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Jeff Riffell

@riffelllab.bsky.social
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Sensory Neuroecology Lab. Mosquitoes, moths, and chemicals. Professor at the University of Washington, Department of Biology riffelllab.org

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Latin American Association of Chemical Ecology @alaeq.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
We will have our II Joint Meeting ISCE -ALAEQ in Buenos Aires next year. Keep an eye on our official channels so you don't miss any updates! More details coming soon
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Vivek Nityananda @viveknityananda.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Look at that! My play I Dream of Theresa May is up for an award 😍: www.asianmediaawards.com/asian-media-... Many thanks to @taratheatre.com and @natashakchandra.bsky.social for their amazingness! And @livetheatre.bsky.social for their support! Play details here: taratheatre.com/whats-on/i-d...
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Asian Media Awards 2025 Finalists
Asian Media Awards 2025 Shortlist was announced on Tuesday 23 September.
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Adriana Darielle Mejía Briscoe @adrianabriscoe.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Friends who love to read, I have a small ask on behalf of my father, Peter Briscoe, who is not on social media. Dad is a retired librarian, who has devoted his life and career to the care, consideration, purchase, and curation of tens of thousands of books. He is a passionate bibliophile
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Patty Murray wants to know: What comes after Trump and Kennedy? She's plotting a future for public health. I talked to her last week. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/u...
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A Public Health-Minded Senator Asks: What Comes After Trump and Kennedy?
Senator Patty Murray, a former chair of the Senate health committee, is forming a group of experts to examine how to insulate the C.D.C. from political interference.
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Jeff Riffell @riffelllab.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Amazing!!
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David Schoppik @schoppik.com · 07/10/2026
If you've ever wondered how the brain *really* keeps things in mind, come let Aaron, Nick & their colleagues in the Nagel lab tell you how the fly does it here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A split attractor design for rapidly writing a navigational goal - Nature
The recurrent h∆K–PFG neural circuit generates persistent heading memories through slow excitation, fast inhibition and a disinhibitory gate, where disinhibition controls the functional...
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International Society for Neuroethology @neuroethology.org · 07/10/2026
How does a brain remember a particular orientation or goal? In this new fascinating paper from the Nagel lab, authors show the role of disinhibition in the head-direction circuit and the interaction of sensory input and ongoing behavior. Read it here 🪰🧭 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A split attractor design for rapidly writing a navigational goal - Nature
The recurrent h∆K–PFG neural circuit generates persistent heading memories through slow excitation, fast inhibition and a disinhibitory gate, where disinhibition controls the functional...
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@KayTrue (Sarah L. Keller) @kaytrue.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Very excited to share that my department at @uwchemistry.bsky.social will be hiring an Assistant Professor of Chemistry! Come be my colleague at the University of Washington in Seattle! It is a wonderful city filled with wonderful scientists. Details in the link: ap.washington.edu/ahr/academic...
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Academic Jobs - Academic Personnel & Faculty
Find current openings and apply for academic jobs at the University of Washington.
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Maitreya Dunham @maitreya.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Here's the ad for the Genome Sciences faculty positions ap.washington.edu/ahr/position...
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Position Details - Academic Personnel & Faculty
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Neil Tsutsui @neiltsutsui.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We're hiring! Our search for an Assistant Professor in Arthropod Biodiversity just opened. Come join us at UC Berkeley in the amazing Department of Environmental Science, Policy, & Management! Feel free to contact me if you have questions. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05523
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
Assistant Professor - Arthropod Biodiversity - Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
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Gabriella Wolff @gabriellawolff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Mosquitoes escape with a higher success rate than fruit flies when attacked by dragonflies. Could they be using their sense of hearing to initiate escape maneuvers? We explore this question in our new (and improved) preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Monika Scholz @monikakscholz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Come be our colleague @mpinb.mpg.de ! jobs.b-ite.com/jobposting/4... Bonn has a great community of neuroscientists and it's been a great place to start a group! #neuroethology @neuroethology.org
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Max Planck Research Group Leader (W2) in Neuroethology (m/f/div)
limited contract
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Jolyon Troscianko @jtroscianko.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🦋 Butterfly wing patterns create motion illusions that protect them from predators! Our new study (8 years in the making) is out in Nature today doi.org/10.1038/s415... @grahancock.bsky.social @esbriolat.bsky.social @scienceanna.bsky.social @lauraakelley.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
. @biologists.bsky.social is offering 20 funded places for ECRs from the Global South to attend the Integrative Ecological Neurobiology in Changing Environments Workshop in Argentina, 1-5 August 2027 Application deadline: 6 Nov 2026 Don't miss out! 🔁 www.biologists.com/workshops/au...
