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A new paper from the lab shows that Nanos3 and Dead end1 can form a complex with eIF3d to activate RNA translation in primordial germ cells. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

New paper out! Looking at RNA-related pathways in neuronal remodeling, we found UAP56, an mRNA export factor. Actin disassembly is a likely target, both in dendrites and at presynapses. Also: cofilin is required for presynapse pruning. Please check out - journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

"Why is publishing so expensive?" It's a question I hear all the time, so we at @biologists.bsky.social thought we'd try to dispel some of the myths around publishing economics & provide transparency around our costs. Today, we publish editorials in all 5 of our journals - links in the thread below.

"Luchs speaks five languages: English, French, Italian, and some German and Russian. She approached grasping Gen Z parlance like she was learning another language. ...An Instagram commenter wrote: 'She’s so natural with it too like it’s not even cringe.'"

How do animals channel sensory information into motor pathways to generate flexible behavioral output? Excited to share a new preprint addressing this question by leveraging the new #maleCNS connectome, behavioral experiments, and in-vivo recordings: doi.org/10.64898/202.... A long🧵...

Interested in polarity and mechanics during epithelial morphogenesis? Considering joining us! Students to be hired initially as Research Associates. Postdocs encouraged to obtain fellowship, and we help/train you to do that. Apply to tinyurl.com/y6x489t5. Deadline Dec 15. Please repost!

alert to all H1B holders, please share: Trump just banned H-1B employees from reentering US unless employer pays $100,000 "fee". Proclamation applies to both new H-1B entrants and current H-1B employees who are abroad. set to take effect tmrw sun sept 21. please return if you can. i am so sorry. 😢

Clever mug :-)

Dear [email protected], dear [email protected], to learn more about the importance of #Drosophila and crucial role of @flybase.bsky.social, and how it gave rise to at least 9 Nobel laureates in Physiology and Medicine, please see this link: droso4schools.wordpress.com/why-fly/

#OnThisDay in 1858, a seminal journal article comprised of papers by Alfred Russel Wallace FRS and Charles Darwin FRS on the theory of evolution by natural selection was published by the Linnean Society, the first public announcement of the theory of evolution. bit.ly/3k8fq4u

Our first #Hydra paper. @anaisbailles.bsky.social all the way, with crucial theory contributions from Carl Modes and @zechnerlab.bsky.social Hydra maintenance by Heino Andreas and HCR by Giulia Serafini. Teamwork. Many thanks to the generous Hydra research community.

new preprint out (more soon): www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Astérix et Ozempix

This was the last @hhmi.org conference Lilly and Yuh-Nung Jan attended as investigators. They're becoming HHMI emeritus but still run a thriving NIH-funded lab. From cloning the first potassium ion channel (Shaker) to decoding neuronal development, the Jans have made a huge impact.

I bought a Tesla because it was fast like a rocket ship. But now every time I drive it, I feel like a rolling billboard for a man dismantling our government and hurting people. So Tesla, you’re fired! New ride coming soon.

Trump & Musk führen einen administrativen Staatsstreich durch, brechen ein Gesetz nach dem anderen - die USA sind mitten in einer Verfassungskrise. Mein Text für @volksverpetzer.de ist jetzt online. Dank an @mjsdc.bsky.social für die juristischen Einordnungen! www.volksverpetzer.de/aktuelles/tr...

Our story about flies on carousels is out in @currentbiology.bsky.social! After formally engaging the fantastic @clarahowcroft.bsky.social and integrating helpful reviewer feedback, we present a more concise story with detailed behavioural quantification and cooler videos! doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

Aus der thüringischen Böttcher AG, einem führenden Büroartikelhändler mit einem Jahresumsatz von 760 Mill €, hat die AfD 1 Million Euro Wahlkampfunterstützung erhalten (www.spiegel.de/politik/jena...). Ich habe sofort reagiert!

