Jason Somers
@jasomers.bsky.social
Research Scientist at The Francis Crick Institute. Researching dipteran olfaction, behaviour and everything in between.
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New preprint, taking our lab into ecotoxicology, with a nifty combination of experimental evolution and CRISPR screening in cells, to help unravel the still-mysterious resistance of Drosophila sechellia to its favorite fruit: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Intersecting experimental evolution and CRISPR screens to identify novel toxin resistance loci
Understanding toxin resistance in insects is key to appreciate niche adaptations and for pest management, but remains challenging due to complex genetics. To investigate how Drosophila sechellia evolv...
www.biorxiv.org
August 20, 2025 at 7:23 AM
New preprint, taking our lab into ecotoxicology, with a nifty combination of experimental evolution and CRISPR screening in cells, to help unravel the still-mysterious resistance of Drosophila sechellia to its favorite fruit: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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New paper: one-shop stop for the Drosophila olfactory system, a great collaboration with Karen Menuz:
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
An integrated anatomical, functional and evolutionary view of the Drosophila olfactory system | EMBO reports
imageimageIdentification of a new antennal Or and an unusual hybrid Or/Ir neuron “complete”
the olfactory map in Drosophila melanogaster. Numerous features of this species’ olfactory system are synthe...
www.embopress.org
May 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
New paper: one-shop stop for the Drosophila olfactory system, a great collaboration with Karen Menuz:
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
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My PhD project is out as a preprint!
We combined 2P and synchrotron X-ray to understand mouse olfactory bulb circuits, linking physiology to structure in 3 animals!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🙌 @carlesbosch.bsky.social, @apacureanu.bsky.social, @andreas-t-schaefer.bsky.social, @esrf.fr, @crick.ac.uk
We combined 2P and synchrotron X-ray to understand mouse olfactory bulb circuits, linking physiology to structure in 3 animals!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🙌 @carlesbosch.bsky.social, @apacureanu.bsky.social, @andreas-t-schaefer.bsky.social, @esrf.fr, @crick.ac.uk
May 1, 2025 at 12:20 PM
My PhD project is out as a preprint!
We combined 2P and synchrotron X-ray to understand mouse olfactory bulb circuits, linking physiology to structure in 3 animals!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🙌 @carlesbosch.bsky.social, @apacureanu.bsky.social, @andreas-t-schaefer.bsky.social, @esrf.fr, @crick.ac.uk
We combined 2P and synchrotron X-ray to understand mouse olfactory bulb circuits, linking physiology to structure in 3 animals!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🙌 @carlesbosch.bsky.social, @apacureanu.bsky.social, @andreas-t-schaefer.bsky.social, @esrf.fr, @crick.ac.uk
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Happy to see this out now:
Olfactory projection neuron rewiring in the brain of an ecological specialist: Cell Reports www.cell.com/cell-reports...
In a team effort with @bentonlab.bsky.social 's lab we establish new genetic tools in #drosophila sechellia and compare single central brain neurons.
Olfactory projection neuron rewiring in the brain of an ecological specialist: Cell Reports www.cell.com/cell-reports...
In a team effort with @bentonlab.bsky.social 's lab we establish new genetic tools in #drosophila sechellia and compare single central brain neurons.
Olfactory projection neuron rewiring in the brain of an ecological specialist
Dürr et al. develop advanced genetic tools in the host specialist D. sechellia to
study its olfactory system neuroanatomy. They show via single-cell labeling, tracing,
and quantitative comparison of o...
www.cell.com
April 28, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Happy to see this out now:
Olfactory projection neuron rewiring in the brain of an ecological specialist: Cell Reports www.cell.com/cell-reports...
In a team effort with @bentonlab.bsky.social 's lab we establish new genetic tools in #drosophila sechellia and compare single central brain neurons.
Olfactory projection neuron rewiring in the brain of an ecological specialist: Cell Reports www.cell.com/cell-reports...
In a team effort with @bentonlab.bsky.social 's lab we establish new genetic tools in #drosophila sechellia and compare single central brain neurons.
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We are looking for a motivated and meticulous laboratory research scientist (LRS) to help with a comprehensive neuronal inactivation screen. This is a great opportunity to build experience in the growing field of experimental connectomics. Apply by 2 May!
crick.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job...
