Daniel Kronauer
@danielkronauer.bsky.social
PI @Rockefeller University. Investigator @HHMI. Instigator of clonal raider ant project #CRAP. 🐜 Evolution, Behavior & Neuroscience. Posts science and photography. 🧠 📸
https://www.rockefeller.edu/research/2280-kronauer-laboratory/
https://www.rockefeller.edu/research/2280-kronauer-laboratory/
Btw, most of the photographs on display are by a certain alexwild.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Btw, most of the photographs on display are by a certain alexwild.bsky.social
Such a cool story! I loved your talk at Janelia last week!
October 29, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Such a cool story! I loved your talk at Janelia last week!
Happy to chat about this. Could you please send me an email to start the conversation?
October 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Happy to chat about this. Could you please send me an email to start the conversation?
Absolutely! Sometimes things fall into place just right. 🐜 🧠 🐜
October 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Absolutely! Sometimes things fall into place just right. 🐜 🧠 🐜
Yes, it really helps. We might write up a separate, detailed protocol on how we do the tissue prep and staining, but feel free to reach out in the meantime if you’re interested.
October 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Yes, it really helps. We might write up a separate, detailed protocol on how we do the tissue prep and staining, but feel free to reach out in the meantime if you’re interested.
The project was spearheaded by Dominic Frank and Lindsey Lopes, with help from Rishika Mohanta, Isabelle Seckler, and Ivan Lacroix. Massive congratulations to the team! While this took a loooot of effort, the reference brain will facilitate lots of experiments and neuroscience studies down the road!
October 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The project was spearheaded by Dominic Frank and Lindsey Lopes, with help from Rishika Mohanta, Isabelle Seckler, and Ivan Lacroix. Massive congratulations to the team! While this took a loooot of effort, the reference brain will facilitate lots of experiments and neuroscience studies down the road!
While constructing this reference, we discovered that clonal raider ant brains are highly variable. For example, while half the individuals have a left-tilted mushroom body medial lobe, the others have it tilted to the right. What that means for brain function and behavior we don’t know (yet).
October 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
While constructing this reference, we discovered that clonal raider ant brains are highly variable. For example, while half the individuals have a left-tilted mushroom body medial lobe, the others have it tilted to the right. What that means for brain function and behavior we don’t know (yet).