Ricky Patel

A scientist interested in how an animal's sensory experience influences its behavior. Mainly investigating animal navigation- so far in mantis shrimp and bees.

[Ricky Patel @RickeshNPatel]

Excited to share our new paper with @StanleyHeinze and Julian Kempenaers @LundVision in @CurrentBiology showing path integration in walking bumblebees in the lab! This vector navigation behavior is highly amenable and remarkably stable to anesthetization and surgery. @MSCActions

[Ricky Patel @RickeshNPatel]

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@stanley_heinze @DrNatRoberts @ana_zadel

[Ricky Patel @RickeshNPatel]

Fresh off the press! Our new study @PNAS shows that bees memorize spatial vectors and can flexibly recall them at a familiar place to navigate home. The work provides a plausible foundation for how bees might achieve complex navigation by utilizing vectors to form a web-like map

[Ricky Patel @RickeshNPatel]

@neuroethology @stanley_heinze @LundVision @PNASNews More work will be needed to test the hypothesis that bees actually do use a vector map for complex navigation, but we believe our study offers a foundation for the hypothesis.

[Ricky Patel @RickeshNPatel]

@neuroethology @stanley_heinze @LundVision @PNASNews The reason I think what we do show is cool is that it opens up the possibility of a vector-based map that offers bees a truly robust and flexible scaffold with which to navigate.

[Jerome Beetz @BeetzJerome]

Super excited to share my new preprint with you. We found goal direction neurons in the monarch butterfly. 🧵🦋 https://t.co/qankLeFRoJ

[Ricky Patel @RickeshNPatel]

@overbrainbows @BioBus I’m so excited to see where this takes you!

[Dr. Alice Chou @overbrainbows]

IT HAPPENED: my PhD manuscript is out on @bioRxiv!! Read about mantis shrimp brains here: https://t.co/qQ86FZmq0n

[Lund Vision Group @LundVision]

New paper from @RickeshNPatel
and @stanley_heinze in @CurrentBiology on path integration in walking bumblebees!

https://t.co/Gg9PuYv0tD

[Ricky Patel @RickeshNPatel]

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[Ricky Patel @RickeshNPatel]

Excited to share our new paper with @StanleyHeinze and Julian Kempenaers @LundVision in @CurrentBiology showing path integration in walking bumblebees in the lab! This vector navigation behavior is highly amenable and remarkably stable to anesthetization and surgery. @MSCActions

[Lauren Sumner-Rooney @Lauren_hSR]

Are you interested in studying weird and wonderful animal eyes? I'm on the lookout for 1-2 PhD students to join my new lab @mfnberlin and I would love to hear from you!
Several funding streams are available, including this one 👉 https://t.co/8t6m1TEnRx closing 25 March! Pls RT!

[Dr Martin John How @DrMartinJohnHow]

For those UK nationals sad not to be able to apply to our recently advertised PhD position, here's one for you. Cotutelle project with us and @pipilika_aj to compare mantis shrimp and bull ant navigation strategies. 50% in @BristolBioSci, 50% in @Macquarie_Uni. PM for details.

[Ricky Patel @RickeshNPatel]

Very happy to share our new preprint showing that bumblebees path integrate over short distances in the lab while walking! Work with Julian Kempenaers and @stanley_heinze @LundVision @MSCActions https://t.co/2A2TS1tX8q

[Ricky Patel @RickeshNPatel]

@JohnDKirwan @Lauren_hSR @DrKateFeller @YakirGagnon @DrDavidWilby Yes, this looks the easiest and probably cheapest considering the raspi alone is $35ish.

[Jerome Beetz @BeetzJerome]

I am happy to share our recent publication @CurrentBiology. We show a state-dependent remapping of the head-direction system in monarch butterflies. At flight onset a sun compass is generated. @Uni_WUE @tamumonarchlab @LundVision https://t.co/VXWJJtrcJj

[Animal Behavior Society @AnimBehSociety]

🚨 Abstract Submission Deadline Extension 🚨 The new deadline for #ABS2021 is May 14th! Get your abstract submitted to participate in world-class research sharing and networking!

[Animal Behavior Society @AnimBehSociety]

Hi everyone! I will be hosting today’s #ABStakeover. I am @RickeshNPatel, a Marie Curie postdoctoral fellow @LundVision @LundUniversity.

[Sam England @SamJakeEngland]

Sensory ecology/neuro postdoc available in my supervisor Daniel Robert's lab @BristolBioSci on electroreception in insects and other arthropods - a new and exciting field and it would be great to expand the team. DM me for more info or email Daniel. Feel free to share/RT😃🐝🕷️⚡️

[Ricky Patel @RickeshNPatel]

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[Ricky Patel @RickeshNPatel]

Mantis shrimp rely on vision to detect landmarks and other animals, among other tasks. What do mantis shrimp pay attention to when recognizing an object? Now in JEB, eight @UMBCBiology undergrads and I investigated if mantis shrimp recognize objects by their colors and/or shapes!