@khallaf13

Neuroscientist working #touch in mammals @MDC_Berlin ; ex PhD #Olfaction in Drosophila @MPI_CE. “Staying focused on the science, even when it becomes political”

 Berlin, Germany
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Joined July 2012
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Our cute cover girl🥰: the naked mole-rat Queen! nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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Ishmail Abdus-Saboor@IshmailSaboorOct 2
Excited to share my lab’s latest preprint led by postdoc @YukiHaba_ and grad student Ryan Schwark. We surprisingly find that spontaneous behavior in isolation predicts a naked mole-rat’s identity, its colony membership, and even rank within its colony. biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…
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Josefina del Mármol@MarmolJosefinaAug 25
Can we design molecules that rewrite how organisms interact with the environment? I'm delighted to share our lab's latest work, where we use structural biology and chemistry to modulate insect behavior in a clade of destructive agricultural pests. Congrats Steve and team!
Sukjin Steve Jang@sukjin_jangAug 25
Excited to share our updated preprint on moth pheromone reception! Can we leverage structure-based pharmacology to disrupt insect olfactory behavior? We designed small molecule inhibitors that hijack moth pheromone receptors to block mate recognition. A thread:
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Christian Kost@KostChristianAug 24
Very happy that our paper Obligate cross-feeding of metabolites is common in soil microbial communities just came out in Nature Microbiology. See here 👇 Paywalled version: nature.com/articles/s41564-0… Free read-only version: rdcu.be/fBHAb

Obligate cross-feeding of metabolites is common in soil microbial communities

Nature Microbiology - Cultivation-dependent techniques, computational analyses and genome-scale metabolic models show widespread amino acid auxotrophies, suggesting that soil microorganisms exist...

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Sensory systems underlying sociality in the naked mole-rat sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Osama Harraz@OsamaHarrazAug 20
Highly recommended.. great science and mentor. I'd apply!
Ismail Ahmed@iaahmed12329 Jul 2024
1/3 Exciting News! We're hiring at all levels immediately for our lab @UUNeurobiology Join us in cutting-edge research at the intersection of neuroscience and chemical biology! We aim to explore how neuropeptides modulate behavior and physiology. Pls RT!
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Nature Japan@NatureJapanAug 15
Nature 2026年 8月13日号 Cover Story: 「香気」なる女王：においの放出がハダカデバネズミの女王による繁殖の独占を助ける natureasia.com/ja-jp/nature/… 表紙にあるハダカデバネズミは、単一の化学シグナルで階級社会を維持する。 Her royal highness nature.com/nature/volumes/65… #nature
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九州大学@KyushuUniv_JPAug 10
Discover the Research Vol.16 老いにくいハダカデバネズミから紐解く、健康長寿への道 医学研究院の三浦恭子先生に、手のひらサイズの小さなネズミが教えてくれる、私たちが生涯にわたって健やかに暮らす未来へのヒントを伺いました。 #九州大学 #九大特集 #九大 #KyushuU kyushu-u.ac.jp/ja/research/i…

老いにくいハダカデバネズミから紐解く、健康長寿への道 | Discover the Research | 研究情報 | 研究・産学官民連携 | 九州大学（KYUSHU UNIVERSITY）

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Science News
@ScienceNewsAug 3
Imagine a superhero whose power is releasing an odor so strong their enemies stop fighting. For naked mole-rats, such power lies with the queen.  sciencenews.org/article/nake…

Naked mole-rat queens rule their colonies with a potent odor

A compound made only by breeding queens keeps naked mole-rat colonies infertile and free of conflict.

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nature
@NatureJul 16
Nature research paper: A queen odour mediates reproductive suppression in a eusocial mammal go.nature.com/4aZnO1j

A queen odour mediates reproductive suppression in a eusocial mammal

Nature - Naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber) queens produce isopropyl myristate, a low-volatility ester that high-ranking animals detect and avoid, which alters prolactin and progesterone in...

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Our new paper is out in @Nature !  We uncovered how a naked mole-rat queen 👑 controls an entire colony: a natural contraceptive scent that suppresses reproduction in other females! A remarkable mammalian parallel to bees and ants! 🐝🐜 youtu.be/enfv3zJrWKM?si=CTZj… via @YouTube

Scientists find the molecule that makes these mammals act like bees

Naked mole-rats are strange underground mammals with a unique socia...

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Oops, forgot the paper link. The good news: it’s open access: nature.com/articles/s41586-0…

A queen odour mediates reproductive suppression in a eusocial mammal

Nature - Naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber) queens produce isopropyl myristate, a low-volatility ester that high-ranking animals detect and avoid, which alters prolactin and progesterone in...

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Leslie Vosshall PhD
@leslievosshallJun 11
📢**new pre-print article alert** Us: OMG your entire brain is teeming with dengue virus particles Female mosquito: [shrug][goes about daily activities] #VosshallLab biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…

Dengue virus infection in Aedes aegypti mosquito brains elicits minimal transcriptional response

Billions of people each year are at risk from infection by dengue, Zika, yellow fever, and chikungunya viruses, which are transmitted by female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Mosquitoes themselves are...

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The Oatmeal
@OatmealFeb 26
We need to talk about naked mole rats theoatmeal.com/comics/naked_…

We need to talk about naked mole rats

This is a comic about naked mole rats, aka tube goblins.

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Danny Arends@DannyArendsApr 22
Our paper in @Nature today 🥳 We tracked 6,438 mice from puberty to death and mapped the genetics of *when* you die, not just whether a gene associates with lifespan. nature.com/articles/s41586-0… 59 loci. Two decades of data. Thread 👇 #Longevity #Aging #Genetics #Healthspan

Dynamics of genetic and somatic trade-offs in ageing and mortality

Nature - Mapping DNA variants that modulate mortality using a starting population of 6,438 young mice defined 29 distinct loci that influence lifespan and mortality with divergent age- and...

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Shimaa Ebrahim@Shimaebrahim17Apr 17
I’m thrilled to share my journey from the kitchen to the lab, which has ultimately led me to publish in Cell Journals. I hope you enjoy reading my latest paper: share.google/n0YZxLXEiaxMoU3…

A phytoscreen identifies a garlic compound as a deterrent of mating and egg laying in Drosophila...

This study provides a paradigm for how the vast chemical diversity inherent in agricultural crops can be screened to identify compounds that deter insect disease vectors and pests. Such a “phytoscr...

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Hany Dweck هاني دويك@hdweck99Apr 17
And another great paper in Cell from the best ever behavioralist, Dr. Shimaa Ebrahim!!!
Shimaa Ebrahim@Shimaebrahim17Apr 17
A phytoscreen identifies a garlic compound as a deterrent of mating an... sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Hesham Sallam@heshamsallamMar 26
Our new discovery, Masripithecus moghraensis, is the first Early Miocene ape from North Africa—filling a major gap in the early ape fossil record.
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Hany Dweck هاني دويك@hdweck99Mar 25
I am very happy to share that the latest work from the lab, led by Dr. Qi Xue (@Qi_Xue_94), has been published in PNAS and is now online: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.25…

Receptor sequence divergence, gain, loss, duplication, and neofunctionalization drive olfactory...

Shifts in ecological niches are often driven by evolutionary changes in the olfactory system, yet the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understoo...

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