“This is the only planet we’ve got. What could be more important than protecting it?” – Robert Redford

The FlyBase situation has made the national news www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...

Scientists discover the secret behind the shrew’s amazing ability to shrink their brains 🧠 The clever trick sheds unwanted weight without compromising too much on cognition. Find the 5-letter word 👇 Study by @cecibaldoni.bsky.social Dechmann Lab #shrewcrew et al www.ab.mpg.de/743885/news_...

📣 Eres socio de la #SEBD y tienes resultados para publicar? Mira @ijdb.bsky.social como opción para tu trabajo! Si eres socio #SEBD puedes publicar gratis ijdb.ehu.eus

Very proud of our @canaztekin.bsky.social on his Rising Star Award 2025 from @isrbio.bsky.social! Find out more about his work on the structural limb #regeneration, specifically in understanding the differences in regeneration abilities across various species: s.gwdg.de/QidoUL #biology #maxplanck

Dear friends and scientific colleagues, (especially those of you who knew David Ish-Horowicz). Feel free to share the attached PDF widely (all the speakers are happy for the talks to be shared). Many thanks Best regards Ilan www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Recruitment is now open for the EMBL-EBI–Sanger Postdoctoral Programme. ESPOD builds on the collaborative relationship between EMBL-EBI and the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social, offering projects that combine experimental and computational approaches. www.ebi.ac.uk/research/pos... 🧬🖥️🔬#postdocjob

News via The Transmitter www.thetransmitter.org/community/ha...

How is the nervous system organized to coordinate behavior? To approach this massive question, a team led by @asbates.bsky.social, @jasper-tms.bsky.social, @mindyisminsu.bsky.social, & Helen Yang present the BANC: a Brain and Nerve Cord connectome. Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025... 🧪#Neuroskyence

I think the "embodiment" of this connectome is going to be such a hit: For instance take the interactive "body part" maps on Codex, where you can simply click on your favorite external or visceral part and it will show you all of the neurons associated it! codex.flywire.ai/app/body_par...

This is fascinating - the brain fires up immune cells when sick people are nearby 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This is as essential read, however, I wish it included references to contemporary history, e.g., Hungary, Brazil, Poland, Argentina, etc. There are many recent examples in which science was under assault and destroyed - exactly what we're now seeing in the US. www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...

This is a genuinely huge opportunity for the right person. We @dunnschool.bsky.social are proud not only of our discovery science to transform human health, but also of the support we offer early career fellows. Join us, and launch your independent career! Please share.

Cutting jargon and putting research in context. eLife Science Digests showcase some of the latest articles published in eLife with short, easy to read summaries: buff.ly/MsNh6J5

🔬 The next international Developmental Biology course, organized by Institut Curie with @sorbonne-universite.fr, will focus on "From stem #cells to #morphogenesis". 📅 Apply by: • July 20 (3.5 weeks with hands-on workshop) • Aug 31 (10 days of seminars) 🔗 training.institut-curie.org/courses/deve...

A huge project has analysed more than 1,000 claims about the immunity of Drosophila fruit flies in scientific papers published over some 50 years go.nature.com/4lxhwJB

Happy 107th Birthday, Brenda Milner! Her contributions to neuropsychology shaped the way we understand the human brain. From surviving two world wars and two pandemics, to paving the way for future generations of researchers, Milner’s legacy continues. @mcgill.ca @cusm-muhc.bsky.social

Wikipedia wanted to use AI summaries at the top of article pages. Editors said please please don't www.404media.co/wikipedia-pa...

Calling all European #Drosophila labs. Time for all of us, that are able, to step up to support FlyBase during this funding crisis.

European Fly PIs: please respond to the email we sent out yesterday and help save FlyBase!

FlyBase is in need of support. Let's help them continue to be a valued resource to the research community.

#drosophila @flybase.bsky.social request emergency funding: "As it stands, by the end of July, 2025, there will be no future updates to FlyBase, and in the worst case scenario access to the website will also be lost" => please donate! www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...

It's publication day of my first book: The Tree of Life. The tree of life is a time machine that can take us back 4 billion years to meet our most distant ancestor. It is the magic that lets us tell the origin stories, beginning with this ancient relative, of everything from mushrooms to man.

Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.

If using Bloomigton #Drosophila Stock Center stocks, pls. acknowledge them & their NIH funding (P40 OD018537). Papers listing this no. are being harvested as evidence. We massively depend on the @bdsc.bsky.social & they need our support in these dire times! @flybase.bsky.social @fly-eds.bsky.social

We're disappointed to see Ben Barres's powerful book "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist" among the ~400 titles removed from the Naval Academy Library. Needless to say, we're proud to have published his book and will keep it — and his memory — alive.

