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Norman Lee

@normanlee.bsky.social

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Neuroethologist, Associate Professor of Biology, PI of Lee Lab Neural Systems and Behavior and Director of the Neuroscience Program @ St. Olaf College, Northfield MN

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Norman Lee @normanlee.bsky.social · Feb 21

Our latest work from an awesome collab between the Lee Lab @St.Olaf and @robinmting.bsky.social’s group @DU - now published in @currentbiology.bsky.social ! www.cell.com/current-biol...

Norman Lee @normanlee.bsky.social · Jul 24

Featured on the cover! #Ormiaochracea

Norman Lee @normanlee.bsky.social · Jul 10

2️⃣ Led by Parker Henderson, on a detailed look at reproductive anatomy and embryogenesis in #Ormiaochracea

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Reproductive anatomy and embryogenesis of a viviparous, phonotactic, parasitoid fly

Abstract. Ormia ochracea (Bigot 1889) is a phonotactic parasitoid fly that targets a variety of field cricket species as hosts for their developing young.

Norman Lee @normanlee.bsky.social · Jul 10

1️⃣ Co-led by former Postbac Jimena Dominguez @jimenadominguez.bsky.social & Brendan Latham, on how larval resource competition shapes development outcomes

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Resource competition affects developmental outcomes of the acoustic parasitoid fly Ormia ochracea

Abstract. In parasitoid systems, resource competition can significantly impact developmental outcomes. This study investigates how larval competition and h

Norman Lee @normanlee.bsky.social · Jul 10

🎉 Two new papers from the Lee Lab on #Ormiaochracea development now published in Annals of the Entomological Society of America!

#UndergraduateResearch #LiberalArtsSTEM #SmallCollegeBigImpact

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#Stolaf

Norman Lee @normanlee.bsky.social · Jul 10

Lauren is also looking for PhD opportunities in #neuroethology

Norman Lee @normanlee.bsky.social · Jul 10

Lee Lab Postbac Lauren Bitner @laurenbitner.bsky.social gave a “dynamite talk” (as recognized by Marlene Zuk)! In her latest work, she discovered that auditory sensitivity in the acoustic parasitoid fly #Ormiaochracea is modulated by their reproductive status. Gravid flies hear better!

Lauren Bitner giving a “dynamite” talk on how Ormia ochracea hearing sensitivity varies with their reproductive status.

Norman Lee @normanlee.bsky.social · Jul 9

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Norman Lee @normanlee.bsky.social · Jul 9

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Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

The Department of Biology and the Neuroscience Program at St. Olaf College invite applications for a full-time, tenure track position in Neuroscience at the Assistant Professor level to begin August 2...

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Norman Lee @normanlee.bsky.social · Jul 9

At #ABS2025? So am I! Feel free to stop me if you're curious about the job opening at St. Olaf.

Norman Lee @normanlee.bsky.social · Jul 9

🚨We're hiring!🚨 St. Olaf is launching a new Neuroscience Major and seeks a tenure-track neuroendocrinologist to help shape its future 🧠✨ Passionate about inclusive teaching, research, and mentoring at a SLAC? Join us! #NeuroJobs @animbehsociety.bsky.social @neuroethology.org ‪@sbn-bsky.bsky.social‬

St. Olaf Tenure Track Search for a Neuroendocrinologist

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Gabriella Wolff @gabriellawolff.bsky.social · Jul 8

My grad student, Jessica Hearn wrote a mini-review on Neuroanatomy of Blood-Feeding Arthropods! It's mostly an area of open questions!

Neuroanatomy of blood-feeding arthropods

Hematophagy has evolved independently numerous times across a variety of arthropods. Many of these blood-sucking animals, like kissing bugs or mosquit…

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Norman Lee @normanlee.bsky.social · Jul 8

please tag me!

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International Society for Neuroethology @neuroethology.org · Jul 4

Special thanks to this year's organizer of the Neuroethology GRC, Julie Simpson & @genmig.bsky.social. We had a fantastic week of great science, met colleagues or started collaborations. We are looking forward to the next GRC in 2 years.

2027 Co-Vice chairs: Jessica Fox & @scottjuntti.bsky.social

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Animal Behavior Society @animbehsociety.bsky.social · Jun 13

Congratulations to Kennedy, one of the ABS 2025 Turner Awardees!
Kennedy is a fourth-year undergraduate at Howard University studying virology, eco-toxicology, and evolutionary biology. She is interested in using behavior and genetics to study the evolution of eusociality. (1/2)

Kennedy stands in a yellow shirt and black blazer, smiling in front of a blue-and-white research poster.

Kennedy smiles in front of an aquarium full of fish and rays.

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Animal Behavior Society @animbehsociety.bsky.social · Jun 13

Congratulations to Tiana, one of the ABS 2025 Turner Awardees!
Tiana is an third-year undergraduate at Gettysburg college interested in research integrating ecological context into evolutionary theory. (1/2)

Wearing a head lamp and coveralls in the dark, Tiana smiles at the camera, holding up a frog.

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Animal Behavior Society @animbehsociety.bsky.social · Jun 4

Congratulations to Henry Rosato, one of the ABS 2025 Turner Awardees!
Henry Rosato is a third-year undergraduate at University of Minnesota studying the evolution of mate-search strategies using agent-based models as well as morphological diversification in crickets in the Xu lab. (1/3)

Henry Rosato stands in a blue shirt in front of a white board, giving a presentation.