Workshop
Integrative Ecological Neurobiology in Changing Environments
Organisers: Martin Berón de Astrada, Sebastián Eduardo Sabatini, Martín Tresguerres, Maria Soledad Yusseppone
Early-career reserachers apply for funded places
1-5 August 2027
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Tim Lee @leetim.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My institute is hiring a group leader in Neuroethology! Bonn is a wonderful place to do neuroscience. Check it out! jobs.b-ite.com/jobposting/4...
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Max Planck Research Group Leader (W2) in Neuroethology (m/f/div)
limited contract
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Tessa Montague @tessamontague.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm excited to share our new preprint: Generation of a transgenic cephalopod tinyurl.com/pc86jxz8 Cephalopods (cuttlefish, octopus & squid) are crazy critters that dynamically camouflage to their surroundings by changing the color, pattern, & texture of their skin, which they control w their brain.
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Anita Devineni @anitadevineni.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Emory Biology department is hiring a tenure-track ecologist at any rank. Deadline is Nov 1, link below! As I've said many times before, I couldn't ask for a more supportive department. Our faculty colleagues, dept chair, and admin staff are truly awesome ❤️ apply.interfolio.com/191783
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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hey! Jobs as Assistant or Associate Prof in the Univ. of Kentucky Dept of Biology w/focus on Cell and Molecular Neuroscience. Peeps using iPSC/organoid models, or those working with invertebrate model organisms be sure to apply. Be a colleague with @anncmorris.bsky.social !
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Assistant or Associate Professor of Biology
The Department of Biology at the University of Kentucky invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor, with expertise in the field of Cell an...
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Kacy Gordon @kacylynn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
JOB ALERT: UNC Bio is hiring 2 tenure track assistant profs doing molecular, cell, and dev bio. The search is intentionally broad, so please share widely and spread the word! Find more information and apply here: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/325... Application review begins Nov 1.
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Alicia Izquierdo @aliciaizquierdo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
📣 Assistant Professor of Teaching in Neuroscience at UCLA! ☀️ 🧠 Apply before Nov 9th recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF11315
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Assistant Professor of Teaching in Neuroscience in the UCLA Department of Psychology and Undergraduate Neuroscience Interdepartmental Program
University of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now!
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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
TT Assistant Professor position in Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease at University of Florida
explore.jobs.ufl.edu
University of Florida - Details - Assistant Professor of Biology
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Jeff Riffell @riffelllab.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Awesome story / study
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Jeff Riffell @riffelllab.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Awesome work!!
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Leah Houri-Zeevi @leahhouri.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🩸🩸🩸TODAY WE SHARE TWO MAJOR DISCOVERIES🩸🩸🩸 1. We peered into genomes and brains of the rare mosquitoes that QUIT feeding on blood and found what biting is built from 2. Humans got rid of isoleucine in their blood, malaria suffers from it, and mosquito proteomes budget for it THREADS>
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Matt Smear @mattsmear.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Marder (2026) "A feature and not a bug: Replication failures can lead to new biology": www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
igure 2. Degenerate models show different responses to partial or complete deletion of one current. Model neuron A and model neuron B have the same constellation of ion channels, but with different values of their maximal conductances. Despite this, under ‘control’ conditions, the models are degenerate and show very similar bursting behavior (black voltage traces in the top line of each panel). The currentscapes [42] shown in color are a visualization of the amount each of the currents is contributing to the total outward or total inward currents in the models. Note that in model neuron A there is virtually no A current (purple), while in model neuron B the A current is quite large. Again, this is degeneracy, as the two sets of parameters used in the models are appreciably different, but the output is very similar. The right-hand panels show the results of decreasing the maximal conductance of one of the Ca 2+ currents from 100% to 75%, 50%, 25% or 0% relative to the control. Although the 75% panel is noticeably different in the two models, it is striking that at 50% deletion the models are again degenerate, and produce similar behavior. Nonetheless at 25% and 0% ,the two models behave markedly different.
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Maitreya Dunham @maitreya.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Exciting news: @uwgenome.bsky.social will be hiring for two tenure-track faculty positions this year, one open rank and one assistant professor. Both are “Genome Sciences” interpreted broadly so we welcome applicants working in a variety of fields and methods. Ad will be out shortly.
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Portugues Lab @portugueslab.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Department of Neurobiology and Behavior at Cornell University is hiring! Come and do cutting edge research on the neural basis of natural behaviors at NBB (nbb.cornell.edu). No animal too small, no behavior too strange! Apply here: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32592
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 23/09/2026
NIH funding doesn't belong to Donald Trump—it belongs to the patients and families waiting for the next medical breakthrough. We cannot let Trump politicize federal research grants and give right-wing extremists a veto over lifesaving work. SPEAK UP FOR SCIENCE.
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Jeff Riffell @riffelllab.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Amazing work!!!
