Sofia Avritzer
@sofiavritzer.bsky.social
Brazilian PhD student studying fruit fly navigation in the Maimon Lab
The Rockefeller Univiversity, previously at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais | She/Her
The Rockefeller Univiversity, previously at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais | She/Her
🪰 How some flies turned vomiting into a romantic gesture
An unusual courtship behavior evolved by borrowing neurons controlling vomiting into the neural circuit that guides courtship. As a fruit fly neuroscientist myself, this story was especially fun.
www.sciencenews.org/article/barf...
An unusual courtship behavior evolved by borrowing neurons controlling vomiting into the neural circuit that guides courtship. As a fruit fly neuroscientist myself, this story was especially fun.
www.sciencenews.org/article/barf...
A single protein makes lovesick flies spill their guts
Producing a male-specific protein in digestion-related neurons may have led to the evolution of an odd “romantic” barfing behavior in one species of fruit flies.
www.sciencenews.org
September 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
🪰 How some flies turned vomiting into a romantic gesture
An unusual courtship behavior evolved by borrowing neurons controlling vomiting into the neural circuit that guides courtship. As a fruit fly neuroscientist myself, this story was especially fun.
www.sciencenews.org/article/barf...
An unusual courtship behavior evolved by borrowing neurons controlling vomiting into the neural circuit that guides courtship. As a fruit fly neuroscientist myself, this story was especially fun.
www.sciencenews.org/article/barf...
💊 FDA might remove black box label from some menopausal hormone treatments
I covered an expert panel the FDA held on menopausal hormone therapies along with my mentor for the summer, Tina Saey. We took a look at the science behind the panel’s discussion.
www.sciencenews.org/article/fda-...
I covered an expert panel the FDA held on menopausal hormone therapies along with my mentor for the summer, Tina Saey. We took a look at the science behind the panel’s discussion.
www.sciencenews.org/article/fda-...
U.S. FDA may nix black box warning on some menopause estrogen treatments
Experts worry the warning on vaginal estrogen menopause treatments is doing more harm than good and is not supported by science.
www.sciencenews.org
September 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
💊 FDA might remove black box label from some menopausal hormone treatments
I covered an expert panel the FDA held on menopausal hormone therapies along with my mentor for the summer, Tina Saey. We took a look at the science behind the panel’s discussion.
www.sciencenews.org/article/fda-...
I covered an expert panel the FDA held on menopausal hormone therapies along with my mentor for the summer, Tina Saey. We took a look at the science behind the panel’s discussion.
www.sciencenews.org/article/fda-...
I also adapted this story for a K-12 audience: www.snexplores.org/article/new-...
New clues about dino speed come from birds strutting through mud
Fossilized footprints can help calculate how fast dinosaurs moved. But tests with guinea fowl show that past estimates might not be right.
www.snexplores.org
September 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I also adapted this story for a K-12 audience: www.snexplores.org/article/new-...
🦖 Were dinosaurs as fast as we thought?
What can mud-running guineafowl teach us about dinosaur speed? Turns out, quite a bit. Cool story about the limits of what we can know of an animal no one has ever seen — plus, it comes with some cute guineafowl videos.
www.sciencenews.org/article/dino...
What can mud-running guineafowl teach us about dinosaur speed? Turns out, quite a bit. Cool story about the limits of what we can know of an animal no one has ever seen — plus, it comes with some cute guineafowl videos.
www.sciencenews.org/article/dino...
How fast did dinosaurs really go? Birds walking in mud provide new clues
Tracks of dinosaur footprints can hint at how fast the extinct animals moved. Here’s how guinea fowl can help fact-check those assumptions.
www.sciencenews.org
September 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
🦖 Were dinosaurs as fast as we thought?
What can mud-running guineafowl teach us about dinosaur speed? Turns out, quite a bit. Cool story about the limits of what we can know of an animal no one has ever seen — plus, it comes with some cute guineafowl videos.
www.sciencenews.org/article/dino...
What can mud-running guineafowl teach us about dinosaur speed? Turns out, quite a bit. Cool story about the limits of what we can know of an animal no one has ever seen — plus, it comes with some cute guineafowl videos.
www.sciencenews.org/article/dino...