We are excited to announce the opening of registrations for the upcoming #EDRC2025 conference (25th-28th September 2025) in Alicante to showcase the latest advances in #Drosophila biology and technology edrc2025alicante.com

Nice story about our most recent work ! www.sciencenews.org/article/velv...

Our paper on Velvet Ant venom is out at @currentbiology.bsky.social “Multiple mechanisms of action for an extremely painful venom” sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Velvet ants are among the most painful of all stinging insects. What makes them so painful? We used fruit fly larvae to find out 🧐 1/5

Muscles growth by sarcomere divisions - how your muscles add new sarcomeres during developmental growth: they divide! Cool collaboration @friedrich-group.bsky.social @raunser-lab.bsky.social @Dirk Görlich @univ-amu.fr @cnrs.bsky.social sciencecast.org/casts/aspy9l... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

We are thrilled to announce that IRL JEDI meetings will restart in 2025. You can already register at flyjedi.sciencesconf.org where you'll find a preliminary program. Looking forward to meeting you and restart this network of fly people!

the Lai lab got a holiday gift ... so excited to share Seungjae Lee's work on surprising regulation of miRNA pathway at Science!! he did it all, from molecular genetics to biochemistry to genomics. and amazing collab with Makiko Yasuda lab brought it into mice. 1/3 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Excited to share our latest findings, now published @NatureNeuro www.nature.com/articles/s41... We found unmyelinated axons exhibit pearls-on-a-string morphology's due to their membrane mechanical properties. Threads will follow!

Portuguese Fly Meeting 7-8 November 2024, Batalha, Portugal. This is organized by Drosophilists working in Portugal but open to researchers from anywhere. Everyone, including Master students, is welcome to apply for oral or poster presentation. More info at: iridescent-gnu-ftqk0k.mystrikingly.com

We are looking for a molecular biologist to join the lab! We are looking for someone interested in collaborating on genes-circuits-behavior projects, with steady hands and killer pipetting skills. www.kaunlab.com/post/we-are-...

Join us for the next @DGZ_info Focus Workshop on #celladhesion and #extracellularmatrix, Tuesday April 30 at noon in Zoom, organized by Carsten Grashoff and @WickstromLab. Speakers: Srishti Rangarajan @uni_muenster, @IngoThievessen, @amaia_cipitria, @JNuchel

Postdoc position available in my lab! We study sensory coding and memory in the Drosophila mushroom body. More about us at www.aclinlab.org Deadline 25 March. Please spread the word! bit.ly/LinPostdoc2024

I recently made a comic complaining that NASA refuses to listen to my good ideas for improving the Solar System (xkcd.com/2750). To my delight, NASA’s Science Mission Directorate has sent me an actual expert panel evaluation of my “flatten the planets” proposal! Sadly, they decided not to fund it.

The 20th Neurofly conference will take place in the beautiful University of Birmingham campus, 2-6 September 2024. Neurofly2024 is now open for registrations. Early bird deadline: 16 June 2024. uobevents.eventsair.com/neurofly24/ #neurofly2024 Pls RT.

Mark your calendars: International @SFB1348 Meeting @uni_muenster May 22-24, 2024. REGISTER NOW! crc1348.ycode.site

How do epithelial tissues respond to loss of barrier function in vivo? Find out more in the latest article by Thomas Esmangart de Bournonville. Thank you to @FRM_officiel, @AgenceRecherche and @FondationARC for their invaluable support. doi.org/10.7554/eLif... @eLife

The US embassy in London has weighed in on the controversy created by a US scientist's suggestion that tea needs a pinch of salt.

We´re hiring! 2-year postdoc position opening in my lab at the Multiscale Imaging Center, University of Münster, to work on membrane trafficking and epithelial tissue dynamics in Drosophila. For details, please see shorturl.at/auBW4 and apply by Feb 29th.

Almost 2000 Drosophila labs listed, searchable and sortable on this very useful page from @flybase.bsky.social wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase...