Norman Lee
@normanlee.bsky.social
Neuroethologist, Associate Professor of Biology, PI of Lee Lab Neural Systems and Behavior and Director of the Neuroscience Program @ St. Olaf College, Northfield MN
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Norman Lee
@normanlee.bsky.social
· Feb 21
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Our latest work from an awesome collab between the Lee Lab @St.Olaf and @robinmting.bsky.social’s group @DU - now published in @currentbiology.bsky.social ! www.cell.com/current-biol...
Featured on the cover! #Ormiaochracea
July 24, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Featured on the cover! #Ormiaochracea
🎉 Two new papers from the Lee Lab on #Ormiaochracea development now published in Annals of the Entomological Society of America!
#UndergraduateResearch #LiberalArtsSTEM #SmallCollegeBigImpact
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#Stolaf
#UndergraduateResearch #LiberalArtsSTEM #SmallCollegeBigImpact
@entsocamerica.bsky.social
#Stolaf
July 10, 2025 at 10:36 AM
🎉 Two new papers from the Lee Lab on #Ormiaochracea development now published in Annals of the Entomological Society of America!
#UndergraduateResearch #LiberalArtsSTEM #SmallCollegeBigImpact
@entsocamerica.bsky.social
#Stolaf
#UndergraduateResearch #LiberalArtsSTEM #SmallCollegeBigImpact
@entsocamerica.bsky.social
#Stolaf
Lee Lab Postbac Lauren Bitner @laurenbitner.bsky.social gave a “dynamite talk” (as recognized by Marlene Zuk)! In her latest work, she discovered that auditory sensitivity in the acoustic parasitoid fly #Ormiaochracea is modulated by their reproductive status. Gravid flies hear better!
July 10, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Lee Lab Postbac Lauren Bitner @laurenbitner.bsky.social gave a “dynamite talk” (as recognized by Marlene Zuk)! In her latest work, she discovered that auditory sensitivity in the acoustic parasitoid fly #Ormiaochracea is modulated by their reproductive status. Gravid flies hear better!
🚨We're hiring!🚨 St. Olaf is launching a new Neuroscience Major and seeks a tenure-track neuroendocrinologist to help shape its future 🧠✨ Passionate about inclusive teaching, research, and mentoring at a SLAC? Join us! #NeuroJobs @animbehsociety.bsky.social @neuroethology.org @sbn-bsky.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 11:11 AM
🚨We're hiring!🚨 St. Olaf is launching a new Neuroscience Major and seeks a tenure-track neuroendocrinologist to help shape its future 🧠✨ Passionate about inclusive teaching, research, and mentoring at a SLAC? Join us! #NeuroJobs @animbehsociety.bsky.social @neuroethology.org @sbn-bsky.bsky.social
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Congratulations to Jeyssi, one of our 2025 Turner Awardees! Jeyssi is a third-year undergraduate at Gettysburg College studying how eavesdropping predators and parasites influence the evolution of mating signals in the Trillo lab. She is interested in understanding how... (1/2)
May 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Congratulations to Jeyssi, one of our 2025 Turner Awardees! Jeyssi is a third-year undergraduate at Gettysburg College studying how eavesdropping predators and parasites influence the evolution of mating signals in the Trillo lab. She is interested in understanding how... (1/2)
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Congratulations to Marie Taylor, one of our 2025 Turner Awardees!
Marie Taylor is a third-year undergraduate at Utah Valley University studying individual variation of bottlenose dolphin shipside feeding in the Cusick lab. She is working towards becoming a wildlife biologist. ... (1/2)
Marie Taylor is a third-year undergraduate at Utah Valley University studying individual variation of bottlenose dolphin shipside feeding in the Cusick lab. She is working towards becoming a wildlife biologist. ... (1/2)
May 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Congratulations to Marie Taylor, one of our 2025 Turner Awardees!
