There are many changes in DC, but this one is going to cripple education and medical research, even though it sounds minor. The @UWMadison and @UMNAlumni , two places I dearly love, will no longer be receiving indirect costs necessary to keep the lights on.
This is necessary to pay teachers, maintain the plumbing, and other essential functions. “Indirect Cost Sharing” from the NIH pays these bills, and around 2/3 of these payments have just been slashed under the new administration.
It's publication day for "Asymptomatic" via @JHUPress. The book explores the paradox of asymptomatic transmission and rationale for proactive steps to confront future pandemics:
https://t.co/OG2IBLnMV9
Biology's Dawei Han and Catherine Carr discovered an auditory "sixth sense" in geckos that could have implications for human hearing and balance disorders.
Using a part of the brain usually associated with balance, geckos can detect faint vibrations. https://t.co/UdyZAqx5rb
Lots more to unpack: How do sexually dimorphic signals regulate the processing of these olfactory signals? What are the central pathways receiving this pheromonal information? We’ve got a lot left to do!
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
Is olfactory receptor evolution a common pathway by which social systems evolve? We don’t know yet, but cichlid fish are an ideal system, with their behavioral variation and experimental tractability.