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Drosophila neurobiologist. We study insect behavior and individuality using the tools of computational neuroethology.
Harvard Organismic and Evolutionary Biology & Center for Brain Science
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droso4public is a central resource store supporting science communication and advocacy for Drosophila
It is wild how obvious even the most cryptic of animals can be, once your brain has their particular pattern locked down. Of course this caterpillar would be a lot less obvious if it was surrounded by the lichen it typically forages amongst.
The new state flags are here! www.universalhub.com/2025/new-sta... #Massachusetts
The transformation of the Washington Post editorial page appears to be complete.
People call things distractions when they don’t want to or know how to deal with them.
It justifies their inaction
I find it insane that anyone thinks scientists are currently in a position to determine whether science is "politicized" or not.
"Passengers fleeing Titanic in danger of looking like they are anti-iceberg actitvists."
If you believe that data, evidence and expertise should inform policy, then you should fight for it.
And that may make you an activist (temporarily), but that’s where we are now.
Otherwise, we will lose the very institutions that contributed to this country’s cultural and economic success.
"Today, we see the stark reality student protesters tried to forestall ... the people of Gaza are starving, their homes and infrastructure in ruins, countless killed or maimed. ... we must listen to their voices, not silence them."
Wrote a eulogy for the yellow letters in my office window. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
If we continue down this path, we risk not only Harvard’s future as an institution of free inquiry and expression but also its integrity and trustworthiness.
Must be because the humanities department of Moderna took unpopular stances on issues of gender and race with voters, which is the only reason why STEM funding is being cut
EXCLUSIVE: The Trump administration will move to pull the COVID vaccine off the U.S. market “within months,” one of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s closest associates has told the Daily Beast.
A close associate of the HHS secretary claims the U.S. government will soon pull COVID-19 mRNA jabs from the market.
Wrote a eulogy for the yellow letters in my office window. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
If we continue down this path, we risk not only Harvard’s future as an institution of free inquiry and expression but also its integrity and trustworthiness.