Marie Taylor is a third-year undergraduate at Utah Valley University studying individual variation of bottlenose dolphin shipside feeding in the Cusick lab. She is working towards becoming a wildlife biologist. ... (1/2)
Marie Taylor is a third-year undergraduate at Utah Valley University studying individual variation of bottlenose dolphin shipside feeding in the Cusick lab. She is working towards becoming a wildlife biologist. ... (1/2)
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Congratulations to Leila, one of our 2025 Turner Awardees!
Leila is a third-year undergraduate at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee studying sexual communication and speciation in treehoppers in Rafael Rodríguez's Behavior and Evolution lab. She is interested in using similarities between ... (1/2)
Leila is a third-year undergraduate at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee studying sexual communication and speciation in treehoppers in Rafael Rodríguez's Behavior and Evolution lab. She is interested in using similarities between ... (1/2)
May 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Congratulations to Leila, one of our 2025 Turner Awardees!
Leila is a third-year undergraduate at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee studying sexual communication and speciation in treehoppers in Rafael Rodríguez's Behavior and Evolution lab. She is interested in using similarities between ... (1/2)
Leila is a third-year undergraduate at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee studying sexual communication and speciation in treehoppers in Rafael Rodríguez's Behavior and Evolution lab. She is interested in using similarities between ... (1/2)
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Congratulations to Cristian, one of the ABS 2025 Turner Awardees!
Cristian is an early-year undergraduate at Gettysburg College studying bioacoustics and calling behavior in tropical tree frogs. (1/2)
Cristian is an early-year undergraduate at Gettysburg College studying bioacoustics and calling behavior in tropical tree frogs. (1/2)
May 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Congratulations to Cristian, one of the ABS 2025 Turner Awardees!
Cristian is an early-year undergraduate at Gettysburg College studying bioacoustics and calling behavior in tropical tree frogs. (1/2)
Cristian is an early-year undergraduate at Gettysburg College studying bioacoustics and calling behavior in tropical tree frogs. (1/2)
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Congratulations to Madi Evans, one of the ABS 2025 Turner Awardees!
Madi Evans is a third-year undergraduate at Fort Lewis College studying social behavior in a variety of animals in Andrew Fulmer's Social Ethology lab. (1/2)
Madi Evans is a third-year undergraduate at Fort Lewis College studying social behavior in a variety of animals in Andrew Fulmer's Social Ethology lab. (1/2)
May 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Congratulations to Madi Evans, one of the ABS 2025 Turner Awardees!
Madi Evans is a third-year undergraduate at Fort Lewis College studying social behavior in a variety of animals in Andrew Fulmer's Social Ethology lab. (1/2)
Madi Evans is a third-year undergraduate at Fort Lewis College studying social behavior in a variety of animals in Andrew Fulmer's Social Ethology lab. (1/2)
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Congratulations to Kaya Simmons, one of the ABS 2025 Turner Awardees!
Kaya Simmons is a fourth-year undergraduate at Florida State University studying investigative cooperative courtship behavior in the DuVal lab and neural communication and reproduction in the Lemmon lab. (1/3)
Kaya Simmons is a fourth-year undergraduate at Florida State University studying investigative cooperative courtship behavior in the DuVal lab and neural communication and reproduction in the Lemmon lab. (1/3)
May 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Congratulations to Kaya Simmons, one of the ABS 2025 Turner Awardees!
Kaya Simmons is a fourth-year undergraduate at Florida State University studying investigative cooperative courtship behavior in the DuVal lab and neural communication and reproduction in the Lemmon lab. (1/3)
Kaya Simmons is a fourth-year undergraduate at Florida State University studying investigative cooperative courtship behavior in the DuVal lab and neural communication and reproduction in the Lemmon lab. (1/3)
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Congratulations to Yuchen Chen, one of the ABS 2025 Turner Awardees!
