James Lightfoot
Max Planck Group leader exploring the evolution of behaviour using comparative nematode species at the MPI for Neurobiology of Behavior in Bonn (jlightfootlab.org).
@steeltownworms.bsky.social
Loves worms, dogs and nothing else. Opinions are my own and rarely reflect those of my employer. Associate Professor at McMaster University. Canadian through-and-through. Keep your gropy orange hands off my country.
@wormsense.bsky.social
Sensory biologist, passionate educator, advocate & mentor. Using nematodes to decipher brains & influence to broaden participation, enhance creativity, and pursue excellence in fundamental neuroscience. Opinions are mine.
@dougp.bsky.social
Neurogeneticist studying sex differences in neurobiology & behavior in C. elegans. Prof @ Univ of Rochester. Love to travel and cook almost as much as I love worms. Dog dad and partner of the amazing human @mudblood007. More at https://portman-lab.org
@leslievosshall.bsky.social
VP/CSO @HHMI.bsky.social & Head of #VosshallLab @rockefelleruniv Toward Excellent, Inclusive, & Open Science
@currentbiology.bsky.social
Scientific journal publishing research, overview, commentary across all of biology. All of it! https://www.cell.com/current-biology/home Part of CellPress
@luisapallares.bsky.social
Evolutionary biologist. Max Planck Research Group Leader at MPI Biology Tübingen & Friedrich Miescher Laboratory. #CienciaCriolla pallareslab.org
@isabellagraf.bsky.social
Group leader at EMBL Heidelberg, previously: Postdoc at Yale with Ben Machta, PhD at LMU Munich with Erwin Frey; Theoretical Physicist by training & interested in Physics of Life
@michaelphart1.bsky.social
Neuroscientist and geneticist @PennGenetics and @PennMedicine. Our lab studies plasticity of neuronal circuits and behavior in C. elegans. www.mphartlab.com
@nkonst4.bsky.social
@sabinekrabbe.bsky.social
Group Leader @DZNE, Bonn. Fond of neuroscience, football and cats.
@brandonfricker.bsky.social
Neuroscientist. Postdoc in Dr. Carolyn Elya’s lab at Harvard. Studying a behavior manipulating parasitic fungus. Previously working on sociality in spiny mice in Dr. Aubrey Kelly’s lab. I love bees. And cats.
@imprsbb.bsky.social
Fully-funded #PhD Program in #Neuroethology in Bonn, Germany. International Max Planck Research School for Brain & Behavior. #Neuroscience #Neuroethology https://imprs-brain-behavior.mpg.de/
@erincram.bsky.social
Worm PI, Kinda bad bassoonist, Survivor cramlab.sites.northeastern.edu
@vixie84.bsky.social
Bit too loud sometimes but otherwise totally lovable former senior library assistant. Now working in IT. Also a massive Star Trek nerd.
@javierapfeld.bsky.social
Aging scientist. Worm expert. Community-engaged teacher. Lab at Northeastern University. I watch worms die to learn how to live. Lab: apfeldlab.mystrikingly.com ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-9897-5671
@snickclunk.bsky.social
ampersand enthusiast. also Asst Prof & #newPI at UMass Lowell | chromosomes, C. elegans, STEMed+equity | via FIRST IRACDA @ Emory, MCB @ Berkeley, Carolina, & NCSSM | leewormlab.weebly.com
@karenphd.bsky.social
C. elegans, cilia, ciliopathies, CRISPR. Researcher/PI at University College Dublin, Ireland.
@yeminilab.bsky.social
At the Yemini Lab (www.yeminilab.org), we study the development and evolution of a whole nervous system at the level of each individual neuron.
@ruvinskyilya.bsky.social
Lots: dev bio, neuro, social signals, worms. Some: comments re practice of science, art, nature. Occasionally: something funny.
@nickburton.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @ Van Andel Institute. Maternal effects, polyamine metabolism, host-microbe, and C. elegans.
@scharflab.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @Missouri S&T, wormPOP lab, aging, pollution-induced premature aging, life-history traits, C. elegans
@leetim.bsky.social
Neuroscientist and engineer. Studying spatial navigation in the miniature translucent fish Danionella cerebrum. Postdoc in Briggman Lab at MPINB.
@schulenburglab.bsky.social
The Schulenburg lab is headed by Hinrich Schulenburg, Kiel University and Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Ploen. We study the evolution and genetics of C. elegans-microbiome interactions and antibiotic resistance evolution in human pathogens
@barrlab.bsky.social
Scientist studying tiny things: cilia, extracellular vesicles (EVs), C. elegans; ADPKD; Secretary Genetics Society of America; distinguished professor at Rutgers; three boy mom; she/her; my opinions https://barrlab.rutgers.edu/
@weirdworms.bsky.social
Development, evolution, worms, gene name etymology. I log interesting papers, questions, and ideas.
@varshasinghuk.bsky.social
PI at University of Dundee, UK. Love my kids, C elegans, microbes and Art. We study olfaction during development and disease (PD, anosmia) and odours produced by microbiome of animals.
@avstempel.bsky.social
Group Leader at MPI Brain Research, studying instinctive behaviours. Interested in the brainstem, cortex not so much. she/her ORCID 0000-0003-0420-7765
@senguptalab.bsky.social
Brandeis Bio/Neuro. We study multiple aspects of sensory biology. Mostly in worms. Lab appears to be powered by vast quantities of junk food. Opinions mine. senguptalab.org
@monikakscholz.bsky.social
PI at meep-neep (MPI for neurobiology of behavior) studying worm feeding and foraging behavior. I ❤️ imaging, watching worms wiggle and Friday experiments. scholz-lab.com
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