Happy to share the lab’s latest preprint! Led by PhD student @isaiahwill.bsky.social, we hope that this thorough characterization of expression patterns for many #drosophila fat body driver lines will be a useful resource to the fruit fly community.

I’m so proud of J’nea and Lena ! Both have been a joy to train and mentor as they’ve developed academically and personally. Yesterday at #DiscoverUSC2026, they showcased their research projects with expertise, confidence, and enthusiasm.

Huge CONGRATULATIONS to @isaiahwill.bsky.social on being awarded a SPARC grant from @uscresearch.bsky.social, which will help support his awesome PhD work! #drosophila 🪰🔬👨🏽‍🔬

A different, refreshing way to do group lab meeting suggested by @jennagraham10.bsky.social Ideas brewing, projects moving! 🪰👩🏾‍🔬👨🏾‍🔬👩🏼‍🔬👩🏽‍🔬👩🏻‍🔬🪰

A huge CONGRATULATIONS to the new Dr. David Duncan for successfully defending his doctoral dissertation today!!!🥳🎊👨🏾‍🔬🪰

One of the things I do to decompress - cross stitch. I’ve been making pieces that are related to my research. This is the first one I completed (a while ago) of a germarium of the #drosophila ovary.

STEM Black History Fact 23/28 George Washington Carver’s work on crop diversification improved nutrition, soil health, and food security, key determinants of public health. kids.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...

My visit to Berkeley last week to give a talk about the lab’s research for the MCB seminar series was AWESOME! Many stimulating conversations about science, mentoring, lab culture and community outreach. The icing on the cake was meeting @ongkaty.bsky.social. I love her pins, stickers, and patches!

I've emerged from my faculty job app cocoon to open up the Etsy shop for a bit. Come grab some #Drosophila swag and support @flybase.bsky.social ! All proceeds are donated, here's the belated donation from December's sales.

James Walts & co use #Drosophila melanogaster to investigate how exercise impacts body composition, specifically, protein content. doi.org/10.1242/bio.... #ExercisePhysiology #Metabolites #TreadWheel #GWAS

Excited that Lena's undergraduate research efforts have been recognized by funding in the form of a Magellan Scholar Grant. We look forward to learning more about how RTK-mediated signaling allows fat tissue to communicate to ovarian tissue in #drosophila. 🪰🔬

Today we celebrated @chsphd.bsky.social earning his doctoral degree at the hooding ceremony. It’s the end of an era, with all members of the first generation of Armstrong lab earning their degrees. #uofsc25 #uofscbiologicalsciences

Download our large database of funding opportunities for early-career faculty and researchers Download it here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-... 433 funding opportunities.

End of Fall 2025 Celebration with the Armstrong Lab!

Aurélia Joly, @micro-megs.bsky.social & co show that stem cell-intrinsic NF-κB activity is crucial for preventing apoptosis and ensuring proper intestinal epithelial repair following injury in #Drosophila. 🪰 doi.org/10.1242/bio.... #StemCells #Intestine

Played a modified version of BINGO in my Fundamental Genetics class today, and the students enjoyed it!

Today a major milestone was achieved as @chsphd.bsky.social gave a beautiful presentation and successfully defended his dissertation. CONGRATULATIONS to the newly minted Dr. Simmons!!! 🎉🥳🍾🪰🔬👨🏾‍🔬

An Armstrong lab trainee is preparing to leave the nest - @chsphd.bsky.social presents his doctoral work and defends is dissertation next week.

If you are a researcher whose lab uses FlyBase, consider a tax-deductible personal contribution. A lot of $100 contributions would help bridge the gap until we can set up a user fee system, and even $10 donations send the folks there the message we're behind them. Please share

Yesterday’s #OOTD for the first day of genetics class. Topic: DNA structure

#Drosophila community in the US and non- EU countries, please donate to help us support #Flybase. People behind the scenes have put in incredible effort over the past few months - as someone who has seen some of it first hand at #IUBloomington, they deserve all the praise. Please share and donate !

#Bluesky #Blacksky #Edusky Would you repost to help my students in rural SC? Your donation can brighten the classroom experience for our students. Your generosity will make a huge difference in the lives of our students, & I would really appreciate your assistance. www.amazon.com/baby-reg/die...

I am really excited to be a part of this team. We took our time writing this, putting a lot of thought into how our journeys as #NativesInSTEM were affected by different aspects of Universities and looking for commonalities across the world. I hope folks in academia appreciate this work.