Yuchen Chen is an early-year undergraduate at Duke University studying anti-predator responses, sexual selection, communication, and social networks. She is interested in different types of animal relationships and... (1/2)
Yuchen Chen is an early-year undergraduate at Duke University studying anti-predator responses, sexual selection, communication, and social networks. She is interested in different types of animal relationships and... (1/2)
June 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Congratulations to Yuchen Chen, one of the ABS 2025 Turner Awardees!
Yuchen Chen is an early-year undergraduate at Duke University studying anti-predator responses, sexual selection, communication, and social networks. She is interested in different types of animal relationships and... (1/2)
Yuchen Chen is an early-year undergraduate at Duke University studying anti-predator responses, sexual selection, communication, and social networks. She is interested in different types of animal relationships and... (1/2)
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Congratulations to Juliana Fonseca-Tellez, one of the ABS 2025 Turner Awardees!
Juliana is a Master's student at
Universidad del Rosario studying how behavior influences major evolutionary processes, such as speciation, in Adriana Maldonado-Chaparro's Behavioral Ecology and Conservation Lab. (1/3)
Juliana is a Master's student at
Universidad del Rosario studying how behavior influences major evolutionary processes, such as speciation, in Adriana Maldonado-Chaparro's Behavioral Ecology and Conservation Lab. (1/3)
June 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Congratulations to Juliana Fonseca-Tellez, one of the ABS 2025 Turner Awardees!
Juliana is a Master's student at
Universidad del Rosario studying how behavior influences major evolutionary processes, such as speciation, in Adriana Maldonado-Chaparro's Behavioral Ecology and Conservation Lab. (1/3)
Juliana is a Master's student at
Universidad del Rosario studying how behavior influences major evolutionary processes, such as speciation, in Adriana Maldonado-Chaparro's Behavioral Ecology and Conservation Lab. (1/3)
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Congratulations to Henry Rosato, one of the ABS 2025 Turner Awardees!
Henry Rosato is a third-year undergraduate at University of Minnesota studying the evolution of mate-search strategies using agent-based models as well as morphological diversification in crickets in the Xu lab. (1/3)
Henry Rosato is a third-year undergraduate at University of Minnesota studying the evolution of mate-search strategies using agent-based models as well as morphological diversification in crickets in the Xu lab. (1/3)
June 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Congratulations to Henry Rosato, one of the ABS 2025 Turner Awardees!
Henry Rosato is a third-year undergraduate at University of Minnesota studying the evolution of mate-search strategies using agent-based models as well as morphological diversification in crickets in the Xu lab. (1/3)
Henry Rosato is a third-year undergraduate at University of Minnesota studying the evolution of mate-search strategies using agent-based models as well as morphological diversification in crickets in the Xu lab. (1/3)
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Congratulations to Tiana, one of the ABS 2025 Turner Awardees!
Tiana is an third-year undergraduate at Gettysburg college interested in research integrating ecological context into evolutionary theory. (1/2)
Tiana is an third-year undergraduate at Gettysburg college interested in research integrating ecological context into evolutionary theory. (1/2)
June 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Congratulations to Tiana, one of the ABS 2025 Turner Awardees!
Tiana is an third-year undergraduate at Gettysburg college interested in research integrating ecological context into evolutionary theory. (1/2)
Tiana is an third-year undergraduate at Gettysburg college interested in research integrating ecological context into evolutionary theory. (1/2)
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Congratulations to Kennedy, one of the ABS 2025 Turner Awardees!
Kennedy is a fourth-year undergraduate at Howard University studying virology, eco-toxicology, and evolutionary biology. She is interested in using behavior and genetics to study the evolution of eusociality. (1/2)
Kennedy is a fourth-year undergraduate at Howard University studying virology, eco-toxicology, and evolutionary biology. She is interested in using behavior and genetics to study the evolution of eusociality. (1/2)
June 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Congratulations to Kennedy, one of the ABS 2025 Turner Awardees!
