Suguru Takagi

A GPCR signaling pathway in insect odor detection Odor detection differs fundamentally in vertebrates, which use G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), and insects, which employ ion channels. Here, we report the first evidence for a GPCR defining tunin...

New preprint out! We identified a GPCR signaling pathway that adds a new layer of odor tuning to an otherwise ionotropic olfactory detection system.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

05.10.2025 18:32 — 👍 17    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

In Fall '26 the Himmel Lab will open at NJIT Biological Sciences. I'm beyond stoked!

Interested in a PhD/postdoc in the function/evolution/origins of the senses (computation or experimentation)? Message me and come join a great department in the NY metro! Sharing is appreciated. Info: himmellab.org

04.07.2025 11:55 — 👍 24    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 0

Takagi lab @FSU

Our lab webpage is out!
takagilab.org

01.09.2025 11:55 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Finally, I'm coming to the ESITO Symposium 2025 in Villasimius this year, so happy to discuss opportunities in person if you're also there!

26.08.2025 10:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We are seeking
postdoctoral scholars funded by the NIH Chemosensory Training Program (CTP) and the Vice-President for Research at FSU. CTP is a very unique training program in chemosensory neuroscience at FSU with 30+ years of history! For details, see:
opda.fsu.edu/fellowships-...

26.08.2025 10:12 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

On cloud nine to announce that I'll be starting my own lab at the Department of Biological Science, Florida State University in Spring 2026! We'll study neuronal circuits and sensory-guided behavior by combining comparative and functional approaches using non-model Drosophila flies 🪰

26.08.2025 10:11 — 👍 15    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

Comparative single-cell transcriptomic atlases of drosophilid brains suggest glial evolution during ecological adaptation How do diverse brain cells change over evolution? By comparing single-cell transcriptomic atlases from ecologically-distinct drosophilid species, this work identifies changes in the composition and ge...

Creating the first comparative single-cell brain atlases for 3 Drosophila species was a huge effort by Daehan Lee in @bentonlab.bsky.social. With it, we describe glial cell evolution potentially associated with D. sechellia's specialization.

Explore the atlases: scope.aertslab.org#/DmelDsimDse...

30.04.2025 13:57 — 👍 9    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Olfactory sensory neuron population expansions influence projection neuron adaptation and enhance odour tracking - Nature Communications Sensory neuron population expansions are common in evolution but of unclear function. Here, the authors show that, in drosophilid olfactory systems, increased sensory neuron number impacts intern...

I’m just posting here our related work from last year on the impact of olfactory system remodeling

doi.org/10.1038/s414...

30.04.2025 20:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Very happy to have contributed to this work on olfactory circuit rewiring!

30.04.2025 20:38 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Not sure why @macshine.bsky.social @drbreaky.bsky.social + co are not posting more about their fantastic paper from last week:

"Multiscale organization of neuronal activity unifies scale-dependent theories of brain function"

www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

15.12.2024 16:09 — 👍 18    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

Just moved in to this platform and wanted to start by sharing an autumn #bluesky view from Lausanne, Switzerland

17.11.2024 16:19 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0