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Animal Behavior Society @animbehsociety.bsky.social · Jun 4

Congratulations to Juliana Fonseca-Tellez, one of the ABS 2025 Turner Awardees!
Juliana is a Master's student at
Universidad del Rosario studying how behavior influences major evolutionary processes, such as speciation, in Adriana Maldonado-Chaparro's Behavioral Ecology and Conservation Lab. (1/3)

Juliana Fonseca-Tellez stands, smiling, in a blue dress on a balcony next to a large bouquet of pink-and-white flowers.

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Animal Behavior Society @animbehsociety.bsky.social · Jun 4

Congratulations to Yuchen Chen, one of the ABS 2025 Turner Awardees!
Yuchen Chen is an early-year undergraduate at Duke University studying anti-predator responses, sexual selection, communication, and social networks. She is interested in different types of animal relationships and... (1/2)

Yuchen Chen stands in a blue shirt, smiling on a beach at sunset.

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Animal Behavior Society @animbehsociety.bsky.social · May 28

Congratulations to Kaya Simmons, one of the ABS 2025 Turner Awardees!
Kaya Simmons is a fourth-year undergraduate at Florida State University studying investigative cooperative courtship behavior in the DuVal lab and neural communication and reproduction in the Lemmon lab. (1/3)

Kaya Simmons touches the brim of her green-grey baseball cap in front of a landscape of rocks and trees.

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Animal Behavior Society @animbehsociety.bsky.social · May 28

Congratulations to Madi Evans, one of the ABS 2025 Turner Awardees!
Madi Evans is a third-year undergraduate at Fort Lewis College studying social behavior in a variety of animals in Andrew Fulmer's Social Ethology lab. (1/2)

Madi Evans gestures peace signs in front of large models of brown bats and green foliage.

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Animal Behavior Society @animbehsociety.bsky.social · May 28

Congratulations to Cristian, one of the ABS 2025 Turner Awardees!
Cristian is an early-year undergraduate at Gettysburg College studying bioacoustics and calling behavior in tropical tree frogs. (1/2)

Wearing a head lamp in a dark forest, Cristian smiles at a thin, light brown snake in his hands.

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Animal Behavior Society @animbehsociety.bsky.social · May 27

Congratulations to Leila, one of our 2025 Turner Awardees!
Leila is a third-year undergraduate at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee studying sexual communication and speciation in treehoppers in Rafael Rodríguez's Behavior and Evolution lab. She is interested in using similarities between ... (1/2)

Leila stands smiling in front of a white wall, wearing a dark-blue patterned collared shirt.

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Animal Behavior Society @animbehsociety.bsky.social · May 27

Congratulations to Marie Taylor, one of our 2025 Turner Awardees!
Marie Taylor is a third-year undergraduate at Utah Valley University studying individual variation of bottlenose dolphin shipside feeding in the Cusick lab. She is working towards becoming a wildlife biologist. ... (1/2)

Marie Taylor stands smiling in a black dress with pink flowers.

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Animal Behavior Society @animbehsociety.bsky.social · May 27

Congratulations to Jeyssi, one of our 2025 Turner Awardees! Jeyssi is a third-year undergraduate at Gettysburg College studying how eavesdropping predators and parasites influence the evolution of mating signals in the Trillo lab. She is interested in understanding how... (1/2)

Jeyssi stands smiling in a black puffy jacket and light grey field pants framed by a rock wall to the left and a forest in the background.

In a forest at night, Jeyssi stands squeezing her eyes shut as a frog lands on the band of her headlamp.

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International Society for Neuroethology @neuroethology.org · Mar 6

Flies from the genus Ormia parasite crickets which they localize by eavesdropping. Cricket songs have therefore rapidly diversed, in Hawaii . A new study @currentbiology.bsky.social gives insights into the rapid evolution in sensory tuning of an eavesdropper.
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Neural and behavioral evolution in an eavesdropper with a rapidly evolving host

The diversification of animal communication systems is driven by the interacting effects of signalers, signal receivers, and the environment. Yet, the…

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Norman Lee @normanlee.bsky.social · Feb 21

This scientific discovery is a story of resilience in nature and among a group of cool scientists (@EDaleBroder @arpeggio_jay @jimmyadominguez @quangvuneuro.bsky.social and others)! Thank you @NSF for supporting this work! #NSFfunded

Norman Lee @normanlee.bsky.social · Feb 21

We show that compared to Floridian #Ormiaochracea, Hawaiian flies have evolved more sensitive hearing - allowing for better detection of evolving cricket songs!

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Jason Dinh @byjasonpdinh.bsky.social · Feb 20

NEW: I wrote about a new study on the rapid evolution of purring crickets and parasitic flies—and what scientists dealing with federal funding cuts can learn from these resilient lil guys 🧪

read it in @atmosmagazine.bsky.social:

‘A Quiet Place’ Is the Lived Reality for These Hawaiian Insects | Atmos

Parasites forced Hawaii’s crickets to evolve hushed mating songs. A new study shows the parasites might be evolving their hearing in turn.

Norman Lee @normanlee.bsky.social · Feb 20

ditto!