Kennedy is a fourth-year undergraduate at Howard University studying virology, eco-toxicology, and evolutionary biology. She is interested in using behavior and genetics to study the evolution of eusociality. (1/2)
Kennedy is a fourth-year undergraduate at Howard University studying virology, eco-toxicology, and evolutionary biology. She is interested in using behavior and genetics to study the evolution of eusociality. (1/2)
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My grad student, Jessica Hearn wrote a mini-review on Neuroanatomy of Blood-Feeding Arthropods! It's mostly an area of open questions!
Neuroanatomy of blood-feeding arthropods
Hematophagy has evolved independently numerous times across a variety of arthropods. Many of these blood-sucking animals, like kissing bugs or mosquit…
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July 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
My grad student, Jessica Hearn wrote a mini-review on Neuroanatomy of Blood-Feeding Arthropods! It's mostly an area of open questions!
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Special thanks to this year's organizer of the Neuroethology GRC, Julie Simpson & @genmig.bsky.social. We had a fantastic week of great science, met colleagues or started collaborations. We are looking forward to the next GRC in 2 years.
2027 Co-Vice chairs: Jessica Fox & @scottjuntti.bsky.social
2027 Co-Vice chairs: Jessica Fox & @scottjuntti.bsky.social
July 4, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Special thanks to this year's organizer of the Neuroethology GRC, Julie Simpson & @genmig.bsky.social. We had a fantastic week of great science, met colleagues or started collaborations. We are looking forward to the next GRC in 2 years.
2027 Co-Vice chairs: Jessica Fox & @scottjuntti.bsky.social
2027 Co-Vice chairs: Jessica Fox & @scottjuntti.bsky.social
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Flies from the genus Ormia parasite crickets which they localize by eavesdropping. Cricket songs have therefore rapidly diversed, in Hawaii . A new study @currentbiology.bsky.social gives insights into the rapid evolution in sensory tuning of an eavesdropper.
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Neural and behavioral evolution in an eavesdropper with a rapidly evolving host
The diversification of animal communication systems is driven by the interacting effects of signalers, signal receivers, and the environment. Yet, the…
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March 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Flies from the genus Ormia parasite crickets which they localize by eavesdropping. Cricket songs have therefore rapidly diversed, in Hawaii . A new study @currentbiology.bsky.social gives insights into the rapid evolution in sensory tuning of an eavesdropper.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Our latest work from an awesome collab between the Lee Lab @St.Olaf and @robinmting.bsky.social’s group @DU - now published in @currentbiology.bsky.social ! www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com
February 21, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Our latest work from an awesome collab between the Lee Lab @St.Olaf and @robinmting.bsky.social’s group @DU - now published in @currentbiology.bsky.social ! www.cell.com/current-biol...
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This is a great write up on a really cool study and I was happy to be able to chime in with some thoughts. It's really a shame that the great science in the article is overshadowed by the attacks on federal science funding in the US. We risk losing so many people and so much knowledge.
NEW: I wrote about a new study on the rapid evolution of purring crickets and parasitic flies—and what scientists dealing with federal funding cuts can learn from these resilient lil guys 🧪
read it in @atmosmagazine.bsky.social:
read it in @atmosmagazine.bsky.social:
‘A Quiet Place’ Is the Lived Reality for These Hawaiian Insects | Atmos
Parasites forced Hawaii’s crickets to evolve hushed mating songs. A new study shows the parasites might be evolving their hearing in turn.
atmos.earth
February 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This is a great write up on a really cool study and I was happy to be able to chime in with some thoughts. It's really a shame that the great science in the article is overshadowed by the attacks on federal science funding in the US. We risk losing so many people and so much knowledge.
