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Caitlin Lienkaemper

@clienkaemper.bsky.social

Postdoc in brain and cognitive science at MIT.

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Hey! Transitioning from academia (ecology) into industry. I have a decade experience in #rstats. I know how to analyze data and make some gnarly math models. Was wondering if I could reach out to anyone (especially those in biotech/pharm) to ask some questions/get advice! #datascience #databs

24.07.2025 18:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

This helps explain why human-specialist predators, like Aedes aegypti, show widespread co-expression, while more generalist species, like mice and fruit flies, do not

05.03.2025 19:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We showed that non-canonical olfactory systems can be optimal if

-the environment is "noisy"
-behaviorally relevant odorants are correlated

05.03.2025 19:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Olfactory systems in model organisms follow a "one-receptor-to-one-neuron" rule. But mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti ) violate this rule--they co-express multiple receptor types per neuron.

Why?

05.03.2025 19:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New preprint out with @megyounger.bsky.social and @gkocker.bsky.social: "When non-canonical olfaction is optimal"

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

05.03.2025 19:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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