Early-career #Drosophila biologists (grad students, postdoc, pre-tenure faculty) looking to add a me tore to your mentoring network, be sure to complete the survey by 9/1 so that you can be matched to the best mentor possible.

👇 Contact me if you're interested!

Will you be at #SEB2025 this week? Visit the @biologists.bsky.social booth (#3 & 4) in the exhibition hall to ask about the @biologyopen.bsky.social Fast & Fair peer review initiative. bit.ly/41N31tO @sebiology.bsky.social

Letters of intent are due Friday, August 1!

It’s official! Fall 2025, I go from “Assistant” to “Associate” Professor. Thanks to trainees (ugrad/grad/postbacs), professional/personal networks, & family for supporting my goal of establishing a vibrant research program that puts people before projects. More science, scientists, & understanding!

Summer brings new @sc.edu undergraduates to the lab - learning some #drosophila genetics...

Hey #Drosophila folks ! #FlyCROSS is back and #Mentor surveys are open NOW ! If you're a faculty/postdoc/ equivalent in any scientific career & have #Drosophila research experience - we'd be delighted to have you as mentors to empower early career scientists in the #Dros community !

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JUNE 7!! SAVE THE FEDERAL CIVIL SERVICE! MAKE A COMMENT TODAY!!! news.chanda.science/archive/urge...

Part of the Armstrong and Ables lab crews met up for dinner at the #SESDB2025 @socdevbio.bsky.social meeting yesterday evening.

Grateful that students in my lab/department and one that I mentor were able to attend the @pair-up.bsky.social workshop at the MBL!

Lab alum and recent USC graduates really know me! Thanks to Helena and Ivory for my necklace 🧬👩🏾‍🔬

Burned out by academic work that never ends? You’re not alone. My free webinar is for professors, postdocs, and PhDs ready to find a better way forward. #AcademicSky Watch here:

1/3 PLEASE READ, LIKE, REPOST this "1/3" post There is a Senate Hearing May 14th with RFK Jr to discuss Trump's proposed HHS budget. Please find call/email the members of the committee every day until then (I have compiled contact info for the members in post 2/3)

15 years ago, I turned in printed copies of my dissertation with baby in tow. I like to repost this as a reminder to myself and others - we can do hard things. @rkuruvi1.bsky.social will remember the backdrop 😃

Our very own J'nea won a FIRST PLACE poster award at #DiscoverUSC2025. The Armstrong Lab is proud!

My lab at NYU is hiring a postdoc interested in RNA biology and local translation in neurons following axonal injury/neurodegenerative diseases!! Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/165681

The notice and COMMENT PERIOD OPENED TODAY AND CLOSES MAY 23. Anyone who would like to register an objection or comment should go to this page and click on the green “public comment” button at the top: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20... 6/n

A🧵that exemplifies why I do what I do - training and mentoring the next gen of physicians and researchers. Armstrong lab undergrads made a strong showing at #DiscoverUSC2025. 1/4

ATTENTION: NSF GRANT RECIPIENTS We received a heads up from a trusted source that you should proactively download/print/screen shot any documentation on research.gov pertaining to your NSF awards, both those that are current and any that have closed in the last 5-6 years. 1/n

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

Great news: NIH postbac program is recruiting again! If your grad school plans were affected by program cutbacks or admissions freezes this year I highly encourage you to apply, this could be a perfect opportunity. Please repost. www.training.nih.gov/research-tra...

Feeling very icky, and angry, after having to share the awful news about PREP termination with the current scholars. 💔😡

If you’re a scientist whose funding has recently been cut or impacted, I would love to interview you and amplify your work! Hoping to release our first two podcast episodes next week. Please share widely!

Why Publish in Developmental Biology? 1/8 Reason #1 - DB is strongly committed to supporting trainees and junior scientists. Publish your first paper with us! DB is the official journal of the SDB @socdevbio.bsky.social Learn more here elsevier.com/locate/ydbio

UNC Gillings School of Public Health is eliminating their Health Equity & Social Justice Concentration. This program is home to many of my friends — some of the most thoughtful, caring, and innovative researchers I know. @standupforscience.bsky.social @sciforgood.bsky.social

All this *waves hands wildly* makes it SUPER hard to focus on anything...

My ode to Curiosity Driven Research www.statnews.com/2025/04/03/b...