On Wed, April 3, @Haase_SJ from Dr. Bridget Lear's Lab in the @uiowabiology department will be defending her thesis. Her thesis seminar is scheduled at 10am in Room B20 (basement of Biology Building). All are welcome to attend. @UIGradCollege @UIowaCLAS @UIowaResearch
Young: Cry1 mutation predicts delayed sleep phase disorder in several unrelated families; relatively high frequency of allele suggests it has a broad contribution to this sleep disorder worldwide #Dros18
Young: shows human sleep log data, "looks just like a hamster!" But it's a completely different story for those with Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder. #Dros18
Anandasankar Ray: smell is perhaps the most mysterious of the sensory modalities. Using the "apple watch" of brains (fruit flies) to help understand the complex encoding of olfactory behavior. #Dros18
Please spread this around. Lots of #fakenews out there reporting #NASA findings of #twinstudy innaccurately, citing 7% DNA change when only there is a 7% change in gene expression! https://t.co/G0TNNSpwOJ
A study finds that the brains of Mexican cavefish produce excessive amounts of a molecule called hypocretin/orexin (HCRT), which encourages wakefulness and appetite #ResearchHighlight https://t.co/pWa6ApXTHw