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Suguru Takagi
@sugurutakagi.bsky.social
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Postdoc at the University of Lausanne, incoming Assistant Professor at Florida State University. Interested in neurobiology, evolution, and olfaction. He/him https://sugurutakagi.com
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Suguru Takagi @sugurutakagi.bsky.social · 3d
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...
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...
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Nate Himmel @natehimmel.bsky.social · Jul 4
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
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Suguru Takagi @sugurutakagi.bsky.social · Sep 1
Our lab webpage is out!
takagilab.org
Takagi lab @FSU
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Suguru Takagi @sugurutakagi.bsky.social · Aug 26
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!
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Suguru Takagi @sugurutakagi.bsky.social · Aug 26
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-...
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Suguru Takagi @sugurutakagi.bsky.social · Aug 26
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 🪰
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Michael Shahandeh @mshahandeh.bsky.social · Apr 30
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...
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...
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Suguru Takagi @sugurutakagi.bsky.social · Apr 30
I’m just posting here our related work from last year on the impact of olfactory system remodeling

doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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...
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Suguru Takagi @sugurutakagi.bsky.social · Apr 30
Very happy to have contributed to this work on olfactory circuit rewiring!
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tomtom-auer.bsky.social @tomtom-auer.bsky.social · Apr 28
Happy to see this out now:
Olfactory projection neuron rewiring in the brain of an ecological specialist: Cell Reports www.cell.com/cell-reports...

In a team effort with @bentonlab.bsky.social 's lab we establish new genetic tools in #drosophila sechellia and compare single central brain neurons.
Olfactory projection neuron rewiring in the brain of an ecological specialist
Dürr et al. develop advanced genetic tools in the host specialist D. sechellia to study its olfactory system neuroanatomy. They show via single-cell labeling, tracing, and quantitative comparison of o...
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Dániel Barabási @bdanubius.bsky.social · Dec 15
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...
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Suguru Takagi @sugurutakagi.bsky.social · Nov 17
Just moved in to this platform and wanted to start by sharing an autumn #bluesky view from Lausanne, Switzerland
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