Neuroscientist exploring sensory biology in naked mole-rats, mice, and flies. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ax7a1CwAAAAJ&hl=enhttps://bsky.app/profile/khallaf.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/khallaf.bsky.social/post/3mtlhkxgwkk2pHow do you recognize who’s who when you live mostly in the dark? 👂👃✋ Our review explores how naked mole-rats use sound, smell, and touch to maintain their remarkable social organization! https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959438826000966 @garyrlewin.bsky.social, Firdevs Murad, Wenhan Luo, Alison Barker21 Aug 2026 09:37 +0000at://did:plc:rvevzore7rdxpneg7saabqln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlhkxgwkk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/khallaf.bsky.social/post/3msvg3m5bpc2pYahooo 🎉 We got the cover! Meet our cute cover girl 🥰: the naked mole-rat Queen! 👑 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10772-512 Aug 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:rvevzore7rdxpneg7saabqln/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvg3m5bpc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/khallaf.bsky.social/post/3mqp4bxuspc2hOur new paper is out in @nature.com! We uncovered how a naked mole-rat queen 👑 controls an entire colony: a natural contraceptive scent that suppresses reproduction in other females! A remarkable mammalian parallel to bees and ants! 🐝🐜 @garyrlewin.bsky.social https://youtu.be/enfv3zJrWKM?si=VmMCHb-0GJmjqzc615 Jul 2026 16:10 +0000at://did:plc:rvevzore7rdxpneg7saabqln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqp4bxuspc2h