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April 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
We are looking for a motivated and meticulous laboratory research scientist (LRS) to help with a comprehensive neuronal inactivation screen. This is a great opportunity to build experience in the growing field of experimental connectomics. Apply by 2 May!
crick.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job...
crick.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job...
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Members of the U.K. and international scientific community are invited to sign to show their support: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Open letter to the President of the Royal Society – time to stand up for your values
If you wish to show your support for the letter below regarding apparent inaction by the Royal Society in the face of breaches of its code of conduct by Elon Musk FRS, please sign below. I invite anyo...
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February 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Members of the U.K. and international scientific community are invited to sign to show their support: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Our latest... Congrats to Seb Sorge, Victor Girard & coauthors for devising HolFast, a chemically defined (holidic) diet for #Drosophila development that performs almost as well as a yeast diet. If you study developmental #nutrition or #metabolism please try it out... www.cell.com/developmenta...
February 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Our latest... Congrats to Seb Sorge, Victor Girard & coauthors for devising HolFast, a chemically defined (holidic) diet for #Drosophila development that performs almost as well as a yeast diet. If you study developmental #nutrition or #metabolism please try it out... www.cell.com/developmenta...
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I am thrilled that our paper, which is packed with our 10 years of data on the venom proteins of the parasitoid wasp Asobara japonica, has just been published!
Parasitoid wasp venoms degrade Drosophila imaginal discs for successful parasitism | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Parasitoid wasp venoms degrade Drosophila imaginal discs for successful parasitism | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Parasitoid wasp venoms degrade Drosophila imaginal discs for successful parasitism
Two parasitoid wasp venom proteins induce imaginal disc degradation of its host fly Drosophila larva, ensuring parasitism success.
www.science.org
January 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I am thrilled that our paper, which is packed with our 10 years of data on the venom proteins of the parasitoid wasp Asobara japonica, has just been published!
Parasitoid wasp venoms degrade Drosophila imaginal discs for successful parasitism | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Parasitoid wasp venoms degrade Drosophila imaginal discs for successful parasitism | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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We are hiring a new (Senior) Lab Research scientist to work in our team together with @antoniotorm.bsky.social to understand how virus alter neural circuit function to manipulate behavior. More details and how to apply: crick.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job...
(Senior) Laboratory Research Scientist - Prieto Godino Lab
Salary for this Role: LRS - From £31,675 with benefits subject to skills and experience. SLRS - From £39,950 with benefits, subject to skills and experience. Job Title: (Senior) Laboratory Research Sc...
crick.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com
January 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
We are hiring a new (Senior) Lab Research scientist to work in our team together with @antoniotorm.bsky.social to understand how virus alter neural circuit function to manipulate behavior. More details and how to apply: crick.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job...
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Preprint of our honey bee paper out in ELIfe elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
Machine learning of honey bee olfactory behavior identifies repellent odorants in free flying bees in the field
elifesciences.org
January 24, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Preprint of our honey bee paper out in ELIfe elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
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Starting 2025 with a new year gift! ✨
Amazing book with 90 authors from 26 countries 🌎🌍🌏
Very honored to have contributed to the chapter ‘Partnership-based approach to infectious disease research in Papua New Guinea‘ with colleagues in PNG & Australia 🇵🇬 🇦🇺
🔗 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Amazing book with 90 authors from 26 countries 🌎🌍🌏
Very honored to have contributed to the chapter ‘Partnership-based approach to infectious disease research in Papua New Guinea‘ with colleagues in PNG & Australia 🇵🇬 🇦🇺
🔗 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
January 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Starting 2025 with a new year gift! ✨
Amazing book with 90 authors from 26 countries 🌎🌍🌏
Very honored to have contributed to the chapter ‘Partnership-based approach to infectious disease research in Papua New Guinea‘ with colleagues in PNG & Australia 🇵🇬 🇦🇺
🔗 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Amazing book with 90 authors from 26 countries 🌎🌍🌏
Very honored to have contributed to the chapter ‘Partnership-based approach to infectious disease research in Papua New Guinea‘ with colleagues in PNG & Australia 🇵🇬 🇦🇺
🔗 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
December 20, 2024 at 8:52 AM
Restless pre-pupae syndrome
December 16, 2024 at 2:37 PM
Restless pre-pupae syndrome
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The birth of fruit fly's central nervous system imaged with multicolor #adaptive #lightsheet microscopy. The microscope self-aligns to a signal that appears during imaging.
www.nature.com/articles/nbt...
www.nature.com/articles/nbt...
