Welcome to the lab, Hannah!

Revision work of our latest #singlecell analysis generates the most peculiar pictures. Well, hello there, little seahorse!

Probably the best meeting I ever attended :)

This would be an incredible disaster to the #Drosophila community. And it sets a frightening sign for the entire scientific community. 🧪 The fly labs from @unimarburg.bsky.social are trying to organize to tackle this together.

Apparently we do not have a JEDI starter pack yet. @fly-jedi.bsky.social and everyone else: let me know which other Junior European #Drosophila Investigators are missing! go.bsky.app/PcTGEMc

Greetings from the @fly-jedi.bsky.social conference in France at beautiful Chateau du Fey! Lots of amazing #Drosophila folks here!

I’m here too and you’re currently rocking your talk! Good job! #Drosophila #autophagy

It's official: we're #hiring another #PhD student! If you are interested in combining #SingleCell technology, #microscopy and #Drosophila genetics to investigate how cells become #cancerous contact me or apply directly under the following link: stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de/jobposting/6...

I wanted to share this beautiful picture of an anaphase cell. I just love #microscopy! Hats off to Sari for taking such a beautiful image in her second week here.

Today is the deadline for the early bird registration of the European #Drosophila meeting @edrc2025.bsky.social in Alicante. Anyone joining me there?

Welcome to the group, Sari!

Any first or second semester students from @unimarburg.bsky.social? Then this survey is for you! Per participant the local pet shelter receives a 1€ donation. www.soscisurvey.de/wegeinsstudi...

I am not using #AI to generate my figures but if I ever do you will know... This is Canva trying to draw a #Drosophila ovary.

The last round of #lab ducks was fluorescent!!!

Congrats, Dr Vanessa to an amazing defense! Finally finished the #PhD and we’re so proud of you!

Player two had entered the game and the duck I found has a little hat! Everyone is still duck hunting. If you want to add some fun to your #lab day, I highly recommend this!

Someone has been hiding these mini rubber ducks all over the #lab in the last few days. The entire group is on duck hunt!

Where are my #MolBio friends working with #Drosophila who are always asked about what species an insect is? Stun your granny the next time she asks! Now excuse me while I look for something similar for plants...

Good job @unimarburg.bsky.social! I wished there was an english version of this but the picture already pretty much says it all! www.uni-marburg.de/de/aktuelles...

For my German speaking crowd: I needed more virgins and that’s what the student interpreted. For English speakers: more virgins sounds like mermaid in German (:

Again a great example of me hoping for an edit function… it’s #cachexia…!

Did you know you can study #cachexie in #Drosophila? This is how a fruit fly with #cancer cachexia looks like in comparison to its healthy mate. They degrade fat and muscle tissue and retain liquid resulting in a bloated abdomen - similar to human patients.

Last day to vote for you favorite #microscopy picture!

I voted but did you? focalplane.biologists.com/2025/03/11/v... Look at these gorgeous images! @maikbischoff.bsky.social is also competing!

Dear Bluesky, we would love an edit function. The number of typos I found in my posts is too high! @bsky.app Anyone agreeing?

When you accidentally hit the wrong button in #Imaris...

I am thrilled to announce our latest #SingleCell manuscript: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... We show that overactivation of Hh #signaling induces an EMT-like hybrid state in #Drosophila follicle cells. However, when we simultaneously overactivate EGFR/RAS signaling the cells form a lethal #cancer!

The definition of joy (for #Drosophila researchers): a clean CO2 pad!

Today's #microscopy session inspired me to do some art. These ovarioles look like trees, don't you think? If you want to learn what made them this way, stay tuned for our #SingleCell analysis of these - preprint coming soon!

Great news! If you forget your morning coffee you have iced coffee in the evening! Running on caffeine while wrestling the manuscript submission forms... new #SingleCell manuscript coming soon!

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As a European researcher I’m watching in horror. I left the US at the end of the last Trump period and man, have things changed!

On of our students just casually drew this #Drosophila!

Is it Christmas yet? Lana found a Christmas tree! #FluorescenceFriday

Our student Lana found a smile in her sample! Can you see it too? #MicroscopyMonday

Hello BlueSky! Follow us to stay up to date on the inspiring science published in our journals and more. To get started, check out our #starterpack to meet all the Cell Press journals currently on the platform, with more to come🧪🔬🤖🧬🌳🪲 go.bsky.app/TdKYuS7

There's a commentary on FlyBase with an update on FlyBase’s uptime and IP blocks :http://flybase.org/commentaries/2025_01/IPbans.html (long thread incoming) FlyBase’s servers have been experiencing an unprecedented amount of traffic recently, which has been causing the site to crash.

It took me a minute but I finally deleted the lab‘s twitter account 🎉🎉🎉

Thank you! Here is the website of the foundation: www.br-stiftung.de The next application deadlines will be later this year.

This is absolutely fascinating!

Writing the next grant is so much easier when you have a nice view! This is a picture of the Elisabeth church in #Marburg taken from my office window.

For all aspiring #PhD candidates: there a week left to apply!

Happy new year fellow scientists and people interested in #science at Bluesky! Here‘s a random colorful #Drosophila ovariole for #FluorescenceFriday I found on my phone!

We are thrilled to announce that IRL JEDI meetings will restart in 2025. You can already register at flyjedi.sciencesconf.org where you'll find a preliminary program. Looking forward to meeting you and restart this network of fly people!

Junior #Drosophila researchers, hear, hear! Let’s meet at the next JEDI meeting organized by @fly-jedi.bsky.social! flyjedi.sciencesconf.org Looking forward for to this exciting meeting next year in France!

In case you are planning to use the Christmas vacation to find your new occupation: we’re #hiring a fully funded #PhD! I’m very excited for this project in the area of #cellbiology, #cancer and #metabolimics research. We work in #Drosophila and specialize in #microscopy and #singlecell sequencing.

One of the biggest questions we get is when will our journals be here. We thank you for your patience. You can now follow our journals with this starter pack!

Merry Christmas from us and the @bogdanlab.bsky.social !

How to know you have been working with an #inkscape file for a while... Figure making in progress! What software do you use to make your figures? I have been very happy with inkscape - and it's free. Anyone with better suggestions...? #Science

Publish and do something for the environment? Love it!