It was a great #DrosoSpain2026 first day, with sessions on Cell dynamics and Stem Cells and regeneration, flash talks and poster session! More fun tomorrow!

We have extended the registration deadline to the 6th of March! Do not let it get away!

We are happy to announce that registration for #DrosoSpain2026 is now open! Please register and submit your abstracts until the 20th of February at: drosospain.umh.es Looking forward to seeing you all in Alicante soon!

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We are happy to announce that registration for #DrosoSpain2026 is now open! Please register and submit your abstracts until the 20th of February at: drosospain.umh.es Looking forward to seeing you all in Alicante soon!

The @neuroalc.bsky.social invites applications for two permanent research positions (Científico titular @csic.es , Tenure-track) to build independent programs in a collaborative, international environment. We welcome applicants from all demographic backgrounds 👇 in.umh-csic.es/en/ofertas/d...

Feliz Navidad y felices fiestas! Merry Christmas and a Happy holidays! #DrosoSpain

In the 2nd DrosoSpain #DrosoSpain2026 meeting there will be a time and a place to celebrate Antonio Garcia-Bellido’s life and scientific contributions. This will be on the 10th of April at 6pm @neuroalc.bsky.social #SavetheDate @umh.es @fly-eds.bsky.social @sebioldev.bsky.social

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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...

We are pleased to announce that the 2nd DrosoSpain meeting #DrosoSpain2026 will take place in San Joan de Alicante from the 9th to the 11th of April 2026 #savethedate

We are back from #EDRC2025 and very thankful to all our #DrosoSpain colleagues for the fantastic organization. It was great to see you all and we are looking forward to seeing you all in next year’s #DrosoSpain2026 . Stay tuned for a “savethedate” very soon!

🪰 More than 750 scientists from 40+ countries gathered in Alicante for the XXVIII European Drosophila Research Conference #EDRC2025. For 4 days, the fruit fly took center stage as a model to study health, aging, and disease👏 @edrc2025.bsky.social @csic.es @dicv.csic.es @umh.es

That’s a wrap! We are done with #EDRC2025 and we look forward to seeing everyone again in 2027 for #EDRC2027 in Bonn!

We are on day 3 of #EDRC2025 continuing with excellent #Drosophila science

Thank you @edrc2025.bsky.social !! What a great honour to give the first talk at this amazing meetin!

Welcome to the second day of #EDRC2025 starting with two great keynote lectures by Cassandra Extavour from Harvard University and Yulong Li from Peking University

3, 2, 1 and we are on!!! #EDRC2025 is starting! Welcome to our more than 740 participants from more than 40 countries! Thank you to all our sponsors!

Welcome to the #EDRC2025 pre-opening workshops! #ECM #Drosophila

#EDRC2025 is very grateful to all our platinum, gold and silver sponsors!

Attention #Drosophila PIs: registration for the 2026 #EMBO Crete Molecular and Developmental Biology of Drosophila meeting is open! 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

We are extremely grateful to all our institutional aponsors. Without them, #EDRC2025 would not be possible! @csic.es @neuroalc.bsky.social @umh.es @embo.org @cienciagob.bsky.social

Abstract submission is now closed but you can still register to #EDRC2025 until the meeting starts! Looking forward to seeing you all in Alicante!

There are only 8 days left to register to @edrc2025.bsky.social and we would like to thank all our sponsorss! We start acknowledging the support received from @biologists.bsky.social to #EDRC2025 Thank you!

There are only 10 days left to register for EDRC 2025! More information at edrc2025alicante.com @edrc2025.bsky.social @fly-eds.bsky.social @neuroalc.bsky.social @umh.es @drosospain.bsky.social @flybase.bsky.social

2 post-doc positions open in the lab to do research on inter-organ signalling in regeneration and cancer in flies and mice.

The last (but not least) featured keynote speaker is Wei Zhang from Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences. Her research focuses on integrating experimental and computational approaches to investigate evolutionary innovation and functional diversification at the levels of micro and macroevolution.