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Matt Lovett-Barron @mlovettbarron.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Our lab's latest paper on the neurobiology of collective behavior is now published www.nature.com/articles/s41... This is the work of a great team in the lab - led by Jo-Hsien Yu, with Geoff Meyerhof, Jimjohn Milan, and Julia Napoli @nature.com @danionella.bsky.social
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Jeff Rasmussen @jraslab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🚨 New preprint from the lab! 🚨 Transcriptomic profiling identifies cellular and molecular transitions during Merkel cell regeneration www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Transcriptomic profiling identifies cellular and molecular transitions during Merkel cell regeneration
Skin exhibits a remarkable capacity for regeneration, which requires the coordinated reconstitution of diverse cell types and structures. Merkel cells are mechanosensory cells that detect gentle touch...
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Jeff Riffell @riffelllab.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI1u...
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William Shatner Enter Sandman live 2026
YouTube video by Norbs metal super tv show
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Gitta Coaker @gittacoaker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Assistant Professor position at University of Michigan. Applicants in all areas of cellular/molecular biology in prokaryotes, plants, and animals are encouraged to apply. lsa.umich.edu/mcdb/news-ev...
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MCDB Solicits Applications for an Assistant Professor | U-M LSA Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB)
The faculty position will be tenure track with a university year appointment starting August 25, 2027 or January 1, 2028. Apply now through October 1, 2026.
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Jeff Riffell @riffelllab.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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HL Eisthen, defective human product @hleisthen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It's fat bear week, people! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/s...
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Fat Bear Week Returns to Alaska: Meet the Contenders (Gift Article)
Call them fat. Call them corpulent. Call them rotund. The bears are back in town and bigger than ever.
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Venki Murthy @neurovenki.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Congratulations @dulaclab.bsky.social!!!
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Calling all postdocs! JEB encourages the involvement of postdocs in peer review, so let your PI know that you are keen to get involved the next time JEB invites them to review a manuscript Find out more @ journals.biologists.com/jeb/pages/re... #PostdocAppreciationWeek #NPAW #PostdocAppreciation
National Postdoc Appreciation Week logo.
September 21-25, 2026
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Moi Expósito-Alonso (MOILAB) @mexpositoalonso.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Fantastic Asst Professor positions open across multiple UC Berkeley departments @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Plant/Algae/Microb aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05522 Plant/Env aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05382 Gen/Dev/Evo aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05481 Eco aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05489
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Assistant Professor – Plant or Macroalgae-Associated Microbial Communities and Interactions - Plant and Microbial Biology
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
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Jeff Riffell @riffelllab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Congrats!!
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Becky Johnson @entomososwin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I'm very excited to announce that I'll be joining the Entomology Department at Penn State University and starting a lab in the summer of 2027!!! The lab will focus on mosquito biology/physiology and mosquito-host interactions and how these impact viral transmission dynamics. More to come soon! 🎉🦟🔬
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Jeff Riffell @riffelllab.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Seattle Luminata festival last night - always fun and impressive
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Jeff Riffell @riffelllab.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Totally
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Jeff Riffell @riffelllab.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We do this every year, but using a paragraph summary and uploading a highlighted CV, and it gets reviewed by two colleagues (at equivalent rank) and the chair. It’s not too bad. Also accessible across ranks.
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Hany K. M. Dweck (هاني دويك) @dwecklab.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
After four wonderful years at the CAES, our lab is moving to TAMU Entomology (@tamuentomology). I am very excited about this new chapter. We will be hiring three postdocs to start early next year. Please contact me if you are interested.
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Jeff Riffell @riffelllab.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
BOOM! Congrats Hany!!
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Dmitri Petrov @petrovadmitri.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We are searching for an Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology! Looking for colleagues asking fundamental questions relating to evolutionary processes and drivers of evolutionary patterns. If you think it is you, please do apply! And please repost. facultypositions.stanford.edu/jobs/assista...
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Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology - Stanford University, California, United States
The Department of Biology at Stanford University seeks applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology. A successful candidate will conduct research that asks fundamental que...
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John Tuthill @tuthill.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
supposedly, NIH study section members can still submit grants a couple weeks late if the panel meets within four weeks of the deadline. but the language is vaguely ominous. has anyone actually done this successfully? grants.nih.gov/grants-proce...
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Jeff Riffell @riffelllab.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Amazing!
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Jason Rasgon @vectorgen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Banger of a new RasgonLab study by Drs. Najmeh Nejat and Travis van Warmerdam on a new arthropod germline CRISPR delivery system. Knock-out AND knock-in by ORAL delivery! No more injections! Germline Engineering by Viral transduction (GEValT)
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Sweta Agrawal @hokuba.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Agrawal lab has published its first paper! "Sticking the landing: leg mechanosensory feedback coordinates the transition from flight to landing" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... This project was led by a technician in the lab, Tse-Wei (Wayne) Kuo. Brief 🧵on what we found
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