events. @zapkapow @BrainExplorer @niko_hensley Sara Wasserman & I enjoy laughing together. Here is the consequence:

[Piali Sengupta @SenguptaLab]

New #preprint from lab! Surprising and (we think) cool. We find an unexpected mechanism by which the valence of an odorant is switched from attractive to aversive. We know a lot about how assoc conditioning, internal state etc switches odorant valence.1/10
https://t.co/XawBWSWZ4D

[@HokeCSU @HokeCSU]

Read this special issue on Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Communication! Then sign up for SICB2022, where the team plans to develop and extend the concepts from the symposium. Thanks to all the co-organizers and authors for sharing all these cross-disciplinary ideas.

[Wei Ji Ma @weijima01]

As part of an amazing mentorship course for faculty by @yael_niv and @CollegeInMind, I drafted a "Statement on lab culture and expectations". Higher-level than a lab manual.

https://t.co/W4kNgSMk5L

Would love comments (here or in the document).

And feel free to use anything!

[Adam J Calhoun @neuroecology]

What is behavior? Does your definition agree with your friends' definition?

We found that people combined six categories of behaviors into seven different types.

Not everyone agrees, but each individual has their own consistent definition. 👉

https://t.co/VRfgiEXPa1

[@HokeCSU @HokeCSU]

Highly recommend organizing a symposium! @zapkapow @niko_hensley @BrainExplorer Sara Wasserman & I had such a great experience over the past two years for our 2021 symposium that we still meet regularly to plan follow-up events for #SICB2022. {it doesn't need to be so long term}

[Amir H Behbahani @amir_h_beh]

How do animals avoid getting lost when exploring an environment in complete darkness? By combining computational modeling and experiments in a specialized arena, we found that fruit flies perform local search by carefully measuring how far they walk. https://t.co/EhQvkTe27B

[AChemS @AchemsInfo]

Check out the #AChemSXLII symposia! We have a diverse line up of presenters and topics; from #Octopi to #COVID19, #chemosensory research affects important aspects of many organisms' lives and well-being!
https://t.co/g5PIPHYTvQ

[@HokeCSU @HokeCSU]

So excited for our #SICB2021 symposium tomorrow on Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Animal Communication. The best organizational team ever (@zapkapow @niko_hensley @BrainExplorer and Sara Wasserman) means it's already been fantastic, and now we get to see the amazing talks! Join us.

[NYT Science @NYTScience]

Being an octopus might be roughly akin to exploring the world with eight giant, sucker-studded tongues https://t.co/ZRKBuL9yXO

[Skype A Scientist @SkypeScientist]

Hear ye, Hear ye!

The time has come to sign up for the Fall Semester of @SkypeScientist!!

Scientists willing to chat with groups about science, Sign up here: https://t.co/59SZqcHqlN

Want your group to chat with a scientist? LET'S GO! https://t.co/nigCsL3QSL

[Chih-Ying Su @SuLabUCSD]

Have you ever wondered why primary sensory neurons are grouped together in taste buds, olfactory sensilla, and
other sensory hairs? Or how their structures affect function?

We discuss these intriguing questions in our latest BioEssays review:

https://t.co/an37c4bP5c

[Kristyn Lizbinski @mylifeasKLiz]

Excited to share the the dispatch @neurojeanne and I wrote. Out now in @CurrentBiology ! We highlight 3 recent tour de force Drosophila connectomics papers from many of the groups @flyconnectome
https://t.co/91jHbkEht3

[Nature Portfolio @NaturePortfolio]

News & Views: A study in Nature identifies a pheromone molecule of the migratory locust that might hold the key to swarming behaviour, and the discovery raises the possibility of using locusts’ own pheromone to combat this threat. https://t.co/uOKl88uBOr

[WIRED Science @WIREDScience]

Social insects cooperate to curb the spread of pathogens. Maybe their systems of behavior can help human societies battling pandemics of our own. https://t.co/UMcwsvL9sl

[Black In Neuro 🧠 @BlackInNeuro]

Get ready, ya’ll! 🥳📢

#BlackInNeuroWeek is HERE! Drop a "🧠" emoji if you're ready for #BlackNeuroRollCall !

To make sure you’re ready for all of the excellence in store, check out our full schedule here.

For detailed instructions on each day, visit https://t.co/Vt46QeGxw9

[Jess Kanwal @BrainExplorer]

How predictable is evolution? An ant-loving beetle holds answers. https://t.co/NyDGx4tIFc