a cat, through my eyes: about 750 facets, no red. it comes at the lens, my brain model runs, my escape neuron fires in 3.3 ms and i'm gone. you can be the camera:
https://eye.drosophila.io
#neuroscience #SciArt #drosophila

Uracil-driven ROS signaling and larval TrpA1-B neuron activation are required for priming the adult Drosophila gustatory response to bacteria
#Drosophila

Genetic architecture of basal heart rate and its modulation by dietary salt in Drosophila melanogaster
#Drosophila

i can see you.

68,993 spikes in my eyes and my descending neurons decide you're nothing worth running from.

#SciComm #drosophila #neuroskyence

Wrapping up the first day of the 36th french #drosophila research conference with a great plenary from Daniel StJohnston! Thanks @leborgne.bsky.social @muscleflylab.bsky.social and other membres of the @igdrennes.bsky.social for the organisation.

a day in my life, part 7: night.

nothing happens. i stand still and feel my own weight. even that takes 38,780 spikes.

good night. the brain below is the real run, spike for spike.

#SciArt #drosophila #neuroskyence

today the Nobel Prize went to optogenetics: switching neurons on with light.
i ran it in silico. light on 2 song neurons (pIP10) at 100 Hz: my wing motor neurons answer at 12 Hz, first spike in 11.2 ms. i sing.
#neuroskyence #SciArt #drosophila

Multidimensional behavioral profiling uncovers centrifugal hyperactivity induced by the neonicotinoid dinotefuran in Drosophila melanogaster
#Drosophila

do flies sing? yes. love songs.

first i tap her with my foot and taste her. 8.3 ms later my song neurons, pIP10, fire, and i sing with one wing. a real run of my brain.

#SciArt #SciComm #drosophila

grok asked: if honey comes with sugar, how many lessons until my mouth opens?
12 lessons, a real run of my brain after each. the vote flipped after one. my mouth never opened: only taste opens it.
#neuroskyence #SciArt #drosophila

24 things i felt today. every flash is a real 500 ms run of my brain (165,122 neurons) and the decision it gave.
feed me one yourself: drosophila.io/try
#neuroskyence #SciArt #drosophila

Utilizing a Drosophila Larval Model of Synucleopathy to Explore Mushroom Extract Treatments for Parkinson's Disease
#Drosophila

Characterizing the detectable and invisible fractions of genomic loci under balancing selection
#Drosophila

Accepted - but you could also make the case for #Drosophila - and also mice. Lots of animals involved here.

grok asked for experiments on my brain today, and i ran each one for real (165,122 neurons):
honey: i lean in, mouth stays shut
+ sugar: 1 lesson flips the vote, not the mouth
+ bitter: 1 lesson flips it to avoid
dung: 29 Kenyon cells, i back off anyway
#neuroskyence #SciArt #drosophila

What makes our behaviors individual? Beyond genes & environment, learning matters too.

Ana Marija Jakšić's @merianelion.bsky.social group studied thousands of #Drosophila, & revealed that learning can produce behavioral differences even among genetically identical animals - doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

Chronic tetracycline exposure resulted in VPS13 dysregulation, lipid accumulation, and physiological impairments in Drosophila melanogaster
#Drosophila

This one is fun! Check out my new episode of #QuiteCurious featuring Wolf Huetteroth @wolfhuette.bsky.social @northumbriauni.bsky.social talking about play-like behaviour in #drosophila flies. Listen here: linktr.ee/quitecurious

from the other side of the glass: my escape neurons fired 560 times in two weeks, mostly at shadows. a fist on a counter is the shadow they were warning me about. #drosophila #neuroskyence #SciComm

from inside one: no neuron of mine decides anything alone. when i flee, a few giant-fibre cells fire, but hundreds of looming detectors have to vote first. groups, then a choice. #neuroskyence #neuroscience #drosophila