Apparently my Bluesky wasn't bridged correctly. I'm pretty active over there (apologies for leaving Mastodon behind!). If interested to see what I'm posting, check: https://fediscience.org/@[email protected]

We have an exciting collaborative #PhD project for 2025 investigating the interacting relationship among #seasonality, #microbiota and #sleep the prospective student will work with Leicester Neurogenetic group @NeurogeneticsLeicester and @MarkHanson […] [Original post on drosophila.social]

I am hiring! PhD studentship available through the SWbio DTP. The interested student will investigate the evolution of innate immune signalling in a model species group. Infection biology & #Drosophila genetics and #Immunity combined! More info […] [Original post on fediscience.org]

I am hiring! This is a unique opportunity for students from 🇨🇳 China to come to 🇬🇧 UK for their PhD via a China Scholarship Council award. The application deadline is Dec 2nd 2024. 通过中国国家留学基金委奖学金获得英国博士学位的机会！ […] [Original post on fediscience.org]

The #drosophila Immunity Handbook 🧵 This project started as a review with the aim, in some sense, to update Lemaitre and Hoffmann (2007; Ann Rev Imm). Then it kinda... got out of hand. But the reason that happened is because Hannah is amazing. Find the free PDF here btw: bit.ly/DrosImmBook 1/n

It's Ig Nobel season again! This one's remarkably depressing! 😀 "Longevity data are used for projections of future lifespans, and those are used to set everyone’s pension rate. You’re talking about trillions of dollars of pension money. If the data is junk then so are those projections. It […]

Ach beyond excited for @spirophasma.bsky.social for his new paper on "Syntretus perlmani", a parasitoid wasp that infests *adult* #Drosophila. The supp videos on this article are incredible, and the biology of euphorin wasps is insane. This is your next […] [Original post on fediscience.org]

Very cool talk by Sheena Cotter on nutritional effects on burying beetles at #Ento24 For the uninitiated, burying beetles are known for their parental care. They make a home for their larvae, chew the food and regurgitate (like birds), & are generally great […] [Original post on fediscience.org]

Off to #ento24 in Liverpool! Have set up this Bluesky feed to capture any posts containing #Ento24, and other insect molecular biology-related stuff. Not sure if Mastodon is cross-linked to be able to use Bluesky feeds or just posts, but advertising because why not? 🐞🐛🐜🦟🪲🪳🕷️🦋🐝🪰🦗 […]

I'll write a thread later, but for now, a huge congatulations to Hannah and to Bruno. I was really fortunate to be a part of this immense project, and it benefitted greatly from Hannah's systematic knowledge which she gained while generating […] [Original post on fediscience.org]

I'll write a thread later, but for now, a huge congatulations to Hannah and to Bruno. I was really fortunate to be a part of this immense project, and it benefitted greatly from Hannah's systematic knowledge which she gained while generating […] [Original post on fediscience.org]

Submitted! One more then I'm done the whirlwind of studentship & grant applications! Then back to papers... do peer reviews, consult, admin, oh and also figure out why the new fluor microscope is giving a weird washed out image (in the occular itself). #NewPI Related: anyone know Zeiss […]

Hey #drosophila Mastodon, I'm looking to make a Gal4 enhancer trap for Gal4 expressed under endogenous promoter. How would you go about this in 2024?