How does the octopus nervous system control its 8 wiggly uber-flexible arms and integrate information from all those suckers? Possibly, by modularity, suckerotopy, and cooperation between segments of the axial nerve cord ⬇️

To anyone looking for ways to commemorate MLK day, I’d recommend at the very least watching “13th”, Ava DuVernay’s 2016 documentary about the origins of mass incarceration of Black people in the US:

imo one of coolest parts of the paper is the surprising result that Kv1.8 presents in biophysically distinct K+ conductances, showing unusually strong cell environment-specific behavior. exactly how is still an open question🤔but we do explore some tantalizing possibilities

@engineering_joy @EatockLab thanks Joy!

RT @auditory_rob: Exciting work from my colleagues at U Chicago. Small changes in ion channel subunit composition can have big influences…

RT @EatockLab: Aravind Govindaraju's paper in PNAS models how non-quantal transmission arises from the unusual morphology and ion channel…

@PRSXFENG @kettlecorn @v21 But this is obviously spam. The danger with openAI is that they can create spam responses that genuinely look real, with what looks like nuanced responses to the original post

@juanbuis @dccc_phd This has “but it’s actually cake” vibes but not annoying, fully good

@auditory_rob @EatockLab K channels are the best! Also to clarify, these mutants have abnormal swim postures but don’t actually sink

RT @DrSarahLiu: Academics who announce their accomplishments should disclose their privileges. Do you come from an academic family? Are yo…

RT @EatockLab: Hannah Martin at SfN: how Kv channels in vestibular hair cells affect locomotion

RT @hcratigan: Lessons I learned (mostly the hard way) in organizing data over grad school: a thread. 1/10

@EmbraceTheCoda

@auditory_rob @engineering_joy @InnerEar_MBL I almost got to try recording from squidlet statocyst sensory cells at MBL! In the end we didn’t have time though :( but someday I will, invertebrates are too cool to ignore

@engineering_joy @InnerEar_MBL Yesss there’s nothing like the open water. You should come swim in Lake Michigan in the summer! No bioluminescence though, we save that for MBL trips