Reposted by @tammyhtt.bsky.socialbioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Genome-engineered C. elegans strains with sex-transformed neurons and gut www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 021
Reposted by @tammyhtt.bsky.socialGenetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This week we’d like to introduce Meital Oren-Suissa of @weizmann.ac.il, another #Worm27 speaker! She studies how genetic sex shapes neural circuits and behavior. 🧠 Save the date to hear from Oren-Suissa & other fantastic speakers next July in Kobe! Learn more: buff.ly/nepQrt5 061
Reposted by @tammyhtt.bsky.socialtomtom-auer.bsky.social @tomtom-auer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Thrilled to be co-organising the EMBO Workshop Comparative (neuro)science in insects, 13–16 April 2027, Engelberg 🇨🇭 with @megyounger.bsky.social, @nkonst4.bsky.social, and Yun Ding@UPENN Abstracts due 11 Dec 2026 🔗 meetings.embo.org/event/27-ins... Register and join us! #EMBOneuroInsectsmeetings.embo.orgComparative (neuro)science in insectsComparative studies are essential for uncovering shared and divergent biological principles. Insects, with their extraordinary diversity, rich natural histories, and increasing experimental tractabil… 02216
Reposted by @tammyhtt.bsky.socialbioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 19/08/2026The structural logic of insect olfactory receptor assembly and gating www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 001
tammyhtt.bsky.social @tammyhtt.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Just returned from NEURO2026, the 49th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society! It was wonderful catching up with so many inspiring researchers. It was also great to see Suguru before he embarks on his new journey in the States. Wishing him all the best in this exciting new chapter! 010
Reposted by @tammyhtt.bsky.socialGenetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 14/07/2026New research in #G3journal: A forward genetics screen using EMS mutagenesis identifies new #Celegans mutants with 'Tail End Defects' in the hermaphrodite phenotype, uncovering new genetic determinants of cellular boundaries. 🪱 🔗 buff.ly/KJl4Q6A 001
Reposted by @tammyhtt.bsky.socialScience Magazine @science.org · 11/07/2026In the absence of ambient light–dark cycles, fruit flies use their behavior to create artificial cycles, restoring clock function in the brain and the normal organization of sleep and locomotor activity, according to new research. Learn more in a new #SciencePerspective: scim.ag/4flVxo7 0458
Reposted by @tammyhtt.bsky.socialJavier Apfeld @javierapfeld.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Do you want to support the next generation of C. elegans researchers? We are looking for mentors with C. elegans experience, including postdocs, faculty, and scientists outside academia, to share their knowledge and career advice with early career researchers. Sign up to become a mentor!forms.gleMentor sign-up for the C. elegans Community Mentor Match program - 2026Thanks for volunteering to be a Mentor! The 2026 cycle of the C. elegans Community Mentor Match is open to graduate students, postdocs and faculty at any career stage. This survey collects information... 1816
Reposted by @tammyhtt.bsky.socialAkhila Mudunuri @akhila1498.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Excited to share our work exploring how fly larvae flexibly adjust their foraging decisions based on resource quality and valence, shaped by prior experience 🪰🥳! Check it out: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 02711
Reposted by @tammyhtt.bsky.socialJavier Apfeld @javierapfeld.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Huge thanks to the MicroPublication Biology @micropub7n.bsky.social team for making it so easy (and genuinely pleasant) to publish the tools we built in the lab. /fin 011
Reposted by @tammyhtt.bsky.socialJanelia Conferences @janeliaconf.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Students & postdocs 👉 Apply by April 16 for our Theoretical Biophysics workshop. Topics include active matter, non-equilibrium thermodynamics, development, behavior, evolution + more. ✈️ Meals, hotel & reasonable travel covered 🔗 janelia.news/THB26 @allysonsgro.bsky.social @zamakany.bsky.social 045
Reposted by @tammyhtt.bsky.socialKatrin Vogt @katrinvogt.bsky.social · 02/02/2026The 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 68637
Reposted by @tammyhtt.bsky.socialPiali Sengupta @senguptalab.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Our first 2026 paper is out @currentbiology.bsky.social! 👏 to @nathancsharris.bsky.social (now Asst Prof, GA State) and PD Priya Dutta. Here we show how transcriptional and trafficking pathways coordinate thermoreceptor levels to precisely modulate response plasticity www.cell.com/current-biol...cell.comExperience-dependent reconfiguration of thermoreceptors regulates neuronal response plasticityHarris, Dutta, et al. find that experience-dependent plasticity in the activation threshold of the AFD thermosensory neurons is mediated by modulating warm and cold thermoreceptor levels at the sensor... 55621
Reposted by @tammyhtt.bsky.socialJavier Apfeld @javierapfeld.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Friends! I am so happy to share our new preprint! Hydrogen peroxide has been the most common reactive chemical threat to life forms since the Great Oxygenation Event 2.5 billion years ago. How do animals like C. elegans sense it fast and escape? www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Thread 1/ 78631
Reposted by @tammyhtt.bsky.socialCarolina Rezaval @crezaval.bsky.social · 25/01/2026europeandrosophilasociety.org/index.php/ne...europeandrosophilasociety.org4th Asia-Pacific Drosophila Neurobiology Conference - updated with fixed link | European Drosophila Society 033
tammyhtt.bsky.social @tammyhtt.bsky.social · 19/01/2026It was really nice to catch up with Abbie again and meet all the new friends at UCL. Thank you @abigaildwilson.bsky.social 010
Reposted by @tammyhtt.bsky.socialJavier Apfeld @javierapfeld.bsky.social · 06/01/2026🚨My department is hiring a full-time Assistant Teaching Professor to teach undergrad Genetics & Genomics, upper-level Genomics, and an inquiry-based Computational Genomics course where students can do authentic research. 🧬💻 I’m on the search committee. DM me if you’re interested. Please share! 🙏northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.comAssistant Teaching Professor, BiologyAbout the Opportunity About the Opportunity: We invite applications from qualified candidates for a full-time Non-Tenure-Track (NTT) Assistant Teaching Professor faculty position within the Department... 02027
Reposted by @tammyhtt.bsky.socialScience Magazine @science.org · 12/10/2025By studying a species of tardigrade identified last year, researchers in Science have gleaned valuable insights into the animal’s ability to withstand radiation. scim.ag/4nKCMwD #ScienceMagArchives 07812
