Harris Kaplan
@harriskaplan.bsky.social
Neurobiologist working on how the infant brain controls behavior
Postdoc in @dulaclab.bsky.social @ Harvard
PhD was in the Zimmer lab @ IMP, Vienna
Postdoc in @dulaclab.bsky.social @ Harvard
PhD was in the Zimmer lab @ IMP, Vienna
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Sensory input, sex and function shape hypothalamic cell type development - Nature
Paired transcriptomic and chromatin accessibility profiling are used to examine the developmental trajectories of neuronal populations in the hypothalamic preoptic region, including cell types with ke...
www.nature.com
I’m excited to share our publication from @dulaclab.bsky.social in @nature.com, where we illuminate the development of hypothalamic cell types involved in a broad range of functions, from social behaviors to thirst, thermoregulation, and sleep. Highlights below! 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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MCB Researchers Highlighted in Nature Publication Series 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @dulaclab.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social @nature.com @harriskaplan.bsky.social
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MCB Researchers Highlighted in Nature Publication Series - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Researchers from the Brain Initiative Cell Census Network (BICCN) will release an extraordinary series of 16 manuscripts in Nature on November 5.. This collection, made possible by large […]
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November 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
MCB Researchers Highlighted in Nature Publication Series 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @dulaclab.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social @nature.com @harriskaplan.bsky.social
www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @dulaclab.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social @nature.com @harriskaplan.bsky.social
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New paper from our lab! This was such a fun project to be a part of - proof that sometimes following a spurious observations down the rabbit hole leads to awesome findings.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
A cell type in the visual system that receives feedback about limb movement
Hartman et al. describe a cell type in the Drosophila visual system that is activated
during head grooming through visual and non-visual signals arising from foreleg movements.
These neurons inhibit a...
www.cell.com
July 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
New paper from our lab! This was such a fun project to be a part of - proof that sometimes following a spurious observations down the rabbit hole leads to awesome findings.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Animal behavior changes considerably over postnatal development. How do such changes relate to the development of underlying neuronal circuits? On Friday, 7/25, 3pm, join hosts Drs. Marco Rizzo & Tamara Markovic as they welcome @harvard.edu's Dr. @harriskaplan.bsky.social to #MSNseminars & Find out!
July 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Animal behavior changes considerably over postnatal development. How do such changes relate to the development of underlying neuronal circuits? On Friday, 7/25, 3pm, join hosts Drs. Marco Rizzo & Tamara Markovic as they welcome @harvard.edu's Dr. @harriskaplan.bsky.social to #MSNseminars & Find out!
I’m excited to share our publication from @dulaclab.bsky.social in @nature.com, where we illuminate the development of hypothalamic cell types involved in a broad range of functions, from social behaviors to thirst, thermoregulation, and sleep. Highlights below! 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Sensory input, sex and function shape hypothalamic cell type development - Nature
Paired transcriptomic and chromatin accessibility profiling are used to examine the developmental trajectories of neuronal populations in the hypothalamic preoptic region, including cell types with ke...
www.nature.com
March 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I’m excited to share our publication from @dulaclab.bsky.social in @nature.com, where we illuminate the development of hypothalamic cell types involved in a broad range of functions, from social behaviors to thirst, thermoregulation, and sleep. Highlights below! 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Delighted to share our new work just out today, led by terrific postdoc in the lab @harriskaplan.bsky.social: the development of instinct at the single cell level. Thread to follow shortly
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The Development of Instincts at the Single Cell Level #Science #Neuro 🧠🧪🧬
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@dulaclab.bsky.social @harriskaplan.bsky.social @blogeman.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social
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@dulaclab.bsky.social @harriskaplan.bsky.social @blogeman.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social
The Development of Instincts at the Single Cell Level - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
A new study from the Dulac Lab explores how one small brain region called the preoptic area (POA) of the hypothalamus changes through early life in mice. Though […]
www.mcb.harvard.edu
March 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Delighted to share our new work just out today, led by terrific postdoc in the lab @harriskaplan.bsky.social: the development of instinct at the single cell level. Thread to follow shortly
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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In our new paper @dulaclab.bsky.social, we investigated a fundamental question in social neuroscience: the origin of "sociality" (the need of being together) at the levels of behavior, neuron type, neural circuit and sensory modulation. (Detailed digest below) (1/7)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
In our new paper @dulaclab.bsky.social, we investigated a fundamental question in social neuroscience: the origin of "sociality" (the need of being together) at the levels of behavior, neuron type, neural circuit and sensory modulation. (Detailed digest below) (1/7)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Please look at the 🧵 from @dingliu.bsky.social summarizing our discovery of brain-wide circuits controlling the emergence and satiation of social drive during social isolation vs grouping
In our new paper @dulaclab.bsky.social, we investigated a fundamental question in social neuroscience: the origin of "sociality" (the need of being together) at the levels of behavior, neuron type, neural circuit and sensory modulation. (Detailed digest below) (1/7)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Please look at the 🧵 from @dingliu.bsky.social summarizing our discovery of brain-wide circuits controlling the emergence and satiation of social drive during social isolation vs grouping
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Obviously we don't need to wonder about Zuckerberg's moral compass or pecuniary interests here, we've known who this guy is forever. The question of why leaders of institutions like HHMI / universities would be so silent/compliant is more complicated.
