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Wataru Yamamoto
@wayamamo.bsky.social
Studying osmoregulation
Reposted by Wataru Yamamoto
Our new study modeling selection for (behavioral) variability has been covered in a lovely @genetics-gsa.bsky.social podcast featuring first author Shraddha Lall and @ecoevogal.bsky.social

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Family-based selection: an efficient method for increasing phenotypic variability
This article introduces a model comparing various selection regimes for increasing phenotypic variability. Individuals with the same genotype, reared in id
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October 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Reposted by Wataru Yamamoto
New review on how changes in cell type composition in and outside the brain contribute to the evolution of behavior. 🧪

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September 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Reposted by Wataru Yamamoto
Preprint -
Excited to present WHOLISTIC, which extends the concept of whole-brain functional imaging to the entire body. Pioneering work by incredibly talented Virginia Ruetten @vmsruetten.bsky.social, this platform reveals whole-organism cellular dynamics in vivo.
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September 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Hydra after feeding
July 27, 2025 at 11:09 PM
July 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Reposted by Wataru Yamamoto
I am looking for a Postdoc and a PhD student who want to study the neuronal mechanisms of the bee's waggle dance. 🐝 More details can be found on our webpage:

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Open Positions
If our research profile evoked your interest of working with us on the spatial memory of honeybees, then you are warmly welcommed to contact us.  ​ What we offer ​We offer the infrastructure of...
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July 2, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Reposted by Wataru Yamamoto
Neural Connectome of the Ctenophore Statocyst 🤩.

@kei-jokura.bsky.social, @jekely.biologists.social.ap.brid.gy team identify a new syncytial nerve net in older animals & differences in innervation patterns. Great collaboration & co-submission to bioRxiv. Exciting times! doi.org/10.1101/2025...
June 28, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Reposted by Wataru Yamamoto
We thought we were just studying mesoglea biogenesis…Turns out Nematostella has been hiding a sophisticated backup pressure valve! Work driven by the talented PhD student Soham Basu! @embl.orgwww.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
May 28, 2025 at 10:45 AM