Well @microbiome.bsky.social it has been done in flies with effect 😉 www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

Excited to share our new paper out in Cell Reports Methods! @cp-cellrepmethods.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉 We present EyaHOST, a modular Drosophila genetic system that enables precise and independent manipulation of tumours and host tissues to dissect tumour-host interactions. www.cell.com/cell-reports...

We wrote the Strain on scientific publishing to highlight the problems of time & trust. With a fantastic group of co-authors, we present The Drain of Scientific Publishing: a 🧵 1/n Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/... Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...

The European Drosophila Society #flyEDS extends the condolences on the passing of Antonio García-Bellido, considered the founder of the Spanish school of #Drosophila genetics and an influential figure in developmental biology research worldwide. May he rest in peace.

The Long-Term Evolution Experiment has returned home. Led by Professors Richard Lenski (@relenski.bsky.social) and Jeffrey Barrick, this groundbreaking work continues to reveal how bacteria evolve in real time. 12 flasks. 1 legacy. 🔗https://tinyurl.com/f6vjyjvr

Want to join a happy bunch 🥳 to organise meetings, outreach activities and other initiatives about developmental biology in France? Apply and/or vote 🗳️!

A retrograde, non-canonical integrated stress response cascade maintains synaptic strength under amino acid deprivation #Drosophila

Latest from the lab by @longweibai.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 1/6

The 2nd edition of Comprehensive Molecular #Insect Science is out. As section editor for #Immunity and #Symbiosis, I had the privilege to work with outstanding contributors. Other sections cover #genomics, #physiology, #neurobiology, and #ecology 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/referencewor... #SymbioSky

Layers of immunity: Deconstructing the Drosophila effector response #Drosophila

Systematic analysis of nutrient-microbiome interactions and their effects on host phenotypes in Drosophila #Drosophila

[Podcast] Avec Sciences | "La double vie d'une enzyme du métabolisme des graisses" par @alexandradelbot.bsky.social

The Initiative for Science in Europe, of which EMBO is a member, has just released its statement on the European Commission’s proposal for the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF 2028–34), including Framework Programme 10 (FP10). Read the full statement here: initiative-se.eu/wp-content/u...

'When Mendel began his investigation, his first inclination was to try breeding mice of different colors. However, before his mice experiment really got going, Mendel was forced to switch the subject of his experiments to peas by a prudish bishop uncomfortable with animals having sex in the abbey.'

We’re excited for our very first “Metabolism in Development & Physiology” seminar next week! 🗓 13 Nov 2025, 16:00 CET 🎙 Alexander Aulehla (EMBL Heidelberg) 🎙 Christopher Bell (Uni of Oxford) Register here to join the the talks: forms.gle/Y8QzucogKKrZ...

Congrats Meiling, team and collaborators. Nice to see you are pushing the search for the mechanistic underpinnings of L.plantarum’s influence on mammalian developmental growth.

Join us in Montpellier if you are interested in #evolution #genomics #adaptation #invasive species or if you want to get to know a collegial group of #Drosophila enthusiasts

So looking forward to this. Please sign up!!

🪰 folks! Despite Harvard lawsuit outcome, FlyBase NIH grant was not released. FlyBase now runs on the public, like NPR, PBS etc. If we don't step up, it can go away! Donations site on flybase.org homepage. Note: it links to IU stock center, but its for FlyBase, see instructions. pls give+share! 2/2

#RP_INRAE De nouvelles pistes de recherche dans la lutte contre les insectes ravageurs avec la découverte de structures membranaires en réseau construites par des bactéries symbiotiques du charançon pour mieux se nourrir. Étude co-pilotée avec @insa-lyon.fr ➡️ url.inrae.fr/4qLzH1g

We are thrilled to announce the inaugural Metabolism in Development & Physiology virtual seminar, a new series connecting researchers across all stages & disciplines in metabolism! 🗓 13 Nov 2025, 16:00 CET 🎙 Alexander Aulehla (EMBL Heidelberg), & 🎙 Christopher Bell (Uni of Oxford) See you there!

We selected the laziest mouse at each round to inoculate the next batch of germfree mice: over rounds of selection and passaging, behavior shifted without changes to the mouse genome: rdcu.be/eM3rO 🦠🧫

"En France aussi, la liberté académique subit des attaques politiques depuis plusieurs années, notamment avec l’émergence de groupes d’intérêt (...)" www.lemonde.fr/sciences/art...

