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Contact: Jim Barlow
jebarlow@uoregon.edu
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University of Oregon

Neuroscientist Shawn Lockery

Caption: University of Oregon biologist Shawn Lockery has identified a tiny computer inside a nematode that helps process information about taste and smell and drives a worm's behavior.

Credit: Photo by Jim Barlow

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