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Are you an early-stage graduate student (2nd or 3rd year) or early-stage postdoc based in the US or Canada, working primarily in Drosophila? Would you like to help improve the experience of all trainees working in Drosophila research? If so, read on. (Please repost to reach a broad audience.)

WTF?! "This represents a setback, but it is also reversible”. A setback?! If only there was some medical program that would prevent the resurgence of measles…oh…wait…

We are delighted to announce the Strathclyde Optical Microscopy Course 2026 (SOMC26), taking place in Glasgow from 21st July – 30th July 2026! Please find more details at shorturl.at/xmUiZ and apply at shorturl.at/MxTlI. Deadline 16 January 2026.

Now that is a great idea - when my kids were young enough to trick or treat I would have been delighted if they had come home with a Foldscope.

Should have said this trip was to ensure that the Cellular Analysis Facility @mvls-srf.bsky.social remains current with cutting edge imaging technologies available.

Just back from an intense/incredibly productive trip to Oberkochen @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social testing out the Lightfield4D & LSM990 microsystems. Completely being blown away by their speed & resolution. The range/capabilities of the systems on show at Zeiss customer care centre is overwhelming.

Let’s f*cking do this! & Respect ma’ authoritaeee!

Saw this art posted on FB & wanted to share it. Indigenous Blue Jays logo (made by Kory Parkin/@paintsbyparkin) #LetsGoBlueJays !

#BlueJays #let’splayball I usually decry the tribal nationalism of sports but, I’ve supported the Jays since inception. I was at the Expos/Jays Canada Day game. My family go to games every summer we’re home. & now this series seems a metaphor for a fight against encroaching Kleptocracy. #ElbowsUp!

An image from Ed Kravitz’s Obit - speaks very much to the point that Josh has made in his piece. Science - by attempting to discern underlying truths, demanding that findings are tested & hypotheses are driven by results & are not bent to suit the needs of kleptocrats - is by definition political.

Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump's calling Reagan’s words here “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad:

After a very long hard day at work - came home and noticed this notification from @currentbiology.bsky.social and my spirits were immediately lifted. @mads100tist.bsky.social is it wrong that this makes me feel validated?

Want to automate workflows in #FIJI? Don't know where to start? We (@lankylaste.bsky.social, Alicja Skórkowska and Sara Salgueiro Torres) have added a step-by-step tutorial to the wiki to get you started. Thanks @ctrue.bsky.social for adding! imagej.github.io/tutorials/ba...

doi.org/10.1126/scie... This seems rad: overexpressing FruM in a set of proboscis-motorneuron-projecting neurons makes melanogaster males add food-sharing to their courtship repertoire. It is fascinating to see evolutionary shifts in behavior be tied so concretely to shifts in brain development!

This man is an absolute loon And Trump providing him a position of authority makes him a highly dangerous loon.

On Arran the coastal rd between Brodick & Corrie is out. So what should be a 12min drive is ~1.5hrs. But worth it to get to Mara Fish Arran for the freshest tastiest seafood. The food is too good to give Mac any despite his best begging efforts. And the drive to get here ain’t half bad either.

This is great! The only thing missing for me is a subterranean area where microscopy is consigned to & imaging experts carry on their troll-like work lives.

I’m reposting this because it exemplifies what’s great about research. Novel findings dependent on modern technologies but supported by, and advancing while reinforcing, the body of research generated by past investigators.

I found these immune cells just finished mitosis but their midbody is still yet to be resolved. How cool? If you zoom in to the midbody, you can see its classical shape just like in the textbooks. I love these little details.

Oh FFS - someone explain scientific methodology to the worm eaten conspiracy nut & his demented tangerine mate, using some sort of picture book & the promise of ‘treats’.

Job alert! We are looking for a bioimage analysis to work in an image analysis core facility in beautiful Paris. Can I ask you to share this opportunity with your networks? See also on the forum: forum.image.sc/t/research-e...

Now that’s just showing off.

Reform-lite.

Stop blaming migrants and tackle real problems, 100 charities tell UK Govt. Govt follows Reform agenda, failed to develop effective counter narrative. Migrants are vital part of economy, public services. Economic problems caused by inequality, austerity, privatisation, political corruption.

Boom, congratulations Joel

Violence against the truth. Violence against my wife. Violence against my daughter. Violence against my sister. Violence against my nephew.

There is so much to like, on so many levels, about this comic.

Hey! This is us! @mvls-srf.bsky.social @uofgmvls.bsky.social

ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59

I know I should marshall some cogent statement involving the decades of scientific research surrounding Autism, but … really… all I want to say is … ‘These guys can go fuck themselves’.

I’m hoping that this might also involve plans to stop the Palestine people from being bombed out of existence - otherwise it less ‘recognition’ & more ‘epithet’.

Scrolling through my photo library when these 2 photos jump out & 2 things immediately sprang to mind. 1) 26 years separates these photos &, while we may be greyer & slower, the smiles are still the same. 2) I still have the microscope that’s beside me on the bench. @stephenfgoodwin.bsky.social

An anthem for these troubled times … never more relevant than now.

The dissolution of Flybase would be a tragedy - and what is even more frustrating is that the people responsible don’t even understand what they are doing. Theirs is just another petty act of cruel vandalism, with global repercussions.

Surely it should be ‘Babies don’t come with shells … so make sure you get them (completely) vaccinated’.

Thanks to journalist @felixschmidtner.bsky.social for bringing the plight of the key scientific database @flybase.bsky.social to a German/European audience www.faz.net/aktuell/wiss...

Having been treated at Sick Kids as a child (with ZERO costs to my parents) but also knowing some of the World Class researchers & clinicians that work there - I can only say from a personal perspective how deserved I feel this accolade is.

OK--fluorescent protein friends. We want an antibody to TagRFP that works in immunofluorescence. Any suggestions? Re-post please

Results so stunningly clear they inspired this classic xkcd (xkcd.com/2400/):

Important reading as you prepare for your semester

Stunning cryo-ET from Peijun Zhang lab: Direct visualization of HIV-1 nuclear import! Hundreds of viral cores captured entering the nucleus. The NPC dilates to let the capsid through. A masterclass in correlative microscopy that makes it quantitative. A leap for structural virology! @emboreports.org

Read about how female muscles grow larger than male ones! and hearts too!

@lemgruber.bsky.social why did I think of you when I saw this?

The community of Drosophila researchers is amazing, mutually supportive and collaborative. Right now a key resource for our community, @flybase.bsky.social , is threatened by the cancellation of its NIH grant and is seeking community help in raising short term funds 1/n 🧪 please share

An amazing visual round up of dynamic cell/tissue motion.

Let’s all be honest - Mitochondria are freaky.

If I could for this guy - I would.

#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

“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.