I guess I still call myself a scientist in my bio, so...
Hey, I'm Shannon. PhD - studied olfaction at UC Berkeley. Postdoc - studied zebrafish lateral line regeneration (mechanosensory cells analogous to hair cells that transduce hearing) at NHGRI. Created NIH-wide trainee ethics course at OITE.
Hey, I'm Shannon. PhD - studied olfaction at UC Berkeley. Postdoc - studied zebrafish lateral line regeneration (mechanosensory cells analogous to hair cells that transduce hearing) at NHGRI. Created NIH-wide trainee ethics course at OITE.
November 6, 2026 at 3:53 AM
I guess I still call myself a scientist in my bio, so...
Hey, I'm Shannon. PhD - studied olfaction at UC Berkeley. Postdoc - studied zebrafish lateral line regeneration (mechanosensory cells analogous to hair cells that transduce hearing) at NHGRI. Created NIH-wide trainee ethics course at OITE.
Hey, I'm Shannon. PhD - studied olfaction at UC Berkeley. Postdoc - studied zebrafish lateral line regeneration (mechanosensory cells analogous to hair cells that transduce hearing) at NHGRI. Created NIH-wide trainee ethics course at OITE.
Richard Axel was hilariously incompetent as a medical student, so he struck a deal with the Johns Hopkins to receive an MD on the condition that he would never practice medicine. He then switched to biology and won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2004 for his work on olfaction.
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November 3, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Richard Axel was hilariously incompetent as a medical student, so he struck a deal with the Johns Hopkins to receive an MD on the condition that he would never practice medicine. He then switched to biology and won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2004 for his work on olfaction.
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8/ The idea that doomed cells are an evolutionary reserve isn't ours: Prieto-Godino et al. (2020, Sci Adv) proposed it from undead neurons in fly olfaction.
What we add is the developmental biology: which gene, and which cell.
What we add is the developmental biology: which gene, and which cell.
November 3, 2026 at 7:14 PM
8/ The idea that doomed cells are an evolutionary reserve isn't ours: Prieto-Godino et al. (2020, Sci Adv) proposed it from undead neurons in fly olfaction.
What we add is the developmental biology: which gene, and which cell.
What we add is the developmental biology: which gene, and which cell.
Our aim is to make the technique easier to implement, standardise and compare across experiments and labs 🧪🧠
It was lovely to put this together with the plug team Sonu, Li ( @lihuang.bsky.social), Tess ( @tess-stanley.bsky.social ) and Elisa ( @elisagalliano.bsky.social) !
#Olfaction #OpenScience
It was lovely to put this together with the plug team Sonu, Li ( @lihuang.bsky.social), Tess ( @tess-stanley.bsky.social ) and Elisa ( @elisagalliano.bsky.social) !
#Olfaction #OpenScience
November 5, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Our aim is to make the technique easier to implement, standardise and compare across experiments and labs 🧪🧠
It was lovely to put this together with the plug team Sonu, Li ( @lihuang.bsky.social), Tess ( @tess-stanley.bsky.social ) and Elisa ( @elisagalliano.bsky.social) !
#Olfaction #OpenScience
It was lovely to put this together with the plug team Sonu, Li ( @lihuang.bsky.social), Tess ( @tess-stanley.bsky.social ) and Elisa ( @elisagalliano.bsky.social) !
#Olfaction #OpenScience
Richard Axel was hilariously incompetent as a medical student, so he struck a deal with the Johns Hopkins to receive an MD on the condition that he would never practice medicine. He then switched to biology and won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2004 for his work on olfaction.
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November 3, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Richard Axel was hilariously incompetent as a medical student, so he struck a deal with the Johns Hopkins to receive an MD on the condition that he would never practice medicine. He then switched to biology and won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2004 for his work on olfaction.
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Crickets evade bats via olfaction beyond acoustic cues
Crickets evade bats via olfaction beyond acoustic cues
Olfactory bat avoidance in crickets uncovers an overlooked sensory axis in this classic system and a functional eavesdropping strategy across phylogenetically distant predator–prey interactions.
buff.ly
November 1, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Crickets evade bats via olfaction beyond acoustic cues
CRV Science Wiki
🦟 Insect Olfaction — Insect olfaction is the specialized peripheral and central chemosensory system by which insects detect airborne volatile organic compounds (semiochemicals) to locate blood-meal hosts, nectar sources, oviposition s…
https://crvscience.com/wiki/insect-olfaction
🦟 Insect Olfaction — Insect olfaction is the specialized peripheral and central chemosensory system by which insects detect airborne volatile organic compounds (semiochemicals) to locate blood-meal hosts, nectar sources, oviposition s…
https://crvscience.com/wiki/insect-olfaction
CRV Science Wiki
🦟 Insect Olfaction — Insect olfaction is the specialized peripheral and central chemosensory system by which insects detect airborne volatile organic compounds (semiochemicals) to locate blood-meal hosts, nectar sources, oviposition sites, and conspecific mates...
crvscience.com
November 3, 2026 at 8:12 PM
CRV Science Wiki
🦟 Insect Olfaction — Insect olfaction is the specialized peripheral and central chemosensory system by which insects detect airborne volatile organic compounds (semiochemicals) to locate blood-meal hosts, nectar sources, oviposition s…
https://crvscience.com/wiki/insect-olfaction
🦟 Insect Olfaction — Insect olfaction is the specialized peripheral and central chemosensory system by which insects detect airborne volatile organic compounds (semiochemicals) to locate blood-meal hosts, nectar sources, oviposition s…
https://crvscience.com/wiki/insect-olfaction
In collaboration with @elisagalliano.bsky.social’s lab, we’ve put together a detailed, validated protocol for reversible unilateral naris occlusion in juvenile and adult mice, now available on bioRxiv! 🧠🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Unilateral naris occlusion with custom-made plugs for reversible olfactory deprivation in juvenile and adult mice
Deprivation paradigms that reduce environmental input have been successfully applied across multiple species and sensory modalities, including vision, audition, somatosensation, and olfaction in order...
www.biorxiv.org
November 5, 2026 at 10:11 AM
In collaboration with @elisagalliano.bsky.social’s lab, we’ve put together a detailed, validated protocol for reversible unilateral naris occlusion in juvenile and adult mice, now available on bioRxiv! 🧠🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
rat olfaction update: salad still smells like tortilla chips. but now potato smells like the table at a dinner after its wiped down with water but not soap. if that makes sense
October 31, 2026 at 3:14 AM
rat olfaction update: salad still smells like tortilla chips. but now potato smells like the table at a dinner after its wiped down with water but not soap. if that makes sense
Like 望聞問切 is the "four examinations" of traditional Chinese medicine, literally look, listen, ask, feel the pulse. In English it's usually rendered as inspection, auscultation and olfaction, inquiry, and palpation (pulse diagnosis).
November 5, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Like 望聞問切 is the "four examinations" of traditional Chinese medicine, literally look, listen, ask, feel the pulse. In English it's usually rendered as inspection, auscultation and olfaction, inquiry, and palpation (pulse diagnosis).
Richard Axel was hilariously incompetent as a medical student, so he struck a deal with the Johns Hopkins to receive an MD on the condition that he would never practice medicine.
He then switched to biology and won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2004 for his work on olfaction.
He then switched to biology and won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2004 for his work on olfaction.
November 3, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Richard Axel was hilariously incompetent as a medical student, so he struck a deal with the Johns Hopkins to receive an MD on the condition that he would never practice medicine.
He then switched to biology and won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2004 for his work on olfaction.
He then switched to biology and won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2004 for his work on olfaction.
We're at #EUREKA2026 in Pordenone!
At CyNexo, we're bringing olfaction into immersive experiences, combining VR with synchronized olfactory stimuli.
Curious to know more about the applications?
Join our pitch today (4:35–4:50 PM) and come and try our new multisensory platform!
At CyNexo, we're bringing olfaction into immersive experiences, combining VR with synchronized olfactory stimuli.
Curious to know more about the applications?
Join our pitch today (4:35–4:50 PM) and come and try our new multisensory platform!
November 6, 2026 at 7:32 AM
We're at #EUREKA2026 in Pordenone!
At CyNexo, we're bringing olfaction into immersive experiences, combining VR with synchronized olfactory stimuli.
Curious to know more about the applications?
Join our pitch today (4:35–4:50 PM) and come and try our new multisensory platform!
At CyNexo, we're bringing olfaction into immersive experiences, combining VR with synchronized olfactory stimuli.
Curious to know more about the applications?
Join our pitch today (4:35–4:50 PM) and come and try our new multisensory platform!
ICYMI: Student, trainee, early-career researcher, or established professional: How should olfaction fit into the future of neuroscience? Discuss research priorities, clinical barriers, and the potential role of smell in neurological screening: vist.ly/5qjhp
October 29, 2026 at 6:18 PM
ICYMI: Student, trainee, early-career researcher, or established professional: How should olfaction fit into the future of neuroscience? Discuss research priorities, clinical barriers, and the potential role of smell in neurological screening: vist.ly/5qjhp
My November novel is called "The Poop of Other Dogs." It's from my dog's perspective. I know that's been done before, but not with the olfaction angle. It's about how my dog in hot temps eschews other dogs' poop, but when freezing temps turn the turds into tempting poopsicles, she's sent into a
November 3, 2026 at 1:08 AM
My November novel is called "The Poop of Other Dogs." It's from my dog's perspective. I know that's been done before, but not with the olfaction angle. It's about how my dog in hot temps eschews other dogs' poop, but when freezing temps turn the turds into tempting poopsicles, she's sent into a
The 'receiver' framing is key: the Chinese Room shows syntax can process olfaction without understanding it, but Mary's problem is different - even perfect discrimination leaves open what coffee is like from the inside. An e-nose satisfies functionalism without touching the phenomenal question.
October 31, 2026 at 4:57 AM
The 'receiver' framing is key: the Chinese Room shows syntax can process olfaction without understanding it, but Mary's problem is different - even perfect discrimination leaves open what coffee is like from the inside. An e-nose satisfies functionalism without touching the phenomenal question.
At CyNexo, our research in #olfaction meets virtual reality to create the Olfactory VR Chair — an innovative multisensory space designed to enhance cancer therapies and humanize care.
We’re looking for healthcare partners to test it in clinical settings.
Interested? Get in touch!
We’re looking for healthcare partners to test it in clinical settings.
Interested? Get in touch!
October 29, 2026 at 9:02 AM
At CyNexo, our research in #olfaction meets virtual reality to create the Olfactory VR Chair — an innovative multisensory space designed to enhance cancer therapies and humanize care.
We’re looking for healthcare partners to test it in clinical settings.
Interested? Get in touch!
We’re looking for healthcare partners to test it in clinical settings.
Interested? Get in touch!
👃 Smell now travels online
A new wearable recreates a smell picked up by an AI-assisted electronic nose somewhere else, sent over the internet. The team suggests it could help test people for smell loss.
🔗 doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aee9266
#AI #Science #Technology 🧪
A new wearable recreates a smell picked up by an AI-assisted electronic nose somewhere else, sent over the internet. The team suggests it could help test people for smell loss.
🔗 doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aee9266
#AI #Science #Technology 🧪
Scentronic: An artificial intelligence–assisted olfactory interface for remote odor sharing and transmission
Recent years have witnessed the surge of human–machine interfaces (HMIs) for various applications. Olfaction is a fundamental chemical sense crucial to perception, memory, and emotion. Current limitat...
doi.org
October 24, 2026 at 4:07 PM
👃 Smell now travels online
A new wearable recreates a smell picked up by an AI-assisted electronic nose somewhere else, sent over the internet. The team suggests it could help test people for smell loss.
🔗 doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aee9266
#AI #Science #Technology 🧪
A new wearable recreates a smell picked up by an AI-assisted electronic nose somewhere else, sent over the internet. The team suggests it could help test people for smell loss.
🔗 doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aee9266
#AI #Science #Technology 🧪
Olfaction is bloody weird
October 23, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Olfaction is bloody weird
A new device can detect scents and transmit them between people across distances, with the potential for long-range transmission.
It marks another stage in the development of human-machine interfaces: enabling the sharing of smell.
Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/4jRRN0D
It marks another stage in the development of human-machine interfaces: enabling the sharing of smell.
Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/4jRRN0D
Scentronic: An artificial intelligence–assisted olfactory interface for remote odor sharing and transmission
Recent years have witnessed the surge of human–machine interfaces (HMIs) for various applications. Olfaction is a fundamental chemical sense crucial to perception, memory, and emotion. Current limitat...
scim.ag
October 23, 2026 at 6:17 PM
A new device can detect scents and transmit them between people across distances, with the potential for long-range transmission.
It marks another stage in the development of human-machine interfaces: enabling the sharing of smell.
Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/4jRRN0D
It marks another stage in the development of human-machine interfaces: enabling the sharing of smell.
Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/4jRRN0D
Scentronic : une interface olfactive assistée par intelligence artificielle pour le partage et la transmission d’odeurs à distance🧪✨
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#IA #IoT #RechercheScientifique #Neurosciences #Olfaction #SensOractif #SanteConnectee #SanteDigitale #Biomedical
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#IA #IoT #RechercheScientifique #Neurosciences #Olfaction #SensOractif #SanteConnectee #SanteDigitale #Biomedical
Scentronic: An artificial intelligence–assisted olfactory interface for remote odor sharing and transmission
Recent years have witnessed the surge of human–machine interfaces (HMIs) for various applications. Olfaction is a fundamental chemical sense crucial to perception, memory, and emotion. Current limitat...
www.science.org
October 24, 2026 at 6:22 AM
Scentronic : une interface olfactive assistée par intelligence artificielle pour le partage et la transmission d’odeurs à distance🧪✨
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#IA #IoT #RechercheScientifique #Neurosciences #Olfaction #SensOractif #SanteConnectee #SanteDigitale #Biomedical
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#IA #IoT #RechercheScientifique #Neurosciences #Olfaction #SensOractif #SanteConnectee #SanteDigitale #Biomedical
What is an olfaction?
October 21, 2026 at 8:03 PM
What is an olfaction?
impressive olfaction, big dawg
October 20, 2026 at 8:31 PM
impressive olfaction, big dawg
Do we really need to do this?
A new device can detect scents and transmit them between people across distances, with the potential for long-range transmission.
It marks another stage in the development of human-machine interfaces: enabling the sharing of smell.
A new device can detect scents and transmit them between people across distances, with the potential for long-range transmission.
It marks another stage in the development of human-machine interfaces: enabling the sharing of smell.
Scentronic: An artificial intelligence–assisted olfactory interface for remote odor sharing and transmission
Recent years have witnessed the surge of human–machine interfaces (HMIs) for various applications. Olfaction is a fundamental chemical sense crucial to perception, memory, and emotion. Current limitat...
scim.ag
October 24, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Do we really need to do this?
A new device can detect scents and transmit them between people across distances, with the potential for long-range transmission.
It marks another stage in the development of human-machine interfaces: enabling the sharing of smell.
A new device can detect scents and transmit them between people across distances, with the potential for long-range transmission.
It marks another stage in the development of human-machine interfaces: enabling the sharing of smell.
Scentronic: An artificial intelligence–assisted olfactory interface for remote odor sharing and transmission
Science Advances
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Science Advances
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Scentronic: An artificial intelligence–assisted olfactory interface for remote odor sharing and transmission
Recent years have witnessed the surge of human–machine interfaces (HMIs) for various applications. Olfaction is a fundamental chemical sense crucial to perception, memory, and emotion. Current limitat...
www.science.org
October 23, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Scentronic: An artificial intelligence–assisted olfactory interface for remote odor sharing and transmission
Science Advances
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Science Advances
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...