Finally, I'm coming to the ESITO Symposium 2025 in Villasimius this year, so happy to discuss opportunities in person if you're also there!
Creating the first comparative single-cell brain atlases for 3 Drosophila species was a huge effort by Daehan Lee in @bentonlab.bsky.social. With it, we describe glial cell evolution potentially associated with D. sechellia's specialization.
Explore the atlases: scope.aertslab.org#/DmelDsimDse...
I'm looking to recruit a post-doc to help push forward our growing interests in insect ecotoxicology.
Apply here by Nov 30th!
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career5.successfactors.eu/sfcareer/job...
On cloud nine to announce that I'll be starting my own lab at the Department of Biological Science, Florida State University in Spring 2026! We'll study neuronal circuits and sensory-guided behavior by combining comparative and functional approaches using non-model Drosophila flies 🪰
Our lab webpage is out!
takagilab.org
I’m just posting here our related work from last year on the impact of olfactory system remodeling
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
New preprint out! We identified a GPCR signaling pathway that adds a new layer of odor tuning to an otherwise ionotropic olfactory detection system.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
In Fall '26 the Himmel Lab will open at NJIT Biological Sciences. I'm beyond stoked!
Interested in a PhD/postdoc in the function/evolution/origins of the senses (computation or experimentation)? Message me and come join a great department in the NY metro! Sharing is appreciated. Info: himmellab.org