Simple nematodes can produce a wide variety of behaviors. In a new review, Steven Flavell and co-authors describe how sex, individuality and internal states add up to produce their vast behavioral repretoire. https://t.co/71Csb6LlU9 @mitbrainandcog @ScienceMIT #neuroscience pic.twitter.com/3Y82aufTjK — MIT Picower [...]

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The Flavell lab is proud of the accomplishments of lab member Sreeparna Pradhan, who is a K. Lisa Yang Brain-Body Fellow for 2022-2024. Read more about Dr. Pradhan’s work here, as profiled on the Yang Tan Collective’s website.

As the worm turns: A new pre-print study from the Flavell lab uses calcium imaging to track how neurons in a navigating C. elegans nematode encode its navigation strategies, incorporate sensory information and control locomotion.https://t.co/6ieGmyfJ2B #neuroscience — MIT Picower Institute (@MIT_Picower) August 12, 2024

Our latest Flavell lab @MIT_Picower preprint is live on bioRxiv! Aligning and annotating diverse cell types in complex tissues is a major challenge. We introduce 3 deep neural nets to automate this process in freely-moving C. elegans. : https://t.co/RT5SAsUaPf — Alicia KY. Lu (@mindvance_) July 24, 2024

Big news! HHMI is investing $300+ million in 26 new #HHMIInvestigators from 19 US institutions. These top scientists will drive groundbreaking research in diverse fields, from neuroscience to immunology to structural biology & beyond. Welcome to HHMI!https://t.co/dZCd2f9HFv pic.twitter.com/2E2iQXKImI — HHMI [...]

We're excited and proud to share that Associate Professor Steve Flavell has earned tenure effective July 1! We also note that he's recruiting postdocs. https://t.co/TRAjHHVGQI pic.twitter.com/63qAb7jadz — MIT Picower Institute (@MIT_Picower) May 9, 2024

"I'm really drawn to research questions that have a larger picture to them, and I think neuroscience research has the ability to address some really fundamental questions." Meet @TalyaKramer, graduate student in the Flavell Lab. https://t.co/KS9juJqJdO@mitbrainandcog@ScienceMIT pic.twitter.com/zTBja5tpQ5 [...]

Congratulations to our @mitbrainandcog award winners Professor Steve Flavell (Excellence in Graduate Mentorship), Research Scientist David Stoppel (Angus MacDonald Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching) and Laboratory Administrator Rhonda Valenti (Go-to Person)! pic.twitter.com/2gwq27INld — MIT Picower [...]