Albert Cardona @albertcardona@qoto.org

Not all ant-butterfly associations are mutually beneficial. In the case of the Large Blue (Phengaris arion), this relationship has developed a sinister twist!

Large Blue caterpillars are adopted by red ants and carried back to the ants' nest. Once inside, however, the caterpillar turns parasite on its hosts and starts devouring ant larvae! 😱 Much like a Cuckoo, it fools the ants into thinking it is one of their own young, mimicking both their chemical scent and the calls made by a queen ant.

👋🏼 I’m Raghav Chhetri, a scientist at Rockefeller University in NYC. I like to follow cells, neurons, photons through the lens of custom microscopes. I’m broadly interested in developing and applying neuroimaging technologies to understand the brain. I feel strongly about current practices in scientific research and strive to make science open, accessible, and welcoming to minorities, historically marginalized, and societally disadvantaged groups.

Atlantic Puffins float on the ocean near Machias Seal Island. International Waters between Maine and Canada, summer 2022

"Within about a 48-hour period, a critical mass of scientists had gotten their bearings and Mastodon brio, and were finding each other. Even if Twitter pulls itself out of what looks like a possible death spiral, I can’t see us all ever going back."

https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2022/11/13/mapping-the-mastodon-migration-is-it-a-one-way-trip-or-an-each-way-bet-for-science-twitter/

Teaching Intro to Neurosci, I’m disappointed in how the textbook handles Mental Illness.
https://www.jblearning.com/catalog/productdetails/9781284211283

In short, it does a disservice to behavioral interventions.

And it holds up the idea of a gene>mouse model>a drug as the path forward (which has never happened in that simple way and never will).

It lacks nuance and humility on this topic. Does any textbook/chapter do this better?

@eikofried @amygdaloid
@Russpoldrack
@knutson_brain
@Whatishealth Anyone!?

Condylostylus mundus update:

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11/16 /22. N. Florida

I am interested in using #NMR to understand biology, so my work varies from #biophysics #kinetics #dynamics #proteinfolding to #structuralbiology

An example of our collaborations, with @ak947 and @lapassmore where we showed that Fip1 dynamics are required for CPF activation. NMR was used to study the conformational dynamics of Fip1 within the 850-kDa CPF complex.

http://www.genesdev.org/cgi/doi/10.1101/gad.348671.121

#NMRchat #protein #IDP #biochemistry #mRNA #3'endprocessing

So, I've joined the mass migration! Here's a wee #introduction:

I'm a science journalist interested in stories about people & science: how we generate evidence, how we use evidence, how we treat the people involved in the process.

New Scot 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, but always Saffa 🇿🇦, with an increasingly weird hybrid accent. Talk to me about bikes, running, music, and dogs.

#Introduction. I'm a neurotechnologist and neuroscientist at Imperial College London (where I am Professor of Neurotechnology in the Dept of Bioengineering). My research focuses on understanding the neural coding of memory, and how it is impaired in memory disorders. Towards these goals I also develop new tools for neuroscience (multiphoton, data analysis, mouse behaviour etc). Outside science I'm into cycling (particularly gravel). #neuroscience #neurotechnology

Hello👋 I’m a research fellow and psychiatrist at the University of Cambridge. I work on interactions between the immune system, brain and behaviour esp using #ImmunoGenetics approaches. Interested in #biomarker discovery in psychiatry. Looking forward to discussions on here! #genomics #immunopsychiatry #neuroscience #neuroimmunology #introduction

@Javierzsm A great reminder that the activity of a neuron matters in a different way to each target neuron type because the postsynaptic site is cell-type specific. Thanks for your work!

https://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2022/11/09/JNEUROSCI.1661-21.2022

#neuroscience #GABA #MartinottiCells #cerebralcortex

Freshly baked

Martinotti interneurons make different synapses depending on their post-synaptic targets.

Key role of alpha5-GABAARs

https://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2022/11/09/JNEUROSCI.1661-21.2022

POSTDOC alert: We're looking for a postdoctoral scientist to join our lab at Dartmouth! We study the neural basis of perception, memory, and neurodiversity using fMRI + VR.

www.robertsonlab.com/current-openings

Learn about the brain and live in the mountains! Please share.

@katejjeffery agreed. Let’s promote some deserving women, or otherwise underrepresented individuals in #neuroscience @LeslieKay @chrastil @GabrielleGirardeau @maramather @cerw

Hi! Have we met yet? 🤗

I'm Natalie Peluso, #psychology Honours and Research Assistant at the University of Queensland. I'm building on my successful #opera career by investigating the #psychology and #neuroscience of breathing, voice, emotion, facial expressions, and skillful bodily intention. 🧠💜

(PS. My #Loudhearted #podcast launches in the New Year 🤫)

Some of my favourite words are curious, playful, coffee, sunrise, ocean, and care. Great to meet you!

#introduction #twittermigration

Hey all. Someone recommended that I follow @PleaseCaption which would remind me when I forgot alt text for an image. Got my first reminder today. I think it was a tech fail, as I remember entering the caption, but I still appreciate the accountability. So #FollowFriday the bot.

Eena and I DM'd our emails, and she sent me her excellent poster - I thanked Brad for connecting us. And Eena and I are still talking... ⭐

Conferences are great fun. But they're not essential for making great connections with others.

What IS essential is curiosity, enthusiasm, passion, and a willingness to reach out. These are skills to nurture, whether you're connecting in-person or online.

#academicTwitter #phdlife

This literature clock is the most wonderful thing I’ve seen in a long time. Checking the time becomes a moment of pure joy 😍

https://literature-clock.jenevoldsen.com