Dr. John Hernandez
@cranialnurv.bsky.social
Neuroscientist, advocate, nerd and food enthusiast! Asst. prof (research) at Brown in the Kaun lab studying individuality in behavior, brain circuits and molecules underlying alcohol preference and motivation #Blacklivesmatter #vote #5calls 🏳️🌈
The 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
Ever wonder how individuals decide what to eat & what to avoid? We used our novel #OperantLearningAssay (Open-LA) to let #Drosophila control their sensory world and study their motivated choices over time. Read my full work with @karlakaun.bsky.social & co-authors at doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
Shaping of olfactory responses by taste in a new assay for operant learning in Drosophila melanogaster
Summary: A new assay that characterizes subtle behaviors and assesses operant learning in freely behaving Drosophila reveals that olfaction more strongly influences stimulus-seeking behavior than tast...
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