Kit D. Longden
@TheFlySide
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Fly color and motion vision, metabolism and behaviour.
Joined April 2014
RT @JMLockhart2: Paperback edition of Wild Air is published today! Many thanks to all those who have read it & to @4thEstateBooks for makin….
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RT @SussexBabyLab: This week we're running a pop up Baby Lab alongside showings of First Light as part of @brightfest . First Light was i….
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RT @rituja14: I am excited to share that our preprint “Nutritional state-dependent modulation of Insulin-Producing Cells in Drosophila” is….
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Insulin plays a key role in regulating metabolic homeostasis across vertebrate and invertebrate species. Drosophila Insulin-Producing Cells (IPCs) are functional analogues to mammalian pancreatic...
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For 6 million mitochondria in ~21000 neurons of ~5500 types, their location, morphology and distance from synapses with analysis by cell type, synaptic connectivity and neurotransmitter. Another great team effort. Big love to coauthors. Enjoy X.
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Mitochondria are an integral part of the metabolism of a neuron. EM images of fly brain volumes, taken for connectomics, contain mitochondria as well as the cells and synapses that have already been...
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RT @Tihanana: Our updated preprint on feeding-state dependent modulation of non-feeding sensorimotor decisions is online: .
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RT @MichaelBReiser: Good morning #SfN23 people. Our lab has 3 posters this morning (Sunday Nov 12) and 2 tomorrow morning (Monday Nov 13).….
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RT @RuedigerSarah: 🚨There's still time to apply for an open position in our lab for someone into large-scale data analysis of brain activit….
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RT @sylvia_schroed: Does reward affect vision? We found neurons in mouse superior colliculus that increase their visual responses after rew….
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RT @LiessemSander: Interested in how the metabolic state and modulatory inputs affect Insulin-Producing cells? Discover their modulation at….
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RT @MichaelBReiser: Finally able to share this incredible story, years in the making! We’ve been looking for the neural pathways that detec….
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RT @JMLockhart2: Wild Air is published today 🪶. Thank you to everyone @4thEstateBooks for all their work on the book. And to the late Norma….
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We have here mhc-gfp on third but not mhc-lex. Big love to you x.
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RT @NeuroFishh: Ever wondered what amacrine cells do for colour processing? The answer may surprise you! Find out more in our new @bioRxiv….
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RT @gregoeur: Jewel wasp #Nasonia circadian entrainment depends on light intensity and colour, perceived by a colour-opponent circuit downs….
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Circadian light entrainment in some insects is regulated by blue-light-sensitive cryptochrome (CRY) protein that is expressed in the clock neurons, but this is not the case in hymenopterans. The...
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RT @RuedigerSarah: Does anyone know how to fix access errors to #ERIS @ERC_Research? I get an 'invalid user' error and reaching out via con….
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RT @Gz_Sancer: 🧵1: Dear friends, If you want to help those affected by the massive #earthquakes in #Turkey, the most trustable organization….
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RT @YanlanMao: 1 more signature to reach 1500!! Thanks for the overwhelming support so far! Please continue to sign if you agree change is….
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Remove ‘academic age’ limits on ERC grants
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RT @crezaval: Please RT. Interested in doing a #PhD in neuroscience~?. 4 year fully funded #phD fellowship to study how animals make deci….
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PhD Project - How does the brain make decisions when faced with conflicting options? at University of Birmingham, listed on FindAPhD.com
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