Nikita Komarov

Neuroscience PhD

| Ethology enthusiast

| Investigating quirks of sensory cells

[simon-sprecher.bsky.social @simon_sprecher]

We have open PhD positions in the lab to work in the Neuroscience of #Cephalopods and #Drosophila-
please RT

[Daractenus @Daractenus]

Seeing how the USA now hellbent on emulating their newfound ally of Russia, both at home and abroad, I find myself obliged to repost my dive into Russia's posh cities, just to give your average MAGA a glimpse into the greatness Trump is sure to bring about! Do enjoy!🧵

[Kaja Kallas @kajakallas]

Putin wants all of Ukraine, and it is not his to have.
He is concerned about the expansion of democracy and the values that the EU stands for.

Extract from my speech at the Conference of EU Ambassadors ↓

[Nikita Komarov @Neuro_komarov]

@endo_haruka Thanks! Been a long time coming

[Brew Markets @brewmarkets]

@sama "Drop the gpt, it's cleaner"

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

Reviewer 1: Interesting analysis

Reviewer 3: Solid work

Reviewer 2:

[Sawyer Merritt @SawyerMerritt]

SpaceX has released some new footage from the tower of the first Super Heavy booster catch yesterday. Absolutely epic shot.

(Interstellar music added by me lol)

[Patrick Boyle — e/🦀 @p_maverick_b]

i think about this a lot

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Mechazilla has caught the Super Heavy booster!

[Suguru Takagi @d_takagii]

Having more sensory neurons sounds beneficial for perception and behavior, but is it? If so, how? Check out our new publication for some new theories.
https://t.co/zc9PcpbNVJ

[Nikita Komarov @Neuro_komarov]

So now not only are we paying the journals to publish in order to remain employed, we're also paying to train AI models by companies who are also paying the journals?

What the hell is happening in academia???

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

Academia needs to standardise the titles. My proposal:

[Oded Rechavi @OdedRechavi]

Seamless transfer of a rejected manuscript between sister journals

[Nikita Komarov @Neuro_komarov]

A temporally restricted function of the Dopamine receptor Dop1R2 during memory formation: https://t.co/3iQ5AJSVAp

Glad to have made a small contribution to this work

[simon-sprecher.bsky.social @simon_sprecher]

Eating is a multisensory experience- we do not simply "taste" the food we enjoy, we also take into account its texture and visual appeal!
What about the food texture? We know very little about this part of the eating experience-

https://t.co/6DG8PkdSqE

[Tom Jamieson @jamiesont]

If I was Ed I’d be marching out of Downing Street to greet the press pack eating the biggest fuck off bacon sandwich mankind has ever known

[Dan Wuori @DanWuori]

Here’s one of the most fascinating child development videos I’ve ever shared.

As your baby learns language, they begin by approximating the examples you set.

After a period of early experimentation with sound (including cries, coos and gurgles), infants begin babbling - making speech-like sounds (which often include components of conventional speech) that are - nonetheless - not yet conventionally meaningful.

This babbling phase is a precursor to the use of formal words. And it happens in all languages.

Including sign language.

This video shows an infant (who, by the way, is not hearing impaired) “babbling” to her deaf grandparents.

As they sign to her, she responds in kind, using her hands to approximate the signed communication that they are modeling.

It’s a whole serve and return conversation, just as if they were conversing verbally.

If you’ll watch carefully, you’ll note distinct turn taking.

And - interestingly - that with her grandparents she largely avoids vocalizations, in favor of gesture.

What a treat to see this rich example of bilingual language development.

This fascinating video was shared to TT by mara_mccullough.

[Taj Ali @Taj_Ali1]

Racist Britain First candidate gets beaten by a geezer who puts a bin on his head

[Nikita Komarov @Neuro_komarov]

And to top everything off, meeting a very curious and polite family (thruple?) of cuttlefish during mating season

[Nikita Komarov @Neuro_komarov]

4 days of underwater wonder hunting in the Arabian gulf. Nudibranch galore, with a bonus Mola mola

[Nikita Komarov @Neuro_komarov]

Of course some classics never fail to put a smile on my face, especially after getting creeped out during caving/wrecking