Great to be back with @mariadelapax.bsky.social and Tingting Wang as co-directors of the CSHL Drosophila Neurobiology course 🪰! Thank you for the excellent technical support, Heena Khurana and Khanh Lam-Kamath! 🧪 @cshlcourses.bsky.social @cshlnews.bsky.social @cshlaboratory.bsky.social

It was great to be back at CSHL. I had a fantastic time talking to the students of the Drosophila Neurobiology course about eye development. Many thanks to Jens Rister and Maria Fernandez for the invitation to be a guest lecturer this year! @rister.bsky.social @mariadelapax.bsky.social

Ending Day 2 of #cshldros26 in style with a memorable lecture by emeritus course director @drosophilosophy.bsky.social : "The Microscopy Toolkit for the Modern Drosophilist." Thank you for joining us!

Did you know that before a federal rule is finalized, agencies are required to accept and consider public comments? A proposed OMB rule could significantly impact science funding, and your perspective carries real weight. Submit a comment before July 13: vist.ly/59775 #neurosky

Kicking off Day 2 of #cshldros26 ... the amazing Ellie Heckscher tackles embryo staining and neurogenesis and gives a tour de force presentation for our students.

The 2026 CSHL fly neuro summer course kicks off tonight with the biggest bang! Course pioneers and titans of science Lily and Yuh Nun Jan are here to tell historical tales of Drosophila Neurobiology! What an absolute treat! #cshldros26

FlyBase release FB2026_02 is live! As of this release we now have 2000 gene group reports🎉, including 1453 ‘classical’ gene group reports flybase.org/lists/FBgg, 399 protein complex reports flybase.org/lists/FBgg/c..., 96 metabolic pathway reports flybase.org/lists/FBgg/m... (continued)

Join us! Ask Me Anything as part of the #SRBR World Circadian Day. Organized with expert researchers and physicians studying #biologicalrhythms and #sleep. Real-time responses starting in just 5 circadian cycles from now.

Now published - the #BANC! A full central nervous system (CNS) connectome of a limbed animal at single-synapse resolution, enabling us to follow sensory-motor arcs and understand how the CNS controls the body. rdcu.be/fncjS. #neuroscience. Video by @quorumetrix.bsky.social 1/18

Together with Daniel Münch @dahaniel.muench.bio, we contributed a review about complex neural processing across phyla - and how this allows adaptions to a dynamic environment. Enjoy reading!

Zhou Guan’s preprint from the lab on how mutations in Synaptotagmin 1 and 2 disrupt neurotransmitter release to cause human neurological diseases is available at BioRxiv. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

The 2026 SfN Science Education and Outreach Awards celebrate those who take neuroscience beyond the lab creating innovative educational programs, engaging with communities, and nurturing scientific curiosity. Submit your nomination by Thursday, May 7. 🔗 vist.ly/4zhzp #neurosky

@drummonk.bsky.social and I wrote a @plosbiology.org Primer to highlight a fantastic study by Aalim Weljie’s and Amita Sehgal’s groups that reveals time-of-day dependent activities of glucose metabolic pathways. journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

my former boss (and amazing mentor) Carl Johnson just released a series of lectures on the fundamental properties of #circadian clocks, which you should definitely check out if you're interested in chronobiology! as.vanderbilt.edu/johnsonlab/f...

Ever wonder if a baby knows what time it is? This work by @circatwenty4.bsky.social and collaborators says that the fetus synchronizes its daily rhythms to mom before birth. tinyurl.com/yk3m8fx3 #SRBRa #circadian #chronomedicine

Great news from the lab - we’ve been awarded a MIRA (R35)! This grant provides 5-year support for our research program. We are very grateful to NIGMS/ #NIH for supporting our research. We will be hiring a research technician and a postdoc. fernandez.lab.indiana.edu/news/index.h...

Beyond delighted to share our amazing collaboration with Thierry Alquier's lab @alquierthierry.bsky.social on a conserved role for neuronal lipid droplets in regulating energy homeostasis in vivo led by Celena Cherian, Romane Manceau, Danie Majeur, and Colin Miller www.nature.com/articles/s42... /1

We’re recruiting! Exciting opportunities in our lab supported by a @wellcometrust.bsky.social Discovery Award. • Postdoctoral researchers • Research assistant/PhD students Join us to study how neural circuits drive decision-making. Deadline 26/04 Learn more and Apply here: rezavallab.org

Attention #chronobiology and #circadian authors. You can now directly transfer your @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social to Journal of Biological Rhythms. 1. www.biorxiv.org/submit-a-man..., 2. click "Submit bioRxiv Preprint to a Journal” & 3. choose JBR. #SRBR #JBR

#Seabattical paper just dropped!

A gentle reminder that the new application deadline for the CSHL Neurobiology of Drosophila course is April 13th! Note the updated list of invited speakers! meetings.cshl.edu/courses.aspx... 🧪🪰 @cshlcourses.bsky.social @cshlnews.bsky.social @mariadelapax.bsky.social

The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social has a more than 100 year history of supporting science through its journals, meetings, and fellowships. Help lead it into its second century! pls share www.inspiredselection.com/jobs/jo00000...

