Feature: Dr Chris Connolly - how I got into the biology of bee brains. 6 July 2011. By Chrissie Giles

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In the jokes of a certain kind of comedian, the mother-in-law comes across as part menace, part millstone. But for neuroscientist Dr Chris Connolly from the University of Dundee, his mother-in-law was the source of the impetus to open up a whole new area of research.