Fred Wolf
Science is not engineering. UC Merced Prof - addiction, thirst, flies, genes, brains, behavior. Neuro/Dev at UCM: http://neurodevucmerced.com
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- Reposted by Fred WolfNew paper alert! We report that #zebrafish endodermal cells use contact inhibition of locomotion as a dispersal and spacing mechanism. It’s a neat example of large-scale patterns emerging from local interactions using a simple set of rules. Summary in the thread below 1/9 doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
- Hungover and awake Monday morning? Been daydrinking?? Come to Lina Garcia's poster #SfN2025 to learn how the first drink creates memories and impacts your sleep (well, if you are a fruit fly)! LBP167 (program LBP051.08) late-breaking poster session H.08 – Drugs of Abuse and Addiction.
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- The incredible @doc-brock.bsky.social, @qsb-uc-merced.bsky.social @ucmerced.bsky.social alumni, is guest teaching my grad prof skills class today!
- Reposted by Fred WolfExcited to announce our new pre-print (www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...)! This collaborative work (co-led by Adriane Otopalik and Gerry Rubin) examines how neuronal circuits regulate social behaviors, like courtship🫶 and aggression🥊, across sexes. #neuroscience #Drosophila #WomenInSTEM 🧪1/
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- Happy to be hosting NeLLi scientist Frederik Schulz for a QSB grad program @qsb-uc-merced.bsky.social JGI/RENEW seminar here at @ucmerced.bsky.social today! And you should sign up for this excellent symposium too.
- Just in time for the Cold Spring Harbor Neurobiology of Drosophila meeting - read up on the receptor for the best neuropeptide, ever, NPF/NPY, and thirsty water seeking.
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- Reposted by Fred WolfNSF GRFP solicitation is finally up. Life Sci deadline extended to Nov 10 but 2nd year grad students no longer eligible www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
- Reposted by Fred WolfA new large study of alcohol intake using genetics (Mendelian randomization) finds a dose-response relationship for risk of dementia with no protective effect at low levels of intake ebm.bmj.com/content/earl...
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- Reposted by Fred WolfWhile full solicitation isn’t up, looks like we have 2025 proposal deadlines for the GRFP: www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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- Still no NSF GRFP announcement for this year. Another week or two and the program is going to be effectively cancelled, because students will not have time to prepare. Any chatter out there about whats going on???? www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
- Reposted by Fred WolfTenure-track assistant professor position in neuroscience or physiology at University of Michigan LSA Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB): lsa.umich.edu/mcdb/news-ev...
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- Still nothing about this year's NSF GRFP. Will there even be any?
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- Any whispers about when the NSF GRFP due dates and program information will be posted? Last year it was mid-July....
- Reposted by Fred Wolf🧬 @jgi.doe.gov is hiring! We're seeking an Advanced Analysis Manager to lead data infrastructure and software engineering supporting the generation, analysis, and dissemination of genomics data Hybrid | SF Bay Area | Apply by Aug 7 jobs.lbl.gov/jobs/advance... @biosci.lbl.gov @berkeleylab.lbl.gov
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- Spoken like a true Drosophilist
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- Excellent cake!
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- I even prefer natural human dumbness to artificial intelligence
- Keeping an eye on the Wolf Lab goings on
- Reposted by Fred WolfOn a beautiful spring day here in NYC I visited the registration hall of Ellis Island, where my grandparents arrived from Italy 125 years ago. The Statue of Liberty is visible through the door window, the symbol of why they were coming to the US.
- Reposted by Fred WolfConnectome-driven neural inventory of a complete visual system Looking forward to reading this! @michaelreiser.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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- feeling better already
- ...That's IF things normalize now, otherwise >>6 months.
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- Finally, the ability to genetically target just the glia in contact with your favorite neuron. Will open inquiry into the function of individual glia! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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- Wow. UC Merced goes R1. The campus opened just 20 years ago. Kudos go to many, but I highlight the QSB graduate program @qsb-uc-merced.bsky.social that trains and graduates so many graduate students. @ucmerced.bsky.social
- Guess we are about to find out how many honest people trained in contract law. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
- (yet!) Another parallel between flies and humans: ever had trouble sleeping after a night at the bar? Tight links to alcohol use disorder in humans. Great new work from Maggie Chvilicek and Adrian Rothenfluh. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Gonna try this out! Plus wouldn't a lab cat just make everything better?
- First ethanol experience memory-like states look like classical memories genetically and behaviorally, but use new circuits. Also distinct from spaced training ethanol reward circuits. Great work of former grad Cal Larnerd @qsb-uc-merced.bsky.social @ucmerced.bsky.social doi.org/10.1371/jour...
- Reposted by Fred WolfOmar Abubaker, Eric Nestler and I spoke about how science brings hope for those suffering from alcohol and substance use disorders at an Advocacy forum @sfn.org #SfN24. Our message is that as scientists we need to be better at communicating this. @ericjnestler.bsky.social
- A challenge for basic scientists is to guarantee that the future generation of health-care professionals and policymakers understands the importance of addiction and mental health research. By Omar Abubaker, @karlakaun.bsky.social, @ericjnestler.bsky.social bit.ly/42oULRu #neuroskyence
- ....manuscript accepted dance happening now.....
- This has been such a benefit to our still young campus! @ucmerced.bsky.social
- The Biochemical Basis of Neuropharmacology (coauthored by Floyd Bloom, Jack Cooper, & Robert Roth) remains remarkably valuable - it helped me and many of my lab members think about neuroscience at the molecular level.
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- Reposted by Fred Wolf🙋♀️ We have an NSF award for a new mass spec ❤️ but the funds can’t be delivered until FY25… which is contingent on congress passing a spending bill. Anyone else gone through this? Did you get help from your institution to start the project? Or did you just have to wait for the funds? #academicsky
- You can also ask me any questions!
- The Quantitative and Systems Biology Graduate Program at UC Merced is holding an informational webinar on Monday Nov 18 at 10 AM (Pacific). Links to register and apply: qsb.ucmerced.edu. QSB is a large umbrella program in all areas of Biology. Come join us!
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- I'm thrilled to be hosting @zandawala.bsky.social for the Quantitative & Systems Biology Graduate Program seminar tomorrow. So much innovative science - I'm expecting the unexpected!
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- Tuning of a single deubiquitination event sets global protein translation levels: a new regulatory mechanism in translation stress, aging, and cancer? RSs welcomed - hope to reach new audience! doi.org/10.1038/s414...
- A really excellent summary of current knowledge of the mushroom bodies in Drosophila, from development to behavior (hint: more than just the main site of learning and memory)! Including our own contribution on their intimate relationship with drugs of abuse. Lots of summer reading for us all.
- It's an honor to co-edit a special edition of Learning & Memory on the mushroom body with Andre Fiala. Following the 1998 original by Martin Heisenberg, it starts with our editorial "What do the mushroom bodies do for the insect brain? Twenty-five years of progress" www.kaunlab.com/post/fiala-k....
- Reposted by Fred WolfWe are looking for a molecular biologist to join the lab! We are looking for someone interested in collaborating on genes-circuits-behavior projects, with steady hands and killer pipetting skills. www.kaunlab.com/post/we-are-...
- Reposted by Fred WolfWe have an open position in studying the metabolomics of the marine rhizosphere @ucmerced.bsky.social Come work with me, @phylogenomics.bsky.social Jay Stachowicz, and Gina Chaput on a #NSF funded project: chemical ecology of seagrass-microbe interactions! Apply @ aprecruit.ucmerced.edu/JPF01758
- Reposted by Fred WolfWhew! 30 posts in 30 days. That's it for now folks! For tips, tricks and history on #Drosophila behavior check my Fly Behavior Blog: STUDYING BEHAVIOR IN THE FLY. I’d love feedback and ideas for more posts - please email me! www.kaunlab.com/behavior-blog
- 30 - Did you know that scientists have been studying #Drosophila behavior as long as flies have been studied in the lab? tldr - from William E. Castle > Thomas Hunt Morgan > Jerry Hirsch > Seymour Benzer, behavior has always been important to understanding genetics. www.kaunlab.com/post/what-ar...
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- Drugs and flies is such a small field - I am so thankful for having the best of colleagues. It really makes doing the science better.
- Very proud of Brian Wang, presenting today at Janelia’s sexual dimorphism conference. Brian is something like one of maybe two grad students giving a talk, the other 50 or so are faculty or postdocs.
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- My first attempt at using Google Docs to complete a manuscript. It's great for collaboration, and barely OK for referencing (Zotero). But it feels like Wordstar 1 encapsulated in a programming IDE. And then the internet conks out for 1/2 hour.... Back to MS Word to wait for the future.
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- Congratulations Stephanie!
