@willemlaursen.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Washington Neurogenetics and sensory physiology of vector mosquitoes and other interesting inverts Our lab is recruiting at all levels! Lab website: https://sites.uw.edu/wlaursen/
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19.09.2025 03:55 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Thrilled to announce our lab just received an NIAID DP2 New Innovator Award!! ๐
Weโre looking for discovery-hungry postdocs + grad students who want to dig into sensory mechanisms of mosquito blood feeding. ๐ฉธ๐ฆ๐งฌ๐งช
Join our swarm! ๐ sites.uw.edu/wlaursen/
Hello! Always excited to talk about the molecular mechanisms of mosquito host seeking and egg site detection if it would be of interest!
30.07.2025 20:55 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Our posting for a research technologist is now live! This job is ideally suited for a recent college grad interested in lab experience. Please spread the word!
uwhires.admin.washington.edu/ENG/Candidat...
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Kicking off my Bluesky account by sharing a new review I wrote with @lindymcbr.bsky.social for @currentbiology.bsky.social! If youโve ever wondered about the source of your stank or just want to learn why humans smell weird (it's true!), then this review is for you! ๐๐งช๐ค doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
22.04.2025 23:39 โ ๐ 35 ๐ 11 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 5
We are #hiring! Interested in comparative neuroscience? Check details here (www.unifr.ch/bio/en/depar...). We look for a motivated #PhD student or #PostDoc to combine genetics, physiology, neural circuit tracing, and behaviour to study taste processing evolution in #Drosophila. Please repost.
07.05.2025 16:13 โ ๐ 24 ๐ 26 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 3
We are hosting a day of science and invite you to join us! Families and science enthusiasts of all ages are welcome.
UW Biology Open House
UW Life Sciences Building
Saturday, May 17, 2025
10 AM to 2 PM
For more information, visit this link: tinyurl.com/UWBioOpenHou...
We are looking for a PhD student! If you are interested in Drosophilids, systematics, bioinformatics, fiddling with museum specimens of old/weird flies, and chemosensation, then maybe this is for you! Please rebutterfly(?)! Apply below.
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
The Laursen Lab (U. of Washington) is recruiting all career stages!
We use genetic tools to understand how mosquitoes and other pests sense the world and how this influences their behavior. We welcome applicants from a wide range of backgrounds. The lab (and mosquitoes) canโt wait to meet you!
