Biochemistry Seminar Series will host Matthew Meiselman (He/Him) from UNLV this Friday. He will talk about "Dormancy and Sleep: Characterizing Quiescence in Flies and Ticks." College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources | #UNR | #ticks

Being a scientist is amazing - one moment you're having a brilliant idea and BOOM! 10 years and 1 million $ later it's published in a journal

NEW PAPER: Ever wondered why insects fly in all sorts of crazy patterns around lights at night? So did we! We set about recording flying insects to work out what's going on. I'll summarise what we found in this 🧵. Spoiler: We don't think they confuse lights with the moon.

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Fun fact: If you’re on your 20th hour of processing respirometry data in excel and you say “Hey Siri, kill me.” She’ll automatically call 911. Whoops.

Our department is looking for a cell/molecular biologist!!! Please share to anyone who might be interested! nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UNLV-Ext…

Excited to share new work! Surendra Raj Sharma scott commins Identification of Alpha-Gal conjugated Lipids in Saliva of Lone-Star Tick (Amblyomma americanum) biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Daily reminder to fact check your AI.

Awarded my first ever tick grant with Dr. Elizabeth Di Russo Case. Excited to explore the role of ticks in transmission of C. burnetii!

Meiselman lab celebratory dinner. Congrats to Kate, Jon, and Joaquin on getting in to graduate programs!

NeuronBridge has been updated with new matches to 35059 additional split-gal4 images from recent publications, including FlyLight's recent split-gal4 driver resource. neuronbridge.janelia.org

This! I think I learned this very quickly in the beginning of my work with Nilay Yapici and Matthew Meiselman (He/Him) , - it helps to be around people who provide an environment where you feel comfortable being wrong

Epidemic of dengue going on now in Puerto Rico. weather.com/health/video/p…

The U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA) is soliciting applications to the fiscal year 2024 (FY24) Tick-Borne Disease Research Program (TBDRP) using delegated authority provided by United States Code, Title 10, Section 4001 (10 USC 4001).

Humbled, thrilled, anxious and overjoyed to share that the Campanale Lab will open UNLV in January 2025 where we will investigate the cellular mechanisms of how cells build tissues collectively. #newPI #prideinSTEM #Daretodream

I’m beyond excited to have Joe as my new neighbor!!!

Our lab is thrilled to announce our first home-grown paper! We explored circadian rhythm, sleep and respiration in black-legged ticks. Many thanks to the team that made this possible, especially Jack Marshall, Emily Marinko and Jilian Morejon! rdcu.be/dL0bL

New funding mechanism from NSF for institutions to support GRFP honorable mention awardees in these states/territories: AK AR DE GU HI ID IA KS KY LA ME MS MT NE NV NH NM ND OK PR RI SC SD VI VT WV WY Thanks Terry McGlynn for the heads up 🧪🌿🐸$$$ new.nsf.gov/funding/opport…

A big congratulations to undergraduate star Ritika Joshi for presenting her machine learning-driven discovery: Flies huddle together when they sleep! Not bad for a summer's work! UNLV UNLV College of Sciences

My PhD paper is out! We imaged gut neuron activity in living, eating flies (first time in history!), and found a Gut-Brain-Gut neural circuit loop that allows fruit flies to adjust their ingestion bouts based on the sucrose concentration of the food! (1/n biorxiv.org/content/10.110…