Excited to release this new pre-print (https://t.co/kO7APZiTXw)🎉 In a complex visual environment, how do flies (like below) know what to focus on?
We uncovered neuronal pathways through which social states (like aggression🥊 and courtship) modulate visual processing. 1/
I am thrilled to start an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at @DartmouthCollege in July 2024. We will study genetic & neural basis of behavior evolution & how behavior affects evolution. Recruiting talented & enthusiastic scientists to join the lab!
Excited to share our new preprint on the evolution of Drosophila courtship song, led by @Justin_T_Walsh , Dajia Ye, and Ian Junker: https://t.co/W6eHpqncFO
Happy to share a recent work from my lab, led by @dawnschen and Minhao Li: The origination of a novel social behavior + the function and evolution of female sexual behavior. We had so much fun working on this project with several jaw-dropping moments!
How do the peripheral and central nervous systems evolve to switch the valence of a sex pheromone, from anti-aphrodisiac to aphrodisiac, in species-specific mate recognition? Check this beautiful work led by Rory Coleman and Vanessa Ruta (honored to make a small contribution)!
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If you have professional clothes that are unused, or used but clean, #Dros23 is collecting donations for Broadway Youth Center @howardbrownhc an integrated health and social services organization that serves the Chicago LGBTQ+ community
Before the 2016 election, I didn't believe that Trump could be elected, and I regret not doing everything I could to ensure it didn't happen. Here's what I'm doing to make sure this doesn't happen again:
Thank all the team members so much for their excellent work. Also, appreciate the help from the Janelia community @HHMIJanelia . Especially, the help from Janelia Experimental Technology (jET) and histology teams.
Our new study in @ScienceMagazine , led by @shengjin_xu. We report CaRMA imaging-- a method that combines deep-brain in vivo single neuron dynamics in mice with detailed gene co-expression information in the same cells across multiple behavioral states. https://t.co/FAjTUeicdR
My first, first-author paper is out today from the @JustinMCrocker
Lab at @embl with collaboration with @David_L_Stern and @richmann10 and @HHMIJanelia . Hear how we used robotics and automation to mutationally scan a Drosophila developmental enhancer!
https://t.co/pPrSJTyKec
Today's headlines: Undead neurons make headless flies walk! Nervous systems evolve by changing which and how many newly-born neurons die! Flightless flies are fly! Read all about it in our paper now out in eLife https://t.co/1x7wHQrory (a thread)