Coltan G. Parker

🐟 Postdoc with @ScottJuntti at @UofMaryland studying cichlid social behavior | Hobby gardener and runner

[Coltan G. Parker @ColtanParker]

Maybe you knew that all female clownfish were once male 🐠🤯 Sex change is a huge transformation for the whole fish, which made us wonder...
When a fish changes sex, what changes in the brain 🧠?? If you're wondering too, our new paper has some answers 🥳 https://t.co/dOQcNza75X

[Thomas Near @TJNear]

I was asked for a short bio for a Yale student first gen low income group. Here it is in multiple parts.

When I was born my parents were teenagers and neither had yet finished high school.

[Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune]

In a name-your-poison twist, a new study from the University of Illinois adds to the evidence that Chicago-area waterway pollution is slowing the relentless advance of the invasive silver carp. https://t.co/cIhHaghQDS

[Matthew Dominick @dominickmatthew]

Timelapse flying by Hurricane Milton about 2 hours ago.

1/6400 sec exposure, 14mm, ISO 500, 0.5 sec interval, 30fps

[Coltan G. Parker @ColtanParker]

@TomaDesvignes @UABBiology @UABNews congrats!!

[Scott Juntti @ScottJuntti]

Out now in @CurrentBiology, our new paper identifies an olfactory receptor that mediates male attraction to females, but enforces avoidance of parental care. A thread that leads to an unexpected twist in regulation of social behavior! https://t.co/zERnYwgwVn

[Coltan G. Parker @ColtanParker]

@StreelmanLab @LiisaGalea @OSSDtweets Thank you Todd i’ll check this out!!

[Terrible Maps @TerribleMaps]

Breaking news from East-Central Illinois

[Coltan G. Parker @ColtanParker]

Cheng-Yu has been an amazing mentor to me these first two years of post-doc, I'm so excited to see what he can do as a PI!!!

[Cheng-Yu Li @ChengYu0921]

I'm excited to announce that I will join @UMBCBiology as an assistant professor as a part of the UM-FIRST cohort. The Li lab will focus on the neuroendocrine mechanisms underlying complex social behaviors, including aggression, mating behavior, and parental care in fishes!

[Coltan G. Parker @ColtanParker]

@ZebrafishRock Love it, clear and skimmable. I'll let you know if I think of anything to add!!

[Coltan G. Parker @ColtanParker]

great digest, lots I need to check out

[Zebrafish Rock! @ZebrafishRock]

#DanioDigest (July 2024)

Community News:

Prof. Lalita Ramakrishnan (@RamakrishnanLab) awarded the 2024 Robert Koch Prize. 📷

Profs. Karina Yaniv (@KarinaYaniv), Joachim Wittbrodt (@WittbrodtLab) and Emre Yaksi (@yaksi_emre) elected as new EMBO members. 📷

Profs. Rebecca Burdine (@rburdine1), Mary Mullins (@MaryC_Mullins) and Sharon Amacher inducted into the @SocDevBio Academy. 📷

Prof. Laure Bally-Cuif (@zenlabpasteur) appointed to the rank of Knight of the Legion of Honor.

Profs. Rebecca Burdine (@rburdine1) & Ankur Saxena (@SaxenaLab) named new @SocDevBio Board Members.

Prof. Emre Yaksi (@yaksi_emre) named @FENSorg Programme Committee Chair.

Dr. Margarita Parada Kusz (@MParada_Kusz) joined the @VAInstitute.

Dr. Liz Haynes (@actin_crazy) to start as an Assistant Professor @UWMadisonCRB in July 2025.

Dr. Inbal Shanier (@IShainer) to start their lab @BiologyTechnion.

Dr. Jacqueline Webb (@JacquelineFWebb) awarded the @IchsAndHerps Johnson Award for Service.

Dr. Robin Leeuwis (@LeeuwisRobin) awarded the Irene Manton Poster Prize at the #SEBConference.

PhDs Awarded to:
Dr. Tosca van Gelderen of @laiaribas2 Lab.
Dr. Daniel Osorio-Mendez of @JunsuKang2 Lab.
Dr. Jia Le Lim (@jllim94) of @LabTrivedi.
Dr. Marvin Hubert (@NMHubert) of @LabHerzogfr
Dr. Eleanor Johns (@Eleanor_M_Johns) of @whitefishlab.
Dr. Rodrigo Ibarra (@ribarragp) of @uribelabrice.
Dr. Olivia Simmonds of @RobertHindges Lab.
Dr. Yalén del Río (@yalen92) of @FeijooCarmen Lab.

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[CONSEQUENCE @consequence]

20 years ago today, Dave Matthews Band's tour bus emptied its septic tank over the Chicago River, drenching unsuspecting tourists on a boat tour with 800 pounds of human waste.

[Coltan G. Parker @ColtanParker]

@MadS100tist Thanks Mad!!

[Coltan G. Parker @ColtanParker]

Maybe you knew that all female clownfish were once male 🐠🤯 Sex change is a huge transformation for the whole fish, which made us wonder...
When a fish changes sex, what changes in the brain 🧠?? If you're wondering too, our new paper has some answers 🥳 https://t.co/dOQcNza75X

[Coltan G. Parker @ColtanParker]

@StreelmanLab Finally they have decided to reveal their secrets 😌

[Coltan G. Parker @ColtanParker]

@Ella_Maru Thank you!

[Coltan G. Parker @ColtanParker]

Maybe you knew that all female clownfish were once male 🐠🤯 Sex change is a huge transformation for the whole fish, which made us wonder...
When a fish changes sex, what changes in the brain 🧠?? If you're wondering too, our new paper has some answers 🥳 https://t.co/dOQcNza75X

[Dr. Debra Bangasser @Bangasser_Lab]

I love ‘Finding Nemo’ but it is not biologically accurate. Marlin should have become female (Marlene?).

This amazing paper reveals some of the molecular mechanisms by which this sex change occurs. 👇👇👇

[Coltan G. Parker @ColtanParker]

@Bangasser_Lab now that would have been a movie!!! Thank you for sharing our excitement for the paper!

[Coltan G. Parker @ColtanParker]

@BiologySexDiff thread for the publication, hot off the press: https://t.co/xhSXLCePfw

[Coltan G. Parker @ColtanParker]

Maybe you knew that all female clownfish were once male 🐠🤯 Sex change is a huge transformation for the whole fish, which made us wonder...
When a fish changes sex, what changes in the brain 🧠?? If you're wondering too, our new paper has some answers 🥳 https://t.co/dOQcNza75X

[Coltan G. Parker @ColtanParker]

once a preprint, how published! our #singlecell atlas of the clownfish forebrain, exploring #sexdifferences in a sex-changing fish. #OpenAccess in @BiologySexDiff https://t.co/dOQcNza75X

[Coltan G. Parker @ColtanParker]

🐠🧠 When a fish changes sex, what changes in the brain? Our new preprint goes deep on sex differences in the clownfish forebrain. Findings across diverse cell types & gene expression. What do you think? Tear it up! biorxiv: https://t.co/5cXvB4Zl5Y #neuroscience #fishsci

[Coltan G. Parker @ColtanParker]

Clownfish can change sex as adults (!) bringing major change to social behavior (aggression, parenting)

Canon predicts behavioral sex change should be rapid... but in my latest (out now in H&B @SBNTweets) we find the opposite

Why, and why it matters 🧵👇
https://t.co/fmZ3DJUFIN