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Alayna G. Mackiewicz, PhD

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Sisneros Lab @UW | sensory biology, animal behavior & neurobiology | she/her

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Mystery of how turtles read their magnetic map solved. Alayna Mackiewicz & co reveal that hatchling loggerhead turtles feel the magnetism 🔁 journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/... Read the full research at journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

A young loggerhead turtle ‘dancing’ in a magnetic field with its head up and mouth open in anticipation of food. Photo credit: Alayna Mackiewicz.

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International Society for Neuroethology @neuroethology.org · 23/11/2025

The magentic sense is undoubtedly one of the greatest secrets in sensory biology. Whole brain activity mapping in response to 🧲 stimulation revealed a light-independent activity in the medial vestibular nuclei & the caudal mesopallium in the pigeon 🧠 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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A global screen for magnetically induced neuronal activity in the pigeon brain

How animals detect the Earth’s magnetic field remains a mystery in sensory biology. Despite extensive behavioral evidence, the neural circuitry and molecular mechanisms responsible for magnetic sensin...

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