« … Un Français consomme en moyenne plus de 10 000 animaux au cours de sa vie alors qu’il en utilise indirectement seulement 2,5 en moyenne pour la recherche scientifique et biomédicale … »

Les extrêmes mettent en danger notre démocratie mais aussi la science et la santé. J’ai cosigné une tribune publiée dans Le Monde aujourd’hui pour dénoncer les amendements LFI/RN visant à taxer l’expérimentation animale car ils constituent une menace pour la recherche et les découvertes médicales 🔬

Bizarre that our 2020 #Drosophila #AMP review already feels out of date. Thanks to #AnnualReviews to cover the many updates in the field and present a much more complete picture of the diversity, mechanisms, topics, of fly immunity re: host defence peptides. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

The regrowth of Fly labs in Gif continues, great to read!!! 👏

On mange des OGM tous les jours depuis plusieurs décennies (les plantes obtenues par mutagénèse chimique ou radiative) et ça ne pose aucun problème

Learn more about recent advances in anaerobic #microbiology at EMBO Practical Course "Breathless Microbes: Life With No Oxygen" in Nijmegen, Netherlands, 6–10 July 2026. 🧪 Deadline: 15 April 2026 meetings.embo.org/event/26-bre... #EMBObreathless #EMBOevents #MicroSky #biotechnology #biochemistry

Wolbachia-mediated antiviral protection is driven by its multimodal effects on Drosophila melanogaster metabolism https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.22.681277v1

The Antimicrobial and Host Defense Peptides of Drosophila melanogaster #Drosophila

What role does gut-inflammation-associated, bactericidal IL-26 play in vivo? Pedro Hernandez @zebragut.bsky.social and coworkers use zebrafish to show that it regulates gut microbiota composition and gut epithelial homeostasis during early life www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

How can we see the cells that make up a living organism? Membrane-localising tags can drive fluorescent proteins to the cell's outer membrane, making their outlines visible. But the tags don't work well in all organisms. How do you find one for your species of interest? 🧵 Check our latest preprint

A must read for Neuro-Physio lovers! How estrous cycle phase interacts with hunger states to dictate aggressiveness towards pups! Discussing the Biorxiv version at journal club was a blast. Congrats Jonny kohl and colleagues!

@senapati.bsky.social latest and greatest! Charly Treiber on board too. Over and out. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Hepatocyte FGF21 is not required for fasting-induced metabolic responses but guides protein appetite after energy depletion https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.22.683899v1

I am very excited to announce the opening of the submission site for the upcoming Conférences Jacques Monod on Developmental Biology, May 18-22, 2026 cjm.sb-roscoff.fr/en/conferenc... @lionlchristiaen.bsky.social and I have an exciting program of speakers and slots for selected short talks, etc.

Beautiful "fundamental physiology" paper in a glamour journal - there is still some hope! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

JOB OFFER #PhageSky We have a postdoc position opening in my group to investigate phage-MGE interactions ! We're based in the very nice city of Lyon, France @mmsb-lyon.bsky.social Contact me for more info ! >> Apply on the CNRS webpage emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

There is still “an urgent need for donations from the community,” says Eric Lai, president of the Fly Board. By @callimcflurry.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/community/fl...

I am thrilled to share our latest work: we identified a population of central amygdala neurons that promote the earliest and perhaps most important social behavior: pup suckling!... We also developed new tools for pup neuroscience Work by @Jeff Moore now at USC, a collaboration with @Sam Pfaff lab

📣 We're hiring a postdoc to join our growing team @exeter.ac.uk! Love developmental neurobiology, RNA regulation & cortical circuits? This might be for you 🧑‍🔬 Apply here 👉 tinyurl.com/2d659uj7 Please share!

🧠Talk about having guts! 💪Embryonic mouse intestines stained for ❤️💚 nerves and 💙 endothelial cells, forming the early circuits that keep things moving (literally!) 🔬 Image by Nathan Burns. #FluorescenceFriday #DevBio

I'm looking to recruit a post-doc to help push forward our growing interests in insect ecotoxicology. Apply here by Nov 30th! (thanks for reposting) career5.successfactors.eu/sfcareer/job...

Ever wondered what drives enhancer-promoter specificity? Why would an enhancer activate one gene rather than another neighboring one? Check our latest preprint, led by @mmasoura.bsky.social, to find out! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Here's the link to the system, try it! qedscience.com @qedscience.bsky.social

Model organisms, in particular non-mammalian model organisms, such as yeast, Caenorhabditis elegans, #Drosophila and zebrafish, have long stood at the centre of biological discovery www.nature.com/articles/s41...

So well deserved @ameliejoly.bsky.social Congrats!!’

Congratulations to first authors @ameliejoly.bsky.social and @lucasrebiffe.bsky.social for taking this project forward. A big thanks to @frm-officiel.bsky.social and @agencerecherche.bsky.social for funding this work, and @igflyon.bsky.social for making the right environment for the research.

In normally growing juveniles, semaglutide improves glucose control without affecting growth. But in stunted mice, it further impairs linear growth, revealing a key interplay between energy metabolism and the somatotropic axis during development. Mechanistic, not clinical!