HHMI, CZI your local grad group’s DEI committee (?) - the fear of retaliation is causing scientists across scales to abandon justice, morality and humanity.
Fear is real - our response to the threat is in our control -
we cower or confront.
Your choice.
Fear is real - our response to the threat is in our control -
we cower or confront.
Your choice.
...and the other shoe drops
February 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Obviously we don't need to wonder about Zuckerberg's moral compass or pecuniary interests here, we've known who this guy is forever. The question of why leaders of institutions like HHMI / universities would be so silent/compliant is more complicated.
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We have to stand up for science! Anyone who can join these rallies and believes that US science must be protected should come! @standupforscience.bsky.social
February 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
We have to stand up for science! Anyone who can join these rallies and believes that US science must be protected should come! @standupforscience.bsky.social
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February 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
F99/R00 AND K99/R00 DIVERSITY AWARD APPLICANTS
If you have applied for a F99/R00 or K99/R00 Diversity award and the study section for review is not listed on your eRA Commons page, please reach out to me.
DM me, email berg.grants.2029@gmail.com, Signal jeremymberg.78
THANK YOU
If you have applied for a F99/R00 or K99/R00 Diversity award and the study section for review is not listed on your eRA Commons page, please reach out to me.
DM me, email berg.grants.2029@gmail.com, Signal jeremymberg.78
THANK YOU
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Exciting abstracts are already rolling in! Don’t wait—submit your work before the speaker selection deadline. We’re also eager to highlight the latest tools and tech in development!
#neuroethology #animalbehavior #neuralcircuits
#neuroethology #animalbehavior #neuralcircuits
Very excited to co-chair the Neuroethology 2025 GRS from Jun28-29 in Lucca, Italy! This will be followed by the GRC from Jun29-Jul4. Check out the awesome GRC speakers lineup here: www.grc.org/neuroetholog...
Grad students and postdocs please submit your latest and best! Abstracts are open now :)
Grad students and postdocs please submit your latest and best! Abstracts are open now :)
2025 Neuroethology: Behavior, Evolution and Neurobiology Conference GRC
The 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Neuroethology: Behavior, Evolution and Neurobiology will be held in Lucca (Barga), Lucca Italy. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
January 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Exciting abstracts are already rolling in! Don’t wait—submit your work before the speaker selection deadline. We’re also eager to highlight the latest tools and tech in development!
#neuroethology #animalbehavior #neuralcircuits
#neuroethology #animalbehavior #neuralcircuits
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Humans and other animals take turns during conversations. In our new paper we study the aggressive visual conversations of betta fish. We discover how fish know when is their turn and how the telencephalon is not needed! 🧪
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
More details in 🧵 ⬇️
bsky.app/profile/bend...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
More details in 🧵 ⬇️
bsky.app/profile/bend...
January 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Humans and other animals take turns during conversations. In our new paper we study the aggressive visual conversations of betta fish. We discover how fish know when is their turn and how the telencephalon is not needed! 🧪
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
More details in 🧵 ⬇️
bsky.app/profile/bend...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
More details in 🧵 ⬇️
bsky.app/profile/bend...
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Just In case people need to follow people in neuroscience focused on natural behaviors and the brains of cool non-trad animals! Please join let me know if you wanna be added. go.bsky.app/AcLpM4h
November 24, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Just In case people need to follow people in neuroscience focused on natural behaviors and the brains of cool non-trad animals! Please join let me know if you wanna be added. go.bsky.app/AcLpM4h
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In collaboration with Reuben Saunders, @jswlab.bsky.social, and Xiaowei Zhuang, we are very excited to release Perturb-Multi: a platform for pooled multimodal genetic screens in intact mammalian tissue.
Check it out!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Check it out!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A platform for multimodal in vivo pooled genetic screens reveals regulators of liver function
Organ function requires coordinated activities of thousands of genes in distinct, spatially organized cell types. Understanding the basis of emergent tissue function requires approaches to dissect the...
www.biorxiv.org
November 21, 2024 at 6:24 PM
In collaboration with Reuben Saunders, @jswlab.bsky.social, and Xiaowei Zhuang, we are very excited to release Perturb-Multi: a platform for pooled multimodal genetic screens in intact mammalian tissue.
Check it out!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Check it out!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...