December 11, 2024 at 8:32 PM
The birth of fruit fly's central nervous system imaged with multicolor #adaptive #lightsheet microscopy. The microscope self-aligns to a signal that appears during imaging.
www.nature.com/articles/nbt...
www.nature.com/articles/nbt...
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Mosquitoes: the photo gallery.
I feel better about posting this in the off-season, for some reason (*scratches*)
I feel better about posting this in the off-season, for some reason (*scratches*)
Mosquitoes - Alex Wild
Mosquitoes comprise a large family, Culicidae, of slender, scale-covered flies found worldwide. We think of mosquitoes as voracious blood-feeders, but the primary food of adult mosquitoes is actually ...
www.alexanderwild.com
December 10, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Mosquitoes: the photo gallery.
I feel better about posting this in the off-season, for some reason (*scratches*)
I feel better about posting this in the off-season, for some reason (*scratches*)
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Lucilia sp. It is the insect that brought me to macro photography and which makes me feel an incredible awe of nature and evolution. Millions of generations, perfectly adapted with countless hairs, sensors and fascinating eyes. Usually, living with us and known… until you take a closer look.
December 9, 2024 at 8:20 PM
Lucilia sp. It is the insect that brought me to macro photography and which makes me feel an incredible awe of nature and evolution. Millions of generations, perfectly adapted with countless hairs, sensors and fascinating eyes. Usually, living with us and known… until you take a closer look.
Anyone found a good way to filter all the AI generated landscape / space nature content in the discovery feed?
For every account I mute two more take its place 🙃
For every account I mute two more take its place 🙃
November 25, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Anyone found a good way to filter all the AI generated landscape / space nature content in the discovery feed?
For every account I mute two more take its place 🙃
For every account I mute two more take its place 🙃
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We're hiring! Please share!
Exciting opportunities for #PhD students, #postdocs, and #research assistants to join our team in exploring how the brain prioritizes actions in conflict.
#Neuroscience #Drosophila
Interested? Reach out! rezavallab.org
Exciting opportunities for #PhD students, #postdocs, and #research assistants to join our team in exploring how the brain prioritizes actions in conflict.
#Neuroscience #Drosophila
Interested? Reach out! rezavallab.org
November 15, 2024 at 7:09 PM
We're hiring! Please share!
Exciting opportunities for #PhD students, #postdocs, and #research assistants to join our team in exploring how the brain prioritizes actions in conflict.
#Neuroscience #Drosophila
Interested? Reach out! rezavallab.org
Exciting opportunities for #PhD students, #postdocs, and #research assistants to join our team in exploring how the brain prioritizes actions in conflict.
#Neuroscience #Drosophila
Interested? Reach out! rezavallab.org
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Hello new followers- I'm going to introduce myself by posting a few highlights from my time as a (mostly) mosquito researcher. First of all, here's an animation I made on the mosquito life cycle.
youtu.be/hAFOE6okM4w
youtu.be/hAFOE6okM4w
The life of a mosquito (claymation)
YouTube video by Perran Ross
youtu.be
November 10, 2024 at 4:19 AM
Hello new followers- I'm going to introduce myself by posting a few highlights from my time as a (mostly) mosquito researcher. First of all, here's an animation I made on the mosquito life cycle.
youtu.be/hAFOE6okM4w
youtu.be/hAFOE6okM4w
Hello, just moved over from twitter so here’s a thread about myself.
I am currently a research scientist at @thecrick.bsky.social in the Neural Circuits & Evolution lab working with Lucia Prieto-Godino
My main project focus is on the evolution of the olfactory system in tsetse fly
I am currently a research scientist at @thecrick.bsky.social in the Neural Circuits & Evolution lab working with Lucia Prieto-Godino
My main project focus is on the evolution of the olfactory system in tsetse fly
November 19, 2024 at 10:16 PM
Hello, just moved over from twitter so here’s a thread about myself.
I am currently a research scientist at @thecrick.bsky.social in the Neural Circuits & Evolution lab working with Lucia Prieto-Godino
My main project focus is on the evolution of the olfactory system in tsetse fly
I am currently a research scientist at @thecrick.bsky.social in the Neural Circuits & Evolution lab working with Lucia Prieto-Godino
My main project focus is on the evolution of the olfactory system in tsetse fly