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NEW: I wrote about a new study on the rapid evolution of purring crickets and parasitic flies—and what scientists dealing with federal funding cuts can learn from these resilient lil guys 🧪
read it in @atmosmagazine.bsky.social:
read it in @atmosmagazine.bsky.social:
‘A Quiet Place’ Is the Lived Reality for These Hawaiian Insects | Atmos
Parasites forced Hawaii’s crickets to evolve hushed mating songs. A new study shows the parasites might be evolving their hearing in turn.
atmos.earth
February 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
NEW: I wrote about a new study on the rapid evolution of purring crickets and parasitic flies—and what scientists dealing with federal funding cuts can learn from these resilient lil guys 🧪
read it in @atmosmagazine.bsky.social:
read it in @atmosmagazine.bsky.social:
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📣 Opportunity Alert! We have two PhD positions in our lab at Cambridge University starting in Autumn 2025. Exceptional candidates may join earlier as RAs and receive PhD funding if scholarship applications are unsuccessful (RA advert coming soon!).
Details here: www.keshavarzilab.com/blog/phd-pos...
Details here: www.keshavarzilab.com/blog/phd-pos...
November 13, 2024 at 7:51 PM
📣 Opportunity Alert! We have two PhD positions in our lab at Cambridge University starting in Autumn 2025. Exceptional candidates may join earlier as RAs and receive PhD funding if scholarship applications are unsuccessful (RA advert coming soon!).
Details here: www.keshavarzilab.com/blog/phd-pos...
Details here: www.keshavarzilab.com/blog/phd-pos...
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Please spread the word on our paid research program for recent biology graduates at #okstate. The ON-RaMP program provides a year-long biology research experience with tons of resources. More info here: cas.okstate.edu/onramp/ Apply here (by Feb 28!): etap.nsf.gov/award/475/op...
Oklahoma Network-Research and Mentoring for Post-Baccalaureates - Oklahoma State University
Oklahoma Network-Research and Mentoring for Post-Baccalaureates
cas.okstate.edu
February 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Please spread the word on our paid research program for recent biology graduates at #okstate. The ON-RaMP program provides a year-long biology research experience with tons of resources. More info here: cas.okstate.edu/onramp/ Apply here (by Feb 28!): etap.nsf.gov/award/475/op...
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Chicka-dee-dee! 🪶
For #DarwinDay, here's a free natural selection card game based on NSF-funded research into climate change impacts on chickadee hybridization!
Features @drscottataylor.bsky.social, @amberricelab.bsky.social & Tim Roth. #EduSky #SciComm #Birds 🧪
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IqK...
For #DarwinDay, here's a free natural selection card game based on NSF-funded research into climate change impacts on chickadee hybridization!
Features @drscottataylor.bsky.social, @amberricelab.bsky.social & Tim Roth. #EduSky #SciComm #Birds 🧪
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IqK...
Foraging Frenzy: A hands-on natural selection memory game
YouTube video by Galactic Polymath
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February 12, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Chicka-dee-dee! 🪶
For #DarwinDay, here's a free natural selection card game based on NSF-funded research into climate change impacts on chickadee hybridization!
Features @drscottataylor.bsky.social, @amberricelab.bsky.social & Tim Roth. #EduSky #SciComm #Birds 🧪
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IqK...
For #DarwinDay, here's a free natural selection card game based on NSF-funded research into climate change impacts on chickadee hybridization!
Features @drscottataylor.bsky.social, @amberricelab.bsky.social & Tim Roth. #EduSky #SciComm #Birds 🧪
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IqK...
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For decades, the U.S. has funded science, then left scientists to direct their own work. Science has flourished, and the country has benefited. Now the government is testing just how much it can renegotiate that relationship, @katherinejwu.com writes:
The Erasing of American Science
How far can the Trump administration bend U.S. research before it breaks?
www.theatlantic.com
February 15, 2025 at 9:43 PM
For decades, the U.S. has funded science, then left scientists to direct their own work. Science has flourished, and the country has benefited. Now the government is testing just how much it can renegotiate that relationship, @katherinejwu.com writes: