• Flavell Lab Research Featured on Picower Institute’s LinkedIn
    Flavell Lab Research Featured on Picower Institute’s LinkedIn

    Flavell Lab Research Featured on Picower Institute’s LinkedIn

    A simple animal’s response to sickness highlights the nervous system’s surprising degrees of flexibility

  • Simple nematodes can produce a wide variety of behaviors
    Simple nematodes can produce a wide variety of behaviors

    Simple nematodes can produce a wide variety of behaviors

    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

  • Flavell lab in MIT News
    Flavell lab in MIT News

    Flavell lab in MIT News

    https://news.mit.edu/2025/modeling-complex-behavior-steven-flavell-0121

  • C. Elegans Makes the New York Times

    These Tiny Worms Account for at Least 4 Nobel Prizes A staple in laboratories worldwide, C. elegans is “an experimental dream,” said one scientist.

  • Flavell Lab Postdoc Sreeparna Pradhan Profiled as 2022-2024 K. Lisa Yang Brain-Body Fellow
    Flavell Lab Postdoc Sreeparna Pradhan Profiled as 2022-2024 K. Lisa Yang Brain-Body Fellow

    Flavell Lab Postdoc Sreeparna Pradhan Profiled as 2022-2024 K. Lisa Yang Brain-Body Fellow

    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
    As the worm turns

    As the worm turns

    ?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

  • The latest Flavell lab  @MIT_Picower  preprint is live on bioRxiv
    The latest Flavell lab  @MIT_Picower  preprint is live on bioRxiv

    The latest Flavell lab @MIT_Picower preprint is live on bioRxiv

    ?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

  • HHMI Announces 26 new HHMI Investigators from 19 US institutions, Including the Flavell Lab
    HHMI Announces 26 new HHMI Investigators from 19 US institutions, Including the Flavell Lab

    HHMI Announces 26 new HHMI Investigators from 19 US institutions, Including the Flavell Lab

    ⭐️ 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 […]

  • Congratulations to Associate Professor Steve Flavell on Achieving Tenure!
    Congratulations to Associate Professor Steve Flavell on Achieving Tenure!

    Congratulations to Associate Professor Steve Flavell on Achieving Tenure!

    ?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

  • Exploring the Brain’s Blueprint
    Exploring the Brain’s Blueprint

    Exploring the Brain’s Blueprint

    “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 […]