Astonishing!

Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY. There was also a 71% drop in air pollution. Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople

Here we go.

@neuropsi.bsky.social has a call for new group leaders. You can apply there : dao-neuropsi.cnrs.fr Deadline : May, 30

Celebrating Brain Awareness Week: neuro-surgeons, scientists using fruit-flies and mice, psychologists, enthusing all ages on the wonders of the brain. CHBH, NHS Hospitals & Birmingham Centre for Neurogenetics from University of Birmingham @The MAC 😃 #brainawarenessweek #neuroscience #drosophila

From the Besse's lab. #RNAbiology #RNAlocalization #spatialbiology www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Last few days to apply! Post-doctoral position 3 years Wellcome funded in UK To investigate how experience shapes the brain Drosophila neurogenetics, imaging, behaviour Deadline 19/3/25 Pls RP. #drosophila #postdoc #jobs Apply here edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Only one week left to apply for post-doc position Wellcome funded 3 years in UK, to investigate how experience shapes the brain. Drosophila neurogenetics, behaviour, imaging. Application deadline 19 March. Details attached. Pls repost, share Pls put poster along corridors. #postdoc #job #drosophila

It’s so frustrating to see people hide behind the excuse of scientific & political neutrality. @royalsociety.org need to step up & show leadership by expelling a man who is not a scientist & is hell bent on destroying science. Otherwise what’s the point of them? 🧪 www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Unique opportunity to join the CytoMorpho Lab (in Paris ❤️) as a postdoc to work on the self-organization and polarization of reconstituted networks made of microtubules, motors and actin filaments in vitro. Experience required. Please Repost 🙏 thanks !

This year marks the 30th anniversary of Brain Awareness Week, a global campaign dedicated to fostering public enthusiasm and support for brain science. Learn about the history of this annual event!

Fungi made Earth’s land liveable by building networks that released nutrients locked in primordial rock and supplied those nutrients to plant roots https://go.nature.com/3QLda3z

It seems PubMed has disappeared. This is the digital equivalent of burning a library.

Postdoc opportunity in UK, Wellcome funded, 3 years, to investigate neurogenetics underlying how the brain changes throught life: plasticity vs degeneration. Drosophila, imaging, behaviour. Candidates of all nationalities welcome. Application deadline 19 March. Pls repost. #Drosophila #postdoc #job

"We at @nature.com denounce this assault on science. And we encourage the global research community, wherever they can, to voice their opposition." +1 to this. Overall a very good read to help the science community focus our energy 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Enthusiastic post-doc sought to investigate how experience shapes the brain. Wellcome Trust funded. Ideal for fly-person with expertise in behaviour. Internatiinal lab, at beautiful University of Birmingham capmus, EDI, lively city, UK. Application deadline 19 March. #post-doc #Drosophila

PLOS has issued a statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity. We are determined to stand firmly behind our mission, our values and our principles, and against any attempt at censorship or undermining of the core principles of scientific inquiry. plos.io/3D4O8cH

Post-doc opportunity in neurogenetics. Wellcome funded, to investigate molecular switch between brain plasticity and degeneration. In beautiful University of Birmingham campus, lively city, UK. Drosophila, behaviour, imaging. International lab. Application deadline 19 March. #Drosophila #post-doc

Thrilled to see our paper out today @plosbiology.org! By wonderful PhD student @deepanshund.bsky.social & great team of collaborating authors. Fungi hack immune receptor to drive immune evasion in the brain & cause neurodegeration. Thanx DarwinTrust @wellcometrust.bsky.social @BBSRC for funding. 😃

Want to start an independent research group? ...with core funding, outstanding facilities & a curiosity-driven culture? Join us at @embl.org We are recruiting across research themes, inc (epi)genomics, human dev bio, predictive modelling & neurobiology👇 embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/d...

Looking for an enthusiastic post-doc to investigate how experience shapes the brain. Drosophila neurogenetics, molecular and cellular mechanisms, imaging, optogenetics, neural circuits and behaviour will be used. At University of Birmingham campus, UK. Application deadline 19 March. Pls RT.

🪰👩‍🔬🔬🧠Broad call for a funded Postdoc Fellowship position in our department! Please contact me if you are interested in discussing possible Behavioral Neurobiology research as part of my lab team. Apps due April 4th, 2025. employment.unl.edu/postings/95137

Interested postdoc applicants, please find link here. Application deadline 19 March.

Post-doctoral position available to investigate how experience shapes the brain. Ideal candidate with skills in: Drosophila, behaviour, imaging. Advert out soon. Meanwhile, if interested, pls contact me.