Never seen a more compelling endorsement for submitting your work to GENETICS @genetics-gsa.bsky.social

As a recent course alumna, I highly recommend this course to all Drosophila neuroscientists!

Elsevier costs were ~£1.7B in 2025 newsletter.journalology.com/p/elsevier-2... Compare that to arXiv 👇

I think Neuro could use a PLoS Neuro journal. OA, publishing rigorous work across diverse systems using genetic/molecular to systems/computational/cognitive approaches. Have lobbied for this as a @plosbiology.org Adv Board member but it hasn't happened so far. Thoughts? [email protected]

The proud tradition continues! Please spread this widely and encourage outstanding students to apply! The CSHL Fly Course is an amazing opportunity and experience.

We are so looking forward to CSHL Neurobiology of Drosophila 2026 🔬 🧠. The new application deadline is April 13th. Come join us! @cshlnews.bsky.social @cshlcourses.bsky.social @rister.bsky.social

Barber lab’s first preprint! Drosophila insulin‑producing cells can be regulated by circadian clock neurons via PDF, suggesting that a core “clock” neuropeptide can influence the activity of non‑clock neurons through volume transmission.

Deeply honoured to have been awarded a Wellcome Trust Discovery Award to study how competition is encoded in the brain. This builds on the discoveries of outstanding past/present lab members. Grateful to mentors/collaborators/colleagues for their support. We are recruiting postdocs/PhD students.

We’re hiring! Our lab is seeking a research technician interested in neurobiology. This position is ideal for recent graduates looking for a 2‑year research experience before their next academic chapter. Experience with Drosophila is a plus. Please share. indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/32602

Delighted to share that our study is now out @cp-cellstemcell.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell-stem-ce... Congrats to Dr. @federicamosti.bsky.social for the culmination of a beautiful thesis!

Urinary concentrations of a direct ethanol metabolite indicate substantial ingestion of fermenting fruit by chimpanzees: doi.org/10.1098/rsbl... #ProcB #AnimalBehaviour

The 2026 Visual System Development GRC and GRS are fast approaching. Jeremy Kay, Kristen Kwan, Robert Johnston, and I have built an exciting program that we hope you will enjoy. Looking forward to seeing everyone at the meeting this summer in beautiful Maine. Register and RT!

Also encourage all your fellow neurethologists to become a member of the International Society of #Neuroethology 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬🧑‍🔬 You can find more information about ISN and the benefits of being a member here: ↘️ members.neuroethology.org/member-appli... ↙️

🧵Good news out of #NIH today. (1) NIH is extending #ESI and #K99/R00 eligibility to accommodate researchers whose eligibility would have ended during the previous shutdown. Take a look at NOT-OD-26-020. If your ESI status would have ended in 2025, you get an automatic extension through 2026/03/31.

What: The 2026 Indiana University Animal Behavior Conference When: March 27-28 Where: Monroe Convention Center, Bloomington, IN Conference registration is open. Abstract deadline is Feb. 13. Attendance only deadline is March 9, 2026. Learn more: go.iu.edu/8sMB

The second paper from the lab is now available on bioRxiv: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... We discovered that cannibalistic behavior in fly larvae is social-context dependent. Larval groups avoid dead conspecifics; individuals show high attraction. They only do it when no one is watching 😉

Happy New Year! Hiking at Griffy Lake

Merry Christmas! 🎄

#NSF BIO is hosting a Virtual Office Hour December 18 at 1:00 Eastern Time www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-b...

Drosophila colleagues--Please submit nominations for the Larry Sandler Award. which recognizes excellent recent graduates who have completed a PhD in Drosophila research. Details are below and at this link: genetics-gsa.org/drosophila-2...

Our python workshop is returning! Undergraduate educators, join us on July 27-30 for "Coding with Allen Institute Data." No prior coding experience needed. Travel, meals, & stipend included. Apply by Feb. 2 at: https://alleninstitute.org/events/educator-coding-workshop-2026/ #iTeachBio #EduSky

I will be co-teaching a summer course at Allen Institute on connectomics education please apply. Travel support, new connectomics data sets and learning directly from the scientists who built these datasets. Details here: alleninstitute.org/events/incor...

SO HAPPY to share our new paper in @currentbiology.bsky.social! Using volumetric EM, we found daily shifts in synapses, vesicles, and mitochondria that accompany neuronal remodeling, linking structural plasticity to changes in how s-LNv neurons influence their targets www.cell.com/current-biol...

If you're at #SfN25 come check out this poster session on neurobiology in changing ecosystems #KavliNeuro

Thrilled to share our new work! In this study, we have expanded on the role of the circadian clock in integrating seasonal environmental cues through splicing. Thanks to @joanna-chiu.bsky.social for the continuous mentorship and to all co-authors! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Do flies feel pain? Spooky new preprint from our lab on the cells and circuits that mediate nociceptive behaviors in adult Drosophila, led by graduate student (and newly minted PhD!) @jonesjes.bsky.social. 🪰⚡👻🎃 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

On my last day at @flyneuro.bsky.social I am happy to share my latest paper about the DN1a clock neurons and their central role within the clock network. :) I am grateful for the nice time I had here in Würzburg and looking forward to new adventures in Okayama and Münster in the next years!