khallaf.bsky.social
Neuroscientist exploring sensory biology in naked mole-rats, mice, and flies. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ax7a1CwAAAAJ&hl=en
👤 Joined on 25 January 2025
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@khallaf.bsky.socialOur special issue on 'Chemical communication and behaviour' is now complete in Animal Behaviour @asab.org www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu... Editors: Leanne Grieves @leagrie.bsky.social, Tyler Buchinger, Alex Van Huynh and myself Find the papers in the thread below 🧵
Show PostWunderbar to be named a STAT Wunderkind! 🎉🐦🧠 Honored to be recognized with this group of outstanding early-career researchers @statnews.com #STATWunderkinds Thanks to all my mentors and colleagues and to @ericboodman.bsky.social for the lovely profile! www.statnews.com/wunderkinds/...
Show PostExcited to share my lab’s latest preprint led by postdoc @yukihaba.bsky.social 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. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Show PostI am highly humbled to be this year recipient of the Pearl Meister Greengard Prize for outstanding women in biomedical research: its first awardee was my PhD advisor Nicole Le Douarin, an extraordinary scientist and mentor! Importantly, this award also recognizes the amazing scientists from my lab.
Show PostWe had amazing talks at the #ECRO2026 symposium "Modulation of chemosensation" organized by @modolfor.bsky.social members @silkesachse.bsky.social and @katrinvogt.bsky.social. Big thanks to all speakers: Nilay Yapici, Markus Knaden, @frankfishlab.bsky.social and Markus Rothermel
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