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Dr. John Hernandez

@cranialnurv.bsky.social
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Neuroscientist, advocate, nerd and food enthusiast! Asst. prof (research) at Brown in the Kaun lab studying individuality in behavior, brain circuits and molecules underlying alcohol preference and motivation #Blacklivesmatter #vote #5calls 🏳️‍🌈

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Katrin Vogt @katrinvogt.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
The first paper from the lab is now out in Science Advances: Multimodal social context modulates larval behavior in Drosophila www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... We find that fly larvae keep their distance to conspecifics in the absence of food, enjoy reading! @cbehav.bsky.social @uni-konstanz.de
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Lewis Nunez Severino (he/him) @lewisnunsev.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
accepted today :)
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Dr. John Hernandez @cranialnurv.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Ever wonder how individuals decide what to eat & what to avoid? We used our novel #OperantLearningAssay (Open-LA) to let #Drosophila control their sensory world and study their motivated choices over time. Read my full work with @karlakaun.bsky.social & co-authors at doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
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Shaping of olfactory responses by taste in a new assay for operant learning in Drosophila melanogaster
Summary: A new assay that characterizes subtle behaviors and assesses operant learning in freely behaving Drosophila reveals that olfaction more strongly influences stimulus-seeking behavior than tast...
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Dr. John Hernandez @cranialnurv.bsky.social · 11/02/2024
I gave the talk! #neuroscience #gordonresearchconference
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