What a time we had. First in-person gathering for most of them, and me. I love my job @ HHMI, but miss regular facetime with students. The #GilliamFellows meeting filled my tank and will keep me going for quite a while! 💙💚💚💛 (⬅️ these hearts are sort of hhmi colors)

Excited to share my latest work with @BruceCarlson75 @WUSTLBio, funded by U.S. National Science Foundation, out now in preprint! Using electric fish🐟⚡️, we show that testosterone modulates electric pulse and sensorimotor integration circuit in a coordinated manner. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Where do new senses come from? In paired studies, we explore the structural basis of sensory receptor evolution in octopus and squid. @CoreyAHallard Wendy Valencia @RyanHibbs10 nature - nature.com/articles/s4158… - nature.com/articles/s4158…

I will be defending my dissertation next month. If you’re interested in learning about some of the work I have done while University of Washington, dm me and I’ll share the zoom link with you :)

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The dynamics of pattern matching in camouflaging cuttlefish nature.com/articles/s4158…

Where do novel organs come from? A guide to exploring sea robins, walking fish with “legs.” Exciting collaborative studies to come... Corey Allard, Amy Herbert, David Kingsley - cell.com/current-biolog…

How do jellyfish and anemones decide when to sting? Here, we ask "to sting or not to sting" Lily He Corey Allard Wendy Valencia @stephalopod @AgneseSeminara eLife - the journal MCB_Harvard elifesciences.org/reviewed-prepr…

How do vocal muscles protect against self-induced auditory masking? Check out what we found in the vocal plainfin midshipman fish!

Why do some anemones sting more than others? Lily He explains why it pays to use different approaches to whom you choose to sting in the latest #eLifePodcast 🎧: elifesciences.org/podcast/episod…

Students & postdocs: what topics would you be interested in learning about at the SICB 2025 meeting in Atlanta? We are currently planning our SPDAC Workshop & want to hear from you! SICB DCB-DVM SICB Phylogenetics and Comparative Biology SICB Division of Comparative Endocrinology SICB Division of Ecoimmunology and Disease Ecology SICB Division of Botany SICB_DEE SICB_DAB SICB Division of Invertebrate Zoology SICB Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry

Excited and honored to be selected as a HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow! Incredibly grateful for the support from my PI Nicholas Bellono.

Loranzie Rogers and Colin Kim Chosen as Hanna H. Gray Fellows by HHMI Colin Y. Kim Loranzie Rogers Nicholas Bellono Ryan Nett María Angélica Bravo Núñez Zuri Sullivan @zombieflied Rachelle Gaudet HHMI Harvard University mcb.harvard.edu/department/new…

Meet the newly named #HannaGrayFellows! 👋 “HHMI is committed to investing in scientists who dare to tackle some of the biggest challenges of our lifetime,” said HHMI Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer Leslie Vosshall. “Our Hanna Gray Fellows are not only exceptional

🧐 MCB_Harvard postdocs Drs. Loranzie Rogers (Loranzie Rogers) and Colin Kim (Colin Y. Kim) have been awarded Hanna H. Gray Fellowships (HHMI). Fellows receive up to $1.5M to complete their postdoc and begin their career as independent investigators. 🎊 bit.ly/4acMbqC

Postdoc Spotlight: Loranzie Rogers [Bellono Lab] mcb.harvard.edu/department/new… Loranzie Rogers Nicholas Bellono Rachelle Gaudet @zombieflied Ryan Nett

Postdoc Spotlight: Colin Kim Colin Y. Kim Ryan Nett Rachelle Gaudet @zombieflied Nicholas Bellono Loranzie Rogers Jing-Ke Weng Amgen Foundation mcb.harvard.edu/department/new…

come stop by my poster [3-066] this afternoon if you’re at COSYNE and want to learn more about collective behavior in fish! 🐟🐠#COSYNE2025

Microbiomes shape our biology from gut-brain, skin, immunology, and more. Here, Rebecka Sepela et al explores octopus “taste by touch” sensation to ask how environmental microbiomes drive animal behavior. Cell Press, MCB_Harvard, Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

More from Rebecka Sepela on how octopuses sense environmental microbiomes to drive predation and material care behavior: news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/…