Scott Juntti

Assistant Professor at University of Maryland, studying the roots of social behavior in the brain

[Scott Juntti @ScottJuntti]

@uwalumni Obviously I love my own university in Maryland, but purple and red state outrage is the only the way to save medical research.

[Scott Juntti @ScottJuntti]

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.

[Scott Juntti @ScottJuntti]

Make no mistake, @uwalumni and UM alums, our great universities will be greatly diminished if we allow this to stand!

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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.

[M. Emília Santos @emiliapsantos]

So happy to see this work out in the word!! Congrats @marconi_aleks and @gregverne!! #proudPI

[Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz]

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

[UMD Science @UMDscience]

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

[Scott Juntti @ScottJuntti]

@harris_kaplan Nature never fails to amaze!

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@Pselaphinae Well-deserved— glad MacArthur recognizes your super cool work!

[Scott Juntti @ScottJuntti]

@Juanonyme Clearly we need to borrow those (with the artist attached)!

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@HofmannLab Thanks, this project has been a fun journey!

[Scott Juntti @ScottJuntti]

@maxwellshafer Yes! It’s incredible. Both the behavior and the amazing bit of SciComm she does with this.

[Scott Juntti @ScottJuntti]

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!

[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

[Scott Juntti @ScottJuntti]

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.