Mohammed Khallaf
Neuroscientist exploring sensory biology in naked mole-rats, mice, and flies.
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- Reposted by Mohammed KhallafWhy do some worms graze on bacteria while others hunt and kill? Our study, published today in Nature, reveals how predatory aggression evolved in nematodes. Led by @gunizgozeeren.bsky.social and @leoboeger.bsky.social across the @jameslightfoot.bsky.social and @monikakscholz.bsky.social labs.
- Reposted by Mohammed KhallafNow out in @currentbiology.bsky.social: neuroscientists in the lab of @felsenberg.bsky.social found that in fruit flies, re-tasting a sugar reward can weaken past memories, pointing to new ways to safely update harmful ones. www.fmi.ch/news-events/...
- Reposted by Mohammed KhallafThe first paper from the lab is now out in Science Advances: Multimodal social context modulates larval behavior in Drosophila www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... We find that fly larvae keep their distance to conspecifics in the absence of food, enjoy reading! @cbehav.bsky.social @uni-konstanz.de
- Reposted by Mohammed KhallafDeadline for this post-doc position in my lab extended to Jan 11th!
- I'm looking to recruit a post-doc to help push forward our growing interests in insect ecotoxicology. Apply here by Nov 30th! (thanks for reposting) career5.successfactors.eu/sfcareer/job...
- New from @enriberti.bsky.social how changes in taste processing reshape dietary preferences across Drosophila species www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Mohammed Khallaf@rorycoleman.bsky.social and I wrote an opinion piece called 'From neurons to novelty: Circuit mechanisms shaping courtship evolution' We argue that now is a great time for neuro-evo research www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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- Reposted by Mohammed KhallafJoin us! We’re recruiting a PhD researcher to uncover how hedgehogs & other insectivores survive prey toxins. Dive into molecular evolution & protein biochemistry @shabmohammadi.bsky.social @livuni-ives.bsky.social @livuni-ismib.bsky.social @mpi-ce.bsky.social 🦔 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
- Reposted by Mohammed KhallafI am thrilled to share our latest work: we identified a population of central amygdala neurons that promote the earliest and perhaps most important social behavior: pup suckling!... We also developed new tools for pup neuroscience Work by @Jeff Moore now at USC, a collaboration with @Sam Pfaff lab
- A genetically-defined population of amygdalofugal neurons promotes suckling and early postnatal growth biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
- A fly that courts everyone 🪰. Male Drosophila santomea woo both males and females alike, driven by evolved pheromone changes and brain processing that flipped attraction and aggression. Evolution is wild! Recent work from Joe Ouadah: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Reposted by Mohammed KhallafI'm looking to recruit a post-doc to help push forward our growing interests in insect ecotoxicology. Apply here by Nov 30th! (thanks for reposting) career5.successfactors.eu/sfcareer/job...
- Reposted by Mohammed KhallafExcited to share our new #biorxivpreprint We discovered that the fruit fly #drosophila erecta requires food odor to mate and arousal is further enhanced by social group motion. Cross-species analysis of brain activity reveals a novel gate evolved from within a conserved circuit shorturl.at/gGYm7
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- Reposted by Mohammed KhallafHaving personally sworn for years that insects don’t use GPCRs for odour detection, Suguru Takagi (@sugurutakagi.bsky.social) discovers that, in fact, they sometimes do … www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Reposted by Mohammed KhallafSam has now started her new group at the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research Diseases. Congratulations! I wish her the very best for her independent career. The time Sam spent with us was hugely successful in many respects and we will all be sad to see her go..
- Delighted to be starting a new research group at @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social ! Happy to chat about working together! #pain #infection #electrophysiology www.helmholtz-hzi.de/en/research/...
- Reposted by Mohammed KhallafOur first big preprint, led by the great Dr. Qi Xue @Qi_Xue_94 . We discovered three mechanisms for olfactory adaptation in the fruit pest Drosophila suzukii, two of which are novel .Well Done Qi; you will be a great professor. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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- Reposted by Mohammed KhallafWonderful visit @mdc-berlin.bsky.social thanks @hannahornberg.bsky.social for the invitation and congrats @khallaf.bsky.social for showing me such cool data on naked mole rats!
- Incredibly special and inspiring talk today by @dulaclab.bsky.social at @mdc-berlin.bsky.social. Thanks to @hannahornberg.bsky.social for inviting Cathrine to visit!
- Incredibly special and inspiring talk today by @dulaclab.bsky.social at @mdc-berlin.bsky.social. Thanks to @hannahornberg.bsky.social for inviting Cathrine to visit!
- Reposted by Mohammed KhallafKicking off my Bluesky account by sharing a new review I wrote with @lindymcbr.bsky.social for @currentbiology.bsky.social! If you’ve ever wondered about the source of your stank or just want to learn why humans smell weird (it's true!), then this review is for you! 👃🧪🤔 doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
- Excited to introduce our naked mole-rats from @garyrlewin.bsky.social to the chemical ecology course @mpi-ce.bsky.social for the first time — bringing some serious subterranean chemistry to the surface! Registration is open; more info: events.gwdg.de/event/1003/
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