We are pleased to announce the full #EDRC2025 programme is now live! edrc2025alicante.com/wp-content/u...

Another keynote speaker at #EDRC2025 is @mcgambetta.bsky.social from the Center for Integrative Genomics in Lausanne. Her research group is interested in the mechanisms of gene regulation, using #Drosophila as a model. Looking forward to her talk!

We have the honour of having Silke Sachse as one of our keynote speakers at #EDRC2025 . Silke leads a research group at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena @maxplanck.de studying the neural mechanisms that enable animals to encode and interpret diverse odors that drive behavior.

Congratulations to the winner of the #EDS best PhD thesis prize Jack Holcombe, for his work "Dissecting Stress Resilience Mechanisms During Epithelial Homeostasis and Repair” conducted in the lab of Helen Weavers at the University of Bristol europeandrosophilasociety.org/eds-best-phd...

Congratulations to @jackholcombe.bsky.social for his #EDS best PhD thesis award! Jack will give a plenary talk at #EDRC2025

A keynote speaker at #EDRC2025 Ruben Artero is a Full Professor of #Genetics at the University of Valencia. His research focuses on the genetic mechanisms of muscular dystrophies. As a co-founder of Arthex Biotech, he is committed to drug discovery and the development of RNA-based therapies

#Drosophila @flybase.bsky.social requires emergency funding: "As it stands, by the end of July, 2025, there will be no future updates to #FlyBase, and in the worst case scenario access to the website will also be lost". Please help if you can!

If you encounter problems when registering for #EDRC2025 please email [email protected] . And don’t forget early bird registration finishes on the 30th of May!

@fly-eds.bsky.social @flybase.bsky.social @neuroalc.bsky.social @umh.es @csic.es

Don’t miss this great opportunity to register for #EDRC2025 at a lower price!

You can still be a #EDRC2025 early bird! Don’t miss this opportunity!! 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

The #EDRC2025 committee is pleased to announce that the early-bird registration deadline has been extended to the 30th of May! Make sure you do not miss this opportunity!

Do you have some cool results to present to the #Drosophila community at #EDRC2025 ? Please do not forget that abstract submissions are opened until the 28th of May edrc2025alicante.com/abstracts/

Today’s #EDRC2025 featured keynote speaker is Yulong Li from Peking University. His laboratory is renowned for its significant contributions to the development of fluorescent sensors for various neurotransmitters and neuropeptides used in a range of model organisms, including #Drosophila

#EDRC2025 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

Remember that early bird registration closes on the 15th of May and abstract deadline is the 28th of May. Book early for the best prices and a chance to present your work at #EDRC2025

Remember to get your #EDRC2025 workshop proposal in before the 5th of May!

The #EDRC2025 announces its preliminary programme with all plenary talks scheduled edrc2025alicante.com/program/

Lucia Prieto-Godino will be a keynote speaker at #EDRC2025 She is a Group Leader @crick.ac.uk and her research group is interested in understanding how neural circuits and behaviours evolve. She is also one of the founders of TReND in Africa #Drosophila

📣The #EDRC2025 will select proposals for six workshops, each with up to nine speakers (12 minutes presentations + 3 minutes Q/A). If you are interested in hosting a workshop, please send a one-page proposal to [email protected] by May 5, 2025 🧪🪰

Abstract submission is now open for #EDRC2025 ! Don’t forget to submit yours! edrc2025alicante.com/abstracts/

Our next featured #EDRC2025 invited speaker is Romain Levayer @levayerr.bsky.social @pasteur.fr a cell and developmental biologist who has been working for many years on the emergence of complexity and the plasticity of developing tissues using #Drosophila as a model system

Recently completed your #PhD using #Drosophila in a European lab? Apply for the European Drosophila Society best thesis prize! 🏆🪰 Deadline: 28 Feb 2025. Prize = €1000 & keynote presentation at the EDRC in Alicante @edrc2025.bsky.social! Info here: europeandrosophilasociety.org/eds-best-phd...