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FlyBase @flybase.bsky.social · 11d

There's an update on the state of FlyBase on the FlyBase.org front page. You can contribute to FlyBase at this link wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase...
We express enormous gratitude to the people, labs, groups, and foundations who have already helped us.
#FlyBase #Drosophila

FlyBase Update – October 2025
The termination of the NIH/NHGRI FlyBase grant has placed the long-term sustainability of FlyBase at risk. However, thanks to the generous support of several key individuals and institutions, we are pleased to announce that FlyBase will remain operational through the coming year. We extend our deepest gratitude to Yukiko Yamashita, Cassandra Extavour, Hugo Bellen, Thom Kaufman, the Genetics Society of America / Drosophila Board, the Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center, an anonymous donor and the Wellcome Trust. We are especially thankful for a generous gift from Seemay Chou, Jed McCaleb, and The Navigation Fund. We also greatly appreciate the continued support from the broader Drosophila community – your donations and service fees have been vital in helping us stay afloat. Special thanks also go to Jessica Manning for her tireless administrative work at Harvard, to Ruth Lehmann, Hugo Bellen, and Paul Sternberg for advice and efforts, and to the Board of the European Drosophila Society for all their efforts. Sadly, we must also share that several long-standing FlyBase team members have recently moved on. We are immensely grateful to Susan Russo-Gelbart, Lynn Crosby, Gil dos Santos, Kris Broll, Victoria Jenkins, and TyAnna Lovato for their many years of dedicated service and contributions to FlyBase. Looking ahead, ensuring FlyBase’s sustainability beyond the next year – and successfully integrating with the Alliance – will require new funding sources. We kindly ask for your continued support:
• European labs: Please consider contributing to the Cambridge, U.K. FlyBase group
• U.S. and other non-European labs: Please consider contributing to the U.S. FlyBase groups
• Both U.K. and U.S. FlyBase are working diligently to establish an invoicing system. We appreciate your continued patience.
For more information on how to support us, please visit: Contribute to FlyBase wiki page https://wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase:Contribute_to_FlyBase

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Kayce Bell @kaycebell.bsky.social · 15d

Some of you reached out after seeing this post and it has led to some promising leads! A re-up for this week in case someone with louse samples hasn't seen it yet! Many thanks and I'm happy to answer questions!
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Kayce Bell @kaycebell.bsky.social · 21d

Hi! We need lice for our diversity and adaptation project. Specifically, we need lice from zebras, camelids (camels, llamas, alpacas, vicuñas, guanacos) & aardvarks. If you or someone you know might have lice, I'm happy to discuss our inclusive collaboration plans!
sites.google.com/nhm.org/anop...

Mammals & Lice

We are interested in understanding what drives host-parasite relationships. We are using the Anoplura (sucking lice) parasite and mammalian host system to generate a comprehensive sucking louse phylog...

sites.google.com

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Luisa F. Pallares @luisapallares.bsky.social · 17d

And, that's a wrap! The #PopGen and #Evolution session at #EDRC2025 just ended. Great talks from Divyansh Mittal from @bentonlab.bsky.social, Virginie Curtier-Orgogozo, Paco Majic @hhydrochaerus.bsky.social, and Alexandra Ozerova. A pleasure to co-chair the session with Thomas Flatt!

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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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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
@fly-eds.bsky.social

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Molecular Biology and Evolution @molbioevol.bsky.social · 27d

Mitchell, @sebkittelmann.bsky.social et al. study how an inversion polymorphism in D. melanogaster affects gene expression and chromatin accessibility. Results are consistent with a role for shifts of dominance in maintaining inversion polymorphism.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf209

#evobio #molbio

A Balanced Inversion Polymorphism Exhibits a Dominance Reversal at the Gene Expression Level that Depends on Developmental Context

Abstract. How genetic variance for fitness is maintained is incompletely understood. Mutation-selection balance and single-locus overdominance cannot accou

doi.org

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Nico Posnien @posnienlab.bsky.social · 28d

Long time no see...But we are back with a real firework 🎆. Join us tomorrow at noon for the first #Goenomix talk of the semester by Cassandra Extavour from Havard University. Talk: "One two three: developmental counting mechanisms in reproductive output and evolution". PM for Zoom details.

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Iris Hardege @ihardege.bsky.social · Sep 13

Are you interested in uncovering how the tiny C. elegans nervous system uses complex dopaminergic signalling to control behaviours? If so check out our new postdoc position, applications are now open: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

Research Associate - Neuroscience Research Group (Fixed Term)

Post Doctoral Research Associate in Neuroscience (Fixed Term) Are you excited by the mechanisms of neurotransmission and behaviour and looking for a new opportunity? We are looking for an

www.cam.ac.uk

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Elaine Emmerson @doctoremmerson.bsky.social · Sep 13

I am advertising for a #postdoc for a 3 year BBSRC-funded project exploring the role of macrophages in salivary gland development. The successful candidate will be based at @edinuni-irr.bsky.social at @uni-of-edinburgh.bsky.social. Closing date: 9th Oct. elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Emmerson lab within the Institute for Regeneration and Repair at the University of Edinburgh. This three year, BBSRC-funded postdoctoral research associa...

elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com

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Sebastian Kittelmann @sebkittelmann.bsky.social · Sep 3

Very happy to announce that my collaboration with Thomas Flatt and his fantastic ex-postdocs Esra and Envel has been published: doi.org/10.1093/molb... We show that a chomosomal inversion in flies controls the genome-wide expression profile in a context-dependent manner.

