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Bella Xu Ying

@bellaxuying.bsky.social

Neuroscience MSc @uniofstandrews.bsky.social Interested in motor control! Currently recording 🐸🧠 they/them

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Dopamine promotes motor programs underlying substrate tunneling in larval Drosophila Dopamine is a conserved biogenic amine with diverse neuromodulatory roles. Here we examine the role of dopamine in modulating Drosophila melanogaster larval motor programs underlying movement over and...

Very grateful to co-first author Jamie MacLeod, my usual suspects @maartenzwart.bsky.social and Stefan Pulver, and all the input we got at the recent Motor Control Meeting. ‬
Link to paper: doi.org/10.1101/2025...

18.09.2025 08:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

New preprint! πŸ“ƒ
Here, we examine dopamine’s role in modulating fictive and real locomotion and find it acutely shifts the network towards tunneling motor programs in larval Drosophila.

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Recently gave a talk and presented a poster at the Motor Circuits Meeting 2025 in St Andrews! Must thank the committee for letting me help organise (+ attend for free...!). Great science, great people and great impatience to see everyone again

24.06.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
"Our Read & Publish agreement with The Company of Biologists was key to publishing our paper by stellar undergraduate Bella Zu Ying. We're very happy to have our story out in JEB, all the more for having a tree planted for us."

Maarten Zwart, University of St Andrews, UK.

Photograph of the three authors: Stefan Pulver, Bella Xu Ying,
Maarten Zwart (left to right)

"Our Read & Publish agreement with The Company of Biologists was key to publishing our paper by stellar undergraduate Bella Zu Ying. We're very happy to have our story out in JEB, all the more for having a tree planted for us." Maarten Zwart, University of St Andrews, UK. Photograph of the three authors: Stefan Pulver, Bella Xu Ying, Maarten Zwart (left to right)

Thank you @maartenzwart.bsky.social for sharing your experience of publishing with
@bellaxuying.bsky.social in @jexpbiol.bsky.social via our #ReadAndPublish agreement with University of St Andrews.

Read & Publish participating institutions: www.biologists.com/library-hub/...

#OpenAccess

20.05.2025 08:44 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸŽ™Hear about the experiences of our past IBRO/FUN travel awardees at #Neuroscience2024, and explore the 3 open #grants for #Neuroscience2025. Apply now! t.co/F26b6agvPi

#IBROinAsiaPacific #IBROinUSCanada #IBROinAfrica #IBROinLatAm #IBROinEurope @sfn.org

16.05.2025 10:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Huge congratulations Mert!!

02.05.2025 10:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Now also covered by #FarmingToday on BBC Radio 4 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/.... Beetles on the radio!

14.04.2025 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And though I think the beetles are more interesting, feel free to learn a lil about me too: journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

10.04.2025 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

First post! Our paper is out now in @jexpbiol.bsky.social, come learn about how little beetle larvae walk around :) journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

10.04.2025 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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