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Willem Laursen

@willemlaursen.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Washington Neurogenetics and sensory physiology of vector mosquitoes and other interesting inverts Lab website: sites.uw.edu/wlaursen

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John Tuthill @tuthill.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
My department, Neurobiology and Biophysics at the University of Washington (nbio.uw.edu), is hiring a new tenure-track Assistant Professor, application deadline 09/30/26. It's a broad search — molecular to organismal, all of neuroscience/physiology/biophysics welcome. apply.interfolio.com/187735
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Willem Laursen @willemlaursen.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
And of course a huge thanks to support from UW and all my colleagues in the growing mosquito research hub in Seattle. Come for the science, stay for the scenery!
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Willem Laursen @willemlaursen.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Excited to be named a 2026 Sloan Fellow in Neuroscience! Many thanks to all the labmates and mentors past and present for making it possible. A humbling experience to be part of this group, and great motivation to continue our research into mechanisms of blood-feeding behavior! 🩸 🦟 #SloanFellow
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2026 Fellows | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Our mission is to make the world a better place through the advancement of scientific knowledge.
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John Tuthill @tuthill.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
0.00003 foot tall xmas tree from a Drosophila flight steering muscle 🎄 image by @anne-sustar.bsky.social
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Piali Sengupta @senguptalab.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
TT faculty job opening in #Neuroscience! We are looking for a colleague to join us in our fantastic Biology Department and Neuroscience Program at Brandeis. We are a group of *very* collaborative, supportive, and productive scientists (& humans!) so please apply academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30961
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Brandeis University, Biology Department
Job #AJO30961, Assistant Professor in Biology and Neuroscience Program, Biology Department, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, US
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Willem Laursen @willemlaursen.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Thrilled to announce our lab just received an NIAID DP2 New Innovator Award!! 🎉 We’re looking for discovery-hungry postdocs + grad students who want to dig into sensory mechanisms of mosquito blood feeding. 🩸🦟🧬🧪 Join our swarm! 👉 sites.uw.edu/wlaursen/
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Jessica Zung @jlzung.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Kicking off my Bluesky account by sharing a new review I wrote with @lindymcbr.bsky.social for @currentbiology.bsky.social! If you’ve ever wondered about the source of your stank or just want to learn why humans smell weird (it's true!), then this review is for you! 👃🧪🤔 doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
a diagram showing a cross-section of human skin, showing that sebaceous compounds are broken down under UV radiation
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tomtom-auer.bsky.social @tomtom-auer.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
We are #hiring! Interested in comparative neuroscience? Check details here (www.unifr.ch/bio/en/depar...). We look for a motivated #PhD student or #PostDoc to combine genetics, physiology, neural circuit tracing, and behaviour to study taste processing evolution in #Drosophila. Please repost.
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UW Biology @uwbiology.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
We are hosting a day of science and invite you to join us! Families and science enthusiasts of all ages are welcome. UW Biology Open House UW Life Sciences Building Saturday, May 17, 2025 10 AM to 2 PM For more information, visit this link: tinyurl.com/UWBioOpenHou...
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Marcus Stensmyr @marcusstensmyr.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
We are looking for a PhD student! If you are interested in Drosophilids, systematics, bioinformatics, fiddling with museum specimens of old/weird flies, and chemosensation, then maybe this is for you! Please rebutterfly(?)! Apply below. lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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Willem Laursen @willemlaursen.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
The Laursen Lab (U. of Washington) is recruiting all career stages! We use genetic tools to understand how mosquitoes and other pests sense the world and how this influences their behavior. We welcome applicants from a wide range of backgrounds. The lab (and mosquitoes) can’t wait to meet you!
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