Excited to be part of this study of enhancer redundancy and modularity in a fly pigmentation GRN. Amazing job by Williams lab following up SCRMshaw predictions! Redundant and Singular Regulatory Elements Underlie the Rapidly Evolving Pigmentation of Drosophila url: academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...

Hmmm. "Long papers are all alike, but each brief report is unique in its brevity"?

Announcing the 2025 i5k Annual Meeting on October 15th! Anyone with an interest in arthropod genomics is encouraged to join this open meeting. More details here: i5k.github.io/2025_annual_... #i5k #arthropods #genomics #insects (please re-post)

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A reminder you/your lab can support FlyBase at Cambridge through the following link. Every bit helps. Please share if you yourself can't donate. www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...

I have published a post on the Oxford University Press blog that outlines my teaching philosophy, and the philosophy behind my Textbook "Organismic Animal Biology - An Evolutionary Approach". Have a look, and if you agree with my philosophy, buy the book and use it. blog.oup.com/2025/07/know...

Anyone else getting a sore neck from all the whiplash?

With you in spirit...

I'm recalibrating from "incredibly worried" to "absolutely terrified"

the sad thing is how much is reads like a very poorly-executed 8th grade English assignment

Sign!!

Our annual reminder that "everyone is awesome", and everyone is welcome, in the Halfon Lab.

This would be hilarious, only it's not: "Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, bungled questions on Tuesday about the writ of habeas corpus..." saying “Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country and suspend their right to—”

Well, this is terrifying: www.science.org/content/arti...

PASEDB 2025 Postdoc Award: Kevin Deem University of Rochester, USA. Department of Biology For outstanding experimental work in emerging model species and for excellent mentorship Do you want to learn more: www.sas.rochester.edu/bio/spotligh...

Today is Holocaust Memorial Day. It's sobering on this day to reflect this week, the U.S. has proposed (1) a Federal registry of people with autism and (2) sent a questionnaire to employees at Barnard asking if they are Jewish. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/n... www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...

Pleased to see that @ubuffalo.bsky.social President Tripathi signed on to this letter defending against government interference in higher education: www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...

Anyone who thinks Trump's war on universities is just about combatting antisemitism--or is only about funding--should read the full text of the truly terrifying letter/set of demands made to Harvard this week: www.harvard.edu/research-fun...

#NotInOurName Signed this open letter (shorturl.at/dXu9V) with my Jewish colleagues across the U.S. "We are united in denouncing, without equivocation, anyone who invokes our name – and cynical claims of antisemitism – to harass, expel, arrest, or deport members of our campus communities."

REDfly is now on Bluesky! And we have a major new update! We added ~50 new reporter constructs and updates on over 800 more. Importantly, we introduce a beta version of our new Search/Download interface with vastly expanded & improved functionality. Try it out! #drosophila #gene_regulation #genomics