Excited to share a new review by @kocherlab.bsky.social and me:
Nature-inspired neuroscience
We discuss diverse sensory systems and behaviors across the animal kingdom and argue for their integration into neuroscience. New tools in diverse systems are making this possible ✨
tinyurl.com/y5y9du27
I feel like this book is Esio Trot 🐢
OpenAI: We’re burning money like the Joker. A miracle needs to happen for us to turn a profit
Microsoft: Please please use our AI systems, we’re teetering on the edge here
Anthropic: I wonder what’ll kill us first: lawsuits, regulations or model collapse
Media and universities: AI is here to stay
Had a great time talking with you David! Very nice job on the article!
🎉New paper out from the lab, led by @baptistepiqueret.bsky.social: ant larvae chemically suppress the reproduction of their caregivers. bit.ly/4t8uZLG
An example of how social interactions are regulated at the molecular level. The work was made possible by the unique environment @mpi-ce.bsky.social
Spring has sprung here in Vermont
For shame, @mayorwu.boston.gov. Study after study show that these chatbots deliver misinformation, damage cognition, and some apparently have driven kids to suicide. How do you justify forcing this untested, dangerous, right-wing-billionaire controlled garbage on kids?
Our most accomplished work on chemical evolution 🥳
These N,S-cardeneolides have unique structures and bioactivities, and they also have divergent macroevolutionary histories 🤩
Structural innovation in the evolution of plant chemical defense | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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A small but provocative new study finds that students with the ability to formulate sophisticated questions - which is an important marker of, and contributor to, deep thinking - did better on an open-ended project but *worse* on a standard multiple-choice course exam […]
Happy to help @whysharksmatter.bsky.social ! And can do it in cosplay too😁
I am very happy to share that the latest work from the lab, led by Dr. Qi Xue, has been published in PNAS and is now online: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Woohoo! Our whole family has been loving this series, and several of our friends have also been picking them up too!
And we’ve been constantly saying “king fry” and “butt pep” to each other!🤣
Appreciate it Tyler!
Thanks Kristyn!
Hope you are well!
our latest publication is now published! 🍾
Sensitivity to cuticular hydrocarbons across the odorant receptor family in the Indian jumping ant, Harpegnathos saltator
Congrats to all of my co-authors, many of whom are undergraduates and this is their first paper!
www.frontiersin.org/journals/ins...
Enjoyed a nice amphibian crossing in Salisbury, VT tonight and saw red-backed, four-toed, spotted, and so many blue spotted salamanders. Plus dozens of wood frogs!
Literally me on any social media platform
A winter firefly on our glass door
First one of my little buddies emerging…
It’s winter firefly season yall!
I now have to add a major caveat when I discuss the discovery of olfactory receptors in class. At least I can still focus on Linda Buck!
Macro photo of a brown stink bug in face view on a leaf, guarding a tightly-clustered bunch of eggs that are shaped and colored exactly like a full tray of dark beer with foam on top.
Finally, the bug is back with a round of the Guinness.
A very badass insect!
a lightning bug has the most comically gigantic eyes (but it's a picture, they just look like that) and words next to their face say "A wall?? 4 me??: with little hearts on either side of their face. and the skype a scientist logo on the bottom right
Yo Philly, I'm scheming again.
I spent the morning with our board member who runs point on grants. We're submitting proposals for a fall project that will require 3 walls with at least 10x10ft of space in Philly.
The mural theme: Philly Bugs.
Have a wall? Tell me here 👇
forms.gle/KjMpNKcgwDbV...
You’re rocking a Primo so you would pass in my book!
AI researchers rationalize the damage they're doing by invoking inevitability - that "powerful tranquilizer of the conscience," as ELIZA's inventor put it. But "if we don't change course, many people's closest confidant may soon be a computer" and "human connection will be]...reshaped beyond […]
Students shouldn’t squander years of their life, stumbling about to see what jobs accidentally present themselves that maybe they won’t hate. —Peter Hostrawser growbeyondgrades.org/blog/tell-me...
Would love to get more biologists willing to volunteer and speak with my students. Please consider signing up!
Great, thank you!
Absolutely love Skype a Scientist (got my first Spring session as a scientist tomorrow morning!), but I do feel like this is not a match for the call here. A college class and a 1-on-1 interview. But I guess it could be a nice collaboration for the future, I may look into asking Sarah. Thanks!
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My intro biology course has an "Interview a Biologist" project where students connect with a wide range of biologists using cell/molecular tools.
If you are willing to speak with a student for ~30 minutes on Zoom, please fill out this form: forms.gle/BCjJPgURsgSr...
