James Lee

@KavliFoundation @grassfoundation @MBLScience @Ctenophore18 @AnttonenTommi Thank you @KavliFoundation and @grassfoundation for the wonderful support and opportunity! Can't wait to share what I discover this summer at the beautiful @MBLScience!

@grassfoundation @MBLScience 2023 Kavli-Grass Fellows @Ctenophore18, @littlebrain302, and @AnttonenTommi will pursue new questions focused on how different neuronal systems are impacted by their surroundings.

In partnership with @grassfoundation, The Kavli Foundation supports fellowships at @MBLScience for scientists whose research explores questions related to neurobiology and changing ecosystems. #KavliNeuro kavlifoundation.org/news/kavli-gra…

@hekatonsure @eris_nerung Can confirm I am a C. elegans person, hek does know me, and I am not three worms in a trench coat that have been paid to say this

@eris_nerung I still know c elegans people lmfao hey @littlebrain302

remember when "tpot" was close enough to people who actually did stuff that we heard about c. elegans drama

These ctenophores were caught by @Ctenophore18 and @omasvc, who'll be studying how light 💡 and mechanical stimulation 👉 affect ctenophore movements this summer at the Grass! grassfoundation.org/years/2023/?_g…

When their larvae hatch, they grow these beautiful tentacles 🦑

The 2023 Grass lab is up and running! One of the first organisms we set up were the ctenophores. These iridescent creatures are one of the first animals that ever evolved and likely resemble what ancient animals used to look like... @MBLScience @grassfoundation

@wormsense Beautiful illustration!

Enjoying today’s Bay Area Worm Meeting, getting even more excited about #worm23

@fei43789031 Thank you so much Feimei! 😊

@littlebrain302 Congrats James. Very interesting

Excited to be able to share this now! Worms learn to avoid odors that they smell during starvation. In our new paper, we describe how insulin/IGF signaling in a single olfactory neuron can generate the aversive memory needed for this type of learning. cell.com/cell-reports/f… 1/5

@wormwhisperer01 Thank you so much Qiang! I hope you and your lab have been well in Hong Kong!

@littlebrain302 Congrats!

@FengYungWang1 Thank you so much Feng! 😊

@littlebrain302 Congrats 🎉

@olfactgirl Thank you very much! I also think your lab's work is really amazing!

@littlebrain302 Awesome research!

@OdedRechavi Thank you so much! I'm very glad we could share our work with you, Oded!

@littlebrain302 Really beautiful work - congrats!

I was lucky to work with @drduuu, @betenoire1, and others on this article which is out today! If any of this sounds interesting to you, please take a look at our paper! 5/5

And, when odor is paired with food deprivation, insulin signaling reduces glutamate release from the neuron. Glutamate is required for chemotaxis to the odor, and reducing glutamate leads to decreased attraction. 4/5

Flies can move their eyes!

My friend @gp_donaldson published this cool review today on the different antibody responses to commensal vs pathogenic bacteria. Great reminder that bacteria aren’t always pathogenic (most in the gut aren’t) and antibody responses aren’t always combative tinyurl.com/4nucm2jb

My dog watches the garbage man with the same combination of awe and envy and fear that I felt when I was her age Children are all the same, whether dog or human That is to say they are idiots and they have bad taste