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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

In a sated state, flies self-administer simulated taste. However, taste plays a minor role in enhancing odor-based learning.

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Dr. John Hernandez @cranialnurv.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

What drives motivation? We found that #olfaction is the primary sensory driver! Flies rapidly pursue good smells (apple cider vinegar) & strongly avoid bad ones (benzaldehyde).

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Dr. John Hernandez @cranialnurv.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

In the Open-LA, we tracked individual flies as they self-administered #appetitive (good) vs. #aversive (bad) odors and simulated taste experience, alone and in combination. We wanted to understand how each stimulus guided their volitional choices and multiple #behaviors over time.

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