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Fillip Port @crisprflydesign.bsky.social · 14h

Looking forward to visiting @irbbarcelona.org and @milanlab.bsky.social on Friday. Will talk about our work updating the toolbox for engineering the fly genome. Come by if you are in the area. @araujolabub.bsky.social
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IRB Barcelona @irbbarcelona.org · 1d

Join us in our plenary #seminar this week, with @crisprflydesign.bsky.social, from @dkfz.bsky.social.

Host: Dr. @milanlab.bsky.social

Register here ➡️ https://shorturl.at/gBv1J

#Drosophila #DrosophilaResearch #CRISPR

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Drosophila Spain @drosospain.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Evolution @journal-evo.bsky.social · 1d

Don't miss this issue's Editor's Choice article: "Gene network topology drives the mutational landscape of gene expression" by Sylvain Pouzet & Arnaud Le Rouzic. Free to read here: doi.org/10.1093/evol...

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Robert Arkowitz @robertarkowitz.bsky.social · 3d

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Model organism databases face budget cuts and closures

Beyond the crucial data they contain, these digital archives have provided an important space for academic communities to exchange ideas and resources.

www.nature.com

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Alejandro Montenegro @aemonten.bsky.social · 4d

Sharing for visibility :)

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Josefa González @gonzalezlabbcn.bsky.social · 5d

Nuestro instituto @ibb-botanic.bsky.social ha propuesto una tematica, contactame si estas interesada/o

CSIC @csic.es · 5d

🔬La IV edición de #ComFuturo busca atraer talento internacional para abordar retos como la digitalización y el envejecimiento

👩‍🔬El programa del #CSIC y la Fundación general CSIC permitirá a 10 investigadores internacionales desarrollar sus proyectos en la institución

👉 https://f.mtr.cool/mynxsqiewc

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SESBE @sesbe-org.bsky.social · Sep 2

El plazo para solicitar el premio Pere Alberch a la mejor tesis doctoral en biología evolutiva cierra pronto (30 septiembre).

Premio: Diploma, 1000€ e impartir la conferencia Pere Alberch en el X Congreso de la SESBE en Valencia.

Más info: sesbe.org/premio-pere-...

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Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution @official-smbe.bsky.social · 13d

🔁 Please share - we remind the SMBE community that the Call for Symposia for SMBE2026 in Copenhagen is open.

We invite you to submit a symposium proposal to help shape the scientific content of our annual meeting.

🗓️ Deadline: October 15th

More information: smbe2026.org/symposia

#SMBE2026

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Joe Peters Lab @joepeterslab.bsky.social · 11d

The Peters lab is looking for a new team member! The role transposons play in evolution, basic mechanisms regulating transposition, and applying transposons as tools for genome modification with a special focus on guide RNA-directed transposition. cornell.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/CornellCaree...

Technician III - Department of Microbiology

Position Summary This position will be in the lab of Dr. Joseph E. Peters in the Department of Microbiology. Research in the Peters’ lab broadly involves deciphering mechanisms in genome stability and...

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Josefa González @gonzalezlabbcn.bsky.social · 12d

Congrats @aruizherrera.bsky.social and team!

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POPGROUP59 @popgroup2026.bsky.social · 15d

Exciting news!
The next #PopGroup meeting will take place in Lille 🍟, France, 7–9 January 2026 – just 1 hour by train from London, Brussels, and Paris.

This year, PopGroup will also host ALPHY, the annual meeting of Evolutionary Genomics.

More info: populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk

See you there !

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European Drosophila Society @fly-eds.bsky.social · 16d

Thank you to all #EDRC2025 participants and a big applause to the organizing committee for this great #Drosophila meeting! See you all in Bonn for #EDRC2027

EDRC2025 @edrc2025.bsky.social · 16d

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

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Rohan Khadilkar @rohankhadilkar.bsky.social · 16d

Super proud of my PhD student, Ujjayita for a splendid talk in the disease models session at @edrc2025.bsky.social conference in Alicante, Spain. Confident, balanced and well defended! Loved the scientific content of the conference & had a great time! #EDRC2025 #Drosophila

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Ettore De Giorgio @ettorephd.bsky.social · 17d

This morning I had the fantastic opportunity of presenting my postdoctoral research at @edrc2025.bsky.social
A big thank you to the organizers and all participants for creating such a stimulating environment for scientific discussion!

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Junior European Drosophila Investigators @fly-jedi.bsky.social · 18d

Dear JEDIs,
as we are self-organizing using the #EDRC as a nucleator we decided it is time for a JEDI database to boost our network! If you identify as a JEDI, please contact us here or send a mail to [email protected] to be added to our database.
#Drosophila
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Salómon Christer @salomonchrister.bsky.social · 17d

Very honoured to be given the opportunity to present at my favourite research conference @edrc2025.bsky.social in yesterdays panel on Disease models. I appreciated the engaging discussion and look forward to seeing more talks on the amazing work done in Drosophila!

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EDRC2025 @edrc2025.bsky.social · 19d

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!

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Yad Ghavi-Helm @yghavi.bsky.social · 19d

In the starting blocks for #EDRC2025!
Come see our work at posters 100 and 155 and during the Gene expression in the 3D nuclear space workshop!

EDRC2025 @edrc2025.bsky.social · 20d

Only a few hours left before our meeting starts! Are you travelling to #EDRC2025 now? Let us know by using the oficial #EDRC2025 hashtag!

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Helena Cocheme @cochemelab.bsky.social · 19d

Arrived in Alicante, and excited for this year’s #EDRC2025! 🪰🧪🔬🧫🥼🧬🪰 The #LMS is well represented at the meeting - catch us at our talk/poster presentations!

#Drosophila #Redox #Ageing #DiseaseModels #Cancer #Obesity

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EDRC2025 @edrc2025.bsky.social · 20d

Only a few hours left before our meeting starts! Are you travelling to #EDRC2025 now? Let us know by using the oficial #EDRC2025 hashtag!

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Josefa González @gonzalezlabbcn.bsky.social · 19d

Discussing mosquitoes and fruitflies #transposons with @lambrechtslab.bsky.social lab at @pasteur.fr. Great science in a great place. Congrats to the new @sorbonne-universite.fr Doctor Alexander Bergman!

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EDRC2025 @edrc2025.bsky.social · 20d

Only a few hours left before our meeting starts! Are you travelling to #EDRC2025 now? Let us know by using the oficial #EDRC2025 hashtag!

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Josefa González @gonzalezlabbcn.bsky.social · 19d

Welcome! #EDRC2025

eric lai @lucksmith.bsky.social · 20d

excited to attend the european fly meeting! looking forward to share our research, see friends and colleagues from the other side of the pond, and hear what's new with 🪰.

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Rohan Khadilkar @rohankhadilkar.bsky.social · 20d

Super excited for the European Drosophila Research Conference 2025 in Alicante, Spain. Going to be 4 days of exciting science and lots of fun! My PhD student, Ujjayita will be giving a talk and I have a poster. Pls do drop by! 😊
#Drosophila #EDRC2025

EDRC2025 @edrc2025.bsky.social · Sep 13

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

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European Drosophila Society @fly-eds.bsky.social · 20d

The @fly-eds.bsky.social is having its general assembly this saturday at 13:30 at #EDRC2025 , please join us to discuss our society and to find out more about @flybase.bsky.social and the current funding crisis

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Julia Beets @juliabeets.bsky.social · 19d

Excited to attend #EDRC2025 in Alicante, starting today! If you want to know more about the impact of genetic variation, come visit my poster P-023 Saturday afternoon and learn about FlyCADD, our impact prediction tool for SNPs! 🧬

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