A balanced inversion polymorphism exhibits a dominance reversal at the gene expression level that depends on developmental context

Abstract. How genetic variance for fitness is maintained is incompletely understood. Mutation-selection balance and single-locus overdominance cannot accou

doi.org

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Shefali @iamshef.bsky.social · Dec 6

Calling #Drosophila #grad students #postdoc and #pretenure #faculty to participate in FlyCROSS and be matched by a #mentor of your preferences to gain guidance to your unique needs !
#genetics #dros25 #phdlife

@flybase.bsky.social @bdsc.bsky.social

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McGregor Lab @mcgregorlab.bsky.social · Dec 21

New preprint from our lab. Great work by @maaseremedios.bsky.social in collaboration with Ralf Janssen looking at gene regulation and expression after whole genome duplication by comparing a spider and harvestman:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Assessing the impact of whole genome duplication on gene expression and regulation during arachnid development

Whole genome duplication (WGD) generates new genetic material that can contribute to the evolution of the regulation of developmental processes and phenotypic diversification. A WGD occurred in an anc...

www.biorxiv.org

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1000WomeninSTEM @1000womeninstem.bsky.social · Oct 16

Let's try this BlueSky !

A dedicated account to highlight the #womeninSTEM and to give them the visibility they deserve.

Objective: 1,000 portraits of women scientists from all fields, all nationalities and all time periods.

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Sebastian Kittelmann @sebkittelmann.bsky.social · Dec 5

My colleague Dani Nunes and I are advertising a PhD position at Oxford Brookes. If you're interested in the molecular basis of evolution, gene regulation, sc-seq, CRISPR, and (yes) genital morphology (in flies), check it out: tinyurl.com/2zutha8c #STEMjobs 🧪

Nigel Groome Studentship: Gene Regulatory Networks Driving Male-Female Genital Co-evolution at Oxford Brookes University

Discover a PhD Studentship: Nigel Groome Studentship: Gene Regulatory Networks Driving Male-Female Genital Co-evolution Explore more PhD opportunities and apply today!

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Fitz-James Lab @fitz-james-lab.bsky.social · Dec 2

We are advertising for a project looking at epigenetic inheritance in Drosophila at the Department of Biology, University of Oxford @oxfordbiology.bsky.social Please get in touch if you are interested! Only 1 month left to be considered for funding.

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

How is epigenetic information inherited across generations in insects? at University of Oxford on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - How is epigenetic information inherited across generations in insects? at University of Oxford, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · Nov 30

PhD studentship in Penryn UK studying #Immune signalling evolution in a #genetic model #Drosophila system! Also cosupervising a 2nd studentship with Ko-Fan Chen (U. Leicester).

Please reach out via email or lab website. This competitive opportunity is open to international students. #PhDchat

Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · Nov 13

I am hiring! PhD studentship available through the SWbio DTP. The interested student will investigate the evolution of innate immune signalling in a model species group. Infection biology & #Drosophila genetics combined! #ImmunoSky #AcademicSky

More info:
mahansonresearch.weebly.com/blog/phd-stu...

PhD studentship! Deadline Dec 11th 2024

SWbio application link: https://www.swbio.ac.uk/biomolecular-and-biophysical-studies/ For inquiries, please email: [email protected] Based in: University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, UK....

mahansonresearch.weebly.com

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Amber Ridgway 🪰 @amberridgway.bsky.social · Nov 18

@mcgregorlab.bsky.social and I had the pleasure of writing a dispatch article discussing the latest work from @gavinrrice.bsky.social and @rebeizlab.bsky.social. You can find it over on this link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Sebastian Kittelmann @sebkittelmann.bsky.social · Nov 15

Sorry, I'm not the admin - ping @markhisted.org

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British Society for Developmental Biology @bsdb.bsky.social · Nov 13

We are here! 🎉 Welcome to the BSDB bluesky, where we will promote developmental biology research and dissemination.

#devbio
#developmentalbiology

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Jack Bateman @jbateman01.bsky.social · Nov 12

I thought we could use a Drosophila starter pack, please let me know if you’d like to be added. (I think there is also a more general insect list out there somewhere that i cant find rn..) go.bsky.app/JGggkH3

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Katja Röper @katjaroeper.bsky.social · Nov 14

Postdoc positions available in the Röper lab at the University of Cambridge @PDN_Cambridge!
Join us and help discover the role that supracellular actomyosin assemblies and cell adhesion play in sculpting organs in Drosophila!
jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/48942/

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Nora Bradford @norabradford.bsky.social · Nov 12

Hey professors, I'm helping a lot of students write ✨personal statements✨ for PhD programs...

what is the number one thing you look for in a personal statement?

and what should students steer clear of when writing these?
#neuroskyence #academia

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Mackenzie Weygandt Mathis @trackingactions.bsky.social · Nov 12

Woo hoo! 1K new followers, welcome to 💙🦋!

For science-minded folks, there are some very cool tricks 🚀…

If you use any of these emojis: 👩‍🔬|👩🏻‍🔬|👩🏼‍🔬|👩🏽‍🔬|👩🏾‍🔬|👩🏿‍🔬 your post will index on a Women in STEM feed

If you use 🧪 a Science feed

If you use 🧠 a Neuroscience feed

Go get it 🚀🧪🧠👩‍🔬💙🎊

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Matthew Freeman @mjafreeman.bsky.social · Nov 12

Waves of new BlueSky arrivals in last few days!

I’ve been tracking starter packs relevant to molecular/mechanistic/genetic/cellular…etc biology

Hope it’s helpful but warning: now a v long thread!

Probably the last time I can do this...

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · Nov 11

The Drosophila Research Conference is a highlight of my scientific year. It's remarkable to see the full range of biology studied using my favorite animal. This year's site is lovely, sunny & warm. If you want a talk, the Abstract submission deadline is Nov 14, 2024.
genetics-gsa.org/drosophila-2...

Abstract Submission - 66th Annual Drosophila Research Conference

Visit our website to learn more.

genetics-gsa.org

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