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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
November 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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November 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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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

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FlyBase secures funding for year, but future still uncertain
The FlyBase team’s fundraising efforts have proven successful in the short term, but restoration of its federal grant remains uncertain.
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October 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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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
October 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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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!
October 1, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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🪰 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👏
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September 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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That’s a wrap! We are done with #EDRC2025 and we look forward to seeing everyone again in 2027 for #EDRC2027 in Bonn!
September 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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We are on day 3 of #EDRC2025 continuing with excellent #Drosophila science
September 27, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Thank you @edrc2025.bsky.social !! What a great honour to give the first talk at this amazing meetin!
Three fantastic keynote lectures to kick off #EDRC2025 Lucia Prieto-Godiño @crick.ac.uk the @embo.org sponsored lecture, Romain Levayer @pasteur.fr and Marta Llimargas @ibmb-csic.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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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
September 26, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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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!
September 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Welcome to the #EDRC2025 pre-opening workshops! #ECM #Drosophila
September 25, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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#EDRC2025 is very grateful to all our platinum, gold and silver sponsors!
September 21, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Attention #Drosophila PIs: registration for the 2026 #EMBO Crete Molecular and Developmental Biology of Drosophila meeting is open!
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September 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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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
September 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Abstract submission is now closed but you can still register to #EDRC2025 until the meeting starts! Looking forward to seeing you all in Alicante!
September 13, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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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!
September 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
EDRC 2025 Alicante
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September 2, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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2 post-doc positions open in the lab to do research on inter-organ signalling in regeneration and cancer in flies and mice.
August 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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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.
August 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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We are pleased to announce the full #EDRC2025 programme is now live!

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July 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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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!
July 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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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.
June 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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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...
June 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Congratulations to @jackholcombe.bsky.social for his #EDS best PhD thesis award! Jack will give a plenary talk at #EDRC2025
June 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM