The first Louisiana iris of spring! 🤩
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Christine Lattin
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Associate Professor at LSU trying to understand how hormones and neurotransmitters help wild animals successfully breed and cope with stress. She/her
I worked with several Louisiana State University undergraduate researchers to redesign technical posters to make them accessible for a broader audience, & they did a fabulous job presenting their findings to lawmakers this week at the 2nd annual Posters at the Capitol event organized by the Louisiana Undergraduate Research Association: https://lailluminator.com/2026/03/13/college-student-research-on-display-at-louisiana-state-capitol/
Sparrows that avoided novelty also performed more repetitive beak-wiping behavior, suggesting these birds may be more anxious. This project was the honors thesis of LSU undergrad Danna Masri, who is also first author! https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0166432826000513?via%3Dihub
Lattin and Haam lab members teaching local 4th-6th graders about neurobiology at the LSU Museum of Natural Science's annual Kids' Day at the Museum event!
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New paper alert! Our collaboration with Sara Lipshutz & Alex Bentz found Eurasian tree sparrows, a less-successful invasive cousin of house sparrows, had distinct patterns of gene expression associated with novelty avoidance that differed by sex: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author/DPEKNGKNRN3AYXW9QGQQ?target=10.1111/mec.70221
Today I learned that Charles Darwin delayed publishing On the Origin of Species because he was too busy writing FOUR VOLUMES on the barnacles of the world (shout out to @lucycooke and her awesome book Bitch for that fun fact) 📚🧪
Roseate spoonbills on the LSU lake!
Bird-safe glass on the new LSU Interdisciplinary Science Building! The repeated 2 inch vertical pattern should help minimize window collisions 🥰🐦⬛🪟
It was thrilling to be involved in this multi-site, multi-bird @TheManyBirds project out today in @PLOSBiology! We examined why some bird species show more novelty avoidance than others; 2 big predictors were a specialist diet & migratory behavior: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003394
A large-scale study across the avian clade identifies ecological drivers of neophobia
Neophobia (the aversive response to novelty) varies considerably across species and individuals, and can impact adaptability and survival. This study assesses neophobia in 1400 subjects from 136 bird species across 25 orders, identifying phylogenetic influences and broad ecological drivers of neophobia.
I’m loving the LSU Museum of Natural Sciences new “Art After Dark” series! Last night I learned how LSU Art & Design Professor Leslie Koptcho is making paper out of invasive plants, and using them as inspiration for her printmaking 😍🌱📃🖼️🧪